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It hits me when we pull off the highway.
August is my soulmate.
I believe it now. He’s the one for me. Theonlyone.
“Thanks for driving, Dad,” August says when we pull into the garage. We’re all exhausted as we head inside and separate to go to our rooms.
I take a quick shower and get ready for bed. I’m lying there for about ten minutes, but I know I won’t be able to sleep until I talk to August.
I wait until I’m sure my mom and Brandon are asleep, and then I sneak out of my room and head to August’s.
My heart is pounding as I push open the door and slip inside.
He’s lying in bed, watching me approach.
“I was hoping you’d come,” he says as I slip under the sheets.
We kiss long and hard—I’ve been wanting to do that all night—but I put my hand on his chest to stop him when his hands start wandering.
“I didn’t come for that,” I whisper. “I came to tell you something.”
He patiently waits for me to continue.
I take a deep breath and just go for it.
“I’m in love with you, August,” I say. “I’ve never believed in soulmates, but I do now. I think you’re mine.”
“I know you’re mine,” he says as he gently cups my cheek and gazes into my eyes. “We belong together, Harmony. You’re the one for me. I knew it the first second I saw you.”
Our lips come together in a soft tender kiss. I just want to stay with him all night. I want to wake up in his arms on Christmas morning and touch his messy hair whenever I want. I want to be able to hold his hand or gaze into his eyes without any judgment or shame. I want to be free to love August in every way.
Maybe one day our love will be out in the open, but that day is not today, and it won’t be tomorrow.
“Goodnight, August,” I say as I kiss his soft lips.
He smiles as he watches me get up. “Goodnight, my love.”
I tip-toe over to the door with my body humming. There’s an unstoppable smile on my face as I quietly open the door.
“Harmony!” my mom says, gasping as she stares at me in horror. “What are you doing in there?”
My brain freezes as I stare at her in shock. What is she doing here? She’s supposed to be asleep.
That’s when I see the full stocking in her hands. She’s putting it on August’s door.
“Oh my god,” she says when she looks into the room and sees August lying in the bed shirtless. “Oh my god!”
The stocking slips out of her hands and drops at my feet.
“Mom!” I say as she turns and hurries down the hall. “It’s not what you think!”
My stomach sinks as I hear her running up the stairs.
There goes Christmas…
And there goes my relationship with my mother.
Again.
