Tessa was still very depressed when they got back to the hotel. She
had no idea of what she was supposed to do, think or feel. She only knew
how she felt, and she felt ashamed, unfaithful and unthankful for feeling
that way. But she just couldn't help it! She headed directly to her room
with Zoë behind her.
Monica sighed as she watched the girls trudge up the stairs. It wasn't as though all of this wasn't hurting her too. She knew that it would crush Zoë later, if it wasn't already. Something had to be done. Suddenly she wasn't alone in the quiet lobby and, well the lobby was no longer quiet. It was not filled with the hysterically happy squeals of Gloria.
"Monica, Monica, Monica, guess what?" She said as she ran up to her.
"What?" She asked. Gloria extended her right hand. Monica took it in her own and glared at the diamond ring; stunned by what had obviously occurred when she and the girls were gone.
"You're engaged?"
"Married!"
"That was fast. I remember when you were a brand new Angel. I remember when she was too." She said with a bit of sadness in her voice as she turned slightly to glance at the staircase, then turned her attention back to her friend. "That is so wonderful Gloria, I am so happy for you!"
"Thank you Monica." She replied as they hugged.
"Andre, Tess. Something just has to be done about Tessa and the whole going out and being a caseworker thing. It's too much of an emotional burden for her to bear." She said upon entering the kitchen.
"It will work out in time, Angel Girl, don't worry." Tess informed her.
"Don't worry!"
"Don't worry?"
"Yes."
"Andrew?"
"Don't worry." He answered.
"Why do you have to go?"
"I don't know, let's just try and forget about it for now, ok?"
"Gladly. Hey, maybe you and I could run a way?"
"What good would that do? My problem is that I wanna stay with Mom and Dad, not be a way from them. Running a way would really defeat my entire purpose."
"That's true. You could say that you don't want to be an angel anymore."
"But Zoë, if I were not an angel, I would truly have to leave forever, because I'd be a demon. It's not like I don't not want to serve god and be an angel, I just don't want to leave you guys yet."
"I don't want you to leave either."
"I know and I will miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too."
"But like I said before. Let's just do something fun and try as hard as we can to forget about this? Are you with me?"
"All the way."
"Your right, maybe we should sneak out? Wait, that's crazy! I just don't see any way out of all of this!"
"May be, there just isn't supposed to be a way out of it. May be you are supposed to leave us."
"Why do you say that?!"
"Because, God seems to want it that way; and he knows best."
"That's true. As Aunt Tess always says, 'his ideas are better than any thing my little angel brain could ever come up with.'"
"Oh, I get that one a lot!"
"May be it won't be so bad. I could see where it could be fun. And, hey you'll have Mom and Dad all to your self, for the most part anyway."
"That's the other part." Zoë interjected.
"What's the other part?"
"Well, you know how at night Mommy and Daddy put us to bed and stay up talking forever, and we almost always go and listen to them?"
"Yeah," Tessa laughed, "what about it? But before you continue, we should do that tonight!"
"Yeah, that would be fun!"
"I'll miss doing that with you!"
"I'll miss doing just about everything with you."
"Me too."
"Anyway..." Zoë began again.
"Hi girls." Monica said, opening their door. "It's dinner time."
After dinner the girls headed back to their room. Tess decided to make even more cookies and Sam left on an assignment. Monica and Andrew went for a walk by the lake, and Gloria and Adam lounged on the porch swing.
"I guess that this means that you're invited now too."
"Invited to what?"
"The wedding."
"What wedding?"
"The wedding of an old assignment of ours. It's in Ireland you know. Her name is Mary, and I am so happy that she is getting married. She's going to be so shocked that I too just suddenly got married!" She laughed.
"I know. I love the sound of it though."
"Me too. Oh, I love the sound of it."
"I wish that we could go on a vacation. A honeymoon."
"Me too, maybe we will be able to."
"Where would you go?"
"I would go to Hawaii."
"Well no wonder we are married! I was going to say the same thing!"
"I love you Adam."
"I love you too Gloria." He replied as they kissed.
