Chapter 3: Mysterious Past
"Are you all right?"
The girl looked into the boy's face. She dabbed his forehead with a cool cloth after she had helped him back onto the couch.
"Where am I?"
"At my home. I found you in an alleyway on my way home. You were hurt so I brought you home"
The boy looked at his arm and saw the bandages; then he put his hand to his face and felt the bandages there also.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Skye. What's yours?"
"My name is Ed"
The boy was still a little scared but when the girl introduced herself and smiled, he felt a bit better. He sat up onto the couch and looked around the room.
"What is this place?"
"This is my apartment. This is were I live"
"What's an apartment?"
Skye was a little confused by Ed's question. The look on his face was curious and she decided that he deserved and answer.
"It's like a small house inside a large building. Sometimes two or three people can live in it at a time. This whole building is filled with apartments"
Ed got up off the couch and stretched his arms up to the ceiling. His back was sore, but stretching made it feel better. He continued to look around the home and then turned his gaze to a picture that sat on a table beside the couch.
"Who's that?"
Skye turned her attention to the picture also,
"That's a picture of me and my sister Terry. We have lived together ever since my parents died in a car accident a few years ago"
"I'm sorry"
"That's ok, it's not as painful as it was back then. I've gotten over it"
Ed then noticed something for the first time since he woke up on the couch,
"Why are the lights off?"
Skye had a startled look on her face, when she remembered the incident earlier. She looked up at Ed again and told him,
"When you woke up earlier, you were scared and knocked the lamp down. I just wanted to make sure that you were ok and I guess I forgot to replace it. I'll do it now"
She got up and got a new bulb from the closet, she then put it in the lamp and turned on the light.
Ed got a little blush in his face when he now saw Skye for the first time.
She had bright red eyes and reddish-pink hair that went just to her shoulders. She was still wearing her school uniform, which was a white sailor-type shirt with a red neck scarf and a khaki-colored pleated skirt.
Skye got her first look at Ed also, but something was troubling her more. She was blushing but it wasn't because of how handsome she found Ed, it was the question she wanted to ask him.
"Is something the matter?"
"I, um, just wanted to ask you a question…"
"Well, what is it?"
"About the wings on your back…"
Ed grew a scared/worried look on his face. He now remembered waking up earlier because of the medicine that Skye gave him and then remembered opening his wings in front of her.
"What are you exactly?"
Ed gave the only answer he knew,
"To tell the truth, I don't really know. I've had them since I was born. I really don't know what I am"
"Do they hurt when they come out?"
"Not really, I guess I was just hurt bad and it caused them to be painful"
Ed and Skye sat down on the couch. Skye was wondering what she was going to do with Ed when she felt a hand on hers; she turned to see Ed looking into her eyes.
"What is it Ed?"
"Thank you for saving my life"
All of a sudden, Ed bent forward and placed his lips on Skye's. She blushed hard and was just about to enjoy it when she heard a noise at the door and someone yelling,
"SKYE? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"
