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Post by Sarah Wenham on Jan 1, 2012 15:58:07 GMT -5
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The strong smell of chlorine filled Sarah’s noise the second she appeared in the building that held the school’s indoor pool. With the heavy smell coming from the pool, it hadn’t been hard to locate even on a campus of Spencer’s size. After she had managed to pull herself away from Caleb’s side, after promising him over a dozen times she wasn’t leaving him for good, the building had been right around the corner from the one he had gone in for his midday classes. His fear of her vanishing did not make sense to her. A grown man fearing his guardian angel was going to vanish if he was left alone for maybe ten minutes made Sarah wonder just what kind of trouble he was in. What did he have to fear from being alone? He didn’t look like a push over, in fact the first time Sarah saw him in the cemetery she though the exact opposite. He came off as being able to handle himself in any situation.
Shaking off her strange thoughts, her large blue eyes scoped out the pooling area. The pool itself was clearly set up for either training or competitions to take place with lanes divided out for swimmers. A distant memory flickered in the back of her mind, weak and almost too dim for her to grab hold of but she could faintly remember cheering for a man with thick black hair and the growingly familiar scent of chlorine. But the more she tried to bring that memory closer to her mind to think about it, the faster it slipped away until her mind was blank once more. At her back, her white wings fluttered while her bare feet slapped against the cool cement that covered the floors to prevent someone from slipping and landing on their butt or head. Standing next to the bleachers, her hand rested against the metal while watching the swimmers stretching along the side of the pool. No one could see her, the woman with the angel wings and the flowing white dress that kissed her calves with each step she took. Or at least the humans couldn’t see her but Ipswich was inhabited by more than the average human.
Right then, Caleb was in class with his friends. She couldn’t recall their names but something told her, he was in good hands. Each one of his three friends would watch his back and make sure nothing happened to him or at least that was what her gut told her. So she took it upon herself to familiarize herself with the school in case she needed to race off somewhere for an emergency. Better safe than sorry later on. Turning her head, Sarah spotted a case of trophies and metals. It seemed to be calling to her until her feet were leading her over to it. As she got closer, a hand reached out to touch the glass while her eyes skimmed over the trophies. Each one told a different story, a different triumph for the team. District State Champions, National State Champions, the list of their victories went on and on. Pinned to the wall of the case, she saw faces of seasoned athletes who had all helped the swim team win time and time again.
It didn’t surprise her to spot Caleb in the pictures. All around the school she heard his name in every conversation that had to do with the school’s team. From her eavesdropping she knew he was a strong swimmer, but his team wasn’t the one in the pool. Turning back around to gaze longer at each face on the time, she was puzzled by if those about to get in the pool were from the high school level or the college. What kind of school was both a high school and a college? How was that working out for the Academy?
Thinking about school made her wonder if she had been any good at school. She knew she loved books, loved to read and had no problem writing, but school was a little different. It required discipline and a will to succeed. Had she been one of those types of people or had she been a slacker? While her mind wondered off about what she might have been like as a student, her wings seemed to fall and encase her as if trying to shield the young woman from a chill in the air.
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Post by Jade Danvers on Jan 1, 2012 20:18:08 GMT -5
Jade was in the pool swimming, a thing that she loved thanks to her adoptive brother Caleb. The smell of chlorine didn’t bother Jade anymore it was something that she had grown used to. Jade remembered the first time she ever got into a pool, the smell of chlorine bothered her, the cold bothered her and the idea o swimming bothered her. Jade had on the one piece swimsuit allowed by Spencer’s academy for anything. It wasn’t the most stylish swimming suit that was ever made but it did was it was required to be in the pool at Spencer’s Academy. Like everything in Spencer’s Academy there was a uniform involved to keep people from being separated by status. But that didn’t always work her family was known as some of the richest people in Ipswich. Not that Jade had known that when she was adopted by the Danvers family.
Jade had been the talk of the town and only the tender age of ten. Jade had been shy and quiet when Evelyn took her home with her. Jade never did take to calling Evelyn and James, mom and dad because they weren’t really parents. But she had quickly started calling Caleb brother. It hadn’t taken long for her to trust him. He had quickly proven that he was someone she could fully trust and always trust. Jade was on her tenth or eleventh lap when she noticed that she was no longer alone in the pool area. She saw feet through her goggles. Getting into the shallow end of the pool and stands up pulling the goggles off of her face. Jade was worried about her brother still and she was tempted to go find him and take him somewhere and get him feeling better. She was willing to take him where ever he would want to go just to get her brother to smile at her yet again.
It was only after the goggles were off that she saw the wings. Wings there were wings what was going on, that worried Jade now. How did someone have wings, she shouldn’t be surprised though this was Ipswich Massachusetts and there was more than one extraordinary person around the town. Jade was a sweet girl who had a big heart but she didn’t know how to deal with anything like that really. She didn’t know how to make her brother better and now she was seeing people with wings. Ok really it was a person with wings but still she was thinking she was hallucinating. Which scared her, the idea of ever going back to a psychiatric hospital scared her. She didn’t like the idea of going back to a place like that she was eight years old when she went to one the first time. She wasn’t ever going to go back to one ever again. Not if she had any say in it. Or if Caleb had any say in it, he spent allot of time protecting her from the things in her life that were too much for her to handle.
