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meeks's picture prompt.
It wasn't often that an angel walked through the afterlife, but when it did all the spirits knew that something important was happening. What they didn't know, and Caitlyn did, was that a lot of planning went into when the angel was going to visit. There would be several phone calls, which were referred to as 'Sacred Calling', files would be passed between the spirit guide and the angel, the route the angel was going to take through the afterlife was planned carefully, and then the angel would enter the afterlife.
Another thing most spirits didn't know was how much input angels could have in their spirit's incarnations. Before her first 'Sacred Calling', which happened during a time when Caitlyn was manning the reception desk, she didn't really believe that angels existed. The last thing she expected when she picked up the phone was to hear, “This is Uriel. Can you put me through to Elizabeth, please?”
“I'm afraid Elizabeth is in a meeting right now,” Caitlyn replied, when she finally found her voice. “Can I take a message?”
“You're new,” Uriel said, and Caitlyn could hear the smile in his voice. “What's your name?”
“Caitlyn. How did you know I was new?”
“No one new ever expects to answer the phone to an angel, so it always takes them a while to say anything. It doesn't happen very often and I'm glad that it was finally my turn to ring the newbie.”
Caitlyn raised an eyebrow. “I'm happy to be of service,” she said, attempting to keep the sarcasm out of her voice because she was talking to an angel. “Can I take a message?”
“It depends on whether you can help me or not. I need to check a file on the spirit of Jane Hardy and I think Elizabeth was the last person to have it.”
“She was, but I think it should be back in the cabinet now.” Caitlyn turned and rolled her chair towards the filing cabinet that held all the 'H' files. “If you give me a moment I can check for you. Elizabeth probably won't be too long in her meeting, so if I can't find it then hopefully I should be able to put you through.”
“That would be perfect.”
Still not quite used to the fact she was talking to an actual angel, Caitlyn pulled out the top drawer of the filing cabinet. With one hand she started checking though the files towards the middle of the drawer.
“How do like training to become a spirit guide?” Uriel asked.
“It's interesting,” Caitlyn replied. “Although reception duty can be a little boring sometimes.”
“I hope I made your day a little less boring.”
“Yes, you did.”
“Great. Now that you've had your first Sacred Calling you can come and meet us.”
Caitlyn stopped checking the files for a moment. “What?” she asked, unable to believe that Uriel had said that she'd be meeting the angels.
Uriel laughed. “I love it when I get that reaction. Spirit guides in training have to meet the angels at some point because there are times when we work together very closely. Usually we leave it until after the first time a new spirit guide has picked up the phone and found that there's an angel at the other end.”
© K A Jones 2011
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