Chapter 1
"Would you do me a favor?"
"Ugh, why? I'm content right where I am."
"I know that Beca. But THEY won't be happy when they find out that you've been skipping your duties again. You are lucky nobody has died yet. You need to take your job a little more seriously."
"You should have told that to my guardian angel. He failed his job spectacularly."
"I know. He's apologized to you more times than I want to count these last few years. Can't you just let it go?"
"Let it go?! His mistake resulted in my death! I was 18 for fucks sake! I hadn't even started living my life!"
"Beca, calm down. It was a mistake and we are all very sorry. But that doesn't mean other people need to suffer because you are angry and hurt. Do you want to be the reason someone else dies?"
"...no."
"That's what I thought. I have a favor to ask of you. I already talked to THEM and they said it was okay. Did I ever tell you about my daughter?"
"Don't know. I usually don't listen when you talk."
"Right. Well, I'm worried about her. Something strange has been going on and I have the weird feeling my daughter will be involved in that. I think she might be in danger and I don't trust anyone with her safety. I would go myself but I need to stay here. You know, the hassles of being a paperwork angel."
"I'm still waiting for that favor you want to ask of me."
"Talking to you is like pulling teeth, Beca. I reassigned you to her. She's the only one you'll have to protect so you should have a lot of free time. I just want her to be safe."
"Dude, why me? I'm the worst guardian angel that this side of the world has seen in thousands of years."
"You are not. You are special, and once you'll find your motivation, the sky will bow down to your powers."
"Ugh, where the hell did you get that from? That sounds like way too much responsibility to me. You can have the job, I'll pass."
"Beca! This is your destiny, you can't run away from it. But let's not talk about that right now. Please protect my daughter. I beg of you."
"... You are lucky I like you. I don't want THEM to show up and force me to do my job so I'll accept. Where do I need to go to find her?"
The man with the huge beautiful white wings smiled like the sun, his vibrant red hair shining brightly against the fluffy white clouds. He grabbed the small brunette girl and hugged her tightly. "Thank you Rhebekka."
Beca pulled away from him quickly. "Ugh, don't call me that. It sounds horrible. My name is Beca. If you want to be specific, it would be Rebecca. Not Rhebekka. That sounds like some lame greek name from thousands of years ago."
The redheaded angel chuckled. "Your name is special. You'll find that out in time. Thanks for protecting my daughter. You'll find her in Atlanta."
With a last questioning look in Michail's direction, Beca spread her beautiful white wings and jumped off her favorite cloud. You know, the one with the best WLAN reception. She had places to be.
Choe Beale had always loved the sky. Her father had taken her camping when she was little and had taught her all about the different stars and constellations. Aquarius, Delphinus, Pegasus, you name them, she knew all of them and used every opportunity she got to watch them.
The vastness of the sky and the silent strength of the moon lit environment always calmed her down after stressful situations.
Which is why it wasn't surprising that Chloe Beale could be found sitting just outside her bedroom window on her childhood home's roof today. She was fuming and took some deep breaths, trying to calm her wildly beating heart down.
After she had come home from school today, she had gotten into a fight with her mom. Spring break was coming up and Chloe had planned to go on a short trip with her two best friends Aubrey and Stacie and a few other friends and her mom had agreed to let her go. She had been ecstatic the last few days, extremely excited about her first vacation without her mom. Chloe had already told all of her friends that she was allowed to go with them, which is another reason for her anger.
After she had eaten dinner with her mom, she had told Chloe that her grandma was celebrating her seventies birthday on the weekend Chloe had planned to go on vacation with her friends. Chloe loved her grandma, but she really wanted to enjoy a nice weekend with her friends but her mom insisted. 'Your grandma does everything for you. The least you could do is attend her birthday party. You can go with your friends another time.'
Chloe had tried arguing with her mom, but she wouldn't change her mind. After her mom had told her that she would stay home and that arguing would be pointless, Chloe had stormed off into her room, loudly slamming the door shut behind her. She had been pacing for a few moments when she decided to go and sit on the roof.
