Chapter 2 02

Classes came to an end and the two decided to head back home. "Back to your story", Adam reminded Theo.

As Theo was about to speak he fell to the ground. Jack the leader of the bullies happened to be the reason for his fall.

Out of Anger, Adam pushed Jack. His boys held him as he was about to fall to the ground.

They knew how disgraceful it will be for their leader to fall to the ground. Adam and Theo knowing what they were in for took to their heels.

The bullies went after them. Adam and Theo found a place to hide until the bullies went out of sight.

"I did not know that you were that strong," said Theo as they came out of their hiding place.

"It's just a coincidence" Adam replied. Theo tried to talk about it again but Adam waved it off as a mere coincidence.

"Back to your story," Adam said looking at Theo with a face indicating seriousness. "When I was five" Theo continued with his story.

They walked home as Theo narrated how he started hearing a voice speak to him. The voice usually told him what to do when he had to do it.

"Many times I could not do what this voice said". He ended his story with a sad look on his face.

Adam kept nodding his head as Theo ended his story. "Why are you nodding," Theo asked him.

"You'll soon find out" came his reply. "We meet again," said a familiar voice as they were almost reaching their home.

It was the voice of Jack the leader of the bullies. Adam and Theo ran for safety as they knew a shortcut that could lead them home.

Theo lived opposite Adam and this was one of the reasons why they were best friends.

The two did almost everything together. They have been like this since they were seven. This was when Adam moved to the neighborhood.

Adam kept thinking of Theo's guardian angel and what it could do for them. He knew that all his ideas were just mere wild imaginations.

He somehow could not believe that Theo had a guardian angel. He just let it be as if Theo was always just having wild imaginations.

Theo's story kept coming back to him. He decided to interrogate Theo thoroughly to know more about this guardian angel.

Theo kept staring outside his window having thoughts about Laura. He wished he could have her all to himself.

Adam peeped through his window and saw Theo. He immediately knew what Theo was thinking of as he knew that look.

He decided not to disturb him till he stopped daydreaming. "Dinner is ready" Adam's mother called out to him.

Adam immediately crept out of his bed at the sound of his mum's voice. They had a silent dinner together.

"Mum, do you believe in guardian angels?" Theo asked his mother. His mother could not stop laughing at the question.

"Am serious mum" Adam said with a serious look on his face. His mum saw how serious he was and stopped laughing.

"Everyone has a guardian angel," she said. "I mean a real guardian angel that talks to you," Adam said again.

"That can't be true" his mother replied. "Theo said that he hears his guardian angel speak to him when he has to make choices". Adam answered.

"Theo may just be making up stories that you will have interest in". His mother concluded.

"Eat your food and go to bed" she added. Adam could not sleep as he kept wondering about Theo's guardian angel that speaks to him.

"Theo cannot just make up such a story," Adam said to himself. He recalled that he even heard him replying to someone that was invisible.

"I have to know more about this guardian angel," Adam said to himself as he drifted to another world.

Theo was thinking of talking to Laura. "I can't do this," he said aloud to himself. "you are just not confident in yourself" the voice came again.

Theo could not help but think of the look on Laura's face when she noticed that he was looking at her.

I will have to talk to her someday he said aloud while rolling on his bed. Theo kept thinking of Laura as he drifted to sleep.

He dreamt of how he was holding Laura in his arms. He also saw himself fighting for her in His dream.

Adam who was fast asleep dreamt of Theo's guardian angel. He dreamt of him as a Man helping them to fight with the bullies.

Also, he saw Theo's guardian angel helping them with their test and assignments. Adam dreamt of all that he could do with the help of Theo's guardian angel.

Theo also was dreaming of all that he could do to win the heart of Laura to himself. "Adam" his mother called out.

When she did not hear his voice she came into his room. She found him fast asleep. "Goodnight my baby," she said while kissing his forehead.

She put out the lamp beside him and went out of the room closing the door behind her.

Adam's mother was a single mom. She lost her husband when Adam was 7. This was the cause of them relocating to the neighborhood where Adam met Theo.

She hoped that she could give Adam the life that his father would have wanted him to have.

Every night, Adam's mother usually looked at the family's picture of them when Adam's dad was still alive.

She usually went through this process every night before going to bed. She always made sure that Adam was asleep before she went through this process.

This was to ensure that he did not see her if she got emotional and ended up bursting into uncontrollable tears.

Adam's mother went into her room to retire for the night. She read some chapters of a novel before going to bed.