by Cat Mann
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“You know…” I said. We were tangled tightly together, our limbs crossing over and wrapping around one another. She had a great, glowing smile on her face. I brushed a half-dry lock of hair from her eyes and then traced my finger down the curves of her body. “Plato told a story in his Symposium where the first humans were originally created as both a man and a woman complete with four arms, four legs and two faces.”
Ava’s nose scrunched at the ridiculous idea.
“These humans were very strong and smart and Zeus felt threatened by them. Scared of their power, he devised a plan and split them in two, therefore weakening them and reducing their strength. Humans were angry with him for ripping them in two and they threatened to stop worshiping the god. So Zeus decided to give each half a gender, some male and others female so they could have sex with their counterparts and in doing so, they could feel whole again. These humans, when split apart were left empty and they spent the rest of their lives searching for their twin soul…”
“Soul mate.”
“Exactly. You make me whole.”
“You make me whole,” she nodded and brushed the tip her nose against mine. “Zeus was an egotistical, pompous, self-righteous, womanizing, jerk.”
“Don’t tell him you said that.”
Ava’s eyes flashed bright. “Is there still a Zeus?”
“Yes. But he’s no one you or I know.”