Jade ever the investigator got out of the pool and got her towel wrapping it around herself and pulling off the ridiculous cap that helped keep her hair out of her way and helped her have speed in the water. Jade followed the girl carefully and as quietly as she could. The winged girl was weird and different and someone that Jade wanted to know. Jade kept her hair up in the braid she had it in, it was pressed against her head from the cap. She would deal with brushing it out after awhile. Jade got up to the trophy case she couldn’t help but beam with pride for her big brother and his friends. They had won multiple meets and trophies and she could see his name in several places. She was tempted to speak to the girl who was standing next to her now but she was nervous. What if she was hallucinating, what if she was in trouble, going back to an asylum to be pumped full of drugs to make her feel numb. Jade couldn’t walk through the school without hearing her big brothers name mentioned.
Or his friends names, she was so used to being Caleb’s little sister, that was just who she was, it was better than that girl the Danvers were making a charity case out of, that girl who was just a charity case to make the Danvers look good. For Jade it was alright with it for a while meant that people knew who she was used to being that charity case girl. Jade had always been that charity case girl who usually had second hand clothing, shoes and everything else. Jade looked at the girl next to her again, Jade felt under dressed at the moment because all she had on was her was her swimsuit and a towel.
Jade looked at the girls face she looked almost confused at the moment like something was on the edge of her mind bothering her. This made Jade worry about the girl what could be bothering the girl with the angel wings. Jade found that she was very confused at the moment. Jade knew that if she was real she wasn’t someone who would be fit in with the upper class of Spencer’s not because she looked like Jade did when she was first adopted but because of the wings. Maybe she was just weird but the wings seemed so real. Jade couldn’t hold herself back anymore and reached out to touch the wings wanting to see if they were real.
”Wow, I’ve never met someone with wings before” said Jade
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Post by Sarah Wenham on Jan 1, 2012 21:41:08 GMT -5
*I'll watch the night turn light-blue [/size] But it's not the same without you~[/font] ![]() INSERT YOUR OWN IMAGE HERE!!![/img][/center] Pour me a heavy dose of
A T M O S P H E R E* [/size][/center]
Sarah should have been paying better attention to her surroundings. No matter how confident she felt about no one being able to see her, she should have kept an ear and an eye out for anyone that might have the ‘eye’ to spot her. There was no telling in this strange town who might have the ability to sense other worldly presences or even able to see her like an average person. But she did know that an angel who didn’t watch their back was no good to the person they were supposed to protect. Where that knowledge came from, she hadn’t a clue. Maybe from God? Now that only made her wonder if she had ever been a religious person before her death. There were just so many questions floating around in her head Sarah was completely oblivious to the eyes that had fallen on her wings. She should have known the Sons of Ipswich wouldn’t be the only one who could see her. There should have always been a hint of danger of being spotted in the back of her mind but sadly it had flown out of her brain to be replaced with curiosity over her charge.
The sudden touch of a warm hand to her wings caused them to crack open as if they were a bear trap ready to encase whatever had disturbed them. Sarah spun on her bare heels, a wild look in her blue eyes to see the girl standing there in the towel with her hair plastered to her head. Her hands clutched over her heart feeling it pound against her ribcage. The unearthly glow which dusted over her skin seemed to have grown even brighter at the sudden fright until she slowly began to calm down and it dimmed down. “Don’t scare me like that.” Laughing it off, she slowly straightened her posture and forced her wings to relax when they wanted to snap back open to their full length in hopes of intimating the girl. However, Sarah kept a strong discipline over her limbs to keep them at her back.
Eying the young woman closer, she noticed that she was still dripping water causing Sarah to glance back at the pool and the swimmers still going up and down their lanes. For now, no one seemed to notice that this girl wasn’t practicing or working out. How long would that last? She had a strong suspicion that if anyone saw them, they’d only see the girl talking to thin air, which wouldn’t look good for her mental stability.
Blinking, it took a moment for what the girl said to process in her mind. Was it possible that she…? “You...you can see me?” Who was this young girl? Sarah cursed her lack of memory because in a town of Ipswich’s size it should have been easy to know who she was even from over hearing conversations around the campus. Nervousness seemed to rise up in her voice as she began to speak more to herself than the female swimmer standing next to her. “I thought only Caleb and maybe his friends could…” She said maybe because she had been avoiding his friends since she had been assigned his guardian angel. There was no telling how they’d react to their friend’s need for a guardian angel. And she had no idea if they might not believe her and might just think the wings were some parlor trick.
Covering her mouth, Sarah wondered if she had said too much to this girl by just saying Caleb’s name. This girl might be the enemy and she had just blurted out his name. She took a step back wondering if it would be best to leave the pool area and find Caleb before she dug a hole for him.
