"Be not afraid Adam," an angel disguised as a middle-aged homeless man said.
"Jeez!" Adam jumped, nearly dropping the garbage bag he was taking out to the trashcan.
"That's what I want you to do, be not afraid," the angel grinned.
"Afraid of what?" Adam put the lid on the trashcan.
"Of telling people. Tell people about me, don't keep it a secret," the angel played with his beard.
"I already told Jane," he replied.
"I know, and I'm glad you did, but there's more people to tell," he waved and left.
Adam headed back to the house.
"Rove!" Grace yelled as she hopped off her skateboard.
"Hey, Grace," he said absent-mindedly.
"Who's the loser you were talking to?" she said referring to the angel.
Adam made a funny face trying to decide whether or not to tell her.
"What?" Grace seemed annoyed.
"If I tell you, you'll think it's weird," Adam said, trying to make an excuse.
"Dude, everything you do is weird. Spill," she went inside with him.
"You know how when my mom died I started saying that I talk to angels?" he asked, handing her a pop tart.
"Yeah," she replied skeptically as she took the food.
"Well, I do," he said as he handed her a cup of coffee and poured some for himself.
"What!" Grace said with a mouth full of food.
"It just started happening. That guy you saw out there was one of them. They tell me to do stuff. I told Jane about a month ago. The angel said I should start telling people," Adam sat down with her.
"You're starting to go crazy like Joan, I knew you dating Girardi could lead to no good," she instantly realized what she said.
His face fell a bit and he felt like he was punched in the stomach.
"Dude, that's so not what I mean to say!" she felt bad.
"I know," he said, playing with his napkin.
"Do you believe me?" he asked after finishing his pop tart.
"It's really weird. I mean you've been weird your whole life, but this, I don't know. How do you know your not hallucinating or something?" she asked.
"I don't know, I just know that it's real," he answered.
"Well, I gotta go meet Luke, see ya dude!" she said leaving.
"Later, Grace," he replied.
