~Chapter 15~

   "What do you mean Caleb's a demon?" Nolan had pulled on a shirt and came out to the living room with me and Liliana.
   Liliana looked at Nolan, his brown hair messed up and his eyes still a little hazy from sleeping. Then she looked at me, wearing a tiny white nightgown, my hair also messy. She raised her eyebrows at me and smiled out the corner of her mouth, void of all the panic she had just had. She turned her attention back to Nolan. "Wait, who are you?" She asked, still smirking.
   "He's..." I started. Nolan looked at me, curious of what I would say. I smiled. "My boyfriend."
   "Ooh," she smiled and winked at me. Jeez, she's thinking weird things... "Is he alive?" she asked, serious returning to her face.
   "No. He's like me." Liliana nodded. "So what-?"
   For the second time that night, someone banged on my door, screaming. "AI!!!"
   I opened the door and a crying, panicking Adriana stepped in. "Adriana! What are you doing here?"
   She...hugged me. Then she held me out at arm's length. "I remember! I remember everything!"
   "Really? How!?" Adriana spun around to face Liliana. She was immediately confused.
   "Liliana...?" She looked to me for help. "What...?"
   "Oh, Liliana is your protector. I believe she was given a small fraction of everyone's power, so she could protect you."
   "Oh... Interesting..." she said, though she didn't seem to really think that.
   "So how did you remember?"
   "I don't know... I was just sitting there, and my memories all just flooded into my mind. I think it had some correlation with-" Adriana stopped and fell silent, her tears acting up again.
   "With whatever happened to Caleb?" Nolan offered. At the sound of his name, Adri put her face in her hands.
   "Caleb! What happened to him? He wasn't himself..."
   Liliana put her arms around Adriana. "Adri... He's a demon."
   Adriana looked at her as if she were crazy. "What? How is that even possible?" She looked around, at Nolan, and then at me. I shook my head.
   "Kris," Nolan said through gritted teeth.
   "Who?" Liliana asked.
   "God damn it! That bastard!" Nolan suddenly yelled, causing me, Adri, and Liliana to jump. He sat down in a chair, trying to control his raging emotions.
   "Kris..." I said to Liliana. "He's the leader of the demons, and...he was Nolan's best friend in life."
   Nolan banged his fist on the table next to him. "I should have killed him!" I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around him, stroking his hair.
   "It's okay Nolan, calm down..." His breathing steadied as I held him.
   "Guys... What are we going to do?"
   "I just don't understand..." Adri sobbed. "How could he go with him? He killed us!!"
   "Maybe he doesn't remember that." All three of us looked up at Liliana, silent question marks on our faces. "Maybe he only brought back some of his memories, and twisted them to make Caleb evil."
   Nolan, still pissed off, said, "That does sound like something he'd do."
   Adri suddenly perked up, with a hopeful smile on her face. "Well that's great! That means all we have to do is make him remember everything!" All three of us were silent.
   "That might not be as easy as it sounds," I said.
   "Remember, Adri," Liliana said. "You're human. You can't just pray for it." She sighed. "And even if you could, he's already there."
   "Which means he has to make the change on his own," Nolan muttered.
   "No..." Adri's crying resumed. "Caleb..."
   "Hey," Liliana gave her a small smile. "It's okay. We'll find a way. You and me!"
   "And Ai and Nolan," Adri said, looking at me. I gave her a sorrowful look.
   "Actually, no..." I said. Nolan stood up and took my hand. "Heaven is in chaos without a leader. We have to go back."
   "No..." Adri whispered. I hugged her.
   "It's alright. Caleb loves you, they can't change that." I let go of her. I opened the door and Nolan and I stepped outside. "I know you can do it."
   Liliana smiled. "Hey, I'm going to see you again, right?"
   "Of course! We'll be waiting for you in Heaven."
   "Well, let's hope you don't see me there soon," Liliana laughed. I laughed too.
   "Yeah, live first. Then you can come."
   Behind me, Nolan had been muttering a prayer. Magnificent, white feathered wings branched out from my and Nolan's back.
   "Goodbye..." Adri whispered. And then we were gone.