Guardian Angel #1

Chapter Three: I swear life just gets more complicated as time goes on (draft 2)

Word Count: 5090
"It's hard to answer the question "What's wrong?" when nothing's right." -depressingquotesz.blogspot.com

"Honey please wake up, Anastasia, if you can hear me, please listen, I can't lose you too, stay with me Anastasia!"
I try as hard as I can to open my heavy eyelids, but I can't. I need to tell mum that I can't feel anything, that I'm fine, I try to scream it, but nothing... not one thing comes out of my mouth. Mum rests her head on the bed, and sobs, but then a gal in a blue uniform comes in and whispers something in her ear, her eyes widen, and she falls to the ground. The tears that once poured down her face like a waterfall, stopped. Her head once again falls down like it's too heavy for her neck to handle. Mum what is it? What is wrong? What did they say? The gal with the blue uniform comes over to me, and mum dashes out of the room, screaming, I am screaming too, but not out loud, I am screaming in my head as the lady puts something pointy, and sharp into my skin... I need to show them that I am awake that I am fine... People with similar blue outfits come running in, as a high pitched beeping sound gets faster, and faster, and louder, as it does I get hotter and hotter, another woman comes dashing in the room... Mum? The woman screams, loudly, she is hitting and punching the other people in the room that are touching her... the sound gets even faster... beep-beep-beep-beep-beep...
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Beep... Beep... Why can't I bre-

"Anastasia?" A males voice says as I slowly open my eyes. I am freezing cold... where am I? And who is this guy that's sitting besides me? How does he know my name? Why am I attached to all these wires?
"Oh my God! You're... You're... You're awake! Oh my fucking god! Someone! Anyone!" The young man shouts as he tries to run out of the room but instead he trips over something and bangs his head, which causes him to pass out. I am so freaking confused right now... and why am I so damn cold? What day is it? What happened? Why can't I remember anything? And why can't I feel my body? Am I in a hospital? I try and look around but it's too bright in here. My eyes flutter as I adjust them to the light the best I can. A soft, warm hand meets with my arm, which startles me.
"Anastasia?" It's a male's voice. I look and the Male is up off the floor, so then I squint and open my eyes just a little bit more and see him... He's pretty cute not going to lie; he's got brown messy hair, and bags under his eyes.
"Do you remember anything?" His sweet, and soft voice then adds on. Immediately I start to cry, I don't know why I do, then every single question just falls out of my mouth
"Who are you? Where am I? Why am I here? Where are my parents? What time is it? What day is it? Where is everyone?"
The guy sits down with his hands resting on his face, and his head shaking. I start coughing, and puking, and then images, no they can't be they feel too real to be images... Everyone is staring at me in some place, and I'm throwing up, and people are shouting my name, what is this? Everything's too bright, too loud, too much! The heart monitor besides me starts to beep like crazy. Another flashback? Visits me... It's mum fighting the doctors? And the heart monitor is still beeping like crazy, and, and there are a whole bunch of Doctors surrounding me... what is happening?
I start to shake, and panic I can't breathe, I can't see, this is all too much. Darkness. That's all I see right now, I can hear shouting again, but it's like it's in slow motion, and it isn't as loud.

"Anastasia, Don't freak out again! Please! My name is Max, you and I were... um... we were friends I think... But nothing more... I'm sorry I should probably just shut up and leave you alone..."
Max, starts to leave but I quickly grab his hand and with all my might I say
"No! Don't go Max..." More memories, flashbacks, whatever the hell they are reappear, and it's this male named Max and I and we are hugging in this place... It almost looks like a school? Were he and I - were we together? Max... The scene switched where we were, now we are in that log cabin place again. The place I was puking in... We are talking. No wait... I'm following him and this other guy into a room?
"Are you alright, DO YOU NEED ME TO GO GET YOU A DOCTOR?" Max screams.
"I'm fine... Max, that's what it was right?" I say out of breath, why am I out of breath I am literally doing nothing, but sitting here.