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Post by Jade Danvers on Jan 2, 2012 2:09:54 GMT -5
The wings on the girl beside her flared out and scared the crap out of her, making Jade jump and back out of the way of the girl’s wings. She was worried she would fall backwards into the pool. No one noticed Jade at the moment, class was letting out and Jade had the next period off so no one was surprised that she was lingering. She usually continued to swim long after everyone left the room so her staring off into what she was sure everyone else thought was dead air. Jade had a reputation for being peculiar. And Caleb’s little sister it was really the only thing she was known for. Jade was the mystical little being that the Danvers family had adopted. Partially because of her abilities, partially because kind of like a puppy she was brought as a companion for Caleb, Jade didn’t mind though she had a home with Caleb now and she was happy with the family though even if they didn’t always care about her. Caleb did though he was the one who’d seen the frightened little ten year old girl she had been and brought her to a confident, sensitive, seventeen year old girl.
Jade saw the wild look flare in the girls face, the girls face who she had seen before. The face that was in so many of the pictures with Caleb actually smiling, the same face who had devastated Caleb with her death. This freaked Jade out and her eyes went red without her thinking about it, activating her powers and because they were so close to the pool causing a huge wave in the pool behind them. Jade heard the teacher dismiss class because of her wave which was when she realized she had been using her powers at all. Jade closed her eyes immediately and the red went back to a bright blue that she usually had. That was Sarah, Caleb’s Sarah, the girl with the wings was Caleb’s girlfriend, his lost love, the woman that devastated him by dying. Jade wasn’t sure if she should be mad, scared or what she was looking at a person who died, a girl who had a memorial in the school where everyone could look at it. Jade wanted to scream because of or at the girl in front of her.
Jade wanted to be mad at her because she had hurt her brother. She had died on him and left Caleb alone and Jade didn’t like that at all. Caleb had been so lost for a long time now, in some depression that she couldn’t nurture out of him. Jade felt her anger flare at Sarah who she didn’t know well at all ”How could you do that too him?!” snapped Jade her powers flaring up again in the now empty pool area. ”How could you hurt him like that?!” Jade was an emotionally charged girl she always had been but now she had more confidence that she wasn’t going to be beaten because of those emotions that she felt that she could speak her mind once in a while.
Jade listened to the girls shock about her being able to see her. Jade’s anger soon dissipated into sympathy for her because even though she was mad at Sarah. Jade couldn’t blame her for how she was acting if she wasn’t able to be seen by too many people it would be shocking. Jade calmed enough to be logical and rational so that she could talk to the girl in front of her. ”Caleb is my older brother, why are you tormenting him like this” said Jade. Jade even though younger than Caleb could be protective of her brother. She was emotionally charged and as such she tended to be a little irritating with that. Jade was worried about Caleb now what did her big brother need a winged girl for. Jade was wondering if Caleb was in trouble and if he was what could she do to help. ”Is Caleb alright, is he hurt, is going to be hurt, can I help keep my brother safe” asked Jade.
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Post by Sarah Wenham on Jan 2, 2012 9:43:56 GMT -5
*I'll watch the night turn light-blue [/size] But it's not the same without you~[/font] ![]() INSERT YOUR OWN IMAGE HERE!!![/img][/center] Pour me a heavy dose of
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The terror lit up in the girl’s eyes made Sarah feel bad for cracking her wings open from the light touch, but it was so strange to be touched by someone. Everyone seemed to look past her since her return. Very few people could really see her so the small touch had come as a complete surprise. Even Caleb’s touches came with plenty of heads up before his hand would rest against her cheek or shoulder. It seemed as if he gave her all the time to turn away from him…or vanish in front of his eyes, which she did not plan to do anytime soon. When the girl seemed to jump back, Sarah’s hand reached out trying to grab the swimmer’s hand to prevent her from falling back first into the pool. What kind of guardian angel would she be to allow someone to fall into a pool after simply saying hello? Not a very good one.
When she had gained her balance once more, Sarah saw the flicker of over a dozen emotions in the girl’s eyes. Bafflement. Confusion. Anger. Hate. With all the sudden changes in the girl’s eyes, Sarah felt whiplashed trying to keep up with each new one. However, there was no time to comment or ask why before the once bright blue eyes rapidly changed to a bloody red startling her. Taking a step back, her wings burst back open while the holily glow on her skin burned brighter out of instinct more than knowledge. Her own eyes grew brighter as well, going from a deep ocean blue to a baby blue. Power was rising off the other girl’s body and the voice of the teacher caused Sarah to look away long enough to see the tidal wave building up in the pool. With wide eyes, she lowered her hands, her wings relaxed once more, and the glow on her skin died down trying not to appear threatening to the other girl. “Calm down. I’m not here to hurt you or anyone.”
Whether it was her words or the girl’s own mind realizing the need to stop her powers from influencing the pool water, the water crashed down back into the pool the exact time the red rushed from her eyes to return them to their original blue. Sarah had never seen power like this. Who was she kidding? She had never seen much use of power anywhere as far as she knew. Staring into the girl’s eyes, she could still see the battle of emotions in those blue eyes. Has she really been the cause of such anger in a person? But how? The girl had seem so excited to see an angel, but when she got a good look at Sarah’s face all excitement had died and burned away to a deep hate. Could it be this girl knew her? Really knew her? Not the angel her but…the once human Sarah?
