chapter 1

We were childhood friends, we grew up next to each other. Even if you were 6 months older than me we were thick as thieves, we were like siblings. Like every child we would hear stories and tales about soulmates, nobody were really sure how it started, but as long as history has been documented they existed. Soul mates were a mark over your heart, stating their name and birthday. This person was that one person right for you. I never knew a person who loved the idea as much as you did. Back then it was cute, cause I thought that person would be me, why wouldn't it be? Childhood friends was one of the sweetest love stories there were, I loved you… And I thought you loved me too, I was your ChimChim, and you were my love.

Your 18th birthday was suppose to be the day, the day you would wake up with my name over your heart, at first you would be surprised and then smile that wide smile of yours. You would realise that I had always been there for you, that I were the one for you. We would wait 6 months, and then your name would be on my heart. It were to be our forever after.

My first clear memory of you was when we were just kids, no more than 7 years old. Your older sister was telling a story, the story of how she met her soulmate. She told us about how surprised she had been so surprised when she had woken up on her birthday with not only a female's name over her chest, but the name of her best friend there. She told us how she fought it in the start, she was straight, no name could change that! But every time she pulled away she could feel the world trying to pull her closer. She told us how it hadn't been pretty. Cassandra had been a year younger than her and had yet to get her mark, she didn't know why your sister was ignoring her. She didn't know they were soulmates, she didn't know anything, just the feeling of her heart being crushed without knowing why. The despair in your sister's eyes as she told the story had been heartbreaking, even as a child you could see how much her soulmate meant to her.

The story had a happy ending, the best stories always did. She ended up giving in to her feelings and confessing, they dated for a year before Cassandra got her mark as well. It was a match. Then 10 years later, they had adopted a little boy. He was the cutest thing ever, we even sometimes got to babysit him, it felt like it was a glimpse into what our future was going to be. I don't have words to describe how much you loved the idea of soulmates, no words could describe it. Both your parents and sister was so happy with their soulmates, you had never seen the dark side of soulmates. I partly blame myself for how it ended, I never told you anything of the darkside. I were suppose to be your soulmate, so I wanted you to believe in it, oh how that turned on me.

I woke up early on the morning of your birthday, I was waiting by the phone, waiting for you to tell me that it was me. When the call finally came it wasn't like I expected, the first words out of your mouth was 

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