"Yes, Um I don't know how much you remember..." Max's hands squeeze mine, and we look into each others eyes... and then boom, our mouths are interlocking... Oh my god! Max! I remember who Max is! But I still can't remember anyone or anything else... little memories of Max come floating in my head. Max... Is... Max is- an angel? How could this be possible?
I pull away from him
"Max... Why didn't you tell me you're an angel?" I say tearing up.
"I'm so sorry, for kissing you, and for not telling you," Max too starts to tear up. "And I'm sorry for what happened in the bar, it wasn't right of me, you were drunk and both Lucifer and I took advantage of that...
" It's okay... To be honest I kind of enjoyed the kiss- Wait... We went to a bar? And I got drunk? And who the hell is Lucifer? What are you even talking about?"
The log cabin that I threw up in... was that the bar? Was I throwing up because of how intoxicated I was? This is all so confusing.
"Oh shit.... You don't remember that part... Well um, I just remembered that I have a crap-ton of homework to do, so uh see ya."
"Max! Tell me please! I'm already clueless as fuck"
Max and I stare at each other for what seems forever... and I put out my bottom lip and start pouting.
"Pretty please? With cherry on top?"
"You know I'll tell you, for you having your cute little personality back, even though you were out for two weeks is pretty good."
"Wait, I was out for two weeks?" I mumble
"Yes. Anyway, Anastasia, when you figured out your Father had passed..."
"No, No, No, what? No, that can't be! He couldn't have died." I nervously laugh
"Ana, please, he said."
I fall back onto the bed, and tears slowly fall down my face, and suddenly all the familiar pain comes striking me back like a lightning bolt.
"You can continue, Max."
"Are you sure? I think I should probably go, this has been a lot for you all in one day."
"No, don't leave, and yes I'm sure."
"Fine, When you figured that out, you came to the bar that I work at, and we talked some but then, one of our... I wouldn't necessarily say friend, but Luis-"
"You said Lucifer earlier."
"I meant Luis sorry."
"It's okay. But why'd you say Lucifer? That means the devil, you're not telling me that he is the devil are you?"
"No, But he acts like a little devil at times."
I start to laugh which turns into a coughing fit. Max jumps out of his chair and puts an oxygen mask on me
"Are you okay?"
I nod.
"Um... I'm just going to skip all the extra details, so Luis came along and we all got major drunk, and we all had sex..."
I start coughing again, and the mask fall off
"We what?"
"We... we all had sex... with no condoms as well..."
"Oh my fucking god, if I'm pregnant... I am screwed! What would happen if mum found out?"
"Um... that another thing... The Police found her..."
"Don't say it!" I yell... my heart is breaking but no tears fall, so here I am just sitting here breaking apart. All of this has happened so quickly... Max comes over to me and hugs me tightly
"I'm not going to pretend like I know what you're going through cause I don't, but what I do know, Anastasia, is that you're one the most stubborn, toughest, prettiest, gals I have ever met!"
What he says makes me giggle a little.
"Oh My God! Anastasia are you all right? I was so freaking worried about you, but they wouldn't let us in here to see you!" A really cute girl with bright hair pink with bangs and her pink bright hair is shoulder length. I look at Max, giving him a confused look.
"Um... I am really sorry, but who are you?"
This girl looks at Max the same way I did.
"Luna, She can't remember anything except for certain memories and her parents, and me."
This girl Luna, I think it is actually looks sad for a couple of seconds until she turns towards me smiles and says
"Well! Hi there, I'm Luna, and we were besties!" she says in a really sweet voice.
"Um no! I was her bestie!" A girl with very long brown hair comes in the room
"Hi, Ana, Do you remember me? We were like besties, and we have like 2 classes together I think, I can't really remember, but yeah my name is Jude, and we are besties, I think I already said that I can't remember!"
Whoa! Who is this hyper chick? What is she? Is she the reincarnated Eminem? Because geezer she did not breathe during any of that.
