THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
by
Rita had just gotten finished putting her four year old twins, Christopher James Lorenzo, Jr. (CJ) and Christine Rose Lorenzo (Chrissy), to bed. They didn't want to go to sleep but Rita tuckered them out when she told them another story about their father and her as partners. She told them about the time where he gave her the guardian angel that she always wore and how he would always be their angel. But before she could explain why he gave it to her, they were already asleep. CJ looked exactly like his father. He was handsome and had those aqua blue eyes. Chrissy had his eyes too but she had more of her dad's personality. She was just as stubborn as he ever was.
Rita went back into her room and layed down on the bed. She began to cry. In two more days, it would be the fifth anniversary of Chris's death and all she could think about was how she never officially got to say goodbye. She said goodbye after he was gone but she never said to his face. She sobbed softly even more.
Rita went downstairs to get something to drink. She sat down on the couch and looked over at the coffee table. On it layed Chris' wedding ring that she took off his finger before he was buried. Rita had put it on a chain so that she could always wear it around her neck to have him close to her. She got up and turned on the radio. The DJ announced "And here's Celine Dion with 'Dreamin' of You'."
Lyin' in my bed
Thoughts in my head
Visions of you
But I can't get through the nightSo I pick up the phone
I know you're home
You're playin' with my heart
And you know that it just ain't rightIt's just a game of love, love, love
And even thought it's hard baby
I can never give you upYou're the one I'm dreamin' of
I can't live without your love
Tonight
And it's you that I adore
You're the one that I live for
Inside
Of you, I'm dreamin' of you
Before the next verse could start, Rita got up and turned the radio off. That song just made Rita depressed. It made her long Chris' touch even more. She got up and went upstairs to bed. Maybe a goodnight's rest would do her some good.
The babysitter came the next morning and Rita kissed CJ and Chrissy goodbye.
"Are you leaving like Daddy did?" Chrissy asked.
Rita had told her kids that their father was dead but they quite didn't understand what death was yet.
"No honey, I will be back. Now you two be good."
"We will," CJ said.
Rita stood back up and shut the door behind her. The twins never met their father but they loved him with all their heart from what their mother told them.
It was a few weeks till Christmas and the station was being decorated. Rita sat down at her desk and looked through her mail that had piled up form the week that she had off. There was one envelope that seemed to catch her eye. It was the only one without a return address. She opened it and all it said was 'Be at your husband's grave at 9:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve.'
"Hmm...sounds freaky," Tom said.
Rita turned around to see Tom and Cassy (her new partners) reading over her shoulder.
"You guys. Do you mind?"
"We were just curious," Cassy said.
"Besides, the Cap. wants to see you."
Rita got up and walked in Harry's office, closing the door behind her.
"You wanted to see me Cap?"
"I just wanted to see how you were doing."
"I'm fine Harry."
He knew she wasn't fine.
"You sure? I know this is a difficult month for you."
"I'm fine Harry. Oh are you going to have that Christmas get together this year?"
"Same time, same place."
"I'll be there."
"Oh and Rita, I'm going to do you a favor. I know you're not ok. I'm giving you till after Christmas off."
"But Cap."
"Lance, that's an order."
Rita couldn't argue. Besides, she knew she needed more time off.
Rita awoke the next morning to find CJ and Chrissy already downstairs. They ran over to their mommy and handed her a red rose.
"Where did you guys get this?"
"It was laying on the floor by the door."
Rita thought it must have been from Harry for it was a very sad day for the Lorenzo family.
"So do you guys want to go visit your daddy today?"
CJ nodded slowly and a tear ran down all of their eyes.
Rita, Chrissy, and CJ stood near Chris's grave and looked down upon it. Rita began to cry and told the kids to go back to the car. She didn't want them to see her cry. It would only make things worse. She took her guardian angel pin out of her pocket and squeezed it tightly in her hand.
"Sam, I know you're out there somewhere and I just want you to know that I love you."
She pinned the angel on her vest and looked back to the grave. Just
then, Harry and Frannie drove up.
