p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="c4a8487fba565cdac71310ca04672e58" span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Sophie POV/span/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="6a86f77c25e22af5f638208cdf4a0023"Keefe and I were both exhausted after our date last night, but decided (against our better judgement) to go to the Everglen sleepover the next day. I barely had time to tell Edaline about my date before I was whisked off by Biana. Biana snatched me early because we apparently had "something important" to talk about. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="ec1bc7b4827ed80bcbd363594a6e1d72"When we got to Everglen, Biana dragged me to her room and snapped the door shut. "Where's Linh?" I ask, confused. "Not here yet." Biana waves a dismissive hand. "I have 2 things to talk about. Thing One: Your date. What did you do, how did it go... etc." "Well..." I begin "first he took me to that fancy elvin restaurant in the Lost Cities." Biana gasped "The food was AMAZING!" I gushed before continuing. "Then, he took me to this tree he climbed as a kid and we sat in it for a while and stuff." Biana narrowed her eyes playfully "What kind of 'stuff'?" she asked "Did you kiss?!" I blushed and stared at my feet. "NO WAY! YOU TOTALLY DID!" she squealed. She did a little happy dance as I continued to redden. "ANYWAY... back to the big news." she squeals. "Fitz has a secret. I can tell. He's been hiding something for a while now. I just need to figure out what. I know that I'm a Vanisher, but that only gets me so far. I need you to work your Cognate stuff to figure it out!" Biana begs. I sigh. "There are RULES, you know. I'll ASK Fitz, but that is IT!" I clarify before transmitting to Fitz. em style="box-sizing: border-box;" /em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="dfdf50dd1b4855f104e3183c6f0a876d"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"'Hey.'/em I can feel him flinch. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you.' /emI add. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Nah, it's okay. My mind was... elsewhere.' /emHe transmits. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Sooooo..' /emI interrogate em style="box-sizing: border-box;"'Anything that you want to tell me?' /emI feel his eyes widen. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"WHY? Did Biana set you up to this?! NOPE! BYE!' /emHe says before pulling out. I sigh. "Well, that got NOWHERE." I harumph to Biana. She creases he brow as we hear the gates open. She gasps. "Everyone is here! I have the PERFECT plan!" and rushes downstairs to greet the guests. I follow her to the doorway. Keefe strolls in first. "Hey Foster. Long time no see." he says and winks. I roll my eyes as he drapes an arm over my shoulder. I notice that Linh tenses when Fitz walks down the stairs. Hmmm. Interesting... My thoughts are interrupted when Biana screams "TRUTH OR DARE! RIGHT NOW! MY ROOM!" and dashes up the stairs. I groan and drag myself through Everglen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="0b843bb25a0583eeb51f004e68e0358c"When we are all seated in a circle, Biana demands to go first. "Fitz!" she says eagerly "Truth or Dare?" Fitz yawns and picks truth. An evil grin spreads across Biana's face. "Where were you last night, three nights ago, and those days last week?" she asks slyly. Linh looks mortified and Fitz is at loss for words. "Um-well-I-we-uh-*sigh*" he stammers. Biana raises an eyebrow. Fitz turns bright red. "On a date." he mumbles "With Linh." Everyone gasps. "WHAT?!" Tam roars "AND NOBODY span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"TOLD/span ME ABOUT THIS?!" "Nobody knew." I said, shooting Fitz a look. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d6b7b4eaa10ddbc165ccb835436dd2e2"After a little bit, Dex span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"STILL/span looks confused, Biana is still processing the information, and Keefe is just laughing uncontrollably. Linh speaks up. "We are going to the Foxfire Ball together next weekend." she offers "OH AND I BET YOU WERE GOING TO TELL US span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"THEN/span!" shouts Tam, still furious. They both nod at the same time. "The ball!" Biana gasps "I totally forgot! I'm going with Isaiah Linderby!" Now everyone stares at Biana, confused. "He asked me a few weeks back..." she says defensively. She looks regretful and Dex looks positively heartbroken. I feel so bad for him. "Have you kissed yet?" Biana asks Fitz and Linh "Because Sophie and Keefe have." Well, that announcement causes some jaws to drop. I shake my head at Biana. She shrugs and mouths em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Sorry!