Finding The Other Half

Chapter - 15: Generic Curses and Dad-Jokes

Jade's P.O.V.:

College was just boring. The only reason I sat through the lectures was the attendance. That was my only motivation, probably the same for the other students too. I even fell asleep during the physics lecture. I mean, seriously speaking, circular motion is THE most boring chapter and I was binging on Star Wars the night before. The teacher didn't even notice so whatever. I just need to make through it somehow and then I get to meet Armaan. I do have to go home, though. To have a nice hot-and-cold shower and wash my hair.

After the shower, I walk into my closet wearing a bathrobe and switch on the light. Now, what the fuck do I wear? If only Zayna was here to help me. I sighed I need to stop thinking negatively. There is a slight chance that she may recover and I need to have faith in my bestie. Besides, right now, I really need to figure out what to wear. I could always go for a knee length frock, but I'm gonna keep that as my last option. I look around the shelves and racks. I only possess extra-large sized sweat shirts, t-shirts or any shirts for that matter. I throw around some stuff, trying to find something to wear. Argggggg! I found the denim jeans I love. It is of the perfect size, not too tight, not too loose. I'll just wear my button up red flannel shirt with the sleeves folded right above my elbow.

I put on my outfit and stood in front of the full length mirror. I realised that my cuts are quite visible. They hadn't dried up enough so I couldn't even cover it up with make-up. I had to ditch the flannel. I had this long sleeved top which ended in the middle of my palm. It had another hole for the thumb. It had white and blue stripes. It looked really good on me and covered up my cuts. But it wasn't suited for a date, was it? Was it even a date for him?

I poked my head through my room's door and shouted, "MAMMAAA!"

I saw run out of her room from the other end of the hall.

"Yeah, Jade?! What happened?"

"I can't find anything to wear for my 'date' and I am so done with my wardrobe. All I have is my usual baggy clothing. Nothing suitable. I am literally losing my mind here."

She let out a throaty chuckle and pushed herself inside my room and started rummaging through the mess I had made. "Losing your mind over your wardrobe or him?" she replied with a not-so-oblivious smirk.

"Mom!"

"What? You do know that you are destined with him, right?"

I sat on the edge of my bed, still in my bath gown, fiddle with some stray threads and let out a sigh. I had never really pondered over it. I don't like thinking about the future. It is highly unpredictable and keeping hopes may get you killed or worse, heart-broken.

"I know, but how can I be sure that I won't get hurt by him, intentionally or not. I really don't wanna get hurt."

She stopped finding me something to wear and sat beside me.

"Sweetie, did I never explain you the mechanism before?" My mom has studied the structure of our dependency on these pendants to figure out our other halves. She has told me the theory multiple times. I mean, I don't even mind, it is freaking fascinating.

When the Universe was created, clusters of atoms were designed to be attracted towards each other, by default. So when the first humans appeared, their lockets were assumed to be like really small since the attraction between their matter would be the strongest and they would not need a colour changing locket for it. As we evolved, the lockets' system mutated. Hence, it grew bigger and bigger as the population increased, causing a weakened force of attraction. During the dark ages, when the humans almost went extinct due to the widespread diseases and the sky high rate of death, the force of attraction had increased tremendously. Not a good time to have a good time though.