The stars were shining brightly that night, casting a soft glow at her surroundings. She looked at the sky and remembered the countless times her father had sat with her at this exact spot, pointing out the different constellations to her.
"I miss you daddy."
"He's watching over you. It's kind of his duty as head of all of us lazy guardian angels. I just don't know why he had to ask ME for help, I mean, do I look like a good guardian angel to you?"
Chloe had jumped up the moment she had heard the voice. The person who had interrupted her silent solitude was a cute brunette girl, with a flowing white and gold dress. She was wearing a scowl on her face and had her arms crossed in front of her chest. "Um, what?"
"They forced me to wear this ugly white dress, claimed it to be some kind of uniform, took my eyeliner and kicked me out of heaven. Do something nice, they said, go and help some people, maybe we'll let you continue skipping your guardian angel duties for a little while longer, they said. Honestly, who do they think they are? I'm really not happy with them but nothing can be done about it. So, are you in some kind of trouble? Do you need help with something? Let me help you, then I can go back to heaven and continue polishing my reputation of being the laziest angel around this part of the world."
"Um, I don't really need help. What the hell did you just say about being a guardian angel? Are you drunk? Or high? And what did you say about my dad?"
"What do you mean, you don't need help? Oh man, I hate wasting my time. That damn Michail, always worried over nothing. Okay then, nice meeting you Red. Take care of yourself."
Beca said, stood up and spread her beautiful white wings until the soft summer breeze got caught under them. With a last smirk in Chloe's direction, Beca jumped from the roofing tiles, leaving a wide eyed and open mouthed redhead standing on her childhood home's roof.
"Wait! What was that about my dad? Do you know him?!" But Beca had already vanished behind some clouds.
Chloe remained standing on the roof a little while longer, trying to figure out what just happened. After about half an hour, she decided to just get back inside and go to bed.
The next morning, Chloe had convinced herself that she must have fallen asleep on the roof and had some weird dream about angels and her father.
She was still angry at her mom for making her cancel her plans so she didn't say much to her before she headed out and waited for Aubrey to pick her up. A few minutes later a blue car stopped next to her and Chloe jumped into the back seat.
"Hey Bree, hey Stace."
"Good morning Chloe." Aubrey said and continued driving them to school.
"Hey Chlo!" Stacie said excitedly and turned around to smile at Chloe. Noticing the bad mood her friend was in, she furrowed her brows. "What's wrong? Are you sick or something?"
Chloe shook her head and sighed. "No. I'm just angry at my mom. She told me I have to go to my grandma's birthday."
"You love your grandma, what's the problem?"
"It's on the weekend we wanted to go to Miami Beach."
"What?!" Stacie exclaimed. "You have to come with us! We've been planning the trip for the last three months!"
Chloe dropped her head, a defeated expression on her face. "I know. Believe me, I tried to convince her to let me go but she thinks I should be grateful to my grandma and at least attend her birthday party. She said I could go on vacation with you guys another time."
"But... she was fine with it a few days ago. Why did she change her mind suddenly?"
Chloe shrugged. "I don't know. I just know that she won't let me leave. You know my mom, she is great and let's me do a lot of things, but when she decides on something, she stays with it. There is no way I can convince her to let me go."
"That sucks." Stacie said as Aubrey parked her car and turned it off.
"Maybe that's a sign that we shouldn't go. I wasn't particularly fond of this idea in the first place."
"No Bree, we're going. And Chloe, you're coming with us too."
The redhead shook her head sadly. "No Stacie, I can't. She'll notice if I try to lie to her. And I don't particularly want to lie to her either. I've always been able to talk to her about anything. I don't want to risk our relationship for a vacation. We can go another time."
"But Chloe! You've been excited about this for the last few weeks. It sucks that she changed her mind."
"I know. But I can't do anything about it. We'll continue talking about this at lunch, okay? I really don't want to be late for my art class."
