Soulmate au

Eden noticed the glow. She looked at Jack, just for a moment, to see that he was looking at his hand, too, before turning back to the road. “I feel like we should get a book on soul-mates or something.” She said.

She takes the phone from him so she can hold it up to the windshield. She read it, all the while glancing back and forth to the road and back. She handed it back to him. “Really? I never got one. I guess I didn’t want to learn to much and be looking around for signs, or have any expectations. And I knew that if I had one, I’d definitely read it at some point.”

“Whenever I’m at your place next, we can take a look at it together. Yeah?” She looked over at him for a moment to get his response.

“Right.” She turned back to face the road. Luckily, they were only a few miles out. Within five minutes, she was pulling into a parking space.

“Yeah, okay,” she replied. “Whatever you want to do.” She squeezed his hand, then got out of the car.

After all the doors were closed, Eden locked the car and headed toward the restaurant. It wasn’t very busy because they had only opened half an hour before.

The door dings when she opens it. An employee smiles up at the two of them, taking them to a table for two, handing them two menus, and asking about drinks. “Just a water for me, and…” she looked at Jack, waiting to see how he wanted to handle ordering.

A few moments later, and they both had drinks in front of them. Left alone by the wait staff, Eden looked over the menu. She debated whether of not to be adventurous or just stick to good stuff and avoid disappointment. She asked Jack if there was anything that looked good to him.

“Swanky. I’ve never tried it here, but I think we should do it. Just the one pizza for the both of us. Is that good for you?”

“Cool beans, my dude.” Soon after, the pizza was ordered and there was only one other party in sight. Eden sipped her water. She really didn’t want to do anything but be with Jack today, but she was going to have to go to work in a few hours. They had time, but it was ticking away at every moment. She realized she was staring way to intensely at one random spot on the table, blinking and looking elsewhere.

Eden looks at him, breaking into a smile. “What?”

“Oh. Yeah,” she smiled. “I know. I do that sometimes…as you can see.” She giggled.

Their pizza arrives a little while later. Eden smiles as the waiter sets ten pizza pan on the table tray, thanking them. Steam rises from the slices in a thick fog. She pokes a bit of crust to check the temperature. “Ow. Much hot.” She wipes her fingure on a napkin to get the hot grease off.

“Yes, well, I see that now,” she joked. “We shall wait.”

“Hmm, I suppose it does. Likely, not a coincidence.” She thought about the times she noticed it glow. It wasn’t very much, but it was only when Jack was happy, apparently. She hadn’t noticed it if she happened to be happy in that moment. She wondered if it meant she wasn’t really happy, and that made her worry.