You Are My Soulmate!

Chapter 4

Hope woke up early in the morning, following her intense night. She took a quick shower, dressed in a tank top and sweatpants and made her way to the kitchen to make some breakfast. It was really early, Lizzie was still asleep. But Hope's luck didn't last long. Lizzie greeted Hope with a good morning as she sat at the table hugging a hot tea.

"I just made some eggs, you are welcome to have some." Hope said, pointing at the leftover on the stove.

"Thanks." She smiled and made a plate to herself then sat down by the table.

"Alone? Your boyfriend didn't say?" Hope asked her.

"Wouldn't want to keep you up all night... the walls are thin." She giggled and Hope made a disgusted face. "He's not really my boyfriend...I'm not really sure what we are." Lizzie shrugged.

"What do you mean? You seemed to be really comfortable around each other. What's keeping you?" Hope asked curiously.

"I have plans for my future, and if I was with him..." She sighed kinda sadly. " with him I couldn't live the life that I want. It's difficult... he's my soulmate, it's hard to keep the distance." She smiled sadly.

"Are you serious? Do you know how lucky you are? Finding him at such a young age..." Hope was truly surprised. She wondered what plans Lizzie had that was more important than her happiness.

"I know... it's so surreal. He was into me all through high school while I kinda ignored him. On my eighteenth birthday I posted my mark on Instagram. I honestly don't know why people are so private about them. I wanted to find my soulmate as soon as possible... and turned out we knew each other already... I do love him, but I have to decide for myself how I want to live, and I need time for that." She explained. She posted her mark on Instagram. Not many people did that. If someone had the courage it usually went viral. But Lizzie was totally that person. Hope felt kinda bad for her that she was for some reason disappointed at the result. But she felt for MG more... poor guy. Hope just nodded in understanding then gathered the dishes to wash.

"I like your mark though..very unique." Lizzie said and suddenly Hope's heart just stopped, and she started sweating. She looked down at her chest, but it was completely covered with the top.

"What??" She asked anxiously.

"On your shoulder. Looks like a moon or something. I'm sorry, didn't want to pry or anything... I get that most people are very protective about it, but you have it on display... I can show mine if that would make you feel better." She said and Hope sighed with relief. It was just her birthmark... Hope didn't even think about it, but maybe if someone had a bigger birthmark that actually had a recognizable shape, people could think it was a soulmate mark. Hope didn't mind Lizzie thinking that was it. At least she wouldn't think Hope was a freak with the weird mark.

"Oh yeah...I didn't realize it was visible." Hope smiled. "You don't have to show me yours." She said but Lizzie already started to undress, taking her pants off. Her mark was on her thigh. Looked like a ring of some sort. Like a simple jewelry, but there were some cravings on the outside. Hope couldn't make out if it was a writing or something else on it and she started to feel embarrassed staring at her thighs.

"Pretty." Hope smiled at her, then she left for her room to get ready for the day.

Hope got dressed and started on her makeup, when her phone started to ring relentlessly. She already knew who it was... every morning like clockwork, her dad called her and every morning Hope ignored it. He would try later in the evening as well, but at least he didn't bother her during the day anymore. Truthfully, Hope had a hard time ignoring him. They used to talk every day. She missed their conversations, she missed his stories, she missed training with him and painting with him. She couldn't stand the relentless ringing anymore and picked up the phone.