"I..."
"My gosh get away from here, y'all are going to confuse the shit out of her, especially you Jude." this tall, red haired, guy with a deep voice then comes in, he walks over to me and lightly touches the side of my face
"Hey babe, do you remember me?"
"Um..." I say but then a flashback starts and it's the same ones I had with Max, he has to be Luis... "Yes, You're Luis... Max told me about you."
"Oh, he did huh?" Luis says mumbling out of his teeth
"I am going to go now, Anastasia" Max looks at me. I look at him back and try to tell him with my look that I don't want him to leave.
"I just came here to give you all of your homework," says Luna as she sets my bag onto the floor next to me, just give me a ring if you need help alright boo?"
I smile and nod.
"Well Jude and I best be going now" I think Luna got my look towards Max more than Max did.
"Awe But I don't want to go!" Jude complains
"We can get ice cream on the way." Luna sings
"Okie, you know I can't pass up on some ice cream!"
I swear Jude is like a little high, six year old at times, and I can't even remember her.
Luna comes over to me and kisses me on the cheek, and waves goodbye.
"So, How about we pick back up what we started in the bathroom." Luis winks at me.
"No, what the hell is wrong with you? I can't even remember you but yet I get the feeling that you're a complete asshole." I say frustrated
"Hot damn, you just woke up and you already got some fire to ya."
"Luis, leave her alone." Max pushes Luis out of the way.
"Luis, get out please, I don't want to see you right now."
"You know Anastasia I will get you, you will be mine no matter what!" Luis says now frustrated.
"Get out Luis!" Max takes the words right out of my mouth. Luis storms out of the room.
"I'm so sorry about that." Max steps closer to me.
"It's okay, it was a little overwhelming but all of this is."
"You should really get some rest, Ana."
"I don't even know if I can at this point."
"Hmmm..."
"Can you at least stay till I fall asleep?"
"Yeah, I have an idea, scoot over."
I scoot to the other side of the bed, which isn't far, and Max climbs in next to me and starts playing with my hair, and then he starts singing to me... his voice is so calm, and gentle, and his singing voice is so graceful.
"Lavender's blue, dilly, dilly, lavender's green, when I am king, Dilly, Dilly, you shall be queen,"
Max stops when I interrupt him
I chuckle quietly and face him, " Lavender Blue, by, Dinah Shore"
"Wait, you know that song?" Max asks
"Duh, it's my favorite song." I say smiling
"No way, It's my favorite song too."
We both say at the same time
"My mother used to sing it to me." Of our eyes widen and we both laugh softly, then once again our lips meet, and I hug him tightly and I feel safe as he rests his head on top of mine and he starts to sing again but this time I join him
"Who told you so, dilly, dilly, who told you so? T'was my own heart, dilly, dilly that told me so."
My eyes get heavy and I yawn as Max still sings
"I think... I think I love you, Max." I say as darkness visits me once again but this time I'm okay with it.
He pauses I can feel his cheeks rise, which means he is smiling,
"I think I love you too, Anastasia Brown."
*
When I wake up Max is still lying down next to me sound asleep. Aren't his parents or guardian worried about him? Wait if he's an angel... that means he is dead or that he died... I could be in love with a guy that is three - thousand years old, I kind of chuckle to myself as I say that.
"Hello, Ms. Anastasia" A woman comes in. Max wakes up when she says that and sits up
"I am sorry, am I in your way?" Max mumbles
"Just a little, but that's okay, you're probably exhausted, you've been here for quite some time," she says smiling; she turns towards me and sticks her hand out.
"Ms. Anastasia, It's a pleasure to finally meet you, I'm the one that's been giving you all of your medicine, and have been taking care of you for the past two weeks, my name is Dr. Schieding and I know you just woke up but I've come to talk to you about your situation with your parents, and with your injury."
"It's nice to meet you too. And I already have it situated. I am living with Max here and his family." I look toward Max and wink at him.
