Xan's POV
Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Xan, happy birthday to you!"
I try not to smile at the beautiful woman before me.
"Go on, make a wish baby." Sage sings.
"Only if you make one with me." I smile.
"Make one on your birthday?" She quirks a brow at me. "No one does that Xan."
I give her a passive look. "Well we're not everyone else, I don't see why not?"
Sage blinks slow twice before sighing.
"Fine, if you insist."
Her eyes close for a few seconds, and I take this time to admire her. She's so damn pretty it hurts.
Two brown eyes meet mine bringing me back to earth and she smiles at me.
"So?" I say expectedly.
"If I tell you it won't come true." Her rebuttal is simple.
I give her a blank look as to say "seriously?".
"Fine!" She throws her hands up. "I wished that me and you would stay together forever. Happy?" She shoots out all fast turning a shade of red and I chuckle pulling her into a hug before kissing her.
"I promise we'll be together." For as long as I live.
"Forever?" She asks me softly as if needing the assurance.
"Yes baby, forever." I kiss her forehead watching her brows suddenly scrunch up in confusion. A pregnant pause passes before Sage utters a small—
"No we won't."
Her words are so sudden it knocks me off my axis. She pushes my arms away gently, making them drop from around her.
I blink once then twice and then a third time to ensure I wasn't going utterly insane.
What?
"What do you mean baby?" I ask lost while in attempt to reach back out to her. Sage wouldn't say something like that would she?
"No we won't." Sage repeats more venomously this time. "We won't last." She looks at me with so much unanticipated spite that I step back completely lost of words.
What the hell?
"Did you seriously think that someone as broken and fucked up as you could ever give me what I deserve?" Her tone is incredulous.
My heart drops to my ass.
Could I?
What am i thinking? Of course I can. I have been. I'm not fucked up am I?
"I'm not fucked up." I say weakly not even believing myself. My eyes are blank and my heart is heavy.
Why is she saying this?
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The Act
Romance"I love you so much." Her words are chopped in between kisses and I soak in all the attention she's giving me. "Love." I say breathlessly. "Isn't a strong enough word to describe what I feel about you." ~~~ Sage Polyester, a 27-year-old independen...
