My Fallen Angel

-Hey, wanna hang today- I text from half an hour ago from Nick reads

-Sure- I reply, hoping he’s still up for it

-Took you long enough. Where at-

-My warehouse?-

-Alright see you there-

I feel kinda bad that Nick knows about my secret hiding place when Andy doesn’t, but I need to know I have someplace safe to go if things go wrong with me and him. I get up and get dressed in the typical skinny jean and band tee get up and head out to my truck.

The drive there is quiet and peaceful and I miss the times alone. I’ve been hanging out with Nick and Andy a lot lately and haven’t had much me time, but oh well.
I arrive at the warehouse to find Nick sitting on the edge of the cliff throwing rocks over it. I walk over to him and sit down

“Wanna know a secret?” I ask

“Lay it on me”

“Follow me” I say and unfold my wings, with him soon following suit

I fly down the side of the cliff at a rather fast pace causing Nick to grab my hand and pull me back.

“What?” I ask as we hover there

“Aren’t you going a little fast?”

“Nah, I know when to slow down”

“If you say so”

And with that we continue down the 8 miles left of the cliff until I slow dramatically. I land and wait for Nick to show up; such a scaredy cat...

“So what’s down here?” He asks when we land

“It’s really cool, I would’ve lived in it too if I had known how to unlock the door” I say and start off down an overgrown path

“Ugh, just tell me what it is”

“You’ll see” I say and laugh

“What?”

“You’re so dramatic” I say and he rolls his eyes

We continue on like that for a good ten minutes before we get to our destination

“Holy hell” Nick says as he takes in the view

It’s an old, rundown, four story mansion with a waterfall behind it. It’s pretty beat up, but still beautiful

“Right?” I say and take his hand to lead him inside

I walk up to the door and find the key I had made hidden under the entry rug and force it into the old lock. It turns and clicks and the door opens to reveal an old Victorian era living room. Nick stands in the doorway in shock as he takes it all in.

“You coming in, or are you just gonna stand there all day?” I ask sarcastically and he walks in and looks around some more

“This place is absolutely amazing” He says, still in awe, and walks in

After a while of showing him around we head back into the living room and sit down on the couch

“So, do you have family back in Hell?” I ask him

“Yea, a sister and my dad” He answers solemnly

“Girlfriend?”

“Yea”

“You miss her?”

He looks down and smiles softly “A lot”

“What’s her name?”

“Actually it’s really similar to yours; I call her Jess, but her name’s Jessiah.”

“Really?”

“Yea, you guys aren’t much alike, though”

“How so?”

“She’s really outgoing and you’re so laid back all the time. Heh, I wish I could see her again...” He says sadly

“She sounds nice”

“She is, the greatest girl I’ve ever met. You’re a close second though”

I laugh “A close second, eh?”

“Duh, nobody could ever be better than Jessiah in my eyes” He says and then shortly after adds “We were gonna get married” He sighs and looks down at his hands as he messes with a ring on his ring finger that I hadn’t noticed before

My phone buzzes in my pocket and I take it out to look at it

-Hey- reads a text from an unknown number

-Who is this? - I text back and get an almost immediate response

-Just Hell- It reads and I sit there confused for a second before it sinks in

-What do you want? – I text back angrily. How the hell did Alix get my number?

-Just playing with your boy toy- She responds.

-Proof- I text back, getting angrier by the second and I can feel myself slowly losing control

“Hey, what’s wrong?” Nick asks, nudging me with his elbow

“Uh, nothing, just a text from someone with the wrong number” I answer cautiously

“Oh come on, your eyes are red, and I know what that means”

I close my eyes and take a deep breath, but the anger is taking over. I feel Nick take the phone from my hands and I look up at him. His eyes go wide and I snatch the phone back, seeing the proof I had demanded.

She was in Andy’s bed, naked, and he was lying next to her. Those piercing blue eyes I had started to trust looking right at me.

“Jessicka?” Nick says slowly

I stand up and storm out of the house, with Nick close on my heels

“Leave me alone” I yell back at him

“But you don’t know how to control it, I do” He yells back, catching up to me

I think about it for a second. He’s right, I can’t control it. I feel my wings extend from my back

“Great” Nick breathes right before I take off and he follows me

I fly into the clouds and hover there for a second before half screaming half roaring at the top of my lungs

“Jessicka, come on, it’s not safe to fly when you’re like this” Nick says as he grabs my shoulder and I look back at him, fire in my eyes, and all I can think about is destroying.

“Come on, Jess, let’s just land and we can work through this”

I’m practically fighting with myself now, but I take his advice and fly back down to the warehouse. My phone still in my hand, I throw it at the ground and watch it crumble. It felt so satisfying to break it. I pick it up and see that the picture is still plastered on the screen, Alix’s face smirking at me.

‘Come on, just calm down’ I think to myself

“Jess, just let it all out” Nick says and I do it

I scream. I cry. I rip at the warehouse with my claws. I let all of it out.

“Now close your eyes and breathe. Don’t think about anything except breathing” Nick says and again I follow his instructions

I feel myself start to calm down and I open my eyes

“Well, at least your eyes aren’t red anymore” Nick says, half laughing

“Yea, now I can go out in public” We both laugh at that “How did you know what to do?”

“I’m a demon, my sister used to do it all the time, it’s... What almost got her killed...”

“Oh” I say simply, for lack of other words. “This is exactly why I haven’t had a single friend in five years” I yell, the anger starting again

“Jess, do something about it. Standing here and getting angry isn’t gonna fix anything”
“You wouldn’t say that to me if you knew what I’ve done because I didn’t just stand alone and get angry”

“Well, I don’t know what you’ve done, so I’m saying it”

I fall into a flashback and I feel myself fall to my knees, hard

~ “Honey, what the hell is that thing doing?” My mother asks as the claws grow from my finger tips and the voices start up for the first time

‘Kill her’

‘Get it over with’

‘She doesn’t love you’

‘Kill her now, so she can’t hurt you’

‘Don’t cry, darling, you’ve always got us’ Are just a few things the horrid voices are saying to me

I extend my wings to their full span and reach out with a clawed hand and grab my mother’s throat~

“Jessicka, Jessicka, come on, snap out of it” Nick says, frantically

I breathe heavily as Nick pulls me into a hug

“Don’t worry, I’m here for you” He says

‘Don’t cry, darling, you’ve always got us’ Pops into my head again

I feel myself shaking, from what I don’t know, but shaking nonetheless “No” I breathe out and He looks at me

“Jess” His eyes flash red and I’m taken aback for a moment and then I fully realise my surroundings

It’s Nick, not the voices. I don’t have to worry about the voices. I don’t.

“Are you alright now?” Nick asks

“Yea, just a flashback”

“A bad one?”


“One of the worst”

“Tell me”

“I-I can’t”

“Come on, Jess”

“Just leave it” I half yell

“Alright” He says, putting his hands up in defeat

“I think I’ve had enough time out today” I say and start heading back to my truck

“Alright, see you soon?” He asks

“Definitely” I respond and get in my truck and drive off.

I look at the clock on my dashboard and see that it’s 11 pm already. I head home and fall into my bed and fall asleep almost instantly, not even bothering with changing my clothes. Today was interesting...

Notes

So, I didn't realise how long this chapter was until I was done... It's five pages long, so I hope you enjoy the super long chapter.

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