Stacie didn't look happy but she knew that it wasn't Chloe's fault and hugged her tightly before she went to her chemistry class. Aubrey stayed a little longer.
"Are you okay Chloe? You seem a little out of it." Aubrey asked her friend worriedly.
"I'm fine Bree. I just had a weird dream and I'm a little bit mad about the vacation."
"A weird dream?"
The redhead nodded. "Yeah, I dreamed that I was sitting on the roof next to my window looking at the stars when suddenly a girl sat down next to me and started talking about white dresses, eyeliner and guardian angels. It was really strange."
Aubrey rose an eyebrow. "Did you finish the bottle of tequila from last weekend without us?"
Chloe laughed. "No, but it was strange. Anyway, let's not think about my strange dreams and get to class. I don't want to be late." With a quick hug and a short goodbye to her blond friend, Chloe hurried to her first class of the day.
She arrived just on time and sat down in her seat. They had assigned seats and were an uneven number of students, so she normally had the whole table to herself. When she wanted to get her things out of her bag to place them on the – usually empty – side of her desk, she noticed that someone was already occupying the space.
Thinking that it might be a new student, she smiled brightly and lifted her head, trying to introduce herself and make a good first impression.
When her eyes finally fell on the person sitting next to her, she screamed.
"Everything okay Chloe?" Her teacher, Ms Lawson asked her a few seconds later.
"Um..." Chloe was standing next to her desk, looking from her teacher to the brunette girl who was smirking at her. "Yeah. Everything is okay." She said after the staring of the other students started bothering her. She sat back down in her seat and looked at her teacher.
Ms Lawson looked at Chloe and the new girl for a moment but since she didn't find anything wrong, she shrugged and went to the front of the room to start her class.
"No need to scream in my face, Red. I'd like to think that I'm not that horrible to look at."
"Oh my god, what are you doing here?!" Chloe whispered harshly.
Beca widened her eyes and looked at Chloe with an offended look on her face. "I kinda get the impression that you don't want me here. That's really rude, you know that?"
Feeling bad for a moment, the redhead's eyes softened. "I'm sorry. Um, have we met before?" Maybe it was all just a dream and this girl just looked extremely similar to the... person she met yesterday evening.
Beca rolled her eyes. "Of course we have. We were talking on your roof yesterday evening. But you said you didn't need any help so I got back to doing important things. Michail caught me though and sent me back down here. You can start getting used to me, it looks like I'll be staying for a while."
"Um... what? I don't know you. And you are a little weird. I don't think I want anything to do with you, sorry. There are a lot of other people at this school who would like to hang out with you." Chloe told the brunette and turned around to pay attention to her teacher.
Normally she wouldn't be this rude, but the brunette girl was starting to creep her out.
Beca rolled her eyes. "Don't be like that. I'm Beca, by the way. And you?"
"Chloe." she said shortly, without looking at the brunette.
"Nice to meet you." Beca said and held her hand out for Chloe to shake.
The redhead tried to ignore her but her good upbringing didn't allow her to just ignore the outstretched hand. With a sigh, she shook the other girls hand and really looked at her for the first time that day.
"Woah, your eyes look like the night sky."
Beca chuckled at that. "Yeah, I get that a lot."
Chloe had started blushing immediately after the words had escaped her mouth. "Uh, sorry. That's not what I meant to say."
"No problem." Beca grinned. "So, what subject do we have?"
Chloe squinted her eyes a little. "Um, you are in this class too. Shouldn't you know what you are taking?"
The little brunette shrugged. "No. I just told them to give me all of your classes."
Eyes widening, Chloe sat a little straighter in her chair. "What the hell? Are you stalking me?"
"Calm down. And no, I'm not. Well, technically yes, but I only have the best intentions. I'm your guardian angel and was sent here to protect you, bla bla bla."
Chloe couldn't help but let a small incredulous laugh escape her. "Right. You are crazy."
