My Angel

My Angel Chapter 14

"Ok," I muttered from the corner of my mouth, my frame tense as he sat up. I didn't like it when my friends and family decided they needed to talk to me. Or explain something in this case. Especially when it starts with something like 'We need to talk.' That was never ever a good thing.

But even though I felt the usual anxiety bubbling in the back of my head, I was also curious, because my usually assured friend seemed to be at a loss for words - struggling with what seemed to be finding a place to start.

If it was giving him this much trouble, then it had to be either something stupidly complicated or just incredibly hard to get out. Meaning it was something bad. It's always something bad.

I was hoping that he'd just let whatever he wanted to talk about go - which, yes, was a foolish thing to hope for, but I could dream. So testing out my still relatively new vampiric patients, I just sat there.

Unfortunately, he seemed to figure it out just as I was about to close my eyes and relax. "Things kinda changed." He muttered, again sounding as if he was talking to himself - as though he were trying to convince himself of something. "They definitely changed." He said, looking at me hard. I decided that the best thing to do was just sit there.

"Ok," He said, letting out a breath. "I made a promise, but... it doesn't matter."

"What promise?" I asked simply, and I wished I hadn't immediately.

"Edythe," He said, just about to get to explaining. But I didn't let him. I jumped off the couch, and held my hands up, trying to send him a big reassuring smile. My usually cool skin felt like it was on fire.

I don't know if it was just because this was the first time I'd heard her name spoken out loud in a really long time, or if it was because it was Archie saying it. But it made the fire and the black hole in my chest ache in a new flavor of pain. "Hey, you know what. I really don't wanna hear this." I said, starting to walk backward, towards the doorway.

"I haven't even said anything yet," He said, getting up fast, but not following me. Archie was looking at me like I was a wild animal, one that would run at the slightest hint of danger."Beau, you need to know this."

"Whatever it is, I don't," I said, shaking my head. "I already know everything that needs..." I slowly trailed off. I blinked. Just out of habit, I didn't even mean to. And standing there, blocking my view of Archie, was my angel.

"Beau," She whispered, giving me a pleading look. My body shook violently. "Listen to him."

She'd never seemed more real. It was like my memory of her was frozen and solid right here in front of me.

"Beau?" Archie called out. My eyes flicked up to him for half a second, before they were back on my angels. Her usual beautiful golden eyes trapped me where I stood, as I ignored Archie's increasingly concerned look.

"Please," She breathed, walking up to me and putting her hand on my arm. My jaw clenched, and I tried really hard to not turn around and run out the door. It felt like I was being torn in two.

Half of me wanted to stay and give in to what she wanted - I never could say no to her. Not unless there was a very very good reason too. The other half of me wanted to bolt and get away from this as fast as possible.

I looked back at Archie. I knew if I let him talk about whatever it was, then it was going to hurt, really, really badly. And for no reason at all on top of that. I already knew everything when it came to my angel.

"Not everything you beautiful fool." She whispered, giving me a sad smile. "Please, he's trying to help you. Sit down... for me."

I wanted to ask her how she knew that, but Archie was still watching. With a light laugh, my angel tapped the side of her head wordlessly. Then her fingers wrapped around my wrist and dragged me back.