"Yes, she is, actually in fact, my parents have already signed the paper work as well."
While Max is talking, the pen that lays on the clipboard starts to write all by itself... there is no way that Max is doing that!
"Are you sure about that? Because I have the paper right here, and it is- huh I could've sworn this wasn't filled out just a minute ago... Anyway, Anastasia, unfortunately due to your rib, and back injuries, you have to stay in the hospital for at least two months."
"What?" I gasp "two months?"
"Yes." Dr. Schieding says.
"Can I have some alone time, please?" I ask. "And maybe some breakfast?"
"Yes, of course, dear."
"Thank you." I say as she smiles and walks out of the room.
"Ughh," I groan. "Two freaking months, that's too long!"
"You don't have to stay here for two months you know?" Max says grinning.
"What do you mean?"
"I can heal you, and they said once you're healed you can leave, I've already healed you somewhat, but we don't want to make it noticeable."
"Will it hurt?"
"No, not if you're asleep."
"Can I think about it?"
"No, Never." Max's grin turns into a full smile, which makes him look adorable, and like such a nerd. I take the pillow from behind me and throw it at him and yell what I was thinking
"Stop being such a nerdy, adorable, little bad boy!" I now smile, which is a real and true smile!
"No!" Max yells and we both start laughing, which again causes me to start coughing again.
"We should get you started on your homework, you have a lot to catch up on!" Max, out of breath, comments.
"I can't believe that they're giving me homework while I'm in the hospital, injured, and I just woke up yesterday.
"Yo1u don't have to do it right now if you don't want to." Max tells me.
"Yes I know, but I probably should."
Max starts getting into his black huge gym bag.
"Lucky for you, I happened to do my homework and have it all done, and corrected."
"Seriously?"
"Yep." Max smiles, and he gives me all of his papers.
"You're a life-saver." I say smiling back. Max kisses me on the forehead and I look at him...
"Max, what are we?" I say under my breath.
"I don't know," Max sits back in the brown chair next to me. "I would love to be your boyfriend, but if you're still not ready to be in a relationship then I will wait for you."
"The reason why I said that was because before I moved I was in a relationship with this guy named Will and our relationship wasn't going the best in the first place, so I had to break up with him. All of my relationships have been... well have been trash, and I've been treated like trash non-stop, so it's just hard to be or even think of being in a relationship again when all of them haven't turned out the greatest." I get quiet for a minute and Max stands up and comes over to the bed again
"Anastasia I will never, ever, treat you like that."
"That's what they all say Max."
"Okay, sure, but they don't always prove it, and if you give me a chance, I will prove it."
Max's head and mine rest on each other until a knock startles us
"May I come in?" A familiar female voice says
"Yes." I reply, Dr. Schieding comes in the room with two huge plates full of breakfast, and another plate full of medicines
"Sorry it took so long."
"Oh no, you're completely fine." I say taking one of the plates and sitting up, trying not to scream as something on my side cracks. Max also then takes a plate.
"Before you eat you need to take acetaminophen, and Motrin IB" She says.
"Okay." I take the pills from here and pop them in my mouth as I take a huge gulp of water, and my whole body starts to ache.
"Thank you." I say yawning.
"You're welcome, if you two love birds need anything just push that little red button on the remote there next to you, alright?"
"Yes ma'am" says Max.
I try my best to put on a smile, but it's kind of hard when I am in major pain, but I guess I did it good enough because she just smiled back and walked out of the room.
"Ana, are you okay?" Max immediately asks
I start to cough, but this time I am coughing up blood.
"Shit, okay Ana this might hurt a little but I am going to heal you all the way."
I can't say anything as more blood pours out of my mouth, but then I look up toward Max and a huge flash of light bursts out of nowhere...
"Hey, how are you feeling?" A girl's voice asks as I open my eyes and move around. It's Luna.
"Hey Luna, I'm doing okay, I feel a lot better than I have felt the past 2 days." I look around the room and Max isn't there.
