I'm a horrible person. I mean I haven't updated in ages! I am truly really sorry guys, but school has been keeping me busy. It was not my intention to have you wait this long. So, now that that's out of the way, welcome to chapter nine! We only have one more chapter after this! And please note that this won't be the best chapter ever, but I wanted to post, and this is what I had. So I hope you can enjoy it anyways! Disclaimer: I still don't own any of the KOTLC characters and I don't own any of the lyrics. It's from the song "Little talks" by Of monsters and men. Enjoy!
Sophie POV
"Do I have to do this?" It was the day of the summer dance and I was standing in Biana's room at Evergleen. She had forced me into a long red dress, and I wore black high heels. She had also insisted on me taking about a hundred beauty potions and was now pulling my bangs into a difficult looking braid.
"Yes, absolutely. And there's no arguing on that point. This is your night, and I won't let anything or anyone, not even yourself, stop you from looking amazing." I sighed. Sometimes my best girl-friend was just a little to stubborn for my taste. She pushed me back towards her mirror and looked proudly at me.
"Man, I'm good! And you look amazing. We're such a great team, you and I." She turned me around, and a little gasp escaped from me. The girl in the mirror looked like me, but in the same time not. The girl hade same features and brown eyes, but the rest was absolutely different. Her hair fell in beautiful loose curls under a interesting looking braid, decorated with small white pearls. And the girls skin seemed to glow next to the flowing red gown. Her eyelashes were darker than mine, which made her eyes stand out in a beautiful way. I stepped forward... And crashed into the floor. The high heels hade made me fall. Of course. But when I realized the girl in the mirror had fallen too I realized, that girl is me. I looked at Biana, stunned. She had really done a great job. She gave me her hand and helped me up, then she turned me to the mirror once again.
"Now do you see what I mean? This is your night Soph. And you look amazing." I smiled towards her, feeling a slight blush creep on my cheeks.
"Okay, I understand, I look amazing and everything. But now it's your turn. This is your night too." She smiled.
"I know. And I'm going to look just as good as you!"
"Can you really accomplish that?" I teased.
"Oh, yeah. Just wait and see." She said with a slug smile. Then she pulled a short lavender dress from her closet. About a hundred beauty potions and two hours of shoe picking and hair styling we where both finally ready, looking fabulous like never before. We slowly walked down the stairs. We could have taken the vortinator, but we didn't want to ruin our hair, and Biana said it would be more dramatic this way. When we reached the bottom of the stairs I looked out over the big hall. Alden sat in one of the sofas, looking proudly at us with a scroll in his lap. Next to him stood Della, her eyes filled to the top with tears of joy. And next to the door was Fitz. He was dressed in a classy black suit, which he wore perfectly. I would not be surprised if it was specially designed for him. In his hand was two red roses, and his eyes were fixed on me. He starred directly at me with his mouth hanging slightly open. I couldn't help but feel a little proud. He had never looked at me like that before, and throughout all those years of crushing about him, that was the only way I wanted him to look at me. I carefully looked into his eyes and then looked away, gesturing for him to do that as well. He walked towards us with a small smile on his face.
"A rose for the ladies." He said, giving us one rose each. And I could feel his eyes on me as I took my rose. Then the three of us went to the leapmaster, and glittered away to Foxfire.
Keefe POV
There was people everywhere. In the great hall, in the garden outside, on the dance floor, around the snack tables, everywhere! I stayed in the background trying to not drag to much attention, which is a fairly hard task when you look like me. Just in the ten minutes I'd been here four pairs of girls had checked me out, giggling in the process. But the thing was, it felt wrong. About a month ago i enjoyed watching girls swoon over me, but things had changed and it was only one girl I wanted to look at me that way. I slowly walked over to the snack tables, trying to make the time pass. Where were Fitz, Biana and Foster? Shouldn't they be here by now? Slowly I lifted my glare... And froze. When did I die? When did I get to heaven? And why was I met by an angel? I just stared, my mouth hanging open, on beautiful sight before me. It was Foster, and she had never looked more beautiful. The long, sleeveless, red dress showed of her body just enough, and complimented her eyes perfectly. Her hair fell in soft curls, and I had to fight the urge to run my fingers through them. Her whole appearance was just...wow. Suddenly Fitz cleared his throat behind her and i was dragged back to the real world.