Monica and Andrew were quite a long distance a way from the hotel. They were on the beach. It was dark out, and the crescent moon shined as bright as ever. The two were having the absolute best time. They were sitting on the dock with their feet in the water, occasionally splashing each other. It reminded them of how their relationship had been sometime after they had first met. Back when they were nothing more than best friends. They kissed and suddenly everything flooded back into Monica's mind, including the fact that her oldest daughter may soon be leaving all of them. But before she could say anything she looked at her watch. It was ten-thirty. He kissed her again. She smiled as she pulled a way form him.
"We have to go back now."
"Why?"
"Because we should really put the girls to bed. Tessa could do it herself, but I know that she won't, neither will Zoë. Plus, even if Tessa did try to put Zoë to bed, she wouldn't go. Then there is the fact that I just want to put them to bed because I love doing that!"
"I love doing that too."
Monica opened the girl's bedroom door. It was there that she and Andrew found their daughters in bed, sound asleep. They smiled and kissed them goodnight. Sometime after their parents had left, the girls burst out laughing.
"Do you think that they thought that we were really asleep?"
"It's hard too tell, Zoë, I can't really tell."
"Should we go out now?"
"No, not just yet. We'll wait just a few minutes."
"Do you want to watch Saturday Night Live instead?"
"Sure!"
So the girls stayed up to watch Saturday Night Live instead of listening to their parent's conversation.
The next morning Tessa and Zoë went to breakfast, not even thinking about the impending situation, which they had been so worried about the night before. When they got to the kitchen they discovered that only Tess was a wake. They sat at the small kitchen table.
"Good morning girls!" She said.
"Good morning." They replied.
"Guess what Ms. Wings?"
"What?"
"Because you don't want to become a caseworker, you are going a way for a little while."
"So, in order to solve my not wanting to go a way, you're sending me a way!"
"Essentially, yes."
"Where? With who? Why? For how long?"
"Well, first of all you'll be going by yourself. Second, I'm not sure why, but its because the Father wants you to, third I'm not sure for how long, fourth....you will be leaving tomorrow."
"But what about who?"
"You will find out who your assignment is tomorrow."
Tessa sighed.
Monica sighed as she watched the girls trudge up the stairs. It wasn't as though all of this wasn't hurting her too. She knew that it would crush Zoë later, if it wasn't already. Something had to be done. Suddenly she wasn't alone in the quiet lobby and, well the lobby was no longer quiet. It was not filled with the hysterically happy squeals of Gloria.
"Monica, Monica, Monica, guess what?" She said as she ran up to her.
"What?" She asked. Gloria extended her right hand. Monica took it in her own and glared at the diamond ring; stunned by what had obviously occurred when she and the girls were gone.
"You're engaged?"
"Married!"
"That was fast. I remember when you were a brand new Angel. I remember when she was too." She said with a bit of sadness in her voice as she turned slightly to glance at the staircase, then turned her attention back to her friend. "That is so wonderful Gloria, I am so happy for you!"
"Thank you Monica." She replied as they hugged.
"Andre, Tess. Something just has to be done about Tessa and the whole going out and being a caseworker thing. It's too much of an emotional burden for her to bear." She said upon entering the kitchen.
"It will work out in time, Angel Girl, don't worry." Tess informed her.
"Don't worry!"
"Don't worry?"
"Yes."
"Andrew?"
"Don't worry." He answered.
"Why do you have to go?"
"I don't know, let's just try and forget about it for now, ok?"
"Gladly. Hey, maybe you and I could run a way?"
"What good would that do? My problem is that I wanna stay with Mom and Dad, not be a way from them. Running a way would really defeat my entire purpose."
"That's true. You could say that you don't want to be an angel anymore."
"But Zoë, if I were not an angel, I would truly have to leave forever, because I'd be a demon. It's not like I don't not want to serve god and be an angel, I just don't want to leave you guys yet."
"I don't want you to leave either."
"I know and I will miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too."
"But like I said before. Let's just do something fun and try as hard as we can to forget about this? Are you with me?"
