Fallen Angel

Chapter 27

ELLA

"I need to tell you something." Christian mumbled quietly, looking at anything but me.

He was biting his lip, clearly nervous and he was fiddling with his fingers.

He was all nervous, which was what he'd never been.

I watched him as he took a couple deep breaths before finally looking at me, his eyes full of nervousness.

His lips were parted and he licked them just before slumping his shoulders.

He kept the same nervous stare on me and I was beginning to become a little scared of what is was he'd tell me.

"Do you remember when I...um...told you that I haven't always been a Fallen Angel?" Christian asked, causing me to look at him in confusion.

However, after a few seconds, I remembered him telling me such a thing.

Although, that time, we didn't talk any further about it, I sense he didn't like to talk about it that much. And I didn't want to push him into talking about something he clearly wasn't comfortable talking about.

"Yeah, I remember." I spoke, looking at Christian who merely nodded.

There was a couple minutes of silence in which neither of us spoke a word. We just looked at each other.

During that silence, Christian was biting his bottom lip and occasionally licking his lips.

I smiled at Christian in a way to assure him that whatever he was going to tell me was okay and I wouldn't judge him.

I'd never judge him.

I love him too much to do that.

"So, um...about that--" Christian paused for a while and took a deep breath before looking me straight in the eyes and continuing.

"I was an Angel before."

His words surprised me a little, but I kind of figured it out since he was a Fallen 'Angel'.

But, the main question on my mind was why was he a Fallen Angel now?

I mean, if he once was an Angel, what changed?

What made him become a Fallen Angel?

"My brother." Christian spoke, his voice barely above a whisper.

It was actually odd that I heard it because it was so quiet.

But, I did, and those words made me wonder even more of what happened.

First of all, he had a brother?

Second, how could his brother make any difference in him being an Angel or a Fallen Angel?

I was massively confused by everything going on.

"How? I mean...what happened?" I asked, unsure if he wanted to talk about it.

Christian sighed and looked at me, his eyes suddenly clear of any emotion.

Completely emotionless.

"He set me up. He...He made it seem like I helped some demons attack Heaven and...I got kicked out of Heaven, sort of." Christian said, chuckling humorlessly at the end.

Probably as an attempt to brighten the mood a little.

I was a little shocked.

Why would his brother do that to him?

I mean, Christian is a really nice person.

What would make anyone do such a thing to him?