Chapter 4

The inside was like the church they came from except the ceiling was even more high with even more massive chandeliers hanging from it. The room had a long table in the middle and had chairs piled up in the corner of the room. The chairs seemed to be floating. The table had different scrolls and books scattered on it.  The room had a six feet wide and eight feet high glass window.  A guy was hunched over a big book, reading it while sitting on the ground, while the sunlight from the window provided light for him to read it. 

"Alex, hello," Maria said. 

Alex looked up from his book. To Hazel's surprise, he was very hot. But not as hot as she found Carter to be. He was tall and had a seductive build with abs. He had a slightly tanned but pale complexion. He had blonde hair tied up in a bun which was really messy but beautiful. He had sexy sharp features with blue eyes and overly attractive pink lips. His nose was absolutely perfect with his fine cheeks. He was wearing a white track pyjama and no shirt at all. He wore a thin gold chain in his neck making him look like just the guy any girl would want. 

"Oh. Hello Maria. What brings you here?," he asked. 

"Actually, I'm here with a victim of Carter," she told him. 

"Oh, a victim of Carter? Well, you should be in your prison. What are you doing here?," he asked Hazel. 

"Oh, uh, uh, umm," she stuttered. 

Hazel didn't knew why she was stuttering. Maybe Alex's hot figure was making her stutter. You don't get to see this hot guys everyday, right? 

She was staring at him and blushing. He noticed it.

"Oh, I guess I'll put on a shirt because it looks like you can't speak because of my seductive body," he said and then disappeared into a corner of the room and came out just as fast as he left.

 

When he returned, he was buttoning up a white shirt. He was just about to do the last three buttons which would hide his abs, when Hazel said: "Please leave it like that". 

Alex was a bit stunned by that. Maria was really shocked. Alex chuckled.

"Hazel dear, what are you saying? That is against the rules!! The boss will be angry if he seduces you!! Button it up, Alex," Maria said. 

"Oh Maria, I don't want to. I'd rather strip myself for her but you're here. You should leave, you know, so that she can see all of me. Right, Hazel?," he said teasingly. 

She was too embarrassed to speak. The fact that her heart was going to be torn apart because of two amazingly hot guys, one being Carter and the other Alex, was going to be harsh. 

When Alex saw it that Hazel was in a daze because of him, he went over to her and caressed her cheek, bringing her back to her senses. But making her squirm from his touch. Maria saw this and shoved his hand away from her face. Alex laughed and went back to the place where he was sitting, reading his book. He was enjoying making Hazel blush. 

"If there's nothing you had to talk about, Maria, you can leave. As for Hazel, leave her in here. I might feel like doing some things to her," said Alex.

They way he was so engrossed in his book made Hazel want to kiss him. God, why was he so hot?

"Alex, you're not supposed to say all of those things. How many times are you told that? Sorry Hazel, but he is like that," she told Hazel.

Hazel was back to her senses now. At least, she could manage a few words. 

"Oh, oh, Okay," she said at last. 

"Oh, she speaks. So, Hazel, is it true that you're a victim of Carter?," he asked. "Shame! Wish I could have you first other than him,". 

"Alex  stop playing with her feelings!!," Maria said. 

"Oh, sorry. Didn't knew I was doing that!," he said, laughing. "Now, Hazel, say something. You ok?". 

"Yeah, I'm fine," she responded. "Actually, I don't even know what you guys are talking about. I Just know Carter as a fellow choreographer.  He didn't even like me at all. I don't even know what this ' Victim of Carter ' means!!."

"Well, Carter tends to erase the memory of his victims. But I don't know if he did that to you or not. I don't even know why he'd just go on and give us one of his victims after thousands of years. I mean, he sure is patient for a lust demon," Alex said, laughing at the end. 

"Alex, focus," Maria said. 

"Oh, so sorry," he said. "So Hazel, are you sure you didn't really, you know.....had...umm......what's it commonly called these days?. Umm....Hazel, some help here?"

"What? What? What do we call what?," she asked him. 

"You know...umm....that thing you do at night with the opposite sex? Oh, I got it. Sex!!!!," he exclaimed. "Are you sure you didn't had sex with Carter?". 

"Alex, that word is way off-limits here. You can't say it!! Apologize before it's too late!!," Maria said. 

"Fine, I'm sorry," he said. "But tell me Hazel, did you really?". 

"No, no. Of course not. I told you that he doesn't even like me!! And I'm not so bad at remembering things and if that would've happened, there's no chance I'd forger it at all," she said. 

''So, you didn't do it?," Maria asked. "No. I didn't do it at all," she said. 

Alex got up and went to another corner of her room and came back with a book. This one was even bigger than the one he was reading earlier. He put it on the table and directly opened page 2037. Maria and Hazel went to stand next to him staring at the page.

Alex traced his finger over some words which were in English but were a little too small to read. He then closed his eyes as if trying to memorize the text or trying to remember something else. Then he opened his eyes as if saying "Voila, I've got it and now I will save you from anything wrong that will happen to you". 

But he said, turning around to be face to face with Hazel: "Looks like you really did it with him". 

That made her mad. After all the trust she put in Alex, he said this!!??

"What? Don't you believe me? I just told you I didn't do it with him at all!,"she said. 

"I wish I could believe it, Hazel. But I can't! The ancient text says it: Carter is a demon but he's not a deceiver. He does not like it that the woman he once touched to forget his touch," he said. 

"But, Alex. I didn't do it at all. Please, can't you help me?," she said. 

