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…That's all I really have to say.

"Of course I'm not actually angry at her," Fitz said as Kaye watched him pace back and forth in his room. "And of course I don't actually blame her. It was out of her control." Fitz sighed and plopped down onto his bed, his hands curling into fists. "But someone's gotta take the blame! And I'm still not taking back what I said," he snarled. "She knew there was something wrong with her mind, she knew- and yet she still let him go with her," he said resentfully.

Kaye squeaked at him. Fitz glared at the fox. "My father is broken, I have a right to be childish!" he exclaimed. At that, the little creature's ears drooped and he looked away. Fitz sighed and walked up to him, scooping the tiny body in his arms. "I know Kaye," he said, flopping back down onto his bed. "But it still hurts." Even though Fitz did feel a little bad pinning all of his pent up anger on Sophie, he wasn't in a good place right now either, so he didn't think properly. But it still hurt a lot, so when it came to the blaming, Sophie was his first option.

They laid there in silence until Kaye piped up again. Fitz looked down at the fox curled up on his chest ad frowned. "Apologize?!" he asked him as if he were insane. "No way! If anything, she should come and apologize…" he muttered, turning to his side. Kaye slipped right off his chest and rolled around to give Fitz he most deadpan look a fox could make. Fitz narrowed his eyes at him. "So why if she already did? Se should do it again," he grumbled under his breath. He knew everything he was saying was absolutely stupid but as he said before, he wasn't in a state of mind to think right about things.

The fennec fox rolled his eyes at his companion and Fitz sighed. He knew his little furry friend was right. He knew he should jus go and apologize to Sophie already. He did feel bad about making her feel more terrible about the whole situation at the same times he felt happy about it. He was sad and tired, and hurt, and angry, but most of all, he was upset. Upset at Sophie. Upset at his dad of going with her anyways. Upset about his guilt. Upset at his animosity towards Sophie. Upset that his family had to go through this. Upset at the whole situation, the whole world even- but mostly, upset at himself.
Fitz didn't even dream about listing all the things he was upset at himself for. He doubted there was enough paper in the world. He doubted there was enough words to describe it- or maybe just the right ones. Yeah, probably just couldn't find the right ones.

Fitz's melancholy thoughts were interrupted by his sister burning through his door. He sighed, already used to her just barging in. Apparently knocking wasn't a thing in his family. "What's up, Biana?" he asked her. His sister looked at him frantically. "Fitz, it's Sophie," she said. Fitz ground in annoyance. It was not so much that he was mad that they were talking about Sophie because he was mad at her, more so the fact that he had been thinking about her too much and a topic change would be more than helpful. Nevertheless, he replied, "What about Sophie?"

"You were right," Biana said, "About her mind being damaged." Fitz sprung up at that. "I was?" he asked, looking at he confusedly. Biana nodded. "But it's fixed now and now she's going to heal dad's broken mind!" Fitz's eyes widened. "She is?!" he asked in disbelief. Biana added again and pulled him to his feet. "Yes now c'mon, we have to go and apologize before she does it!"She yelled before running out of his bedroom, having Fitz standing there with a completely blank expression. He turned and looked behind his shoulder to see Kaye looking at him with a smug look. 'I told you so' was written all over the little fox's face.

Fitz huffed at the tiny creature. "Shut up or I'll make you wear a tie," he muttered, going over to his closet to change. The little mongrel hissed at that and he rolled his eyes. "I hate it when animals outsmart you," he mumbled to himself as he picked out a more suitable tunic to wear.


Sophie sat at he usual table she met up at with her friends. Fitz was already there, and smiled at her in acknowledgement. "Hey Sophie," he greeted her and she smiled back, trying her hardest not to blush. "Hey Fitz," she replied, taking a seat beside him. Dex and Biana soon came over and sat across from the two. "Hey guys!" Biana greeted them, cheery as usual, and giggled when Kaye poked his head out from Fitz's bag, which was on the table. "And hello to you too, Kaye." The tiny animal was taking a nap in Fitz's bag, which usually meant that any sound to wake him up would make him angry at you (and that was never good), but the small fox seemed to have a soft spot for Biana. Whenever he heard her voice, his ears would always perk up and he would always look brighter at the sight of the young girl. Kaye made a cute little sound of affection as a greeting to Biana, before curling back up into a ball and resting his head down.

As Biana cooed at the sight and petted him gently, Dex only shook his head in confusion. "I still don't understand why you bring that thing around wherever you go," he said. Kaye popped his head up to hiss at Dex, making the redheaded boy flinch backwards. Fitz sighed and rubbed Kaye's head to calm him down, although it didn't stop the fox from narrowing his eyes to slits at Dex. "He's my friend," Fitz said simply, shrugging his shoulders. Dex still show his head slightly as he took a bite of his sandwich. "Still weird," he murmured to himself. Kaye glared at him and growled something that made Fitz snap his head towards him to give him a scolding look. "Hey- watch it," he warned the fox, who just muttered to itself before lying its head back down. Biana, Sophie, and Dex all stared at him curiously. Only Fitz (and some polygots) could really understand the little fox. Fitz had told them that it sounds like growls and chuffs to him as well, but he an still understand what he's saying. Others who don't know Fitz well just assume that he's either talking to himself or pretending that he knows what its saying. Neither of the assumptions were correct. Dex leaned forward and looked at Fitz curiously. "What did he say?" he asked him. Fitz gave Dex an apologetic look. "Uh…. Something offensive," he told him truthfully and Dex lined back, looking a little offended. Sophie and Biana however, only chuckled- that is, until Stina came along….