"Um, hey guys! Hey Foster. Um, you look great..." Then I noticed Biana and quickly added, "Both of you look great!" Smooth... A flaming blush crept on Fosters cheeks, matching her dress.
"Same to you." Foster said, and I answered with a smirk. "Are you nervous?"
"No, why?" I got a little confused as Foster started pulling out eyelashes.
"Um, the performance? Don't you think it's scary?"
"No, not really." But I saw that Foster clearly was. I slowly leaned forward and whispered into her ear.
"It's going to be fine. We both know you're amazing." The redness on her cheeks spread and got a few shades darker. I felt my heart flutter a little as she shyly looked into my eyes. Then she looked away, and our moment of connection was over. I felt Fitz grumpy eyes on me, but decided not to meet his glare. The four of us just stood in awkward silence after this, not knowing what to do. The rest of the the school was out on the dance floor, dancing together. Would it be weird if I asked Foster to dance? It wouldn't right? I mean, were just friends, and friends can dance. Right? I was just about to ask, when Biana sighed loudly.
"Ugh! I can't take this silence anymore! Come on Sophie, let's dance, since no one else is asking us." She angrily glared at me and Fitz while she said that last part, and then she and Foster disappeared into the sea of students.
"So, what do we do?" I asked Fitz, unsure of what to do. He just shrugged and continue to look out over the room. I did the same. After a while I heard him make a sound between a snort a laugh.
"What is it?" He pointed to a spot in the middle of the dance floor, where Biana had been dancing with Foster. But now she was turned to a strawberry blond guy. I couldn't stop myself from letting out the same snort-laugh that Fitz had made earlier when I saw The look on Dex's face. His whole face, and his ears, were bright red, I'm talking tomato here, and he awkwardly rubbed his neck with one hand while shyly asking Biana something. Biana's face lit up and she started to walk with him, but then stopped and turned around to Foster again, probably asking if it was okay that she left. Foster laughed and nodded gesturing for them to go.
"Aw, who knew Dex could be such a ladies man! I'm seriously impressed!" I said with a laugh.
"Yeah, his the one dancing, while we're standing here like some kind of losers."
"Hm, you're right. We have to find ourselves some partners!" I noticed Sophie was still standing alone and attempted to walk towards her, but then all of the sudden she wasn't alone anymore. A tall guy with styled dark brown hair walked up to her and bowed down. Then he grabbed her hand and asked her to dance. Foster looked surprised and confused like she didn't really understand what what's happening, but then she nodded, and he twirled her, making her giggle. Shocked I just stood there like a dork, watching them dance. And suddenly I hated this guy. I had never talked to him, or even seen him before, but I hated him. Why was Foster dancing with that guy? Did she know him? What made him think he had the right to dance with her? Only I get to do that! Wait, what? We're just friends, it's not like we're dating... She can dance with whoever she wants. But I still clenched my fists so hard against my body that my nails made deep marks in my palms.
Sophie POV
"So what is your name?" I asked the mysterious guy who was dancing with me.
"I'm Damian. Level seven, great student, froster." He said, and when he flicked his hand a small swirl of snowflakes appeared in front of me. They were so delicate and beautiful, and he made them dance around me in graceful movements. I giggled and looked up at him.
"Are you trying to impress me?" It surprised me that i didn't blush.
"Maybe," he said with a small grin. "is it working?" Now I started blushing.
