Angels and Saviors and Whatnot

After God has given us our wings, he had told us that we would fall to the Earth, like Andy and Ashley had. He told us that he would put a special type of force field around us, so that we wouldn’t be harmed during the fall.

God spoke again, his deep voice filling the room, catching the attention of everyone.

“Stephanie Millone. It has come to my understanding that you were a very evil person down on Earth. Especially to Allison. I want you to know that I will not be putting the force field around you when you fall. You will be incased in a ball of fire, and your wings will turn black. Once you find your soul mate, your wings will turn white, and you will get the same choice Andrew had; to stay here, or to remain on Earth.”

Her face twisted with horror and she fell to the ground, her head in her hands. She began to cry, violently, and Jinxx stooped down and rubbed her back, telling her not to cry, that she would be okay.

I began to say how cruel and demeaning that sounded but God spoke before anything would come out of my mouth.

“Once I have spoken, it is done. She will not be harmed for long, and she will be able to come back to Heaven when she finds her soul mate. To the rest of you,” he continued, pointing towards the five guys and myself, “I wish you all the best of luck. Allison, it’s time for you to say goodbye to Sandra. Always know that she will be your guardian angel and you can visit her anytime you wish.”

“Thank you sir, I am grateful for what you have given me.” I turned to the blonde version of my best friend and hugged her, closing my eyes and trying not to crush her wings while she did the same to me.

“I’m gonna miss you Alli Cat. Stay out of trouble down there, Lord knows we don’t need any more trouble from you,” Sandy said, her voice light and she laughed softly. She ruffled my hair and pulled away, smiling.

“Sandy, it’s gonna be so weird without you here. Who’s going to look after me and keep out of trouble? Everyone knows that the only reason I never got involved with anything bad was because you were there. Promise you’ll be okay up here?”

“Are you kidding me? I’m fantastic! And look, my wounds are healed. No more scarred up Sandra. I think yours are healed too, look.”

She took my left wrist and flipped it over, revealing a clean arm, with no sign of self-harm anywhere. My mouth dropped in disbelief and I ran a finger over my arm. Nothing, there was nothing and joyful tears welled up in my eyes as I looked to Andy. His were gone too, all of our scars were gone.

“Alli, we can have a fresh start, we don’t have to worry about people judging us. It’s going to be amazing!” Andy said, excitement lacing his words. I smiled at him and he smirked in return, making me giggle.

“My children, it is time for you to fall. I hope this fall will be more exciting than the last,” God said, making reference to Ashley and Andy. He stood, placing a hand on Andy’s shoulder and the rest of us followed him to a shiny gold balcony with a gate that could open and close. The angel audience all turned and gasped as God waved his hand and put a protective shield around everyone, except Stephanie. God urged us off the balcony by wishing us good luck.

“Wait a second. If Ashley was sent down to Earth just to look after Andy, why did his wings turn black?” I asked, curious as to why God had made his the color of soot just for looking for a troubled angel.

“My wings turned black because I had turned into a so called “man-whore”. I tried and tried to find my soul mate and every time was a no go. Sometimes I did it out of hatred for God because he sent me down to Earth. Other times because I just wanted to go home,” Ashley explained, shrugging his shoulders when he was finished. I nodded and kept my mouth closed, feeling sorry that I had asked.

One by one, we jumped off the balcony. Stephanie went first, and she sobbed as she jumped. Next was CC, then Jake, then Jinxx, and then Ashley. And then it was Andy and I. We joined hands and kissed each other before we jumped, for good luck. We both looked down and took a deep breath. Andy looked to me and I nodded, silently telling him I was ready. Andy and I finally jumped, and fell towards Earth, our hands tightly clasped and our bodies pressed against one another.

Everything passed in a blur of color. Nothing was very clearly visible, and we just shut out eyes and felt the air bend around our bodies as we fell. Andy wrapped his wings around me and held my torso tight against his with no intention of letting go.

Soon, after about 10 minutes of just falling through the air, Andy and I landed in some grass with a small –thud- and we looked around the see where we were. I recognized the neighborhood, it was the one next to mine, so we were close to home. CC, Jake, Jinxx, and Ashley were gathered around a small patch of grass and we heard someone crying. I looked to Andy and he mouthed “Stephanie” and I nodded my head in understanding. We got up and walked to the area the guys were crowded around and just looked with sympathy at the sobbing girl in the grass.

“He was right! My wings! They’re black! I-I can’t feel my skin!” She cried, and Andy turned around, shut his eyes and put his head on my shoulder. He wrapped his white wings around me once again and knelt down pulling me with him.

“I hate knowing what this feels like. I was all alone when I fell, there was no one around to comfort me when I hit the ground. Everything is singed black, and you can’t feel your own skin for days. I’m glad you didn’t have to go through that Alli,” Andy said, his head still on my shoulder. His wings tightened around us a little more as if he were giving me a really big hug and he took my hand and kissed the top of it. I giggled and hugged him around the neck, pulling him closer to me. His body heat against mine felt amazing, and soon he unwrapped his wings from around us and sat down next to me.

