Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-108.56.231.106-20191020224916/@comment-108.56.231.106-20191021210240

OK, so I know nobody's seen this yet, BUT, since I decided to post something new every day (usually, I might not aways get to do it every day) I am putting in the new section.

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Previously:

'''Sophie barely managed to get out “I’m. . .”'''

 The worry lines on Edaline’s face grew even deeper.

'''“What is it?” she asked. “Please tell me, I want to help and I know Grady does too.”'''

'''   After a few seconds Sophie got the rest of it out. “Unmatchable. . . I’m Unmatchable.”'''

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New Stuff:

'''Edaline’s eyes grew wide. “Unmatchable?” She whispered. “No. There must be some mistake. You couldn’t be Unmatchable.”'''

'''Sophie’s eyes watered at the word ‘mistake’. '''

'''  “Sophie, you know what?” Edaline asked. “Me and Grady can just go visit the Matchmakers again. We can try again. We can fix it.”'''

''' Sophie shook her head. Hard. “No. There is no fixing it. There is no fixing me. I’m different. Unmatchable. And I will never be able to live happily with anybody without me ruining our lives.” The tears spilled over as Sophie started crying.'''

'''  “Sophie, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you. You need to know that, and believe that. And if you don’t want me to go to the Matchmaking Office, the least I can do, is stay here with you. Is that okay?” Edaline asked.'''

 Sophie nodded without saying anything.

'''  Edaline started rubbing Sophie’s back and Sophie let her. It felt good.'''

They stayed like that for a while, before Sophie heard Grady’s voice.

''' “I already told you, she’s dealing with something right now. You can’t see her.”'''

'''  “Well. . . Can you at least tell her I came?” Another voice asked.'''

Keefe’s.

 Sophie sat up and looked at Edaline, who understood.

'''   “I can tell Grady that you’re fine now. You are, right?” Edaline asked.'''

''' Sophie nodded. “At least enough to see a friend.” Sophie assured Edaline. “Tell him that it’s okay if he wants to come up here and see me.”'''

 Edaline smiled, nodded and kissed Sophie lightly on her head.

  She turned to leave as Sophie said “Mom?”

 Edaline turned back around, looking startled at Sophie’s choice of words.

'''“Thank you,” Sophie said. “For being there.” '''

 Edaline smiled and said “Always.”

'''   She left, and Sophie finally got out of bed to brush her hair a bit. She would suffer a ton of Keefe-teasing about her state of appearance if she didn’t do anything about it.'''

 “Hey Foster.”

 Sophie jumped slightly and turned around.

 “Hi Keefe.” She said.

'''  “Worrying about your appearance because of me?” He asked, smirking. But the smile vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. “You know what? I can’t joke around right now. I can tell something’s wrong.”'''

'''  Sophie tilted her head in confusion. '''

 Keefe was almost always joking.

'''“Everyone’s worried.” Keefe explained. “Fitz actually hailed me saying he was worried about you. He said he hailed you, like, twice and also tried having a special Fitzphie Telepath conversation, but. . .”'''

Keefe stopped, noticing Sophie’s expression at the name Fitzphie.

 “What is it?”

'''  Sophie shook her head, immediately replying “Nothing. Where’s Ro?” '''

'''Keefe’s ogre bodyguard was never far from him and was also never far from cracking some sarcastic joke. It was like Keefe and Ro were made for each other, though they were almost always arguing.'''

''' “Downstairs, annoying Sandor and Grady,” Keefe said. “And don’t think I didn’t catch that not-so-subtle subject change. Seriously, come on.” Keefe took Sophie’s gloved hand. “Do I have to keep reminding you? I’m an Empath. You can’t lie to me.”'''

'''  Sophie sighed, not pulling her hand away, but wishing that Keefe - of all people - hadn’t manifested as an Empath. It made it so hard to keep secrets, as he always reminded her. And it didn’t help that he teased basically everyone about everything. It was even more annoying that most of that teasing was directed towards her.'''

 Sophie looked at Keefe again.

He was still waiting, patiently.

  Sophie sighed again and told Keefe everything.

 All of her thoughts and feelings about it too.

'''Keefe said nothing until she was finished, allowing her to put in everything without any side comments, which was relieving, because Sophie didn’t think that she would have been able to handle an interruption - at least until she was finished. '''

'''  “So. . .” Keefe started. “You’re Unmatchable, and you think it’s terrible.”'''

'''“Because it is terrible.” Sophie insisted. “What will Fitz say? He already told me that he doesn’t think that he would be able to handle being a Bad Match.”'''

''' “If Fitz cares more about his reputation than you, then he’s a jerk.” Keefe told Sophie. “Tell him about this. He needs to know. You shouldn’t wait too long. If he finds out a long time after it’s happened, he’ll be angry that you didn’t tell him sooner.”'''

'''  Sophie sighed again. “It’s annoying when you’re actually right.”'''

''' Keefe smirked. “So I’m annoying all the time?”'''

  Sophie smiled “Well, yeah, actually, but not because you’re right.”

'''“Hey!” Keefe said, but he was still smiling. '''

''' It was a relieved smile. '''

'''Sophie was relieved too. Keefe almost always got her out of her bad moods, and this time wasn’t any different.'''

 “I think I’m going to change and go talk to Fitz.” 

'''“Now?” Keefe asked. '''

  She nodded.