Missing Half a Soul

His Sister

Althea's POV

It's been 3 days since Lissy's found her soulmate and getting up to go school feels more draining than usual. As much as I'm happy for Lizzy; I'm not looking forward to hearing her talk about her soulmate today. At least he seems like a nice guy but he better stay that way. I get myself ready for school and I'm about to go out the door but it's locked.

"Stanley!! the door's locked, where's the key!?", Stanley is our butler and he's been taking care of me since my parents are always away. Stanley comes out from the kitchen. "It will magically appear on the door as soon as you have breakfast, I've been letting you get away with not eating only because it's been busy around here but not anymore so get over here and have some bacon."

I groan and march my way to the kitchen and eat. "You can't keep skipping breakfast especially since I don't believe you when you say you eat your lunch. You can't function on one meal a day", I can too specially since some days I don't even have a meal. I don't have a problem with eating specifically, it's just a lot of the time I'm not bothered to. Like I'm not bothered to do a lot of things.

"Okay I've had some bacon, can we go now?", "Why are you in such a hurry", "Nothing major just some things I gotta take care of", "Hmm okay". We finally get in the car and leave. I need to relieve some stress before school starts today. With all these assignments and talk of soulmates, I'm in dire need of some stress relief.

We finally get to the school and I immediately go to the gym. I used to do Taekwondo until I permanently injured my foot while skateboarding. Now I can't kick anything without feeling extreme pain in my foot. However I still like to work out and it calms my mind. As I'm working on the rowing machine, my mind starts to wander.

I think about what Amber said yesterday. It's true I used to write romance stories back when we were 15, that was nearly 3 years ago. It was something I really enjoyed until I realized that's all they were, stories. Something that I made up and could never be true. I just don't believe something as beautiful and amazing as love exists in this fucked up world. Love for family and friends? Yes.

But a lover? That just doesn't seem possible to me. To me they're just delusional, making themselves believe that they love one another cause they crave something so beautiful. A beauty that's too good for this world.

After an hour of working out, I get in the shower and get myself ready for school again. I go to class and find Amber sitting at our usual seats. "Hey girl, you doing good?", she asks knowing that I just came from the gym and I only go that early when I'm stressed. "Yeah I'm fine, where's Liz?", I asked not seeing her anywhere.

"Obviously ditching, and clearly mister newbie is too. Not very promising considering it's his first week", Amber says making me irritated. "Seriously? Fuck it, let them do what they want. At least I don't have to hear about it for today".

The day goes on as normal and Lizzy doesn't show up. We're in our last class when we get a text message from her in the group chat.

Lisbeth😇: Hey guys, sorry I wasn't in class today but I have a reason.

Amber🙈: Yeah obvs staying with Jassy😘😘

Tay👯: Already fucking? We don't need the details

Lisbeth😇: NO GUYS COME ON!!! Though yes I'm with Jasper😐 BUT IT'S NOT FOR THAT REASON!!😣😣😣

Amber🙈: Speak for yourself Tay, I want details😜🤣

Lisbeth😇: OMG NO!!! I was going to come to school today with him but his sister got worse.  Since they live alone he had to stay with her. I met her yesterday and she seemed okay but now she's gotten worse. I'm worried for her too so I stayed.

Tay👯: Sooo what I'm getting from this is that you've already met the family, you're alone with him in the house and you're playing nurse. Good job Liz👏👏👏

Amber🙈: That makes it more interesting.

Lisbeth😇: UGH!!!

Tay👯: Okay we'll stop but why are you telling us this now?

Lisbeth😇: Oh right, my car won't start for some reason and I need a lift. Can one of you please come pick me up🙏😣.

Tay👯: There's something called a taxi, and why can't your boyfriend take you?

Lisbeth😇: I don't want to make him leave his sister in this condition. Plus I left my purse at home so I've got no money. Please guys pleasse.

Amber🙈: Okay I'll come pick you up.

Tay👯: I'll go with her, I might as well.

Lisbeth😇: Thanks guys!!😘😘 I'll send you the address now.

After class we get into Amber's car and drive to the address Lizzy sent us which just so happens to be my estate,  greeaaatttt. He literally lives 5 minutes from me. We pull up to his house and get out. "This place is huge!!", Amber says.

"Well every house in this estate is big, Amber", I say. "I know but I still can't get over it". We ring the bell and wait until Jasper opens the door. "Hey guys, come in", he gestures for us to come and he takes us to the living room. "Elizabeth's in the bathroom. My sister kinda threw up on her and she's changing into my sister's clothes right now", he says. "Ah right sure, that's why she's changing", I whisper to Amber who snickers.

"So I heard you guys live alone?", I ask. "Yeah, well sorta. Our older sister provides for us but she travels a lot. She took over the family business when our parents passed away 2 years ago. Our sister's been taking care of us since", he replys. "Aww that's so nice of her and I'm sorry about your parents", Amber says and I nod in agreement. "That's okay, we've come to terms with it so".

We hear a thud coming from upstairs and Jasper sprints up. We follow him, worried about what that was. We go into a girl's bedroom and we see his sister on the floor. Jasper holds her, "Jasmine what are doing? you should be staying in bed", he says helping her back onto the bed. "I need to go to the toilet", she says in a weak voice.

Jasper helps her up and starts walking to the toilet when his phone rings. He looks at it and then at us. "Can one of you please take her? I need to answer this", he asks. Amber takes her, and Jasper leaves to answer his phone. We both help Jasmine to the toilet. Once we get there, Jasmine bends down and starts throwing up again.

I pull back her hair while Amber rubs her back. "Thank you, sorry about this",  she says. "It's no problem", I reply. When she finishes we take her back to the bed and lay her down. "Poor girl, I wonder what's wrong", Amber says.

I shrug and notice how much she's sweating. "Hey Jasmine, I know this might be awkward but you're sweating a lot. Do you want us to help you into something more breathable?", I ask. 

"If you don't mind" she says. I help her sit up and start taking off her shirt while Amber goes to her closet to find something lighter. When I take off her shirt I notice her way too familiar soul charm and my eyes widen.