Soulmates

Chapter 15

TRIGGER WARNING!!!!!

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS REFERENCES TO RAPE AND SEXUAL HARRASSMENT. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED

Shel sighed as she reached the parking lot of the drug store. Callbacks were exhausting, and she had to sing a cover of Ocean Eyes at some point. But first, she needed gas.

When she got out, she could see Piper McLean talking to a blond boy.

Shel ignored it at first. In fact, she was more focused on the fact that she went to the same school as a McLean and that someone who probably has a net worth of a million dollars was stuck at a drab gas station. It wasn't until she noticed Piper's panicked glances around the store, she started to worry.

She paid for the gas and grabbed her pocketknife. "Fuck it," she whispered as she made her way to the automatic doors. "Women supporting women, this is New fucking York." Shel smiled. "Piper, babe, you're taking forever. How long does it take to buy," she glanced at the Wawa coffee. The inner Hispanic in her cringed at the thought, "some shitty coffee? We gotta go."

Piper pivoted to look at her. "Sorry," she said. "I got, um, caught up in something."

Shel rolled her eyes. "Well, come on, babe. I'm trying to get there today." She looked at the blond. Disgust and fear went through her veins when she saw his face. Octavian. The man who... "Do I know him?" She knew he didn't remember her. All he remembered about that night was fucking some random hot girl.

"No."

Octavian glared at Shel. She slipped her hand into the pocket of her hoodie, gripping the pocketknife. "I don't think so." A bit of familiarity flashed in his eyes, then disappeared. Just as they did every time they crossed paths in the halls.

"Okay, then haul ass!" Shel looped her arms between Pipers and dragged her out. "Do you need a ride?" she whispered when they were out of earshot.

"Yes, thank you."

"I don't know if that dick was targeting you or anything, but stay away from him." Shel looked at the time. "Do you want me to drop you off or..."

"Oh, um, just take me across the street, my dad's bus is there." Piper blushed and gripped her feather necklace. Shel thought she knew it from somewhere. "Do you want money or something?"

"Oh, no!" Yes. "Just be safe out there."

Shel let her go and glanced at her soulmate tattoo.

Oh. That's where she knew the necklace from.

Shit.

Shelby ignored the sensation in her chest and called her mother.

"Shelby Silva Hicks, where are you?" her mom yelled. "How long are these people going to have these callbacks?"

"Sorry, Ma, they just ended," she said in Spanish. "I had to go get gas and the I saw this girl I know from school being harassed by some asshole..." Shelby trailed off.

"The cursing is justified in this situation. You helped the girl?"

"Yeah."

"Good, now come home."

The following day the cast list was posted. Shel ignored the urge to find Piper and looked at that instead. It was odd because it was usually the other way around.

Her name was the second on the list, right next to Eurydice.

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