Remarkable
Song: If It's Love by Train
Angel
I woke up to the sound of an alarm. Instinctivly, my hand shot out. But it didn't hit the clock. Instead, it hit the face of my new husband. I opened my eyes to face his. He smiled and I shifted to my side.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing." he said, tucking a loose strand of curly blond hair behind my ear. "You're just so cute when you sleep."
I sighed appreciatively and stretched my wings out bit. He, Aaron, did the same with his tawny russet wings. I giggled.
"It's nice that you think I'm cute, but we really do need to go. We've got a whole to waste, after all." I stated. I swung my feet over the edge of the bed, allowing my heel to tap the bottom of the shaggy carpet. I stood up. I skipped to my closet and picked out a baby blue blouse and a pair of black jeans, with a pair of pastel blue party heels. Then, I showered and got dressed. An hour later, we were all dressed and ready. The first day of our honeymoon...very special. And Italy had a lot of tourist places that us twenty-year-olds would enjoy. As we walked outside, hand-in-hand, Aaron pointed forward.
"Let's go there to eat, love." he waved his hand towards a small coffee cafe. I nodded and followed him. It was libertating, not having to save the world. Just living. Underneath my shirt, my wings felt cramped. Aaron must've sensed my discomfort.
"Wanna go flying later, Angel?" he inquired, squeezing my hand.
"Please. My wings hurt." I wrinkled my nose. Aaron's brown eyes sparkled.
"Alright, let's go."
I was astonished. The valley was an expanse of nothing, just green grass. The blue sky overhead yawned and begged us to mark it's unfathomable heights. I lifted into the sky, each flap of my wings taking us higher into the sky. Aaron edged towards me and hugged me close. He kissed my nose and smiled warmly.
"Bet you can't win a race against me." he challenged. I cocked my head to one side.
"So sure about that?"
I wasn't gonna let the fact that only two days earlier we had been married get in the way of me beating him.
"Ready? Set...GO!" Aaron shot forward, me at his heels. Below us, the earth seemed to smile at me. I couldn't believe that the days of running for my life were finally over. It seemed too good to be true. So did the fact that Max was married with a kid on the way, my own brother was engaged, Nudge was at a shoot for Vougue, and Iggy and Ella were getting married soon, too.
Life had just sped so fast, like a top spinning too fast to be stopped.
I would always miss the days of my childhood, the days of danger.
But somehow, these days were just as remarkable.