Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-24.214.117.2-20190923171355/@comment-24.236.100.143-20191016193214

Seven

"We need to talk," Biana said, jogging to catch up to Sophie in her slightly frantic rush to leap home.

"What's there to talk about?" Sophie squeaked.

Biana rolled her eyes. "Um, the fact that my brother was a complete jerk, and that it possibly ruined your relationship?" She looked pointedly at Sophie's thumbs, where her cognate rings no longer sat.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she mumbled, hiding her hands behind her back.

"Sophie, it's really obvious that something's changed between you and Fitz, and knowing Fitz, he probably didn't deal with a breakup well."

"Ugh, fine. But can we talk at Havenfield?" she said, catching sight of Fitz. He was coming straight for them.

"Yeah."

Biana barely got the word out before Sophie had pulled out her home crystal and leaped them away.

"So what happened?" Biana demanded when they reached Sophie's room.

Sophie winced. "I registered for the match."

"That's great. That seems like it would make Fitz really happy, so what made you do that?" she asked, picking up the teal heart pendant. Its chain was snapped, and the heart was cracked. She thought that would be precisely how her heart would look if it was a necklace.

"I'm...unmatchable."

Biana blinked. "You're what?"

Sophie squeezed her eyes shut. She was really tired of telling people this. But if she was honest, it felt good to tell another girl. "I'm unmatchable," she repeated. "And it's all the Black Swan's fault." She squeezed her hands into fists.

"I'm so sorry, Sophie," Biana whispered, pulling her into a hug.

Suddenly, Sophie couldn't hold it back anymore. The flood gates broke, and the tears came. As she sobbed onto Biana's shoulder, the words she'd been trying to ignore pushed their way out. "He...He told me to trust him," she sobbed. "And when I did, he...He hurt me! I told him the truth, and he accused me of making things up! He...he hates me Biana!"

Biana just held her tighter, letting Sophie's tears soak her Foxfire uniform.

"And...I just feel so guilty and selfish! Linh lost her brother and I"m worrying about matchmaking! But...He said we would be matched..."

-Trickyzbear