Octavius
'Sierra'.
The name of my soulmate that I have yet to find. The name was on my right thigh. It had been there since I was 17. I have had four years to find this sierra, but I haven't found a single one. It's been very frustrating. Jedediah was not helping at all. He kept trying to set me up with girls, hoping I'd find my soulmate. He knew the name on my thigh, but he'd still send girls of all names to me. It was a bit annoying, but I knew he means well.
"So," Jed started. We had just gotten home from the coffee house. We were both on the living room couch.
"So, what Jed?" I questioned.
"What'd you think about Amelia's cousin?" Jed asked, causing me to sigh. I should have seen that question coming.
"She was lovely?" What was I supposed to say? She was only there for a short time. She ran off right after her and I spoke the same thing at the same time. She even refused to look at me.
"She was pretty though, right partner?"
"She was but I don't think she cared for me very much." Jed just chuckled and left the room. It was an odd conversation, but oddly normal for Jed.
I couldn't think about it much though. I had to complete a paper for school. I was going to college. My major was, in simple terms, all this Roman. I have always had a fascination with the Roman Empire. I had been so fascination with Rome, that when I was in high school, I had learned Latin.
About half an hour into trying to do my paper, Arcadia came into my mind. I don't know why though. That was the first time I had ever met her. I had to admit though it was odd how she and I spoke in unison. That has never happened to me before. I can't help but wonder, whose name did she cover up?
"Oct?" Jed said, coming back into the room. I looked up, irritated.
"What now Jed?"
"I am going out with Amelia. I'll be back late." He left the room and yelled, "See ya later partner!"
"Alright." I said, even though he was already gone. He seemed so happy with his soulmate. I couldn't help but hope I could have that same happiness too. When I said that to myself, Arcadia came back into my mind. Now that she was back on my mind, I couldn't help but wonder when I'll see her again. "I have to do this paper, I can't get distracted by some girl I hardly know."
It took me a few hours to get my paper done. The girl kept popping up in my mind. It made the process of getting the paper done a lot longer than it would have been. By now it was getting late, and I was getting hungry. Jedediah had forgotten to go to the store to buy food, so now I had to.
Once at the store, I saw Arcadia. She was with her twin and girlfriend, or maybe ex-girlfriend since Serena had her arm around Nova. It didn't look like Arcadia was too happy. When she disappeared down an aisle, leaving the two girls alone, I felt the need to follow her. She had already left the aisle I saw her go down, so I had to look for her a bit. It seems like we were like magnets, because when we both walked around the corner, we almost collided. Thankfully only our baskets of food hit each other.
"Oh gosh, I'm sorry…" Arcadia said, but trailed off when she saw it was me. Our eyes met and I could tell we both felt something only to be described as fireworks. It was an odd feeling. I had never felt it before.
"It is alright Arcadia. I should have been paying more attention." I responded when I found my voice.
"Hurry up Sierra! We got to go!" It was Serena yelled to Arcadia. Hearing the name made her angry though.
"I told you to not call me that!" Arcadia snapped angrily. Her twin laughed and just made Arcadia even more angry.
"Sierra?" I questioned, hesitantly. Arcadia gasped, remembering I was there. "I thought your name was Arcadia?"
"I...um…goodbye!" Just like that, Arcadia was gone. She ran off and shoved the basket of food to her twin. She growled out words that I couldn't hear, before leaving the store. Her twin seemed confused, but just ignored Arcadia's behavior.
I stood there, looking like an idiot. I never expected my trip to the store would turn out like this. By the way she was acting, Sierra was her name and she knew her name was on me. Meaning my name was on her, under that butterfly tattoo on her arm. I couldn't help but feel like her name was burning on my thigh because of our interaction.
"Can she really be my soulmate? If so, why did she run away like that?" I left the store with questions and my food. Eating was on my mind now though. All the unanswered questions would have to wait until later. I was going to need to talk to Jed and Amelia later as well. It does explain why Amelia kept trying to find out mine and Arcadia's soulmate. It seems like the redheaded woman had a feeling that Arcadia and I were soulmates. How interesting.