Obsession

Chapter 22

Sage's POV

Micah didn't leave my house until 5 am, which means I've only had two hours sleep. It was worth it though. We had a lot of making up to do. After rushing through my morning routine, I walk across the road to Theia's, as she decided to drive today.

'What's up girl? What's with the funny walk?' Theia shouts, as people walk by.

'Could you be any louder?' I whisper. 'Get in the car and I'll tell you.'

'Micah?' Theia asks as we both close our car doors.

'Yes!' I sigh happily.

'How many times?' She questions, as she bites into her pop tart, which I'm not sure where she got that from.

'Four.' I smirk.

'Lucky bitch!' She gasps. 'I don't blame you for walking funny.'

'He just doesn't get tired and honestly, I'm all for it.' I reply, making us laugh whilst Theia drives us to the school.

'Hang on.' I stop Theia from getting out the car. 'Is there anyone special for you, you know, since... Luca?'

'No, not really. I'm just keeping my options open, and with college approaching, you can't expect me to be in a relationship. I'm no longer a one man one woman woman.'

'Huh?' I'm confused.

She shakes her head. 'I'm just so excited for college. There's going to be so much to eat.' She winks.

'TMI bestie. TMI.' I hold my hand up to stop her from saying more.

***

The second bell rings and I walk towards art, where I'll finally see the rest of the girls today. I haven't had any classes with them, so I'm excited to catch up with my girls.

I go in and sit down, walking past Mr. Dyme and his weed smell. I don't understand how he is still in a job. But hey, a guaranteed A+ is beneficial for college.

'Hey, bitches!' I look around. 'Where's Kerrys?'

'She's not feeling well today, so she stayed home.' Kayla replies.

'Awww.' I pout. I pull out my phone to text her.

Sage
Miss u boo
Hope you feel better soon
I need to tell you about the amount of O's Micah gave me last night😉

I can see she's writing so I wait for a reply before I put my phone away, but she disappears.

'Did she just ignore me?'

'Who?' Theia ask, eating M&Ms.

'What?' I look up. 'Oh nothing, nothing.' Hmm. I put my phone away and make a mental note to call her later.

'Alright class.' Mr. Dyme "sobers" up enough to give us our lesson plan. 'Today we are drawing this.' He reveals the object.

'Is that... a bong?' Kayla tilts her head.

'Fuck yeah!' Theia shouts. 'That's what I'm talking about.'

'Draw it, paint it. Sculpt it. Use your imagination to...' He stares off into the distance. High as fuck. I roll my eyes and get to work.

By the time we've finished drawing the bong, the bells rings.

Walking to the canteen, we notice a big huddle and see Brandy and Belize stood on a table, ranting about something.

'I'm going to get food while the queues are low.' Theia walks off, uninterested, whilst Kayla and I walk towards the crowd.

'...and you know, we haven't seen her in like ages...' Brandy says.

'Yeah in like two weeks. That's so ages.' Belize finishes.

'It's been longer than two weeks, idiot.' Brandy side eyes her.

'Shut up. You know, Bailey would never let you talk to me like that. You're not the leader of me.' Belize huffs.

'I'm afraid to ask, but what's going on?' I sigh.

They jump off the table and walk towards me.

'Not that it's any of your business, bitch, but Bailey is missing.' Brandy rolls her eyes.

'She's probably got lost in a sea of dick. I wouldn't blame her.' Theia walks by with a tray full of food.

'No. That was last year. She went to Cancun for the month. But this time, she's been missing since her birthday party. Nobody's managed to reach her.' Belize confirms.

'Are you serious? That was months ago. Has anyone contacted her parents?' Kayla asks.

'Yeah, we're not stupid! We told them, but they just don't care.' Belize replies.

'Well maybe she is just-' I start but Brandy cuts me off.

'You know what? If we wanted your opinion, we would have asked for your opinion.' Brandy smirks.

'Well good luck finding your master. Because without her, use will continue to look lost.' I smile sarcastically, walking off, leaving them staring around like lost puppies.

'You know, the last time I saw Bailey, she was getting into the car with her boyfriend.' Kayla says.

'I'm not going to lose much sleep over Bailey going missing. It's not like she's important to us, and she does this all the time. Remember when she went "missing" during spring break last year?' I roll my eyes.

'True...' Kayla replies but I can see she's still not convinced.

***
Rushing from school, to home to get change for work, I make it to the candle store with ten minutes to spare. I've not even had time to check in on Kerrys and see if she's alright. I put my stuff in the locker but not before my phone buzzes and I receive a text from Micah.

Micah
Come over now

Sage
Micah, I'm at work

Micah
I miss the taste of your lips💦

Sage
Well you're gonna have to wait 😉

Would if be wrong of me to skip work and just go home and lay in bed with him all evening?

No Sage! You need the money for college. I switch my phone off and put it in the locker, ready to start my shift.

Just as I'm about to finish re-stocking the Black Cherry candles, the doors burst open. I turn around and the last person I expect to see standing in front of me is stood with their arms crossed.

***
Micah's POV

Sage
Well you're gonna have to wait 😉

Fuck that shit! I'm not waiting! I get up off the couch, grab my keys and just as I'm about to head out of the door, a voice stops me.

'Where are you going?'

'None of your fucking business! Stay here until I get back! I reply, slamming the door closed. Fucking useless younger brother.

Approaching the candle shop, I park up across the street, near JOYS, so that she can't see my car. I sit and watch, watch as she walks around the shop in her tight pants. Who the fuck said she could go out looking like that? She's going to get punished for wearing those later.

A figure in the distance catches my eye, marching towards the shop. They burst through the door and Sage turns around in shock at their appearance.

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Who do you think it is?👀