Yin and Yang

Ch.16-The wait

(Angie's Arch Angel tattoo)

Sweet pea's p.o.v

A week. It's been a whole week since I was shoved out of Angie's room in Greendale on the pretense of her Angel trials. Not one word has been spoken to me about her well being. Sara won't tell me or Fangs anything. Something about it being 'forbidden', I don't know but it's annoying as hell and I'm worried sick.

I barely leave my tent, and when I do it's to drink and shoot pool at the bar. Fangs is worried, I can tell, but I can't bring myself to care. It's how I'm coping, and it's better than destroying something again. Though I have to say that that was much more fun.

"What are you doing?" Fangs had just entered my tent to check up on me. I'm sure he was surprised to see I wasn't wallowing in self pity but instead looking intently at my phone.

"Looking for something."

"Well that's specific, thanks. What are you searching for?" He plopped down next to me on my makeshift bed. I laughed to myself thinking if he knew all the things I'd done to Angie on this bed he'd never have sat there, and he probably would be taking 20 showers when he got home. I fleetingly considered telling him, but decided I'd be nice and not.

"A trailer."

"Getting tired of the tent huh?"

"Angie agreed to move in with me, and I don't want her to have to live in a tent. Also it'd be nice to stop having people walk in on us." He looked shocked at what I'd just said.

"You and Angie are moving in together? Won't she have to stay in Greendale with the Angels since she's becoming an Arch Angel?"

"Yes, we're moving in together, and while she will have to spend a lot of time over there for the next little while, when she appoints a new Cherubim she won't have to. Why were you so surprised she'd move in with me?" I was honestly a little offended. Did he know something I didn't? Was he jealous? Did he think she was too good for me?

"I just didn't realize you two had gotten so serious. I honestly kinda assumed it was just a summer thing." He shrugged his shoulders like it was nothing, but it was something to me.

"Why would you think that? Do you know something I don't?"

"No man. That's not how I meant it at all. I've just never seen you settle down before. I knew you were crazy about each other I just didn't realize how much of a relationship you had developed." That made me feel a little better. I nodded and continued my search for a trailer.

I must've gotten boring because soon after Fangs said his goodbye and left. The search was harder than I thought it'd be and took quite a while. I wasn't in a great place financially so it needed to be pretty cheap, but I don't think it'll matter as long as it has a door. It's not the place it's the person.

After some talking, Angie had told me that she'd be willing to live in the tent if need be, but I wasn't willing to do that. She deserves so much better than that. This was going to be my surprise for her when she gets back from trials. I refocused my attention because the thought of her was making me sad. It was hard for me to believe how much this girl has affected me.

Fangs was right, I've never been this involved with a girl before. After what went down with my parents I'd thought love was fake and sappy, but I didn't know what else I could be feeling for her if it wasn't love. I never told her, but I did notice her before that fateful day in the hallway. The only reason I was confused when I saw her was because of the place, I knew who she was.

She thinks I didn't know she existed before this summer, but that's not true. I can still remember the first time I ever laid eyes on her.

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