Now it was Sarah’s turn to be confused by the girl’s accusations at her. She had hurt someone? Taking another step back, the tips of her wings brushed against the trophy case making her realize she was allowing the girl to back her up against the wall. This situation just wasn’t going to cut it for a guardian angel. Once more, power radiated off the girl causing her to sigh heavily really wishing she could stop letting her emotions get the better of her for a second for them to talk calmly. “I have no clue who you’re talking about. As far as I know I haven’t hurt anyone.”
Slowly, it took a moment for the thought to form words to come out of her throat. It was a long shot but she might as well take it while she could. If the girl had no answers Sarah could always simply leave the pool, something she began to wonder if she should have done that first. But it was too late now. “Do you know me? Who am I?” The words were whispered but there was an ample amount of desperation behind her words. It was pretty scary not knowing a single thing about yourself, only knowing you had to protect someone. Maybe it was to keep petty emotions out of the equation while fighting for someone else’s life. If she didn’t have a clue about her past, she wouldn’t be sad over her own death. She wouldn’t be concerned about if she had left any family behind or friends.
The mentioning of Caleb seemed to break through the girl’s wall of anger to bring her down from her rage to think calmly. However, the questions thrown her way left Sarah with more questions of her own than answers for the girl. “I’m tormenting him? He seemed alright when I left him a few minutes ago. Truthfully…I don’t know why he needs me. I just…” Sarah couldn’t explain it; it had been a need inside her which wouldn’t allow her to leave him. Something had told her he needed her and she couldn’t put her finger on why. However, instead of fighting it, she had demanded to return to earth and she had paid the price for it. A price she was still paying making her question if it was worth it since the loss of her memories was a huge disadvantage to being able to help Caleb with…whatever he needed help with or protection from. Offering the girl a weak smile, her wings fluttered behind her back before she spoke up once more, “I’m his guardian angel, Sarah. Nice to meet you…Miss…?”
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Post by Jade Danvers on Jan 2, 2012 15:09:50 GMT -5
Jade had gotten her balance back easily when she had flung back out of her surprise at the wings, but it was the face that got her, the face of Caleb’s love that had charged up her emotions. Jade was wondering if Caleb knew, if he could see his girlfriend, the woman that he loved, the person had he been given a chance he probably would have married. The woman who left her big brother devastated, Jade was looking right at Sarah now her emotionally charged powers had gotten out of her control again which she felt horrible about because she could have hurt someone. Jade hated not knowing what her powers were going to do next, she hated the idea of being left with a question in the back of her mind about them. Caleb had helped Jade get the majority of control over them but her emotions still ruled after everything was said and done. Caleb made sure to offer her ways of getting her emotions under control but there was no getting them under control completely. Jade had just been a child when her powers came in, and they came in early because she was in danger. Her body had sped things up in order to protect her. Jade owed the fact that she wasn’t raped or killed to her powers because of all of the abuses in her short life. Caleb had been the person who had cared for her when she moved into the Danvers home. He was the one who caught her up with the curriculum at the academy so that she didn’t feel stupid and helped her gain control of her powers. Jade had only met Sarah once or twice and only briefly because of the thing with Chase.
Caleb had tucked her away with his friends, keeping her from Chase Collins detection after he’d found out who he was. Caleb was always a protective big brother and now Jade wanted to protect him. Protect him from being hurt by Sarah again. She wanted to protect Caleb from something real unlike Caleb protecting her from her own memories. Jade knew her eyes gave away every emotion she was feeling toward Sarah. Confusion, Bafflement, Anger, Hatred, Distrust, and several others had flashed in her eyes before her powers had gotten the emotional charge they needed to just spontaneously combust into what was a tidal wave of a sorts. Jade heard the girls calm down but it was her own logic that let the emotional Jade calm enough to let the wave dissipate into the pool again. Jade knew it was dangerous to use her powers in public, and that she had to at all times keep emotions under control. Jade wanted to go protect her brother from Sarah, keep him from getting hurt more by her. Sarah’s death was hard on her older brother and she just wanted to be sure he was ok. That he wasn’t trying to join her in the land of the dead. Jade kept the towel around herself looking for some form of recognition. But she and Sarah had only met a few times before she had often been involved in other things and Caleb trying to keep her away from Chase.
Jade hadn’t liked Chase from the get go though, Jade had a sixth sense of a sort, the one that allowed her to kind of get a feel for people. Jade had liked Sarah when she met her, the girl had seemed nice and Caleb seemed happy which was a good thing for her brother. Jade had often listened to Evelyn and Caleb argue about his powers, about how he was using them, and other things. Caleb had taught Jade how to use her powers as if they were his. Jade didn’t have any other way of knowing what to do with them so following Caleb’s instructions seemed like a good idea. And Caleb didn’t seem to mind showing her how to use them, she had been clueless. For the first few days at the Danvers, Jade had been hiding them but her dreams gave her away. Jade listened to what the girl in front of her was saying, what Sarah was saying. Jade realized that Sarah didn’t remember who she was, what she was to Caleb, who she was to Caleb. Jade suddenly felt horrible for her anger toward her. ”You don’t remember do you” stated Jade more as a fact that a question.
