Sherlock Minter vol 4

Landon

I stood up when Sofia came into the kitchen where we all were sitting. I had saved a seat between me and Josh.

"Welcome Sofia, we've been waiting for you" JJ said motioning to the chair beside mine. "You can take a seat if you'd like" he offered her, she gave him a smile before coming over to me.

"Hi" I said stupidly and she smiled before giving me a hug.

"Hello" her voice, oh how I had missed her voice. She then sat down, and so did I.

Everyone around us spoke like crazy, happy laughs and pleasant talks. Me and Sofia though, we didn't say anything. We just looked at each other, exchanging smiles.

When we had eaten until we were full Sofia leaned into my ear.

"I still love you" she whispered to me. I turned to look at her, she was smiling. I noticed a bit of extra colour in her very blue eyes, green. She got a green spark in her eye.

"I love you too beauty" I told her, taking her hand under the table. Noticing that the green spark was gone, maybe I imagined. Honestly I might imagine this whole thing, I might be dreaming. It would make more sense.

After the dinner we all moved to the living room and sat down. Sofia had Melody in her knee as she spoke to us all. Telling us about how she had been since she came back.

"I couldn't dare to knock at the door here, scared of scaring you to death" Sofia explained. "So I knocked on the Bradley's door instead, to tired to think of something else" she continued motioning to Josh. "He let me in, not telling Freya or Daniel who I really was until I told them myself this morning"

"Who did they think you were?" I heard myself ask.

"Sofia Green, a friend from school who just had gotten home after graduating from college in America. She said she knew both Tobi and Lewis" Freya explained to us.

"But she never met me in the last two months" Tobi protested.

"Of course not, I only met the Bradley's and Lewis, except for little Melody of course" Sofia told everyone, making Melody smile brightly.

"That's because I'm special" she told everyone.

"Of course you are little one" I replied with a smile.

"You are the best niece I could ask for Mel" Sofia promised, hugging her a little closer for a second, which made Melody giggle.

Before the night ended Sofia hugged us all. She stopped by Jerome and held his shoulders before telling him something. Jerome's smile faded to a confused frown before Sofia left. I wished I knew what she had said, why Jerome seemed so confused, but it felt rude to ask him. So i said nothing.

"Good night everyone" Sofia said after she had hugged all of us, then she left. Not waiting for Josh, Freya or Dan, she just left .

"She loves to take walks, so she's walking home" Josh explained to us as everyone stared at the door. "I don't think she's that into the car in all honestly" he then added, I agreed with him. I wasn't that into cars anymore either, I only took them if I had too. I would much rather go on the Subway.