"Angel...... Angel...... Wake up now...."

I heard a voice in my sleep. I don't want to wake up. Its cold, and the blankets were warm. I sat up, still clutching a few blankets to my self to try in a vain attempt to keep the warmth on them.

It was Calcifer. He sat in front of me smiling.

"I haven't herd you talk since I met you....." he said "I was wondering, can you speak at all?"

I nodded my head.

"Why don't you then? Can you talk to me? It would most certainly relive us of some boredom." He stated looking overly serious.

It was still hard for me to make out words, but I said a quiet "hello" to him.

"Good!" He said "now we have to work on your smile!"

I looked at him confused "I can't.... Smile..." The thought had never even crossed my mind.

"I'm sure I saw you smile as you fell asleep last night, now we just have to figure out how to make you do it on command!" He said.

I was still doubtful. I didn't think I could smile. But it would be something to do, besides stare at the wall, so why not try?

I tried to smile at Calcifer.

"Are you crying?!" He said applaud. "What's with THAT face?! You really DON'T know how to smile!" He sighed "well I guess we have our work cut out for us...."

Over the next week Calcifer tried to make me smile. He failed. He tried to make me laugh. He failed again. Nothing seemed to work.

Calcifer said that he'd follow me all day tomorrow, and try to make me laugh that way. I didn't think it would work, but what the heck, might as well try it...

Tomorrow, I had speech therapy with John. My second one. I wonder if Calcifer will like John, I thought.

The next day a man I had never seen came with one of the scary mans to get me to John's room. Calcifer looked at them hatefully.

"Wow! She's a beauty! What kind is she? A vampire? No, an where wolf! No..... Shape shifter?" The new man said excitedly.

"This little freak? No, I'll show ya." The scary man looked at me sharply "hey, show him freak." He said.

I extended my wings to their full length. I could just barely stretch them to the corners of my room.

The new mans eyes sparkled "wow!! That's so beautiful! And cool! She has wings! Can she fly? That'd be great, to fly! I've wanted to ever since I was a kid!"

"Hey kid," the scary man said "I know your the directors nephew, but we gotta get this thing to its next session."

"My name is Kevin! Not kid!" The new man said.

Kevin, I thought. He seemed like John. He wasn't scary. I decided I liked him to.

Calcifer was on the floor laughing.

"BWAHAHAHA!! LOOK AT HIS FACE! He's all like 'I'm not a kid!' But he's clearly no more than a 15 year old blond British kid!!! HIS ACCENT MAKES IT EVEN MORE FUNNY!!! HAHAHAHA!!" He screamed, trying not to choke on his own laughter.

"Hey!" Kevin said "do you have a name?" He looked at me earnestly.

"Come on kid, ask it questions later. Tell ya what, how about you sit in on its next session? Seein as your so interested and all." Scary man said.

"YAY!" Kevin exclaimed.

We got to John's room, the speech therapy room, and me and Kevin entered.

"Oh, hello Mr. Smith!" Kevin said when he saw John.

"Hello to you to, Kevin." John paused "in here, you can call's me john, there's no one to judge."

"OK, john! Dose this girl have a name?" He immediately responded.

"What? Oh yes, the strangest thing.... Her name is Angel"

"Oh? Did you name her? I heard she wasn't intelligent and couldn't even speak." Kevin said.

"Well, actually, she is just as smart as you and me." John said with a twinkle in his eye.

Kevin's eyes grew very large. "Really? How do you know?"

"When I asked her what her name was, She bit the end of her finger and drew blood. Then she wrote the word angel on the wall, in her own blood" John beamed "I didn't even expect her to have a name! But she did."

"Wow...." Kevin was in awe.

"Angel, come here." John said. I cautiously stepped up to him. He handed me a stack of paper and a pen.

"Ask her anything you want, Kevin" John said smiling.

Kevin looked so happy.

"Oh please!" I turned around to see Calcifer. I had forgotten he was following me today "he has no idea how it really is in here, how can he be so happy!" Calcifer looked mad.

"Something wrong, Angel?" John said

I turned back to John and Kevin and shook my head.

"Ok, ok, first question!" Kevin said excitedly "what's your favorite color?"

I wrote, What is color?

"How can you not know what color is? OK, favorite season?"

What is a season?

Kevin was shocked "have you ever seen the sun?" He asked

No, what is this 'sun'. Is it scary?

Kevin looked sad "I'm, I'm, I'm sorry for asking angel.... To never have seen the sun... You poor thing...." He hugged me.

I froze. I wasn't sure what to do, when given a hug. Should I hug him back? I'm so lost, I thought.

I looked to Calcifer for help. He looked really irritated, for some reason. I wonder why. For the rest of the time I had with John, I sat on the floor with Kevin stroking my wings. It felt nice, like when twilight had pet me.

I started to fall asleep, with this new felling of peace. Calcifer looked at me as I closed my eyes and said "goodnight, my sweet little angel." He kissed me on my forehead.

I smiled.

I heard A voice that sounded very far away. "Hey John! Look, she's smiling! Has she done this before?!"

I smiled still, and said in the quietest voice "goodnight Calcifer"

JOHN JOHN!! SHE SPOKE SHE SPOKE!!!! I THOUGHT SHE COULDN'T!! JOHN, ARE YOU SEEING THIS?!!? JOHN JOHN!!!

I was so tired, I barely even realized that I was being carried back to my room. Kevin was carrying me, and Calcifer was floating right beside my head.

As Kevin put me down softly on my blankets in my room, I was barely conscious.

Kevin left, and Calcifer started to follow after Kevin had shut my door.

"No... Calcifer... Don't go..... I don't wanna be alone." I cried in a feeble attempt to stop him.

But he was so kind and loving, he stopped. He came back to me, and lay down next to me.

"Don't worry my sweet little angel, I'll stay with you." He said

I smiled one last time before falling asleep "thank you......."

Yay! Yes John's name is 'John Smith' its from doctor who. Kevin is British, and blond, so imagine his words in a British accent.  Yes his name is Kevin, that was the best I could come up with, honestly... I was gonna go for something better but then I was all 'screw it, his names Kevin!'... He was not part of my original plan, I have a basic plot in mind, but I got the Idea from an anime. Can't remember which though.... I've seen 83. I really like blonde hair too. I wish I was blonde. I get all my inspiration from anime. I love anime! As I'm writing this, I'm imagining all the characters in anime form, so you should to! Hahahaha. Praise the anime gods! Praise them for creating such a great culture! :D