Instinct and Sensibility
It was late into the evening, and the four angels were gathered around Sabrina's couch, sipping tea and coffee. Sabrina sat there, smiling thoughtfully as she looked at her friends. The Angels. Angel…Never been called that before Charlie came along.
From her peripheral vision, she could tell that Kris was watching her. She sighed.
"What do you want?" She frowned and kicked herself internally; she hadn't meant to snap at the younger angel.
Kris looked straight at her boldly. "I don't know. What do you want?" She replied, her voice sounding just as angry as Sabrina's voice had.
Sabrina just stared at Kris. Then she began laughing, and she playfully threw a pillow at her friend's face.
"I'm not angry, Kris. Sorry. Just saw that you were staring at me."
Kris smiled mysteriously and stared deep into Sabrina's brown eyes. "Maybe I just want you, Sabrina."
"Ah. Well then, that's perfectly reasonable. Carry on."
Jill and Kelly had been watching their encounter for some time. Jill tilted her head to one side. "Glad you could finally come out and tell us, Kris."
Kelly laughed. "We always expected it, but you never expressed your true passion for her. Hidden love cannot stand alone, you know."
Sabrina grinned widely. "Oh, she wasn't alone, I can tell you that."
For a moment, everyone just stared at each other. Then they cracked up, their voices filling Sabrina's living room. Pent-up emotions released through laughter has, after all, always proved to be the greatest cure to heavy hearts. After awhile, they resumed to sitting and enjoying the silence.
Jill was unsure of how to go about her question in the right way, not knowing if it would be too nosy, as Kelly said.
What are you waiting for? Just ask!
Jill sighed, annoyed. She was contradicting herself again. The separate sides of her mind were about to have an argument. One completely relied on instinct, jumping into situations and reacting quickly, sometimes a little too quickly. The other was more sensible, giving more thought to situations and looking at the bigger picture.
Remember what Kelly told us, we have to wait for her. Calm, she'll tell us soon enough. When the time comes.
I'm doing this because I care about her!
I care about her as well, and our friendship. What if we hurt her? We shouldn't go jumping into things all of the time like this, it makes no sense.
Sabrina loves to talk! She's not sensitive; she's a tough cookie. She'll survive. Besides, it'll probably be something fine, like "Oh, its nothing, I grew up a military brat" and go into detail about her father raising her. Like normal families! Like us!
Patience is a virtue.
Jill growled. Kris looked at her with concern, but she took no notice.
Look. I'm not diving into this. Let's just work together, all right? Compromise.
Compromise, then.
Jill sighed, glad that the argument was over. She had finally made her decision. She was going to enter the lion's mouth, bite the bullet, take the plunge.
She was going to ask Sabrina about her past.