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༘˚⋆𐙚 𝐂 𝐡 𝐚 𝐩 𝐭 𝐞 𝐫     𝟏𝟒 ˚˖𓍢ִ໋⭑.ᐟ   

Felicity cast a quick spell to clean up Fae's dormitory after their impromptu tea party. The four girls definitely felt closer than before, laughing and joking as they made their way to the mess hall for dinner. "Felicity and I will head back to my dormitory after dinner and prepare it for our sleepover" Fae explained to the girls. Once they were in the mess hall, they were surprised to see most of the Nevers unusually calm, their attention on something.

"Traitors" she saw a dark haired Never inhale sharply.

"I think I'm going to be sick" another said, throwing something in the direction of what was catching their attention.

"I don't know what she sees in him," a third said, shrugging somewhat dismissively.

Curious and slightly apprehensive, the four Ever girls followed their gaze. When they saw what had drawn the Nevers' attention, they gasped in surprise. Seated at one of the Ever tables was Sophie and Tedros. Sophie clung to his hand, giggling at every word that fell out of his mouth. Fae felt Beatrix hold her hand, a silent gesture of her support. Based on the whispers around the hall the two had been with each other for the majority of the day which simply added to the sense of unease in Fae's stomach.

As Tedros popped another strawberry into his mouth, he wondered when Fae and the others would arrive. He needed someone to distract the blonde Never whose high pitched laughter was beginning to hurt his ears. Originally, William and Tristan had sat opposite to the two, but they quickly excused themselves, not wanting to be seen associating with Sophie and risk angering their female friends.

Tedros's eyes wandered the room only to freeze when they locked onto Fae's. A smile already formed on his face, but it quickly faded as he noticed the hurt in her expression. He followed her gaze down to his arm, where Sophie was still holding his hand. His eyes widened in realization—he was the cause of her pain. Mentally kicking himself, he pulled his hand away from Sophie, giving Fae a sheepish, apologetic smile. He didn't dare look at the three girls behind her who glared at him, especially not at Felicity, who might very well turn him into a frog if he did.

Sophie looked at him confused at the sudden distance. She looked in the direction at which he was looking only to see her ex-friend. She rolled her eyes, of course the goody-two-shoes princess wannabe was getting in her way of true love. But Sophie quickly put on her best innocent face. "Teddy, why did you stop?" she cooed, trying to recapture his attention.

The boy looked at her, confusion laced in his expression, "I'm sorry, I have to go-" he began but she cut him off.

"You were just about to ask me to the Ever's Ball," she whined loudly, drawing the attention of the entire hall. Tedros immediately started defending himself, insisting he never said any such thing. Fae felt anger rise in her chest. She didn't know if he had really asked Sophie or not, but she hated the idea of not knowing for sure. If only she'd used her magic, she wouldn't be worrying like this.

Determined, Fae walked up to their table, but before she could reach Sophie, the black-haired Never—who Fae had to admit was quite attractive—stepped in front of her.

"Move, please," Fae said, giving the girl one chance to get out of her way. Her mother back in Gavaldon always taught her to give people one chance before possibly ruining their lives, joking that it was the reason for their last name.

Hester sneered at her, looking down on the shorter girl. "I don't think so," she smirked. "You jealous cause Prince Teddy over there asked out one of us Nevers instead of you poofy princesses?" she mocked in a baby voice.