Jade’s anger, hate and frustration had been misplaced, the confusion wasn’t though that still reigned true. Jade wanted to know why Sarah was back, why she didn’t remember that she and Caleb were in love, and all of that, everything she could. Jade felt bad for Sarah but worse for Caleb if he could see her because if Caleb could this was probably torture for him. Jade hoped that he would be ok, that he was ok right now. ”You did hurt Caleb, you just don’t remember it, and probably won’t remember it so it really isn’t your fault, I shouldn’t have gotten mad at you” said Jade honestly.
Jade’s emotions were calm again, sympathetic toward Sarah who didn’t remember how she died, how Caleb knew her, how Jade herself kind of knew her. Jade hadn’t known her well because she was tucked away to be kept safe from Chase Collins. Jade never really got a chance to know Sarah but she was sure that she would have liked her. Jade was the shy one out of her and Caleb anyway and some of that was the abuses that Jade had suffered as a child. The same abuses that made Jade struggle in trusting the Danvers family when they adopted her, the ones that made Jade cry out in the night to this day. The next question that came out of Sarah’s mouth confirmed Jade’s suspicion of Sarah’s memory issues. She was now certain that Sarah didn’t know who she was to Caleb.
The desperation in her tone made Jade worry she was so lost right now it wasn’t funny. Jade was worried for her and Caleb if Caleb knew who she was then Jade knew that Sarah not having her memory would crush Caleb. Jade sighed and then decided to explain what little she knew about Sarah. ”You are… or were rather Sarah Wenham, you were dating my older brother Caleb Danvers, you died in a car accident recently after having been in a coma. You were from the Boston Public and at Spencer’s on a scholarship, but I just know you mostly as my brother’s girlfriend we didn’t really get to know each other well” explained Jade
Jade was trying to keep the supernatural aspects of everything kind of under wraps for a moment until she talked to Caleb. It wasn’t something that she felt she should reveal without Caleb’s permission even though the girl had just seen her emotional power surges twice. ”He’s not alright, he can fake it but you dying on him pretty much was the worst thing you could do ever” said Jade. Jade let Sarah ponder over stuff and then looked at the pictures in the trophy case scanning for a particular one that Sarah was in to prove to her that she wasn’t a liar. Jade found it quickly pointing out the picture with Sarah hugging Caleb after he got his metal for the day. Her hugging him despite him being soaking wet in the Spencer’s Academy Swim team suit. Jade looked at Sarah again as she asked her, her name well not directly but basically implying that she needed it. ”Jade, Jade Danvers, I’m Caleb’s baby sister” said Jade.
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Post by Sarah Wenham on Jan 2, 2012 16:46:18 GMT -5
*I'll watch the night turn light-blue [/size] But it's not the same without you~[/font] ![]() INSERT YOUR OWN IMAGE HERE!!![/img][/center] Pour me a heavy dose of
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Peace had fallen back over the indoor pooling area. Glancing behind the young woman, Sarah saw the water in the pool had completely stilled. It might have made her wonder if seeing the tidal wave had been a trick of the lightening but she knew better since even the swim coach had ordered the girls out of the pool. The raw power had been so much stronger than anything Sarah had experienced around the campus. It was nothing compared to the power which had changed her and granted her the chance to return to Earth, but that didn’t make it any less inspiring. Peace might have fallen over the pool but there was still distrust in the girl’s eyes. Sarah couldn’t do a thing about it sadly. She had no understanding or reasoning for what she might have done to cause such a look to be in someone’s eyes.
“My whole life is one big black hole up until a few days ago.” Sarah looked at the girl, hoping that maybe she might have some information to give her hope that she wasn’t in Ipswich for no good reason. Being Caleb’s guardian angel was a good reason, yes, but was it selfish to think and pray of having been something before being an angel? It probably was. Reaching up, her finger gently tugged at the silver chain around her neck to pull it out from between her breast under the dress fabric. Attached to the chain was a silver ring with two stones set in the twisted metal, one an emerald and the other a sapphire. “I don’t know what this is for or how I got it. I do know that I hate to have it away from me for too long.” The ring resting so innocently in Sarah’s palm was none other than the promise ring Caleb had given her right before they had graduated from Spencer in their senior year. Somehow, she still had it with her.
Speaking to this girl only made Sarah feel less like an angel and more like a clues babe fresh from a mother’s womb. She has no basics about her powers as an angel either, she had truly been sent unprepared for everything. What kind of angel was she? Did God honestly expect her to save someone when she doubted her ability to save herself? Keeping silent, Sarah listened without interruption to her words trying to find the truth in her voice. It was a simple enough story. Nothing outrageous to make her question it outside of the girl’s unknown motives. “A car accident…?”
