Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-174.6.16.240-20190925004545/@comment-174.6.16.240-20190927035129

 Chapter two 

Only after she said it did Sophie realize she had yelled it. “I’m unmatchable. . .” she said again trailing off as she fought back tears. Tam was with the Neverseen, and she was worried about this. She felt so shallow, recalling all those times at her human school she had thought that girls in her class were silly and shallow for having crushes, and worrying about if a boy liked them, and now here she was, doing the exact same thing. When was the last time she’d even checked to see if Linh was okay?

She tried to blink back her tears, but they spilled up over her eyelids, rolling down her face. One tear trickled into her mouth, and she tasted the salty water as it spread over her tongue.

She heard someone sobbing loudly, and it took a couple seconds for her to realize it was her. She wasn’t just sad because of the matchmaker disaster, she was worried for Tam, and things were still awkward with Keefe, because although she hadn’t told him about her a Fitz’s moment in the winnowing gala, he could tell there was something going on with them, and was being. . . different. He didn’t tease her anymore, kept his distance. Sophie missed him, and she wanted to hear him teasing her again. She knew he would cheer her up.

“Oh,” Biana said softly, Shocked. She got over it quickly, though, and said, “Okay. Is that all?”

“Yes?” Sophie said, wiping away her tears. She was surprised that Biana had taken it so well. She would have thought it would be more of a big deal.

“You know, Fitz is freaking out. He’s been super worried since you didn’t answer any of his calls on your imparter.”

“Oh,” Sophie said. She’d forgotten all about her imparter. And blocked Fitz’s transmissions from her head. She couldn’t blame him for being worried.

“You should talk to him.” Biana told Sophie. ''But what if he freaks out? She thought, A bad match has like, never happened in the Vacker family, and I don’t think Fitz will want to be the first.'' She didn’t realize until after she had been speaking aloud. “It’ll be fine,” Biana said, trying to comfort her.

“It will,” Edaline said from the doorway. Sophie jumped. She hadn’t known Edaline had been standing there, and she wondered how much of their conversation she had heard. She sat down on Sophie’s other side and put a comforting arm around her. “That boy really likes you. And if he does leave you over this, then he’s not worth it.”

“Being his sister, I can tell you this with confidence. He is crazy for you.” Biana said, taking her hand. “And I would be very mad with him if he was anything but accepting.”

Sophie smiled. “Thanks, guys,” she said, her voice thick with emotion. She cleared her throat. “I guess I should get it over with,” she could contact him telepathically, but. . . “I think I should tell him in person. Can we head over to your place, Biana?”

-Chloe