Soulmates │Jiper + Lelliana

[1] Initials

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"Okay. So we've agreed that no one's going to look until we're all together?" Elliana confirmed, looking around the group.

There were mumblings of "mhm" and nodding of heads from the other four.

"And we've already called Jenna to tell her?" Elliana asked, once again looking around for confirmation.

"Yep," Piper said.

"Good," Elliana said with an affirmative nod. "Well, in that case, bye guys! I'll see you tomorrow!"

A chorus  of "bye, Ellie" came from the boys, and the girls rushed forward to hug her.

"Bye!" Emily said. "See you tomorrow!"

"Drive safe," Piper added.

Elliana waved at them and grabbed her stuff, leaving the house.

Emily glanced at the watch on the wall, and then to Jentzen. "Would you mind giving me a ride home? My dad's got an important buisness meeting tonight and I don't want to walk at this time."

Jentzen nodded. "Sure. Bye guys," he said to Piper and Lev.

Piper hugged Emily and they all said goodbye. Emily and Jentzen left the house, and Piper and Lev were left alone in the kitchen. Piper was sitting on the kitchen island and Lev was sitting on one of the other counters facing her.

"So.." Piper trailed off. "We should probably talk about...you know."

"Look," Lev said. "I'm fully confident that we'll get each other, okay? There's no need to worry about it."

He got up and walked around to give Piper a kiss.

"Okay," Piper said, but she was still unsure.

"It'll all be fine!" Lev said.

But Piper wasn't so sure. She had a bad feeling about tomorrow morning.

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7AM. The squad were meant to be here at 7:15. Piper had slept with a scrunchie to cover her wrist. The squad had agreed to do it all together, so they could be there to support each other if necessary.

The doorbell rang, and Jenna was the first one there. She had a small scarf tied around her wrist.

"Piper!" she said excitedly, running to hug her.

"Jenna!" Piper exclaimed, equally as excited.

They gave each other a hug before they settled down on the sofa.

"It's been so long since I've seen you!" Piper said, smiling.

"I know, I know," Jenna sighed. "I've just been really busy with college!"

Piper shook her head. "It's okay, I understand! It's nice that you can be here today, though!"

Jenna smiled. "I wouldn't miss this for the world." She hugged Piper again, and the doorbell rang for a second time.

They both got up to answer the door, and Jentzen walked in. He greeted Piper and Jenna with a one-armed hug each.

"Morning, Piper," he said, smiling at her. There was something off about his smile. His eyes looked dull, and Piper glanced down to his wrist, wondering if he had already seen. But he was wearing a plain leather bracelet that covered it.

He turned to Jenna. "Hey! It's been so long!"

He gave her his full smile, and it didn't seem dull at all. Piper frowned, but decided to drop it. She was nervous enough as it was.

As Jentzen and Jenna made their way over to the couch, talking, Piper opened the door for yet another squad member. Emily gave Piper a hug and said hello, and they both went back to the couch, where Emily proceeded to say hi to Jenna and Jentzen. They all got comfortable and made small talk. Emily had chosen to cover her wrist with a bandage.

"Well, the music video for my new song just came out," Jenna said.

"Oh yeah! I listened to it, it's an awesome song!" Piper responded, smiling.

"I agree! I don't know how you did the video, but it was really fun to watch, and your singing is great as usual," Emily added.

"Aww, thanks guys, you're so sweet," Jenna said, smiling.

Jentzen didn't seem to be listening. He was looking out the window, seeming distracted. Piper put a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and when he saw it was her he flinched.

"You okay?" Piper asked, removing her hand from his shoulder.

He nodded and turned back to looking out the window. Jenna and Emily were talking about Harley and didn't notice the exchange. Piper frowned. Strange.

The next person to arrive was Lev. He also had a scrunchie around his wrist, like Piper. He gave Piper a kiss and Emily and Jenna noticed Jentzen looking away guiltily.

They caught each other's eyes and Jenna mouthed "what?". Emily shrugged, before mouthing back, "it's probably nothing." Jenna nodded, but still looked at him suspiciously as all five of them went back to sit on the couch.

7:25. Elliana was ten minutes late, but no one was really surprised. She said hello to everyone and gave hugs to all the girls. She had a bandana around her wrist, similar to Jenna's. Everyone found their place on the couch. They all looked around at each other, taking a collective deep breath.

"Should we all do it at the same time?" Emily asked.

"It might be better if we did it separately," Jenna suggested.

Piper, Lev and Elliana nodded in agreement. Jentzen was looking at the floor, not saying anything. Piper gave him a worried look, but didn't attempt to interact.

"I think you guys should go first, since, you know, you kind of have the least at risk," Elliana said.

Jenna and Emily both nodded. "Rock, paper, scissors?"

Jenna won, so Emily had to go first. She held out her arm, and everyone except for Jentzen leaned forward to see her wrist. Emily started unwrapping her bandage, and when she got to the last step, she took a deep breath.

She looked around at her friends, all there to support her if this went wrong. "Ready?" she asked. The squad nodded. With a deep breath, Emily pulled the bandage off, and looked at her wrist.

"CT?" she asked, looking around the group with a confused expression. The squad shrugged or shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know who it meant either.

"That means you got a stranger! A wonderful chance to meet someone!" Jenna said enthusiastically.

"Yeah, you know, I'm actually pretty happy about this!" Emily said, with a wide smile.

All the girls wrapped her in a hug, and Lev gave her a "congrats".

"What do you think, Jentzen?" Emily asked, nudging Jentzen with her foot.

"Hmm?" he looked up to see five faces staring at him. "Oh yeah, uh, that's great."

Elliana, Emily and Jenna all shared a look, but ignored it.

"Well, it's your turn now, Jenna!" Elliana said.

"Oh, I'm excited!" Jenna said, untying her scarf. She looked down at her wrist.

"JS?" Emily asked questioningly.

Jenna shrugged. "I mean, it could be Josiah, but I would have to ask his last name?"

"Who's Josiah?" Piper asked, and Emily and Elliana looked at her curiously.

Jenna explained all about this cute boy she had met on a date. She really liked him, but they were taking it slow. The girls hugged her and everyone congratulated her.

Emily and Jenna looked between Piper, Lev, Elliana, and Jentzen.

"It's your guys' turn now," Jenna said.

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