Butterflies (A Before You Exit fanfiction)

Chapter 62

MARIA'S POV

I woke up the next morning, happier than ever. Toby and I are a couple, I thought to myself as I wore the biggest smile on my face.

Then, I remembered what my father told me yesterday. We need to learn how to fight. And fast. But how was I supposed to warn everyone without telling them everything?

You'll know when the time is right. Tam's words replayed in my brain.

This is the time. I don't know how to explain the feeling, I just know. Maybe it's because my dad told me we're in a great deal of danger when we get back to Orlando, so it's time to explain.

"Guys! I'm calling a meeting! It's super super important!" I yelled.

Everyone can stumbling in to our hotel room.

"What's up?" Hayes asked.

"There's something that I've been keeping from you all..." I trailed, and the group tensed.

"What is it?" Jenna asked.

"I had a dream. I was in the vacation house in New York. And Tam was there. He told me that it wasn't a dream and that we were at the gateway of Heaven. He also told me that he was an archangel. Among all angels and people, he's known as Tam, but all the other archangels and God know him as Raphael, Archangel Raphael, that is. He told me that it was his destiny to save Jenna, Kris, and I from the arrows that Kaitlin, Tess, and Kylie shot at us. That's why his name was so unfamiliar, it was specifically formed by God. He showed me his wings. Okay, moving on, Tam said that all of us were meant to do great things. He told me that our love for each other was real, but we weren't meant to be together; that there would be a boy that I would love more than anyone else, and he would be my soul mate." I explained, pausing when Toby looked down at his lap.

"Are you kidding? How do we know that this isn't fake?" Riley asked.

"That's what I asked him. And he told me that he would leave a blue rose for me and a note."

"But blue roses don't exist, unless you dye them." Hayes said.

"Yes they do. Well in Heaven, they exist. And you can tell the difference because it smells like strawberries. Don't ask, because I don't know why. And, it will never die out." I explained, handing Kris the blue rose to pass around.

"And here's the note he left me." I said, also passing the note around.

When everyone was done, I continued.

"Tam also told me that not everything is as it seems, and my soul mate is closer than I think he is. He said that everything happens for a reason."

The group looked so shocked.

"Toby, when you told me you saw Tam today.... that was him. I saw him too..."

Toby's jaw reached the ground.

"He's been visiting me in that form for a few days now. He said don't tell the rest of the group until the time is right, and you'll know when. And that time is now."

"How do you know?" Remy asked.

"Because my father appeared to me today too. He said that once we return to Orlando that we all will be in a great deal of danger. And there is no prolonging it. The danger will always find us. My dad also said that he was meant to die to be our guardian angel, and that he knows Tam well. I asked him what the danger was but he said that he couldn't tell me." I said.

The revelation of all this knew information put everyone on edge.

"How do we know that they're telling the truth?" Braiden asked.