"Did you do the homework for Mr. Danskin's class"? Lio asked.
"Ha! Yeah right!" I laughed as we walked to the school bus. There were holograms, hover boards, and flying cars; why couldn't there be a flying school bus too? My name is Xion Lance, I'm 17, I have brown curly hair-scratch that, brown, messy, curly hair- boring blue eyes, and hardly any lips. I have one year to find my soulmate before I stop aging, sounds cool right? Wrong! Anyone who stops aging at 18 gets watched very closely by the authorities, we have to go to mixers, "parties", and government-authorized events so we can meet others like us. "Xion, were you listening to anything I said"? Lio asked perturbed.
"To be completely honest? I was kind of zoning...sorry" I confessed, smiling.
"You're lucky you're my best friend. What I was trying to say was that-"
Lio didn't get to finish his sentence because the pair sitting in front of us started to glow with a white aura. The girl's--Lila is her name I think-- hair started to look shinier and her face cleared up, and she started to look more...mature. The boy--Alex?--started to look more masculine as well, his muscles filled out well and his eyes got brighter.
"Dammit! They didn't even know each other!" I grumbled.
"Oh calm down chica. Be happy for them, at least they'll be happy together". Lio said smiling.
The rest of the bus starting whistling and clapping for them. As we reached the school, I sighed because today was like any other day. "Come on Lio let's go before Mrs. Racel (~like Rachel without the "ch"~) gives me another lame assignment just because she hates me". I said.
"Be chill Xion, It could be worse". He commented.
Just as I looked at him to reply, I miss the final step off the bus and fall on my face, throwing my glasses off in the process.
"Holy crap, are you okay?" Someone asked, I couldn't see who though since I'm blind as all hell.
"Yep. Just can't find my glasses...I'm good though, thank you." I smiled as I wiped off my pants and favorite jacket as I grab my backpack. "Oh, here I picked them up when you fell". The boy said.
"Wow thanks." I smiled a little bigger as I had them handed to me.
"I never got your name," he said.
"Xion, what's yours?"
"It's-" He didn't say, as the bell rang I waved as I speed walked to class.
YOU ARE READING
Eternity
General FictionWhat would happen if everyone stopped aging at 18 until they found their soulmate? This is the story of a girl named Xion and a boy named Lio and how they and their friends cope in this strange world.