Sarah turned her wrists over, the necklace once more fell between her breasts while she glanced down at the flawless skin and saw her thin blue veins under her pale skin. There were no marks, no thin lines running the length of her skin to even hint at what the girl was saying by imply her death was her fault or ‘the worst possible thing she could have done’. Turning her eyes back, her hands returned to her sides in a nonthreatening manner. “You speak as if my death was my own fault, but from the lack of scars on my wrist or any telling signs that my death was from my actions, I think you should stop point the finger of blame at me.” Because right then, Sarah only wanted to protect Caleb. Her only reason for being on Earth instead of in heaven resting in peace was to watch over him because she had seemed to need to come back. But the next words that came out of the girl’s lips really cut right through her heart, almost knocking the breath from her lungs. “I couldn’t hurt him if I wanted to.” They came out automatically, a reminisce of the old, human Sarah and her feelings for Caleb that even then, with her memories gone she could still feel.
Following her eyes, Sarah turned once more to the trophy case trying to see whatever the girl wanted her to but there were just so many metals and knickknacks in there. Until she pointed it out, next to a gold metal pinned to the wall was a picture. A picture of her hugging Caleb with the biggest silliest grin on her face while he seemed to be smiling sheepishly at the attention. They looked happy. A hand came up to rest against the glass, over the place where the picture was. She tried to will that memory to come to her, tried to use the heavy scent of chlorine in the air to bring a memory buried back up to the surface of her mind. Instead, all she found in her mind was a tall brick wall seemingly to cut her off from her past as a human.
“Jade…beauty and spiritual balance in a world constantly changing…” The words just slipped out of Sarah’s mouth in a soft whisper. They had just felt right to say and little did she know but those were the exact words she had said to Jade when they were first introduced for a brief moment. A fuzzy memory stirred in the back of her head. She was in a wooden floored room with antiques and strange paintings on the wall. A hand in hers that never seemed to let go even as she kept squeezing hard and hard just to see if it would. Then a pair of sparkling blue eyes and a flash of fluffy brown hair along with an outfit not really fit for this century. Just like that, the memory died in her mind. A deep sadness etched itself over her face while she fought to bring it back to the surface of her brain only to fail as the memories turned grainy and seemed to turn to dust in her head, returning to hide behind the brick wall it had slipped out from.
Turning her back to the case, Sarah looked at Jade. She really took a look at her, noticing the bright blue eyes and the reddish brown hair. What made her so different from the rest of the student body along with Caleb to allow them to see her? “Are you a witch like Caleb?” Or would it be warlock since he was a guy?
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Post by Jade Danvers on Jan 2, 2012 18:27:04 GMT -5
Jade was mostly worried for her brother with Sarah in front of her, she didn’t know how that would affect Caleb at all and that worried her. Jade was the one supporting her big brother now caring for him while he was in his depression. She was the one who watched him deal with a death, deal with a funeral meet people that he didn’t know who knew Sarah. Listened as people like Aaron Abbott gave false sympathies to Caleb, stood by with Tyler, Pogue and Reid to make sure Caleb ate something at the wake after the funeral. To make sure that her brother wouldn’t collapse in despair at some point. Jade had taken up the job of talking to the guests when Caleb had become to weary to do it himself letting him do what he wanted. Jade took sympathy cards and words of sympathy, food and whatever else people had brought to help make Caleb feel better. She had thrown out most of the food because it was mostly jello molds and casseroles, wrote thank you cards, and did all of the clean up from the wake.
”Well that makes sense I guess” said Jade. Jade knew nothing of angels which is what she was guessing Sarah was. She knew nothing about how they worked or what they did, she didn’t know if Sarah was going to help or hurt Caleb. And she had no way of knowing if Sarah was lying or not she just took anything Sarah said as truth. She knew that wasn’t the best policy because Reid had a tendency to lead her astray from things with lies when she was younger. Jade wasn’t good at telling when people were lying so she was easily walked all over by people. Jade looked at the necklace on the chain was the promise ring Caleb had given Sarah. The ring that she had gone to help find a few weeks before graduation for them, Jade had gone with to get out of the house and play advice giver. She had helped Caleb pick the right colors and style for Sarah and then went out to lunch with her older brother. Jade remembered Caleb’s excitement radiating off of him like heat and the happiness that was mixed into it. Jade still had yet to tell Caleb about this sixth sense of hers. ”It’s the promise ring Caleb gave you before graduation, before the accident, before you died, he was going to marry you, I’m not sure when but he was going to make you his wife” explained Jade.