"Where is Max?" I struggle with not making my voice shake.
"He's at school right now."
"Aren't you supposed to be at school?"
"No silly, I took today off."
"Oh."
"So, How are you and Max?" Luna says with a great big smirk on her face.
"We are great!" I say blushing.
"Are you two a thing yet? Because I swear y'all are the cutest like shit-heads."
I laugh, but this time it doesn't hurt at all.
"We haven't fully decided yet, it's up to me."
"Well, what are you waiting for? Tell him you're ready, and you think he is hot stuff and ever since the first day you've been drooling for him."
When she says that memories come back to me about Luna... We are at school, I think, and we are talking as I am staring at max... Luna! I remember her now!
"Oh, Shut-up" I say blushing, and awkwardly laugh.
"Anyway, how did you do on your homework?"
"Pretty good, I'm actually already done with all of it."
"Ugh, try hard."
"No..." I grin at her.
"Bro, don't tell me..."
"Max gave me all the answers." I crack up.
"I thought you were actually smart there for a second."
"Says you." I threw the same pillow that I threw at max at her. And she throws it back at me.
"Well guess what!"
"The earth is flat, and aliens have finally taken over?" I say sarcastically
"No, smart-ass."
"What? You told me to guess so I did."
"I got myself a girlfriend!"
"Oh my gosh! Who is she?" I say excitedly.
"Do you remember Haruhi?"
"Who?" I question
Luna takes her phone out and shows me a picture of her; she has green eyes with blue hair that is in a Mohawk with olive skin tone.
"Oh, wow, she's really pretty!"
"Back off she's mine." Luna starts giggling.
"Why would I want her when I have my handsome, amazing Max?"
"What about me?" Max just happened to walk in the room at that moment.
"Nothing." I say smiling and glaring at Luna.
"Whelp, I'm going to leave you two alone, so I can go see my babe, see ya later Ana, love you!"
"Love you too." I say shaking my head.
"So, Did you miss me?" Max says, stepping close to me.
"No, not at all." I hug him.
"How tall are you?" I ask
"5'10" He states
"Holy Shit! I'm only 4'11!" I shout
"That's another thing I love about you."
"I love everything about you. And by the way, when did you get glasses?"
"I was wondering when you were going to notice."
"You look like a full on nerd." I start to laugh
"Gosh, Thanks."
I look up at him, "You're welcome."
"I also picked us up a board game by the way," He says as he sits on my bed. He continues, "Do you want to play it right now or la-"
I interrupt him by kissing him. Max's warm hands grab my face.
"So, does this mean that we are together?"
"I guess so." I say
Max scoots even closer to me and we start kissing more intently
"Oh my, I am so sorry, you know what I can come back later!" Dr. Schieding walks in on us.
"Oh no, you're fine." I say forcing back a laugh.
"Uh, It's time for your shot." She says walking over to the sink to wash her hands.
"Ouch!" I yell as she puts the needle in my skin.
"Okay, all done," Dr. Schieding, says "I am sorry about coming in without knocking, I will make sure to next time."
I giggle, "It's all good."
Once Dr. Schieding walks out the door and lay down on Max's lap,
"Well that wasn't embarrassing at all." I whisper.
"I think she was more embarrassed than we were." Max laughs, which makes me smile. Max starts playing with my hair which gets me tired.
so I yawn.
"You're making me tired."
"Good, you need more rest."
I sit up, "Says you, Max you are exhausted and don't try telling me that you aren't because you have bags under your eyes, and you don't look well at all. So maybe I think we should switch places and you should rest while I take care of you."
"I'm not even going to try arguing with you, because I know you're right, and that you'll win anyways, cause you always win." Max mumbles.
"Correct, now, close your eyes and rest." I demand.
Max lays his head down next to mine, and this time I sing to him.
