She stared at her alarm clock, watching the number slowly inch towards midnight. Each minute seemed to grow longer every time the number changed. Sighing, she rolled over, unsure of how to feel about the next day. A lump formed in her throat, formed as she once again realised what was coming. Of course she had prepared herself, she had been for many weeks now. But, for some unknown reason, she was scared, afraid of what would happen once the clock strikes midnight.
Her mother was the one who told her, it was how her parents met. But her mother was vague, avoiding any questions the daughter had to ask. She was only told that she would find the answers soon. But soon was too far away.
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Fanfictionword count // 1480 ' According to her mother, at midnight on your eighteenth birthday, you were assigned a person. Everybody had a person; it's just what happened. After this day, some people never saw their person again. Some people married their p...
