Matt nervously held the paper that he had copied down Victoria's information on. He had not thought of anything else besides her since they had met. Matt tried to dial a couple of times, but threw the phone down before he finished dialing the number.
"Why I am so nervous?" he said aloud, to no one in particular. Matt usually got the girl he wanted, being the popular soccer star of the school. He usually did not have problems calling a girl, but maybe Victoria was different.
He finally gathered up his courage, and dialed her number.
"Hey, Victoria here. What's up?" a perky voice answered.
"Victoria, this is Matt."
"Oh yeah! Matt Mcguire, Best Buy boy! Of course, I remember you," she replied, and Matt let out a sigh of relief. "We didn't really get a chance to talk."
"No, we didn't. What do you want to talk about?"
"I don't know. What is your favorite food?"
"Ummm....Everything. You?"
"Oh, I love pizza. Any dogs?"
"No pets."
"Good, I'm allergic. Siblings?"
Matt paused, and an awkward silence followed.
"Are you there?"
"Yeah....My only sister was killed in a hit-and-run recently."
"I'm so sorry..." she replied quietly.
"It's okay, you didn't know. You play any sports? he said, quickly changing the subject.
"Cheerleading."
"I said sports," Matt joked.
"Hey! Be careful of what you say. I'm a gymnast at heart, but my school had no gymnastics team, so-"
"It was your last resort? You're just like that girl from Bring it On," Matt cut in.
"You have seen Bring it On?"
"I've watched it."
"You quoted it," she said, while she was laughing.
"Well...I think watching movies like that make me more sensitive," he joked back. "What do you want to talk about now?"
"Well, you could ask me out on a date," she suggested. Matt was astounded by her forwardness.
"And you would say yes."
"And then you would pick me up at six, for dinner and a movie."
"And we would have a great time."
"We would see a nice romantic comedy."
"And we would go eat at....wait, a romantic comedy? What about Dawn of the Dead?"
"You like those kinds of movies, remember? You are a sensitive guy," Victoria reminded him.
"Fine, fine. See you tonight."
"Bye, Best Buy boy," she replied, hanging up the phone.
As Matt hung his phone up on the reciever, he felt a new feeling. He had dated a lot of girls in his day, but he never had felt that feeling ever. He could not put his finger on it, but there was something different about Victoria.
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"How do you do it, Lauren?"
Lauren had just walked into my room, and had sat down on my bed.
"Do what?"
I smiled.
"You have a way with helping people. Did you send down Victoria from heaven for Matt?"
"No, it is really complicated, but Matt and Victoria are soulmates, but they were not set to realize that for another couple of years. I just put in a request to speed up the process."
I was kind of confused by this soulmate process.
"So you forced her family to move to Hillridge?"
"No, they were moving to Hillridge already, but they were going to be 'just friends', and not realize that they were actually in love until graduation. It is all in this book," she replied, pulling up a big book, and slamming it on my bed.
She flipped it open to the M's.
"See right here?" she asked, pointing to Matt's name. "Matt Mcguire, Victoria Smith."
I thought that I had heard that name for a second, but I could remember where I had.
"Can I see my name?" I asked. Lauren handed the book to me, and I saw my name right above Matt's. Sadly, I saw that it was crossed off.
"Sorry," Lauren apologized.
I turned the page to the G section, and looked up Gordo's name.
Next to David Gordon's name, there was not another.
"Gordo does not have a soulmate?" I asked.
"He did, but she is here now," Lauren said, looking at me.
This hit me with a jolt.
"You mean, Gordo and I were soulmates?"
Lauren sighed wistfully.
"Some people never do find their soulmate."
A tear ran down my cheek.
"Can I see Miranda's?"
Lauren took the book from me.
"I think you have seen too much already," she said, standing up and leaving my room.
"Lauren, wait!" I said, causing her to stop in my doorway. "What's the matter?"
"I just don't want to talk about soulmates," she said icily, as she walked out of my room.
I was confused. We had been such good friends lately, and I did not want to ruin it at all.
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Lizzie went to go get her mail when she was eating lunch. She sat down at a table alone, and read her latest updates.
Soon, she was joined by another person, who she had only met once before.
"Hello," the young woman said, and when Lizzie saw her turn-of-the-century dress, she recalled who she was.
"Hi, Victoria!" she cheerfully responded. "How have you been?"
"Okay, but I wanted to talk to you about something else. I was watching my TV of one of my favorite descendants, and I saw someone that you know very well. You see, she was named after me, and I always felt a special connection to her-"
"You are related to Victoria? MY brother's soulmate?" Lizzie exclaimed.
"Yes!" Victoria responded, also excitedly.
"Wow. What a coincidence, huh?"
"Victoria is a very bright young girl, a cheerleader at that, with a 4.0. She is almost exactly like me."
"Matt is, well, he is Matt. He is really good at soccer, and I recently discovered he is awesome at music as well," Lizzie replied. "I knew I had heard her name somewhere."
"I will be watching her station now. Nice to talk to you again!"
"You too. Bye!"
Victoria left the table, and went to pick up her own mail.
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Matt put on the sweater that Lizzie had given him for his birthday, and some cologne. He had found himself wanting to look extremely nice for Victoria Smith, and he had been looking forwards to this all night.
