Soulmate

Eye Contact

I wake up to a beeping noise. I look over and see it's my alarm clock warning me it's time to get up and get ready for school. I push back the violet covers and stood walking towards my bathroom.
I turn the hot water on and undress myself. I step through the steam cloud forming behind my shower curtain. I sigh in relief as the hot water hits my bare shoulders and calm my aching muscles.
I do my deeds and shut the water off and reaching outside the curtain and grabbing a towel drying my face and arms. I walk out of the bathroom and towards my drawer pulling out the necessary items and setting them on bed and walking towards my closet grabbing my favorite skinny jeans and a white sweater. I dry my body and toss the towel to the side and begin getting dressed.
I walk over to my vanity and apply a light amount of mascara around my bright eyes and lipgloss to my pink lips.
I blow dry my hair and let the natural black curls flow down my back. I walk down the stairs towards the kitchen where my parents stood talking and sipping their coffees.
"Good morning Octavia, is Kenzie going to take to school today, or do I have to drive you both?" My mother asked setting her coffee down to the side
"Kenzie is going to pick me up" I reply kissing my fathers cheek good morning
"Alright, well, I'm off to take Oliver to school. Be back in a bit Ben" my mother said and then kissed my fathers cheek goodbye and throwing a wave to me which I gladly returned.
"Bye Lucy" my father smiled. My mother popped her head in through the door
"Octavia, Kenzie is here!" She shouted towards the kitchen.
"Oh shoot!" I yelped and grabbed my toast "have a good day daddy" I kiss my fathers cheek as I grab my backpack and head for the door towards my best friends car
"Alright, you too Octavia!" My father shouted towards the door as I shut it closed.
I open the door to my best friends car and sit closing it behind me.
"Good morning loser best friend of mine" Kenzie smiled
"Good morning weirdo best friend of mine" I smile and hand her the other slice of toast. She gladly accepted it.
"So, did you hear about the new kid coming to school today?" Kenzie asked driving towards the school
"No way! Tell me more" I gasped and turned on my hip towards her
"So I heard he's from North Dakota and he's a 'bad boy'" she smiled and focused pulling into the parking lot of the school
"When is he coming?" I ask interested in this new kid. I reach for my necklace. Kenzie had the same one.
"He's suppose to come during third period right before lunch" she said and shut off the car.
I open the door and step out grabbing my backpack along the way and tossing it onto my shoulder.
I shut the car door and walk around meeting Kenzie as she locks it. We walk up the steps and into the school.
"Do you know anything else about him?" I ask curiously
"Nope. Just that he's coming during third period" she responds as we stop by our lockers "I hope he's hot"
"Oh my god, Kenzie. You hope everyone is hot" I smile and shut my locker.
We walk towards our first period class always early.
We walk towards the back of Mrs. Claritine's Exploratory. Basically, a class where you sit and talk for an hour until the bell rings for Gym.
I sit down and Kenzie slides into the desk next to mine and shifts her body towards me and I do the same.
"So, are you gonna go to Pastel's party this weekend?" Kenzie asks smiling
"I don't know. You know parties aren't my thing" I respond looking at her
"Come on! Just this once, trust me and come to the party" she practically begs
"I'll think about it" I say and Kenzie squeals quietly
"Thank you thank you thank you!" She says and leans over hugging me
"Yea yea yea" I smile patting her arm.
The class passes quickly and we head towards Gym after the bell rings.
We walk into the white and black Locker Room and towards our lockers to grab our clothes.
I unlock the lock that is keeping the locker shut and safe and pull out my blue bag containing my Gym clothes.
I strip off the white sweater and pull on my black gym shirt and white shorts. Kenzie does the same and we walk out.
"Why does Jordon always have to flirt with Kailee. Out of all people, why her?" Kenzie scoffs
"Probably because he flirts with everyone" I say pushing my hair back off my shoulders
"Then why can't he flirt with me?" She asks and crosses her arms leaning back
"Because you're too good for him" I smile nudging her shoulder
"Whatever" she smiles nudging me back.
The whistle blows and that means it's time to workout. Kenzie and I sit beside each other in gym.
"Push-ups ladies!" Mrs. Curt yells. We get into push-up position and begin.
I make it to 20 before I give and Lie on my stomach and watch as Kenzie drops too.
"Alright girls, take one lap around the gym and if you're not running, make it two!" Mrs. Curt yells out to the girls finished.
Kenzie and I stand up and jog around the gym.
"Why does she always have to yell?" Kenzie asks breathing heavily
"Probably cause she is a gym teacher and had nothing better to do than yell at a bunch of teenage girls and teach them to workout and hate life" I say smiling as we finish the lap and sit on the bleachers.
"Alright, hit the locker room and get changed. The bells is gonna ring soon" Mrs. Curt says and walks into her office.
Kenzie and I walk into the locker room and get changed back into our clothes.
The bell rings and we head towards third period.
"New boy comes soon" Kenzie nudges me giggling as we walk into Mr. Daniel's history class and towards the back where we always sit.
The class was passing slowly. I was writing down the notes when I hear the door squeak open. I pay no attention given and continue to writ down the notes.
"Attention class!" Mr. Daniels shouts to get the classes attention.
I look up and see a tall guy. He had broad shoulders and was very slim. His black hair was pushed and was messy and perfectly showed his blue eyes.
"Class, this is Halen Johnson. He's new. Halen I want you to sit infront of Octavia Shipes. Octavia please raise your hand" Mr. Daniels requested
I rose my hand and Halen walked towards the back sat in front of Kenzie and I.
My necklace suddenly began to get warm
"What the.." I whisper to myself
Kenzie hit my shoulder
"Holy crap. Octavia, he's so hot" she whispered. I rolled my eyes.
I guess Halen had heard her cause he chuckled a little. Kenzie's face turned bright red and she looked down to finish her notes.
I looked up at Halen as he messed with something underneath his shirt. He turned and our eyes met.
The bell rang and I broke away from his gaze.
Kenzie and I stood up and headed towards lunch.
I touched my necklace which began to cool down the further we got from the classroom.
What in the world is going on?