"I'm not. You saw my wings yesterday, right?"
"I didn't see anything. I was sleeping and had a weird dream, that's all."
"Oh come on, you remember me. Otherwise you wouldn't be so suspicious of me. Do I need to show them to you again? Because I can do that, just a second." Beca stood up and took her plaid shirt off. She was wearing a pair of black chucks, dark blue jeans and a purple tank top.
Before Beca could do more than stand up, Chloe had grabbed her hand and pulled her back down so she was sitting in her chair again. "What the hell? You can't just unpack your wings in front of the whole class! That's like the first rule in every Paranormal Young Adult book there is. The supernatural being isn't allowed to tell anyone what he or she is and the main character spends the first 200 pages trying to figure out what he or she is. Oh my god, you sat next to me and talked to me, don't tell me I'm the main character? Oh god, please don't let this happen." she put her head in her hands and groaned.
Beca was looking at her strangely. "What's up with you? Of course I wouldn't have shown my wings to everyone. They can't see or hear us, you know? Or do you think your teacher would have let us continue talking this loudly without saying something? They only see what I want them to see and that is us sitting at this table quietly and taking notes attentively."
Chloe looked around and noticed that nobody was looking in their direction. Even the people sitting at the desk behind them were looking to their teacher without acknowledging that anything strange was going on. She waved at them but didn't get a reaction. "Huh. Cool."
Beca grinned. "Right? Now, what did you say about books and main characters? I hope you're not referring to Twilight or some shit like that. I'm not some kind of emo angel with massive problems and a weird taste in cars. Michail sent me here to protect you and I intend to do that. When the job is done, I'll be out of your hair."
"Um, pushing all the thoughts about books and main characters aside, aren't you supposed to protect me from afar? Like without me seeing you?"
Beca scoffed. "Do you have any idea how boring that is? I've done it before and it's extremely exhausting following someone around without being seen. You know the feeling when you think someone is watching you? Most people think nothing of it but that would be a guardian angel most of the time. I don't like that approach. I'd like to think I'm a little bit more modern than that. Give me your phone."
Chloe was just staring at Beca, not really knowing what to say. Beca sighed and grabbed Chloe's phone out of her bag. She did something for a minute and then gave it back. "Here. I entered my number, please call me if you need help and I'm not around. Oh, and in case you get kidnapped or something like that, I installed a tracking app. It lets me find you when you're somewhere where you're not supposed to be."
"Oh my god, you're completely crazy. And how the hell did you know my pin code?"
Beca rolled her eyes. "I read your file of course. Now let's go, the class is over."
"What?" Chloe asked and looked around hurriedly. The room was already half empty and Ms Lawson was packing her stuff into her bag.
Beca had already packed her stuff into her bag and was waiting for Chloe by the door. The redhead was confused and extremely overwhelmed by the things Beca had told her but put her things in her bag automatically and went over to stand next to Beca. "What are you waiting for?"
"You of course. I have no idea where your next class is. Lead the way."
Chloe furrowed her brows. "Wait, you were serious about being in all of my classes?"
"Of course, why would I lie to you?"
Chloe just rolled her eyes and started walking. "That's what I'm trying to figure out." She said under her breath, hoping that Beca wouldn't hear her. Well, hope wasn't on her side today it seemed.
"How's that going for you? Did you come up with a logical explanation?"
"Awesome, you heard me. Do you have heightened senses or some shit like that?"
Beca shrugged. "Yeah. Comes with the job."
Chloe stopped walking. "Really? What else can you do?" She was still not happy and extremely confused but if – and that was a big IF – Beca was telling the truth, she was talking to a genuine angel. On earth. Who was talking to her.
Beca laughed. "We'll have time for that later. I don't want to be the reason you're missing your classes. Michail will annoy me for the next decade if I let you skip."
"Okay, stop. Who the hell is Michail? You've mentioned him at least four times now. Is he your boss or something?"
Beca shrugged. "Or something. Let's get you to your class."
