the one who lived above

Kalvlvtiahi & Andrea ''Andy'' Burnett


Aubree Dent & Galilehi

The clouds looked like they were about to spill as Andrea looked out her window around 7am. Her mouth curled into a pout at the thought of it raining. May had just come around, her least favorite month, mostly because of the rain and the humidity. It was forgiven slightly due to all the thunderstorms it brought.

She changed quickly into a pair of simple jeans and a graphic t-shirt and headed downstairs to greet her mom who was sitting in the living room in front of their tv watching the news. ''You should take the car today, I'm not using it plus I won't have to listen to you moan about your mane.''

Andy grinned and leaned over the back of the couch to plant a kiss on her mom's cheek. The reporter, as if on cue, warned about heavy rain. ''Appreciate your concern, mother.'' She went into the kitchen of their small home and grabbed an apple and two slices of white bread and slid them into the toaster. The chocolate spread was already placed on the counter beside it which made her smile. Her mother had kept doing it as a habit, but Andy wasn't going to complain.

While the slices of bread were cooking she devoured the apple she had picked out. When the slices popped out she placed them on a plate to spread out the chocolate goo. She then picked up the plate and joined her mom on the couch.

''I know we're in May, but all this rain is really getting to me.'' Andy mumbled with a mouth full of bread. Her mom tutted as she spoke, indicating that Andy speaking was keeping her from listening to the reporter. ''...Heavy clouds and thunder may occur during the evening hours. The strong gusts of wind may cause serious damage, so we suggest you stay indoors after 6pm.''

''Huh,'' her mom said pursing her lips, ''it was great weather yesterday. It's crazy how the weather changes these days. Global warming, I tell ya'.''

Andy rolled her eyes, ''Or it could just be the usual Oklahoma weather.''



Gal sat on a bench in the gardens of Philbrook Museum. It was early morning and there was no one around, just him. One of the finer things of being the outcome of a god meddling with human women was the abnormal amount of charm he had, whether he was facing a male or female. It was all the same. A few looks here, a few words there and he had them convinced to let him do almost anything. In this case the guard to the museum was more than happy to let him inside and out in the gardens.

His jaw clenched as thunder rolled across the sky, he hated thunder. It had always been a sign of father’s wrath and overwhelming displeasure. He knew what was going on, it was the reason he was on Earth. He twitched as a lightning pierced through the clouds and gave the air an unpleasant smell. It wouldn't be long now. He could feel it throughout his whole body.

It wasn't possible for Gal to express how happy he was that he wasn't in a certain someone’s position. He knew the outcome, and it was something he wouldn't even wish for his greatest enemy. He could almost hear the screams of the three. He didn't care much though, it would give him something to do, and after decades on earth Gal had started to get bored.

Aubree had probably hit snooze a thousand times. Every time she heard her alarm go off, she groaned and slammed the snooze button for another five or ten minutes. Finally, she had come to her senses once she had lost count. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, I'm going to be late," she cried, jumping out of bed with a start. She always did this to herself. She needed to learn to go to bed earlier instead of staying out all night so she could get a good nights rest. Would she though? Nope.

Aubree rushed around, trying to find the clothes that she was going to wear for the day. She also needed to learn to pick out her clothes the night before. She showered, pulling on a makeshift outfit of jeans and a teeshirt. She ran down the stairs, stealing whos ever toast it was in the toaster, giving her mother a kiss on the cheek before running out the door. "Bye mom, love you!" she yelled as she closed the front door.

It was definitely a gloomy and depressing day. The clouds were a dark grey and it looked like the sky was going to open up and pee all over her at any minute. Aubree had no time to stand there and admire the view, she had to get going. She pulled out her keys and unlocked her car, quickly getting in. Aubree put the keys into the ignition and listened to it roar to life, grinning. It was always satisfying to hear to baby turn on. Most days, like when she needed it the most, it always decided to die out on her. It had been a gift from her grandfather when Aubree finally got her license. It was a rather old car from the 50's, bubblegum pink and often times embarrassing to drive, but it was fixed up and restored nicely so she really had no complaints. It worked well when it wanted to.

Aubree quickly pulled out of her driveway and headed to her destination, eating her piece of toast on the way. She wanted to hurry up and beat the rain as best as she could.

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Kal grimaced as he was being yelled at, bracing himself for the worst to come. He knew he was really in for it this time. He wasn't sure what kind of punishment he was going to receive, but he could almost guarantee that it wasn't going to be pretty. He could hear the thunder aftermath of this man's lightning wrath. It wasn't like Kal felt as if he were innocent or that he didn't deserve whatever hell was going to be sentenced to him. He definitely deserved every bit of it, he couldn't keep it in his pants to save his life. It wasn't his fault that those human girls practically begged for him to take them to bed. He had them eating at the palm of his hand and he rather enjoyed it.