"All the way."
"Your right, maybe we should sneak out? Wait, that's crazy! I just don't see any way out of all of this!"
"May be, there just isn't supposed to be a way out of it. May be you are supposed to leave us."
"Why do you say that?!"
"Because, God seems to want it that way; and he knows best."
"That's true. As Aunt Tess always says, 'his ideas are better than any thing my little angel brain could ever come up with.'"
"Oh, I get that one a lot!"
"May be it won't be so bad. I could see where it could be fun. And, hey you'll have Mom and Dad all to your self, for the most part anyway."
"That's the other part." Zoë interjected.
"What's the other part?"
"Well, you know how at night Mommy and Daddy put us to bed and stay up talking forever, and we almost always go and listen to them?"
"Yeah," Tessa laughed, "what about it? But before you continue, we should do that tonight!"
"Yeah, that would be fun!"
"I'll miss doing that with you!"
"I'll miss doing just about everything with you."
"Me too."
"Anyway..." Zoë began again.
"Hi girls." Monica said, opening their door. "It's dinner time."
After dinner the girls headed back to their room. Tess decided to make even more cookies and Sam left on an assignment. Monica and Andrew went for a walk by the lake, and Gloria and Adam lounged on the porch swing.
"I guess that this means that you're invited now too."
"Invited to what?"
"The wedding."
"What wedding?"
"The wedding of an old assignment of ours. It's in Ireland you know. Her name is Mary, and I am so happy that she is getting married. She's going to be so shocked that I too just suddenly got married!" She laughed.
"I know. I love the sound of it though."
"Me too. Oh, I love the sound of it."
"I wish that we could go on a vacation. A honeymoon."
"Me too, maybe we will be able to."
"Where would you go?"
"I would go to Hawaii."
"Well no wonder we are married! I was going to say the same thing!"
"I love you Adam."
"I love you too Gloria." He replied as they kissed.
Monica and Andrew were quite a long distance a way from the hotel. They were on the beach. It was dark out, and the crescent moon shined as bright as ever. The two were having the absolute best time. They were sitting on the dock with their feet in the water, occasionally splashing each other. It reminded them of how their relationship had been sometime after they had first met. Back when they were nothing more than best friends. They kissed and suddenly everything flooded back into Monica's mind, including the fact that her oldest daughter may soon be leaving all of them. But before she could say anything she looked at her watch. It was ten-thirty. He kissed her again. She smiled as she pulled a way form him.
"We have to go back now."
"Why?"
"Because we should really put the girls to bed. Tessa could do it herself, but I know that she won't, neither will Zoë. Plus, even if Tessa did try to put Zoë to bed, she wouldn't go. Then there is the fact that I just want to put them to bed because I love doing that!"
"I love doing that too."
Monica opened the girl's bedroom door. It was there that she and Andrew found their daughters in bed, sound asleep. They smiled and kissed them goodnight. Sometime after their parents had left, the girls burst out laughing.
"Do you think that they thought that we were really asleep?"
"It's hard too tell, Zoë, I can't really tell."
"Should we go out now?"
"No, not just yet. We'll wait just a few minutes."
"Do you want to watch Saturday Night Live instead?"
"Sure!"
So the girls stayed up to watch Saturday Night Live instead of listening to their parent's conversation.
The next morning Tessa and Zoë went to breakfast, not even thinking about the impending situation, which they had been so worried about the night before. When they got to the kitchen they discovered that only Tess was a wake. They sat at the small kitchen table.
"Good morning girls!" She said.
"Good morning." They replied.
"Guess what Ms. Wings?"
"What?"
"Because you don't want to become a caseworker, you are going a way for a little while."
"So, in order to solve my not wanting to go a way, you're sending me a way!"
"Essentially, yes."
"Where? With who? Why? For how long?"
"Well, first of all you'll be going by yourself. Second, I'm not sure why, but its because the Father wants you to, third I'm not sure for how long, fourth....you will be leaving tomorrow."
"But what about who?"
"You will find out who your assignment is tomorrow."
Tessa sighed.