An Angel Visit

2009-09-30T11:42:00.000-07:00

An Angel Visit

There was a young man named Rya who was sick of his boring life. This young man wanted a change that would alter his path. He wanted to write his fantasy, a fantasy about how he wanted his life to be. He remembered how relaxing it was to sit and daydream about his dream woman in his college class at Rice Lake.

She was tall with long blonde hair, red thin lips, and amazing blue eyes. Her skin was as white as milk and fair as a princess of the old times. He remembered her from the time he was in eighth grade and it seemed she was in his life a lot when things got tough. Sometimes he heard her speak to him and she wanted him to call her Sarah; a sweet name for such a perfect face. With her help she could help him write a story, a story that would be inspired by her.

The first two weeks of college life fell under his feet and Rya hated sitting in a class being lectured by teachers that had no idea what his future entailed. As a hippie he enjoyed being a rebel and he noticed a few of the students judged him for his long hair. His physics teacher was making a point to the class that women could pick up a chair a certain way that men couldn’t, but not for Rya he was able to pick up the chair just fine. The teacher was confused and astonished because he had not known any man to defy the laws of physics. The test didn’t seem like a test for Rya, but a complete waste of time. He was more interested in going home to write his fantasy story.

He hated the wait to make a break for his true destiny. He wanted to write and publish his novel, but needed to find his muse. He was young, handsome with light brown hair, deep blue eyes, broad lips and the youth of a young prince: he appeared to be no older than the age of sixteen.

He would wake up every morning depressed with the life his parents had set before him. They were a mis-mash of dos and don’ts that his parents drilled into his skull He had reluctantly did it to make them happy. Every day he wondered when it would end and when the hole in his heart would close.

It was Saturday and Rya drove over to the Super Center store to meet his friend Robby to hang out with. Robby was a friend of his and he worked at the Super Center for a few months. Rya walked in and didn’t know what to expect and hoped that they could hang out.

He walked into the Super Center and sat on a bench to wait for Rob to get off work when a woman sat next to him. The woman was young with long black hair that was partially dyed blue on the side of her hair. Even though she wore glasses, he could see her eyes were brown and her skin was white like a porcelain doll. They were both quiet and waiting for someone, as it appeared.

“Excuse me, do you know what time it is?” she asked.

Rya turned his head to see her beautiful face and then back to his watch, “yea, it’s about 6:00 pm.”

“Who are you waiting for?” she asked.

“My friend Rob,” he answered.

“I’m also waiting for Robby,” she grinned.

“How do you know him?” she continued.

“We know each other from high school.”

“My name is Krissy,” she introduced herself.

“Rya,” he answered while shaking her hand and right away he could feel a connection. Rya could see that there was something very attractive about her

“So what do you like to do for fun?” she asked.

“I like to write.”

“You mean write books and stuff?”

“Yes,” he answered.

“That’s interesting, have you got anything published?”

There was a hesitation as he only smiled while getting lost in her beauty. Her energy seemed to reach out and invite him in a warm friendship. He was lost, caught in between reality and fantasy and didn’t want to escape the possible future with Krissy. “Someday I’ll be published but not until I find my inspiration.”

They talked for an hour before Robby finally got finished with his shift. He caught the end of the conversation philosophy, writing and art. She was interested in foreign languages and being an interpreter for Czechoslovakia on the phone.

“Hi,” replied Robert.

“Oh hi,” they both said at once.

“So what’s going on?” said Rob as he looked at them and smiled because he could see what was happening between them

“April wanted me to tell you that you forgot your CD’s at her house,” replied Krissy.

“Oh, I’ll pick it up after school tomorrow,” replied Rob.

“Ok” she said with a smile while rising from the bench and turned to Rya. The writer looked at her and could see Sarah behind the glasses and underneath the long colored hair. This had to be a sign and he hoped he could continue seeing her to confirm it.

“Well Rya, it was nice to meet you and I hope we meet again,” Krissy smiled as she turned and walked away.

After she left, Rob looked at Rya with a surprise, “wow, you and Krissy sure hit it off well.”

“Yes we did,” replied Rya with a smile, as he thought to himself what an amazing woman she was.

The end of the night was nothing more than talking about old times in their home town and Rob’s ideas of starting a novel. Rya never forgot about Krissy and through the weeks visited her at the Super Center, where she worked. She looked so cute with her blue vest and long black hair partially dyed with blue. She smiled at him and while they talked she knew that he was interested in her.

One day Rya invited her back to his apartment where he kissed her in his room and for hours they didn’t want to let go of each other. He realized she reminded him of his angel Sarah, but Krissy had values that were unlike the angel in his mind. She was right in front of him and he could not help but to fall in love with her.

