I am going to kill her. I am sooooo going to kill her. Damn it! Where did Adri go!? After Ai and Nolan left, I explained to Adri everything which had happened, and then we both went home. But today, she didn't show up at school! I've called her and texted her and stopped by her house and asked her mother where she was, but she didn't know, so I've been walking around town looking for her for over an hour now with no luck! Where did she go!?
As I neared the bridge overlooking the small lake in our town, I saw a girl with brown hair leaning against the railing, looking down at the fish in the lake. It's her! I found her!
"Adriana! There you are!" She slowly looked up at me. She looked as though her soul had left her, lifeless, her face blank, mind void of thought.
"Liliana," she said after staring at me for a few moments.
"What's up? I've been looking for you all day." I leaned against the railing beside her.
Her voice was just above a whisper. "I don't know what to do Lil..."
"Adri..." She began to cry. I took a quick deep breath, then stood up straight, stomping my foot against the ground in the process. She jumped and looked at me in surprise. "Look," I said, taking on a strong tone. "I know you're sad and depressed, but crying over this isn't going to help anything! Right now, what you need to do, is stand up straight, wipe off your face, and start thinking!"
"But-"
"No!" I interrupted. "In the past life you were Adriana, Queen of Heaven! You were a strong ruler who all looked up to! You were strong then, and you can be now!"
Finally, I got her to raise her voice. Unfortunately, it was in anger. "But it hurts Liliana! It hurts, so much! He left me! He hates me!! He's with them, and against us! But I love him! I love him more than anything, and-!" Her voice cracked as more tears flooded her eyes. "And he doesn't love me!"
"Adri..." I sighed. "Adriana, he does love you. You know that! You can't for one second believe that he doesn't!"
"But he said-"
"They've been messing with his head, Adriana! They turned him into a demon! Who knows how the hell they did it, but they did! But he does love you and that is not going to change! It doesn't matter what they do to him, he will always love you and he will always be the Caleb that you love."
"But he's not! Not right now, you said it yourself, he's a demon!"
"But we can change that! He's still in there, we just have to bring him out! We can do it, together."
She looked at me, tears streaming down her face, with a helpless look. "But what if we can't?"
"We can." She didn't look convinced. "We will."
How can Liliana be so sure of everything? So sure that this is all going to be okay? Just because she can see the future doesn't mean she knows everything that's going to happen!
Okay, maybe it does...
But still! She can't see that far ahead. Just into the next day or so. So how can she be so confident that we'll be alright? She doesn't know! None of us do! Yet still, everyone is trying to tell me that I can do it, that we can do it. But what if I can't? What if we can't?
So I asked her that. "But what if we can't?"
"We can." You don't know that... "We will."
Something about the tone in her voice and the look in her eyes reminded me of my days as an angel. As a ruler of Heaven, I was strong, just as she's being now. I was wise, and kept my head level during times like this. But I'd always had Caleb by my side before...always there to hold me when I cried, to help me contain my feelings, help me be strong. Now he wasn't here, and I needed him more than ever.
But here was Liliana, being as I used to. This experience has matured her. It's time that I be mature. I can do this. With Liliana's help, I can. We, Liliana and I, will do this.
I looked up to the sky, and closed my eyes.
Caleb, I'm coming for you.
