I Know You're the One

Chapter 1: Philip's POV

After a night of setting things straight for Lukas, so to speak, Philip is exhausted. He thinks back to this morning, on the roof.

"You know I like you."

Philip has never once heard those words being meant for him. He never in a million years would've thought that someone would like him, let alone admit it. It only makes matters worse that Lukas happens to be his soulmate. He's not even sure if he's Lukas's soulmate. People with soulmates who don't return the feelings are rare, but not unheard of. Philip didn't know what to think at this point. There was always a glimmer of hope in the back of his mind that Lukas  and he were meant to be together. 

Philip reaches down and pulls up the hem of his shirt to reveal his wrist. There he sees written in black cursive, Lukas Waldenbeck. Philip loves his tattoo, even though it is the cause of most of his pain. He loves Lukas, but is worried that its not meant to be.

Philip decides that in the morning, he's going to tell Lukas. He sends him a text telling him to meet him on the roof at school. He figures this will be the perfect place because it's where Lukas confessed his feelings for him. Philip shakily puts his phone down and lets out a sigh. This is going to be harder than he thought. 

All Philip can think about as he crawls into bed is Lukas's hair, his eyes, his lips. All of the features that make up the person he loves the most. He wonders what his mother would say if she were here, seeing her son obsess over a boy he barely knows. He knows his mom had trouble with her soulmate, seeing as he died before Philip was born, leaving her alone with a baby to care for. To get over it, she slept with a bunch of men and her life went to shit. She started doing drugs and getting so shitfaced that she wouldn't remember what happened the day before.

In a way, Philip is grateful to Helen and Gabe, taking him in and giving him a home until his mom gets her life together. He's also happy to have Lukas around, distracting him from the disaster he calls his life with his dreamy eyes and soft kisses. The last thing Philip thinks of before he drifts off into peaceful sleep is what it might feel like to kiss Lukas knowing that he'll be his forever.