You're Home? (Sophie)

It hadn’t been much of a secret that Sophie didn’t cooperate with the doctors, so when she was released from the hospital she got no end of jealous stares. While she was packing to leave her roommate had picked a fight with her. Although she did her best not to fight back too much, by the time the nurses broke in and tore them apart the girl had a few scratches from Sophie’s nails and she’d probably have a few bruises. Soph hadn’t been quite so lucky. Nothing was broken, but she was sore and it aches when she breathed. She’d insisted she was fine, though, and her roommate had been taken somewhere else as she finished her packing.

Leaving the ward wasn’t exactly a joyous occasion for her. It just meant her father had decided he wanted her home. She had no idea how many days she’d have before he actually summoned her. It probably wasn’t many. She hadn’t told Mackenzie she was out yet. She knew her girlfriend would be too excited and then Sophie wouldn’t be able to broach the fact that she’d have to leave again until it was far too late.

As she entered the apartment she noted that Jesse and Archie’s things were still around. She didn’t know if they were there, but she didn’t want to interact with them if they were so she made her way to Mackenzie’s room, nudging the door open as quietly as possible. Mackenzie sat at her desk with her back to the door and headphones in. Sophie’s breath caught in her chest for a moment. She’d seen Mackenzie during visits but there was something different about it now that she had her freedom. She allowed the door to make noise as she closed it behind her. “Hey, love. I’m home.” she said.

Sophie winced as Mackenzie wrapped her in a tight hug, but she tried to keep any pain away from her tone as she muttered “I missed you.”

Sophie offered a small smile. “I wanted to surprise you,” she replied. “Besides, I got out pretty suddenly. My dad had something to do with it, I’m sure.”

Sophie felt bad for taking that smile away from Mackenzie, but she knew there wasn’t a point in trying to keep this a secret. “No, he’s not coming back here any time soon. But he wants me back in London for a bit. He hasn’t told me when yet but I’m guessing it will be within the week.”

Sophie sighed. “I know,” she said. “You can come with me if you want but it’s not going to be fun.”

Sophie nodded. “I would,” she replied. “It’ll probably be hell for me but you’ll be fine. And I could show you around London.”

“Sounds like a plan,” Soph said, then kissed Mack. “God I’ve missed you.”