All I know is what he's told me. He prayed, what he thought would be the last time and he was saved.

He rose, is what he said. He rose with wings and a new life. He'd seen god. He told me one day. He was good.

Good in a way none of us are. He had no ability for evil. While we can all sit and worry, worry about whether we have taken the evil in us too far He is calm, knowing that he is good.

He is after all Angel.

Angel came to the Teen Titans, he was calm as he walked in, so unlike the rest of us, worried much like it was our first day of school.

"I understand you are superheroes?" Was his only greeting.

Cyborg had been slightly baffled as to how the boy had entered, he wore only a pair of jeans, not yet sure how to deal with having wings, which were politely tucked back behind him. Unlike most super heroes he was not muscled. He looked very thin and almost scared if it wasn't for his polite smile and underlying confidence.

Starfire stood up "Yes, and you are?" She asked, not trusting him at all.

"Gabriel Ryan Lowell" He smiled inclining his head slightly.

"Are those real?" The most stupid thing I have ever said came out from my mouth. He didn't look offended but smiled looking to me, my breath caught in my throat as his clear blue eyes met my gold ones.

"Yes" He said smiling, his lips pulled back, on of his teeth was noticeably chipped, not too bad, but bad enough to notice.

"Why are you here?" Starfire asked. "Whose your mentor?"

He smiled "I have none, that's why I came here. I was hoping to be trained."

Raven looked at him, her eyes under her hood searching him. "What are you?" She asked. It was horribly judgmental, the question none of us had wanted to ask but didn't want to.

"An angel" He shrugged, the gesture comical with his wings which moved up and down with his shoulders.

"From god?" Cassandra asked, her eyebrows lifted up high in disbelief. Later we would learn he could not lie. And had we know that then we not have interrogated him so thoroughly.

Gabriel struggled for a moment, not sure what to do, his mouth closed as he nodded, teeth gritting.

"Why are you here?" Starfire repeated. "Why here?"

"Because I'm lost and confused" He said softly. "I wake up with wings for goodness sake!" He snapped. "I'm fifteen, and my life had been over and restarted!"

Oddly enough it was Raven who spoke for him. Maybe she could understand what he was talking about for sure as hell we didn't. But he moved in, a locker was put up for him with a pair of angel wings on it.

Quietly we started learning about his powers. When he touched someone they couldn't lie, he couldn't do evil things. He could fight like no ones business but only for those who needed it. His wings allowed for him to fly and he could carry others but not give them rides. His wings also made it impossible for him to have a secret identity. Beast Boy Cyborg and Starfire tried to help him to adjust to living in the tower though.

He got along well enough with us. He was pretty quiet, though always willing to help us when we needed it. It was interesting to have a new member along with us. One who wasn't a protegee like me or Robin. It must have been different for the older members, especially Raven.

Raven had some connection with Angel as he had started being called by the press. She understood what it meant to be reborn, Cassie understood god given powers. Beast boy understood never being able to leave who he was as a superhero behind.

I just found him beautiful. He was the same age as me, but was more at ease with the older members. He wasn't too easy to get to smile but he had a beautiful one.

I'll admit one thing was a shock about him. He seemed as though he was hiding something from us, but that was normal. Robin hid his true identity, I hid my uncertainty, and my sexuality.

One day was all came down to a normal sight, Angel on the floor shirtless, though now he had gain more muscle mass, meditating.

His wings as always were folded over his back, not allowing us to see what lay below the soft white feathers.

This was about three months after he had joined full time, living in the tower unless we were off fighting evil. He still felt too exposed when he left the tower. Instead he sat and read, he read about wars, about famine. He also read quote books. When I asked him why he said because by memorizing those words they became a part of his life.

On this day he was meditating, most likely on what he was about to tell us. As we all sat, gathering on that Saturday morning, me admiring his newly acquired muscles, and feeling guilty about doing so. He opened his clear blue eyes and smiled at me, a slight twitch in his eye suggesting a wink. I blinked, unsure what he had done. Or if he had done it.

Gar was sitting on the couch, remote in one hand, tea in the other. He too was watching Gabriel, his eyes sly, watching and smirking slightly. Conner was sitting next to Cassie, the two of them close but the distance between could have swallowed the tower whole. I had heard something about "not now" from Conner after their last date. Starfire and Raven were close, sitting next to each other on a love seat. Robin sat alone. As always, alone.

Angel rose up in a fluid motion, his wings settling to cover his back immediately. He walked over to the tea Kettle and Superboy lazily heated up the kettle with his heat vision. Pouring the hot water carefully he looked up at us. "I'm gay" He announced and put two lumps of sugar into the tea, stirring carefully.

Beast boy shrugged, as did Starfire, Raven just nodded, Cassie blinked uncomfortably, and Conner, Conner looked pointedly at his bare chest.

"You know its not catching right?" Gabriel said sarcastically to Conner, we all laughed as Conner blushed looking away. It was the first time any of us had heard his humorous side. It started the group of us learning a new dynamic.