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law or steal anyone's work. Some of the characters belong to the creators
of Touched by an Angel and perhaps other shows as well, other not so
familiar characters are mine.
"Are you ready to go Monica?" Gloria asked as she tapped Monica on the back. At this time, Monica was very deep in thought and kind of out of it.
"Yes, of course." She replied cheerfully as she took Zoë's hand in her own.
"Monica, are you okay?"
"Certainly Gloria, I'm just thinking, that's all." She said as they got in the car.
"You know, you can always talk to me if you..."
"I know, and I thank you for that. This is just something that I need to discuss with Andrew first."
"Ah. I understand. Anyway, where do you want to go first?"
"Where were you thinking?"
"Macy's."
"Me too. What about you Zoë?"
"F.A.O. Schwartz. But that can wait."
"Yes, and I promise that we'll go."
"Starbucks, on the other hand, can't wait!"
"I agree to that most defintely!" Monica said.
"Look Tess, it's Felicity!" Tessa said as she spotted her best friend behind the Lancôme counter at Macy's.
"Angel Pie. I have some bad news." She said as she grabbed Tessa by the arm.
"What?" she turned around to face Tess, her eyes wide with alarm.
"Sweetheart. She went the other way."
"What! No that can't happen. It just can't!"
"It did."
"Why would anyone walk away from the light?"
"Because they can't see beyond right now."
"I hope I'll never do that."
"Me too sweetheart. Me too. Now try to not think about it, lets go upstairs."
"Okay, but can I make two more guesses about where Mom is."
"Sure."
"San Francisco."
"No."
"Here." She guessed as they stepped of the escalator and ran into none other than Monica, Gloria, and Zoë.
"Are you guys Christmas shopping too?" Monica asked as she, Tessa and Zoë hugged.
"Yes Angel Girl." Tess answered, noticing something different in her face right a way. "Gloria, would you like to come look at make-up with me?"
"Of course."
"We'll meet you back here in an hour and a half." Tess said as she and Gloria went to go look at the make-up.
"How have you been Tessa?"
"Pretty good, but I have missed you. You too Zoë."
"We have missed you to."
"Mom there is something that I want to tell you."
"What?" Tessa was hesitant to tell her Mother about what happened to Felicity, for she to could sense something different in her Mother, but she figured this was something that she absolutely needed to know.
"Felicity...."
"Oh, you've seen Felicity, how is she?"
"She's a Demon." Zoe's eyes grew huge as she said this and Monica put her arm around her.
"How did that happen?"
"How did Kathleen and Monique become Demons? It's all relative I suppose."
"It must be, when did you find this out?"
"About five minutes ago. She's downstairs at the Lancome counter, Aunt Tess told me. Now I know how you felt about Kathleen and Monique."
"You sure do. I know it's hard, but try to put her and all of it out of your mind. And lets have a nice day shopping together, alright?"
"Alright." Tessa smiled.
"That's my girl. Anyway, back to shopping."
Four exhausting hours later they had finally finished their shopping and were headed home. That day had been a strange day for Tessa. It had been very happy, yet also very bitterly sad all at the same time. For now, she was most looking forward to three things. One was, seeing her Dad and Uncle, another was having dinner, and the last was spending time with Zoë.
"Tessa." Zoë said as she climbed in bed next to her sister.
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry about Felicity."
"It's okay. It's just hard you know, I'm truly never going to see her again. She's truly dead now."
"I know. It's scary, isn't it?"
"Very. I worry about you and me, and all of us going down that road of evil and never being able to turn back into the light."
"Me too."
"But there is nothing that we can do but stay as far away from it as possible." Tessa sighed. "Would you mind if we didn't talk about this anymore?"
"Of course not. I have been having nightmares about this lately."
"It's just that, I'm on vacation, and I'm with my best friend and I just wanna forget about it!"
"Alright then, what do you want to do?"
"May be we could just read or talk or something."
"Or maybe, after everyone goes to sleep we could just go and get ice cream!"
"Great idea, but Tess doesn't sleep."