"If your dilly-dilly heart
Feels a dilly-dilly way
If you'll answer yes
In a pretty little church
On a dilly-dilly day
You'll be wed in a dilly-dilly dress of
Lavender blue, dilly-dilly
Lavender green
Then I'll be king, dilly-dilly
you'll be my queen
Then I'll be king dilly-dilly
you'll be my queen"
Once I get done singing, I open my eyes and see Max sound asleep with his brown hair covering his eyes, so I gently move it to the side of his face and I close my eyes and cover us both up. I didn't get much sleep in before i get startled awake by a girl's voice
"Awe, y'all are a couple goals."
I quickly sit up and there is this young woman sitting there with deep red hair and side bangs.
"Um, I am sorry but who are you?" my voice quivers when I say that.
"Oh darling, that doesn't matter, what matters is that you stay away from my brother!" Her voice gets louder.
"Max is your brother?" I ask
"Ew, no! I am talking about Lucifer!
"Okay who the hell is Lucifer and why does everyone keep calling whoever that is?"
"Oh, I see... Max has yet told you the truth, while I'm not going to ruin the fun so I'll let him tell you but plain and simple stay away from him!"
"Okay, I will." I say under my breath
Max begins to wake up as I look at him, but when I look back to where that was gal was she is gone. Was I imagining all that? Was that a dream?
"You're up early." Max rubs his eyes and sits up next to me.
"Tell me who Lucifer is. I want to know." I say
"Whoa, where is this coming from?"
"When you were sleeping this gal with red hair was in here and told me to stay away from him, and when I asked her who that was she laughed and said that she'll leave you to tell me."
"Ugh, Lilith." Max groans
"Who?"
"Lilith, She is Luis' sister."
"Wait, so Lucifer is Luis then?"
"Yes, There is still a lot that you don't know about Anastasia, but I don't tell you certain things for a reason... but now I have to tell you about Lucifer and I... You see, when I was 9 years old I got shot by my own father, but before dying the God of life; Phanes visited me and told me that I am very special, and that he needs me to protect you because you have a very unique hidden power deep inside you. Phanes, made me into an angel 8 years ago, and ever since then I have watched over you."
"What do you mean I have a unique hidden power?"

"I don't know he wouldn't tell me, but it's said that your power is strong enough to destroy all evil, like the prophecies it says: One day, Durga; an incarnation of Goddess Parvati, the daughter of Himavan, the lord of the mountains. The mother-goddess -- Shakti -- the power that runs the universe, will be born in the human realm and be raised as human until time has come for her powers to go back to her. It is also said that when Goddess Durga destroys all evil she will kill Lucifer. So when Luis found that out he made it his mission to get close to you and to destroy you before you could find out any of this stuff."
"My fucking gosh is there anything else that is being hidden from me? This is freaking crazy, now I know I'm going insane, I mean come on, me? A goddess? Ha yeah good one."
"Anastasia I'm being serious!"
"Max, This has all been way too much for me, and it's only three in the morning can we just discuss this later? I'm tired."
"Yes. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you."
"Max, I am glad you told me, but I think I just need at least five more days of relaxation, we can read books, write in journals, play that board game, we can cuddle."
"I like the sound of that."
"Good."
"Goodnight, I love you Anastasia."
"Goodnight Max, I... I love you too."
As I close my eyes I find myself starting to cry for no reason at all. Maybe it's because of everything I was just told? Or maybe it's just because I'm an emotion mess? I don't freaking know, all I know is that I am tired and I need to go to sleep.
As I close my eyes I notice that Max also has a tear running down his cheek...
"Max?" I whisper
"Yeah?"
"You may be my protector and here for me but... I am always here for you as well if you ever need to talk."
"Thank-" Max stops and more tears start to fall.
"Max..." I say as I open my arms wide and I hug him, I hug him tightly. Max and my legs intertwine with each other and we both breathe out a heavy sigh.
"Max, when I say I love you, I mean it." I say kissing his forehead.
"I know you do, and you know when I say that you're perfect, and that I'll always love you, you know I mean that right?"
I softly chuckle, "Yes. Yes, I do."