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Angel In the Darkness
Chapter One: Story of the Sacred
Josefa lay dying, that much was certain!. Consciousness was an irritated viper, squirming in and out of her grasp!. The black ocean threatened to swallow her whole, but Josefa had to stave if off until her job was done!. If she wasn’t going to make this, someone would!. Something had to survive!. Poquito deserved to live!. He was her angel in the darkness, always brightening the end of the tunnel!. She could hear his voice even now telling her to complete the mission come back to him!. Red-violet fingers reached and spread around Josefa like the glow of Christ and she knew that her return to Poquito was unlikely!. The thought of going home felt like crossing through a galaxy!. As Josefa lay, repainting the floor with crimson sorrow, she reflected on her weeklong descent through the shadows!.
It had been a sultry August!. Josefa lay pristine in the tall grass that reached up, trying to steal the stars!. Although Sefi’s parents did not like the fact that she was best friends with a boy, she still found excuses to see him!. Tonight she was “working overnight on a calculus project with Rosa,” which they had finished over an hour ago!. Sefi straightened, leaning on her elbows as Poquito arrived!. He strode over soundlessly, a demon stalking its prey!. He dressed in black jeans and a black jacket, covering a gray shirt!. He sought her form and lay face down next to her in the grass!.
“I missed you,” he said softly!. Josefa turned to face him!.
“I almost thought you weren’t coming,” she whispered, a little pain creeping into her voice!.
“It’s been three days; of course I would come!. It just took me a little longer to get out of the house than I expected!.”
“As long as you’re here, querido,” she said!. Poquito laughed!. She knew he liked it when she called him darling!. “Tell me that story again,” Sefi loved it when Poquito told stories His words severed her reality, rooting her in an alternate universe!.
“Anything for my Sefi,” he said!. He pulled her closer to make it easier for her to hear him!. Sefi nuzzled herself into his neck!. She didn’t understand why her father couldn’t see this side of Poquito!. In his eyes, boys and girls couldn’t be friends!. She sighed!. Poquito talked!.
“Once upon a time there was the Sacred Book!. This book was said to contain all the secrets of life and the answers of mankind!. Anyone who possessed this book would unlock a new state of consciousness and be able to rule mankind like never before!. However, the book could only be opened with a gemstone and a key!. Both of them were each guarded by fierce monsters that hunted anyone who tried to take it!. Although the book cried out, begging to bequeath its secrets to anyone who would listen, no one was brave enough to answer its call,” he finished!. The young woman looked up at the sky that seemed to embrace Poquito’s words and shape them before her eyes!.
“Poquito, do you think something like that could ever exist!?” Josefa mused!.
“Of course, there are so many questions about the meaning of life and the origin of the universe, why wouldn’t there be some place where you can find all the answers,” he said softly, stroking her hair!.
“I think that it’s ridiculous!. If you want to reach a new state of consciousness, do it on your own!. It has more value if you work out the answers for yourself than have them handed to you in a book,” Josefa commented angrily!. Poquito chuckled!.
“Josefa,” he said to her!. All he needed to do was say her name and it got the whole message across!. In this moment, he was telling her not to get so upset over a fairy tale that could never come true and enjoy the night sky while it lasted!. As a result, Josefa lay silently next to her friend until eventually, but well before the sky lightened, Poquito stood up and walked her back to Rosa’s!.
Josefa woke up the next morning just before the sun arrived halfway across the sky!. She eased herself off of Rosa’s inflatable mattress and headed downstairs!. She entered the kitchen to find Rosa coking breakfast in her pajamas!.
“Hello there, Sleepyhead!. I thought you might need breakfast after staying out all night with Poquito doing!.!.!.whatever it is that you do together,” Rosa said playfully!. Josefa laughed!.
“It’s not like that between us,” she tried to rebut!. “Poquito and I are just friends and have been for a while!. It’s not like that between us,” she said, trying to convince Rosa and herself!.
“Do you want it to be like that between you two!?”
“No!. I don’t know!. Yes!. I want it to be like that, but if it’s going to happen, it’ll happen!. I’m not going to force anything,” Josefa admitted sheepishly!. “Hey, didn’t you say there was food to be had!?”
“Here you go, lovebird!. I made eggs, bacon, pancakes, and muffins just in case you want to take something home!. Now break out the orange juice so we can have a real breakfast the way God intended!.”
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