Nobody's Angel

Chapter 3

As I lie in my apartment bed I thought about Mrs. Tatum and Courtney, it was cold in the bed and the apartment, knowing that they are not ok made me feel lifeless in a way, everything became so dull, I looked out of the window that was near my bed that showed the night sky, the moonlight shined through. I felt drawn to it, captivated as I felt my eyelids feel heavy while I fell into a deep slumber. I woke up and made breakfast the first thing in the morning, I didn't want to wait any longer, I wanted to get to Courtney fast, and I didn't want to go and disobey Mrs. Tatum's words, I just now need to think where to find these two people Mrs. Tatum asked of me to see, " Ok in an Open Field or in a Dark place , this can be tough for me" I talked to myself as I walked around waiting to look for anything that related to Mrs. Tatum's words and instructions for me, too bad I didn't wind up getting any kind of luck, I was wondering if I could even pull this off, I rubbed my tired eyes all stressed, not having the most splendid Birthday at the moment, I finally took rest on a bench near a park, but it didn't help from all the screaming, " Jesus why do kids have to be loud, now I know how Mrs. Tatum feels, I looked behind me and to see it wasn't any kind of park, it was a soccer park filled with children playing, I then smiled and got up while walking to the scene, and memories played in my head.

(Flashback to 6 years back)

I was thirteen at the time, Courtney and I would go to this soccer park all the time, Mrs. Tatum had taken us to this park with the other kids, and we were obsessed, " Hey Courtney heads up girly!" A bully had aimed for Courtney's eleventh-year-old head as thirteen-year-old me caught the ball with my hands, " Hey, you looking for this? Catch!" I then threw it at the bullies' head as I grabbed Courtney's hand and started sprinting, laughing alongside her as the bully and his friends chased us. Eventually, we got back at the orphanage, and it started raining, we were in my room escaping from getting wet, " Hey Angelica?" " What is it, Courtney? Everything ok?" Courtney was in deep thought, " Do you think I will ever get stronger? " " What do you mean, you have me remember " " I know, but I want to defend myself someday, and I love it that you're here, so don't be making that face! You know I love smiling faces!" She pouted, and I giggled at her silliness, " You know I always smile around you, don't you ever worry about me" We then both smiled at each other hugged each other, " I like you too much Courtney, I'll always have your back no matter what."

(End of flashback)

I smiled and saddened at the memory, I looked at the pile of kids and noticed that some of them were from my school, few of the kids that had their ways with me, " Angelica!" The kids cheered and ran toward me, and I kneeled to hug them, " Is it true that you moved? Are you going to leave us forever? Will you revisit us?" " Kids calm down, I just moved yesterday in an apartment, so I'm not leaving just yet, you don't need to worry about me kiddos" I smiled at them, talking with them reminded me whenever I spoke with the kids at the orphanage, it pained me just thinking I won't be seeing their smiling faces anytime soon, " Alright kids leave her alone and go along and play" then the kids scattered off as I looked up to see a boy not that much older me, maybe by two years, " Hey, those kids seemed to take a liking to you" " Oh yeah I used to go to their school, but now I'm all graduated and living on my own," I told him. He nodded in understanding, " So you decided to live on your own to avoid adults?" I then saddened at his words," No not really, I'm an Orphan, I grew up in the orphanage that just got recently burned down" He then gave a shocked expression and felt guilty, " Sorry miss, I didn't mean to make you upset" I then snorted at the sentence, seriously though, Miss?
" Calling me Miss isn't very suiting my Style, call me Angelica, Angelica Wyers " I introduced myself, he seemed surprised by my introduction but that quickly faded and he smiled, " It's Cameron, Cameron Mendes." We had hit it off, it turned out he was the soccer coach for the kids, and we got along very quickly, I told him my backstory. He told me him, " It's kind of crazy how fast people can get along with each other" We were now walking down the streets, Cameron told me he would walk me home to my apartment which was thoughtful, even though I told him that it wasn't my style, yet Cameron insisted so I let him, " I can say the same thing, it's crazy how fast it has been" he replied, we weren't even halfway. I felt an eerie feeling, I tried to shake it off, but it kept coming up, I was about to speak, but Cameron stopped me, " Hey be still for a moment," " Huh? For what?" He looked stiff, did he feel the same feeling I was? We were quiet for a while until a noise was heard in a nearby ally way, " Follow me quickly!" He then grabbed my hand, and we both ran into the ally way in front of us, " Cameron, where are we going?! What the hell?! " " Just keep up on your feet!" We kept running as we heard a ruckus behind us.
Still, unfortunately, like in the movies we got cornered, we both turned around and saw a couple of rough-looking guys. They had devilish looks; it honestly freaked me out, " Hello Angelica, it's amazing to see you face to face," the leader said, " H-Huh?!!? How did you-" then he took a swing at me. Still, Cameron caught his arm and twisted it, the leader had bent down in pain, and Cameron kicked him away. The chaos started, each one came in full swing, swing a punch at Cameron, but Cameron fought hard and nearly knocked out everyone. Still, it wasn't enough, we had to get away, and the only thing I knew what to do was to fly, Cameron then yelled in pain interrupting my thoughts, I suddenly snapped we had no other choice, " Cameron Come on!" And my back muscles contracted and the wings came in view, the leader had a shocked expression, but I didn't see it long as I flew far into the night sky avoiding the scene, As I flew up I looked for Cameron, but he wasn't in any sight from below, just where did he go? Is he alright? I hope I wasn't too late, " Angelica you-" I turned around in haste looking behind me, it was Cameron, floating in front of me, as his dark wings were hardly visible in the night sky, "-You're an angel too?" He finished astonished; he then smiled at me that I don't think I will never forget.