My life as a Watcher up in the Heavens was simple until I caught a glimpse of Etekah. She was beautiful, with her long auburn hair that fell in waves to her waist, and her ocean blue eyes that never failed to keep me star struck, her beauty was out of this world. The problem with her though was our love was forbidden, her dad being a demon shunned to walk the earth for falling in love with a mortal and being the father of the child she had conceived. I was an angel and she was a demon, our love would never have been allowed. We are star crossed lovers, but I can say I never will fail in trying to get my one true love no matter what it takes.

It all started with a dream. My powers allow me to go down to the earth with the eye that is engraved into my hand. I didn't want to risk going down to earth so I came to her dreams. At first it was just me observing her but soon I came to talk to her. The first time I talked to her was in a beautiful scenery of a forest and the rest is for a story to be told about a beautiful demon and a fallen angel.

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"Balies! You have been failing to do much of your work lately, daydreaming too often of that demon girl back down on earth." Zeus, my father, scolds me.

"Sir I think I have fallen for Etekah, I want to live down on earth with her." I get the courage to say.

"That is a sin to the Heavens and you know it!"

"Love concurs all."

"Come with me." Zeus grabs my arm dragging me to the center of the heavens where usually the people not doing the right thing get punished; I know what is coming next.

"Listen up, Balies here as fallen in love with a demon down on earth." The gasp from the crowd that has gathered growing with every second 

"Balies, would you rather be down on earth rather than here up in the Heaven because of that demon down on earth?" Zeus interrogates me

"She is not a demon to me and yes I am in love with her, if we cease to believe in love then why should we exist?"

"Balies you are here by shunned from the Heaven for your sins and for you and Etekah, any time you fall in love with her you will have death upon you, you will then reincarnate forever to walk the earth again and again unable to be loved by Etekah, or to love her, your love shall be forbidden!" The last thing I remember is everything going black and the feeling of falling.

            I wake up in a field of green, the smell of musk around me. I don't remember how I got here or where I was exactly. The only thing I can remember as of right now was, Bailes, and I am nineteen years old. My brown hair falls into my eyes and I push it away. I get up looking around for somewhere to go thinking maybe I was just drunk and my friends left me. Looking straight ahead I see a small wooden cottage come into my view and I decide to walk to it. As I get there I knock on the door and a woman with short red hair and bright blue eyes opens up the door.

"Hello how may I help you?" She asks politely with what I can only distinguish as a heavy Bulgarian accent. How I know I couldn't figure out.

"I am sure this is going to sound a little weird but I woke up in the field over there across from your house and I can't seem to remember anything, may I come in?"

She seemed a little reluctant at first but then some sort of realization comes to her face and she opens the door wider for me letting me come in. I step in taking in my surroundings seeing the house is smaller in the inside than the outside making it more cozy and warm. I take a seat on a small red leather couch next to the fire while the woman goes into the kitchen pouring herself some tea which was whistling as I was coming in.

"Tea?" She offers

"No thanks but may I get your name?" I ask.

"It's Katerina. Etekah come down and get some tea and scones." She yells up the stairs.

"So may I ask where I am and what the date is?"

"We are in Bulgaria and the date is December 20th 1549. You seem to be a little confused what is the matter? Do you remember anything at all?" There was something in her eyes that looks almost as if she knows me but I push the thought away.

"That's the weird thing I don't I must be drunk."

"Etekah get down here now, honey I will be right back." Katerina goes up the stairs to what must be where Etekah sleeps; I hear mumbling now and then such as "fallen angel," "shunned," and "demon" absolutely confused as of what they were talking about. Soon enough Katerina comes down followed by a beautiful young lady, looking much like Katerina herself, whom must be Etekah, her daughter. There was something strangely familiar about her, the way her hair fell and the way her eyes shined. It was almost as if I knew her, a distant memory.

"Sweetie I think we may know what your problem is." Katerina says slowly.

"This is going to sound a little weird but the place where you woke is the opening to Heaven and to hell and I can only come to the conclusion you are a fallen angel. I only know about this because I fell in love with a demon and had Etekah with him. It was a sin and I know I am doomed for Hell as well but you must believe it isn't safe for you here." As Katerina explains to me what's going on memories slowly come back to me, how I was shunned from the Heavens for being in love with the girl standing right in front of me. As they come back everything around me begins to swirl and turn white, my heart burning.

