"You had me at hello." A Day To Remember, You Had Me At Hello
*Gabriel's POV*
A couple days after Riley died, I tried to keep my mind off her but I couldn't. The orange soda that a kid was drinking at a diner, made me remember Riley's ginger hair. Or the green grass when I was walking through a park, reminded me of those emerald eyes that sparkled when ever it hit the sunlight. I asked Lucifer if Riley was back in Hell but he didn't hear anything about Riley, with any demon gossip. I sat on the edge of a bed in a small motel room in California. I stayed out of Heaven once again since I couldn't be around the angels that were called my brothers and sisters who caused so much pain and disgrace that it could drive someone to kill themselves. I should have told her how I felt… Maybe she wouldn't have died. I could have saved her. Why? Why didn't I do it… I was scared. That's why. I sighed and placed my head in my hands, tired. When I wanted to forget something I would usually just create a couple of good looking girls and some sweets and let things happened but I couldn't forget Riley. I was going crazy already when I first met her when she literally fell into my arms, bleeding on her side. I smiled a bit, remembering.
When I got the message that I had to tell Luci that Dad was making us have a diner all together, I groaned since none of the other angels would do it. Reluctantly, I zapped into Luci's house, putting on a nice smile. "Luci." I said in a taunting sing song voice, checking out the place. I could hear someone else talking at the end of the hallway that lead out of the living room so I guess that was Rebekka, Luci's demon girlfriend.
Lucifer was sitting on the couch, when he finally noticed me. "Brother?"
"The one and only." I leaned back against the white painted wall, crossing my arms. "How've you being doing ass-wipes?" I ask, pulling out a lollipop out of the jacket pocket. I never went anywhere without my sweets. I stuck in my mouth, licking it.
"Fine." Lucifer stated. "You?"
I was about to respond, when a girl stumbles into me. Before she fell, I caught her, blinking in confusion. Angel and demon? I thought they just made her up… what was her name? "Riley." I grin, my vessel's dimples showing. I didn't really understand why humans had dimples but whatever.
Her bright green eyes stared back to me in surprise. "You're- you're Gabriel. Uh hi." She stammered, her eyes widening. I guess she could see my wings. I could hear someone else rushing behind me, but then stopping. It was Rebekka. She took Riley away from my grasp and set her on the couch. Lucifer moved and helped Rebekka before standing up, frowning. Only then did I realize that there was a blood stain on the side of Riley's shirt. I stood in front of her and gently pressed two fingers onto the wound. "Don't bleed on that rug. It's Loki's. I borrowed it from him. Plan to give it back...just not soon." I chuckle as she squirmed a bit. Riley looked at Rebekka as if they were having some type of silent conversation but she sat back up.
"Uh, thanks." Riley said, looking up at me. Her vessel or meat suit, whatever she liked to call it, looked really pretty. Her true face flickered on once in a while but she was still beautiful.
"Luci," I said, turning around. "Family dinner. A week from now. Eight o'clock. Be there." I raised my wings as I got ready to fly off.
Before I could go, Riley asked, "You have another one of those?" She nodded towards the lollipop in my mouth.
I eased up slightly, furrowing my eyebrows together. I pulled one out of my jacket pocket and handed it to her. "Riley...huh. To be honest, I thought you were just a story the angels made up to scare our fledglings." I chuckled.
Riley took the lollipop and teared off the wrapper. She popped it in her mouth. "Well, I exist. It's kinda hard being an angelic demon."
Raising an eyebrow, I sucked on the candy in my mouth. "So how'd you get to know my douchebag of a brother, Luci?"
"Rebekka here pulled him out of the cage and I was there and blah blah blah. It's a long story." She explained, moving the candy to the side of her mouth so she could talk properly.
"Well. Since I guess you are technically an angel, you too are invited to our family dinner." I beamed sarcastically. "You can meet the rest of our family."
She raised an eyebrow in question. "I can go to Heaven?" She laughed. "That's the first."
Chuckling, I said in reply, "Well, you are an angel. If they don't let you up there, then they're bigger hypocrites than I thought…" Rebekka stood up and leaned against Luci as I talked.
"I've been to Hell longer than anywhere else I've been." She shrugged as she looked over to Rebekka, a huge grin spreading across her face. "Right Becky?"
Rebekka smiled back saying, "Caused a ruckus down there too." She glanced at Lucifer. "You going to the dinner?" I looked curiously at Riley. I knew right then that I was going to like her.
"Yeah, I guess. If Dad is making us all go." Lucifer said back.
Rebekka let out a shaky sigh. "You'll be okay right?" She asked, frowning.
"Yeah, I'll be okay."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll be fine too, Becky. Thanks for asking." Riley said sarcastically, grinning. I liked it when she smiled. "Anyways, I have to go deliver something for Crowley from the job I just went on. He's gonna get pissed if I'm late."
"You'll be okay too, right?" Rebekka asked, clearly these two were best friends.
"Yeah don't worry. Crowley loves me, I'll be fine." She grinned and glanced back at me. "Thanks for the lollipop. And healing me. See ya." She winked and snapped her fingers, disappearing.
"I gotta run too. The trickster has jokes he wants to play" I grinned, flapping my wings to fly off. It was odd that Riley never used her wings when she zapped away. She was probably use to just teleporting as a demon. Maybe I could teach her how to use her wings. And her grace.