Kotlc: If Grady had replaced Flori in chapter 42

Spinoff...

"Your okay, right? No regrets?"

Sophie grinned. "Absolutely none."

His relieved smile was the sweetest thing she'd ever seen - but it faded a little - "I don't want to mess this up," he said. "Please don't let me mess this up."

"I won't," Sophie promised, tilting her chin up to get another quick (Censored)

But someone cleared there throat, and Sophie and Keefe practically flung themselves as far apart as they could get.

Please don't be Grady, Sophie begged as she stumbled toward the sound.

Her heart nearly stopped.

Grady stood there, eyebrows arched furiously. "I was going to tell you that you have a visitor," he said darkly. "But I think we have bigger concerns."

"Who's here?" Sophie asked as she tugged at her hair and wiped he mouth, wondering how badly her face screamed, I'VE BEEN (Censored) KEEFE.

"No one of importance. They wanted to and I told them to wait while I got you. They may be waiting a while." He crossed his arms and taped his foot. "Care to explain yourself, boy?" he asked venomously.

Sophie stole a glance at Keefe, waiting for his reaction. He definitely looked stunned. But his smirk returned pretty quick, even though it seemed a little forced. He looked from Sophie back to Grady and then said, surprisingly smoothly, "Look, Mr. Ruewin."

Sophie and Grady both seemed surprised by his formality.

"I like Sophie, and you know that," Keefe continued. "And she likes me, too," here he looked at Sophie for confirmation. She hesitated, looking at Grady nervously, before nodding.

"There isn't anything you can do to change that. Now, Sophie has a visitor and we shouldn't keep them waiting."

Grady watched them pass, his face a mask of enraged surprise. Sophie carefully avoided eye contact as she passed by.

"Thanks," Sophie murmured.

"Anytime," Keefe replied. "That was kind of fun, if I'm not holding anything back."

Sophie shoved him playfully. "You've been waiting to do that for a while, huh?"

Keefe nodded. "A long time," he laughed, linking his arm with hers. Then he froze. Sophie followed his gaze to find teal eyes staring back at her.

"Fitz?" Sophie asked, suddenly finding it very hard to keep breathing. "What are you doing here?"

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And that's it! Thank you for reading. All the writing goes to Sophie. Though I wrote all of this down. Moth will probably come back and edit this. It was my idea in the first place to write this! So, hope you enjoyed! 

-Amelia Hamato