"But it's Christmas time, remember!"
"So?"
"She'll just let us have the ice cream."
"I don't think so, but we'll try later."
That night neither of them could sleep. Tessa went looking around the vast, vibrantly decorated house. She could not believe how beautiful it was, or how big it was. Why, it was a mansion, and they owned it too! They did not need this, they were just angels. Now if they were human Tessa thought that this would be the perfect place for a family the size of hers to take up permanent residence. But she figured that this house and this time was a blessing for her family. And that rather than question it, she should accept and embrace it.
Meanwhile Zoë lye awake in her bed staring at the ceiling, she sighed. She was scared and tired and excited all at once. It was confusing and all too overwhelming. She wished that she could sleep, but her emotions seemed to be too strong to let her sleep. And she knew just how to fix that. So she prayed for strength, to be calm and for the Holy Spirit to be with her. Soon, she was asleep.
As aforementioned, Tess rarely ever slept to begin with, so naturally she was up. She was glad for the rest she was getting, it to was rare these days as it had always been but somehow because of the holidays she appreciated it more now. She was puzzled. There was something different about Monica, perhaps something was bothering her, or maybe it was something else, what ever it may be she hoped she would find out soon and she prayed for her. Then she went back to her book.
Adam could not sleep either. He to was glad that the Christmas holidays were fast approaching, which, in his line of work did not necessarily mean that he would get any time off whatsoever. Now he lye in bed next to his wife, she was asleep and he was happy about that, because as of late she had been the one who had needed sleep much more than he and had not been able to get any at all. He softly kissed her check, careful not to wake her up and then he tried to get to sleep.
In one hand Monica played with her wedding ring. nervously twirling it around and around in her hand as if she were newly wed and contemplating what her life was going to be like. But that is exactly what she was doing, thinking about the future. Her other hand rested upon her stomach. She smiled. Why was she so nervous? She had a secure marriage and so much more. Plus this would be her third time going through this. She decided that she would tell Andrew after dinner the next day. And finally found that it was all well with her soul. But then she realized, that it wasn't her pregnancy that was causing her these awkward feelings.
"Are you ready to go Monica?" Gloria asked as she tapped Monica on the back. At this time, Monica was very deep in thought and kind of out of it.
"Yes, of course." She replied cheerfully as she took Zoë's hand in her own.
"Monica, are you okay?"
"Certainly Gloria, I'm just thinking, that's all." She said as they got in the car.
"You know, you can always talk to me if you..."
"I know, and I thank you for that. This is just something that I need to discuss with Andrew first."
"Ah. I understand. Anyway, where do you want to go first?"
"Where were you thinking?"
"Macy's."
"Me too. What about you Zoë?"
"F.A.O. Schwartz. But that can wait."
"Yes, and I promise that we'll go."
"Starbucks, on the other hand, can't wait!"
"I agree to that most defintely!" Monica said.
"Look Tess, it's Felicity!" Tessa said as she spotted her best friend behind the Lancôme counter at Macy's.
"Angel Pie. I have some bad news." She said as she grabbed Tessa by the arm.
"What?" she turned around to face Tess, her eyes wide with alarm.
"Sweetheart. She went the other way."
"What! No that can't happen. It just can't!"
"It did."
"Why would anyone walk away from the light?"
"Because they can't see beyond right now."
"I hope I'll never do that."
"Me too sweetheart. Me too. Now try to not think about it, lets go upstairs."
"Okay, but can I make two more guesses about where Mom is."
"Sure."
"San Francisco."
"No."
"Here." She guessed as they stepped of the escalator and ran into none other than Monica, Gloria, and Zoë.
"Are you guys Christmas shopping too?" Monica asked as she, Tessa and Zoë hugged.
"Yes Angel Girl." Tess answered, noticing something different in her face right a way. "Gloria, would you like to come look at make-up with me?"
"Of course."
"We'll meet you back here in an hour and a half." Tess said as she and Gloria went to go look at the make-up.
"How have you been Tessa?"
"Pretty good, but I have missed you. You too Zoë."
