Chapter 4
"Monica, you didn't really kiss Henry at a Christmas party did you?" Andrew questioned carefully, as if afraid of the answer, but Monica only nodded as she sipped her punch and handed Andrew a glass. "Sure I did." She confirmed with a gentle shrug. Andrew glanced back at Henry, who was wearing an, 'I told you so' look.
But when Monica caught sight of the expression on Andrew's face, she was quick to turn the attention on someone else. "Yeah, when Adam heard about it, he tried to get assigned to all my cases in hopes that I would kiss him too." She released the secret in Adam's direction, who had been standing silently until now, hoping the subject wouldn't come up, but now that it had, Andrew thought maybe now would be a good time for Andrew to know about everything else she had done. "Do you really want to start telling secrets?" He murmured quietly in Monica's direction. But Monica only shrugged and nodded as if she could care less.
"Fine." She laughed carelessly. "I have nothing to hide." But this was clearly a lie, as Adam then went on to take a shot at his old friend's pride. "Okay. Did you know, Andrew, that after the great flood, Monica was so afraid of water that she got fired from an assignment on the Titanic?" Adam questioned his friend with a triumphant grin. But before Andrew could comment on this, Monica countered, turning the attention back to Adam. "Well, Adam once tried to help a suicidal man in a public bathroom, and after the man left, Adam realized he was locked in and had to climb out the window!" Monica spilled out, knowing how embarrassing that must have been for an angel.
But before Adam could strike back this time, Henry cut in, suddenly realizing that this sounded like fun. "Monica once tried to free a skydiver who was caught up in a tree, but ended up falling out of the tree herself and we actually had to send another Search and Rescue angel to help her!" He ratted with a victorious laugh. But now Monica couldn't believe she was up against both Adam and Henry and struck back at Henry. "Henry once tried to save a little girl's kitten from a burning building, but it got frightened and attacked him. He had scratches all over his face for weeks!" Monica informed Andrew as she pointed back at Henry joyfully, like a little kid who had just won a game. What she wasn't expecting was for Andrew to feel the same excitement and jump in himself.
"Oh, I want to get in on this." He chuckled before turning his attention to both Henry and Adam. "You know that Christmas party wasn't the only time Monica got drunk." He began but now Monica knew what was coming.
"Hey!" She tried to stop him quickly, but it was too late.
"I found her hammered in a karaoke bar once and I tried to stop her, but she then went up on stage and sang Danny Boy to the entire bar." Andrew told the others with a brief laugh as he recalled that night in Monica's sixth year of casework. But Monica would have none of it. She had so much she could tell about Andrew. "Andrew once got nominated for a Books and Bachelors lunch and was auctioned of for six thousand dollars!" She spilled out as she too recalled that crazy assignment.
Andrew opened his mouth to retort quickly, but Adam suddenly stopped them. "Whoa whoa whoa. Hold on guys. We could go on like this all night." He stated as he held a hand up in a sign for them all to stop. "It sounds to me like we have all had some great memories together. Can we just leave it at that?" He suggested logically as he glanced around at the others, who nodded in understanding.
"Ugh, Adam, your right." Monica sighed as she brushed a stray strand of her ginger hair out of her face. Henry was about to agree when he suddenly realized how much they had all pinned on each other. "Well, what are we going to do now?" He inquired quietly as he contemplated their situation. "We've all revealed so much about each other. Are we ever going to look at each other the same way again?" He wondered honestly as he went over the statements in his mind. But Adam was the quick thinker of the group and knew exactly what to do. "I have an idea. This way we'll just all embarrass ourselves."