Peyton ran down the alley, she could hear her own heart beat thundering in her ears. She was tired but she couldn't stop running they were after her. As she ran she looked over her shoulder to see where they were, as she did this she bumped into someone and fell to the ground.
She looked up and saw a young man with blonde hair who looked quite shocked.
"Uh… are you ok?" Angel said as he helped Peyton to her feet as she stood she grabbed onto the front of his coat and looked up at him with worried eyes.
"Please! You have to help me they are after me!" she said in a panicked whisper.
"What? Who is af…"
But before he got the chance to finish his question a man and run up to them and grabbed Peyton from behind, she screamed and tried to get away from him but he was to strong, Angel leapt forward and punched Peyton's attacker in the face breaking him nose, he released his grip on Peyton and swung a punch at Angel.
Peyton looked back at the two and hesitated on whether or not she ought to run, Angel turned and saw her standing there "Go! Hurry!" he yelled at her. Peyton nodded and turned to run but two more men stood towering over her blocking her way.
The taller one grabbed her by the arm and dragged her in the other direction, she hit him and tried to break free but the other man came and restrained her. He slapped her and she cried out in pain, Angel heard this and turned to see them dragging her away, forgetting about the fight he was already in he ran after then as he saw there was another three closing in.
Angel took off his coat and let his wings free, he pushed his way towards Peyton grabbed her round the waist and took flight. Peyton screamed but when she realized who had a hold of her she seemed to calm down a little.
Angel flew higher, enjoying the sensation of the wind ruffling through the feathers on his wings. He didn't get to fly around much because his father didn't like him doing it. For a moment he forgot that he was still holding on to Peyton but when he did he glided down on top of a nearby building and put her down.
"Thank you" Peyton managed to say, still awe struck by what had just happened.
"It's ok" Angel answered, feeling a little awkward about Peyton staring at his wings, he folded them in trying but failing to hide them from her.
"I'm Peyton" she said stepping towards him still looking at his wings amazed.
"Warren" he answered.
Peyton tilted her head a little still moving closer to him "Is it ok if I…" she gestured towards Angels wings.
Angel hesitated a little at first but then moved one towards her. She moved her hand along the soft, silky feathers. After a few minutes she spoke "Thank you, again for helping me Warren"
"Why were they after you?" he said looking her in the eye for the first time since they had got onto the roof, her eyes are beautiful he thought to himself, they were a bright blue that had traces of silver here and there.
"They have been after me for a while now, I don't know what I've done though! For three weeks now they have been turning up out of no where attacking me! I don't know how they keep finding me" she trailed looking at his wings again "I'm glad I ran into you"
Angel smirked he looked over at her and saw she was still preoccupied with his wings. He withdraw them a little "I hate them, they're ugly" he told her with a look of disgust on his face.
"No" she answered quickly "They are amazing. Beautiful." She added with a smile.
This shocked Angel quite a bit, he had hardly ever shown his wings to anyone ever, let alone someone who liked them.
"Maybe…" Angel began "I should take you home" She looked a little disappointed "I mean it is getting kind of late"
"Warren do you think that maybe um, you could stay with me tonight, you know in case they come back" Peyton said and bit her lip.
Angel smiled at her "ok" he whispered with a smile and gestured to the door to get off the roof.
"Oh, Warren could we maybe, fly, instead" she said with a slight smile.
Angel smiled and nodded at her, she beamed as he walked towards her and held out him arms she wrapped her arms around his neck and he picked her up so he was holding her under her legs and around her back. He couldn't help but to smell her hair a little "Hold on" he whispered in her ear.
She tightened her grip a little more and he spread his wings, before Peyton knew it she was in the air. They flew a few circles around the city until Warren asked Peyton where her house was as they lowered down Peyton gasped and Angel saw why. Standing in front of her house was five of the men that had been in the alley way.
Angel turned and began to fly away but before he knew it there was fire shooting out at him he turned to see the younger looking man shooting fire with his hand the others were laughing wildly at the scene. Angel moved his wings so that they were shielding Peyton. Another of the men stepped forward he swung his arm in Angels direction and Warren felt a sharp pain surge through his back and then blood started to trickle from the wound. Angel turn to look a them as he flew, the man swung his arm again and Angel felt his cheek spilt open, he flew higher and faster away from them.
They flew towards a big building; he stopped near the top and knocked on a window. An older looking man cam towards the window looking shocked and confused but he opened the window.
"Dad" Angel said.
"Warren, what the hell were you doing?" said his father
"He saved my life" Peyton told him with a smile. She looked at Angel and gasped. He had a deep gash on his right cheek and his wings were fairly singed. She walked towards him and touched his wing gently then looked down and the deep cut on his back. She looked up at Warren's father and said "Do you have a first aid kit?"
"Um, I'll go get it" he said and walked down the hall.
Peyton sat Warren down on the couch and grabbed his hand looking in the eye. "I'm so sorry for this Warren, it's all my fault"
"No it isn't" He told her "It's ok, it isn't that bad anyway." He twitched his wings "these will heel up by tomorrow and the cuts aren't that bad"
"Not that bad!" said Warren's father as he walked into the room "This is all because you wont listen to me, you should be pulling those things out when ever you want, if you had just thought it through I'm sure this wouldn't have happened"
"Dad, you don't even know what happened" said Warren.
His father sighed and shook his head "Whatever you think Warren, just think about what we have talked about before ok?" and he handed Peyton the first aid kit and left the room.
Peyton began to clean to the wound on Angel face first, she was mad, she hated Warren's father. Warren had save her life and his father acted disappointed. I bet he is the reason Warren hates his wings she thought to herself.
Peyton finished patching up all of Angels injuries and started insisting that she do something to fix Angels wing but he assured her that they would heal themselves up and that they would be fine by the morning, he thanked her and told her she could stay as long as she wanted.
"Did you want me to show you where you will be sleeping?" Warren asked her not really knowing what to say.
"Well, I'm not really tired yet" she said.
"What else would you like to do?" He asked. Peyton shrugged her shoulders with a slight smile on her face "Did you want to watch a movie?"
"Sure, which ones do you have?"
"There are in here" said Warren opening a cupboard next to the TV "You pick one, I'll get us something to eat ok?"
"Yeah" Peyton said and smiled watching him leave the room, she sighed to herself and started to sort through the DVD's.
