Until the End of Time | A Team Foster-Keefe story

:: Chapter Eight ::

Chapter Eight

After almost a year of being busy, suddenly changing her schedule to be more open and not have as much work seemed more stressful. Being used to working all hours of the day, suddenly only having to work for a short few seemed weird. She felt like she was forgetting a bunch of work even though she knew she had done everything. How could she forget? She had a photographic memory. 

She sat at her desk, a finished copy of the document she would be handing in to turn into a scroll in front of her, and she had no idea what to do next. She wondered if this is what Keefe felt, being that he had even more free time than she did. Thinking of Keefe brought a smile to her face, as she thought of the date they had the day before where they had their first kiss. And a few others after that. Subconsciously her fingers traced her lips when there was a knock at the door. 

"Oh, I didn't know you were coming over today," Sophie said, frowning at Fitz as he walked through the door and collapsed on her bed. "Thanks, now I have to change my sheets."

"So you don't mind if I do this?" He shoved his face into her pillow and let out a frustrated scream. 

"What happened to you?" She asked, frowning and twisting her chair around to face him completely and ignoring the the part of her that wanted to yell at him for being on her bed. "Is this to do with job?" 

"No," he said, his tone bitter. "I'm stuck. I don't know what to do." His face was back in her pillow. "Help," he muffled. 

Sophie couldn't help the snort that escaped her lips or the way her mouth twisted up into a smile. "I can't help you if I don't know what's going on. What happened?" she questioned. 

"Linh, that's what happened," Fitz replied, bringing his face out of her pillow and sitting up. "I've liked her for a while now and I was about to get the guts and ask her out, but then I hear something about her and Dex from Biana?" 

Sophie's eyes widened. "Fitz, Dex and Linh were together for two weeks a year ago," Sophie stated. "There's barely history for them to have." She shrugged. "Besides, Dex is dating Biana." 

Fitz sat up, eyes wide. "What?" 

"They didn't tell you? They've been together for weeks now." She frowned. "Remember my double date with Keefe and Dex?" 

"I didn't know who Dex's date was!" Fitz cried. "That creep is so going to get it! I never gave him permission to date my sister." His eyes narrowed. 

"The only permission he needs is Biana's, besides the two are actually really happy together." Sophie shrugged. "And, just so you know, for the other topic, Linh is completely smitten with you."

"How come they didn't tell me?" Fitz asked, ignoring what she said about Linh. "I feel so disconnected from the group. It's been a while since I've even been at your house and we used to hang by here everyday." 

She gave him a gentle smile. "It's fine, I've been the most busy out of all of us and that's made it hard for all of us to get together, but recently my workload has lightened by hours giving me time to be with you guys again." Her stomach rumbled and she hid a blush as she stood up. "Let's get some lunch downstairs. We can fill each other in on what's been going on since we've last talked. I know I'd love to hear about this crush on Linh."

It was his turn to hide red cheeks as he followed her downstairs, and immediately the two teamed up to make some food while telling each other stories. "So you had fun?" Fitz asked, after she gave him a run down on her date with Keefe the day before.

She grinned. "Yeah, it was a lot of fun, and it was just the breather I needed away from my stressful week at work. I actually considered the pros and cons of early death when my meeting finished."