Lovesessed by Pamela Diane King

 
    Lovesessed
     
    By
     
    Pamela Diane King
     
     
    *****
     
    Published by Pamela Diane King at
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    Copyright 2012 Pamela Diane
King
     
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    Lovesessed
     
     
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    1. Dreaming
     
    My heart beat faster as I admired his
golden tan. His crystal blue eyes locked onto mine and a thrill
took over my whole body. I closed my eyes, ready for his
kiss.
    “ Phoebe, what are you
doing?” my best friend Liz demanded, snapping me out of my
daze.
    “ I’m in love,” I said
dreamily dropping the magazine I was about to kiss.
    “ Oh boy, here we go.” She
sighed, and started nibbling her whole wheat salad
sandwich.
    “ This is a serious matter
Liz, a matter of love and death,” I said loudly.
    She looked up from her sandwich. “Um,
don’t you mean life and death?”
    “ Love, life - same thing,”
I said quickly, grabbing her free hand with both of
mine.
    She jumped. “Phoebe, you know how I
feel about sudden movements.”
    I smiled at her knowing I had scared
her again with my wild surges of energy. “Chase, my future husband,
is the most gorgeous, sweetest guy in the whole world. Just the
sound of his voice makes my heart want to burst. It’s like we’ve
known each other our whole lives. I feel such a strong connection
with him, like I can see his soul. In fact, I think he is my
soulmate.”
    Liz stifled a laugh, and extracted her
hand from mine. “Your soulmate, I don’t believe in that.” She
adjusted her frameless glasses. “I read a newspaper article that
gave scientific evidence proving that we can have many so called
soulmates.”
    “ Liz, please don’t ruin my
fantasy with scientific talk. This is not about data or research.
This is about dreams. I’m allowed to dream aren’t I?” I shook my
head at her “I Love Chemistry” T-shirt that was a free gift with
her favorite magazine of the same name.
    “ Yes, of course you
are.”
    “ You’re the only person I
can talk to about this stuff,” I said in my baby voice, trying to
make her feel guilty.
    “ I’ll listen as much as
you want me to,” Liz reassured.
    I smiled, satisfied that I had her full
attention for as long as I wanted to ramble on. “Sometimes, I lie
on my bed and think about Chase for hours. I picture his dazzling
smile that makes my heart flutter. He has the best teeth I’ve ever
seen, so white and straight, he could definitely be in toothpaste
commercials. I also imagine us going on dates together where we
hold hands, make sandcastles on the beach, and have picnics by the
lake.”
    “ It sounds like a Disney
movie montage. You know what I think about Disney
movies.”
    “ They’re too
perky?”
    “ That’s putting it
lightly. But Phoebe, how can you be in love with someone you’ve
never met?” Liz asked rationally.
    “ It’s like we met in
another life.” I said mysteriously, gazing out the window at the
clear blue sky above the distant sea. I frowned. I missed being
able to swim in the ocean, because the water was too cold in
February.
    Liz rolled her eyes. “So now you
believe in reincarnation?”
    “ No, but love shows you a
whole new world.”
    “ Please don’t start
singing that song from Aladdin, ” she joked.
    “ Don’t tempt me.” I shook
my finger at her, and we both smiled. “But it’s true what they say
Liz. The sky looks bluer and the grass looks greener when you’re in
love.”
    She rolled her eyes. “But Phoebes, boy
bands are like cabs, a new one comes along every minute.” She
gestured to invisible cabs driving through the
cafeteria.
    I scowled at her. “They aren’t a ‘boy
band.’ They don’t dance around like ‘N Sync, they play their own
instruments, and