All Chapters of SOAR WITH ME: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

#Chapter 1 Evelyn"What? You went without me? Me! I'm your best friend Eve." Ivan protests as he inclines over the pink polka-dot tablecloth stretched over the small table. "That you are, Ivan. The one and only. But in my defense, you were busy running an important errand for your mother, when I was coming to pick you up. I called to ask you. Tell me you remember that?" Ivan hesitantly nods in agreement, clearly annoyed with the fact that he can't blame me. "I couldn't bring myself to interrupt you." His eyes soften momentarily but then squeeze to slits as he crosses his arms over his chest and slumps back into the chair. An image of a young kid throwing a tantrum flashes through my mind. "Mom would have understood. It was a dinosaur exhibition for fuck's sake. She knows I love dinosaurs. I've literally been smitten with them since I was eight. Tyrannosaurus rex is my favorite, and now I might have missed his skeleton." The vehemence of his exasperation reflects when h

#Chapter 3 EvelynA sticky surface runs over the left side of my face. In the heat of my comforter, I roll over and try to go back to sleep. Not a second later, two feet plonk over me and something nudges me underneath my jaw, followed by a tongue lapping over my skin."Miles!" Taking refuge under the layer of my comforter I hide from the morning beast.A loud woof pierces through the foggy daze of my sleepiness, and I open my eyes and blink several times. Suddenly I feel multiple paws digging into my body and I throw the cover away and sit up."I don't need an alarm." When I've got you, Miles, I mutter to myself and greet my other best friend in the world.Miles, my three-year-old dog is always next to me no matter what I'm doing. The only time he leaves me alone is when I'm in the bathroom, otherwise, he's onto me all the time. I don't mind that one bit."Good morning Miles." My fingers scratch the side of his neck and he patiently lets me. I stare into his in

#Chapter 5 Evelyn"So I've got good news and bad news. Which one do you wanna hear first?" Dread slips through the cracks of my resolve and I have to lean my head against the cold glass for support."Bad news," I say, staring out at the pedestrians to distract myself.I'm sitting in an ice cream shop waiting for my order of two scoops of strawberry flavor with rainbow sprinkles on the top.The sun was in the sky when I left but turns out Seattle's weather is more indecisive than a toddler choosing which toy to play with. Soon gray clouds took over and it drizzled. Luckily I found a guy selling umbrellas right when it started showering and saved my favorite top and denim from getting drenched. The rain had lasted a couple of minutes before disappearing, but the gray clouds are hovering over the city with the promise of torrential rain. "So Opal has decided to resign. She turned in her resignation letter this evening after you left. Which I think was planned. I mean

#Chapter 7 EvelynTen years ago, for days I waited for this moment. Hours filled with yearning for him to return to me, and talk to me. I wanted an explanation as to where we went wrong. Only I know how many nights I cried myself to sleep, and woke up with hope only for it to get diminished each time. I wished for him earnestly for weeks, which gradually turned into months and years. Not for once, he reached out. And slowly the possibility of him ever coming to me and talking to me lessened till there was nothing left. Not even an atom. Only a hollow gap in my heart that grew bigger with time instead of shrinking."Can I ask you something?" I have millions of questions to throw his way and see how he bounces back to me with his answers. But I settle for just one in particular."You can ask me anything." The deepness in his voice has developed, and he sounds like a man now. He even looks like a man. The last time I saw him he was eighteen. With a lean body and muscles

#Chapter 9 WarrenEvery part of me resents this conversation, but unfortunately, I have no other person to talk to about her. No other person I trust."I just wanted to talk. I didn't know she'd be so opposed to the invitation."Connor chugs his beer and then looks at me. "Let me ask you this first. Are we talking about your Evelyn?"A frown line appears between my eyebrows. "She's not mine but yes, we're talking about the very, one and only, Evelyn. How many Evelyns have I mentioned to you, idiot?""I just wanted to confirm as you seem to forget that you deeply hurt her and broke her heart. The very girl you claimed to have feelings for." The knife in my heart twists and a new round of pain starts to hurt me." And now that you saw her after ten fucking years, you jumped to dinner in a few sentences? Are you insane? No wonder she hit you. You should be glad it wasn't her purse. That shit is equal to a suitcase. You wouldn't have a jaw right now if she attacked you with