Each day dragged on, more mind-numbing than the day prior. Marlene kept reliving the day she went to Hogwarts, made new friends, started a new journey in her life. But that journey never progressed beyond that day.
It was an endless cycle of the same-old, same-old.
Crash! Marlene perked up. That was new.
A boy careened through the wall separating the Muggle world from Platform 9 ¾, his trolley skidding one way and his trunk flying the other. The boy himself landed flat on his face, groaning.
"That is the last time I leave my sneakers untied," the boy grumbled, standing up and readjusting his glasses.
"Need any help?"
Marlene had pushed her way through the crowd, holding back her laughter as the boy got up and collected his bearings. She stood in front of him, smiling genially.
"I'm fine." The boy's eyes had gone wide. "You're my soulmate."
"I beg your pardon?" Marlene did a double take.
"Sorry, I just — wow," the boy said, flustered. "Has your day been repeating over and over?"
Marlene's eyebrows rose. "How did you — ?"
"They say that if your day has been repeating that means you're waiting for your soulmate," the boy explained breathlessly. "If someone unexpected shows up during your cycle, they're your soulmate."
Marlene let her jaw drop to the floor. "So what you're saying is that you," she gestured to the boy, "and I are soulmates?"
"Yep."
Marlene's mind processed all that had just happened — the boy's intrusion into her cycle, them being soulmates — and then smiled softly.
"I'm Marlene," she said, lowering her guard just a little. "What's your name?"
"I'm - I'm James," he said, and for the first time, Marlene noticed he had hazel eyes. Hazel.
She loved hazel. Thank you fate.
"I'd love to get to know you better, James," Marlene said and gestured to the train. "Shall we?"
Most of the stuff that my muse comes up with is nonsensical…
Romance Awareness - a specific day loops until you find your soulmate
Writing Club
CYB: C2
Sophie's Shelf - 26. JamesMarlene
Angel's Arcade - Cream the Rabbit & Cheese: (character) Marlene Mckinnon, (word) soft, (action) laughing
WC: 315
