Meant to be; A SoKeefe fan fiction

Chapter 1

Sophie POV:

I stepped through the doorway of the matchmaking office, tears blurring my eyes. Edaline and Grady came to my side and asked me what was wrong but I just kept walking. I barely made it to my room, but when I did, I slumped on my bed and cried for what felt like hours. I didn't really know what was going on around me. Sandor might have said something to me, but I didn't hear him.

I knew I had to tell Fitz one way or another because we were.....dating, but I was really nervous. I remembered when he told me that he wanted me on his match list. I thought about it for some time, and finally mustered up the courage to pick up my imparter and call Fitz. His crisp accent flooded through the imparter making my heart pick up speed.

"Hey Fitz"

"Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I just need to tell you something. Can you meet me by Calla's tree?"

"Right now?"

"Yeah, please it's urgent." He hesitated and I fought back the urge to reach up and tug out an itchy eyelash.

"Sure" he said, after 16 excruciating seconds. I let out a breath, I hadn't realized I was holding.

At the panakes tree

I sat down and waited for Fitz to show up. It was dark, but I knew I had to keep myself awake. Just as I felt myself dozing off, I felt a tap on my shoulder and I jolted up in surprise. I turned to see Fitz and I let out a huge sigh of relief.

"Oh it's just you."

"No, it's Alden." Fitz Replied flashing his movie star smile. I made room for him to sit next to me. "So, what did you want to tell me?" He asked. My heart was beating so hard. I wasn't sure how to start, but I went with

"Yeah, about that." He ushered for me to go on. "Please don't hate me..." I squeezed my eyes shut.

"I would never hate you Sophie" He said, brushing away a strand of my hair. This gave me some hope.

(Pause the story one sec. If you're worried that this is a sofitz story, don't. It's not. We just need to pick up from this part in the story, anyways, back to the story :)

I took a deep breath and went for it," I'm....I'm Unmatchable." I hated that word. Fitz looked shocked for a second and then he started laughing.

"Very funny Sophie."

I glared at him, "Do you think I would joke about this?" And then his smile vanished.

"Wait... you're serious?" He said, his eyes widening.

"Yes" I replied, avoiding his gaze.

"Oh..." His face fell and he looked distant, then his features hardened and he looked at me like I wasn't even there. At that moment, I felt my heart drop down into my shoes. "Unmatchable. How could you be unmatchable?!"

"Fitz...?" My eyes burned and started to fill up with tears. I had a lump in my throat.

"I'm a Vacker. I can't possibly be with someone like you. I'm sorry Sophie, but I guess we just weren't meant to be." I was crying now.

"Fitz, please... Don't leave me like this."

"As much as I wish we were, we aren't meant to be. I'm so sorry, I don't want to do this but I have to." I could see tears glistening in his eyes, but he blinked them away.

"Fitz-"

"Goodbye Sophie" and with that, he light leaped away to Everglen. Sander cleared his throat. I'd forgotten he was there.

"Are you ok?" he asked me.

"No" I replied. I was upset. I should have known. Unmatchable. Nobody would ever like me. It'll probably be better if I don't tell anyone else and hopefully, Fitz wouldn't either..... Thinking about him hurt so I decided to go to my room and wallow in my heartbreak. I sat on my bed and hugged Ella tightly. I didn't know how long I'd been crying or when I had fallen asleep, but soon enough It was morning. The whole time Sandor had been there but stayed silent and eventually went to his normal post outside of my door.

I didn't feel like getting up, but I knew my parents would start asking questions and I didn't want to talk about it. I could only think of one person who could always cheer me up. Keefe. I pulled out my imparter.