SOPHIE POV

Walking up the steps I heard my Imparter ring. It was from Keefe. I answered it and said, "Hi, Keefe! What do you want?" "Just meet me at your locker okay?" was his reply. Then he hung up. I leaped to Foxfire and went to the Level 6 hallway and went to my locker. Keefe had got held back a year, so he was in my level. I licked the DNA strip and opened my locker. My books were inside so was my schedule. I still had Telepathy with Fitz. Someone took my schedule out of my hand and I jumped. I turned around and found out it was Keefe. "So, Keefe, what did you want?" I asked. I was curious to see why because the hallway had liked no one in it at all. "Well, I want- I wanted to know if-if," Keefe was stammering! I couldn't believe it! Keefe Sencen has never stammered before in all of the years I have known him! "What is it Keefe? You know you can trust me." I wasn't trying to sound anxious and that was the best I could do. "Okay, please don't laugh at me though. Or let things get weird between us, okay?" I nodded. "Sophie, I-I like you. And- and I was wondering I you wanted to go out with me?" Keefe looked around to make sure no one was near us. I would ask him later. "Sophie? Are you okay? I kind of need an answer." "Um, "I liked him a lot really so I should say yes. But Grady doesn't really like Keefe I think. "Um, yes. Yes, I will go out with you. Can we wait though to tell Grady until tomorrow?" "Probably best," Keefe said. The bell rang and everyone went to their classes. I had Telepathy with Fitz first. Tiergen made us do trust exercises again. Fitz got to pick the question first. FITZ IN BOLD SOPHIE IN ITALICS "What is the secret you haven't told me yet?" I thought that secret was that I liked Fitz but now its that I like Keefe. "It Is that I like Keefe." Fitz's face got really red and he looked really angry. I had found out that Fitz was hiding a secret from me about a month ago. "What is the secret you have that you won't tell me?" "Sophie I like you. That is my secret."