Sage

Chapter Twelve

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I sat in the drivers seat and Al in the passenger as I drove off to the neighbors house

"She h-has a bit of a h-hearing problem" I smiled up at Al after parking behind a car in the drive way

'The way she takes about her family they seemed like they didn't bother to ever come see her' I thought stepping onto the porch

Al held the food as I knocked kindly waiting for the elder to open up

But who I saw in stead of Ms. Fukuda had me frozen in fear

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I stood at the door looking down at my feet. My body shook and my hands became clammy as I tried to stable my increasing breath

'Why him of all people?' I asked myself

I took a step back but bumped into a hard chest 'oh right, Al's here' I thought

His arm wrapped round my waist in a protective manner. To others it may have looked like he was showing affection but I could feel it, the dominance

"What the fuck are you doing here?!" He semi yelled at me

"Umm I-I j-j-just...I-" i stammered and stuttered hard than my usual

"Oh for fucks sake spit it out already stutter-box " he said

I clenched my hand together scared of being hit

"One boy lower your voice. Two that is not how you speak to your guest and Three stop smoking cause you reek" Al voiced with distaste and a hit of annoyance

"Who r he fuck are you old man?" He ask raising his voice

"ugh teenagers" Al groaned

"W-where h-here to see m-ms. Fukuda!" I blurted making Jordan's raise a eyebrow

"Scooch move, move, move out of my way dumpling...hello dear come, come in!" Ms. Fukuda said

'Hehe his nickname is dumpling'

She pushed Jordan and pulled me and Al inside of the house

"H-hi Ms.fukuda sorry I'm l-late" I said

"Ah it's fine dear! Who's this handsome man you brought with you?"she asked smiling widely

I blushed to scared to actually say it so I nudged Alessandro with my elbow

"Hi I'm Alessandro Alisio. Pleasure to meet you miss" he greeted her with a hand shake

She led us to the kitchen and we sat down at the counter. I sat be side Al but facing Jordan and same for al but he was facing Ms.fukuda.

We talked for a while about her day and how we meet. as she ate I hear a couple of compliments form both her and Jordan. Well jordan didn't really say and this but the faces he made gave it away that he liked my food. Afterthe finished we just talke randomly well I didn't talk much because of the evil giant started to glare at me for

After a hour of talking and knitting- which is now my new favorite thing- we decided to leave

"C-could I u-use your bathroom p-please" I asked

"Of course dear! Show him to the to the bathroom dumpling" she said nicely

"Ughhh he can find it on his own and stop calling me dumpling for the live of god" Jordan said with a twisted up face

"Don't be rude or I'll tell Alex! Do you here me ?" She raised her voice a bit

"Yes ma'am" he mumbled then turned to the way of the bathroom and started walking and I followed

Once we got to the bathroom I stopped behind him. I want to ask that question that burned my brain every time I thought of it. Something that I could never figure out

"Why?" I asked quietly

"Why what dumbass? You don't know the way and my grandma to told me to! Are you deaf too?" He said looking at me like I was dumb

"No. W-Why do y-your and your b-buddies b-bully me? What d-did I do to y'all?" I started off subtle but the tears came after the first questions

I just wanted to know what I did to piss them off so bad that they'd hurt me. Then again I'd probably never know

"What do you mean why? We do be cause we do duh. There's no real reason" he looked at me briefly then look away when I looked at him

He look nervous or maybe upset that I asked a stupid question. But what I didn't get was the way he lied, I could tell I knew them all for years in fact since middle school. He'd always do that side eye thing like when he'd lie to our teachers about something dumb. There was more too it

"Liar" I said a little to bravely

"Who the fuck you think you're talking to?" He was angry now

He pushed me into the bathroom and lock the door

"What the hell are you doing? Your aren't stupid enough to hit me in your grandmothers house nor near my boyfriend" I said with sass and fear

"So your into geezers huh?" He laughed

"Yeah s-so what? He my g-g-geezer! A-And at least I-I have a boyfriend a-and don't s-sleep around with every g-girl in sight!" I shouted

"I do not and I wouldn't cheat on my lover! You dipshit" he shouted back at me

Who do he think he is. I might be a punk but at this moment I was finna lay some hand on this house

I crossed my arms

"Yeah r-right I b-bet you gave y-your "lover" a v-vaginal infection or s-something" I said and rolled my eye

"Shut the hell up you can't even talk without stuttering!" He raised his voice

"You p-pick on me but I bet y-your gay yourself! A-Aren't you?" I said randomly trying to have a quick come back

(Alessandro POV)

They've been up there for quite a while. Did something happen? Was sage in trouble? He didn't seem comfortable since that Jordan kid opened the door and they seem to know each other but not by good terms

I got up unable to wait any long. I excused myself and went the same way they did

Jordan wasn't outside the door. Maybe he left? I knocked in the door

"Hey sage I just wanted to check if you were alright"

There wasn't much noise but I could here sniffling like someone was crying so I knocked a little harder but sage didn't come to the door. I jiggled the knob but it was locked. I thought I'd breaking it down the door until it opened

"Jordan t-that is not an excuse for why y'all did w-what y'all did to m-me. And you should really be a-ashamed of yourself"

Sage look angry but it was overruled but the disappointment and pity in his voice. I looked between them confused but I didn't want to interfere with what they were talking about so I didn't ask questions and followed sage out of the house leave a crying Jordan on the floor of the bathroom

"Hey hey slow down a bit dear" i said holding sage by the shoulders after catching up to him

"He didn't hurt you right?" I checked his face, arms and neck

My face relaxed when he shook his head no but left me confused as he sobbed louder. I led sage to the car and bucked him in at the passenger side and drove home. Sage cried the whole way there, he didn't even let me open the door for him he just ran straight into the house

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Hellooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the hell did Jordan say to him? Why was Jordan crying if he's the bad guy? Will Alessandro be able to calm him down? Did y'all listen to SZA new album?

Were getting closer to the heavy smut. Well it's still some chapters away. I still put the warning on the chapter incase someone doesn't want to read it plus I'll make a summary at the end of the chapter :)

Word count: 1363

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