Heeey! BW here! I just wanted to add this quick author's note. I'm working on a slightly edited version of this story on wattpad. No plot points will be changed, I'm just fixing up some grammatical mistakes, adding a bit more dialogue, and clarifying a few things. So if you have a wattpad account, feel free to read it on there. My name is SweetLiteracy8, and the story is titled the same thing it is on here. If you don't, or you just want to stick to this site, that's fine too. As I said, nothing major or extremely note-worthy will be changed. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this story!

Heart Break: Sophie's POV

I wish this could be just another get together with her friends. I wish we could go back three years; before we got our Matchmaker's scrolls, before everyone started "pairing up." Before…before my heart was broken.

"So, yeah, I think that we're gonna try it," Fitz said, arm around Linh, her smiling up at him.

All my friends were at a picnic by the Panake tree. Keefe held Biana's hand, Marella was tackling Dex. Tam had his normal, indifferent expression. I tried to laugh everything off, tried to make it seem like I wasn't broken in a million pieces.

"Yeah, you guys are great together!" I said, and tried not to cry.

"Marella! Just because we're dating doesn't mean you get to attack me!" Dex whined from underneath his girlfriend.

She laughed, "Come on, Dex, you know you signed up for that." After Marella had manifested as an Empath, she'd been...happier. Her mom was getting better. When Dex had talked to her during their defense training, they'd started warming up to each other. A lot.

Keefe ran his other hand, the one not occupied by Biana's, through his hair. "Yeah, Dex. She's got a lot of energy. Serves you right." Biana, one day, suddenly admitted to Keefe that she liked him. Keefe wasn't totally blown away from the start, but after some persisting, Biana got him to go on a date with her. It had been half a year. Obviously, things were going well.

I knew Tam had a crush on Biana. He didn't look too broken up about it, not as bad as I felt. But what do I know? I'm not exactly the guru on feelings.

Why, why, why hadn't I asked out Fitz when I had the chance? Or even Keefe? But…maybe I didn't even have a chance. They seem happy…who said they even liked me to begin with? There's no telling if they would have agreed to go out with me. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

"Sophie?" Biana asked, breaking away from Keefe and coming closer to me. "Are you finally going to let me plan your Winnowing Gala? You'd look amazing…red dress, rose petals everywhere, some nice music. What have you got to lose?"

I tried to smile, and rolled my eyes. "In your dreams, Biana." What did I have to lose? Nothing. Not anymore. She keeps on bringing it up. Why does she have to torture me? Sure, she didn't mean it in a bad way…but being here, with all of them, was enough. Not that I had anything against them. This was all just too new. Too fresh. Way, way too sudden. I felt absolutely alone. I could feel the tears coming, itching to burst. "I, uh, gotta go and do something. Remind Grady and Edaline of…something. I'll be right back."

Keefe shot me a concerned look as I turned to run back to the house; stupid Empath. But there was no stopping now. I ran and ran, all the way up to my room. Slamming the door, I collapsed on the carpet and cried.