Chapter 1 (Sophie's POV)
A/N: Hi. This takes place when Sophie is 16. Keefe and Fitz and everyone are all the same age, just to make things easier. Kind comments only, you can give me grammar and spelling suggestions. Thanks!
I am downstairs eating breakfast when Edaline walks in. "Are you ready?" She asks. "Almost." I say. "I still have to get dressed." "Well, hurry up." She snaps. "Sorry." She quickly mumbles. "I'm just stressed."
"If you're stressed, I'm terrified!" I say. "It is my Receiving Day." "I know." She replies. "This is just big." "I know." I mumble, while chewing. I quickly shove the rest of my breakfast in my mouth and start to run up the stairs.
I understand why Edaline is stressed. Receiving Days are probably the second most important day of our life! The first being when we find our soulmate, after the Receiving. Edaline is probably just worried about how my soulmate might be, if he's kind, or mean. If he cares about me, or himself.
I make it up the stairs and dash into my room, running past Amy and Jolie's room. Then, I stop and backtrack into their room, without even knocking. "Hey." Amy says, not even looking up from her phone. "Hi." I grumble back. Amy doesn't really care about the Receiving. She will when she's older, but until then… Yeah.
"Jolie, I need your advice." I demand. "Sure, sis." She replies. "What do you need?" I need advice on what to do when I meet my soulmate." I say, suddenly becoming embarrassed. I mean, she's not even related to me! Sure, we're sisters, but only by adoption! I don't know why I came to her with this.
"Never mind." I mumble, realizing how dumb that question sounded. "Wait." Jolie says. "Stay. It just took me a minute to think about what to say. It's a hard question, you know?" "Yeah. That's why I came to you with it." I say. "You're easier to talk to about this stuff than Eda…I mean mom is." I still struggle calling Edaline 'mom' even though I've been living with her for 8 years.
"Yeah." Jolie says, snapping me out of my daze. "She can be hard to talk to about that stuff sometimes. Anyways, it really depends on the guy. But most of the time, you want to get to know them first, before you go into the couple stuff, you know what I mean?" "Yeah." I respond. "I do." "Okay then." She says, clapping. "Just get to know him. Maybe take him on a few dates. Some people just ignore their soulmates. You could do that. It doesn't usually end up well though."
"Yeah." I mumble again, like a mindless idiot. "Well, I should get dressed." "Bye! Have fun!" Jolie replies. I snort. "Bye loser." Amy says. I smile. Younger sisters. I run out the room, telling myself it is time to really get dressed.