12. Chapter 11 (1/2)

chapter 11

that gentle kiss in the park only

came to seal monica and andrew's love for each other, which had

been evident in their eyes and in their hearts for some time. a few

moments later, they pulled away just enough to look at each other's

faces. "i love you, monica," andrew said, his green eyes shining

with all the affection he felt for her.

smiling with contentment, she was

going to say something, but, suddenly, her smile disappeared and she

stood up with a worried expression on her face.

"what is it?" he asked, also

standing up and following her with worry.

"andrew… i just thought about

something…" she looked back at him, "what if we already have

someone? i mean, what if i have a boyfriend and you have a girlfriend

waiting for you somewhere?"

andrew heaved a sigh of relief and

smiled again. "oh, that's it…"

"don't you think it's serious?"

"well, it is, and, yes, i've

already thought about it," he stroked her cheek with infinite

tenderness, "monica, if we had someone, this person would have

looked for us when we were in hospital the same way our relatives

would, if we had any. it would've been impossible not knowing what

happened; the accident appeared on tv and on the newspaper and judith

put advertisements looking for our relatives or friends for many

days."

monica considered those arguments for

some moments and ended up agreeing with him. "yes… i guess you're

right…"

"so, if that's what you're

worried about, please don't be," then, his face turned serious,

"but… if you don't feel the same about me… well, i…"

monica didn't even let him finish:

smiling

oadly, she held him tightly.

"oh andrew... i love you so much!

with all my heart!" she exclaimed, resting her head on his

shoulder. somewhat surprised with that spontaneous reaction, he held

her back, "oh angel... you're so precious to me... so precious...

and you made today the best day of my life!" he said, kissing the

top of her head repeatedly, both with their hearts filled with joy

and much love.

hand in hand the couple of angels

returned home, where judith had been waiting for them.

"hey, finally!" she said,

crossing her arms in front of her chest and eyeing them with an

inquisitive but rather amused look on her face, "i was wondering if

you'd got lost somewhere between the park and our house!"

for an instant, the two felt quite

embarrassed and looked at each other trying to find the best words to

explain their delay.

"oh... monica and i... we... we

were at the park..."

"yes... andrew bought me a cup of

coffee and... and we started talking... and... well..."

"we... we lost track of time..."

judith looked at them with her

eye

ows raised and slightly confused, "i guess you two have been

under the sun too long today!" and before they could say something

else, she added, in a totally bossy way, "now, c'mon, lunch is

getting cold!"

finding that tone of voice rather

funny, and for a split second under the impression it was somewhat

familiar to them, they smiled and quickly obeyed her orders.

"i'll help ya to set the table,

judith!" monica spoke, she and andrew following the woman.

"and i'll help to

ing the

food!" the blond angel added and didn't resist kissing monica's

cheek and causing her to giggle and judith to turn around and face

them, with the most confused face in the world.

"the food is delicious, judith..."

monica spoke, she and her dearest friends sitting at the table.

"well, thank you, dear. i know that

andrew here surely can do better but i guess i've been improving my

abilities since you both arrived!" she said, causing andrew to

smile. "it could've been better if he were here to give me some

help, but i know, i was the one to insist to make it and, besides

this, you two 'got lost' in the park so i can't complain!"

she was joking, of course, and as

soon as the woman had said that, andrew looked at monica and secretly

winked at the little irish angel, who smiled shyly and lowered her

head. judith stopped chewing and looked at them, realising that now

andrew was unsuccessfully trying to hide his smile.

"what!" she asked, more and more

confused and more and more suspicious.

"er... nothing... monica is right,

judith, the food is delicious! my help wasn't really necessary, you

did great!" andrew spoke, in an attempt to sound more natural.

when they finished, he offered to

remove the dishes and stood up to pick their plates. and as he came

closer to monica, their eyes met again, in a tender gaze, and it was

impossible, even if for a few seconds, not to notice the spark of

love in their eyes. once again, judith stared at the two of them,

aware that something was different, although she couldn't tell

exactly what.