“You know I love you, right?” He asked, his face buried in my neck.

“Of course I do,” I said. My hand was automatically reaching up and starting to play with his dark, tangled hair.

Jinxx helped Stephanie to stand up and her dark, singed wings were smoking. I looked up and shot my best apologetic glance toward Stephanie and she just nodded slightly and started walking. Andy and I got up and started to follow her, along with Jake, Jinxx, CC, and Ashley, who still hadn’t said anything since we landed.

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Back at Andy’s house, everyone was gathered in the living room, with Andy’s parents bustling about, making everyone hot cocoa and serving cookies.

“Stephanie, I am so sorry this happened to you,” Ashley said, with Stephanie in his lap, silent tears rolling down her cheeks. She was curled up in the fetal position, her black wings stretched behind her. Ashley bent down and kissed her cheek, her face flushing, and she smiled slightly.

“I bet you miss Sandy,” I said quietly, and Ashley’s head snapped up in my direction.

“Yeah, I do. But she’s where she belongs now. I really liked her…”

“We know you did Ash. But there’s plenty of girls out there, now that you guys have an album, that would love to date you,” Stephanie said, her voice shaky.

“What if I don’t want those girls? What if I want one girl who would be willing to stay with me for more than one night? What if I want a girl who actually likes me, not just my dick? I mean, yeah, there’s plenty of girls out there, but there’s none like Steph- *ahem* Sandra.”

“Wait a minute, Ash, do you like Stephanie?” I asked, my arms crossed and my eyebrow raised. I swear he meant to say ‘Stephanie’.

“Bro, he totally does,” CC piped up, a whipped cream mustache perched on his top lip.

“Don’t be absurd, I still haven’t gotten over Sandy…” he said quietly.

“Ashley Purdy. You can’t lie. I saw your eyes get darker when you kissed her cheek. You like her and you know it. I tried to hide that from Allison, but it didn’t work. Just fess up, we won’t look at you any different,” Andy said, his arms crossed against his chest.

“Alright, alright, stop harping my case. Yes, I kinda like Stephanie. So what?”

Stephanie un-curled herself from Ashley’s lap and, without a word, planted a kiss on his lips, making his eyes grow wide, and then making them slowly shut. They both fell into the kiss and everyone started to cheer and clap. Stephanie finally pulled back and smiled, resting her head on Ashley’s shoulder while he blushed twenty shades of crimson red.

“So, Black Veil Brides, let’s hear this album of yours. I heard it’s hit the top of the charts,” I said, nudging Andy in the ribs with my elbow.

“Wait a second! I have a good idea for a new song! It’s gonna be called Fallen Angels, and I know the perfect model,” he said, winking at Stephanie. He ran upstairs to get his green notebook and pen and came storming back down the stairs and sat on the couch between Ashley and Stephanie.

“Sorry Steph, I need this time with the guys, important rock star business,” he said, nudging his way in between the new couple.

“Guys, you gotta help me with this, this could be amazing!” he continued, and he bounced up and down in his seat. I looked into Andy’s blue eyes and he smiled. His eyes got a smidge darker and I giggled and brushed some hair out of my face. It was starting to fade back to blonde and the roots were showing horribly. ‘Maybe I should just dye it back to its original color?’ I thought.

“Fallen Angels? Are you making fun of us now?” Jake asked and he sat down at the coffee table, followed by CC and Jinxx.

“Stephanie, let’s go up to Andy’s room, this is gonna take a while,” I said, grabbing her hand and dragging her upstairs.

“You’re not mad at me? After everything I’ve done to you?” Her brown eyes were wide with concern and I laughed.

“Stephanie, there’s going to come a time in your life when you’re going to forgive to people who did you wrong. You’re going to look back and say, ‘God, why did I ever hold a grudge against that person? Why did I ever hold what they did against them?’ You’re going to realize that people make mistakes and some people just deserve forgiveness.” I closed the door behind us and sat down on the bed, patting a spot next to me.

“So, you just forgive me? Like that?” she asked, caustiously sitting down next to me.

“Of course. There’s no point in holding a grudge, especially after what you just went through. Now, you need sleep, there’s a couch over there and Andy and I sleep on the bed. There’s food and drinks in the mini fridge and if you need anything, I’ll be downstairs, okay?”

“Hey, Alli?” I heard Stephanie ask before I walked out of the room.

“Hm?”

“Thank you. For everything, I mean, nobody has ever been this nice to me, and I can’t thank you enough.” She smiled and gave me a quick hug before curling up on the couch.

“You’re welcome. I mean, everything I crazy, with all this nonsense about angels and saviors and whatnot. It’s nice to have a friend by your side.” I smiled and shut the door, letting the newly fallen Angel sleep off the rough night she’d had.

Notes

Guys...I cried making this chapter. I really did. It might not be as sad to you guys as it is to me, but I have gotten attached to Allison. She's basically my alter ego, and I'm sad to end the story like this. I hope you guys forgive me! <3 I love all of you Pinjas! Thank you for staying with me!

Yours truly,
Andy'sPanda38

Maybe there will be an epilogue? :D

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