Before Chloe could ask more questions, Beca was already walking away. That's how the next few periods went. They talked a little more about Beca being... well not exactly human but Beca told her that school wasn't the ideal place to discuss things like that.
When lunch hour came around, Beca followed Chloe to her usual table where Aubrey and Stacie were already sitting.
"Hey Chlo! Who's that? She's hot." Stacie asked, not trying to hide the way she was looking at Beca.
Chloe rolled her eyes while she sat down across from her friends. Beca sat down next to her, smirking and enjoying herself immensely. "Keep it in your pants. I doubt she's interested in you."
Stacie rose an eyebrow. "Oh, why's that? You want to tell us something?"
Not wanting to waste this opportunity Beca decided to speak up. "She thinks she's the main character because I'm new and mysterious and she's the first person I talked to. She's already planning our immortal children and is preparing herself for the next big vampire war. She's probably waiting for me to kidnap her into the woods and show her my sparkling chest while trying to intimidate her into staying away from me."
Chloe was blushing furiously and shooting daggers at Beca with her eyes. Stacie couldn't help but laugh out loud and even Aubrey was grinning.
"I like her. I'm Stacie, and you are?" Stacie asked and stretched her hand out for Beca to shake.
"Beca. I'm new and I talked Chloe into being friends with me. Nice to meet you."
The two brunettes shook hands and smiled at each other.
Chloe was still blushing. "We're not friends. I hardly know you. Stacie, don't befriend her, she's a horrible person."
Beca and Stacie both rolled their eyes. Beca looked at Stacie and Aubrey. "She loves me. She just doesn't know it yet. Now, you must be Aubrey then, right?" Beca asked the blonde girl who hadn't said anything since Beca had come to the table.
The blonde nodded. "Yes. Nice to meet you." They shook hands and smiled at each other.
"So, Beca, where are you from?" Aubrey asked and started eating her sandwich.
"I was born in Maine. I traveled a little until I came here. I lost a year due to some troubles at home and now I'm here, trying to get my diploma."
Stacie rose an eyebrow. "Oh? How old are you?"
Beca grinned. "18."
"You're a year older than us. That's pretty cool. Are you living alone?"
Beca nodded and turned to look at Chloe who was silently nibbling on her apple. "Yeah. Come on Chloe, I know you want to ask."
Chloe looked at Beca and glared at her. "Don't talk to me. I'm mad at you right now."
"Oh come on, don't be like that. It was a joke."
Chloe sighed. "Fine. What do I want to ask you?"
Beca smirked, leaned a little closer to Chloe and asked her in a breathy voice. "How long have you been 18, Beca?"
Stacie and Aubrey immediately broke out into laughter while Chloe's glare returned and she tried to slap Beca on the arm. Beca was busy trying to avoid the redhead's hands and keeping her laughter in.
"You're the worst." Chloe said and turned away, trying to glare a hole into the cafeteria wall.
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't help myself. You were the one who started with the fantasy books."
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Yes, I'm sorry okay? Can we talk about something else now?"
Before someone could suggest a new topic, a tall guy dressed in a football jacket came over and sat down next to Chloe.
"Hey babe. I haven't seen you today, how are you?"
Chloe smiled at the guy. "I'm good. How are you?"
"Fine. Listen, do you want to hang out after school today? We can get a burger at the diner and then drive over to my place."
Chloe was about to answer when a loud cough interrupted her. She rolled her eyes, knowing that it had been Beca. "Oh, right where are my manners." She said sarcastically and glared at Beca. "Tom, this is Beca. Beca, Tom, my boyfriend."
"Ooooh, the boyfriend. Nice to meet you. We'll be seeing a lot of each other in the future. I hope we'll get along."
Tom looked at her confusedly. "Um, okay? Why is that?"
"Oh, Chloe is going to be a very good friend of mine. I'll be around her all of the time."
Tom rose an eyebrow. "All of the time? Like every day?"
