Part 06

The arguments rang in his ear. He didn't even know what they were fighting about, he was too busy restraining himself from climbing up the stairs and checking Sophie's pluses every five seconds.He kept glancing up the stairs but decided to hear what the others had to say, when he did he thought the solution was so obvious... Till he heard himself say out aloud."I can do it." He said with such a voice, everyone stopped arguing and looked at him. In a really disturbing way.He fumbled to explain, "Thanks to lovely little Tam I'm stuck to deal I have no say in," he accusingly looked at Ro, "I have nothing worthwhile to do in the meantime and you all have crazy important stuff to do. So I'll keep watch on our lovely Miss F. Sound good?"They all blinked and started to agree. Keefe knew they were too surprised and stressed enough not to. He made his way up to Sophie's room, really glad Ro wasn't saying anything. Though it was pretty clear she wanted to.His plan was to tell Edaline he'll come back as soon as he picked up some stuff from home.Then pain hit him when he was a few steps away from the door, despite it he clenched his fingers and marched on. The only thing keeping him from crumbling was that whatever Sophie was facing was ten times worse.He found Fitz at the edge of Sophie's bed with his eyes closed. Keefe realized that he was reaching out to Sophie's mind, the thought made him uncomfortable. As if he walked in on something very intimate.Fitz's eyes snapped opened and focused on Keefe"She's not responding." He simply said and went back to staring at Sophie. Keefe realized he had to get his notebooks,"I'm sure she will be fine. But since your here for the moment, I need go back and grab some stuff. Is that okay?"His eyes focused on Keefe again, and Keefe felt very uncomfortable and he realized why. Things were... Awkward between them.Awkward between his best friend he known since birth and him.The thought shook him. Fitz only nodded. Keefe reached for the leaping crystal and glittered away.