“You know, you’ve still got time before you have to make your decision,” Mallor said. I turned my troubled eyes to look into his relaxed golden brown. It always amazed me that he could be so positive seeing as he had made the most difficult choice, the choice to stay in heaven for eternity instead of having a second life on earth. Even though I had been here for a good one hundred years already I still had not made my decision. I didn’t know how I could. I loved being able to spread my wings and take flight, not having to worry about responsibility for once.
But I still had to let gods messenger know what I planned on doing or I wouldn’t get the choice and I would be stuck here. The reason the whole thing was so difficult for me was that if I chose to stay I could become a guardian angel of whomever I felt needed my help most on earth. But if I went for a second life on earth an individual was chosen for me and there was no real say that I would even be that much help to them. “Reece, please don’t take much longer with your answer. I know this is difficult but if it helps I’ll tell you the reason I chose to stay,” Mallor said. He had a very faraway look in his eyes and for once I almost didn’t want to know. Then it hit me. I had a reason for actually staying and his name was one I felt awful for almost forgetting. Noah, oh sweet noah. When his time had come to make his choice he had not hesitated in having a second life. No matter how I had tried he longed for earth and that hurt so much. But know I could actually keep watch and see to it that his life turned out this time as he had dreamed it would.
I looked at Mallor with a beaming smile. He wouldn’t have to wait anymore. That felt good. “I take it that you have made your choice little one?” He asked. I wrapped my arms around his neck. I sure did. I opened my wings to take flight, this would be the best choice I had ever made compared to the worst I had made, the one that wound me up here in the first place. I ran then let the wind pick me up I was heading towards gods messenger with my answer.
Mallor watched her disappear from sight. He let a grin touch the corner of his mouth. Was that really all it took after all this time? One lie? Well, she didn’t have to know about it. Whistling he took off into the powder white clouds.