There was something special about Victoria, and he could feel it since he had met her.
Little did he know that he was going out with his soulmate.
"Why I am so nervous?" he said aloud, to no one in particular. Matt usually got the girl he wanted, being the popular soccer star of the school. He usually did not have problems calling a girl, but maybe Victoria was different.
He finally gathered up his courage, and dialed her number.
"Hey, Victoria here. What's up?" a perky voice answered.
"Victoria, this is Matt."
"Oh yeah! Matt Mcguire, Best Buy boy! Of course, I remember you," she replied, and Matt let out a sigh of relief. "We didn't really get a chance to talk."
"No, we didn't. What do you want to talk about?"
"I don't know. What is your favorite food?"
"Ummm....Everything. You?"
"Oh, I love pizza. Any dogs?"
"No pets."
"Good, I'm allergic. Siblings?"
Matt paused, and an awkward silence followed.
"Are you there?"
"Yeah....My only sister was killed in a hit-and-run recently."
"I'm so sorry..." she replied quietly.
"It's okay, you didn't know. You play any sports? he said, quickly changing the subject.
"Cheerleading."
"I said sports," Matt joked.
"Hey! Be careful of what you say. I'm a gymnast at heart, but my school had no gymnastics team, so-"
"It was your last resort? You're just like that girl from Bring it On," Matt cut in.
"You have seen Bring it On?"
"I've watched it."
"You quoted it," she said, while she was laughing.
"Well...I think watching movies like that make me more sensitive," he joked back. "What do you want to talk about now?"
"Well, you could ask me out on a date," she suggested. Matt was astounded by her forwardness.
"And you would say yes."
"And then you would pick me up at six, for dinner and a movie."
"And we would have a great time."
"We would see a nice romantic comedy."
"And we would go eat at....wait, a romantic comedy? What about Dawn of the Dead?"
"You like those kinds of movies, remember? You are a sensitive guy," Victoria reminded him.
"Fine, fine. See you tonight."
"Bye, Best Buy boy," she replied, hanging up the phone.
As Matt hung his phone up on the reciever, he felt a new feeling. He had dated a lot of girls in his day, but he never had felt that feeling ever. He could not put his finger on it, but there was something different about Victoria.
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"How do you do it, Lauren?"
Lauren had just walked into my room, and had sat down on my bed.
"Do what?"
I smiled.
"You have a way with helping people. Did you send down Victoria from heaven for Matt?"
"No, it is really complicated, but Matt and Victoria are soulmates, but they were not set to realize that for another couple of years. I just put in a request to speed up the process."
I was kind of confused by this soulmate process.
"So you forced her family to move to Hillridge?"
"No, they were moving to Hillridge already, but they were going to be 'just friends', and not realize that they were actually in love until graduation. It is all in this book," she replied, pulling up a big book, and slamming it on my bed.
She flipped it open to the M's.
"See right here?" she asked, pointing to Matt's name. "Matt Mcguire, Victoria Smith."
I thought that I had heard that name for a second, but I could remember where I had.
"Can I see my name?" I asked. Lauren handed the book to me, and I saw my name right above Matt's. Sadly, I saw that it was crossed off.
"Sorry," Lauren apologized.
I turned the page to the G section, and looked up Gordo's name.
Next to David Gordon's name, there was not another.
"Gordo does not have a soulmate?" I asked.
"He did, but she is here now," Lauren said, looking at me.
This hit me with a jolt.
"You mean, Gordo and I were soulmates?"
Lauren sighed wistfully.
"Some people never do find their soulmate."
A tear ran down my cheek.
"Can I see Miranda's?"
Lauren took the book from me.
"I think you have seen too much already," she said, standing up and leaving my room.
"Lauren, wait!" I said, causing her to stop in my doorway. "What's the matter?"
"I just don't want to talk about soulmates," she said icily, as she walked out of my room.
I was confused. We had been such good friends lately, and I did not want to ruin it at all.
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Lizzie went to go get her mail when she was eating lunch. She sat down at a table alone, and read her latest updates.
Soon, she was joined by another person, who she had only met once before.
"Hello," the young woman said, and when Lizzie saw her turn-of-the-century dress, she recalled who she was.
"Hi, Victoria!" she cheerfully responded. "How have you been?"
"Okay, but I wanted to talk to you about something else. I was watching my TV of one of my favorite descendants, and I saw someone that you know very well. You see, she was named after me, and I always felt a special connection to her-"
"You are related to Victoria? MY brother's soulmate?" Lizzie exclaimed.
"Yes!" Victoria responded, also excitedly.
"Wow. What a coincidence, huh?"
"Victoria is a very bright young girl, a cheerleader at that, with a 4.0. She is almost exactly like me."
"Matt is, well, he is Matt. He is really good at soccer, and I recently discovered he is awesome at music as well," Lizzie replied. "I knew I had heard her name somewhere."
"I will be watching her station now. Nice to talk to you again!"
"You too. Bye!"
Victoria left the table, and went to pick up her own mail.
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Matt put on the sweater that Lizzie had given him for his birthday, and some cologne. He had found himself wanting to look extremely nice for Victoria Smith, and he had been looking forwards to this all night.
There was something special about Victoria, and he could feel it since he had met her.
Little did he know that he was going out with his soulmate.