Jade couldn’t help but feel some of the sadness and confusion that surrounded Sarah. She knew for a fact that Sarah literally had no idea who she was or what she was doing there. Jade didn’t go into Sarah’s room while she was in a coma. She could see the pain that Sarah was in even if it wasn’t voiced she was never sure if it was physical, emotional or something deeper. And she probably never would but Jade wasn’t sure she wanted to know. Jade was starting to feel the emotions in herself well up again the hurt that she had felt for her brother as he watched the love of his life fade away. Jade had often stood outside of the room watching Caleb sit with Sarah while she was in the hospital. ”yes a car accident” said Jade
Jade watched as Sarah inspected her wrists, looking for any signs that she took her own life. Jade knew she didn’t but Sarah didn’t wake up either. She didn’t wake up from the coma that she had been in for so long. Jade felt tears going down her pale cheek she wasn’t really mad at Sarah, she was mad that she was dead, she was mad because Caleb was left her alone. He was upset and she didn’t like seeing her usually strong brother like that. Jade tried to wipe the hot tears off of her face she wasn’t sure if they were from her own anger or sadness or out of sadness for Caleb. ”You didn’t wake up! You were supposed to get better and wake up! You were supposed to marry my brother, and you were supposed to have pretty babies together! But you never woke up!” shouted Jade. It wasn’t a shout of anger though or even blame, it was a shout trying to get an explanation of why, it was Jade’s way of holding back tears or letting her powers go wild. Jade still felt the tears going down her face and she wiped at them with the back of her hand in an attempt to get her emotions under control. This wasn’t about her this was about Caleb and she needed to be able to keep control of herself long enough to do that.
Jade’s skin smelled like chlorine and salt when she wiped the tears away from her face. She saw the goose bumps on her skin and found her bag nearby close enough that she could grab her sweats out of it and put them on. Opening the bag and finding her pants and jacket she pull both on, serving two purposes to cover herself up and warm her up. If she thought about it, it was actually three purposes the third being to give herself sometime to gather herself together and get her emotions under her control. Jade realized with Sarah’s next words that Sarah’s emotions toward Caleb hadn’t changed. The love she felt for him was still there and she knew Caleb still loved Sarah. Jade stood up straight again and zipped up the sweatshirt she was wearing. Jade watched Sarah breathe deeply like she was trying to trigger a memory of some sort. Jade let Sarah try and remember that day remember how happy Caleb was even if he was sheepish. How they had all gone out to celebrate the victories of the day. Caleb with his arm around Sarah, Jade secretly gawking at Tyler, Reid being Reid and Pogue still with Kate at the time. Jade had had fun that evening with her brother and his friends she had gotten to know Sarah a little bit but not well.
Jade heard what Sarah said about her name, the same thing she had said when they had met briefly and the scatter brained Jade was looking for her other shoe somewhere in the house. She had been wearing a skirt and shirt that were better suited for the 1920’s that day rather than the present time. She had been pulled aside by Caleb from her shoe finding task to be introduced to his girlfriend. ”See you remember something even if it is just briefly” said Jade. Jade had continued on with her shoe finding quest after meeting Sarah. Jade was a scatter brain by nature so she had stuff everywhere especially if someone wasn’t trailing behind her and making sure it all reached her room. Jade laughed at the next thing Sarah asked if she was a witch like Caleb. Jade couldn’t help but find that funny but that was just how she was it was a reason to tease Caleb. ”I’m not sure I’m like Caleb, but yes I am a witch, although don’t call Caleb a witch, or maybe do I’d like to see the look on his face when you say that. He’s more of a warlock than a witch” said Jade
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Post by Sarah Wenham on Jan 2, 2012 20:11:08 GMT -5
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So it was true, Sarah had left people behind when she had died. She hadn’t always been an angel. For some reason, those thoughts oddly comforted her. Not because she wanted to cause any of her loved ones pain, but because it showed there was a deeper meaning than a silly whim for her being in this town. Sort of like a ghost, she had unfinished business to attend to. Caleb and the Sons of Ipswich were her reason for coming back when there had been a place on the other side for her until the end of time. The pounding in her heart whenever she thought about Caleb and the smile he flashed at her told Sarah, she would never have been happy without her soul mate with her. Soul mate? Where had that thought come from? Was she Caleb’s true love? Any if she was, it wouldn’t work out for them now…right? Her goal was to protect him not love him. Or could that fall under the same category?
“I guess he ran a little too far ahead into the future.” There was no teasing tone in Sarah’s voice while she continued to stare at the ring which hadn’t left her neck since she’d crash landed on Earth. No, there was only depression and a heavy regret lining her voice. Someone had thought the world of her and she had died…in a car crash of all things. Would it have been better for her to have stayed out of his life? Her fingers twirled the ring around her fingers slowly coming to grips with the impact her life had on someone else’s life. Yet, she couldn’t even recall a single memory of them being together.
The outburst from Jade had her jumping back slightly, trying to put some space between them in case the girl let loss her powers again. With wide eyes, she watched the tears roll down her cheeks to blend into the water dripping off her body from the pool still. A need to hug the girl over came Sarah until she was reaching out to offer Jade her arms to wrap around her. “I tried to…” It was a whisper, barely more than a gentle exhale of air until those words triggered a reaction making her spine stiffen with a new confidence. “I tried to wake up but something…something prevented me.” In her coma, there had been a presence blocking her, keeping her spirit away from her body. Something that felt like… Then the moment was gone. Sarah was right back to being completely stumped about her situation. It caused her to groan wondering if she had made a wise deal with God in exchange to come back. What good was she to Caleb if she couldn’t remember anything but some silly words and fuzzy faces?
