Before you are born, you exist in a plane different than Earth, though I'm not so sure you'd call it Heaven. Every other being that has lived and died, or has not yet been born, exists in this place as a humanoid mass of light. Every being looks the same, for there are no extra parts that would distinguish male fom female. The only way to tell one apart from another is by the color of your light. If your light was Red, then your previous life was one of a demon. If your light was Blue, your previous life was one of an angel. If your light was white, you had yet to live at all.
Right before you are chosen to be born into Earth, you are to choose a soul mate by sharing a kiss and a bit of life energy, from which you and your light are composed. I can remember choosing, or rather, being tricked into choosing mine.
His had been a Red Light, his life full of murder, rape, drugs, and so much more. But somehow, he had managed to change his Light to white and hide his past life. It had been how he tricked me. Mine had been a Blue Light, a life of giving, compassion, love. I had seen his white light and took him as my soul mate. But just as we shared the life energy, it was revealed to me what he truly was. But it was too late to take it back. We were going into the process of being born.
Donovan grabbed his bag and rushed out the door as the bell rang, notifying the school that the last class of the day was over. His first stop was to his locker, where he left his bag. He had no need for it. His next stop was to the bathroom.
As he passed it, he took a look at his reflection that took up almost the entire back wall of the men's restroom. He was tall, with fair and unblemished skin. His hair, naturally a brown so dark it was easily mistaken for black, was short and left in a messily attractive state on top of his head. His green eyes wre lined lightly underneath with dark eyeliner.
He was dressed in a long sleeved black shirt in which he had cut holes to put his thumbs through, and a pair of loose black jeans held up with a studded belt. The look was completed with black steel-toe boots, a small silver ball in the center of his lower lip (that had been a painful piercing), and silver rings through his gaged ears.
After using the restroom, he made his last stop: her locker. He was well aware that she hated him, honestly and truly hated him, and it hurt a bit to know that. She had a fair reason to, he'd admit. But that didn't stop him from trying to win her heart.



