"Hey Dex!" Sophie said as she walked into Slurps and Burps, hearing the burp of the door as it opened. The store was still the most unique thing in the Lost Cities, and she loved it. Dex had invited her over the day before, and said that he had something to show her, so she figured he had made something new.

When she didn't get an answer from Dex, she called his name again.

"Dex? Dex!" She called. Kesler wasn't at his desk, but she heard sounds coming from Dex's "private room". She knocked, and Dex opened the door. He was wearing goggles, his hair was sticking up in random places, and wasn't curly like it usually was. He wore a white apron with stains on it, probably from past alchemy experiments. He smiled a goofy smile, and his cute little dimples showed at the sides of his mouth that only came when he was really, sincerely happy.

"Come in! I gotta show you this!" Dex said. He was practically bouncing, and he grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room. Sophie didn't see anything that was associated with experiments or technopathy, so she started getting confused.

"Dex, what is it?" Sophie asked. Dex only smiled again and didn't say anything. Sophie was getting extremely suspicious, when she heard Dex's closet door open. Sophie whipped her head around, her hair flying behind her. She saw Keefe walk out of the closet holding roses, and he was dressed more formally than normal, and he had a sweet smile on his face. Very different from Dex's smile.

"Keefe? What are you doing here?" Sophie asked. Suddenly her loose fitting grey tunic and denim colored leggings felt out of place. Keefe never answered, he only walked over to her, handed her the roses, and took her hand.

"Sophie Elizabeth Foster, will you be my girlfriend?" Keefe asked. Sophie's brain turned to mush, and all she could do was nod and hug him. Dex was behind them, still smiling, while setting up a new experiment on his desk. He must have been the one who planned this.

The truth was, Sophie has had a crush on Keefe since she was in level three. They had ridden on Silvenys back to the Black Swan hideout, and Keefe's arms were around her waist. It was a romantic, intense moment, and everything changed that night. The way he comforted her after getting the shot in her hand, when he let her put her head in his lap. The way he protected her when they got ambushed. The promise he made, that he would never let anything bad happen to her. And when he reassured her that he cared, a lot. About her, about Alden, about the whole situation, and he wanted everything to get better. That was the first time she saw that side of him. Since then, they had a special connection, and did most things together. And now they're dating.