DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT own any of the characters from TBAA. They belong to Martha Williamson and CBS. Anyone you don't recognize, I do own.

Remember, God loves you!

A/N: This is the second story in my Celine Rose series. I hope everyone likes it! The first story is called Love Can Move Mountains.

"When You Can't Move the Mountain"

Gloria frowned as she stood, unseen, observing her next assignment. She wasn't alone, either. Tess stood beside her and she too was frowning.

"Why do children treat other children badly, Tess?" Gloria asked aloud, turning to her superior.

Tess shook her head.

"I just don't know, little angel. I just don't know. Some children were never taught how to treat others with respect and kindness."

Gloria nodded in agreement.

Just then, a little girl about the age of seven or eight came into the room. She had dark blond hair and eyes the color of sapphires.

Gloria smiled upon seeing her. She recognized the little girl right away. It was her former assignment and fast becoming good friend, Celine Rose Casey.

"Now there's someone I wouldn't mind helping." Gloria said, smiling from ear to ear. She was about to revert to her Human form so that she could give Celine a hug, but Tess stopped her.

"Not so fast, little angel. You need to wait. You'll see Celine soon enough."

"Is she my assignment, Tess?" Gloria asked, an eager note to her voice.

Tess sighed. She loved Gloria to pieces, but sometimes, the youngest angel drove her crazy.

"Just wait and watch." Tess instructed, putting a loving arm around Gloria. She did this partly out of love and partly to prevent Gloria from intervening in what was about to take place.

As the two angels continued to observe Celine, the little girl grinned in their direction and waved, making Gloria's heart melt. She waved back, making Tess roll her eyes.

"She knows we're here, Tess!" Gloria exclaimed, happily.

"I can see that. But now isn't the time to approach her. You'll get your chance soon enough. I promise."

Gloria nodded, knowing it was better to listen to Tess rather than argue with her.

As Celine put her books away, she kept glancing over to where Gloria and Tess were, making sure Gloria was still there. She couldn't see Tess, but she could definitely see Gloria.

As Celine continued to glance at her angelic friend, she heard her name being called from across the room.

"Hey Celine!" A girl named Rachel called from just to the right of the computer desk.

Celine turned wearily around to meet the green eyes of the girl who had just addressed her. She didn't' like Rachel and she really didn't feel like being bothered right now.

"Yeah?" Celine asked, deciding to give Rachel the benefit of the doubt.

Rachel smirked before replying.

"Who are you waving at? Your imaginary friend!"

Celine frowned as she turned away. She wasn't going to give Rachel the satisfaction of knowing she had made her mad.

Gloria frowned at Tess. She wanted so badly to prove Rachel wrong and help Celine, but Tess held her back.

"Not yet, little angel." Tess told her, her arm still around Gloria's shoulders. "Wait until the Father tells you to go."

Gloria nodded, although her heart was breaking for her friend.

Celine pulled out her journal and started to read the last entry she had written. It was about Gloria and the time they had helped Celine's friend, Sadira Reiner, get her life back on track. Gloria had done most of the work, but Celine had helped out a lot. If it hadn't been for Celine, Sadira may not have trusted Gloria at all. Celine was happy to help and she enjoyed assisting Gloria on her assignments that God gave her. Celine enjoyed spending time with Gloria, no matter what they did.

As Celine turned another page in her journal, she felt someone's eyes on her. She looked up to see Rachel standing over her shoulder.

Celine quickly closed her journal, not wanting Rachel to see it.

"What are you writing?" Rachel asked, a taunting smirk on her face. "Something about your imaginary angel again?"

Celine glared at Rachel.

"Gloria isn't imaginary. She's real and she's my best friend. You can learn a lot from her. You should try being nice once in a while."

Rachel laughed as she gave Celine a Look.

"Angels aren't real." Rachel said, a smirk still on her face.

Celine gazed over to where Gloria and Tess were still standing. She caught the encouraging look Gloria was giving her and took it as a cue that it was okay to contradict Rachel.

Celine nodded.

"Yes they are!"

"How do you know?" Rachel asked, her tone cynical.

Gloria held her breath. She wasn't' sure what Celine was going to say and she prayed it was something she would be able to back up.

"I just know that's all." Celine said, praying Rachel would be satisfied with the answer.

But unfortunately, Rachel didn't stop there.