"Oh look- it's the freak and geeks table," Stina mocked, having some of her followers laugh from behind her. Dex stared up at Stina with a look of disgust. "Why are you here?" he asked, although from the sounds of it, Sophie suspected that by 'here' he really want existing at all. Luckily, Stina didn't catch on. "I'm allowed to go wherever I want, you nerd," she said rudely. Sh then peered at Kaye and sneered. "I see Mr. Golden Boy still has his pet rodent with him," she remarked. Kaye immediately jumped at her, making her scream, but Fitz caught him before he could do any harm. "First of all- not a pet; companion," Fitz corrected, making the girls roll their eyes. "And second of all, he not a rodent- he's a fox." Stina scoffed, trying to recover from the small scene she made earlier. "Does it look like I care what kind of creature your stupid pet is?" she asked indignantly. "Companion," Fitz muttered inaudibly to himself, as he let Kaye go on the table, once he was sure that the fennec fox wouldn't try anything.

Kaye snarled angrily at Stina, fully ready to pounce if she made one wrong move. Stina laughed at this. "Is your pet fox really threatening me, Vacker?" she asked in-between her laughter. Sophie and the others refrained from telling her that it was actually preparing itself to full-on attack her if she she did anything t thought was threatening to Fitz; Sophie, because she knew the girl wouldn't listen to her, Biana and Dex, because they actually wanted to see it happen.
Fitz sighed, not at all in the mood to deal with the curly haired bully "Stina, would you please just leave us alone?" he asked her. She snarled at him with an ugly grin. "Oh yeah? Who's gonna make me?" she asked, looking at Kaye. "This ugly fur ball?" the girl reached out to grab Kaye and everyone braced themselves for the attack that was sure to happen:

But it never came.

Instead, the collective group looked on in shock as Fitz glared at Stina more fiercely and dangerously than they'd ever seen before, holding her extended arm in a tight grip. "You will not touch him," he said in a dead serious tone, his voice steely and threatening. Beside him, Kaye looked at the girls with the most smug look Sophie had ever seen an animal make before- maybe even a person too. If animals could smirk, his was the best representation one could give.

To say that Stina and her friends were scared by the look she was receiving was an understatement. Sophie wore a shocked expression, Biana looked proud of her brother, and Dex's face was turning red from desperately trying to hold in laughter at the sight of Stina's horrified expression. But the girl cleared her throat and tried to put on a menacing look, though it looked pathetic behind the fear. "Let go of me, Vacker," she snapped with disgust, although the wariness was well heard in her tone. Fitz glared at her for another moment or so, before promptly letting go of her arm and sitting back down. The boy tore off a piece of his sandwich and fed it to Kaye, who munched on it happily, all while glaring at Stina and her friends.

Rubbing her sore wrist, Stina glared angrily at the group (although not so much at Fitz, who was still looking at her like he wanted her to drop dead). "You all will pay for this," she spat out. "Just wait till I tell Dame Alina." Fitz's expression never faltered at hr words, not at all scared of the rather dumb threat Stina had made. He remained silent as he continued to stare coldly at Stina as she hurriedly retreated with the rest of her friends. Once she was far enough to be out of sight, Fitz dropped his stare and returned to eating his sandwich in peace. Sophie stared at him with surprise. She had never seen Fitz that protective before.

Meanwhile, Dex had finally relented, laughing so hard that he was banging his fists on the table with literal tears falling from his eyes. Out of the corner of her eye, Sophie saw Stina flush red out of embarrassment as she glared at ex from afar, and couldn't help but smile to herself. Fitz had really shown her. "That… Was….. Absolutely fantastic!" Dex exclaimed, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Her face was just—" he bursted into another bout of laughter, making Biana giggle along. Fitz just shrugged as he calmly fed another large piece to the fennec fox. "He's my friend— and no one threatens my friends like that," he said as Kaye rubbed against his arm.

Sophie smiled at that. "I think she got what was coming to her," she said simply. "She crossed a line she really shouldn't have." "You got that right," she heard Biana mutter a bit bitterly, though her expression softened when she glanced at Kaye, who was sitting beside Fitz's arm, rubbing his face with the back of his paw. "I mean, how could somebody threaten something so cute?" Kaye perked up at that, giving her an unamused look. She only chuckled though. "You can deny it all you want you little fur ball, but facts are facts; you're cute," she said with a shrug. The little fox rolled its eyes, grumbling something under its breath. Beside him, Fitz chuckled softly. Biana quirked an eyebrow. "What did he say?" she asked curiously. Fitz didn't look up, although an amused smile was on his face. "He said, 'I'm not cute, I'm terrifying.'" That got a laugh out of everyone.

Kaye, already significantly grumpy about the whole ordeal, was NOT amused.

So, how'd you guys like it? Review your thoughts if you'd please, any feedback is acceptable. A future reference note; most of these will be two little stories in each chapter, either being connected or not. Anyways, I hoped you guys liked this, and thank you for the wonderful reviews I got on the first part!

-Someonewhodoesntcare