"Grandpa Harry!"
"Grandma Frannie!"
That's what CJ and Chrissy always called them.
"Shhh...we don't want to disturb your mommy now do we?" said Frannie.
"No." said CJ.
Harry left his godchildren with Frannie and walked over to Rita. She turned around and hugged Harry. Harry hugged back and began to feel Rita's pain. He managed to get her to stop crying and walked her back to the car. Frannie told Rita that they would take the twins for the day so Rita could be alone.
Rita sat on the couch in a daze. Her tears filled her eyes so much that she could barely see the door when the doorbell rang. She opened it and there layed a single white rose on the welcome mat. She picked it up and looked around to see who layed it there but she couldn't find anyone. It seemed to have just dropped out of the sky.
She went back inside and put it in the vase with the red rose that CJ and Chrissy had found. Rita turned around for she felt the presence of someone around her, but no one was there. She went upstairs to get a nice nap before Harry and Frannie brought the twins back.
She almost instantly fell asleep as her head hit the pillow. She began to dream............
"Where am I?"
"You're in heaven, Sam."
"Chris it's so good to see you! I thought I'd never be able to again. I just.......
"Shhh Rita." and he kissed her passionately and she kissed him back.
Just then a bed appeared and they fell on it. In her dream they made the best love they had ever made. Like it was the first time for both of them together................
Rita awoke with a smile on her face to answer the knocking on the door. It was Frannie and Harry. They had brought the twins back. They were asleep in Harry and Frannie's arms. Rita asked them in and she put Chrissy to bed as Harry put CJ to bed.
They went back downstairs to get a drink.
"Harry, I was thinking. I think I'm ready to go back to work. I know you told me to take off until after Christmas but I think I can handle it."
"Now, Rita are you sure this is what you want?"
"You sure that you can handle it?"
"I'm fine. It will keep me busy until Christmas. I mean I can't just mope around a day, being depressed, and think about Christopher!"
Harry and Frannie were startled. They hadn't heard her talk like that in a long time or call her husband Christopher. She had always called him Chris or Sam in front of everybody.
"Alright Rita, if that's what you want, I'll be expecting you tomorrow."
Harry and Frannie decided it was time to leave and told Rita goodnight.
They spoke quietly on their way to the car.
"What were you thinking letting Rita come back to work tomorrow?"
"Frannie, it's alright. It will be good therapy for her. Trust me."
"Alright. Whatever you say."
Ten days had gone by and Rita sat at her desk going through some past files of the year. Sorting which ones had been solved, and which ones had not. Tom and Cassy sat down across from her at their desks.
"So Tom, what's new?"
"I just don't know what it is with Christmas time. It's just like everybody stops killing for like this one month out of the whole year, leaving us homicide cops without a thing to do but sit there and rearrange their pencils."
"Ok.... what about you Cassy?"
"I am so bored right now that I think being buried in the ground would be more exciting."
Rita suddenly started to give Cassy the eye.
"That isn't funny! You shouldn't mock the dead."
Rita began to cry and Tom went over to comfort her.
"I'm sorry Rita. I didn't mean anything by it. Honest."
"No, I'm sorry Cassy, I just got a little out of hand. It's just that Christmas time reminds me of Chris. His death being around it and all."
Harry came out to see what the commotion was and he found Rita crying.
"Are you ok? What happened?"
"I'm fine Cap, I just was a bit snappy towards Cassy."
"Rita, go on home. We'll call you if we need you."
"You promise?"
"I promise."
Rita got in her car and drove home.
"Do you think she'll ever be ok Harry?"
"No I don't Cassy."
"I don't know why but I seem to feel her pain," said Tom.
"Did either of you ever know or meet Christopher Lorenzo?"
"No."
"No."
"Well then you two have no clue as to what she's going through. For starters he was the best homicide cop that ever lived. He always knew who the right suspect was. Secondly, he was a good partner. He was always there for the other. And lastly, he was a good husband and father. He took two bullets to save his unborn child and his wife. Now that's what I call a good man. He was one of a kind and you two will never have that partner to partner or husband to wife, well in this case ex-husband to ex-wife, relationship. Now don't you two have some files to sort?"
