Systematic Hearts

{ 7 }

"Hello!" My dad's voice happily rings out. I hear a few murmurs, and the. I realize who dad is talking to, Carson. Crap. I didn't think he would be there till eleven o'clock.

I quickly get out of bed and go to the bathroom. I look at my reflection and sigh. In the mirror I see the clock. It is eleven. Man, I slept for a long time!

I tame my hair and run back to the bedroom. I through on a pair of jeans and a red sweatshirt.

I then pretend that I was up the entire time and go into the common room. I see Carson and his parents and my parents conversing. Carson is wearing a tight shirt that makes all of his muscles stand out. How did I not notice them when I was younger?

I realize how hungry I am, so I sneak past the group of people and grab a muffin from the counter. I guess mom decided the is was a special occasion. Yum!

I jam my muffin in my mouth and walk into the common room. "Hi guys!" I say a little too excitedly, but let's face it, I am so excited to pick out a house. Hopefully not too far away.

There is a mix of 'hi honey' and 'hi' and 'hi sweetie'-s going around the room. Then Carson speaks up, "Ready to find a house?" I see the smile spread across his lips.

"I can't wait," I say.

"Alright well," mom starts, "We should leave you two, so you can start finding a house."

"Yes, we should," Carson's mom says.

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"I was thinking of something closer to here," I say to Carson. We are standing on the front porch waiting for our shuttle to come. I hope he agrees with what I just said.

"Sure, there are three houses that are pretty close to here. We will look at those ones." Few!

The shuttle pulls up to the front of my, now old, compact. Carson and I hop in. We tell the driver where to go. We are going to a pinkish house first, the one furthest away from where Carson and I live.

As we pull up I look at the house and already don't like it. I look at Carson and he looks at me with a wide eyed expression. At the same time we both shake our heads and say, "Not this one!" We laugh at that.

The next house is yellow. It is so pretty, "Let's look inside this one," Carson says to me. I agree and we get out of the shuttle.

The door is a light brown, Carson opens it and I can already see that the new compacts are more advanced. There is a big hallway with a small table in the corner. The newer compacts have more space, more room,  the compact I grew up in is an older one. It has three simple rooms. That's it. This one is giant. For some reason I don't like it.

We take a look around. There isn't much but a ton of empty rooms. I don't even know what I would do with them. "It's so big," I tell Carson.

"I think it's a little too big," he replies, giving me a knowing look.
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I stand in the yard of the last compact, a mint green, it is a medium size, not too big and not too small.

Carson stands behind me his arms around me, my back against him. I love this feeling. Carson talks quietly into my ear. "I think this is it," he says.

I just smile and nod. This is my new home.

As we go inside I love it even more. There is a bedroom for Carson and I. There is a bathroom and common room too. For this house most of the furniture is already here. We would still need our few belongings though. There are two extra rooms. Carson and I decide one will be a comfy book room, the other can be a guest room or for our family.

I turn to Carson mad hug him. He pulls me away and kisses me. He whispers in my ear, "This is it, this is the one,"
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We eat dinner at my compact and finalize the payment on the house. Carson had to go home to gather his things, and I have to do the same.

I go to the bedroom that I share with my parents. There is an extra bed, I am going to ask my mom for that, for the kids room in my new compact. That bed was supposed to be for my twin, but my twin didn't make it, I don't know why. I never got the whole story out of mom.

I take two boxes from under my bed and put my few clothes into one box. In the other box, I put my good luck bracelet, stuffed bunny ( yes I still have my childhood keepsake!), I grab my books and put them in, lastly I put my time watch in.

I go to the bathroom and but my brush, toothbrush, and pill tablet into the box. I look at myself in the mirror. My blonde hair up in a bun, my eyes almost a gray. I feel bad for Carson: he didn't get that pretty of an other half.

I forget those last thoughts and go into the kitchen. I grab a few food items for our dinner tonight. I won't have time to order from the store.

I go back into the common room and set my boxes down. My mom is staring at me.

"I love you, mom," I say.

"I love you too," she says with a watery voice, "I will miss you."

"I will miss you too," We sit in silence for a little bit. Then my mom asks me if I need any of our old furniture. I ask her for the bed and she says of course. I thank her and then we are back to silence.

Thankfully, the doorbell interrupts. "Bye mom," I say already knowing Carson is here to take me to our new compact. Mom hugs me and I hug her back.
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I walk into the bedroom of our new compact. I put my things down, I grab my bathroom stuff and food and put those in there places too. Tomorrow I have to get the bed from mom, and Carson and I are going to get the small amount of furniture that didn't come with the compact.

After our dinner, Carson and I go straight to bed. We are to exhausted to find sheets for the bed so Carson hugs me to stay warm.

I close my eyes. This is my compact. This is my other half. I couldn't be happier.

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Okay! So, paigegymnast88 mentioned me in one of her books. I love her book so I wanted to do the same! She has read all of my book so far, and she has written a really good book too. You should check out her book: Something More Than Happily Ever After, Maxerica. It is a Selection fan fiction. So yeah. Thanks for reading!
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