Soul Marks

Ari: I love you

Tears fell from her eyes to her soft pink pillow. She knew that she probably looked like a toddler snuggling with it but she didn't care. How could her mother, the women who raised her and protected her from everything, just break her heart like that? She didn't want Cody, no matter how much he looked like the boy from her dreams. Zach was everything that she had been waiting for her entire life, he said all the right things and made her feel special. She loved everything about him, no matter how afraid she was to tell him. He was the reason she smiles, the reason she kept going with her life. If he would leave her, the terrors would come back. She needed him more than she would like to admit, without him, her smile would fade back into the frown that was always with her. She sniffled until she heard her door open. She felt relieved when she saw his perfect face staring at her. She got up and ran into his arms and said "Zach, Zach there's something I need to tell you. I love you and I always will. You are the reason I smile, the reason I believe in myself. You're the reason that I kept going, I kept living my life waiting for you and i'm glad I did. 15 years waiting for you is better than being with Cody. You're my entire world and he's just a drop in the ocean. I will never let you go. Never leave me Zach, I need you and I can't live without you." She looked up at him and saw his big toothy grin. She loved being in his arms, it felt like home, like she belonged there. He looked down at her and said "Ari, I would never leave you. How could I leave the most amazing person in the entire world? I've waited 18 years to find the perfect girl and I finally found you. I love you more than anything in this world. I'd cross mountains just to see that amazing smile on your face. I remember the first time I looked into you eyes, that was the moment I saw my entire world flip upside down. I'm so grateful to have met you. I'm the luckiest person to have you as my one true love. Cody will be gone soon and it'll just be us against the world. I'm counting down the days until i'll be smiling while you walk down the aisle. I'll wait 100 years just to be with you my love, I love you Ari and I don't think i'll ever stop." She stumbled with the right words to reply, she didn't deserve his love. She hopped up onto her tippy toes and kissed him. No matter what it would take, the spirits could never take her love away from her.