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Hello, peeps! I/We have returned! With another chapter of your new favorite fanfiction, KOTLC READS KOTLC! Time for book one! This chapter picks up where the last one leaves off.
"This really a long book." Sophie noted. "Do you want to just all read a copy and then we can talk about it later?"
"Ooh! Like a book club!" Keefe exclaimed. "Not that I've ever been in a book club... heh heh... totally."
Biana gasped. "OH MY MALLOWMELT! KEEFE'S A NERD!"
"No I'm not!" Keefe insisted.
"It's okay, I think nerds are cute." Sophie smiled.
"BUT I'M A NERD, AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE ME!" Dex yelled.
Sophie gave Dex a strange look. "Do I know you from somewhere?"
Dex facepalmed. "Even the girl with a photographic memory forgets me! THAT'S how irrelevant I-"
"Sorry, Deck, you've maxed out on your pagetime. Kindly allow the rest of us to ignore your existence like we always do." The book said.
Dex sighed. "Fine."
"Well. That was weird." Sophie said. "Anyway, I'm glad Keefe's a nerd! Nerds are super cute!"
"Oh, um, thanks, Foster. I guess I can be a nerd and a prankster." Keefe blushed.
"YOU MADE KEEFE BLUSH! OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!" Biana squealed.
"Hey, I'm a nerd too! I love Hamilton Potter and the Percy Games and Dear Divergent Wicked or whatever the heck you were talking about earlier." Fitz insisted.
"Um... sure." Tam said.
"It's Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Hunger Games, Divergent, Wicked, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and a few others!" Sophie yelled. "NEVER INSULT MY FANDOMS LIKE THIS AGAIN! OR YOU WILL BE PUNISHED! YOU WILL BE FORCED TO READ THE FAULT IN OUR STARS WHILE LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF DEPRESSING MUSICAL SONGS THAT I MADE!"
"Wow." Linh said. "Don't you think that's a bit harsh?"
"Nah." Keefe shrugged.
"Anyway, I can get- how many of us are there? One, two, three, four, five-"
"SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE NUMBER TEN PACES FIRE!" Tam screamed.
"TAM'S A HAMILFAN!" Sophie screeched. "ASDFGHJKL!"
"What is that noise you just made?" Fitz asked.
"It's the sacred fangirl noise! Others include pterodactyl screeching and stuff like JAJAHAHAJJSGSHDHDGAKAJABAHVAVAFACAGAFACCA
GSFAFHSGSGAHSHSGHSGSGSHSHGDHDJDHGDJFLSJSGHDHD" Sophie explained. "Duh."
"Ooooooookay then."
"Anyway, I believe there are six of us-"
"SEVEN!" Dex yelled.
"Like I said, six of us, but I already have a copy, so I only need five... maybe I'll get an extra just in case."
"Good idea."
ONE WEEK LATER:
(Tam: IN THE LIVING ROOM STRESSING! MY FATHER'S STONE FACED WHILE YOU'RE ASKING FOR HIS BLESSING! I'M DYING INSIDE AS YOU WINE AND DINE, AND I'M TRYING NOT TO CRY CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOUR MIND CAN'T DOOOOOO!)
"Okay, welcome to the KOTLC book club's first meeting! We read Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. My first discussion question is, what was everyone's favorite part?" Sophie asked. "Mine was just the whole book. I can't choose."
"OOH! OOH! OOH!" Fitz squealed. "PICK ME! PICK ME!" Without waiting for Sophie to pick him, he said "My favorite part was on page seven!"
"I haven't quite memorized each part and it's corresponding page number. Can you quote the scene you like?"
Fitz nodded eagerly. "The smile he flashed belonged on a movie screen, and Sophie's heart did a weird fluttery thing.
'Is this you?' he asked, pointing to the picture.
Sophie nodded, feeling tongue-tied. He was probably fifteen, and by far the cutest boy she'd ever seen. So why was he talking to her?"
