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"Wait, Sophie!" Fitz shouted, frantically trying to catch up with her.

Sophie ran and ran until she had lost sight of Fitz. She sat down by the locker and tried not to burst out into tears. Sophie had seen Fitz smooching Linh in the hallway when he thought nobody could see. But, somebody had, Sophie. She could never forgive Fitz for this one. After all those years of having a stupid crush on him, maybe it was time to move on- to stop liking Fitz. But it was impossible. She subconsciously liked Fitz and whenever she tried to stop the stupid fluttering in her heart, it would just grow bigger.

"Are you okay, Sophie?" Dex asked concernedly. "I thought I heard someone sniffling out in the hallway so I thought I should try to help them out."

"Yeah, I'm fine, Dex. Thanks for asking," Sophie sniffled. "I saw Fitz kissing Linh when he thought no one was looking in the Silver Tower. I can never forgive him now."

"I'm sure it was a misunderstanding," Dex replied calmly. "Maybe it was a dare or something."

"No, it isn't!" Sophie bawled. "Fitz would never do I dare like that! What's wrong with him!"

"Maybe you should take sometime to cool off," Dex suggested. "I always think better once my head's clear."

"I guess," Sophie mumbled. "Thanks for the advice, I'm going home."

"If there's anything else you need, let me know," Dex said as Sophie pulled out her crystal and glittered away into the moonlight.

Sophie sighed. Why was Fitz kissing Linh? They were just close friends... or were they? Besides, Linh never showed any feelings of affection toward Fitz, unless she hid them very well. If Fitz was a backstabber, then so be it. Then, her imparter rang, breaking her thoughts. It was Keefe.

"Hiya Foster!" Keefe said exuberantly. "Did you here? Fitzy got together with Linh! They make such a cute couple!"

"Oh," Sophie mumbled, she felt herself droop.

"This is great news!" Keefe shouted. "We can get together now because Fitzy is gone!"

"I think I'm gonna go to sleep," Sophie mumbled.

"Foster, hold u-" But Sophie had already shut the imparter before Keefe could get out another word.

Sophie sighed, today was the worst day ever. Fitz had gotten together with Linh, and Keefe had been happy about that and was already trying to win her over! At least Dex was still nice. Sophie yawned, her eyelids becoming heavy. Each effort to keep them open was like trying to raise a stone pillar. Finally, she gave up and the world became dark.

The morning light of the sun penetrated through the shades of Sophie's window, waking her up. Another day at Foxfire, today would be the worst. She still had telepathy classes with Fitz and they would still have cognate training to do.

Sophie's heart thundered as she walked into her telepathy class. Sir Tiergan gave her a friendly wave, but Fitz gave her a glare that seemed to cut her in half. What did she do? Sophie gulped; there was no way Fitz and her could be cognates like this. They would become like Alden and Quilin- or worse.

"How is your cognate training going?" Tiergan asked, breaking the silence.

"It isn't working," Fitz scowled, "since Sophie is mad at Linh and I for getting together."

"No!" Sophie retorted angrily. "It's because you never told me! I can't believe you told Keefe first!"

"Well, then maybe I should tell you everything! I forgot to brush my teeth yesterday! I contracted earlholitis a few months ago, it took-"

"TMI," Sophie said, putting her hands over her ears. "Okay, okay then. But, why did you kiss Linh yesterday?"

Fitz reddened, "I can't tell you that."

"You can't keep secrets from me if we are to be cognates."

"Then let's quit."

"Fine."

"Hold on," Sir Tiergan butted in. "Before you make that decision, I want both of you to take three deep breaths, then consider your decisions."

After three long, ragged breaths that seemed to take forever, Sophie and Fitz made their decision in unison, "We quit being cognates."