Sophie hadn't realized she'd fallen asleep outside until the sun slowly crept up the sky, waking her up. Fitz had his arm wrapped around her, and he was still asleep. Not wanting to wake him up, she stayed there, watching the fluffy dinosaurs and other animals roaming their pastures.
She'd fallen back asleep and then woke up to her two adoptive parents smiling at her with that awkward 'Aww, they look so cute together', expression. Trying to hide her blush, Sophie scrambled up and bear hugged her parents.
"Good morning, kiddo," Grady laughed, hugging her back. Sophie appreciated the fact that they didn't bring up her staying-in-her-room-for-months thing. Fitz yawned, then immediately stood up, leaning casually against the panakes tree, trying to look normal. Though he failed to hide the fact that they'd slept together.
"Glad to see you two got some sleep! There's breakfast on the table whenever you are ready," Edaline exclaimed with a smile. They then left to start feeding the animals in the pastures.
"Talk about awkward," Sophie mumbled with a small smile.
"Yep. Wanna go get some breakfast? I'm starving," Fitz declared. Sophie followed him to the house.
After they'd finished eating a strange food that tastes like waffles, Fitz left to get ready to head to the matchmaking office, so Sophie took that as her cue to go change. She really really hoped she'd find a certain name on hers. Though she would never ever tell anyone. Like, ever. Scanning her closet full of way to many dresses, Sophie eventually settled on a teal dress with small flowers on it. Since Vertina knew what day this was for her, though, she decided to just leave her hair down and skip the embarrassing conversation that was sure to happen.
Her friends had come over lots, trying to cheer her up, but honestly this would still be awkward for her. Sophie was worried they'd think of her as a mess, locking herself away in her room. She'd even missed the final performance for the Silver Tower- a fact that still shocked her. Done Foxfire. Wow.
She leaped to the small tide pool which was the entrance to Atlantis. After the years she'd gotten quite used to the whirlpool she had to jump through. Grabbing a vile labeled Whirlpool from the hidden compartment, she threw it at the edge of the water. Quickly the water started twisting wildly, and Sophie jumped in.
Lightly she jumped off the giant sponge and onto her feet at the bottom of the ocean. The silver spires glimmered in the light of the balefire which lighted the city. She found her friends already there, waiting. As if on cue they each rushed forwards and wrapped her up in a hug, even Tam who usually settled for a shrug-wave-nod.
"I'VE MISSED YOU!" Biana yelled, choking back tears.
"Me to," Sophie admitted.
Together, they walked through the bustling city to the matchmaking office. Sophie was struck by it's beauty, it was a glittering building with all sorts of specially cut gems that reflected the balefire light. They found a small desk in the front and a long couch which wrapped around the walls to wait patiently. Her friends found a spot while she walked up to the lady standing at the desk.
"Ah, Miss Foster! Pleasure to meet you! You are here with who?" The lady greeted her.
"Myself, Fitz, Dex, Biana, Linh and Tam," Sophie replied. The lady tapped a few things on her screen before gesturing for Sophie to sit down.
"Who do you guys think will be on your lists? Wait wait wait DON'T say! It should be a surprise! I'm so sorry I'm just REALLY excited," Biana practically squealed, bouncing up and down in her seat. Fitz rolled his eyes, showing that she'd been doing this for the past week.
They made small talk together until a different lady came up to them with a warm smile on her face.
"Is Fitz Vacker here? Ahh, there you are! Follow me, so we can ask a few more questions and then you will receive your list," she explained, gesturing for Fitz to follow her. Fitz shot Sophie a nervous-yet-excited glance before being whisked away. One by one they were each brought down a long hallway and into separate rooms. When a young women came and asked for 'Sophie Foster' Sophie swallowed anxiously before following her.
They entered a small, round room with two chairs and a desk with a computer on it. It was rather bleak compared to the exterior building, it was painted a neutral gray and the chairs were plain white. Boring, for the elvin world.
"Hello, Sophie Foster! My name is Colette. I'm just going to ask some final questions before you receive your scroll, okay?" Colette greeted. Sophie nodded slowly.
"First question, who are you attracted to?" Odd choice of words, and an uncomfortable question. Greeeeeeat.
"F-f-fit-fitz," Sophie stuttered. Colette typed that into her computer.
"Seeing as you have multiple, what is your favorite ability that you possess?" Sophie had to think about this for a minute.
"My Telepathy".
"Last question! If you could change one thing about the world…. What would you change?" That question was a surprise. Sophie didn't even know what that had to do with this, but she pulled the answer straight from her heart.
"I would make us more accepting of other species…. Like humans, or ogres," Sophie replied.
"Thank you for your time! You can go wait back in the waiting room with your friends, we'll deliver your scrolls within the next few minutes!" Colette explained, smiling as Sophie got up.
Quickly as possible, Sophie walked to the waiting room where all her friends were. Some had mixed expressions, anxious, eager, nervous. Biana kept on pacing the room, not even trying to hide her excitement. Sophie took a seat beside Fitz, earning a delighted glance from Biana. She really hoped Fitz hadn't seen that.
Hey, Sophie, I was just thinking…. After all these years, you still have that secret…. But I haven't told you mine, Fitz's voice whispered in her consciousness.
Really? Wow…. Uh…. I'm really sorry I've kept it from you, Sophie replied nervously.
That's totally fine, I… I understand, really. I was just thinking…. I want you to know before we well, uh, yeah, Fitz murmured. So…. Since the first day we met, I kind of…. L-l-li-like-liked y-you, Fitz stuttered. Sophie barely managed to contain herself. He liked her? Fitz, liked…. Her? She blushed.
I've liked you to…. Like, really liked you, Sophie admitted. A burden she had always carried was suddenly lifted from her shoulders. His beautiful teal eyes sparkled as the truth sank in.
Linh tried to hide a giggle, she was pretty good at figuring out what they were saying telepathically. Biana practically shrieked when reality settled in, Dex just winked at Sophie and Tam had an unexpected smile on his face. Sophie immediately pulled her hair over to cover her face.
"Linh Song, Tam Song, Biana Vacker, Dex Dizznee, Fitz Vacker and Sophie Foster, your scrolls are waiting on the desk," a voice rang out through a hidden speaker. They each got up and picked up their scrolls with their names on it.
They were wrapped in sparkly, silver ribbon rimmed with pink and the letter itself was a light gold-silver with pink names, listed in order 1 to 100. Sophie took a deep breath before unraveling the ribbon and reading the names.
Approved matches for Sophie Elizabeth Foster
Fitz Vacker
Sophie barely managed to contain herself when she read the first name. Most names she didn't recognize, but she saw that Dex was her sixth, Tam her eleventh and Jensi her thirty fifth. Biana squealed with excitement when she read hers.
"WHO'D YOU GUYS GET?" She exclaimed with excitement. Tam had gotten Biana, Biana Tam, Fitz Sophie, Sophie Fitz, Dex had gotten some random girl, Linh had gotten Wylie. Dex seemed disappointed, Sophie sort of felt bad but her heart was beating to fast. Fitz- her number one? It was like a dream come true! The only thing missing was…. Well, Keefe standing there, pretending to be sick by the idea. A small tear slipped down Sophie's face. Things could never be the same without Keefe, no matter what.
A/N: Hi! So I'm not really sure how to end this story, I just don't know what I could possibly add on to it? So I think I might just leave it at that. It's not the best ending ever but ah well. Basically I wanted to write this to basically show my ships? I ship Sophitz, Tiana and Linh and Wylie. Thanks for reading! Soon as I think about something else I'll start another story! See ya!