"Balies!! I hear a scream in the distance but I am too far a way from life to hear clear. I clutch my heart as I fall to the floor and slowly find myself to disappear.

Present day

            I wake up to the sun shining in my face. I look at my clock to see it was already 7, I curse to myself realizing I was going to be late for school again.

"Bailey get your ass up now, if you keep going on like this you're going to be kicked out of college and soon enough my house as well, you're nineteen years old start acting like it." My mother yells at me from the stairs.

I roll out of my bed with a thump to the floor. I groan as I pull myself up and head to the bathroom for my shower. I stare into the mirror my emerald green eyes blood shot with black bags under them from being up to late partying again with my friends. In Lamar, Missouri there weren't many people and everyone knew each other resulting in me being popular. I had the looks and the game and I never failed to get the girls where I wanted. I played on the football team at Lamar State College and for some odd reason I had always been good at it. I was like most guys tall, about 5'11, broad shoulders with short brown hair and emerald green eyes; your typical country boy. Most girls couldn't resist me, they said I was a god, like a gift from the Heaven. I guess that name suited me well. I slip on my blue jeans and button up red, blue, and black plaid shirt, tucking it into my jeans, and run down the stairs giving my mother a quick kiss on the cheek. and ran out the door. I start up my blue Toyota truck and head straight to school as fast as I can so I wasn't late once again. The ride up to school from my small house is about five minutes since the town was so small. My neighborhood wasn't all that bad, my friends all lived around me and my neighbors were super nice and welcoming but believe me after college I am getting out of here and starting a life of my own. I park my car in the driveway of the school and make my way through the double doors immediately being greeted with a cold gust of wind and a crowd around me.

"Hey Bailey, last night was fun why don't you come over to my house after school tonight." Kylie my ex-girlfriend says never failing to try and get me back. She thinks that she has a chance and that we can give it a second try.

"I might have been drunk last night and have made out with you but that doesn't mean we are back together. This is college not high school." I say as I make my way past her to my homeroom where I know she will be too. I grab a seat in my usual spot and turn around to see if my buddies were there but am caught in a trance when my eyes land on a beautiful girl I have never seen before. I shake it out and decide to play cool and talk to her.

"Hey I haven't seen you around before, my name is Bailey and you are?" I ask with my hand extended, waiting for a shake that is never returned.

"Not interested." She replies back with a slight mixed Bulgarian and English accent.

I pull my hand back slowly "I see you aren't from around here, why would you move here there's not much around."

"My mother insisted, we came from Yorkshire, England now if you don't mind I came here to learn."

I realize she was a difficult one probably trying to play hard to get, but I will not fail. I don't know why but she seemed familiar in some way like I have seen her before but I know I must be tripping because I have never been to England before.

"Mr. Scotfrey last time I checked we came here to learn not to daydream, now would you please answer the question." Professor Everhart says clearly trying to embarrassing me knowing already science was not my strong subject.

"I don't know I didn't quite catch the question."

She mutters under her breath and I hear a voice behind me. "During meiosis the cell breaks apart from one another forming a new one. There are many stages to it."

"Smart girl Erika, keep up the good work."

I turn around to look at Erika with a smile on my face. "Erika what a nice name, very smart too I like it." She just glances at me and turns away. Soon enough class was over and it was time to head to my next class, my second least favorite, history. As I am walking out I notice Erika dropped her paper. I pick it up running to catch up with her to give it back.

"You dro-" I start to say until I grab her hand and everything around me begins to go black.

            "The date is November 6th 1675 my fine lady." I answer back to a beautiful girl with long auburn waves and bright blue eyes.

"Why thank you so much Balies." She says. As she's is about to walk away I stop her wanting to invite her to my small gathering at my mansion. We have been talking for a while because she always finds time to stop by my shop to come visit. She's a lovely young lady and my feelings for her grow with each day passing.

"Would you do me the honor and let me escort you to my little gathering at my place tonight at seven?"

"It would be an honor."She smiles up at me her ocean blue eyes gleaming. I grab her hand and kissed it, her smile turning into a laugh.

            I come back to reality thinking "what the hell was that?" I look at Erika to see her face turn into shock. Why did I just have a weird vision with Erika? Why was she called Etekah? Why was my name Balies? And why was the date 1675?

"What the heck was that?" I ask looking straight at Erika.

"Thanks for my paper but if you don't mind I should be getting to my next class before I am late." She says with a look of worry and nervousness.

"Wait." I call after her but she is already half way down the hall.