Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-43347423-20200111144721/@comment-43347423-20200208174151

His guilt had been adding up since then, Sophie confirmed.

Fitz’s face looked stricken. His mind’s been breaking for years, then.

Yeah.

That’s… that’s horrible.

I know.

Was any of it… my fault?

''Probably some. But some of it was everyone’s fault, so don’t go getting too guilty.''

Wow.

Sophie let it sink in a little longer before saying, ''So. Your next secret?''

''Well, I guess this isn’t really a secret. Just something you don’t know,'' Fitz said. I’m still registering for the match.

Sophie hadn’t really thought about that until now, but it made sense. ''Good! I’m happy for you, she said, and it was true. Who do you think you’ll match with?''

I don’t know.

Sophie raised and eyebrow. Who do you WANT to match with?

I don’t know, Fitz said, too quickly.

But Sophie let it slide. ''Okay, fine. You said your secret. Now I have to do mine.''

Any idea what it’ll be? Fitz asked innocently. ‘Cause if you don’t, I have some ideas.

Sophie groaned, but gave in. She didn’t know what secrets she had left.

So that’s a no?

Yep.

Yes! Fitz said. Okay, first off: Why can’t you tell me who your biological mom is?

Touchy subject. Especially since Sophie had just found out that Oralie wasn’t even her mom, at least according to Jolie.

I don’t know, Sophie finally said.

Does that mean you can tell me who it is?

''No, because… I’m not even sure. When you were guessing the first time, I thought I did know, and I had a reason that if I told you would give away who it was. But now I don’t really understand who my mom is, and what it means, and I can’t tell you because I’m so unsure what the consequences will be.''

Oh, Fitz said, but he didn’t push her to say more. That doesn't really make sense, but okay.

''I know. Okay, well, time for another one of your secrets? How about you tell me who you want to match with''? Sophie asked, grinning and once again raising her eyebrows.

Fitz groaned and turned slightly red. Um, because that’s super embarrassing.

Please?

''Fine. It’s, um… Linh.'' Fitz was bright red now. I know that her and Wylie are kind of a thing, but… I can hope, right?

Of course you can, Sophie said, even if she didn’t think there was much hope for that ship to set sail. Wylie and Linh were already so close. I think you should keep hoping.

Yeah, Fitz said. And as revenge for you asking me that, you have to answer my embarrassing question: how long have you liked Keefe?