Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-73.158.79.161-20200131011228/@comment-2601:647:4000:5CE0:7863:45E1:D16D:BB38-20200204034228

"Told you what?" Fitz repeated as Sophie and Keefe yanked apart so fast, there might as well have been a bullet shooting between then.

"Nothing?" Sophie mumbled, ducking behind her curtain of blond hair.

"WHAT?" Fitz snapped, stalking closer.

"Not a step closer, Pretty Boy." Ro drew her sword and held it like a barrier between Fitz and the swing. Sophie shot Ro a grateful look. But the ogre princess had been the one to call everyone outside, after all...

There were others in the crowd looking furious. Grady, included. Others, like Dex and Wylie were smirking at her. Some, like Edaline and Biana, even flashed her sappy smiles. Sophie groaned and buried her face in her knees.

"I want to talk to her," Fitz snarled.

"I'll go," Sophie murmured, squeezing Keefe's hand as she fell in pace with Fitz. She could feel everyone's eyes on the back of her head.

"What's up with that?" Fitz grumbled.

"What do you mean?"

"I thought you liked me!"

"As a friend." Sophie glared. "I have liberty to kiss whoever I like!"

"Not when you already have a boyfriend."

"For the last time, Fitz- we aren't dating!"

"We were." Fitz looked livid. "It's like you don't even care about me."

"Is that it?" Sophie was furious. "You don't get the girl, so you sulk and watch from the corner? Keefe likes me too, you know!"

"Doesn't matter," Fitz said under his breath.

"Doesn't matter?" Sophie shouted, abruptly stopping to face Fitz. Her voice carried all the way back to the staring crowd. "It doesn't matter?"

Fitz turned red and mumbled something about liking her too.

"Just because you're rich and have a famous grandfather doesn't mean you get whatever you want!" Sophie snapped. "It doesn't mean you get to shun your best friend and not care about his feelings!"

The teal-eyed boy's face turned purple. "Well, he should care about mine!" Fitz hissed before raising a crystal to the light and leaping away.

Sophie glared at the spot Fitz had been for a moment before sprinting back on the beach.

"Don't let him get to you, Foster," Keefe told her, slinging an arm around her shoulder as he viewed her expression.

And they went back inside.

-ZeSnarkyMoonlarks