Hold Me Close | Kellic

Chapter 2

I approached the Fall Angel and held out my hand to him. He looked up at me innocently and I smiled at how kind his eyes were but I knew they also held mischeif in them. He took my hand and I hauled him up onto his feet so we were at the same level. He seemed cautious of my actions and unsure of what exactly was happening in his new surroundings, Hell was very different from Heaven obviously.

I lead him towards Gabe who now had Jack accompanying him. Gabe laughed at something Jack had said, most likely incredibly inappropriate but when you're in Hell what does that matter? Jack noticed us first, stepping forward in greeting. Gabe's smile was plastered across his face. We both knew it wouldn't be leaving any time soon. I turned my head to see the newcomer standing behind me slightly, deciding whether to include himself or not. It then occurred to me that none of us knew his name. I held up my hand and reached behind him to gently shove him forward so that he was a part of our little group. He didn't protest at all instead he seemed happy that we were accepting him.

"So," I began, "What's your name?"

He didn't seem very confident in his answer and hesitated, he was considering is his name was still his name or not so Jack answered his question which wasn't asked.

"It's a new place here, you're a new person. Change your name to whatever you want it to be," Jack said and the fallen angel beside me instantly grew more relaxed.

"Ok," he spoke, "My name's Justin," he stated, smiling. "It's Justin.. Err.."

"Don't worry," Gabe butted in, "You don't have to bother with a surname here, Justin. Neither Jack or I do. I'm Gabe by the way. Kellin over here just thought of himself as special so decided to give himself a second name anyway."

"Hey," I said, nudging his shoulder lightly, "My name is only Kellin Quinn because Quinn was always my middle name and I didn't like Bostwick very much so I thought why not make Quinn my official surname when I had the chance."

"Wouldn't matter, not like you'll ever find a 'Mrs Quinn' anyway," Jack joked.

"I'm confused," said Justin flatly.

Gabe laughed a little before answering Justin who had become a lot more comfortable around us. His wings had folded themselves behind him loosely which made me certain that he was glad to be where he was, with us. It meant that he wasn't subconsciously paranoid, prepared to take off in flight in case the situation caused him the need to. I smiled at the fact that we now had another member to our little group.

"Well, in Hell you can't really marry people once you're dead. I guess you can but it depends on what status you have, how high up you are in the ranks. You can fall in love obviously so maybe marry them but just not officially, so that's one reason. The other reason being Kellin's gay," Gabe said.

Justin looked a little shocked but I quickly sent him a friendly smile which he immediately shot back acceptingly. A lot of the other demons teased me about my sexuality but it was no different from when I was alive except now the teasing would be forever and a little more serious, nothing I couldn't handle.

"I may be gay but don't worry, I won't make any moves on you. No, I mean I won't do anything suspicious. I'm not saying you're unattractive, you're very attractive! Scrap that, you're dead sexy. I just won't rape you, I'm not that kind of guy. Great, I've made it awkward," I said, scratching the back on my neck nervously. The three of them just stood there laughing, fortunately Justin didn't seem fazed by my words at all.

"At least I didn't do what Jack Barakat did," I said to Justin who straight away look in Jack's direction, almost scared but playfully. "Not that Jack, he's straight unfortunately. Trust me, I've tried with him."