Once again I was in shock. I laid still for a few moments just looking into her eyes. I heard a noise, but didn't realise at first that the laughing was coming from my throat. I guessed I was going crazy. Maybe this was one of the signs. "An Evil Creature?" I said "An evil being and an angel..". I shook my head in disbelief. I was surprised at how I was taking this. I knew I was weird, and this must be one of the ways I dealt with shock. I was learning more about myself everyday. It just sounded so fantasy, so strange. I wondered what we would look like right now. An angel and an evil being laid on a bed close to eachother, having a life-changing conversation. I thought of how the girl who had been pestering me before would react to this scene and smiled. Somehow I couldn't think of the bad aspects just yet.

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I was surprised at her reaction and my mouth opened as she backed away. "No.." I said, my face shocked "I'm being serious". My voice was low, my eyes looked down. "It's just hard to take in". "You know, people don't tell me this stuff everyday" I smiled "You're the angel afterall". This opened my mind up to so many questions and curiosity about her. Suddenly she was someone different. And she wasn't the same girl as I saw. I looked at her, wanting her to come closer "I'm sorry".

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I was desperate now. "Anna, I'm sorry" I said in my most genuine voice. "I know I don't understand, and it must be really hard for you, but I want to understand". I was in disbelief "You can't just tell me something like that and then tell me to leave!". My eyes were wide open and my voice raised louder than I thought it would. I leaned on my elbox to the side with my hand extended towards her on the bed. "Please.." I whispered, my eyes intent on her face. I didn't want her to be angry with me. This was so much information and all I could think about were my feelings towards her.

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I was relieved when she pulled us closer, her cool hug made my skin tingle. I was distracted by her breath close to by face, and her hand moving down my arm. However, when I processed what she had said, my eyes popped open. My mouth copied staight after. "What?" I asked, though I had heard her perfectly clear. "You mean.. you're going to show me?" my voice was strained, my throat was dry. I couldn't believe it, she was going to just, change into something right before my eyes? I hadn't given thought to if she physically changed to be an angel. I'd expected her beauty to be height of angelic. I breathed in and then out deeply. "Are you sure?" I asked, concerned as to whether she really wanted to do this, or if it was just for my benefit. I tried to brace myself for what she was going to do, but having no idea of what it was, I couldn't prevent my anxiety in the slightest.

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I couldn't take my eyes off her as I watched her stand in the room. It was dark, but I could still see her in the dim light coming from the moonlit sky. The change was graceful, spectacular. My eyelids refused to blink and my body stayed stiff sat up on the bed. "Oh my god.." I said under my breath. She walked over to me and my eyes locked on her. This was such a life-changing moment. It was something inhuman. Imagining her, explinations and descriptions would do nothing to prepare anyone for what I saw.

Her wings were astonishing and I couldn't speak. I just took in her appearance. Her skin was glowing, more angelic than ever. I managed to find my muscles to climb over to sit on the edge of the bed. My body leaned towards her, wanting to be closer. "Anna.." was all I could whisper. My hands grasped at my hair, my arms up. I knew she was the most attractive girl I'd ever met, but only now was the right time to tell her. "You're beautiful" I said looking all over her. I settled on her eyes, a warm red colour. I longed to reach out and touch her wings and her soft skin.

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My hand rose, and I watched her for confirmation that it was okay to touch her, and then did. I realised I felt shouldn't feel so restricted to touch her, as we had just been so close on the bed. She was the same girl. I ran my fingers across her glowing soft cheek and looked into her unusual eyes. Her wings were spectacular. I was astounded to be touching something that didn't seem real. Her voice was musical and fluid as I was touching her wings. I laughed once at her question, though my eyes were serious and occupied. "I do?" I thought that she was the one who always surprised me! I laughed again realising how absurd it sounded when she was standing there as an angel! What bigger surprise could anyone bring out in one day? "How am I surprising you?" I smiled and looked back at her eyes. This was so extraordinary. My eyes glistened with wonder. It was shocking to think the shy girl I had known for less than a week was an angel all along.

