Bits and Pieces

Day 12 - Angel

Write a scene that involves the word angel.

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As the first bell rang, Tessa broke into a run toward her locker, dodging fellow students along the way. She scolded herself mentally for waking up so late, even if it was the last day of school.

Coming up to her locker, she smiled at the familiar sight of an origami heart taped to it and took it off before opening her locker and grabbing her science textbook.

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"Hey, why don't you try to figure out who it is?" asked Jamie as they were walking to second period.

Tessa fingered the heart in her pocket and replied, "I did try, remember? But I've never caught anyone suspicious."

Jamie poked her in the side and said, "Of course, you didn't catch them, because your type of ’trying' was walking by your locker every 2 minutes."

"Sorry! I couldn't think of anything else. Why don't you think of a plan if you're such a genius?"

"Well, I never said I was a genius, but I'll see what I can come up with," responded Jamie with a mischievous grin.

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Since it was the last day of school, second period consisted of a documentary about the history of Egypt and about half the class almost drowning out the sound of it by their snores.

With her eyes staring blankly at the screen, Tessa's mind wandered to the note.

Taking out the heart from her pocket, she unfolded it and reread it again.

A person's smile
reflects their heart.
So, always keep that
pretty smile on your face.

It was always simple messages like this, but it never failed to give her a pleasant, warm feeling that lasted throughout the whole day, no matter what was happening at home.

She reminisced back to the first time she started getting these notes. It was nine months ago, after her dad announced his relationship with his co-worker. Eight years after her mom's death, it was the first time he showed signs of moving on without that guilty sorrow constantly in the expression of his eyes.

Because of that reason, she couldn't tell him her true feelings. She had hated that he seemed to blame himself for what had happened.

But, honestly, she hadn't wanted him to move on either, at least not in this way. Of course, she cared for his happiness and didn't actually want him to live in grief for the rest of his life. However, the selfish part of her also didn't want him to find another love. She loathed the feeling that seemed like he was forgetting her Mom.

Amazingly, it seemed like there was someone who knew her troubles and wanted to comfort her, because she found a yellow origami heart taped to the front of her locker the next day.

And now, at the end of her senior year that was filled with multiple misunderstandings, haphazard events, deep talks, and continuous origami hearts through it all, she felt as if she was somehow close friends with the person behind these notes.

Tessa sighed as she was reminded of the fact that she didn't, and probably will never, know who that person is.

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"So I was thinking about it all throughout second period, and I have the perfect plan. Ready? Ready?" Jamie practically bounced with enthusiasm.

When Tessa raised her brows for her to continue, Jamie began excitedly, "Ok, so this person has been giving you notes everyday -well, every school day- since the start of our senior year. And it's only in the mornings, not at any other time. Oh, and the messages were abou-"