It was the last week of August when things became a problem.. Parting ways was difficult and she became aware of it as they talked at his apartment. He knew good things don’t always last and he realized it was difficult not to be sad or even angry.

“I have to go,” she began.

“You can’t expect me to stay here forever. I would like to leave and make something of myself,” she complained

Rya was quiet for a moment before he answered, “I understand, I don’t want to keep you from your schooling in Madison. I just want you to think about everything that was great with us. We’re on the same side of destiny, you inspired me to write my fantasy story with your personality in it and it’s difficult to just turn away from that. I have this feeling that once you leave that I’ll never see you again.”

Krissy was quiet and knew what he was talking about. “Don’t you think that’s biased?

“What do you mean, biased?” asked Rya.

“There’s the phone, email and writing letters. I’m never going to forget about you,” she looked at him with such sadness.

“Can I dedicate the story to you?”

“Yes, I’ll call you as soon as I get settled in,” she answered.

It was the day before the big move and there was a lot to do. Rya didn’t want to get in the way and had to work at Pizza House so they parted ways with a hug and a kiss good-bye. He watched in slow motion as she left him, probably for good.

Three months went by and Rya fell into a depression. Krissy never called him and the sadness began to take its toll in his grades for the semester. He didn’t care about anything anymore. He got fired from Pizza House and was in a lot of financial trouble. He hardly hung around Rob anymore and the only time he was happy was when he thought about the possibility that Krissy would call him or come back. He would sleep for countless days and nights trying to think what he had done wrong or what he could have done better. He called in sick at school a lot and was on the verge of a metal breakdown.

A barrier had developed between him and the outside world. Rya didn’t even know what time of the day it was and didn’t care. All he knew was that he didn’t have any energy to continue living and it was like a lake dried up.

One day, the day he called in sick from school and stared at the wall. He suddenly noticed the room turned white and in the middle of his room stood an angel with its wings spread open. She looked very beautiful and the trance of depression was broken. Rya slowly moved out of bed and drew closer to the angel. Her illumination was bright, but reduced so that he could see her face. The angel looked as she did in his imagination from the past. Her blue eyes looked at Rya as she opened her thin lips and touched her waist with her graceful hands. She wore a sort of white night gown that stretched to her ankles and covered her arms. The angel’s wings folded behind her slender, but slightly athletic body. Her blonde hair was past her knees, it was like the combination of the moon and the golden sun. Her face slightly resembled Krissy and she spoke softly, but sternly.

“If she was really your soulmate she would have come back for you.”

Rya’s mouth opened in shock for he didn’t want to believe what he was hearing much less what he was seeing. Sarah was suppose to be a part of his imagination, a character for his story. She was his invisible friend who he needed when things were going down. That was what he thought Sarah was and didn’t know that she was his angel.

“You know who I am,” she declared.

“Sarah?” he asked as he watched the angel nod her head.

“I’ve been here since the beginning and have been watching over you.”

“Well, then are you here in this world. I mean do you exist as a real person?” asked Rya.

Sarah began smiling and knew what he was talking about. She knew that the human she was watching over had an intimate attraction for her. It was something she couldn’t do and there was a fine line of what interaction an angel could do.

Sarah spoke softly, “I’m sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. Your ego and free will has a great factor in finding your soulmate. Finding a human girl who looks like me is like looking for a specific ant out of a million and if she’s not your soul mate then the work is wasted, but I can assure you all is well. Now wake up for the day and live for tomorrow. There is plenty for you to do in this lifetime.”

“But there’s so many questions I have? When will I meet her? What is my purpose? What is it like on the other side?” Rya asked while watching her white wings spread apart again and the white light that had claimed the furniture drew back into her body and her face turned bright white.

“All in good time, you have much to learn and I’ll be watching you. We shall meet again. All you have to do is read the signs.”

Seconds later she was gone and Rya looked around in his gloomy room and began to think. An angel was here and spoke to him what a wonderful feeling. The hole in his heart had closed and he didn’t need anyone to him where to find his muse. He found his muse in both Krissy and Sarah.

His eyes opened to the sight of dawn and knew it was the beginning of a new day. He started his fantasy story, which began to take shape from inspiration of the angel’s visit. Krissy was gone, but his experiences and inspiration were imprinted on him forever. With a phone call to his dad he was able to get caught up on his rent and get a job at a butcher shop. It was an exhilarating moment in time and things began to turn around for him. He knew exactly what he wanted the story to be about and it included Sarah. Rya continued to write and each page he touched his pencil to inspired even more words beyond this world. It was like the river broke the dam and became wild with creativity. He found himself swimming in it and griping on to a rock to watch it run by within his grasp. When he was finished he looked at the title “An Angel Visit” and put it in the envelope to be sent to the publisher. It would be the beginning to many more stories.

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