CHOSEN (ON HOLD)

CHAPTER 30

Amelia's P.O.V

       I feel betrayed. I don't know what I expected. I just never expected Mr. Invisible to be right. I had hoped to be wrong.
It would have hurt less if he doesn't know we are soulmates. He knows, and he doesn't care.
I will not let Adam use me as some sort of cure. I will not.

I turn on my bed, not wanting to get up. I feel so down, sad, angry, betrayed. I just wish this was all a dream. A terrible dream.

"Mom, please wake me up" I muttered with my eyes closed.
I stayed that way for almost 5 minutes and sighed when no one woke me up. It's reality. Real reality if there's anything like that.

"Oh my goodness!" I whisper shouted.

Adam told me his father was sick. I just didn't pay attention. He told me the day he accused me of his mom's death. He talked about a cure! How gullible I am to have let that escape my mind!

"Don't! It's all your damn fault! If only I had found you on time, mom would still be alive! Don't act like you are sorry because you are not! You are just like every other Chosen!"
Adam's words replayed in my head. It's true! That was why he accused me of his mom's death. I had only paid attention to that and ignored the rest.
If only he had found me on time, his mom wouldn't have killed herself because I would have cured his dad which was a burden to her. It's clearer now. Nice! Just great! I laughed out of anguish.

I threw the covers away from my body. I've never felt this way before. I've never been this sad and angry.

Today is Saturday. Granny will be here anytime from now. This is the first time in my life I'm not happy Granny is coming.
Right now, I feel a lot of things and happiness is so far from it.

I got out of bed, brushed my teeth, took a quick shower and dressed up like a zombie.

"Amy!" I heard Granny's voice call me.

Before I left the room, I tried forcing a smile which made me look weird. I pinched my cheeks to give them colour. Thanks to Soap Operas.
Mr Invisible asked me not to tell anyone. If he was right about Adam's plans then he will be right about keeping it a secret.
I smiled again at the mirror and went downstairs.

"How's my beautiful princess doing?"
Granny spread her arms to hug me. Normally, I would have skipped the stairs to meet her but I don't feel like it.
I forced another smile and walked into her arms.

"I'm fine, Granny. Where's mom?" I asked.
It feels like ages since I've spoken to her and we live in the same house.

"In the kitchen!" Mom shouted from the kitchen.

"Always" I muttered.

"I can hear you!" She shouted back.
Oh yeah! I'm living with a Chosen.

I walked into the kitchen clearly running away from Granny's talks.
I sat on the chair and I couldn't help but think of Adam. What if I confront him? That wouldn't go well, would it?

"...pancakes, bacon... Baby, are you alright?"
Oh! I completely zoned out.

"Yeah. What?"

"You don't look fine"

"I am. It's just the stress from school. You know, I joined a club" I blatantly lied. I made a mental note to join a club.
Mom just kept mixing whatever was in the pot.
I tried to relax so my heartbeat won't give me away.

"How's Adam?" Why now? Has she sensed it's Adam related? My pulse might give me away. Relax, Amelia.

"Oh, he's fine" What else can I say?

"Did you talk to him yet?"
Yeah. The soulmate talk that ended up letting me know my life's in danger.

"Yeah, I did" Didn't I?

"How did he take it? Your dad thought I was crazy"
I let out a fake laugh. I just need to blow some steam.

"He was surprised. He wants to know everything about us" I lied, again.
One thing about lies, you have to keep lying to protect that one lie.

"Really? That's great. Why don't you invite him over? Tonight"

"What?"
This wasn't my plan. I only wanted her to stop interrogating me.

"I'm not seeing him today. It wasn't planned" I supported my lie. Do we even plan to meet? He just pulls me whenever he wants.

"Well, you can use the telephone"
Yeah, my mom. Finds solution to everything. How do I say we haven't gotten close enough to sharing telephone numbers when I just made her believe he's so interested in me? Lies.

"Okay. I will" What else do you want me to say? I just have to agree for now.

"Hey, mom?"

"Yeah?" She licked butter off her fingers.

"Can Chosens break a soulmate bond?"

"What?! Why would you want to?!" She dropped the spoon into the bowl, splattering batter all over.

"I don't want to. I read this book and it was possible to break the bond. I wanted to know if it can be done" I hope she believes that.

"Well, that's just a book. You can't, baby. Only death can separate soulmates" She began wiping out the batter. I could feel my fists tighten.

Only death? Only death? Why must death be a part of everything? I hate all of this! I don't want to be with Adam all my life! I just wish... I wish...

"Amelia! Stop!"

I snapped out of my thoughts.
Half of the kitchen was on fire! What have I done?