"So, what's been bothering you lately?" Sabrina's therapist asked, pushing her glasses up to the bridge of her nose.
"I don't know, Sophie. I guess I just feel empty. It's been twenty years since the war, and I feel like I'm missing something. I even moved back into Granny's old house after her funeral. But I still feel incomplete," she explained sadly. Sabrina had been in therapy for months, but it didn't seem to help her troubles.
"Do you see your family regularly?" Sophie typed something into her iPad.
"Yeah, every weekend. I think it's something more than that, though." Sabrina replied, nervously fidgeting with her hair.
"Okay," Sophie said to herself, finishing with her typing. "Have you seen Puck at all since then?"
"Not since 2010 - but he isn't the reason I feel this way. I mean, we were enemies, and I despised him. He was so immature, it was almost impossible to have a civil conversation with the kid. Frankly, I'm glad that he left." Sabrina was telling herself that more than Sophie, who looked a little hurt by her response. Sophie shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
"Okay then," she said sharply. "Who do you think you miss then?" Sophie's tone was cold and a bit off.
"I'm not sure. I've been living in that old yellow house for almost ten years now, trying to get over whatever I'm feeling. Being away from the house didn't help any, but neither is staying there." Sabrina said slowly, trying not to offend her again.
"Then I don't know what to tell you." Sophie snapped. Clearly Sabrina did in fact say something that upset her.
"A-are you alright?" Sabrina asked cautiously.
"Yep. I'm fine." Sophie said very quickly.
"Is it something I said, or-"
"I said I'm fine, Sabrina." Sophie interrupted her, trying to be as polite as possible while still getting the message across. "I'm here to help you, not the other way around. Okay?"
"O-okay." Sabrina murmured softly. Sophie put her head in her hands and took a few deep breaths. Then she put her head up again, smiling.
"Sorry about that."
"I-it's okay." Sabrina told her, still a bit nervous about ticking her off again.
"So, how's work going?" Sophie smiled, tapping her stylus on her iPad screen.
"Work's going great." Sabrina lied. "I'm due for a raise next week." She was about to lose her job. Sophie narrowed her eyes.
"No you're not."
"No I'm not." Sabrina sighed. "I'm probably going to be fired next week. I mean, I'm doing my job just fine-"
"What do you do again? I forgot." Sophie asked, sitting up.
"I'm a bouncer for a club." Sabrina replied.
"Okay. And why do you think you're going to be fired?"
"I've just been getting less and less shifts. I'm already applying for a new job because it's just a matter of time before I don't get booked at all anymore." Sabrina looked down at her feet, then glance back up at her therapist.
A look of pity flashed across Sophie's face, but she shook it off as if to say you shouldn't feel sorry for her.
"Oh, and how are things going with you and Bradley?" Sophie cleared her throat.
"Cheated on me with his boss two weeks ago." Sabrina choked out. "Our wedding was supposed to be next week. I still have the dress."
"That's too bad." Sophie said in that tone that people when something is obviously not too bad in their opinion.
"He also took all of the money from our joint account so I barely have anything." Sabrina said, starting to get just as pissed as Sophie. She clearly looked bored by Sabrina's life troubles that day. She was always looking around the room, rapidly tapping her stylus on her iPad screen, and not-so-subtly playing the new Candy Crush. Maybe she was just having a bad day, everybody has bad days. But one would think that if your job was to basically listen to people vent and give them advice, you should at least pretend to care about their lives.
"I knew she'd regret not marrying me when she had the chance," Sophie muttered so quietly she was sure that Sabrina hadn't heard her. But Sabrina had. The tone sounded so familiar, but she couldn't quite tell where she'd heard it before. Sabrina wracked her brain trying to remember, but to no avail. Suddenly, the timer went off.
"Oh, look, time's up." Sophie looked at Sabrina with an expression that said get out of my office.
"Bye," Sabrina smiled weakly, heading outside into the cool spring breeze. She walked into the parking lot and got into her car. She started the engine and drove home. Sabrina parked her car and walked up to the old house. She walked inside and into the kitchen, opening the fridge.
Canned tomatoes, some parmasan cheese, and half a carton of expired almond milk. How delicious, she thought. Sabrina rolled her eyes and close the door. I should get groceries, she thought. Sabrina went into the living room and plopped down on the couch. It still felt weird to not have the room over-packed with books and people. She sighed loudly and picked up one of the few remaining books in this house. It was one of Daphne's old journal. Sabrina opened it eagerly and started flipping through pages. She skimmed through most of her entries, until one specific word caught her eye. Kiss.
She skimmed the paragraph and immediately stopped when it reached the climax.
Sabrina kissed Puck! I meen can you belive it??!?! Only True Love's kiss can break the spell and her kiss broke the spell on him! This is the hapyest day of my entire life!
Despite the many spelling errors, something else struck Sabrina as odd. She said only True Love's kiss can break the spell, but that was silly. She didn't love Puck - did she?
The next week, Sabrina drove up to Sophie's office for her appointment. That day Sophie was wearing a dark green hoodie, jeans, and messy white sneakers - she also wasn't wearing her glasses. All of her clothes were covered in a thick layer of dirt and grime.
What, did Puck pick out her outfit this morning?
"Hello, Sabrina," she tried to smile.
"Hey, Sophie." Sabrina said, trying to act like everything was normal between them. She sat down on the couch next to her. "I think you may have been right last week."
"About what?"
"About me still have feelings for Puck." Sabrina blushed, smiling sheepishly. She felt so childish, like she was twelve years old again.
Suddenly, Sophie sort of melted away to reveal a familiar looking face, but in an adult body. Sabrina could recognized those dreamy green eyes anywhere.
"That's all I needed to hear." Puck winked, his trademark smirk spread across his face.
"Puck!" Sabrina exclaimed, jumping on top of him and tackling him with a bear hug. "I- what- how..." she trailed off and took a deep breath. "I missed you."
"Missed you too, Grimm." Puck laughed, pulling her in for a kiss.