Beca nodded. "Yep."
Chloe had enough. "Beca, can I talk to you for a second?"
Beca shrugged. "Sure."
When Beca didn't make a move to get up, Chloe groaned and grabbed her arm. "Over there. Come on." She pulled Beca over to a window and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "What do you think you are doing?"
"Guarding you. Protecting you. Making sure you are fine. Like I am supposed to."
"Can you maybe do that without embarrassing me and being around me 24/7?"
Beca sighed. "I already told you that stalking isn't my thing. How am I supposed to protect you when I'm not with you? I need to be with you as often as possible. I just wanted to inform your boyfriend that I'll be around a lot."
"Why do you even need to protect me? I'm fine, do you know something that I don't?"
"I don't know. Michail asked me to protect you. That's why I am here."
"Who is this guy Beca? What do you want from me?"
Beca sighed. "This will take too long to explain now. I'll talk to you after school? Or when you get back from your boyfriend? And by you I mean we?"
"Ugh. You are the worst. I'll tell Tom I'll meet him tomorrow or something. I want answers Beca. As soon as school is over we are going to talk."
Beca nodded. "Okay. Let's go back to your friends, they are watching us."
"They are so nosy. Well, I guess I would have done the same."
Stacie and Aubrey watched them curiously as they came back and sat back down in their seats. "Everything okay between you two?" Stacie asked.
Chloe nodded and turned to look at her boyfriend. "Yeah. Tom, I've got plans for today, why don't we meet up tomorrow after school?"
Tom's eyes darkened. "I've got practice tomorrow. You know that."
"Oh. Yeah, right. Sorry, I forgot. Um, what about the day after that?"
"You've got Bellas practice then. Chloe, what is wrong with you? You don't seem like yourself."
"Today is just a strange day. I'll be fine tomorrow."
"Are you sure?"
Chloe nodded. "Yes."
The rest of the lunch period was spent talking to each other and after that Beca and Chloe went to their last classes of the day.
Chloe had told Aubrey and Stacie that she didn't need a ride home because she had plans. They had asked if she had plans with Beca, but Chloe didn't answer them. She just told them that they would meet up tomorrow.
When classes were finally over, Chloe and Beca went to the parking lot.
"Do you even own a car?"
"Of course. How do you think I move around?"
Chloe shrugged. "Well..." she made some chicken movements with her arms.
"Oh my god, Chloe! I'm not a chicken! And flying is just as exhausting as running, why would I do it if I have a perfectly functional car that can take me anywhere I want to go?"
"Hm. True. So where is it?"
"Right here." Beca stopped next to a silver Volvo.
Chloe's eyes widened. "You're kidding! This is not your car!"
Beca couldn't contain her laughter anymore. "No, sorry, it's not. You should have seen your face though. Priceless."
"I hate you." Chloe mumbled and glared at Beca.
Beca took the other girl's arm and pulled her in the direction of a black truck and opened the passenger door for Chloe. "This is mine. Get in."
"Why do you need such a big car? You can't be tall enough to get in the driver's seat without a ladder or something."
"Bite me."
"Where are you taking me exactly?" Chloe asked suspiciously before she climbed into the car.
Beca rolled her eyes. "I'm not going to kidnap you. I'm trying to prevent that from happening."
"Okay, okay. Let's go." Chloe said and closed the door after her. Beca walked around the car and climbed into the truck. She started the engine and grinned at Chloe. "Ready?"
"No. But I want to know what you have to tell me. So let's go."
Beca smiled and started to drive out of the parking lot.
A/N: Soooo, another multi chapter fic. I'm sorry xD I had this idea in my head that had to be written down. I have a lot of ideas for this one and I hope some of you like it. I know that fantasy is not something everyone enjoys, but I like it :) Also, Angel-Beca? Who wouldn't like it? (At least that's what I'm telling myself...) Thanks to NinaR22 for being an awesome friend and telling me that this is a good idea ;) Please let me know if you like it or not :D
