Thoughts

Silence

I am in love with an Angel.

I know what you are thinking... "What the hell is this boy talking about?"

Well, slow down and let me explain myself.

I really am in love with an angel... and she lives right next door.

Angel Brown. That is the object of my heart's desire. Best thing about it is that she told me she really was an angel and she loved me too. But she says we can't be together.

Something about me being three feet shorter than her, eleven years old and the fact that she has collage to attend in Spring.

Doesn't stop me from watching her comb her hair when she comes over though. Technically she's my babysitter since I was three, but I like to think of it as a seven year relationship.

But that's not why I love Angel Brown. I adore her because she is kind. Her capacity to love is like nothing I have ever seen before. Her face is the epitome of perfection if ever it had a face. The shade of brown in her hair would make any chocolate enthusiast drool.

It's the little things I love about her. I love the fact that she still let's me hug her for an endless duration of time when we meet after a long absence. Or the smile she has when I make her laugh. Or the fact that she lets me eat pizza even after my parents tell her not to.

But that's not really why I fell for Angel. I love Angel because, aside from Mom and Dad, she is the only one in Silent Hook who actually talks to me.

I've never understood why that is. It never used to be like that. I remember when I was six years old and I had a tonne of friends. We would have playtimes together, build sand castles and just hang out. It was the height of my infancy life and I was never happier than then.

Then that night I woke up feeling something funny in me. I called Mom and Dad from their room and they looked just as shocked as I was. We went to the hospital and I was admitted for some time. That's when people stopped talking to me. My friends came to see me at the hospital some time during this period, but they never said anything to me.

It felt worse than being alone. To see them standing right their, talking to each other, but low enough that I couldnt hear a thing. I didn't want to be friends with them anymore. That's when Mom and Dad stopped talking to me too.

This was the tougher pill to swallow. I mean, I could always live with friends disappointing me, but for my own parents to treat me this way... I couldn't imagine why they would inflict such a torment on me. So I decided not to speak to them all too. I went about two months without saying a single word to anyone.

That's when Angel came to see me in the hospital. The first thing she did was to hold me. One of those eternity lasting hugs of ours. Then made a sign with one hand as she drew small circles of love hearts on my chest with her other hand. I had never felt more safe with anyone than her. She brought back meaning to my life. That was the day I can say I knew what it meant to hold someone in your heart.

Angel came back everyday after that and everytime she'd come it was the same thing. She'd hug me, give me a sign and then draw what she meant by it on my chest with her finger. It took me three weeks of that repetition for me to realize she was telling me she loved me.

So I began talking to her too.

We used the signs she gave me and I was only too happy to go along with it. Words were only necessary when my parents were around.

A few months passed and the doctor told me I could go home. Angel carried me all the way to the car and even let me sit on her lap. It was the happiest day of my life. Since then, I have never spent a day away from her. Mom and Dad didn't want me going back to school and I loved them again for it. I didn't want to go back to friends who didn't talk to me.

So I stayed with Angel and she taught me everything I know. She told me about the sky and earth. Showed me the endless possibilities held in our world. Explained the wonders of Nature and the vastness of The Heavens. Everything I know now is because of my Angel.

That's why today is the worst day of my life.

Angel came and told me she was going to school, far away from Silent Hook. I cried the first few days. Even told her to leave me alone if she was going to go. But I just couldn't stay away from her. She was the one who taught me about love. Taught me how to listen for more than just words. I love her and she loves me.

She promised to come back every fortnight for a hug. That idea is the only thing that keeps me going every day since she left. I have learnt enough signs that I can managed talking to my parents without her now. But I still miss my angel.

Its been silent here without her.

A/N: Hello people. Thank you for reading Silence. I want to dedicate this to all the people going through anything hard in their lives. It might not seem like it, but you will always have someone to talk to about it. And if you don't, then I will be that someone for you🙌❤.
Love is the after all, the greatest magic we can do.