"Euh..." I decided to avoid the question. "I'm Sophie by the way. Sophie -"
"Foster, yeah I know. Your the cool the girl from the forbidden cities. I think I know a little bit more about you than you know about me." My cheeks turned into a deeper shade of pink.
"A-and why is that?" I said shyly, not sure how to react.
"Well, everybody knows about you, especially the guys. Let's just say you have a list of guys who would be happy to be in my place right now." What did he mean by that? I was the weirdo, I had always been. Ever since my human life! And people don't like weirdos. So what did he mean? The song ended and I pulled away from Damian. He looked like he wanted to continue dancing, but I had to talk to some guys I believed in. I spotted Keefe and Fitz still standing at the snacking table, and went to talk to them.
"Hey guys, if I asked you something you would be honest with me right?" Both boys looked confused and glanced towards each other, before they both answered "Of course we would!".
"Good because I need you to confirm something. This guy Damian that I danced with said that I was near famous, especially around the boys in school. But I'm dorky! And weird! Oh, I don't know what to think!" I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths. Then I opened my eyes again. "So what do you say? Am I someone who could get liked by guys?" Both Keefe and Fitz's faces were deep red, and I realized that I basically had just asked if they thought I was pretty, but it was to late to do anything about now.
"Um, well you're funny, and adventurous. And you're not bad looking..." Keefe said looking down at the floor. Since when could Keefe get embarrassed? "So I guess that means some guys could maybe like you?" I started blushing as well, so that all three of us mashed my dress. This was an embarrassing night... Fortunately I was saved by someone tapping my shoulder. I turned around and faced Dame Alina.
"It's time!" she whispered, gesturing for me and Keefe to follow her behind the stage. Keefe walked after her with a confident smirk, and I slowly followed them. Suddenly my stomach and head hurt and I started sweating, but in the same time I was freezing. All these people. The whole school! I was about to sing in front of the whole school! Dame Alina left us alone to prepare and I turned to Keefe.
"Keefe, I can't do this." I said in a small voice. "I can't sing in front of everyone!"
"Yes you can Sophie," it was one of the few times he had used my real name. "we both know you're great. " My hands started shaking.
"But I don't want to! You'll have to do it alone." I started to turn away, but he stopped me with a hand an my shoulder. Then he carefully turned me towards him.
"Sophie, I know you want to sing. Deep down you've been wanting to do this all your life. I mean, what other reason would you have to sing and dance around the stage the day after the auditions?" My jaw dropped.
"How did you know about that?"
"I forgot my guitar inside the great hall that day, after my audition, and when I went to get it you was there. So I stayed outside, listened, and came to the conclusion that I wanted you to sing with me." Now he was smiling kindly.
"You told Dame Alina? Not Valin?"
"Nope, it was me!" He said triumphantly. "And now we have an audience that awaits!" He started dragging me towards the stage.
"But I mean it Keefe," I whispered when the intro started playing. "I'm terrified!"
"Just keep your eyes on me, and pretend it's a normal practice." He smiled comfortingly as we walked out on the stage. I kept my eyes on Keefe as I started singing.
"I don't like walking around this old and empty house."
"Just hold my hand I'll walk with you my dear." He carefully grabbed my hand, and smiled towards me.
"The stairs cheap as you sleep, it's keeping me awake."
"It's the house telling you to close your eyes." I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
"And some days I can't even dress myself."
"It's killing me to see you this way." I started smiling as we sang the bridge together.
"Cause though the truth may vary this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore."
As we sang the chorus I realized that I had been wanting this. I looked out at the crowd, not afraid anymore. I was having a great time. When we got to the second verse I really started living. I moved with the music and took out all my energy on this performance. It was like the whole world except me and Keefe was gone. But suddenly people started screaming. I stopped singing and looked at Keefe, confused. But he looked just as clueless. Until he spotted something behind me. I turned around to see what it was, but was stopped when something cold hit me hard in the forehead. The world blackened as someone lift me up and put a cloth over my moth.
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