ALL IN. sokeefe.

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Sophie froze, and searched for the thread of light. She tugged, once, twice, and her hands tingled. "Oh... I must have imagined it," Fitz said sheepishly. Mr. Forkle scoffed from the head of the table, "You kids, imagining things." Fitz flushed red, and Keefe muttered, "Idiot." Sophie winced and turned to him. "What?" She whispered. Keefe looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Fitz. Not the Forklenator." Sophie flushed pink, and grabbed his hand. His eyes widened, and she squeezed his hand. He squeezed back.

"Keefe, we need to talk."

"Ooh, Foster, does Fitzy know you're in my head? Careful, he might get jealous."

"Keefe—"

"Don't worry, Lady Fos-Boss! We can talk. Just not here, the Fitzster is looking suspicious."

"Okay, meet me at Calla's tree."

"The Panakes? And I'm bringing Ro."

"Fine, then I'm bringing Sandor, Flori, and Bo."

"Queen Nubiti isn't going to join the entourage?"

"She's a queen, Sencen."

"Ooh, getting feisty, Foster. Adorable."

Sophie pulled out of Keefe's mind, flushing at his words. It was then that she noticed everyone staring at her and him, and their interlocked hands.

"I- um," Sophie started.

Keefe flashed his signature smirk, untangling their fingers. "Foster was letting me know that she was very much so not interested in me, and that the Fitzster is what makes her heart pound."

Sophie flushed scarlet, and Fitz flashed her a tentative smile. Dex spoke up dryly, "Welcome to the club." Tam coughed into his hand to disguise a laugh, Linh jabbing him with her elbow. "What's so funny, Tammy boy?" Keefe asked, smirking.

Tam idly raised a hand and shadows swirled. "The fact that I know exactly what you both said." Sophie, who had been sipping a Bottle of Youth, choked.

Fitz rapidly patted her back, glaring at Tam. "Empty threats? Really, Tam?"

Tam smirked. "You're right, sorry—" Tam choked out.

Biana coughed and sat up straighter. "I have to go grab something. Sophie, will you come with me?" Sophie's eyes widened, and she nodded. "Sure. I think we might need Linh." Keefe smirked, "What about poor Stina?" Indeed, Stina was sitting in between her parents, a hurt and disgruntled look on her face. "And Stina," Biana relented. "Come on, girls." Sophie, Biana, Linh, and Stina exited the dining room, and headed up to Biana's room.

Stina raised an eyebrow, tucking a curl behind her ear. "What is all this about, Sophie?" Stina was one of Sophie's close friends now, but it still disoriented her every once and a while. "Uh, if I say super weird moonlark stuff, would you care?"

Stina rolled her eyes, "Obviously not. But it's definitely not moonlark stuff. The only super weird thing that's going on is that you and Keefe keep looking at each other, and you're dating Fitz."

Biana laughed, "Correct! Also, all of you did get your Match lists, right?" Sophie nodded, and Linh flushed pink. "Yeah," Linh murmured. Stina smirked and said, "Of course."

Biana's smile turned wicked, and she waved a hand, ushering them into her room. "Well then, shall we compare?" Biana ran toward her desk, and grabbed an unrolled scroll. "Look. At. This.1. Tam Song!!" Linh smiled and said, "You like my brother?" Biana nodded. "Why, do you like Fitz?" Biana blurted, looking apologetically at Sophie.

Linh made a face as close to disgust as she could, "No." Then she added, "Why didn't Marella come to the dinner?" Biana looked down, "Her mom. She... she's not having a great day." Linh's face became pained, and she whispered, "Is Mare okay?" Stina raised an eyebrow. "Mare?"

Realization dawned on Sophie, "You like her, don't you?" Linh's cheeks flushed pink and she smiled, "Yes." Biana squealed, "LINH!! THAT'S SO SWEET!" Stina winced and covered her ears, "Maybe we should be quieter... Just a suggestion." Biana nodded sagely, and asked Sophie, "Who'd you get?"

"I got Fitz as my number one."

"That's great! Right?..."

"Yeah, I guess, I just..."

Biana's face fell. "Oh..." She murmured, twisting her hands together. Sophie sat up and curled into a Sophie-ball on Biana's bed. Linh moved over to Sophie and started stroking her hair, humming a sweet melody.

Stina looked between them, confused. "...And you don't want Mr. Perfect Teal Eyes?" Sophie looked down at the sheets miserably. "I don't know... It's starting to become super weird with Fitz, and he won't tell me how he found out who my biological parents are. I mean, I know who my mother is, but for the father I had no luck, and I don't really care anymore. I just want to know why, you know?"

Stina nodded. "That sounds tough." Biana looked nervous, which was super weird. Biana was never nervous. "Biana? Are you okay?" Biana looked at Sophie nervously, "It's nothing!" Sophie shrugged and smirked. "Stina, who's your number one?" Stina looked at her hands and blushed furiously. "Dex."

Linh's eyebrows raised. "Dex?"

Biana laughed, "I knew it!"

Stina looked up at her, alarmed. "Why? Is it obvious??" Biana smiled and flipped her hair, "Just the way you act around him during our team meetings."

Stina sighed, hanging her head. "I knew it..." Linh interjected, "How about we talk about Matches later, and get back down to dinner?" The girls nodded sheepishly and plodded downstairs. "We're back!" Biana exclaimed, flipping her hair. Fitz rolled his eyes and drily said, "The Queens decide to grace us with their presence." Keefe choked on a laugh and smirked, "Fitzy's jealous." Dex snorted and tousled his hair. "Who's suprised? Not me!" Keefe held out his palm and Dex slapped it. "Team Sencen-Dizznee!"

Fitz glared at both of them, "Stop, please." Keefe rolled his eyes and smirked, "Sorry, Fitz."

Dex smiled, "Yeah, sorry Fitz." He echoed. Tam raised his hand and sent shadows writhing around Fitz's head. "Matches his mood," He said, smirking. Linh smiled, and opened her palm. A cloud of droplets appeared, and she sent it over to Fitz's head, raining on him.

Keefe started howling, "Oh— the look on your face, Fitz—"

Dex laughed, "Wonderboy isn't looking so wonderful!" Sophie watched the chaos unfold, with a slight smile on her face. Biana tapped her arm and whispered, "Can we talk after dinner? I have something I need to tell you."

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