Always Meant to Be

by Siobhan Davis

“In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.”

“Do you believe in soul mates?”

“What if I said you have already met him?” she says, and I almost fall off my chair. “Already loved him, in successive lifetimes, because it’s a connection so profound, a love so complete, it cannot die.”

“In every lifetime, you find one another because the bond is so strong nothing can keep you apart. Not oceans or mountains or timing or other people.” Her eyes drill into mine. “Not age.”

I am going to fight for her, and I’m not giving up until she’s all mine.

“It’s wrong,” she whispers, forcing herself to look away. “Nothing is ever wrong, just more or less correct.”

“My heart beats only for you.” I squeeze her hand. “Do you feel that? You sustain it. You make it grow. You fill it so fully that none of the other shit in my life matters. The only thing that does is you.” I rest my brow against hers, peering deep into her eyes as I admit the ultimate truth. “I love you, and there is absolutely nothing wrong about that.”

“Our souls are carved from the same entity. You are the other piece of me. I was meant to find you, Kendall. We were always meant to be.”

“This feels good, feels right, because you and I were written in the stars, babe.”

“I have loved you in every lifetime that has come before. I’ll love you in this one and every lifetime that comes after.”