Giving her some space, Sarah placed her hands at her back to feel the brush of her feathery wings against her finger tips. They gave her strength when she wanted to crumble under the heavy words thrown at her by Jade. Staying by the trophy case, her eyes watched the young girl pull on some warmer clothes over her swimsuit. She knew that suit should have triggered memories from her life, it should have showed her some great event where she was watching Caleb win a swim meet or cheering on the boys…but it didn’t. It only added to her sadness. Could she love a man who still had years ahead of him while her time was up? She was living on borrowed time, time maybe meant for someone else. Of course she could love Caleb; he made it so easy to do so. But could she be unselfish enough to get out of his way if someone better came along? Someone who wasn’t an angel but a human fixed to this planet? Her heart screamed, beat against her chest, and yelled out in a defiant voice, no.
The laughter that filled the still air in the building seemed to relax Sarah’s rattled nerves. Relaxed her enough to smile right back at Jade. “I’m sure he can handle a little poking at his ego if he was called a witch.” Her instinct had been correct, Jade and Caleb could see her because of their powers. They weren’t simply average humans which meant, according to legend then those three friends of his were also warlocks.
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Post by Jade Danvers on Jan 3, 2012 17:27:53 GMT -5
Jade couldn’t help but be mad at Sarah’s death, it had been upsetting for her. She was going to have a sister in law and she was going to get more family who cared about her. Jade’s life had been filled with allot of torment and pain before she lived with the Danvers. So it had taken her time to get herself together well enough to be able to be trusting of Caleb and others. Jade had taken to Sarah relatively easy for her. Even though the two of them had only had a few brief meetings here and there. And though the two of them only did things together when there were other people around. Jade again felt conflict come off of Sarah, like she was fighting with what she was. Jade didn’t know if she was going to be ok or not. Jade didn’t like this angel thing much anymore. It was frustrating her because it meant that her brother would have to see Sarah but never get to be with her. Jade didn’t like that thought because Caleb though tough on the outside and having the persona of a big tough dude was a soft marshmallow when one got down to it. Jade knew this well because she saw the marshmallow, teddy bear side of Caleb all the time. He was always nice to her and willing to sit with her when she was upset, or had a nightmare about something she didn’t talk about. Jade knew that it was wrong to do that to Caleb, not talk about her past but some things just had to stay buried and forgotten.
”He had a plan, he was happy, and that was taken away from him” said Jade, tears threatening to roll down her cheeks again. Caleb had fallen in love and that had made Jade happy. Her brother was in love with someone, and he was going to marry her. And she was going to get to be Aunt Jade. Jade had already decided when and if she got married she wanted to adopt at least one child because she knew what foster care was like. Foster care had kicked her butt as a child and she didn’t like it when people were put through that although Jade had overcome the abuses of her youth and now was a confident young woman.
Jade let Sarah wrap her arms around her but didn’t return the hug. Jade had never been hugged by Sarah in her life but now that she was an angel it somehow seemed ok. Jade didn’t know what to do with the hug except for get herself pulled together. Usually when Sarah had been comforting Jade, she was rubbing her back while Caleb was holding her, rubbing her back and shoulders. Letting Caleb be the one who took care of his baby sister. It was a trust thing with Jade to hug someone else because she had done that before and had just gotten hurt by it. Jade never hugged anyone back until she was completely comfortable with it. And this was no exception to that Jade was normally very withdrawn and pulled away from those who weren’t extremely close to her. But Jade was ok with that she was used to it she was shy and quiet and just overall not willing to deal with stuff that caused problems in her life.
Jade had heard what Sarah had said but just barely though. Jade knew she had to keep her emotions out of this though. Jade was mad at Sarah for forgetting, for dying, for leaving her brother. But she couldn’t blame her and she knew this, she had somehow always known that she couldn’t blame her. She knew that the supernatural aspect to it, the aspect with Chase who was trying to destroy her brother was hard. It was rough on Jade and on Caleb and everyone else who knew. Sarah couldn’t remember Caleb and that made this harder on Caleb than anyone. The rest of the guys could probably handle it but she knew Caleb was probably somewhere between mad and upset at the moment.
Jade wondered what would happen now, if Caleb stayed with Sarah, or if Sarah remembered him. What would happen if the two lovers tried to stay together, and Sarah’s job was done. Would she be human again or would she go back to heaven. What would happen to Caleb and his state of being, all of these questions formed in Jade’s head without stopping. They were ones she needed to know the answers to because she had to protect and keep Caleb safe that was all she could do. Jade saw Sarah smile which was the first smile that had come from her since Jade had spoken to her. ”Maybe, but I’m the only one that gets to poke fun at him, he’s my brother” said Jade.
Jade enjoyed picking on her older brother, that was part of her duties as the kid sister to pick on Caleb, to bother him and give him a hard time. Jade was ok with that and Caleb seemed ok with it most of the time as long as she didn’t hit below the belt with her teasing. Jade never did though she was always sweet as could be in her picking it was just general stuff that was fun to pick on nothing serious. The normal brother and sister teasing that always happened when siblings were together.
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