4th chapter. And a pretty long one, too. A big thanks to those who reviewed, especially the one that wished me the best of luck for my studies. Read & Review.
"Really?"
Clare eyes sparkled as she smiled. She hugged him tight. "That's great!"
"Uh... Yeah! It is!" He whipped out his phone. "Excuse me while I make a call..." Clare looked blank. "A what?" Eli sighed. That's right. She was an angel. She didn't know about 'human' stuff.
"Just... Sit down and watch TV while I make a call."
"TV?" He sighed, pointing to the program that playing on TV. "That." Clare smiled. "Oh. Okay!" Eli went to the kitchen and dialled. "Hello? Adam?"
"Yep. This is Adam."
"Listen, dude, I have a problem. And I need your help." He inhaled and exhaled. "Well it isn't really a problem, but..." He heard Adam sigh. "What is it, man? Your procrastinating. You only dawdle when something's wrong... When something's up..."
"You see... It's like this... I have to take care of girl. Until her... Um..." He thought for a moment. "Until her parents get here."
"Oh. Okay. Who is she? Your niece or something?"
"No... See, that's the problem. I don't know her. She was lost. She got into my house somehow. Really, she's a girl who lost her... Parents."
"Whoah..."
"I know, right? But that's not the only problem. She's an an-" He stopped speaking. Adam wouldn't believe him if he told him that the girl he was taking care of was an angel.
"She's a?"
"Innocent. Very naïve."
"Okay... Shouldn't you call the cops or something? Have them investigate? Like where'd she come from? Who are her guardians, parents? That sort of thing."
"No... I think it's best if I keep this quiet, ya know? I don't wanna cause a scene."
"Well I thought you wanted my help? I'm trying to help you, man. I'm giving you advice. Do I have to come over?"
"Yeah. You know what? That's a great idea. You should come over and see for yourself."
"Alright. See you in a few."
"See ya." Eli put his phone back in his pocket. He felt relieved now. A friend was gonna help him out. He went back into the living room to check on Clare. She wasn't on the couch. She was gone.
Eli began to panic. Did she go outside or something? Was she hiding? Eli rubbed his temples. This was not good. He couldn't have her running around!
"Yaaaay!"
He heard water running. He rushed to the bathroom. Clare was in the tub, splashing water on herself. Thank God she was wearing her clothes.
He didn't want to see her naked. He blushed. 'Okay, maybe I do. But I'm not supposed to be thinking about stuff like that right now. Right now, I have to take care of her.'
She smiled up at him. "I didn't know you guys had water here in on Earth!" She giggled as she poured a handful of water on her head. "It's so pretty! I love water! It's always been my favorite element."
"Don't your guardians talk about humans up in heaven?"
Clare shook her head. "Nope. The Guardians don't think it's a good idea for angels to talk about humans. They said it's because humans do a lot of bad stuff. And that information about humans might 'soil' or 'corrupt' our minds..." She wiped her nose with the back of her hand. She looked up at him. "What does that even mean?" She asked innocently. "Do humans really do bad stuff? Like the guardians said? And what is 'bad stuff'?"
"Um..." Eli scratched his head. "I'll explain some other time, okay?"
Clare pouted, folding her arms. "But I wanna know now..." She said, blue eyes curious. He sighed.
"You need to get out of the water. Or you'll get an ear infection or something..."
"An ear infection? What's that?"
Eli sighed. It seemed liked she had a million questions to ask. He didn't blame her, with her being an angel and all, but he couldn't handle answering all her questions right now. He gently lifted her out of the water. "Let's just get you dry." He carried her to his bedroom.
He sat her down on his bed. "Stay put." He warned. She nodded. "Okay."
He turned around and opened his closet. He took out of one of his shirts and a pair of worn out boxers and handed the clothes to her.
She accepted them and smiled. "Thank you!" She said cheerfully. "But..." She sniffed. "What am I going to do with my dress... It's wet..." She looked down, then looked up again.
"And so is your bed..."
"That's fine. I'll get it cleaned later. Right now, you should get dressed." He grabbed a clean towel from his closet and handed it to her.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of your dress later." Clare nodded, then began to remove her dress. Eli blushed.
"W-wait! L-let me get out of the r-room first!"
Clare looked up at him. She looked confused. Why was he blushing? She was only going to change clothing.
"What? The angels never blush when I change in front of them. It's a common thing to do. It's not like you'll see anything. I don't have dirt on my body."
'You don't know how wrong are you... I will see something.' He closed his eyes. 'She doesn't get it... But what did I expect? She's an angel. She's pure. She doesn't have dirty thoughts or anything like that.'
