A Failed Attempt || Soph, Mack, Jesse

When Sophie saw the brunette open the door she stood up and walked over, ignoring a warning “Sophie” from the therapist. She wrapped her arms tightly around Mackenzie.

“I missed you,” she whispered, “Why didn’t you come back? You said you would come back.”

Sophie crossed her arms over her chest as she heard what Mackenzie said."Yeah, well Jesse is an idiot," she muttered and returned to her seat.

"That's alright, we're glad you were able to come at all." the therapist replied, glancing down at his watch. "It'd suggest we wait a bit longer for her brother to get here, but since we're already a bit late we should probably just get started. I wanted to have you here to, first of all, get a sense of what Sophie is like at home and what y'all's home life is like."

Sophie shook her head. She didn't know how Mackenzie would answer the question, but she wasn't sure she wanted to either.

Sophie studied Mackenzie carefully. She knew perfectly well she didn’t keep such mundane hours, and she wasn’t sure why Mack wasn’t being forthright. It was probably to protect Sophie or something like that. She decided not to question it or say anything at all.

After a moment of silence that made it clear Sophie had no interest in speaking, the therapist chimed in again. “Alright, and how are you feeling about what Sophie did?”

The therapist nodded. “The truth would be preferable,” he replied.

“Don’t worry, I can handle it,” Sophie added quietly.

"Sophie?" the therapist prompted when Soph stayed quiet. "Have you got anything to say?"

"I don't know what you expect this to do. I already know I'm a selfish person, I know I hurt others more than I hurt myself. That just proves what I already knew." she said after a moment, then she turned to Mack. "Bluebell, do you not think you'd be better off if you hadn't met me? If I was gone... You'd be upset for a while but you'd get over it and you wouldn't have to deal with my family or any of my other drama."

Sophie shook her head. "I can understand why people might actually care about me, as you put it, I just know it's a bad idea." she snapped back, irritated that Mack was talking to the therapist instead of her.