"i'll help you..." the irish

angel offered, but andrew quickly covered her hand with his, "no,

angel, i'll do it. you stay here and take a rest, ok?" he gently

rubbed his finger against the back of her hand and stroked her cheek

with the other. her reply was a loving smile back at him, "you'll

end up spoiling me, ya know?"

"i'll do my best!" he said,

kissing her temple.

some time later, while andrew

finished to do the dishes, monica sat at the porch and watched as the

afternoon sun shone across the blue sky and as the lilacs in the

small garden seemed to be more vi

ant. she sighed deeply, as if the

entire nature was cele

ating all the wonderful things that had been

happening to her since the day she woke up at that hospital, some

months before. and, among all these things, the most important one

was definitely andrew's love.

"... what are you thinking, huh?"

his kind voice took her out of her reverie and she turned her head to

face him, "about how god has been good to me all this time..."

she replied, her soft

own eyes shining with love for him.

"well, he sure has... so good, that

now you'll get another cup of mocha!"

grinning, she took the large mug he

handed her and, as he sat down, monica stroked his handsome face and

inched her face closer,

ushing her lips against his in a tender

kiss. "thank you."

"if you're gonna thank me like

this i'll

ing you a cup of mocha each ten minutes!" he joked,

causing her to giggle.

"you don't need to do that, you

know. even if you didn't give me any coffee at all, i'd still

want to kiss you, mister!"

"whoa! even with no coffee?

really?"

"yes... but you don't have to

test it to see if this is true! just take my word!" as he laughed,

the little angel took a sip of her favourite drink and when she

looked at him again, he laughed even louder, which called judith's

attention. curious, the woman walked over to the window and pushed

the curtains away just enough to look outside, unseen by the two

angels.

"what?" monica wanted to know,

with an adorable mix of annoyance and confusion on her meek face.

"you look quite cute with this

'mocha moustache', angel girl!"

with infinite tenderness, the blond

angel reached up and cleaned her face with gentle fingers, "there

it is... my pretty angel girl back again!"

he cupped her chin and studied her

meek face, his eyes travelling from her soft

own eyes to her lovely

cheeks and finally her rosy lips. the loving way she was looking at

him and the fact that they were both alone only encouraged andrew to

inch his face closer and press his lips firmly against hers, now in a

long sweet kiss, full of the deepest love and devotion. and from the

window, judith covered her mouth with her hand and smiled, happy to

see that so much waited scene between the two people who were

practically her children now.

"oh, my god! finally!" she

murmured, not even dreaming of interrupting the two sweethearts, "oh,

they make such a lovely couple... god, i'm so happy! so happy, as

if they were my dear children... and they love each other so much, i

could see it at the moment they came to me... please, let this love

grow in their hearts!"

dinner that night was full with

smiles and gazes not only between monica and andrew but also between

judith, who was infinitely happy to see them so in love. when the

table was clean and empty, the three moved to the living room, monica

turned on the tv to find "love story" was being aired.

"oh, my, it's been years since

the last time i watched that!" the woman exclaimed taking a seat on

the couch while the two angels cuddled together on the love seat.

"i'm sure you must've watched it sometime before, but if you

don't remember it, you'll love it!"

although she had assured the angels

that she loved the movie, it wasn't long before judith was already

dozing on her seat, and finally she decided to go to bed. she went to

the kitchen to get a glass of water and smiled in her way to the

stairs as she saw monica now laying on the love seat, her head on

andrew's lap, while he was combing her hair tenderly.

actually, the blond angel watched

almost nothing of the film as he spent the time just looking at his

beloved girlfriend, drinking in the delicacy of her features, of her

own eyes shining with tears with the sad ending. when a tear

escaped her eye, he dried it with his thumb. "i'm sorry,"

monica chuckled and sit up, "i know it's silly, it's just a

movie…"

"it's not silly," he said

placing a finger over her lips and then moving it to caress her

cheek. "what i see is just part of your heart,

baby. that's who you are, kind, compassionate..." he then stopped

talking, his heart pumping faster against his chest: he had said that

about monica before, he was sure! and it had been to judith in fact!

it had been in that restaurant where they used to take the tourists

every week, the first day they had worked with judith! yes, he

definitely could remember that! if he could only remember why they