/em "I guess that means that Foster and I are going to the ball, am I right?" Keefe asks, sidling next to me. I grin and nod before he starts to tickle me. "I'm going doooowwnnn!" I shriek. This is going to be one loooooong night./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="6a86f77c25e22af5f638208cdf4a0023"Keefe and I were both exhausted after our date last night, but decided (against our better judgement) to go to the Everglen sleepover the next day. I barely had time to tell Edaline about my date before I was whisked off by Biana. Biana snatched me early because we apparently had "something important" to talk about. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="ec1bc7b4827ed80bcbd363594a6e1d72"When we got to Everglen, Biana dragged me to her room and snapped the door shut. "Where's Linh?" I ask, confused. "Not here yet." Biana waves a dismissive hand. "I have 2 things to talk about. Thing One: Your date. What did you do, how did it go... etc." "Well..." I begin "first he took me to that fancy elvin restaurant in the Lost Cities." Biana gasped "The food was AMAZING!" I gushed before continuing. "Then, he took me to this tree he climbed as a kid and we sat in it for a while and stuff." Biana narrowed her eyes playfully "What kind of 'stuff'?" she asked "Did you kiss?!" I blushed and stared at my feet. "NO WAY! YOU TOTALLY DID!" she squealed. She did a little happy dance as I continued to redden. "ANYWAY... back to the big news." she squeals. "Fitz has a secret. I can tell. He's been hiding something for a while now. I just need to figure out what. I know that I'm a Vanisher, but that only gets me so far. I need you to work your Cognate stuff to figure it out!" Biana begs. I sigh. "There are RULES, you know. I'll ASK Fitz, but that is IT!" I clarify before transmitting to Fitz. em style="box-sizing: border-box;" /em/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="dfdf50dd1b4855f104e3183c6f0a876d"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"'Hey.'/em I can feel him flinch. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you.' /emI add. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Nah, it's okay. My mind was... elsewhere.' /emHe transmits. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Sooooo..' /emI interrogate em style="box-sizing: border-box;"'Anything that you want to tell me?' /emI feel his eyes widen. 'em style="box-sizing: border-box;"WHY? Did Biana set you up to this?! NOPE! BYE!' /emHe says before pulling out. I sigh. "Well, that got NOWHERE." I harumph to Biana. She creases he brow as we hear the gates open. She gasps. "Everyone is here! I have the PERFECT plan!" and rushes downstairs to greet the guests. I follow her to the doorway. Keefe strolls in first. "Hey Foster. Long time no see." he says and winks. I roll my eyes as he drapes an arm over my shoulder. I notice that Linh tenses when Fitz walks down the stairs. Hmmm. Interesting... My thoughts are interrupted when Biana screams "TRUTH OR DARE! RIGHT NOW! MY ROOM!" and dashes up the stairs. I groan and drag myself through Everglen./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="0b843bb25a0583eeb51f004e68e0358c"When we are all seated in a circle, Biana demands to go first. "Fitz!" she says eagerly "Truth or Dare?" Fitz yawns and picks truth. An evil grin spreads across Biana's face. "Where were you last night, three nights ago, and those days last week?" she asks slyly. Linh looks mortified and Fitz is at loss for words. "Um-well-I-we-uh-*sigh*" he stammers. Biana raises an eyebrow. Fitz turns bright red. "On a date." he mumbles "With Linh." Everyone gasps. "WHAT?!" Tam roars "AND NOBODY span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"TOLD/span ME ABOUT THIS?!" "Nobody knew." I said, shooting Fitz a look. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d6b7b4eaa10ddbc165ccb835436dd2e2"After a little bit, Dex span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"STILL/span looks confused, Biana is still processing the information, and Keefe is just laughing uncontrollably. Linh speaks up. "We are going to the Foxfire Ball together next weekend." she offers "OH AND I BET YOU WERE GOING TO TELL US span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline;"THEN/span!" shouts Tam, still furious. They both nod at the same time. "The ball!" Biana gasps "I totally forgot! I'm going with Isaiah Linderby!" Now everyone stares at Biana, confused. "He asked me a few weeks back..." she says defensively. She looks regretful and Dex looks positively heartbroken. I feel so bad for him. "Have you kissed yet?" Biana asks Fitz and Linh "Because Sophie and Keefe have." Well, that announcement causes some jaws to drop. I shake my head at Biana. She shrugs and mouths em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Sorry!/em "I guess that means that Foster and I are going to the ball, am I right?" Keefe asks, sidling next to me. I grin and nod before he starts to tickle me. "I'm going doooowwnnn!" I shriek. This is going to be one loooooong night./p
