"I love you." She whispered into her pink cell phone. Nothing but music and the rustle of paper returned what she thought was an honest and open gesture. "Did you hear me?" She paused "I said I love you."

Sophie was not an open person. After her best friend left her and joined the others in teasing her for still believing in the Easter Bunny, she shut people out. Her brother was her best friend and she loved him to pieces, but she didn't tell him very often. He knew though and that was all that mattered. She didn't use the "L" word unless she was talking to family. She didn't have any other friends really because her peers didn't want to be seen with her. So when a very shy boy, that was a grade above her, asked her on a date, she was shocked to say the least.

She found very quickly that he wasn't always shy and quiet. He never meant to hurt her; it's just sometimes he would say things he didn't know he shouldn't. She fell for him though. He was charming and kind. He made her feel special.

So late one night in the middle of winter she told him. They were on the phone while he did his work that had been assigned over the weekend. She was talking into her pink phone (that she hated, she would rather have blue or green) and moving things around on her desk.

She let out a sigh as he missed what she had just said, again. She flopped on her bed, deep in thought about what she wanted to say to him.

They've been dating for almost eight months. She thought it was the right time, though she should say it to his face. She knew that wasn't going to happen yet so she'll make do with just her voice. She heard him moving around as she took a deep, calming breath.

"I love you." She said softly into the phone.

She was met with silence. Nothing but the music in the background and the sound of him ruffling through some papers. That made her a little mad. She never opened up that much and he didn't do anything, say anything. It was an honest and open gesture and it wasn't returned.

She had tears in her eyes, but she was trying hold them back. This wasn't the first time this had happened, but it had never been this important.

"Did you hear me?" She asked a little louder. "I said I love you."

A minute later she heard the sound of his phone being picked up. That made the tears fall from her eyes. She had love to someone who wasn't family for the first time in years and he didn't even tell her that he had put the phone down.

"Sorry babe. What was that?" His voice said on the other side of the line.

She cleared her throat quietly. She realized that she didn't want to be treated like this anymore. He didn't mean anything by it, she knew he didn't, but she hated it and she was done.

"I don't think this is going to work out." She was glad when her voice didn't break.

"What do you mean?"

"This, us." She moved her hand as though he could see her. "I don't think it's going to work."

"Is there someone else?" He asked her.

"No." She said softly. "It's always been you, but I don't think we're going to work."

"Oh." He sounded sad and she was sorry for that, but she didn't want to waste any more time with him. "Can we still be friends?"

"Sure." She smiled through the tears, she really did love him. Just not enough to stay with him.

"So I guess I'll see you around?"

"Yeah, see you." Her ever soft voice said to him.

As they hung up she heard a tap on her window. She opened it to find her favorite frost child (like there was more than one) asking if he could enter. She moved back to her spot from before while he climbed into the room.

He saw her red eyes and tear-stained cheeks as he went to sit next to her.

"Jamie asked me to check up on you. He wanted to make sure you were okay, but couldn't get away at the moment. He was in the middle of a class."

"When did he ask you to do that?"

"About twenty minutes ago. He said his big brother powers were kicking in and that something was wrong."

She shook her head, a ghost of a smile on her lips. "Leave it to Jamie to know something about me before I do." She swiped at her cheeks to remove the salty water that was left there. "Yeah, I'm okay. I'll be better later."

He wrapped his arms around in a tight hug. She was like a sister to the forever teen and he hated to see her so upset. "Want to tell me what happened?"

She laughed, but it sounded more like a sob. "He wasn't right for me. I was going to tell him that I love him. I did tell him that I love him, but he had put the phone down. I didn't know, he didn't tell me. I said it twice before he picked up again and by then I thought I'm tired of this. I have strong feelings for him, but we were meant to be. So I broke it off. Told him that it wasn't going to work. I feel like a weight's been lifted off of my chest, but my hearts hurts. I didn't know that someone could break their own heart."

He just pulled her closer and ran a hand through her hair in a soothing manner. They sat like that until the early hours of the morning. Sophie had fallen asleep on Jack and he didn't want to leave her. Later he would have to ask Jamie how to gain his big brother superpowers again, as his had gone a little rusty. For now though, he'll sit here and comfort the one they both hold so dearly until she was better.

A/N Wow another long one. Bask in it, I don't think they'll be this long for a while.

continuing with the game: I am on my school's track team. I am in the marching band, jazz band, and concert band.

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