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I've done it all. Wished on every star, thrown pennies into every well and fountain I came across. Wished and hoped with all my might. The wish was always the same, someone to share my life with. To finally find the second half of my being. I didn't care what he was like, I just wanted to know him and hoped he wanted to know me too. I leaned against the island counter in my kitchen, swirling my drink in my glass, staring intently into the liquid like it would give me the answer I so desperately want. A knock brought me out of my thoughts. Sighing I set my glass down and made my way to the door.

"Who is it?" I asked peering through the small hole in the door. I could make out wild red hair and a uniform typical of a UPS man.

"Delivery for a…" The man paused and looked down at the large brown box he was holding. "Sora Jones? First name doesn't really match up with that." He said the last part mostly to himself. I laughed quietly as I opened the door.

"That's because he uses his Boyfriend's last name now," I said. "Sora isn't here right now."

"That's OK, you can take this anyways." The red head said and handed the box over to me. Dear god it was heavy. "You got it?" He asked, smirking.

"Yeah," I said, shifting the box in my arms. I finally took a good look at the man in front of me. Jesus do those colors actually exist in nature? I asked myself looking at his bright red hair and dark emerald green eyes, under which were tattoos, one for each eye. He was lanky looking, clothes just hanging on him like he was a hanger. A name tag was sewn onto his shirt that read 'Axel' with 'Got It Memorized' written in sharpie under it.

"You OK kid?" Axel asked. Oh I was staring.

"Yeah, I was just wondering if that's your natural color." Stupid! I scolded myself, a simple yes would've surfaced. To my surprise Axel laughed.

"Yeah, it is. Nobody believes me though." Axel said. "Well I got deliveries to make, so I'll be seeing you…"

"Roxas," I offered. "My names' Roxas."

"Roxas, I'll be sure to remember that." Axel said with a smile. I smiled as the red head walked down the pathway leading to my house.

"Axel!" I shouted, I don't know why in the hell I was doing this, something was just telling me to do it.

"Yes?" Axel called back.

"Would you like to come back after you're done?" I asked. "This" I shifted the box around in my arms. "Is an X-Box, I believe, we could play something or just hang out?" Why in the hell am I asking a stranger to hang out with me?

"Hell yeah!" Axel shouted back. "See you soon Roxie." Roxie? I could feel my eye twitch at the nickname. I watched as Axel got into the large brown truck and drove away.

"Who was that?" Sora asked, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.

"What the hell?" I jumped and turned around to face the burnet that was peaking around the doorframe.

"Ooooo!" Sora squealed. "Is that my X-Box?" He asked, bouncing from one foot to the other, grinning.

"Maybe," I said as I walked past him into the house.

"The X-Box that you invited the Delivery man to come over and play later?" Sora asked with a knowing smile.

"I hate you," I said and set the box down and started up the steps to my room.

"I'll be sure to have it all hooked up and call you when lover boy gets here!" Sora called after me.

"Hate you!" I said loudly and continued to stomp up the steps. I could hear Sora laughing even after I closed my door. "Dork," I mumbled to myself. I threw myself onto my bed, my face burying itself in my pillows. What the hell am I doing? I glanced at the alarm clock on the stand next to my bed. Three-forty-five. I wonder what time Axel gets done. What kind of snacks should I get out? What games would he want to play? Would he actually show up? What the hell am I going to wear?

"Shit!"

"What's wrong Blondie, just realize you got a date?" Sora asked laughing from my doorway.

"I hate you!" I shouted and proceeded to throw a pillow at the laughing burnet. "You could at least be helpful.

"I don't know him," Sora said, still smirking.

"But you've dated…have more friends than me. What should I do?" I asked, God, I'm whining aren't I?

"Just be yourself," Sora said simply. "Maybe you'll get a new friend out of this, maybe something more." And he was grinning again. Jackass.

"Go do something productive," I said, burying my face back into my pillow.

"Like what?" Sora asked, I could feel my bed shift as he sat down.

"I don't know, I just need some time to think." I said.

"Don't get so worked up, you're acting like a girl." Sora said, his voice soothing, despite the teasing.

"I just don't want to blow this."

"You won't, just chill out and, once again, be yourself." Sora advised. I felt the bed shift again as he stood. "I'm gonna go and get some food, so why don't you pick out a nice outfit and go wait for your new friend." Sora said.

"Mmmk," I moaned into my pillow.

"Now!" Sora said, slapping my ass for good measure.

"What the hell you freak!" I shouted sitting up. Sora just grinned and took off laughing. "He needs meds." I said to myself as I drug my body off my bed and made my way to my closet. Nice but casual, I thought to myself. I can do that. I dove into my closet fully prepared to search for an hour for the perfect outfit. Instead when I dove into the pile of clothes at the bottom my elbow came into contact with something hard and solid.

"Shit!" I gripped my injured arm. "That hurt." I swung my arm around a few times, trying to shake the pain away. "What the hell is down there?" I asked myself and began shifting through the pile of clothes. Finally finding the object I closed my hand around it and pulled it free of the clothes.

"The hell?" I asked out loud. It appeared to be a crystal ball. "Oh! Now I remember." The crystal ball was in fact a toy, much like the magic eight ball, but oh so much cooler. I grinned to myself and sat back down on my bed with the crystal ball in front of me. The thing had seen better days, there were crack in the glass, but the screen that displayed 'the answers to life's most important questions' seemed fine. I turned the ball upside down and flicked the switch to on, hoping the batteries were still alive. The toy came to life, lighting up and glowing like the crystal balls you see in movies. I smiled, remember when me and Sora used to stay up for hours asking the toy the stupidest questions. I picked up the glowing toy and asked my question, a simple yes or no question. I had no idea why I was asking a toy this, but it couldn't hurt right?

"Is Axel the one?" I asked into the small microphone at the base of the toy. I pulled it away slightly so I could see the answer.

Yes

I was about to ask it again when someone banging on the front door interrupted me.

"Roxas, its Axel!" I heard Axel shout. "I'm here to play with you." I instantly felt my face heat up.

"I'll be right there!" I shouted, not knowing if he heard me or not. I quickly pulled off the clothes I had on all day and pulled on a new outfit. Jeans and a band tee can't go wrong there. I told myself as I quickly ran down the steps and yanked open the door. Axel was standing on the small concrete porch looking around.

"Hey," I said, slightly out of breath and flushed from my quick change and run.

"Hey, excited to see me?" Axel asked with a smirk.

"Shut up," I blurted out.

"Oooh, I like 'em feisty." Axel said grinning as he walked past me into the house. "You know Roxas, I do believe this could be the start of a beautiful friendship." Axel said from the kitchen. No! Sora's Cookies.

"Axel!"

i'm posting this as part of the Soulmate series even though it's a bit long. it just fits with the overall theme of the stories for the series. i don't know if i'll write a second part later or not. slightly inspired by 'Crystal Ball' by P!nk, i love her as much as Natasha Bedingfield (from whom i got the title of the series from the insperation for How Do You Do?)