No Rest for the Weary
"Rev?" asked Jesse as he walked quietly into the lab "What are you doing?"
Revolution rubbed her eyes and smiled.
"Just seeing if I can get anything from the security cameras at Angela and Allison's flat," she whispered.
Jesse laughed.
"That's my girl, but seriously, hon, why don't you go to bed?"
He ran his hands through her loose hair as she typed.
"I tried," she replied "I'm so tired, but I can't seem to sleep."
"Your arm?" he asked.
Revolution looked down at the light blue cast that was a shocking contrast to her pale skin and shook her head. She wanted to tell her boyfriend what Angela had told her on the mountain top but knew that would be betraying the older women's trust.
"It's nothing," she replied as she leaned over and kissed him.
"Want to go watch a movie?" he asked hoping that it would help her sleep.
"Sure," she replied saving her work and taking his hand.
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"Did you sleep at all?"
From her perch on the edge of the open skylight above the pond, Angela didn't have to look to know who the tenor voice belonged to. "Not a wink. Do you sleep at all?"
"On occasion," was the answer. "On those infrequent moments, I dream."
"Do you? 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'?" She barked a laugh.
"Phillip K. Dick... Great story. 'If you're not human, then it's all different'", he quoted
"Of Mathematical equations and chemical solutions, then?"
"Of what we do not have and wish for: peace and a chance love and be loved." He sighed. "Blessed are those who've found a true companion, ladyhawk."
Angela's eyes never left the horizon, now clear with sunlight. "Yes, I've been blessed. I've known less pain than most of my kind. And I had Ally." She took a deep, long breath. "I was happy. And I'll never be lonely again, because for a whole year, my life was full, my heart, complete."
The sun was riding high, the sky was bluer than a robin's egg. Angela stretched, her wings unfurled to their full extent.
"Good morning, Adam. I won't be long."
And she flew away to let the immense joy of freedom heal the immense sorrow of loss.
"Rev?" asked Jesse as he walked quietly into the lab "What are you doing?"
Revolution rubbed her eyes and smiled.
"Just seeing if I can get anything from the security cameras at Angela and Allison's flat," she whispered.
Jesse laughed.
"That's my girl, but seriously, hon, why don't you go to bed?"
He ran his hands through her loose hair as she typed.
"I tried," she replied "I'm so tired, but I can't seem to sleep."
"Your arm?" he asked.
Revolution looked down at the light blue cast that was a shocking contrast to her pale skin and shook her head. She wanted to tell her boyfriend what Angela had told her on the mountain top but knew that would be betraying the older women's trust.
"It's nothing," she replied as she leaned over and kissed him.
"Want to go watch a movie?" he asked hoping that it would help her sleep.
"Sure," she replied saving her work and taking his hand.
&&&
"Did you sleep at all?"
From her perch on the edge of the open skylight above the pond, Angela didn't have to look to know who the tenor voice belonged to. "Not a wink. Do you sleep at all?"
"On occasion," was the answer. "On those infrequent moments, I dream."
"Do you? 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'?" She barked a laugh.
"Phillip K. Dick... Great story. 'If you're not human, then it's all different'", he quoted
"Of Mathematical equations and chemical solutions, then?"
"Of what we do not have and wish for: peace and a chance love and be loved." He sighed. "Blessed are those who've found a true companion, ladyhawk."
Angela's eyes never left the horizon, now clear with sunlight. "Yes, I've been blessed. I've known less pain than most of my kind. And I had Ally." She took a deep, long breath. "I was happy. And I'll never be lonely again, because for a whole year, my life was full, my heart, complete."
The sun was riding high, the sky was bluer than a robin's egg. Angela stretched, her wings unfurled to their full extent.
"Good morning, Adam. I won't be long."
And she flew away to let the immense joy of freedom heal the immense sorrow of loss.