Hey guys! I just got this inspiration from the post on tumblr about what if we have watches that counted down until you met your soul mate. So here it is. Hope you guys like it!
She woke up with an uneasy feeling in her stomach. Today was the day. The day she would supposedly meet her soul mate. She rolled out of bed and glanced at her wrist. 0 days 6 hours 34 minutes 32 seconds. Her mother burst into her room. "Oh Ally dear, this is such a special day!" Her mother skipped about the room as if she were a little kid. "Mom, you're more excited about this than I am." Her mother grabbed her arms and looked at her daughter, "I know, I know. I'm just thrilled that after today you don't have to worry about any of this nonsense." Ally smiled and politely shooed her mom out of her room so she could get ready. She picked out a typical Ally outfit with floral jeans, a pink peplum top, and a pair of pink wedges. She put on just a touch of makeup and curled the tips of her hair.
"Oh Ally, you look beautiful!" Ally smiled and thanked her mom as she walked out of the door and to her job at Sonic Boom. Her dad owned the store so she typically took weekend shifts. She pushed open the glass doors and turned the sign to the side that said "We're Open!" She stepped behind the counter, immediately pulling out her song book. Soon enough her best friend Trish walked in. "Guess who got a job at the Pet Store?" The curly haired Latina said, shrugging and walking up to the counter. "So, are you nervous?" Trish asked, clearly referring to the time ticking down on the brunette's wrist. "A little, it's kinda weird to think it is going to be someone I haven't met before. It could be someone I have seen but not necessarily met. I'm just glad the time should be up during my shift, which means whoever it is must like music." Trish nodded in agreement before making her way to the magazine rack by the cushioned seats in the corner of the store.
It was finally her lunch break and Ally glanced down at the numbers on her wrist. She twirled the bracelet around her arm as she made her way down to the food court. She really didn't want to interact with anybody because that left fewer people for possibilities of her soul mate. She still had 3 hours 21 minutes and 5 seconds but she was nervous. She grabbed her usual lunch of a chicken patty with a side of fries and a pickle along with a Dr. Pepper. She sat at her usual little table on the edge of the food court. Every time someone walked by it she would glance at their wrist to see how much time. Anyone who already had found their soul mate had begun going into negative numbers, which showed how much time had passed since they met their soul mate, and occasionally there was someone whose number had always been at 0 which meant they either had no soul mate. If your soul mate died then the timer would go completely blank. Ally always felt sad for those people, she couldn't imagine watching her timer go completely blank, or to always have the daunting evidence that you didn't have a soul mate. Of course, those with no soul mate were extremely rare, Ally had ever known one person like that and that was her uncle, who honestly didn't mind. Soon enough her lunch break was over and she had to get back to Sonic Boom.
She walked back behind the counter, taking her dad's place as he quickly rushed out the door for free samples at the food court. She chuckled and went to writing down about her day so far, careful to pay mind to every customer that walked in no matter how many times it interrupted her writing. After clearing out most of the customers Ally was beginning to anticipate the time when her timer would reach 0. She would no longer have to worry about waking up to a blank timer, and she wouldn't have to wonder about who it was anymore. Once she met her soul mate everything would fall into place. She began organizing a display when she glanced down at her watch 2 hours 0 minutes and 53 seconds. Only a couple more hours she thought. Trish came over to where Ally was, clearly avoiding a job. "It's so weird to think that while your 18 and you're about to meet your soul mate while I'm not gonna meet mine until I'm 24!" Trish said, glancing at her wrist which read 2243 days 23 minutes 8 seconds. Ally didn't know whether Trish was looking for sympathy or for a mutual feeling of frustration so she just shrugged and walked up to the practice room. She opened the door and scurried around the boxes and clutter to sit down at the old wood piano. She ran her fingers over the top and sighed as she ran her fingers delicately over the keys. She poured out all of her feelings from today into a soft melody, effortlessly touching the keys careful to strike each emotion she felt about today. She was nervous, happy, excited, and every other emotion someone could possibly have. Soon enough Trish came up, "Hate to interrupt your personal music session, but there are some customers down there and the entire reason I came here was to avoid work." Ally laughed as she followed Trish back down the steps. She glanced at her wrist to see the time was now down to 42 minutes 7 seconds. She helped the few customers down there and soon it was completely empty except for a sleeping Trish in one of the chairs in the far corner of the room. Ally nervously spun the bracelet around her arm as it reach 2 minutes 5 seconds. "Trish!" Ally ran over to Trish, the panic was now starting to build up and Ally couldn't stand holding it in. "Trish what if it's so old guy. Or someone who hates music. Or…" Trish just groaned and told Ally that she'll be fine. Ally huffed in frustration and headed over to the doors. Leave, or stay here. Leave, or stay here.
It was down to 57 seconds. Her palms were sweaty and she had decided to stay in Sonic Boom. She paced in front of the doors, starting to believe that they made her wait just so they could tell her that she had no soul mate. 10, 9, 8,… No sign of anyone coming in. 7, 6, 5… Deep breaths Ally. Suddenly she saw someone rushing towards Sonic Boom. 4, 3, 2… The door flew open and Ally turned towards the tall blonde standing in the doorway. He held up his wrist pointing to it, and Ally just nodded and walked up to him. "Is yours at 0 too?" He nodded and smiled. "I'm Austin Moon." She smiled back "Ally Dawson."
Let me know what you guys thought. I really loved writing this, it made me think about how things would be if it was really like this. Please review :)
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