CHOSEN (ON HOLD)

CHAPTER 14

Amelia's P.O.V

"Adam! I'm Adam!" He shouted to me.

I realized I didn't even know his name. My soulmate's name. Hey! Don't get me wrong, I'm still not happy about having a soulmate. No one even uses the term 'soulmate' anymore. No one except my family.

As I walked out of the woods, the warmth I had felt, disappeared. The warmth was from him.

So he can make me feel warm too? Pull me and then warm me up? What the hell is he? Was I going crazy? Maybe being a chosen makes you crazy just like Mom and Granny. No, I can't be crazy. I felt it. The pull and the warmth.

What is all this? What have I gotten myself into? I should have been a normal kid. Go to school, get back home, do my home works, watch TV and sleep peacefully without thinking about my life as a chosen.

Who brought about chosen ones? Who chose me? Why was I chosen and not someone else? Someone like Mia. Mia deserves all of this. Not me! I'm totally fed up.

I walked into the house like a zombie. Mom was watching TV like a normal person. Only I know she is facing the same problem as me. Even worse. You know it's hard to lose your soulmate. Ever since Dad passed away, she spent more time looking at the TV. Yes, only I know she wasn't watching the programs. She was thinking. Thinking about Dad.

I was only 7 when Dad died. I can remember everything clearly. How mom had to be taken to the Psychiatrist. How she asks Dad's whereabouts whenever she wakes up. How she locks herself in her room and cry. I can remember all of it.

I can remember Dad too. How playful he was. How much he loved Mom. How he took care of her whenever she gets ill. I miss him too.

This is what I'm scared of. I didn't want to have a soulmate. It's like prison. You can't do without him. He's your life. He gets too attached to you.

Granny and Grandpa is another example. Granny never leaves Grandpa. She only comes to visit on Saturday because Grandpa goes for his therapy on Saturdays.
Yes, it's nice to see how in love they are but it takes more than just love. It's like they share one heart. If one dies, the other literally dies too. They can't move on. Never get their minds off it.

Ever since Dad died, Mom never gave anyone a chance. She closed the gate to her heart. She once told me when I tried to talk her into marrying again that she would never be able to love anyone else. I had tried to talk her into it because I thought being with another man will get her mind off Dad but it worsened her. Just bringing up the subject of remarrying made her down.

"Have you been standing there?"

"No, I just came in" I lied.

I hadn't realize I was standing on that spot staring at Mom.

Mom nodded and continued looking at the TV.

"Amy! Are you back?"

Granny was still here. Oh, I had forgotten why I was in a hurry to get home.

"Mom! Granny! Guess what"

"You told him he's meant for you?"

"No!" Why must everything fall back to soulmates?

"You burned down a house?" Granny's little eyes popped up.

"Granny! Okay, fine. I used my powers. I made Miss Palmer change her mind and made Mia fall from her chair. It couldn't have ... "

"You... You changed someone's mind?!"

Mom screamed. Did I do something crazy? I turned to Granny and confirmed I was still stupid. Granny's eyes were wide with surprise and shock. Her mouth were dropped open.

"What?"

What the hell is wrong with them?