"We have missed you to."
"Mom there is something that I want to tell you."
"What?" Tessa was hesitant to tell her Mother about what happened to Felicity, for she to could sense something different in her Mother, but she figured this was something that she absolutely needed to know.
"Felicity...."
"Oh, you've seen Felicity, how is she?"
"She's a Demon." Zoe's eyes grew huge as she said this and Monica put her arm around her.
"How did that happen?"
"How did Kathleen and Monique become Demons? It's all relative I suppose."
"It must be, when did you find this out?"
"About five minutes ago. She's downstairs at the Lancome counter, Aunt Tess told me. Now I know how you felt about Kathleen and Monique."
"You sure do. I know it's hard, but try to put her and all of it out of your mind. And lets have a nice day shopping together, alright?"
"Alright." Tessa smiled.
"That's my girl. Anyway, back to shopping."
Four exhausting hours later they had finally finished their shopping and were headed home. That day had been a strange day for Tessa. It had been very happy, yet also very bitterly sad all at the same time. For now, she was most looking forward to three things. One was, seeing her Dad and Uncle, another was having dinner, and the last was spending time with Zoë.
"Tessa." Zoë said as she climbed in bed next to her sister.
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry about Felicity."
"It's okay. It's just hard you know, I'm truly never going to see her again. She's truly dead now."
"I know. It's scary, isn't it?"
"Very. I worry about you and me, and all of us going down that road of evil and never being able to turn back into the light."
"Me too."
"But there is nothing that we can do but stay as far away from it as possible." Tessa sighed. "Would you mind if we didn't talk about this anymore?"
"Of course not. I have been having nightmares about this lately."
"It's just that, I'm on vacation, and I'm with my best friend and I just wanna forget about it!"
"Alright then, what do you want to do?"
"May be we could just read or talk or something."
"Or maybe, after everyone goes to sleep we could just go and get ice cream!"
"Great idea, but Tess doesn't sleep."
"But it's Christmas time, remember!"
"So?"
"She'll just let us have the ice cream."
"I don't think so, but we'll try later."
That night neither of them could sleep. Tessa went looking around the vast, vibrantly decorated house. She could not believe how beautiful it was, or how big it was. Why, it was a mansion, and they owned it too! They did not need this, they were just angels. Now if they were human Tessa thought that this would be the perfect place for a family the size of hers to take up permanent residence. But she figured that this house and this time was a blessing for her family. And that rather than question it, she should accept and embrace it.
Meanwhile Zoë lye awake in her bed staring at the ceiling, she sighed. She was scared and tired and excited all at once. It was confusing and all too overwhelming. She wished that she could sleep, but her emotions seemed to be too strong to let her sleep. And she knew just how to fix that. So she prayed for strength, to be calm and for the Holy Spirit to be with her. Soon, she was asleep.
As aforementioned, Tess rarely ever slept to begin with, so naturally she was up. She was glad for the rest she was getting, it to was rare these days as it had always been but somehow because of the holidays she appreciated it more now. She was puzzled. There was something different about Monica, perhaps something was bothering her, or maybe it was something else, what ever it may be she hoped she would find out soon and she prayed for her. Then she went back to her book.
Adam could not sleep either. He to was glad that the Christmas holidays were fast approaching, which, in his line of work did not necessarily mean that he would get any time off whatsoever. Now he lye in bed next to his wife, she was asleep and he was happy about that, because as of late she had been the one who had needed sleep much more than he and had not been able to get any at all. He softly kissed her check, careful not to wake her up and then he tried to get to sleep.
In one hand Monica played with her wedding ring. nervously twirling it around and around in her hand as if she were newly wed and contemplating what her life was going to be like. But that is exactly what she was doing, thinking about the future. Her other hand rested upon her stomach. She smiled. Why was she so nervous? She had a secure marriage and so much more. Plus this would be her third time going through this. She decided that she would tell Andrew after dinner the next day. And finally found that it was all well with her soul. But then she realized, that it wasn't her pregnancy that was causing her these awkward feelings.