"Humans are different from angels... You guys are innocent. We're not." He said. Clare stared at him. "Huh?" 'What's he talking about?'
"Forget it. I'll explain to you some other time. Right now, you gotta change." He opened his eyes and started heading towards the door.
"Wait!"
He turned around. Clare clutched on to the t-shirt in her hand. "Don't go... What if there are demons? they might turn me into stew." Eli laughed. Was she joking or something?
Clare began to cry. "It's not funny. The Guardians said Demons are real. They said they make angels, and humans, into stew. But they favor angels more, so I can't be alone." Tears ran down her cheeks.
Eli sighed. He should have never thought Clare was joking. She was an angel. And apparently, they don't joke, kid around.
"Alright, alright. I'll stay." 'You know you wanna see her change, you perve!' Eli blushed. 'Stupid inner...'
'You just can't wait to get your hands on her and fu-' Eli shook his head. 'Shut up! Damn perviness...' Clare began to change. Eli squeezed his eyes shut. He did not want to feel lust for her. Well, he wanted to, but not right now.
He couldn't. He just couldn't. And there were several reasons why. She was an angel. He couldn't lust after an angel. That's like, a huge sin.
She was too innceont, too naive (which made him want her more), and he couldn't corrupt her by seducing or something like that. He didn't want to take advantage of her. Her innocence, her naïvety.
He heard someone knocking on his front door and shouting his name. 'Adam! What a relief!'
He could finally escape from this torture. He opened his eyes. Clare was in his old boxers, but she wasn't wearing the shirt. Instead she was wearing a bra, without straps, a white one. Eli blushed as he stared at her full chest.
"What? Is there something wrong? Did I get cloud dirt on me?" She approached him and stuck out her chest. Eli blushed his harder, lust began to cloud his eyes. The knocks on his door got louder.
"Well?"
"N-no.. You're fine. Please put on your t-shirt now." She smiled. "Okay." She slipped on the shirt. She looked at her clothes. "Why are these clothes black? Don't yo have any pink ones?"
"Men don't usually wear pink."
"Why not?"
"I... They just don't..."
She stared at the logo on the t-shirt. "What's Three Days Grace?"
"A band... A band is - "
"I know what a band is! We have one in heaven. They're called the Cloud Rockers."
"That's nice... We should go outside - "
"Do you know that my eye color can change depending on what I feel? Only if I want it to change color, of course."
"We should really - "
"Why did Freddie put his lips on Carly? Or 'kiss'? I heard of kissing earlier. Carly said it. I know the meaning. It's when you place your lips on someone else's lips."
"Maybe we should go out - "
"What's wazz? I heard Sam say earlier. She said 'I gotta take a wazz'. So... What is that?"
"ELI! OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!"
"WAIT! I'M COMING!"
"What's fucking?"
"Oh great." Eli groaned. He didn't want to explain to her about that. "I'll tell you later." He grabbed her hand and led her to the living room. He opened the door.
A flustered, annoyed Adam stood in front of him. "Why the hell did you have to keep hanging like that, huh? I don't suppose you're busy and - " He stopped talking as his eyes landed on Clare.
"Whoah! Who's the hottie?"
Clare stared at him, undoubtedly amused by his weird, over-optimistic friend. Adam smirked. "So that's what you were busy with! Getting laid! I assume you guys weren't finished from last night and - "
"It's not like that, Adam."
Adam smiled. "Riiiiight. Don't worry, man. You don't need to hide anything from me. It's okay that you got laid. You need this. You need her."
Eli sighed, and shook his head. "Adam, you don't understand, she's - "
"I understand perfectly. You were faking it last night, saying you didn't want to get laid. But really, you wanted to hide this girl from me in fear that I might crush on her and stuff. Totally, perfectly understandable."
"Adam, you don't get it. I - "
"No, no, no. You finally got a chick. I'm proud of ya, dude."
"Adam, will you please hear me out? I - "
"You lucky bastard." He chuckled. "You found such a beautiful, petite girl to fu - "
"ADAM! WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME?!" He shouted. "AND DON'T USE FOUL LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF HER!" Adam nodded. "Okay. Sure."
"She's not my girlfriend. Or my... Intercourse buddy. She's - "
"Don't tell me she's the one you have to take care of..."
"Yeah..."
"She's the girl you're taking care of?!"
If Clare's too whinny, or a crybaby, don't get mad. She's an angel. She's not used to 'human' stuff. She is not used to feeling 'bad' feelings. Anyway, thanks for reading.