As it is in Heaven - by Gaby

Andrew and Monica walked behind Kelly until a beautiful spot in a forest where Jesse was waiting for his mother. The angel turned to pass the rock she was carrying to Andrew and went to hug her son. “Why did you never tell me the truth, mom?” the boy asked her. “I knew you were an angel but I never knew how true that was!”

Kelly, Andrew and Monica chuckled at his comment. The angel of death turned to see Monica, who had tears in her eyes. “Angels aren’t supposed to talk about their real nature unless it is necessary,” Kelly explained stroking her son’s face as if he were a little boy. “Besides I thought I had given up my being an angel by deciding to stay with you instead of coming Home as I had to. But I have to tell you it felt worth doing so!”

“I’m glad you stayed, mom!” Jesse said holding her tightly. “And I’m really glad we’ll keep on being together now here.”

“So I am, Jesse,” Kelly replied crying softly. They stayed in each other’s arms for a minute more until Kelly turned to see Monica and Andrew. “Monica, how did you know I had been granted a special gift?”

Andrew bent down to leave the rock on the soil and then wrapped an arm around Monica’s shoulders. The little angel smiled and circled his waist turning to see him with eyes bright with love. “Because, Kelly, I’ve been granted with one just as special.”

Kelly, who didn’t know about them and hadn’t seen them together until Andrew had opened her house door, looked from one to the other with a puzzled expression.

“Monica and I have been allowed to fall in love and experience love not only the way angels do, but also the way humans do. The physical feeling, the physical act as well as the spiritual one,” Andrew explained looking at Monica in adoration and then kissing her forehead tenderly.

The Irish angel closed her eyes at the kiss and then rested her head on Andrew’s chest, his hands now holding her tiny waist. “I’ve been allowed to love the most wonderful angel of the world,” she added hugging him tightly.

“I guess that’s something we would’ve considered impossible just as an angel having a son, right?”

“There’s nothing impossible with God,” Monica reminded her. “See you later.”

“Thank you,” Kelly said deeply moved and hugged both angels.

Monica and Andrew walked away hand in hand and after some minutes, they stopped by another clear where there was a fallen tree right at the side of another tree forming a natural bench. Andrew leaded Monica there, took a seat and pulled her to his lap. “Did you really think our love was impossible?” the blond angel asked.

“I guess I never really,” she murmured hiding her face in the nape of his neck and inhaling his perfume. “You were always so special to me... since the beginning... that loving you like this feels so perfect...”

Andrew chuckled and Monica pulled away to see him. “Since the beginning?” he asked her playfully. “I remember you were a little mean to me that day!”

Monica punched on the arm. “Angels aren’t supposed to bear malice, you know? Besides I apologized that day!”

Andrew hugged her tightly again and pulled her to his chest once more. “I know, baby. You know what’s one of the images of you I keep on my mind always?” Sensing her shaking her head he added, “You standing by the window of that train waving your hand to me.” He took her hand and kissed her palm before cupping her face and kissing her.

“Did you think our love was impossible?” she asked when they parted.

He cupped her cheek again and met her hazel eyes. “No, never,” he said in conviction. “I don’t know when I fell in love with you, but it seems to be the most natural thing in the world. Something so right cannot be impossible, cannot be forbidden. I knew I wanted to kiss you from the second I saw you looking at Mark and Susan.”

Monica felt like transfixed by the low tone of his voice, yet she wanted to tease him. “Angels don’t lie, baby,” she said touching his lips with her index and taking her face closer to his.

“I’m not lying, angel,” he murmured almost touching her lips. “I knew your lips were mine since I first saw them...” He crossed the small distance and kissed her long.

“Ok, you convinced me,” she told him wrapping her arms around his neck when they pulled apart. “This was never impossible, this was how it was meant to be forever...”

“Good!” he joked. “Now we can move to the next part!” He made her stand up and he stood up too. “The day hasn’t finished, honey, and your presence is required somewhere now,” he explained and taking her hand, they disappeared from that place.

They reappeared over a beach. The sun was standing to descend and the sea had gotten a funny violet color because of the light. Monica was rather intrigued by Andrew’s attitude but she stood in front of the sea, inhaling the salty smell in the atmosphere. She was surprised when she felt Andrew tying a silk scarf around her eyes to cover them. “Andrew, what?” she asked.

“Shh... It’s a surprise, baby,” he murmured and then took her hand to lead her. In a matter of minutes, Monica felt him stop and placing himself behind her. He made her walk some more steps and then proceeded to untie the scarf. “You thought we would let your 200^th assignment go unnoticed?” he whispered on her ear.

“Surprise!!” she heard the shout when Andrew freed her eyes. Tess, Gloria, Rafael, Adam, Ronald, Henry, Sam, Gabriel, Micah and many more angels were there, and there was big table prepared with a cake standing in the middle.

“Happy 200^th assignment, beautiful!” Adam said walking to her and hugging her.

“It’s not the Bahamas but we hope you like it!” Tess was second to hug her.

“Oh, Tess, thank you!” Monica said with eyes bright with emotion. “You didn’t have to!”

“Of course we had to!” Rafael told her. “Not every angel touches so many lives, both human and angelic!”

Even if it was not the Bahamas, Monica really enjoyed her party. The beach looked beautiful at night illuminated with paper lanterns, and all the guests seemed to be having a good time. At some point, Monica stood by the shore barefoot, allowing the waves to reach her feet and looking at the stars. “Are you happy?” Andrew asked hugging her from behind.

“Yes,” she replied leaning over him. “Thank you so much! I didn’t expect this at all!”

“That was the plan,” he said kissing her temple. After a couple of minutes, he added, “I have something for you.”

She turned to face him, her eyes showing how deeply moved she was. Some of her friends had brought her a present, but she didn’t expect one more from Andrew. He showed her a small box and then gave it to her. “I hope you like it,” he said.

The little angel opened it and some tears glistened in her eyes. Inside there was a golden medal with one of Boticelli’s pensive cherubims and the legend ‘God bless you’ around it. “It’s beautiful!” she exclaimed throwing herself to his arms and kissing his cheek.

“You didn’t see the back,” he teased her stroking her hair.

Monica pulled away to examine the medal and read the inscription: ‘200 miracles. Love, Andrew’. “Almost all of them with you,” she whispered.

“And many more coming,” he added caressing her soft cheek.

“They always seem better when you are with me, Andrew.”

“Being with you and having you in my existence is a miracle, angel girl, and I’ll be eternally grateful for it.”

“Me too,” she murmured wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him down for a kiss. “Me too.”