All bruises on Alexis's face and body were already healed. And she was lying there on the hospital bed like a sleeping beauty. When Vorian saw her, he was sure that she was the one! His soulmate! As displayed by his Soulmate app years ago.
His eyes fell on the patient record file. Her name was on the top of the file. "Alexis Emerson", Vorian whispered her name and a smile appeared on his face. "After years of waiting, I finally found you." Vorian moved closer to Alexis and stared at her for a while, appreciating her beauty.
He had finally found the one who he was searching for since years. And now that he finally found the girl of his dream, he wanted to stay by her side for a bit longer. He wanted to see her wake up and talk to her. He wanted to share a laugh or two with her. He wanted tell her that they were soulmates and tell her how happy he was to finally meet her.
But he was in between a mission and had to return to the IGT Fed's office soon. With heavy heart he took Alexis's hand on his palm, which looked small and cute compared to his, and then kissed her hand saying, "Until we meet again, Alexis." He looked at Alexis one last time before he left for his mission and walked out of the room.
Natalia reached home and was shuffling through her dresses. After trying a few dresses on and then throwing them on the bed, she finally wore a peach colored dress which accentuated her curves. She had already used most of her remaining time to choose the dress; she only had very few minutes left until Liam would come to pick her up.
So, she decided to keep her makeup simple. She just put on a coat of mascara on her eyelashes and dabbed a red lipstick on her plump lips. And then put on a pair of nice pencil heels, grabbed her cell phone, and ran downstairs to wait for Liam.
Liam called her within a minute. "Hey, I'm outside of your house. Are you ready?"
"Yes, I'm opening the door right now." Natalia opened the door to see Liam waiting with his car. He was dressed in a fitting white shirt, a dark pant, and a pair of black shoes. They both looked at each other and smiled.
"You look really gorgeous. I can't take my eyes off of you." Liam kissed Natalia on her cheek and opened the door of his car for her to get in. This was the first time that Natalia was getting so much attention from a boy, so she was blushing and could feel her ears getting hot.
Liam got inside the car with a smirk on his face and started the engine. The car hovered off the ground for a second and then zoomed.
Liam started the conversation saying, "There's a really nice restaurant in P-19 Street. The atmosphere is good, the food is good, and we get to hear some live music. I hope you'll like it."
"I'm sure I'll like it." Natalia gave him a smile and then zoned out.
Both of them were quiet for quite some time. Liam was waiting for Natalia to say something, as it was mostly her who carried on the conversation. But seeing her like this, Liam asked, "Hey is everything okay? You seem a bit off than usual."
"Yes", Natalia paused for a while and then frowned, "Actually, no… Alexis is in hospital right now. She was found unconscious on the street."
Liam raised his eyebrows and asked, "What? Is she okay now?" Liam was surprised to hear this news.
"Yeah, she was taken to her mom's hospital. She has not regained her consciousness yet though." And then she puckered her lips in disappointment.
"Are you alright? I mean, not being there with her. We could have postponed our date." Although Liam was looking forward to this date night from a very long time, he was sad that Natalia was not her jolly self.
"No, I didn't want to stand you up. Besides, Lexi's mom is with her so she will be alright." Natalia didn't want to drag the mood down so, she tried to smile and live in the moment.
Natalia and Liam reached their destination. As they entered the restaurant together, they were looking like the best couple in that vicinity. Most of the eyes followed them for a moment and Natalia felt a bit uncomfortable with all that attention. Liam, on the other hand, was looking very proud that he was on a date with this stunning lady.
Slowly Natalia was back to being her cheerful self and the whole mood was elevated. They were enjoying the food and wine while also grooving to the relaxing live music. Natalia thought that this was the perfect date, not that she had any yardstick to compare it with. But still, this was better than what she had imagined.
The restaurant was not too crowded; the music was very soothing which helped her relieve all the tension that she went through a few hours ago. Liam was just happy that after gathering up courage to ask Natalia on a date, they were finally here. He just wished he had asked out her earlier.
After sharing a good talk and laughs, they split the bill and headed towards their car. Natalia reached near the car and turned around to see that Liam was nowhere around. She was confused. "Did he just ditch me? Don't overreact, Nat. His car is right here. Why would he run away?" Natalia's over-active imagination was running wild while she waited beside Liam's car.
After about a minute Liam appeared in front of Natalia with a bouquet of red roses in his hand. He grinned and offered the bouquet to Natalia, "For my beautiful date."
"Oh my stars! Did he just call me "my"?" Natalia thought while smiling from ear to ear and accepting the roses.
Liam gracefully opened the door for Natalia and then drove her back to her home. He then walked Natalia to her door and before it got awkward he said, "So, we officially started to date each other from today right?"
Natalia could feel her heart racing. She was screaming with happiness in her mind. "Yes, I'm your girlfriend from today", she responded. Just when Liam thought of kissing her, Natalia remembered something, "Oh! I almost forgot. I have to show you something."
Liam cleared his throat and tried to act natural. He tried not to give away that he was about to kiss her but got interrupted, "What is it?" Natalia opened the door and rushed inside while shouting, "I'll be right back." Liam raised his eyebrows and said to himself, "O…kay!"
Natalia returned back with her new cell phone and showed it to him. Liam read, "Your soulmate is Liam O'Brian… what is this supposed to mean?" Liam was visibly confused with what he just read and thought to himself, "Is this some kind of joke?"
Natalia explained in excitement, "My dad got this cell phone from planet C-31. This had built-in app called Soulmate app. I thought it was just a joke but then it showed your name. And just after a day, you asked me out! Can you believe it?"
"I don't know what to say", he was still trying to process this new information.
Natalia sulked in disappointment and said, "I thought you would be more excited than that."
Liam immediately pulled her by the waist and kissed her and then said, "Soulmates have the right to do this, right?" He looked into her eyes and smirked. Natalia's heart was pounding with excitement; she just nodded her head to agree.
"Goodnight, Nat," Liam planted a kiss on Natalia's forehead.
"Goodnight, Liam." Natalia was too shy to even look Liam in the eye and just ran inside her home.
As Liam was walking towards his car, he could hear Natalia screaming with excitement and he could not help but smile. "How did I get so lucky?" he thought.