Kal looked up when things got quiet, holding in a breath. He could see the pure rage in Una's eyes, almost making Kal grimmace. Almost. "No matter how many times I apologize or say I'm never going to do it again, you won't believe me anyhow," Kal said with a heavy sigh. He could see Una's fists clenching and unclenching numerous times.

"That's it, you don't deserve her! You deserve nothing. I'm through with you," Una said, making Kal raise a brow. Then he realized that this was it, the time had come. "I banish you from the heavens, wiping all of your memory away and leaving you with nothing. I'd wish you good luck, but frankly I don't care how things turn out for you down there," Una raged.

There was a blinding light a bit of pain before he completely knocked out. He woke up a while later with a groan, sitting up from where he landed on earth. Rubbing the back of his head, Kal opened one eye and surveyed his surroundings. "What the hell," he grumbled, really confused. He had no idea where he was or what he was doing here. He couldn't even remember his name hardly.

As Andrea drove towards her campus, the clouds had gotten darker and a few drops of water had already fallen. There was no one else on the street but her, and it gave her an eerie feeling. The traffic lights had gone red, so she came to a stop and turned up the radio volume some more. To her confusion only static came out, so she tried to turn the car off and on again. It didn't really help. She tapped the wheel in frustration, with a sigh she turned the volume back down and waited for what seemed like an eternity.

Her eyes found the rear end mirror but there still wasn't any cars around. She leaned a bit towards the wheel to look up at the sky above her which was almost completely black. For a moment she could have sworn the sky opened up for a moment before going back to the ugly black shade.

The lights had turned green in the meantime and she stepped on the gas to go, but her eyes fell onto the figure in the middle of the road and slammed her breaks. She immediately started to panic, had she hit him? She shook her head, that wasn't possible. Again her eyes searched for other cars but none had appeared.

Tucking her hair behind her ear she stepped out of the vehicle and kneelt beside what she could now see was a guy. She quickly made sure that he was breathing. In a rush she hadn't even noticed his lack of clothes, but only noticed when she thought of searching his pockets for any kind of ID. Problem was that there were no pants. She quickly looked away as he began to stir and look around, obviously still not noticing her.

''Rough night?'' she murmured with a hence of sympathy as he spoke, obviously very confused about his current location.



Gal cursed as a loud ringing noise filled his ears, leaving him completely stunned. The heavens had opened for Kalva to fall and to every godly being on earth that piercing ringing was all they could hear. His head was pulsating as the ringing started to disappear, it felt like he had a bell over his head and someone was banging on it. Gal took a deep breath and exhaled through his nose. His vision failed for a few seconds as he was sitting there.

With his head in between his knees he finally came to his senses. The sky still looked threatening, but he knew that it was over, Kalva was now on earth, and now Gal had to find him to make sure he wasn't enjoying his time on earth.

It was kind of amusing for Gal, because his father wasn't innocent himself. He wasn't fond of Una, but there was still some sort of respect, which was why he was doing this for him. Gal had been sentenced a life on earth from the very moment he was born. Born with a pair of dark wings, only visibly to him, his brothers and the three, he could return to the heavens as he pleased, but not for long. His body belonged on solid ground, if he stayed too long he'd slowly start to crumble. Quite literally.

He stood up to stretch his limbs, popping a shoulder joint with a slight groan. After a few swings of his arms he started walking towards the entrance which would lead him out of the Museum.

The guard was still there where Gal left him, they both greeted each other silently as Gal exited the building. He then picked up a steady walking pace in the direction of where the sky had opened up.

@ Argonaut

Kal groaned and rubbed his temples. His head was pounding. He could hear a noise in the distant and steady getting closer, but he didn't even want to bother to see what it was. He honestly felt like he had some god-awful hangover and there wasn't anything he could do about it. Kal jumped when he heard a voice, blinking and looking over at her. When the hell did she get there? "Uh... yeah, you could say that," he murmured, standing up. This woman looked so familiar, but he couldn't place his finger on it. Well, as familiar as familiar could get. She had similar features to someone he was sure he used to know. Kal groaned and shook his head, rubbing his eyes. "Where the hell am I?" he questioned, looking around once more. Clearly, he was in the middle of the street somewhere. But he just wanted to go home, where ever that was.

