ANGEL 1: I can’t stand this anymore. It’s like watching a train wreck.
ANGEL 2: I know, right? Just do what I do. (Puts in earbuds, closes eyes and listens to iPod).
ANGEL 3: We could help her.
ANGEL 1: You’re new here, aren’t you?
ANGEL 2 (With eyes still closed): You can’t help her. She’s a Deluxe Giver. Anyway, it’s against the rules.
ANGEL 3: What rules? Doesn’t seem very angelic not to help.
ANGEL 2: You can’t talk to humans, can’t let them see you, yada yada. You know, basic Guardian Angel 101. Have you been living under a cloud, or what?
ANGEL 3: What if we could help her without being heard or seen?
ANGEL 2: She’s a Deluxe Giver.
ANGEL 3: So?
ANGEL 2: So, Deluxe Givers always give to people. No matter what. Even if it takes every dime they have, their last crumb of food, the shirt off their back, their sleep, their health, their sanity and their last ounce of strength, every minute of their life, until they die.
ANGEL 1: That’s not dramatic at all.
ANGEL 2: You know it’s true.
ANGEL 3: So you’re just giving up on her? Are guardian angels allowed to give up on their assigned person? Really, really not angelic!
ANGEL 1: We’ve sent her a gazillion life lessons over the years. Did I mention train wreck?
ANGEL 3: I’m thinking of something a little different.
ANGEL 2: If it means not having to watch her life-as-a-continuing-train-wreck, and we don’t get in trouble with the Big Guy, I’m in.
ANGEL 1: Me too.
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