6.

Dougie was lying on his stomach in the grass while Danny was lying against a tree with his eyes closed. He let Danny calm down and catch his breath after he had cried in his arms. Pretending he wasn't anxious to finally get to know everything Dougie pulled out the grass in his surroundings but always kept a secret eye on Danny.

'You were always there, weren't you?' Danny suddenly said

'Sorry?'

'Every time there was something to hear or see that you shouldn't, you were always there'

Dougie looked at Danny whose eyes were still closed. He searched inside his head for an answer but he had no idea what to say. But when Danny started smiling the pressure fell off his shoulders, Danny wasn't expecting a reply.

Danny opened his eyes and looked at Dougie with his beautiful smile still on his face. 'I like hugs'

'You seriously hadn't hugged before?'

'Physical contact isn't allowed in heaven'

'So you can't touch your girlfriend?' Dougie asked and in that question laid a double meaning. He wanted to know if Danny was still free and/or straight.

Danny laughed. 'There's no love in heaven either, at least not that kind of love. We're all brothers and sisters of each other and I'm not really interested in dating them.'

Dougie smiled. He had heard exactly what he wanted to hear. Even smiling wider he sat straight and said. 'I want to know everything, don't let anything out'

Danny sighed. 'Yeah, figured that was coming.. Here it goes then. When a human gets born God creates an angel especially for them. You see our job is to protect that human but when the time comes we have to let them die.'

'Then why protect them? I don't really understand'

'Every human has a date that they are supposed to die and when that time comes we have to let them but before that time we have to protect them from dangers.'

'So there is someone watching me all the time, that's kinda creepy' Dougie said suddenly feeling uneasy.

Danny laughed. 'No not all the time, human and angel are connected. We feel each other's extreme emotions just like fear or pain. That's when we know we have to step in'

'When you say connected..'

'You can feel your angel's extreme emotions too' Danny explained knowing where Dougie was aiming at. 'Have you ever felt down or sad but had no reason to be?'

'Yeah' Dougie said thinking about all those times he felt like that.

'That's your angel's emotions coming through'

'Wow' Dougie said amazed but then turned serious again. 'So why are you here and not in heaven?'

Danny's smile disappeared and he looked down when he answered. 'I got banished'

'Why?'

'I saved someone other than my guardian from his supposed death'

'Why?' Dougie asked again.

'My guardian and he are really close and I know that if he died my guardian would have been lost without him. His life would have lost all meaning. He wouldn't be able to continue living without his other half'

'So you did it for your guardian? That's not so bad'

'Yeah, try telling that to Mister God up there' Danny said with a quick nod to the clouds. 'I can't do anything right in his eyes'

'So what happened to them, your guardian and his friend?' Dougie asked curious

'Well I'm still an angel so my duties of protecting my human still stand, I just don't live home anymore and his friend has a new death time. A time much suitable for both of them.'

'Happy ending, just not for you' Dougie pointed out

'I don't mind living here, not at all actually'

Dougie smiled, hoping that he was part of that reason he didn't hate living on Earth. He was just about to ask Danny another question when the bell suddenly rang and kids started to come to the outside. He spotted Harry in the bunch all by himself. He could tell by the looks in his eyes that he was feeling lost.

'Go to him' Danny said

'But I want to be with you' Dougie slipped out. He immediately said a whispered 'fuck' to himself.

But Danny smiled and laid his hand on Dougie's while bending over so far their noses almost touched each other. Dougie's heart started racing.

'He needs you' Danny said soft. Dougie could feel his breath on his face and looked into his diamond blue eyes which pierced into his and then to his handsome shaped lips, feeling the sudden urge to kiss them.

He slowly closed his eyes and wanted to move those few centimeters closer that their lips were apart when Danny pulled away.

'We'll talk some other time'

Dougie, suddenly realizing what he was doing, blinked a few times and gave a weak smile. 'Sure'

He stood up and threw his backpack over his shoulder. 'At lunch?'

'Lunch is good' Danny smiled. 'Oh and Dougie?'

'Yeah?'

'Thanks for being here and for the hug'

'Any time' Dougie said and turned around with a huge grin on his face.

Danny watched how Dougie walked away from him and towards Harry. If he only knew how much he had left out of his story. But it's for the best. At least.. That's what he thinks.