Ricky Bowen never really bought into the whole soulmate thing (except he did) but life got in the way and now he's sort of pretending to date new (totally not intimidating) girl Gina Porter to win back the one and only Nini Salazar Roberts. Not a si...
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There's no denying it at this point the voice that Gina is hearing in her head is definitely Ricky's.
The curly haired sophomore props her head up on her hand as she reads from the article, breathing out a sigh, her thoughts run rampant in her head. She hasn't had a thought from her soulmate since that day she talked to Ricky at the skate park. She shuts her eyes and considers slamming her laptop shut. Ugh what if this is all in my head? what if I thought I heard Ricky's voice randomly responding to a thought in my head? What if its not really his voice and I want it to be? Why do I even want it to be his voice? Gina sort of short circuits at that last thought.
Tired of the seemingly endless stream of thoughts she's about to close her laptop when a line from the article she's reading stops her. "Unrequited soulmates have also in some cases, reportedly, been generational in some families." The Porter curse, her mind echos at the sentence.
So it wasn't just something that happened exclusively with her family, unrequited soulmates were everywhere. It's only when she looks to the picture by her bedside of her mom and dad with her on her 5th birthday that she remembers what her mother told her. The Porters were special because whenever they came in contact with their soulmates it would lead to tragedies.
Her mind flashes back to that night, "Soul mark's making any type of appearances in our family have always been bad omens. The Porters for generations have always had one sided soulmates. Either you're the only one who has the mark, or you fall in love with someone's soulmate but their not yours in return, or you do find your soulmate and they die when you meet. It's a cataclysm of potential disasters." It's no wonder her mother was afraid. This could be dangerous, Gina's heart falls a bit more as the realization hits. Not just for her but whoever her soulmate is Ricky, if he is her soulmate, could be in danger.
The thought chills her. The boy that could make her feel so many things could get hurt, could die, because of her. It made sense to her before when her mother had explained why she was essentially training her to be cold to the world. It wasn't just because less attachments were easier, especially since she moved around so much, but because it could literally save someones life.
The knock on her door startles her so much that the laptop nearly falls off the bed in her efforts to shut it quickly. Mrs. Porters head pops into view from the door, Gina stills. "Gina honey you got a second?"
"Yeah mom." She shoves the closed laptop behind her and clutches her plush closer to her legs in Crisscross position on her bed.
"I realized I haven't really stopped and talked to you about how your adjusting here." Her mom says as she settles across from her on the bed.
