Penny wasn’t very into the idea of a soulmate. She hated that there was only one person who was meant for you but they could live on the other side of the world and you would never even know they existed. Or in others cases, they might be as close as a next door neighbour.

As she sat down in the corner of a coffee shop on the end of the street, she looked around to see couples snogging. There was a couple on the other side of the shop who were really going for it and then there was another couple who looked like it was their first date. The couple next to Penny were holding hands and chatting as the blonde boy leaned over to kiss the girl with the mouse brown hair on the cheek. The girl blushed as they went back to talking.

It was Valentine’s Day today. The worst day in Penny’s opinion. There was a new waiter who served her. His name was Daniel, had black hair and blue eyes and looked around the same age as Penny, about 24. He was wearing a suit supplied by the shop with lots of love hearts on it, Penny was mortified. As he came over and asked her what she would like to order, Penny started to feel a feeling inside her she had only felt once before.

When she 7 years old and went to the park with her dad. Her dad was reading the newspaper and left her to go and play. Penny had seen a black haired boy with blue eyes and had fancied him. Not knowing the consequences, she told him how they felt after only knowing each other for like 5 minutes and of course, to Penny’s horror, he just ran away.

Penny felt the same way she had felt 17 years ago. Love. She looked into the waiters blue eyes and asked him a simple question.

“When can I order?”