Estrella's Prophecy

✢ ONE ✢

Estrella's eyes opened to the sound of her cell phone ringing. She laid underneath the blankets, trying to feel better. This morning she had cramps and felt very fatigued, so she decided to go back to bed and hadn't moved since.

"Hello?"

"Hey girl, I've been calling you for fifteen minutes straight!" said Sasha on the other end.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't hear my phone."

"It's fine!" she giggled. "what time do you want me to pick you up?"

Esrella fell into confusion, why would Sasha pick her up? All she wanted to do was lay in bed all day and sleep, not get picked up and driven somewhere.

"Uh, for what?"

"Didn't Bobby text you? Well, he called and said we needed to come in before eight. Apparently some girls were fired for stealing cash from the register and Kristina is unreachable right now, which leaves us to fill in."

Estrella pushed the blankets away and forced herself to get up. She had no idea what the time was but it was already becoming gloomy outside, so she guessed it was later in the evening.

"Just pick me up whenever you're ready, I'm getting dressed now."

"Okay great, then I will see you soon!"

After Sasha hung up, Estrella checked the time and found out it was six thirty. She knew she needed to rush getting ready, so a shower was out of the question but she really needed to shave. She ran to her bathroom and turned on the faucet, filling the tub enough to soak her feet. She pulled off her pants and sat on the edge of the bath, shaving her right leg in a rapid motion. Luckily her cramps had gone away but she still had menstrual symptoms. While pulling on a pair of jeans, she realized that she was bloating which was never a sexy feeling and putting on her bra made her notice that her breasts were tender and swelling. She felt utterly unattractive and just wanted to stay home but she needed to work, no questions asked. It was another cold night but the club was boiling hot from all of the customers. Estrella was in the back getting ready to go out, listening to the girls talk about the men in their lives when Niki took it upon herself to involve Estrella.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

Estrella sipped the red thigh-high boots before looking at the women who stared impatiently for the answer.

"Y-yeah, I do actually."

"Do tell more!" Sasha suggested and Estrella gently gave a smile.

"Um, well, he's tall and muscular. He is older than me, he's absolutely not the romantic type but he's charming."

"What's his name?" interrogated Carly while applying too much pink blush to cheekbones that never showed.

"Lukas," Estrella blurted out. "yep, Lukas."

"Girls!" shouted Bobby before entering the room. He held a beer bottle in his left hand and looked crossed. "are we going to gossip all night? I have customers waiting to be served!"

"Sorry." the women mumbled and he began to overlook their outfits.

"Can you make that shorter? Stuff your bra with tissue, your breasts look small in that top. Do not wear that, change now! No, not those shoes. You need more makeup, definitely. Take off your ring, at work you are not engaged," he snarled then turned towards Estrella." "spin around," he demanded and she obeyed in annoyance. "yeah you're bleeding through your shorts. Clean that shit up."

Obviously and naturally, Estrella felt humiliated by something she could not control. Luckily the girls didn't laugh nor make jokes, but she did hurry to the bathroom with new bottoms and a tampon. It was no as bad as she expected but since Bobby didn't allow the girls to wear any type of panties and she had on white short-shorts, it appeared to be bad. She was cleaning herself up when someone pounded their fist on the stall door, causing her heart to stop.

"Estrella?" whispered a male's voice. She didn't answer because she thought an angel stood on the other side. "it's Beelzebub."

"Oh," she breathed out of relief. "you frightened me."

"My apologies. Are you alright? You ran out of my sight."

"I'm fine," she answered and pulled on a black pair of short-shorts. "the other demons are here, right?"

She was worried about her safety, it seemed like work was the place to meet angels. She unlocked the stall and faced Beelzebub, staring into his dark crimson eyes.

"In every corner," he replied, watching her walk pass him to watch her hands.

He introduced himself to her before she left, which was awkward for them both because Estrella seemed uninterested in getting to know him.

"Thanks."

Follwoing a human around was very different for demons to do. They were used to torturing them, they enjoyed doing so, but for a change they were invading this club and protecting one human that was extremely special to the man they will serve for an eternity.

"They stink," grunted Abraxas, who stood by Beelzebub and watched the humans strip for men's pleasure. "don't they?"

"Of course, they're alive. Its the scent of life."

Abraxas despised humans for many personal reasons he kept secret, he even despised Estrella just because she was human. In his personal opinion, Lilith was perfect for Lucifer and the Underworld.

"How much longer do we have to stay here?"

Beelzebub rolled his eyes. Abraxas did complain a lot, like a child.

"Why don't you go ask her?" Beelzebub pointed towards Estrella behind he bar. Tonight was bar and she was working endlessly.

"I'll pass, she's...strange."

Beelzebub laughed, it was such an unpleasant sound like nails down a chalkboard.

"Well, our Lord does love her so that does make her strange."

Abraxas looked at him with a wide, dark crimson, right eye. He lost his left during the Archangel attack and now wore a black eye patch.

"You don't honestly believe he loves her, do you?"

"I do," Beelzebub said and looked at him. "look at all the trouble he's going through for her. There's something about her that he's fascinated by and it's our job to keep her alive, for him."

"I just don't believe it," he argued. "I think he's just wanting to piss off the men in white."

"Yeah well, you're stupid. It's completely obvious that she's different from other humans and has an ability to attract the Devil," Beelzebub glanced over at the bar and jumped to his feet quickly when he realized that Estrella had vanished. 'where did she go?!"

"She ran that way."

Beelzebub wanted to chop Abraxas' head off because if she was running something was wrong! Beelzebub ran, drawing his sword from the holster because he expected the worst. An angel.

"Estrella!" he shouted and his voice was deep enough to scare you to death. He followed her scent into the ladies bathroom, finding it empty. Beelzebub panicked even more, if he had lost her then Lucifer was sure to kill him. "Estrella!"

"Go away!"

He exhaled, walking towards one of the locked stalls. He heard gagging from the other side and tried to open the door.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just leave!" Estrella insisted persistently.

Her voice sounded weak so he refused to go and just stood there listening to the gross sounds she was making, Beelzebub had finally realized she had gotten sick.