26, Berlin

I need to share something that happened five days ago, because I’m still processing it.

Six years ago, I had a private tarot reading about my love life. I asked her: When will I eventually meet my person? The divine one for me in this lifetime?

She told me that 26 would be the closest time I’d meet them.

Fast forward through three years of being completely single. That number—26—never really left me; it was always in the back of my mind. So, when my 26th birthday rolled around last week, I decided to celebrate by booking myself a solo trip to Berlin.

The moment I saw him, it hit me like a plane crash.

It was a physical, undeniable jolt. It’s the exact intuitive feeling I only get when I see someone and just know something major is going to happen between us. I’ve only ever felt it twice before in my life—right before I met both of my exes. I hadn't felt it in years.

He was a bouncer at the club. Super, super tall, doing the vibe check on the crowd. I am very short, so while I was lining up, he was looking right over the shoulders of the person before me. The night was very young and the line was short. When I finally stepped up, I had to look all the way up to meet his eyes.

He spoke to me in German first.

"Pardon?" I asked.

His cool, stone face completely softened, and he had a light smile.

"How old are you?" he asked.

"26," I said.

He checked my ID. "Yeah, you are 26."

"Yes, I ammm," I replied.

He spoke to me so gently after that. "Welcome," he said, and let me inside.

I spent the next eight hours dancing, and the sky was bright already when I left. On my way out of the club, I saw him again. He caught my eye, looked straight back into my eyes, and said, chow.

I took two steps out of the door, a million thoughts going through my mind, and decided to turn right back around. I walked up to him and asked for his Instagram.

He paused for a second. "Not in this club," he said, "but I'll take it as a compliment."

I didn’t say anything else. I just held his gaze, left him with a final chow, and blew him a kiss as I walked away.

(ノ_<。)

Will I SEE YOU AGAIN?