"So, your favorite part was when you met Sophie?" Keefe asked.
"Not just when I met Sophie, but when she thought I was cute! It was like love at first sight!"
"Ew." Dex said, making a face.
"I can't believe Foster would actually like someone that much for his looks." Keefe grumbled.
"MY EYES ARE TEAL TOO!" Biana screamed.
Sophie just blushed. "Okay, um, anyway, how about you, Keefe?"
"Mine was when Fitz sisterzoned you AND THEN friendzoned you!"
"I would never do such a thing!" Fitz protested.
Keefe cleared his throat. "Page 384."
"'You're already like my little sister. This would just make it official."'
'Oh. Great.' She knew he meant it as a compliment, but the word 'sister' still stung." The book read from itself.
"And then on page 486..." Keefe continued.
"'I guess I'll have to settle for being your friend.'"
"See? This is like if Sophie decided now that she liked Dex after all and wanted to date him, after already rejecting him!" Keefe exclaimed.
"Yeah, I see your point. But anyway... Dex, your turn."
"My favorite part was when I was relevant!" Dex exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, I don't remember that happening at all. Can you please elaborate?"
Dex sighed. "Never mind."
Sophie shrugged. "Biana, how about you?"
"I really liked the part where you slammed my brother into a wall!"
Keefe sighed happily. "Good times, good times."
"I guess that is kinda funny, looking back." Sophie smiled. "Tam, how about you?"
"I like all the times when Sophie's about to find out what the Great Gulon Incident is, but then she doesn't get to."
"Yeah, seriously, what is that? PLEASE TELL ME!" Sophie begged.
"Okay, you want to finally hear the story of my genius? Well, one fateful day-"
"HEY! SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW! THE READERS MUST REMAIN IN TORTURE FOR ALL ETERNITY!" The book interrupted.
Sophie groaned. "I'm never going to find out!"
"It's okay. I have a plan." Keefe said confidently. "Dex. Distract the book."
Dex nodded. "Hey book! I heard a rumor that I was going to be on the cover of book nine!"
"WHAT? NONSENSE! YOU CANNOT BE RELEVANT!"
While the book and Dex were arguing about his relevance, Keefe came over and whispered something into Sophie's ear.
"Ohhh, that's what it is! Thank you so much!" Sophie squealed. "That's so cool!"
"Hey, how come we don't get to find out?" whined the fangirls.
The ultimate fangirls laughed. "NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW WHAT THE GREAT GULON INCIDENT IS! IF WE SUFFER, YOU SUFFER WITH US!"
"Ooookay..." said the fangirls. "We're reading a story written by psychopaths. Good to know."
"That was weird!" Sophie said. "Anyway, the mysteries are solved! For me anyway. Linh, what was your favorite part?"
"I liked when Iggy tried to save Sophie from the Neverseen! That was so cute! Iggy is totally my favorite character!"
"YEAH! GO IGGY!" Biana cheered.
"Iggy is awesome. Which brings me to my second discussion question: Favorite characters? You're not allowed to say yourself."
The boys all groaned. "What do you mean, we can't say ourselves?"
"I mean, you cannot be your own favorite character. Mine is... my favorites are Grady and Edaline."
"Iggy is totally my favorite!" Biana said. Linh agreed.
"I would say my favorite is Keefe." Tam said.
"WHAT?!" Everyone else exclaimed.
"Just kidding, it's Biana." Tam blushed.
"Well, if it can't be me, I'd say my favorite character is Foster!" Keefe decided.
"No, Sophie's my favorite character." Fitz protested.
"Guys! Sophie can be both of your favorites. She's also mine." Dex added.
"Love square." Tam coughed.
Sophie pretended not to hear him. "THIS CONCLUDES OUR FIRST EVER KOTLC READS KOTLC BOOK CLUB MEETING! I'll get copies of Exile in time for next chapter."
"Chapter?" Dex asked.
"OH NO, THE FOURTH WALL!" The book yelled.
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