Random KotLC texting

Keefe and Sophie

Hi! I'm sorry about the past two chapters. I feel like I needed something realistic in this story and that's what I came up with. I'm sorry, but it'll all work out in the end.

Also... ONE MORE MONTH UNTIL LEGACY!!!!!!!!!! Who else is excited? I've only been waiting a year. I am SO excited.

This chapter will also be before previous two chapters. Can't deal with that quite yet.

Sophie's POV

Keefe said he loved me. He said LOVES me. Yesterday! And I still haven't responded. Biana told me to do what my heart told me too, but I just can't. Not yet. I'm scared. The Neverseen could figure it out and harm him. Use him as leverage. It's easier to keep it a secret. He'll be safer, but I really like him. Maybe even love him and I want to be with him. I just couldn't bare for him to get hurt because of me. He's been through so much. He deserves to be happy. That may be with me, but it could also put him in danger. He's going to get hurt either way, but at least this way, he won't be physically harmed. Unless.... no. It'd be too dangerous. But, it could work and both of us could be happy. I need to try.

I picked up my imparter and hailed Keefe. He picked up almost immediately.

"Hey, Foster! I thought I scared you off. Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. It's okay if you don't feel the same way. I just thought-" I cut him off.

"Can you come over?" I asked.

Keefe smiled hopefully. "Yeah. I'll be over in a minute." he hung up. It was midday, so Grady and Edaline wouldn't really freak out.

True to his word, Keefe knocked on the door 1 minute later. I rushed down the stairs to get it, but hesitated when I reached the door. This would either ruin my life or be the best decision I have ever made. I couldn't live my life in fear. I have to do this. It'll make me and Keefe happy, without getting hurt. I opened the door to be met with a nervous looking Keefe. I pulled out an eyelash in nervousness.

"Hi" He said weakly.

"Hey Keefe. We need to talk." I said. Oh no, it sounds like I'm breaking up with him.

"I know. I'm sorry, Sophie. I shouldn't have said that. I rui-" I cut him off.

"Keefe, shut up and follow me upstairs. This is important."

He obliged and together, we walked up the stairs to my bedroom. When we reached my room, I closed the door and sat on my bed, motioning for Keefe to sit next to me. I pulled out another eyelash.

"This is about what you said, but not in the context you think." I started. "I do like you Keefe. A lot. More than Fitz. I'm actually beating myself up that I had to like him first. I'm just scared." I looked up to see that he had a blank expression on his face, so I continued. "I'm scared that the Neverseen will find out about our relationship. I'm scared that they'll harm you because of that. That's why it took me so long to reply. I was deciding whether I would tell you or not. I can't let them hurt you. I just... I don't know what I would do." By the end, I was crying. I half expected Keefe to walk out right then, despite saying that he loved me. Maybe I had scared him off. But, he did something unexpected. He kissed me. Not a long or deep kiss, but just right. I felt fireworks going off in my mouth, my heart was threatening to beat out of my chest, and I just wanted to be in this moment forever. It was perfect.

He broke away and looked at me. "Sophie, you can't be scared of that and you'd be crazy to ever think that I would leave out of fear of that. I would never leave you. Ever."

"How did you...?"

"You can't lie to an empath. You shoulda learned that years ago." He said.

We sat in silence for a while. "So... does this mean we're together now?" Keefe asked.