Unalterable
Rocky was convinced he had the most boring soul mate phrase in the history of time. He had a name, an introduction. It was about as interesting as a used “hello, my name is” sticker. He wished he had something interesting, something real. Like how Aisha’s phrase was ‘The lion is a man killer’ or PJ’s phrase was ‘Second star to the left and straight on to morning’.
Sure, Uncle Miguel told him he was lucky because he had a name to go looking for instead of just some random phrase, but Rocky thought it was boring enough to fall asleep looking at.
When he was six, Rocky decided that even if his soul mate turned out to be a boring nerd, that didn’t mean that he, Rocky DeSantos, couldn’t be wild, crazy, funny, and awesome enough for BOTH of them. Of course, Rocky didn’t know all the words to put it that way, so he opted for funny, a word he did know, and set out to become a comedian.
Sadly, his first attempt left him with a black eye and a bloody nose from a poorly timed joke and prompted his parents to enroll him in martial arts classes.
The first class Rocky attended, he never really remembered much of afterwards. His attention was completely taken up but the black haired boy who looked at him whenever he seemed to think he could get away with it. They spent the first half of the class sneaking looks at each other between moving their bodies around in a series of karate moves.
It wasn’t until their first break that Rocky could march up to the smaller boy, hold his hand out and say quickly, “I’m DeSantos, Rocky DeSantos.”
Adam took his hand gingerly, “I’m Adam Park.”
So much for paying attention to the rest of class, Rocky was caught up in his own little world, and as a slow, happy smile spread across Adam’s face, Rocky realized that his soul mate wasn’t just cool, but he was totally cool enough for the both of them.