While her fathers where sorting things out at home, Sophia was finding it harder than she thought to settle back into Camelot High. After walking through the corridors, everyone watching as she walked by, she entered her old form room, a few of her friends calling her over, happy to see her. Others weren't so nice. It was now lunch and she wasn't sure how much more of it she could take, Uther's hatred of his son and his family was now known throughout many families in Camelot, thus affecting the reaction many of the other kids had on Sophia's return. Walking round the corner and sitting behind a tree, she pulled out her phone. "Daddy, I want to come home." She said as Arthur answered.
Hanging up Arthur shrugged Merlin off his chest slowly trying not to wake him up but after mumbling about something he woke his eyes fluttered open "Arthur?" "Sophia's been on the phone, I'm going to go pick her up, go back to sleep baby." Merlin nodded before rolling back over, shrugging on his jeans and putting a hoodie on, zipping it up. over his bare stomach, Arthur walked out the room. Slipping on his shoes as he walked down the landing, flattening his bed messed hair as he left the house.
15 minutes later he was pulling up outside the school. Seeing Sophia sat on the front steps by herself while everyone was off on other places in the yard. Walking up to her he said softly "Soph, sweetie what's up?" Looking up she met her dads eyes "everything's different now, he's ruined everything!" She said, tears welling up in her eyes. Arthur had an idea anyway but he had to make sure. "I take it you're talking about Uther?" He had taken to refusing to call him his father. "What's he done now sweetie?" "He's bad mouthed us to everyone, I've come back to school, and apart from a few people everyone hates me!" She replied crying into Arthur's chest. "Come on, let's go inside and sort out taking you home" he said standing up, pulling her along with him.
Walking into the house Sophia was confused at how quiet it was, "where's Mi-Mi?" She asked turning to her father, "I left him sleeping, chances are he still is, shall we make some lunch and talk about what went on in school today?" She nodded in agreement and walked upstairs to take her bag upstairs.
Sat over the dinner table, sandwiches and crisps between them, Arthur looked up at sophia playing with her food. "You going to tell me what went on today then?" Eventually Sophia looked up to meet his gaze. "Before we left, I was the most popular girl in the school, no one cared if I had two dads, no one bothered me, everyone was nice to me and I was liked, then we moved and I expected things to be slightly different if we came back, but with the way my friends still spoke to me once we left I thought, hey it will be okay, but no, Uther has told everyone how he feels about us, and of course everyone has listened, thus then deciding how everyone was gonna react when I came back" her voice starting to break as tears started to form in her eyes again. "I walked into form this morning and about three people spoke to me, everyone hates me, they all stare as I walk past, I can hear them whispering about me as I go" she said finally breaking down. Standing up quickly Arthur walked over to him, putting an arm on her back, pulling him closer to him. It was just then Merlin walked into the room, seeing the sight before him he asked "Arthur? Sophia? What's going on?" "I'll tell you later M" he said with a sigh, comforting Sophia.
Eventually once she had calmed down they sent her upstairs to rest. Sitting down Arthur told Merlin everything, "What we gonna do Arthur? This can't carry on" he said moving closer into Arthur's hold, his head resting back against his shoulder.
Several days later.
Arthur and Merlin had Morgana, Leon, Gwen and Lance over for a meal, William, Morgana and Leon's 15 year old son, and Matthew, Gwen and Lance's son 16 year old son.
They had made the kids pizza and sent them upstairs to play on the Wii.
The adults were sat talking and Merlin and Arthur had explained what had happened with Sophia at school, angering Morgana.
"Oh i hate him! He is ruining your lifes, on purpose! I can't believe our father is such a prick!" She screeched
"Morgana, breath" Leon said as Sophia stormed into the room followed by a laughing William and Matthew
"Tell them to stop cheating!" Sophia winged almost tantruming
"Guys stop cheating" Merlin laughed
"You didn't even mean it!" Sophia screamed
"Sophia, shut up being so narky" Arthur said, Sophia just looked at them all and could tell none of them were going to stick up for her, she screamed and stormed upstairs, Matthew and William followed trying not to laugh
"Anyway ... "Arthur started while laughing "Back on topic"
"Oh yer, I've heard nothing about what he's been saying, Although the other day my next door neigbour gave me a funny look when i was asking Matthew to take you your old chair back to your house" Gwen said "But then, it could of been me asking a 16 year old to carry a chair to the other side of town"
"And he still hasn't forgiven you for making him look ridiculous" Lance laughed
"They haven't said anything has been said at there school either" Leon said "Well, William has said nothing"
