Chapter 11

Emilie

"You were never meant to be with Brandon," Laura says as she reads the lines in my palm. My apartment is pitch-black, and the only light source is a few flickering candles on my table. "It's very strange that Brandon came into your life...almost as if it were by a random event..."

I squirm in my chair. "Is that so?"

"Yes," she lifts her green eyes to mine. "But that doesn't mean you can't change the future. There might be a chance if you would rather be with Brandon than the one I saw you marrying in my first vision."

"Who did you see me marrying?"

"Sheldon Milhouse."

My heart somersaults, not because I'm in love with Sheldon, but because he asked me out a month ago, or...I think that's what he was doing. Sheldon is bad with words - just like me - and I only understood what he was trying to do when it was too late.

I sigh. "Sheldon is from my art class."

"I know," Laura smiles. "Tall, lanky, and looks a bit nerdy?"

"That sounds like him," I say. But he is nice, and I do