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I stepped closer towards her, looking slightly down as I was taller than her. I smiled a crooked smile "No... but I'm glad you did". Somehow I felt quite proud to be the one to know her secret. I thought how all the others at this school didn't know, and they'd been here longer than me! I glanced across her once again, convinced my eyes were lying to me. "I never knew.. anything like this existed.." My voice was quiet as I realised how late it was. We had been talking for a while and I checked the sky outside. It was growing lighter and I felt guilty for keeping her up. I frowned and looked back at her. I looked into her eyes for a few seconds before asking "Are you tired?".

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I stared fascinated as her wings disappeared. Her skin was still radiant, but her eyes dimmed. However, her beauty was still as prominant. I lifted my hand to push one side of her hair back, so I could see her more clearly. I shrugged, smiling. Truth was, I was tired, but I didn't want to sleep. I wanted to stay with her though. My hormonal insticts were trying to kick in but I fought them back. "Just a little" I answered. I suspected that if I went to sleep, I would be very uncomfortable.. or have another.. nightmare. Oh I thought. I'd been too distracted to think about what was happening to me. I kept my face straight though.

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I was disappointed when she walked away. I watched her put eardrops in her ears as I sat on the bed. Why did she need eardrops? I decided not to ask though, it was probably nothing. "And you're not going to sleep?" I asked. She was right, it was very late, or more like early. But why wasn't she going to sleep? Did she not sleep now? Was that some part of being an angel? "You do.. go to sleep, right?" I asked, my eyebrows pulling together. I'd learnt I should expect anything, so anything seemed possible now. I didn't want to take up the bed, if I had to sleep, I'd sleep on the floor.

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"You are so stubborn" I said with a laugh, rolling my eyes. We were just being too nice to eachother. I sighed. I moved to lay on the bed, pulling at her wrists lightly so she would lie down too. "Sleep" I said smiling. However, I didn't know if I could sleep now. The image of Anna as an angel was burned into my memory. Every detail was saved inside my mind. It was hard to stop thinking about it.

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I nodded when she spoke. I lay there quietly looking into her eyes as she faced me. Then she looked at the ceiling. I kept my breathing even as I watched her, the darkness taking it's toll on my tired brain. I'd, like Anna, been through so much today. I was happy at how close we were now, and that I knew her secret. I remembered the fresh damp air when we were in the town. My hot skin a shield to the cold winds. It felt so long ago since we had been in lessons and I was utterly surprised Anna was not as tired as she seemed. I hadn't noticed though, until then, her expression. Her eyes glistened slightly in the dim light from outside. I pushed myself up lightly so I could see her. "Are you okay?" I asked, concerned. I had thought she would be happy, like me.

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I nodded, though I didn't exactly believe her. I was still propped up, my face slightly confused. I realised that I shouldn't pester her about something if she didn't want to talk about it. Whatever it was, it could wait if she wanted to speak about it. What had just happened had made me think about how much she might be hiding from me; what else could be going through her mind. She was so much more complex than I'd thought and I knew that she was even more different than the other girls. I watched her, though her eyes did not meet mine. It made me sad to think she was upset about something now, after what she had shown me and I was ecstatic. I really wished she didn't regret what she had done for me.

I gently laid back down on the bed and closed my eyelids. It was very quiet and I could hear her breathing. "Anna?" I whispered, because we were so close. My voice was hardly a whisper now, "You're amazing, you know that?". And then, regretably, I fell alseep.

Fortunately, no nightmare came into vision. Just confusion and flashes of light. However I was restless and hot. I breathed quickly in my sleep and my skin burned up.

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I felt my body grow more and more aware. My eyelids opened slowly, my vision blurred, so I blinked a few times. I was facing the wall and I felt hot and weary. I stared at the wall for a while. Wait. That wasn't the wall paper in my room. I turned my head to look straight on at the room. A figure was laid next to me. I jumped refelxively. Oh! Things started flooding back then. The image of Anna stood in the room, the emotional talk we had had. It all felt so long ago and so unrealistic now. I realised that I had slept in my clothes, and that I was in the girls dorm. Hmm, how am I gonna get out of this one, I thought. It was hard to remember exactly what had happened and what we had said to eachother. I cringed remembering the big secret and my eyes shot to Anna. I smiled, unsure, then rubbed my hands over my face.