Harry goes in his office and slams the door.
"Geez Cassy, what's his problem?"
"I think he's the one that really feels her pain. Chris was like a son to him and Rita a daughter."
"Yeah, I think you're right."
Rita sat at home alone. The babysitter had taken the kids to the park. She just couldn't believe what was happening to her. She had started to snap at her friends. She couldn't lose them now. They're the only things I've got left, she thought. I've got to go on.
"I know you're out there Sam and I just want you to know that I love you dearly and miss you so much. But, I've decided to go on with my life."
Just then a sparkle of light shined on the wall and she thought she heard something that sounded like 'Wait.'
She looked down at her guardian angel pin.
"Hmmm...must be the light reflection. Then again, I must be going crazy. I'm starting to hear things now."
Suddenly Rita was startled. There was a knock at the door. She opened it and there stood Tom and Cassy.
"Come on in guys. No use standing out there."
"I'm sorry about what I said earlier, Rita."
"It's ok Cassy. I've been snapping at everybody."
"Can I get something to drink?"
"Sure Tom. What do you want?"
"Cranberry juice please."
"And what about you Cassy?"
"I'll just have some water."
"Oh before I forget, Harry gave all of us the rest of the week off."
They were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Could you get that for me Tom?"
He opened it and on the ground layed a red rose and a white rose.
"Uh here, I guess these are for you. There was no one there, just these two roses."
"That's strange, now I'm getting two."
"What do you mean two?"
"Well, CJ and Chrissy found a red rose one morning and the other day, I found a white rose outside. I didn't see where they came from. It's like they dropped out of the sky."
"This is getting weird, Rita."
"How?"
"Well for one thing, roses appearing out of nowhere."
"And another thing, what about that freaky letter you got? 'Be at your husband's
grave at 9:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve.' Don't you think something strange is going on?"
"Yeah, Rita. Something strange is going on here."
"You guys are freaking out over nothing."
There was another knock on the door and Rita answered it. This time it was the baby sitter with the twins.
"Uncle Tom!"
"Aunt Cassy!"
"Thank you for helping me out."
"No problem. Call me whenever you need me."
Tom and Cassy smiled. Chrissy and CJ wouldn't listen to them or Rita or Harry or Frannie. They all had told them a million times that they were neither their uncle nor aunt nor grandpa nor grandma. The twins just wouldn't listen.
A couple hours later...........
"Well Rita, it's getting late. I think we better go."
"Oh no, please don't go."
"No," Tom yawns "you need your rest and as you can see, I need mine."
"Well, ok. Goodnight Tom."
"'Night."
"'Night Rita"
"Goodnight Cassy."
Rita closed the door behind them. She looked at her watch and it was already 9:47 "So you guys want me to finish that angel story?"
"YEAH!"
"Well go put on your pj's and call me when your ready."
"Why don't you come up now?"
"Chrissy, you are exactly like your father was. I said to call me. Now go."
"Ok."
"Ok mommy, we're ready."
Rita turned off the lights and headed upstairs.
"Now where did I leave off? Oh yes, why he gave me the pin. You see your father gave me the pin after I was having serious problems in my life. I always thought he was my guardian angel and his reply was that it never hurts to have a backup. He told me to keep it close to my heart and I said I do..."
The twins had just dozed off.
"Boy that didn't take long."
Rita kissed them each on the head and went to bed.
It was now Christmas Eve. It was a little past 6:00 p.m. and Harry and Frannie had just taken the twins. They always spent the night there from Christmas Eve to Christmas.
Rita ate a good meal and sat down on the couch. She thought about that letter. She wondered if she should go. She thought that there would be no harm and decided to go. She changed her clothes and headed for the grave yard.
It was only 8:45 when she got there so she pulled out her flashlight and headed to Chris's grave. She stood there and looked down for awhile mourning. She looked at her watch and it now read 9:00.
"Well, here I am, now where are you?"
