Now that there are two of us: A soulmate AU

Soulmates EDU

Leo POV

I hate school it is only the first day of the semester and the teacher already gave us a presentation.  I mean normally he is a great teacher he is my favorite class normally.  I have Mr. Falconer every other day for social studies and it is awesome.  But honestly an hour isn't enough time to make a presentation ready to be presented to the class.  But of course my best friend Kylie was thrilled she loves to prove that she is the best student ever but I don't know why.                            "Time's Up" Called Mr. Falconer.  "Who would like to present first for today we will present one very week for the rest of the semester so who would like to go today."  He asked the anxious class.  The whole class physically relaxed when he said that only one had to present.  OF course however Kylie's hand shot into the air,                                                                                                                                       "Can I please present Mr. Falconer?" She asked                                                                                                       "Sure Kylie.  I always love seeing your presentations they are always so colorful and well thought out."  The teacher said kindly.  And it was true Kylie found the best slide shows.  The one she chose today was a pastel pink to purple Ombre and it fit the topic very well.  It looked like there was at least 200 words per slide but she summarized it so well with just her little cards.  I was sitting right next to her the whole time and I didn't see when she made the cards she even finished and was happy with her presentation a good 20 minutes before the hour was up and mine still didn't have a works cited page while hers looked like it had at least 20 slides.  I decided to stop admiring her slide show and listen to what she was saying                                                                               "Soulmates are an interesting concept.  When you turn 6 you and your soulmate form a connection stronger than life it's self.  You feel the strong emotions of your soulmate and if one of you gets hurt the other will feel that same pain and get hurt to.  And on top of that any mark you make on you skin will appear on you soulmate in the exact same place, meaning that you can write to them." she was saying before I got distracted again.  Her hair was just so pretty when it was down.  She had tied it up just before she went up to present.  You see she hates hair ties and so she just carries a bright red ribbon in her pocket and whenever she is problem solving or playing an instrument.  She had one strip of blond in the front that I knew was from a summer spent almost constantly in the sun.  Or at least today it was purple she makes it a different color frequently like how yesterday it was pink.  And the way her eyes have little golden specks in them and the dark purple in her glasses makes them actually sparkle.  I do my best to focus back on the presentation but only hear the example she gave                                                                                                     "For example when I was 7 I was sitting at the kitchen table doing my homework when My mind suddenly filled with completely irrational panic and my entire front was cut from the base of my neck on the right side to my hip on the left side.  I had to be taken to the ER to get stiches."  That's when I started to loose track of the presentation as she was explaining how her parents had realized that it was a soulmate injury they went to ask if her soulmate had been found and hadn't herd back.  I knew that if one soulmate was gravely injured and the other wasn't found both would die.  That's when I realized that I had the same scar from exactly what she was describing.  Was it possible that my best friend Kylie Granger the most beautiful and smart girl in the whole school was my soulmate?  No couldn't be possible.  Besides I had been writing to my soulmate since the day I turned 6 granted I hadn't herd back until October which means she is slightly younger than me.  She was so kind and whenever I had a bad day she always did her best to make me feel better.  And whenever she got hurt she would apologize again and again.  I still feel bad about the number of times I have done something stupid and gotten hurt and then knew that I had hurt her.  It was so frustrating though when her brother pushed her off the stairs and she broke both of her wrists and of course I got it too.  I remembered being so lonely for those two months because Kylie had just kinda disappeared and whenever I saw her she looked of sad and she always had a jacket on that covered her hands.  I wish I knew where my soulmate was and who they were.  I didn't realize Kylie was done talking until she was back in her seat poking me in the shoulder to get my attention.  You see until she really opened up in the 4th grade she was almost completely silent she would answer any question that was given to the class but other than that she hardly ever talked during school.  When we were given group projects she would ask to work by herself and still get the highest score in the class so it wasn't uncommon for her to use physical methods of getting attention.  Like sometimes like now she would poke at my shoulder or just stare at me until I noticed, or even just tap my foot with hers.  I don't know why she never talked she has such a pretty voice.  I realized that she was still poking me and said                                                                             "Yes Kylie" to let her know that I was listening to her just then.                                                                         "Mr. Falconer  said that we could have the last 10 minutes to talk and just have free time and I wanted to have a proper conversation.  Besides after 4 years of conversations I missed I still have many more that I want to have."  She was carful to avoid sounding rude.  To be all honest I really want to know why she was silent all those years I mean why?                                                                          "  Can I ask you something?" I finally got up the courage to ask.                                                                       "Sure what do you want to know" She replied sounding a bit scared.                                                           "Why?  Why did you never talk all those years?  Why still feel like you shouldn't talk.  Why?  You have such a beautiful voice I heard you sing during the band showcase and it was amazing."  I was so scared that she would be mad at me for asking but I just had to know.   It took a while for her to come up with a good answer so long that class ended and we were just walking out the door when she decided she had a good enough answer.  And that was what worried me the most about Kylie Granger.