"Prove it!" She challenged, smirking at the red flush that crept up Celine's peach colored neck.

Celine threw Gloria a desperate look, but Tess shook her head, causing Gloria to do the same.

Celine frowned, but then she got an idea.

"I can't prove it." She began. "But I know angels are real. I know because I have faith. And I also know because God loves me. He loves you too, Rachel."

Gloria smiled with pride as she watched Celine sharing the message of God's love with a less fortunate child.

"God bless that sweet, precious child." Tess said, a smile spreading across her face as well. "God bless that sweet baby."

Gloria nodded in agreement.

Rachel made a noise as though she didn't believe Celine.

"God doesn't love me." She said, her voice full of disbelief. "God isn't even real."

Celine nodded.

"Yes He is! God is real and He loves you."

"No He's not!" Rachel shot back. She then glared at Celine.

Before anyone could stop her, she said, "If God is real, then how come He didn't stop your real father from hitting you?"

Celine felt her cheeks redden with embarrassment as she subconsciously touched a fading bruise on her shoulder. She felt the tears coming and tried her best to hold them back.

"It was his choice to hurt us." Celine said, her voice quiet, but still audible. "God did help us. He sent us Gloria."

"Out of the mouth of babes." Tess said, impressed by Celine's answer.

"Amen to that." Gloria agreed, before going silent again.

"Then if it was his choice," Rachel said, making sure Celine could hear every word, "then he must not of loved you. He probably never loved you." With that, Rachel left, laughing to herself as she sat down.

Celine turned away as the tears came. She couldn't hold them back and she wasn't going to even try this time.

"Oh my…" Tess said, her mouth in a thin line. "I don't understand how some kids could be so cruel."

Gloria didn't respond. She was trying to fight back tears herself. She hated seeing children in pain, but to see Celine in pain was even worse.

As Celine continued to cry, she stuffed her journal back into her bag and swung it over her shoulder before leaving the room.

As Celine ran down the hallway, her tears blinding her vision, she bumped into a slightly opened door, causing her to fall backwards, hitting her left arm on a set of lockers.

This only served to cause more tears to stream down her peach colored cheeks.

As Celine sat there, she brushed herself off and got up, all intentions of leaving the school. She made a left turn and nearly bumped into someone as she continued her race to the door.

Celine didn't even bother to look up to see who it was. She just wanted to be left alone.

As Celine went to back away, the person put a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"Wow, hold on there, baby. It's all right. I'm not gonna hurt you. Are you okay?"

Celine shook her head as more tears spilled from her eyes. She gazed up and that's when she saw the woman for the first time. She was of African American descent, with brown eyes and graying hair.

"I'm sorry I bumped into you." Celine apologized, sincerely. "But if you don't mind, I just want to be left alone."

The truth was, Celine really wanted Gloria, but she hadn't seen her angelic friend for the past two months, so she was sure God had assigned Gloria elsewhere.

Tess smiled gently down at the child.

"Oh I don't mind at all, but you know you're never alone."

Celine nodded, knowing what Tess was getting at.

"By the way, I'm Tess. You're Celine, right?"

Celine nodded, taken aback that Tess knew her name.

"How did you know my name?" Celine asked, tears in her voice.

"Gloria told me." She said, knowing that would put Celine's mind at ease.

"You know Gloria?" Celine asked, surprised by Tess's answer.

Tess nodded.

"Yes I do. She's a good friend of mine. And she's waiting for you in the library. Would you like me to take you to her?"

Celine thought about this before shaking her head.

"No thank you. I can get there myself. It was nice meeting you, Tess." With that, Celine turned around and left. She had no intention of going to the library. She was going home. She figured if Gloria was assigned to her, she would find her on her own.

As Tess watched Celine walk outside, she sighed.

"Father, please watch over Celine and let Gloria find her before its too late." As Tess finished her prayer, she saw Andrew appear out of the corner of her eye. She shook her head as she walked over to him. She had a feeling she knew why he was here, but she didn't want to entertain the thought just yet.

"Angel boy, what are you doing here?" Tess asked, a worried note to her tone. "You're not here for…" Her voice trailed off as she watched Celine walking away from the school.

Andrew shrugged.

"I don't know. I was just told to come here and that you and Gloria needed some back up with Monica not here."

Tess nodded. She was still watching Celine and she couldn't help but think that this assignment was about to get a lot more complicated for everyone involved…