Kal could feel a slight breeze where he shouldn't, which made him look down. His eyes widened and he looked between the package between his legs and the girl in front of him. This was definitely embarrassing as all hell. "Oh my," he mumbled, quickly covering himself. Where in the hell were his clothes? What was he supposed to do without them? More importantly, where the hell was he supposed to get some?

"You wouldn't happen to have seen my clothes?" he asked, turning around in a circle and look back at her. He didn't see them lying on the ground anywhere, which lead him to believe he had been walking around naked this whole time from where ever he had been coming from. "This is a serious problem. Where am I supposed to get clothes." Kal had no idea who to call or where to go, he didn't even have his cell phone or his wallet to help him get anywhere. This was just insane, how was he supposed to get by?

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Aubree pursed her lips as she drove down the street. She almost forgot about the piece of toast in her hand, raising her brows before stuffing it in her mouth. She grinned as she chewed it, her stomach feeling more than satisfied. Aubree hadn't been paying attention to the car at the stop light in front of her, to focus on her toast to really care. When she glanced up and saw the taillights, she gasped and came to a screeching halt. "What the shit!" she screamed, her eyes wide. Aubree was outraged at the fact that someone just left their car in the middle of the road like that.

She quickly got out of her car, storming over to the other one. Eventually, she noticed two people in the street in front of the car, making her raise a brow. "Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing, just stopping in the middle of the road like that?" she said, approaching them. The girl looked oddly familiar. Aubree gave the girl a quick once over before it finally hit her. It was Andrea Burnett.

It was too late to stop and turn around now. She had already begun the confrontation and she couldn't avoid it. As much as she wanted to just walk back to her car and pretend this never happened, she couldn't. She and Andrea used to be the best of friends until some incident happened and then they were just not. It always broke her heart to see her used to be best friend, but there was no way either one of them were going to get their panties out of a twist and apologize. Whatever had ruined their friendship was probably stupid and they probably had two completely different reasons as to why they weren't speaking to one another, but what could you do.

"Are you naked?" Aubree asked the man, suddenly realizing that he had no clothes. "Why the hell are you standing in the middle of the street naked. What is going on here?" she questioned, throwing her hands up in the air.

Andrea shook her head so her curls bounced, ''Buddy, you're in Oklahoma.'' She raised her brow and looked at the guy warily. She couldn't properly grasp the situation and was honestly just as confused as him. She looked at her wristwatch and sighed, she would probably be fashionably late. I wonder if anyone would believe my reason to be, she thought and bit the inside of her cheek.

''Sorry,'' she murmured and shrugged. How the heck was she supposed to deal with this man, completely naked and either very hungover or just completely nuts. Andy was leaning towards the latter. She patted his shoulder, ''we'll get you home safe, don't you worry.'' Andrea perked up as someone yelled behind her and immediately remembered that she was parked in the middle of the street and that she wasn't the only one on this earth.

She surely wished she was in this moment. She had just turned in time to see Aubree throw her hands in the air. It was something she had always done while they were friends. Andrea helped the guy on his feet and started walking towards her car, if she remembered correctly there was a blanket on the back seat. She passed Aubree without saying anything and searched for the blanket. ''Thank god,'' she breathed out and went back to the guy with the blanket and handed it to him.

Having taken care of one situation she turned around to the other. ''Honestly, I have no idea who the hell he is,'' throwing a thumb over her shoulder in the direction of the stranger. ''He was laying completely nude when I found him, what was I supposed to do? Drive on?'' She ran a hand through her hair and sighed. ''You're gonna be late,'' Andrea mentioned and met Aubree's eyes.



Gal turned up the street where he knew Kalva would be. His scent was getting stronger and he could feel the angels presence pulsating through the air. His steps got faster and when he turned the corner he noticed the parked cars and two female humans standing there. He stopped to analyze the situation. It wasn't ideal that they had found Kalva, it wasn't ideal that he had fallen in such a place. Gal groaned and cursed his father.

Looking over at the fallen, he noticed the missing pair of wings. A shiver ran through him and for a second he felt bad for Kalva. He knew that the man couldn't remember anything, but he also knew that when he finds out and remembers, it will cause him pain. He will hate the two scars on his back which Father had probably ripped out with his bare hands. Another shiver. Gal prayed that he'd never experience that, he would rather take his own immortal life.

His shoulder made contact with a brick wall as he leaned up against it, fishing out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. He placed one in between his lips and lit it. He inhaled slow and deep and exhaled with a slight moan. He liked the cigarettes, it gave him an interesting feeling which he really didn't mind. He watched the scene unfold while he was smoking. Raising an eyebrow at how Curly ignored the other person and went straight past her.

