A Year (Eternity series)

2, soul mate.

"Say aaa pumpkin" my dad said holding a spoon full of oatmeal trying to feed me, I pouted and looked up at him "you know I'm going to be six tomorrow daddy, you don't need to feed me" my dad looked at me stupefied, he put the spoon down into the bowl and pushed it towards me, I took the bowl and took a spoonful of oatmeal and smiled up at my dad, he smiled "all grown up huh?" my dad said amused, "Yeap, our little girl is all grown up" my mom said coming through the back door carrying a bunch of groceries, my dad immediately took what she was carrying and put it down on the counter, my mom ruffled my hair and smiled at me, she leaned over and kissed my dad, I blushed like hell. I sat there munching on my oatmeal listening to their conversation "well it's official" my dad said as my mom opened the fridge to take out something to drink "O wow, really?" my mom asked leaning on the counter taking a sip from her bottle "yeap, they signed every paper and finalized everything in court today" my dad sighed, my mom looked stunned and a little sad from what I can see, she put her bottle down and rubbed her forehead thinking "who would have thought that a power couple like Selena and Steve would get a divorce? And their kids....this is going to ruin them" my dad hugged my mom, she looked up at him and sighed "I know what you are thinking, you and me....... It's till death do us part, soul mates, okay" my dad assured her kissing her on the forehead. My mom smiled up at him "we have big brown eyes surveying us" my mom said, my dad not taking his eyes off of her said "so what? We are a good example of romance, those big brown eyes could learn a thing or two" my mom burst out laughing, my dad still holding on to her turned to me "so pumpkin..... What did you learn?" he asked, I stared at him for a while and said "I want a soul mate".

I woke up to a loud crashing sound and a manic laughter, I slowly opened my eyes and surveyed my room, there at my door stood lily, holding her insanely big back bag and screaming the lion king theme song, "what the hell are y......." before I could even finish my sentence, she let out a battle cry and came running towards my bed "oomph" she jumped on top of me and knocked every breath out of me "LILY, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING AT THIS UNGODLY HOUR?" I screamed at her, she propped herself uncomfortably on my chest "Has anyone ever told you, you have anger management issues?" she asked looking genuinely concerned, I gave her a sweat but manic smile and said "it comes with being a red head and if you don't get off of me I will show you how much of an issue it is" she looked at me innocently and raised up her hand in surrender and slowly rolled off to my side, innocent my ass. You'd think by now I would have gotten used to her antics but no, lily comes up with new antics every other weekend. I slowly sat up on my bed and looked over to lily, she was smiling at me and she looked like a puppy waiting for its treats. I shook my head "okay fine, only this one time and we are not saying it until we graduate" I told her, she started jumping on my bed and started singing "we're seniors, we're seniors, we're seniors........ And you can't touch this" after a moment I joined in and we started shouting "we're seniors" at the top of our lungs but then we heard someone from down stairs shouting "we get it, you are all grown up but some of us have work in an hour and we were out all night so..... SHUT UP" we burst out laughing then lily turned to me "was that your mom?" She asked, "Yea, I guess they came in late after their date night" I got of my bed and walked over to my closet " aw, your parents go out on date nights, do you have any idea how adorable that is after being married for how long now?" I took out the outfit I was going to wear to show it to lily "22 years, if you count there dating years, how does this look?" I held up the outfit, she disgustingly shook her head "no to the cloth but yes to the romance life that is your parents" she sighed and came over taking the clothes on my hands "I hope we find their kind of romance, I want to be happy you know" she sighed, I understood her more than any one, these days all you see is something that is articulated to look like love but never the real deal, it makes me lose hope of settling down sometimes, I know I sound cliché but my parents kind of set a high bar for romance, "anyway go get a shower and I will deal with what you are going to wear for the first day of senior year, jack will be here to pick us up in thirty minutes." she said pushing me towards the bathroom and leaving no room for argument, I closed the door to the bathroom and moved over to the mirror and I let my long, untamable, red hair loose and looked at my reflection, I stood there and I promised myself....... This year I'm actually going to enjoy life, no more pinning over a guy that doesn't even notice me and wants to be just friends with me, no more hiding behind books—I already have enough grade for the school to let me graduate early—and just have fun and stop looking for your "soul mate" at every corner, it seems like the guy is in Antarctica, we just have to be patient till he gets here. I smiled at my resolution for the year and jumped into the shower. Now watch me break every single resolution one by one.

I got dressed in simple skinny jeans and plain white shirt with a black jacket and my hair braided down my back, lily's choice, and made our way down stairs for some breakfast, my dad was in the kitchen wearing a robe on top of nothing but boxers and a shirt "dad, come on cover up" I yelled covering lily's eyes from the monstrosity that is my father, my dad put the toast he was eating in his mouth and tied his rob up "sorry, didn't know we had company" he smiled sheepishly, lily just laughed and sat at the kitchen counter "good morning, Jacob" "good morning, lily" I watched as my best friend exchange pleasantries with my dad as if they were old pals, I shook my head "the day you guys started using first names is the day I died" my dad laid us both pancakes and socked them with syrup just the way we both like it "stop complaining, you know you love it" he smiled taking a sip from his coffee, he was right, it felt good that my friend was so familiar around the people that matter to me, besides my parents are so laid back, they're basically hippies, I took a mouth full of pancake and moaned at the same time as lily, we laughed. We were talking about the pancakes and stuff when the door flew open and enter Jack then enter my heart doing a somersault, so much for resolutions, "hello princesses, your valiant prince has come in his white horse to whisk you away, well not technically white horse but a 1965 red mustang" he smiled proudly. My dad smiled at him "o, so you finally finished her up huh?" "Yeap" jack answered proudly. He and his dad have been working on the red mustang, which was jack's granddad's car, all summer and he was pretty excited about showing it off. "Our prince in his mustang" lily laughed my dad rolled his eye "drama queen" he muttered lily gave him a pout. Jack went over to my dad's side of the counter "so Jacob, anything to eat didn't eat anything today" my dad grabbed a plate to give some pancakes to him but jacks eyes brighten up when he saw brownies tucked under my dad's arms, "Are those Elena's brownies? Haven't had one in a while" jack reached over to take some but my dad smacked his hand away "Awch, what was that for?" jack asked rubbing his hands, my dad put jacks pancakes in front of him and took his brownies "yes these are my wife's brownies but These are not just some brownies, they are special brownies, enjoy school kids" with that my dad left to his bed room. Jack looked at us "he means SPECIAL brownies?" he asked, lily laughed "I want to be sober on the first day of classes thank you very much, we should get going" she said clearing her plate. We all got our stuff "your parents are insane" jack commented as we made our way out. That was true, so true.