Monterey

The stars were always an interesting sight. The idea that you could simply look up and see galaxies upon galaxies was.. breathtaking. The Earth itself could be beautiful itself, as any celestial body could, but it was the idea of looking at hundreds.. thousands.. millions of places all at once. It could make somebody feel as small as an ant. A really tiny f'ing ant.
Kat had been resting back on her elbows, her feet crisscrossed in front of her and her eyes aimed straight up, along with the rest of her face. The silence was normal between the two girls. They had come to realize that sometimes, especially after a long day, each other's presence was simply enough. There was no need to joke or even speak. Just be. It was something Kat relished in. She was quite the chatterbox, of course, but even the most talkative of people can appreciate some good old silence every so often.
Nyeira's statement caused Kat to sit up and turn toward her. She was silent for a moment, hundreds of different thoughts running through her head. She was right, of course, Kat had a life seemingly planned out for her. See, the reason these two girls had been sitting here and processing wasn't just because of a long day. Kat had met her soulmate today.
The man was pretty... unimpressive at first. Not to say he wasn't hot. Even Kat had to admit he was more beautiful than all things holy. They met at the aquarium, where Kat and Nyeira had been hanging out all day, seeing how many false fish facts they could spout out to people before they were removed from the establishment. Then, she saw his wrist. For a moment, Kat could see their entire future together. Growing old, seeing their children off to college, sitting on a porch in some rural nowhere holding hands until death. But then he spoke. His first words to her were "Oh... So you're it, huh?" Nevertheless, they traded numbers and agreed that they would try meeting again another time.
The entire encounter had been a bit jarring for Kat, and it hadn't occurred to her until just now that maybe it had made Ny feel the same way. Suddenly, Kat wasn't so excited for her future. She wasn't necessarily vying to meet this new boy who she would spend her life with. After all, they had their whole lives to be together, right? So then, she decided.
"Well I'm going with you."

Kat laughed. She wasn't intending to, but it was so ridiculous to her that Nyeira would think she was picking some guy over her best friend. The one who had actually been there her entire life. If Ny needed her, Kat would be there. Even if she didn't realize she needed her.
"Nyeira Kate Saunders, if you really think you're going anywhere without me anytime soon, you're a bigger fool than I thought. Now get your ass up, we need to go let our parents know that we're leaving."
Kat stood, one of her famous grins on her face. She was excited for this journey. Anything to get her mind off the ass of a man she was going to have to marry soon. Seeing the world was always something she wanted to do, and to be honest, Kat was hoping that maybe she could just un-meet her soulmate. Maybe he would just forget?
Oh shiiiiii- she thought. She was going to have to tell her parents about this man. As much as she wanted to pretend that he just didn't exist, she knew that she couldn't. Perhaps she could convince her parents that the wedding could wait? Let her have an extended bachelorette party, in a way. It was going to take a lot, especially since her mother already had her wedding almost completely planned out, but she was going to do anything she could to go with Ny. If it took cashing in eighteen years of good behavior, then so be it.

The Kraken reference brought a grin to Kat's face. She loved calling their parents Krakens, it just befitted them so perfectly. Especially Kat's parents. When they were happy, they were happy. But when they were angry, hell, they were good at being angry. She loved them anyway, it wasn't like they were abusive anyway. They just seemed to think that discipline was important over all else.
"I'm excited.. where are we going anyway? Did you have any plans before you baked up this half-assed idea? Or am I gonna be the one who is stuck doing all of the planning." She smiled at the last part of her statement.
Of course, Kat wasn't actually angry at Ny, and she definitely didn't think she was dumb. The two girls walked up to the front door of the Saunders' home, and Kat looked over to Nyeira.
"You ready?