''Ouch.'' He mumbled and kept an eye on the girl whom Curly had passed.

@ Argonaut

Kal furrowed his brow and tilted his head in confusion. What was Oklahoma? Better yet, where was if. He had never felt so confused in his life. Well, that he knew of anyways. As far as he knew this had probably happened numerous times. Whatever this was. He just wished he knew who he was and where he came from, or how he ended up in this position. Maybe he was a mental patient from an asylum and he finally woke up from all the drugs they had been pumping into him, which the side effect was memory loss. He shook his head, that didn’t seem right at all. He wasn’t crazy.

Kalva looked up at the blonde in front of him, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. He felt a sense of security with her. He couldn’t pin point what exactly it was, but he definitely felt like he could trust her. If he was wrong and he ended up chopped up and stuffed in a cooler somewhere, then that was his fault. “Thank you for helping me,” he murmured as she handed him the blanket. Kal wrapped it around himself, feeling a bit better now that he wasn’t completely naked.

He noticed a girl walking towards them, clearly pissed off for whatever reason. He then realized that they were standing in the middle of the road. He went to move when the two girls started talking, making him smirk at their banter. He loved watching girls get into fights. He was totally going to let this one ride out and see what happened.

Kal could feel someone’s eyes on him, making him turn around and look. He couldn’t really see anything except a shadowy figure in distance. He could feel an odd sense of comfort and familiarity as he stared at that shadow, but also a small sense of fear. He swallowed the lump in his throat and turned back towards the girls. “Are you done bickering? I’m freezing my balls off,” he whined.

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Aubree gritted her teeth as she watched Andrea walk right passed her without saying a word. She rolled her eyes and shook her head, crossing her arms over her chest. This obviously wasn’t going to end well, but who cared. Glancing down at her watch, Aubree groaned and stomped her foot. She was so late that it would be a joke to actually show up by now.

“You definitely could have just left him there. Turned around and went the other way,” she said to Andrea, shaking her head. “I mean common sense would tell you to avoid a naked man that’s lying in the middle of the road. You don’t know how dangerous he is or what he’s capable of.” Aubree hated how kind and compassionate Andrea was. It always got her in some sort of trouble that usually wasn’t of the fun genre. “Look, do what you want. Just be safe and don’t let him do anything to you,” she crumbled. Even though she and Andrea weren’t really friends anymore, she still cared about the other girl.

Aubree turned and began walking towards her car, pulling her keys out of her pocket. As she was opening the door, she saw someone leaning against the brick wall a ways ahead. He was just watching them, lurking in the shadows like a cheetah ready to pounce.

“I’m already late enough, so I’m not going. It’d be a serious joke. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve skipped, won’t be the last.” Aubree ran a hand through her hair, sighing deeply. “Speak for yourself by the way, you’re going to be later than me.”

A smile grew on her face as he thanked her, ''No worries.'' When Aubree warned her Andy just sighed and shrugged, ''Honestly, I don't think he'll do anything to me. Plus, Aubree, you know me, I would help anyone, even you.'' What a weird situation she was in, stuck with a naked guy and her ex-best friend. Could this day get any weirder.

Her back straightened as the guy spoke again, ''Your balls will be a-ok, chill out.'' Her eyes widened as Aubree spoke, what was she gonna do? She couldn't take this half-naked dude with her to school, and she wasn't gonna miss class. A thought popped into her head but she wasn't sure if it would work out. ''Shit,'' she said under her breath and pinched the bridge of her nose. ''Wait, Aubree. Do you still remember where the spare key is?'' She asked in a somewhat pleading tone.

If she could just take him to her house and babysit till class was over she would be grateful. It's not like she was the one making her skip class. ''Mom should have left by now. She is meeting up with some of her friends and wont be home before me, so could you please take...'' She looked back at the guy and realized that she didn't know his name.

''What was your name again?''



Gal could barely contain his laugh as Kal stood there naked looking like a lost lamb. He hoped his father was looking down upon them laughing at the sight of the angel. He took another long drag and blew out the smoke only to inhale it in through his nose. He liked the looks of 'Aubree' and kept his eyes on her as she started walking back to her car.

Their eyes met for a brief second before here breaking eye contact to run a hand through her hair. He inhaled her scent that made its way over to him, he loved the scent of girls, but this one nearly made him approach her. The pull was intense and it took everything in him to not walk over there. He took a last drag of the cigarette and flicked it onto the street. He exhaled and turned around and walked around the corner where they couldn't see him and spread out his wings to fly up to the rooftop.

