A Cognate's Love (Sophitz)

Chapter 9 | Midnight

Sophie walked over to the treehouse with a cool breeze on her face.

She steeped into the Boy's Common Room seeing just the person she was looking for. Fitz sat around the fire on a large beanbag he seemed to be deep in thought not noticing that Sophie had arrived.

They were bending the rules a little given the 12:00 curfew but an hour or two wouldn't hurt.

"Hey.." Sophie said leaning against the wooden post.

Fitz looked up and seeing Sophie put a smile on his face but something about his smile seemed so... strange.

"Sorry ,I didn't notice you walked in," He blushed though hardly noticeable.

She walked towards him and seeing his stained cheeks and puffy eyes made her want to take away all his pain.

"Fitz," She said nealing down next to him. She rubbed his back trying to comfort him but more tears started falling.

"Hey , come here.." She stretched out her arms joining him on the massive bean bag. Now was not the time to blush yet she still managed too ,The close contact was not only terrifying but thrilling.

"I'm sorry," He said finally speaking ,it was only a mumble anything louder he'd break into sobs.

"Fitz ,what's wrong," She asked ,she started tracing small circles on his back. It was a method of comfort Edaline would use whenever she was crying and it seemed to calm down Fitz too.

He finally looked at her and his face showed pure sadness , it made Sophie want to be around him and make him feel better.

"I'm scared. I'm scared that I won't see my Dad and I'm scared I'll never see Biana. My life was horrible and I treated my dad like shit ,I never told him how much I loved him because I didn't think I did. But now that he's gone I just want him back." He said ,his sentences were slow and sometimes he stopped to stifle a cry.

Sophie has never seen him so vulnerable. Normally she was the one crying but this time she was the one to comfort him.

"Were gonna get them back I promise. Mr. Forkle told us that and we have to trust him. Sometimes things are gonna be rough but even on the worst days you just need to hope for the best because that's all you can do. Just hope. I'm sure we'll get them. I miss them too and I want to see them so bad." Sophie comforted him trying to cheer him up. Occasionally she'd wipe his tears off his face.

"We don't have to do this tonight." Sophie told him.

"Are you sure? Aren't you curious? Will you be able to sleep tonight?" He questioned.

"No need to worry...I'll be okay don't worry about me." Turns out that wasn't the best thing to say because it had caused a whole other set of tears.

"Can you..stay..." Fitz asked looking back up at her.

She didn't need to say anything except nod her head. She gave him a small reassuring smile as she got up to grab a blanket. She came back and placed the blanket over the two of them. They both shifted getting in a more comfortable position which ended with them using each other as pillows. Sophie rested her head on his chest ,while he played with her hair.

"Thank you ,I really appreciate it." Fitz said causing Sophie to smile and blush.

"You're welcome." She responded as she felt him rest his head on top of hers.

She couldn't sworn he had kissed the top of it but before they could say anything they dozed off to sleep with no other words.

"Oh relax ,they're so cute."

That was what had woken up Sophie that morning and when she looked up she found the whole collective standing around her. She felt something shift next to her and when she saw him she almost jumped off the bean bag. She tried not to awake him but still asked the collective.

"Why are you all here?"

"We came to get you up and when you weren't in your bed we came to see Fitz but it turns out he already found you.." Squall said cooing at the two of them.

"Anywho ,We should get going we have no time to waste ,your friends and family are waiting!" Mr. Forkle said evidently feeling uncomfortable.

"Right." Sophie said blushing. "Do you mind if I?" She said gesturing to the still sleeping Fitz.

"Of course ,just hurry." Granite said practically dragging Mr. Forkle out with the others.

Sophie felt a bit guilty waking Fitz up. All that pain and sadness will come rushing back to him and she would never want that. She wished she could just let him sleep ,he seemed so peaceful and content.

But at the same time she knew he needed to be there for his family and friends. It's what's best for him.

"Fitz." She slightly shook his shoulder in an attempt to wake him up. And after a little while it didn't seem to work. She sat on the other side of him shaking his arm. A small smile appeared on his face but it was hardly noticeable.

"Ugh finally ,you sleep like a log," She complained but his smile was contagious which was making her smile aswell.

"It's called beauty rest." He said finally opening his eyes and smirking at her.

It had reminded her of Keefe ,KEEFE? She had completely forgotten about Keefe.

"What happen? You have that look on your face like you just figured something out?" He asked sitting up.

"It's nothing ,you're just acting like Keefe." She said staring playful daggers at him.

"I'm sorry Foster was I scaring you?" He said as he batted his eyes at her.

During this period of time they had come close close enough to make both of them blush.

"Hey maybe we won't get interrupted this time?" He said looking down at her lips then back at her.

"Yeah maybe ,but I don't kiss Keefe." She said and with that she backed away leaving a very confused and annoyed Fitz.

"Sophie..why?" He whined throwing himself back down on the beanbag.

"Because we have much to do! Our family's are waiting for us." She said dragging him off the beanbag. He was much taller than she was giving him an advantage.

He lowered his head putting their faces in a closer proximity than before. He bopped her nose causing her to blush even more.

"Yeah your right." He said and with that he walked up stairs.

Once everyone was ready and dressed they met outside at the gazebo. Alluveterre was especially bright that morning and it gave Sophie a new found hope and something to look forward too.

Soon she would see her family and soon see would go to her real home. Maybe this time she would have a normal elf life.

But her crazy one was pretty fun too.

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Yay! Another chapter ,I hope you enjoyed this the next chapter might take a bit longer because I started school again and I wanna make the next chapter as good as I can because it is a very important step for this book.

Also I will be removing my part about how I imagine the characters to look because I want to keep Shannon messengers style. I know this sounds weird but it's weird to write with characters who I think of like that when I'm so used to Shannon's version.

Before I go I would also like to thank you for the support and getting this book to over 350 reads! While you're waiting for this book to finish go check out my other Fanfiction. It's not as good as this as it was my first fanfic and I started writing it when I was beginning Neverseen!

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