Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-36007283-20190915041159

Sophie took out the note she'd received from Fitz, trying to hide a smile as she walked back to her locker, prepared to return home. A trust exercise with Fitz? He already knew all her secrets anyways.

She failed to hide her smile, blushing as she relived their moment when he had confessed to her in Everglen. A few students dave her questioning looks-her face was bright red-but nothing could really dampen her happiness. Or so she thought.

Reaching out a hand tipped with silver nails, she unlodged another piece of pink parchment shaped like a flower, trapped between two of her books. One of my trust questions should be how he got into my locker, she thought, smiling as she unfolded the delicate bloom. She dropped the paper.

Surely her sight or her memory was failing her. Why would Fitz say that? She checked the other letter. His handwriting, no doubt. But then why...?

On the paper, Fitz had written: 'PS-I want to do trust exercises because I don't trust you yet, Sophie. I've given it a lot of thought, but how can I be close to you if you have so many things hidden, some that even you don't know about? I've been too scared to say this to your face, but every time you inflict, there's this... darkness in your eyes. It's really freaky. I'm sorry, but I'm sure we can figure it out together.'

Sophie reread the note, stomach churning. Darkness in my eyes…?  How could such a thing be possible? Or rather, how could Fitz possibly tell her that?

He technically didn’t,  a part of her said. shut up , she thought. She slammed her locker and ran to the leapmaster. Sophie stared at the crystals, reflecting the tears that were shining in her brown eyes. Eyes that Fitz saw darkness in.

'What's wrong, Foster?'  Sophie whirled around at the voice. 'KEEFE?'

'The one and only. But seriously, your emotions right now are... more than intense. Did something happen?'

'Well... I guess you could say that.'

'Do you want to talk about it? Maybe in the private cafeteria? Sweets make everything better.'

Sophie sighed. 'Sure'  She sure didn't want to go to Havenfield and meet Fitz there. 'But won't we be seen?'

Keefe smirked. 'Aww... is Foster being shy? Don't worry, Tam is here-why do think that Ro isn't?'

Sophie had been so upset that she had completely forgotten about the enormous ogre, which was saying a lot.

'All right, I guess. Thanks, Keefe.'

Keefe gave her an endearing, sympathetic smile. But as he smiled, Sophie thought she saw... well, darkness, in his eyes. But as Tam shrouded them in shadows, she assumed it was just part of his shade powers.

Fitz smiled. He had been practising tracking Sophie's thoughts, and she was moving towards the leapmaster. He intended to let her return home first, then arrive like a gentleman. Suddenly, her thoughts went blank-part of the leap, he thought. but no. although her couldn't exactly decipher her thoughts when he was tracking them, Fitz felt her moving AWAY from the leapmaster. '''Maybe she forgot something in her locker? '''But she wasn't headed in that direction....

Fitz sighed. He would just have to pick up his gift and go to Havenfield before her. And hopefully avoid Grady and Edaline, because as nice as they were, adults could have some AWKWARD questions.

Which Keefe and Sophie were in the process of finding out. In fact, they were about to open a wound that even the Panakes could not heal. 