He had heard everything that they talked about, so now he only had to wait and hope that Aubree would agree to help out Curly. It would make it perfect for him to get close to Kalva and make sure he doesn't remember. The feeling of the ground disappearing under him thrilled him to the core. With a soft thud he landed on the roof and looked down on the girls.

@ Argonaut

Kal made an odd face as he stood there, sighing heavily. He wanted to hurry up and go somewhere. He was cold and he was naked. What the hell was he supposed to do? The only thought that he could really think of right now that he knew was right, was that he needed to get clothes on his body. Where he was going to get some, he wasn't sure because he really had no idea where he lived. Did he even have a house here? An apartment? Maybe he lived under a bridge, he couldn't remember.

Kal scoffed when the blonde said that his balls would be okay, rolling his eyes and pulling the blanket around him tighter. "You two aren't the ones standing in the middle of the street in only a blanket." He shifted his weight from one foot to the other. If he had found a naked lady in the middle of the street, no memory and all, he would swoop them up in a second and put them in his car.

When blondie suggested that the sour-faced girl in front of them should take care of him, he almost protested. He didn't want to go with this girl, she looked like she had a bad day and wasn't very pleasant.

"Is she going to get my clothes?" Kal asked the blonde, leaning in to look her in the face. If this girl wasn't going to get him any clothes than he didn't want to go with her, he'd go wherever the blonde one was going and follow her around.

When she asked for his name, hr furrowed his brow. His name? What was his name? "Uh... I have no idea," he told her with a smile.

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Andy was right, Aubree knew her well and she knew that the other girl wasn't going to just let this man go free when he clearly needed help. Aubree also knew that if she were in the same situation as this man was right now, then Andy wouldn't hesitate to help her.

Aubree raised a brow when Andy asked if she still knew where the key was. Was she serious right now? No way in hell was she going to take this man back to Andy's house and clothe him and feed him. She had her own agenda for the day and that was to go back home and sleep. Maybe do a little bit of online shopping. "You want me to take him back to your house? What if he's like some sort of missing person from the asylum!" she exclaimed with wide eyes.

Aubree threw her hands up in the air when the man said he didn't even know his own name, running a hand over her face. "You've got to be kidding me," she mumbled.

"Alright, fine. I'll take him back to your house and babysit him while you go to school. But I'm leaving the moment your car pulls into that driveway," she told the other girl. "Lets go, crazy," she said as she grabbed the man by his arm, pulling him over towards her car and opening the back seat door. She made sure he was in there and buckled up before opening her own door.

"Where am I supposed to get clothes for him?" she asked Andy.

Andy ignored his comment and waited for him to introduce himself, her shoulders fell when he said he didn't have a clue. Aubree had a good point, but she was willing to risk it. Well, make Aubree risk it. A big smile settled on her face and her ex-best-friend agreed. ''Thank you so fucking much.''

She briefly looked at the guy and shook her head towards Aubree, ''Yeah, you're going with her for now.''

Thinking about it for a minute she realized her mom had a lot of oversized men's wear in her closet for when she felt like just doing nothing for a day. ''My mom's closet is full of oversized sweats and tee's. Just grab whatever. I should have some boxer shorts leftover from Kyle in my underwear drawer.'' She averted her eyes at the mention of her ex. ''I think nude dude needs them right now since his balls are freezing off.''

She couldn't help but chuckle and looked back at Aubree. ''Fridge is full so take or make whatever,'' Andy said and started taking a few steps backwards to her own car. ''I'll call the police when I get back. Oh, and hide him if my mom comes home for some reason. She'll be okay with you being there. Him,'' she pointed at the guy, ''Not so much.''

As she reached her car and slipped in behind the wheel. She didn't feel like leaving him, but her mom would kill her if she knew Andy had missed the majority of class.



Gal noticed how Aubree grabbed the former angel and moved to the car with him, making him grin at how easy it now would be to get close to both Aubree and Kal. He stayed on the rooftop for a bit. The thought of his Father praising him made his wings flutter slightly. The contact with him was rare, but when it did happen, Gal knew that Father was appreciative of what he did for him.

The town had become more alive and the people started to pour out of their homes to get on with the day. It was starting to clear up, but the clouds were still threatening to open up. He sat dawn on the edge of the building and watched Aubree and Curly's car go in opposite directions, each disappearing around a corner. Gal would wait a little while, he wanted Aubree to settle with Kal before he went to the house.

A few birds had gathered around him, resting on the edge. Some were cleaning their feathers and others were just dozing off, obviously not bothered by Gal's presence.

@ Argonaut