A day with my soulmate
- simplyniacurry
- Dec 27, 2018
- 5 min read
I am a firm believer that everyone on this planet has a soulmate. In fact, I'm pretty sure everyone has multiple soulmates. To clarify what exactly a soulmate is, it is a person who doesn't exactly complete you, but they make you feel like the best version of yourself. This person makes you want to be a better person, and with them you feel more like yourself than with anyone else. You feel a sense of peace with them. They aren't a part of your soul, no they just make your soul feel a little less lonely.
As previously stated, my soulmate is my best friend, Lillian Jordan.
Thus, when my best friend texted me asking to catch lunch with her, I was beyond thrilled. I woke up today, threw on black jeans and a black turtleneck, and waltzed outside of my house with a smile on my face. I walked the usual two minute route to my bus stop and took the connector that would take me to the restaurant that I was going to meet Lilli at. As I sat on the stiff seat in the third row of my small bus, staring out the window as Nashville flashed past me, I found myself thinking about how long I had been friends with Lilli and what made her so special to me. I concluded that the reason why I loved Lilli so much, was because I had known what life was like without her, and I hadn't enjoyed it all that much.
Due to the fact that 2018 was a horrible year and I lost many people, I had unfortunately lost Lilli for some time. We had fought over something petty, and we had gone from being inseparable to being...well, separated. See, people fail to mention that best friend breakups suck way worse than romantic breakups. Suddenly there was no one to share inside jokes with, no one to rant with in Starbucks, no one who understood my intense love for 5 seconds of summer (I know, don't judge). The second bed in my room that Lilli had always slept in remained empty for six months, and for six months I lived without her. I figured that if I became friends with different people, I could find a new best friend. But best friends aren't like reusable napkins. You don't just use them and then throw them away and find a new one that will satisfy your needs. No, I imagine losing a best friend is almost like losing a part of who you are. When I lost Lilli for those months, I was forced to create a Nia without her. I was forced to enjoy movies alone, listen to music and keep it to myself, and toss our inside jokes away. When we both finally realized how stupid it was to avoid each other, we were able to appreciate each other a lot more and become best friends who were together not because we needed to be together, but because we wanted to be together. On my bus ride to that restaurant, I figured that that was the reason why I loved her so much.
When we finally seated at the restaurant, we immediately cracked our jokes about being broke at an expensive restaurant. Let's be honest, most 17 year old girls are exceptionally B.R.O.K.E and Lilli and I are not an exception. Thus, I settled on a pizza, and Lilli got a bowl of expensive grass (it was a "salad") We spoke about many things; how she was going to Vanderbilt in the fall, how I was still waiting to hear back from colleges, how valet was thankfully free, how we both had concluded that high school was overrated, and who we were taking to Winter Formal. Although these things seemed so frivolous, they weren't. We talked and talked and laughed and snorted (yes, snorted) and everything felt alright in the world.
After lunch, we went to Restoration Hardware and created our future homes. We had concluded long ago that we were going to share an apartment, and so we imagined our cream colored couches and fluffy off-white beds and our sleek bathroom sinks. We danced around fake bedrooms and designed our future children's rooms, all while discussing our future plans for college, law school, and of course world domination. When we had exhausted ourselves, she dropped me back off at the bus stop, and after sitting in a car while listening to music for a couple minutes, we parted our ways and I bused home.
I could have spent my bus ride staring off into space like I usually did. I could have stared at the strangers that hopped on the bus only to disappear three stops later. I could have thought about how one of my earphones (the left one) wasn't working as well as the other one, or how it was fogging up inside of the bus due to how cold it was outside of the bus's metal walls. But I didn't. Instead, I put in my earbuds, smiled to myself, and thanked God the whole way home for a simple and nice day.
Not everyday has to be fantastic for it to be a good day. The love of my life didn't propose to me. I didn't win a million dollars. Beyonce did not magically reveal that she was my mother (even though I am convinced she is). None of these amazing things happened. All I did was get lunch with a good friend, and yet, the day was a really good day.
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Thank you so much guys for all of your love and support. Be sure to catch my video, "Moments" on my youtube. Thank you again.
With love,
Nia
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