Pick me perfect

Chapter 3

I was speechless. The. Frigen. Box. Was . Infront. Of . Me . Oh . Shit. That was all I could think. My head swimming with endless thoughts. I was watching my fate slowly unlatch itself and click as the automatic lid opened fully and the count down began. On the little screen inside the tiny wooden box were 3 different pictures. There was one icon with a single silhouette , one with two silhouettes and one with four silhouettes.

I was very very puzzled. What on earth did this mean? I had no idea what this meant. At that moment a voice started booming from the box. "Pick one. Pick the perfect you. Pick one." It kept booming over and over. I was about to faint. " Pick one." The box boomed louder this time. I felt as if this were a test. What if I don't choose the right one? What happens then? I thought. "Pick one" the box yelled again but this time it was noticeably louder.

I was panicking thinking over the different possible endings to this scenario. Then it was as if a little light bulb had gone off in my head. It all came rushing in towards me. I was of age, relationship age. I was old enough to become a single, a lover or a family member. I was mulling the possibilities over when a familiar "Pick one" noise erupted from the box, this time at full volume.

Without thinking my hand hovers over the family icon ( the four silhouettes) but then my heart came into play and the sudden thoughts of being a lover popped into my head. It seemed so great and romantic, how could I decline the offer to find my one true love? Without my better judgement I tapped the second icon not looking back, totally entranced in the possibilities of this new way of life.