Countdown (Short)

For Savannah.

Xoxo,

Molly

Upon your wrist lies an invisible watch with the years, months, hours, minutes, and seconds counting down. You can't see the watch and you don't know it's there, but with every breathe that passes the moment you meet your soulmate for this first time comes closer and closer. Unbeknownst to you, your clock is almost to zero.

As you walk down the street in the cool, crisp Autumn weather, your soulmate is in reaching distance of you, but you don't know it. Not yet.

For reasons unknown to you, your heart begins to quicken and palms begin to sweat. You feel oddly nervous. It's not the bad sort of nervous. It's a good feeling that make your heart flutter and your stomach pool in warmth, but you don't know why.

Across the street, a tall young man with curly brown hair, full lips, and kind aquamarine eyes stands on the corner fiddling with his hands nervously. He doesn't know why he's here, but only that he felt drawn to where he stood admist the crowd of people.

Your watches are in sync, counting down the seconds till you meet. Neither of you know what you're doing there, but neither can will yourselves to leave. Your watches are close to it's mark. You can feel the unknown anticipation and excitement thrum through your bodies.

5. Your breathing hitches.

4. Your palms sweat.

3. Your heart races.

2. Your body quivers.

1. Your eyes lift...

At the exact moment, your eyes lock with each other. You stare in awe at the person staring back. Slowly, almost mechanically your body begins to move on it's own accord and he follows the motion automatically. You both move slowly at first, but begin to pick up speed quickly. You run to each other only to stop a foot away completely out of breath.

"Hi." You say, breathily after time ticks by in slow euphoria.

"Hi." He responds, his pupils dilating. "I'm Ben." He says reaching out a slender and slightly shaky hand.

"Savannah." You respond, enamoured and take his shaking hand within yours softly as an electric pulse jumps through you veins and into your heart.

You shake hands, silently, staring into each other's eyes in complete awe. Love between you already beginning to bloom after just minutes.

"Would you... Would you like to get some coffee with me?" He asks nervously, his hand still grasping yours delicately, but firmly like he doesn't want to let you go.

"Yeah. That would be great." You smile and together you walk down the street and into the setting sun, beginning your life the moment the invisible watch on your wrist counted down to zero in synchronise with the one you'll share the rest of your life with.