"You excited?" he asked.
"I can hardly stay still," she replied. She could hear him chuckling on the other side of the phone. His voice was deep when he spoke, and she wondered if that's what she sounded like in real life. She looked back down at her watch. One minute, forty seconds. She bounced in her place.
She could hear the honking of cars on the other end. "Where are you?" she asked.
"Taking a walk," he said, then gasped.
"What?" she asked, worried. Even they and not officially met and had never seen a photo of the other, she had come to care for the voice on the other end of the phone. They had begun emailing and had grown very attached to each other.
"I see her," he said in hushed tones. "Oh my god, I see her."
She knew who he was referring to. His clock counted down only a few seconds before hers. She felt her hopes falter, although she should have known from the beginning that they never could've been together.
"Oh, good!" she said, feigning happiness.
She stepped off the curb and made to cross the road. A loud honk made her head snap around to see a truck racing towards her at full speed. A hand grabbed her frozen body and pulled her back. She clutched the stranger tightly, shivering. The clock on her wrist beeped as she looked up into green eyes.
The boy put the phone to his ear. "Hello," he said, and his voice echoed from the speaker of her phone.
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The Soulmate Countdown
General FictionIf a clock could count down to the moment when you meet your soulmate, would you want to know? P.S. - these are not really my stories...i got them off a tumblr post and thought you guys should be able to see them, since they are amazing..and I'...
