Her reply came in the form of a series of giggles "You will meet your soulmate here tonight."

I grabbed the paper out of her hand and read it for myself only to find out she was telling the truth.

You will meet your soulmate tonight.

Without much more thought about it, I crumpled the sheet and threw it in the nearest trash can as Lana and I walked further along the pier.

Chapter Two

A familiar smooth-sounding male voice stopped us in our tracks "Ella!"

"Here he is." Lana announced dramatically in a hushed voice before she referenced the fortune from earlier "Your soulmate."

"I already told you." I shushed her with a glare before mentioning "That machine probably gives the same fortune to fifty other people today."

We followed the voice and the single wave to the hook-a-duck.

Chase was leaning against the wooden stall in his letterman jacket like he was posing for a photoshoot for Abercrombie. The idea of that was not impossible to imagine. He was tall and buff and blonde. He was attractive and the sort of a guy I usually found myself attracted to.

He bounced up from his leaning stance to give both of us a quick nod of acknowledgement which was in jock language was a hello.

Two months with him and I was not entirely fluent in the language and not any closer to understanding him.

"Hey." Chase's deep smooth voice filled the air as he wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me towards him "I have been waiting for you."

I should have been focusing on the show of affection. I should not have been measuring him for my ulterior motive for meeting up with him.

I studied his quarterback arms and concluded that the giant stuffed toy was already in my arms.

Lana looked shocked at the slight display of affection from the blonde boy and that made two of us.

Chase had sometimes acknowledged me in the corridors of school, but it was not in a romantic way. The most public we had been was a make out session under the bleachers. The smell of teenage sweat did not add to the mood, so the kiss was not that memorable.

My feet did a little shuffle to the side and away from him, but he did not look too disheartened at the space.

"What's up, Lana?" He decided to greet the other person standing in the little triangle we had unintentionally made.

I did not have to be a mind reader to know what was going on in Lana's head. She was probably wondering why he was putting on a voice that resembled a high surfer.

"Hi Chase." She greeted politely with a smile.

Their conversation started and ended there because the blonde quarterback turned to me and murmured "Are we getting out of here?"

I blinked and then blinked again before I mumbled "What?"

"Three is a crowd." He said, glancing Lana's way before meeting my eyes