1. Default Chapter (1/2)

stand by me by deyse magalhes and ga

iela valenzuelaprologuebourbon street was quite crowded that sunny day when andrew and monica were

supposed to meet tess and their new assignment. the two young angels were

lost amid the waves of tourists that filled up the shops looking for any

kind of souvenirs to take home back from new orleans. they had arrived

early and had spent a rare hour of free time just wandering hand in hand

around the streets and the shops.it had been quite a long since the last time andrew had visited new orleans

and he had never been there with monica, so he had found it the perfect

chance to spend a little one on one time with his best friend. walking with

her, he found himself enjoying that time more than he had thought. he

always loved seeing her so relaxed and happy: that child-like innocence

that made her dark eyes sparkle with the most simple things, either a

little boat inside a bottle or a coffee mug with a mississippi landscape on

it. he let her go and kept an eye on her as if she was a little girl he was

taking care of.they had gotten into one of the souvenir shops and he was just seeing her

picking through the key rings when a voice startled him. "is she your

girlfriend?"andrew turned to face the owner of the shop with a shocked face. "n-no" he

managed to answer."why not?"the blond angel looked at monica once again, not knowing how to explain his

relationship with her. he sighed heavily and his silence allowed the man to

keep on talking. "you're in love with her, that's easy to see.""it's not what you're thinking, sir; we..."he was trying to explain himself when monica came near them. "look,

andrew," she said, interrupting the short conversation and showing him a

key ring with a small angel hanging from it. "don't you think it would be

perfect for tess?"her wide smile went directly to his heart and he forgot everything around

them. "i guess she'd love it, angel. she looks just like you," he stroked

her cheek gently and smiled back at her.monica chuckled and then turned to the man standing besides andrew. "i'm

taking this, sir, please.""sure," the man said. both he and the angel saw her walking towards the

cashier and before he left, he told andrew: "if you don't risk to get her,

you may risk to lose her, pal, don't forget that."minutes later the angels were walking hand in hand again on the crowded

avenue. "what were you talking about with the man at the store?" monica

asked.andrew released her hand and wrapped an arm around her shoulders instead.

"you, actually.""me? and why would he be interested on me?""well... maybe because you were the prettiest customer down there."he heard her giggling and felt her arm encircling his waist. "that's

according to you.""that's according to god, baby." he looked at her and felt his heart

jumping of joy when he met her

ight eyes. "now let's go find tess, we're

a little late already."tess was observing a group of tourists walking along the old lane and

taking every opportunity they had to register each part of the beautiful

town. the dark skinned angel sighed deeply and glanced at her watch but,

before she could even raise her head, she heard two familiar voices right

beside her:"hullo, tess!""here we are..."she looked at her two charges with a questioning face: "well, isn't it a