Alex put his hand on her cheek, again. This time making it absolutely sure that he really, really wanted to help her. Hazel's heartbeat  just went from fast because she was standing right next to the super hot Alex to a million times faster because he was touching her. 

"I'm so sorry, Hazel. But I can't do anything for you," he told her. 

A tear trickled down her cheek. Alex's thumb wiped it off. 

"That means I'll just be sent to hell now?," she asked him, crying. 

"I don't know, beautiful," he said. 

She tried to take his hand off of her cheek but he kept it there. She did that because he was making her go crazy for him and she couldn't have him. Meanwhile,  he was really worried for Hazel. He had fallen for her the moment he saw her. He was in love! 

And then it happened: in between him wiping her tears, he kissed her. He was such a good kisser. Her lips were tingling from her first kiss. Alex was working magic on her. Her hands travelled to his waist, gripping tightly. He cupped her face properly using both of his hands. Was this even allowed in heaven? I guess, maybe. 

Meanwhile, Maria was very engrossed in the book. But when she saw the both of them kissing so passionately, her eyes started to tear up. Not because of jealousy, but because of love. She had always wanted a couple to be there in heaven. But the rules did not allow that at all. And now that Alex and Hazel were kissing, it was definitely sure these two would make a change. But was that even possible? Hazel was sure to go to hell now and Alex's first love going away would break him up like nothing else! And then there would be no cross love at all, that is love between opposite genders. 

"Ahem, ahem," Maria said. 

The both of them pulled apart, a string of saliva breaking between them. Were they exploring each other's mouths there? When did they even learn that? Oh, but as I said, Alex was working magic on her. They straightened their clothes, smiling to each other and of course, blushing. 

"I'm so sorry, Maria. I didn't mean to do that at all," she said. 

"But, I did," he said. 

Hazel blushed even more harder at that. 

"Well, you guys should stay here and do whatever you want with each other while I'll just go back to my room and do what I want!," Maria said. 

"I'd love that, really," he said. 

"Alex, keep quiet," Hazel said to him. 

"Look, Maria, I said I'm sorry. Let's go back to what we were doing." 

"We were kissing," he said. 

Hazel's cheeks turned very, very red at that. Meanwhile, Alex started chuckling while looking at her. She hid her face in her hands very, very embarrassed. 
Maria got very mad now and was about to leave when Hazel said: "I guess I'll just happily go to hell now." 

Their faces dropped at that. 

"Hazel, are you kidding? You can't! You're not guilty at all," she said. 

"And besides, we do have time until the HPA founds out about it!," he said. 

"The H what?," she asked. 

"The HPA, the Heaven Prison Authority," he explained. 

"I am one of the members of the council, Hazel. And as I told you before, the place where I found you earlier was the place where I make prisoners wait," Maria said. 

"You mean, you judge people?," she asked her. 

"No, Hazel. I don't judge people. Only the boss can judge them," she said. 

"The boss? Who's the boss?," she asked. 

"The creater of everything, the Alpha and Omega, the way of truth, God!," he said. 

"Oh........... so, what do you guys do? Do you help Him judge?," she asked. 

"No, dear. Nobody can do that. God alone is needed to judge every single soul in the world. We are just mere souls, here to serve Him," she said. 

"It's a bit complicated, love. But I hope you understand it. Only God can judge the souls of everyone. Me, Maria and many more are servants of God, just like you are," he said. 

"Can you see this red eyeliner on my eyes?," she asked her. 

"Yeah," she replied. 

"Well, I'm a prison keeper here. I'm in charge of the red room. The red room has all sorts of lust filled souls there. My other sisters, Mina, Minnie, Mei-Lin, Maddy and Margo also have the same jobs here," she said. 

"You mean you have 5 sisters and all of them are prison keepers?," she asked. 

"Yes, my dear," she said. 

"So, did you die and become a prison keeper or were you already there?," she asked her. 

"Umm, I don't understand what you mean?," she asked. 

"What she means to say is that were we there from when the Father made all the heavenly host or did we die and then woke up with this responsibility?," Alex explained. 

"Oh, no, my dear. We were here from when the Father made the entire host of heaven," she said. 

"So, does God keep making more host or does He... you know.....turn the good spirits that die into angels?," Hazel asked. 

"Oh, no, my love. The Father has an army which is uncountable. So He doesn't do that," he said. 

"Uncountable? How big is it?," she asked them. 

"It's as big as the sky, Hazel. You can't tell from where it starts and where it ends," Maria said. 

"Oh...........wow," she said. 

Suddenly, Hazel collapsed on the floor. Maria ran to catch the falling Hazel. But she was already caught by Alex, who was very worried. He gave Hazel to Maria and ran into a corner of the room to get some water. 

They kept on waking Hazel up but she just didn't wake up at all. So, they took her to Alex's bedroom. 

The library in which they were in just now had changed into a bedroom. Maria had to leave because this bedroom was not allowed to be visited by anyone else. And Maria couldn't take Hazel to her own chambers because in her current state, the HPA would definitely get suspicious of Hazel. So, when I say that he took her to his bedroom, he didn't actually take her to anywhere. The library just changed into a luxurious bedroom. 

The stupid tables and chairs were gone and there was a massive bed right in front of the big window. The closet was there from where Alex had gotten his shirt earlier. The washroom was there from where Alex got the water for Hazel. The bedroom had purple fairy lights on the ceiling. Next to the big window was a assortment of different pictures of Alex and a lot of different people.