Sophitz Kiss Scene

Sophie looked at where Fitz was sitting next to her under Calla's Panakas tree. He looked strangely calm, especially after all that they had gone through with the Alvar imposter. He caught her eyes, and could tell that she wasn't doing so good, even without reading her mind. Out of nowhere, Fitz leaned over and wrapped his arms around her in a hug. Sophie could feel her face heating up, but she didn't care. All she cared about was the strong arms belonging to a person who always stuck by her, through thick and thin.

Sophie sighed, and at that moment Fitz slowly pulled one arm away. "I thought that would calm you down," Fitz told her, keeping the other wrapped around her shoulders for comfort.

"Calm me down?" She didn't want to admit that she had been a little tense.

Fitz gave her a look that said, "Don't even try to deny it."

"Ok, fine, I was feeling a little stressed…. But I have every reason to be with everything that's happened!" Sophie said, trying to defend why she felt like that.

"Hey, I didn't say you didn't. I just wanted to make sure you were in a good mood."

He stopped and didn't continue, so Sophie had to turn to face him and say, "A good mood for what?"

"Reminding you that you promised to tell me your secret back when we found out that Forkle was alive. Or, one of them, at least," He laughed to himself, but stopped when he noticed she hadn't joined him. "Hey, don't be so gloomy!" He said, holding both of her shoulders and looking her in the eyes.

Sophie sighed. I guess this is it, the moment I have been dreading ever since we became Cognates, she thought to herself. She just had to get through it. She'd have to tell him eventually, so why not now?

"Ok, fine, but I'm going to close my eyes and tell it to you telepathically. I don't want to say it out loud." Sophie closed her eyes, and jumped slightly when she heard Fitz encourage her telepathically. She felt him squeeze her gloved hand. Finally, once she had braced herself for the worst, she transmitted, I like you. I have ever since I came to the Lost Cities.

She waited, but there was no response. She couldn't feel it, but she knew that he had broken off the connection. She finally opened her eyes, and as soon as she did, she saw how close Fitz was to her, his hands still on her shoulders. He whispered, "I like you too."

And then he leaned in even closer, so close that their lips met. Kissing Fitz was completely different from kissing Dex. With Dex it had been awkward and unromantic, but with Fitz it felt like the world had finally fallen into place.

Sophie pulled away, and they each looked at other, not saying anything. "Wow," Sophie eventually breathed.

"Yeah," Fitz admitted. Sophie couldn't wrap her head around everything. Fitz had a crush on her too. But the real question was….

"How long have you had a crush on me?" Sophie questioned, tilting her head to the side.

Fitz wrapped his arms around her waist and said, "Ever since your second year when we all started eating lunch together. I really started to notice you then, and my feelings have only grown since."

Sophie felt like her heart was melting. She couldn't handle all of these happy feelings. Fitz leaned forward and kissed her again, and she decided to forget about that, and just focus on kissing him back.

They jumped away when they heard Biana say, "Awwww, you guys are adorable! You finally admitted how you feel about each other! I totally called it."

"Biana! How long have you been there?!" Sophie said frantically as she scooted away from Fitz.

"Oh, not long. Just long enough to watch the two of you expressing your feelings and then kissing. I came here to see if you had a book that I could borrow for school, but this is so much more interesting!" Biana said gleefully as she appeared practically out of nowhere.

Fitz shook his head. "Biana, it's rude to stalk people with your invisibility. I think Vanishers should have some rules too."

"But I didn't want to interrupt the two of you in your moment!" She threw her arms in the air as if it was obvious.

Sophie joined Fitz in shaking her head, but then she looked at Fitz and smiled. He smiled back at her. Right at that moment Keefe emerged from nowhere, and once he saw them, he said, "What'd I miss?"

Biana began to tell him, but Sophie shouted, "Nothing!" a little too quickly.
"Oh, ho, ho! Foster's hiding something, huh? Her entire face is turning beet red, so it must involve Wonderboy," Keefe said with a little too much enthusiasm. "Besides, I'm feeling a ton of emotions coming from you right now." He added while fanning the air between them.

Her face turned even redder, if that was possible, and Fitz joined her. Keefe was just about to gruel them into spilling the details, when Mr. Forkle appeared out of nowhere and said that something came up that they all needed to attend to. Keefe sighed in exasperation, but Sophie and Fitz were both relieved.