Dangerous Bliss

Bliss

The next couple months went by in my new routine. I went to work every morning, I met Daniel and Raphael at the pizza place for lunch, came home to find dinner already made on the table made usually by Raphael unless Daniel stopped by, Angie came home, we all ate together, and the rest of my evening was spent with Raphael and sometimes Daniel too talking about stuff. Then on the weekends I would hang out with Daniel because Raphael would usually have to head back to heaven to 'check in'. It was pretty nice having the both of them around. I had almost completely forgotten about the real reason they were here on earth. It was now the beginning of April, only a couple month from the deadline. It was finally Saturday so I had the day off from work. Daniel, Raphael and I had decided that it would be nice for all of us to go out and do something since it was so nice outside so here we are in the middle of a huge park on the edge of town. "Come on you guys this will be fun." I said walking towards a swing set with a huge smile on my face. I sat down on the swing in the middle with a convivial smile on my face. Daniel sat down on the swing to my right and Raphael on the one to my left. We sat there swinging in peaceful silence but I could tell that there was something a despairing air around them, like they had something weighing on their mind butt hey didn't want to say anything. "Ok you guys what's wrong?" I ask becoming very serious. "It's nothing please don't worry about us." Raphael said which was surprising since in situations like this, it was usually Daniel who spoke first. "No there is something wrong, I can feel it. Now tell me what's on your guy's minds." I stopped swinging and looked at the both of them. Daniel stood up with a heavy sigh and looked me straight in the eyes. "Judgment day is only a couple months away. If you haven't made your decision by then, who knows what will happen. We don't want something bad to happen but we also realize that you will have to choose one of us. There is no grey area in this. You can't choose both, you can't not choose,and you can't be given more time to decide." I knew all this and it did sometimes weigh heavy in my mind like a dark cloud hangs in the sky during a storm, but I don't want our last few months together to be sad or full of unhappiness. I want us to be happy until the end. And I realize that I must choose one of them, but how can I when I have grown attached to the both of them. Daniel was the confident, funny, cocky, guy who kept everything together.Raphael was the shy yet sweet, reassuring one who made sure that everything was ok. How could I choose between them when I know that we all have grown so attached to one another? They were both equally worried about me but the roles should be reversed. One of them was going to get hurt in the end and there was nothing I could do to stop it from happening. I shook the depressing thoughts away and stood up from the swing. I turned to face the both of them and smiled."I know I will have to choose. And when that day comes I will deal with it. But for now I want to spend my time with you both like we have been, friends. I don't want to see this go up in flames so why should I think about it?" Raphael got up and stood next to Daniel. They both looked a little relieved as well as surprised by my words. I walked up and hugged the both of them without a second thought as to what I was doing. "I don't want to lose either of you." They wrapped their arms around me in response. I could tell that they felt the same way, we just didn't know how to fix it. Once we all finally stepped back from the hug I grabbed they hands and started walking home. We walked in silence again but this time it seemed like a huge burden had been lifted off all of our shoulders. Later that night we all hung out in Raphael's room, throwing pillows at each other,talking about everything that's been going on, and talking about what we should do since I have tomorrow off. I thought back to what had happened earlier and sat up looking at the both of them with a serious look on my face. "What exactly will happen on the day that I have to choose?" I asked them as I hugged a pillow to my chest. They both stopped talking and looked at me as if I had held up a giant sign that said shut up. "Well the first thing you should know is that it will be the day after your birthday. A week before that date me and Raphael will be told where the meeting will be held, it is always here on earth. We will have your birthday party and have fun, then the day after we will take you to the meeting place, then there you will be sat down in front of the other two powerful archangels, Michael and Gabriel, Lucifer will be there as well to represent Hell, us, and a reaper will be the judge. You will be asked to tell the judge which of us you choose. After you choose your decision will be marked down in the book of souls, the one who was not chosen will go back home with their representatives. The one who you choose will then take you back to their domain and as we explained when we met, you will live in that world."Daniel explained it to me as best he could but in the end I was still confused.I didn't want to choose. I wanted to live with the both of them here, forever.I realize that it's selfish of me to think like that but I don't want to lose them as my friends. "Will I ever be able to see the one I didn't choose ever again?" I asked as I looked at Raphael this time. "I don't know. We've never had someone make that request before but if it was up to us probably.Unfortunately it is not up to us, it is up the ruler of that domain and that of the other domain." This time Raphael spoke up before Daniel could. I took in all that they had said and laid back on the bed. "Hey come on now let's not think about all this depressing stuff." Daniel said poking my side which made me jump and squeal, I was extremely ticklish. They looked at each other with mischievous smiles before leaning over me and they both started tickling me. I rolled around on the bed, laughing and trying to get away from the both of them. They kept tickling me until I finally rolled off the bed, laughing, with a soft thud onto the floor. They pulled me back onto the bed after they finished laughing. "Thanks guys." I smile and hugged the both of them. "You're welcome." They said in unison as they wrapped their arms around me, returning my hug. They were so warm, it made me feel so safe, like I could do anything. I never wanted this feeling to ever end. For now at least I could believe that everything was going to be ok. That night we decided to have a mini sleep over kind of thing were we would all sleep in Raphael's room, watching movies,eating popcorn and ice cream, and drinking root beer. We ending up falling asleep on one another while we were watching transformers. I fell asleep with my head on Daniel shoulder, his head on mine, and Raphael's head on my lap. If we could've stayed like that forever, we would've. But time kept marching on and they days drew closer to the time when I would be forced to choose. A choice that should be wished on no one but is due to an unknown balance in the world around us.