Rita heard a twig break and she turned around.
"Who are you?"
"It's me, Sam."
"Come closer." She shined her light on his face.
"Rita, it's me."
"Chris?"
"Uh huh."
She dropped her flashlight and ran into his arms.
"But how?"
"Take me home and I will explain everything."
They got in her car and drove home.
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"Now, I specifically remember you being buried. I was there so how can you be here?"
"God gave me another chance at life. For the past five years I had been inside of that guardian angel pin that I gave you awhile back. God had seen how well I had protected you and how much you missed me, so he gave me another chance."
"So you're the one that sent me the roses?"
"No, that was God. I just came out of that angel today. He was telling you to hold on."
"Oh who cares. Just kiss me Chris."
"You just can't wait any longer can you?"
"Sam, I have been waiting for five years. Isn't that long enough?"
"I was just kidding Sammy."
They made love all night long.
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Rita awoke the next morning to find herself wrapped in Chris's arms.
"You know Chris, I was thinking you would make the perfect present for Harry, Frannie, Tom, Cassy, CJ, and Chrissy."
"Yeah me too, but who's Tom, Cassy, CJ, and Chrissy?"
"You mean you have been in that angel all this time and you never paid attention?"
"I guess not."
"Tom and Cassy are my new partners and CJ and Chrissy are our twins."
"You mean I made twins?"
"Sure did."
"What are their full names?"
"CJ is short for Christopher James Lorenzo, Jr. and Chrissy is short for Christine Rose Lorenzo."
"Those are the best names but you were hung up on me when naming them."
"Well, I missed you. Now, what do you say we head over to Harry's and give them a surprise?"
"Sounds good to me."
When they arrived Rita told Chris to wait outside a minute. She would go in and get everybody. Rita opened the door and walked into the den where everybody was sitting.
"You guys, could you please come outside with me a minute. I have the perfect present for you all, even you two." She looked down at the twins.
They all walked outside and opened their eyes wide with astonishment.
"Christopher?!"
"Lorenzo?!"
"In the flesh."
"Daddy!" the twins yelled and ran over to him along with everybody else.
"I thought you were dead."
"Yeah, me too. How can you be here?"
"I'll explain later. Lets just all go inside."
Rita picked up CJ and Chris picked up his stubborn little daughter Chrissy. He nor the twins had ever saw each other but they bonded instantly. Especially him and Chrissy. Rita and Chris followed everyone in the house and sat down so Chris could tell his story.
Rita and Chris began a new life together from that day on. They would never be separated again. They were each other's guardian angel.
Christopher James Lorenzo, Rita Lee Lance-Lorenzo, Harry Lipschitz, Frannie Lipschitz, Tom Ryan, and Cassy St. John are all characters on the fictional USA hit TV series, Silk Stalkings. CJ and Chrissy are not. hey were taken from other fellow Stalker's stories.
Dreamin' of You
by: Celine Dion
© 1995
Falling into You
Ideas for this story came from other Stalker fan-fic stories. I thank them. But, a lot of it had to do with my life (the guardian angel). You see, I swear that there is this spirit that has always follows me. (No I'm not crazy. There is a spirit.) It's been following me ever since I got my guardian angel pin. It never hurts any body, just makes its presence known by tapping on things. No one believed me about it, except for a couple of my friends, Cedric and Erika. From what I know, I'm the only one that can hear it talk to it and see it, but I think Cedric may have saw him when him when he heard him because Cedric looked up like he was looking at a person that was like 5'11" (that's approximately how tall the spirit is from what I see). Erika has neither seen nor heard but believes what I told her because she does NOT want to hear or see the spirit. Later on, I figured out that this spirit must be connected to the guardian angel pin, like it is living inside of it. No one else has believed us yet so when my two friends and I talk about it, we call it an inside, outside thing. Now, my favorite show is (the classic) Silk Stalkings, so I named the spirit Christopher Lorenzo (Chris for short) since all of the classic fans (especially me) miss him dearly. So that's generally where this story came from. Chris living inside my guardian angel.
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