Tears of joy streamed down Julia's face. She ran and hugged her mother. "I'm so happy for you Mom!"
Michelle looked at her daughter and smiled. "Julia, when are you going to find a guy?"
"Mom…Can you…excuse me for a minute?" Julia turned and walked out the door. "Jin? Are you out here?"
Jin appeared beside her. "Yeah," he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Jin, why can't they know?"
"This can't last, Julia."
Tears of emotional pain ran down her cheeks. "What do you mean? You're alive!"
"Right now, yes. I have other charges to attend to. I can't be with you forever."
"We can make it work! I know we can!"
"No, Julia, we can't." Jin attempted to kiss her cheek. Julia pushed him away.
"Jin, please. Do this for me."
"Alright but you won't like the results. Just know that I love you." He opened the door for her to walk through.
"Mom, I already have a guy. His name is Jin. He's my guardian angel." Julia looked over towards the open door.
Jin walked in the room and both Michelle's and Andrew's jaws dropped. Andrew ran for his shotgun. Before Julia could say anything, Andrew shot Jin three times in the chest.
Julia knelt on the floor in tears. "Jin! I'm sorry! I should've listened to you! Don't leave me," she sobbed. Julia stood and glowered at her parents. "Why?" was the only thing that escaped from her lips.
"Didn't you see his angel wings? They were black! Black as his hair! Chains around his legs! Black marks all over his body! Red eyes! Julia your guardian angel was the devil himself!" Andrew yelled still holding his gun.
Julia knelt down again next to Jin and laid her head on his chest. She sat up and stared down at his lifeless body. He looked normal other than the blood that had erupted from his skin. Julia felt someone stroking her hair and right away knew who it was. She heard a voice whisper in her ear, "I'm sorry, Julia. Move on but don't forget about me." Julia closed her eyes tight as tears flowed from them. A soft kiss landed on her cheek. "Don't be angry at your father or your mother. They saw the side you didn't. Told you I'm not the angel you thought I was. I knew this was coming. I love you, Julia."
Julia could only nod. She walked out the door and slowly made her way home. Her mother was gonna have a baby and her father killed her boyfriend. This was too much for her. She needed to go lay down.
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Julia awoke, safe in her bed with her mother lying in the bed beside hers
"Mother? What day is it?"
"September 28th. Why, Julia?"
"But, wasn't yesterday October 16th?"
"No, Julia yesterday was September 27th."
"It was a dream….It was just a dream….."