The life we live here

Chapter 19: Can we go against fate?

Paige was lying in her room after they got home from the doctor's office. She had been overthinking the incident in the dressing room stall, since she lied down. Feeling as if she might be slowly losing her mind, especially because this was the longest encounter she had with her mother's spirit and first time having a conversation.           

How can we even have a conversation? I'm still living and she passed away so long ago... Paige thought.

She couldn't rest well as she kept tossing and turning to turn off the thoughts in her head, but it was all in vain. Sitting up in bed, with frazzled hair, she thought maybe getting some fresh air and coffee will do her good. Just as she put on the kettle there was a knock on her door, wondering who would come visit now. Ten stood in front of the door with a big grin plastered on her face and Skyla was next to her.

"Open up!! We brought you some goodies!" she yelled.

Paige shook her head at Ten's high energy, thinking she can already hear that there's something she wants to chat about. Opening the door and they came inside, with a shopping bag full of treats.

"What's all this?" Paige asked.

"It's some treats you can snack on while you relax. Also some herbal tonics that the store assistant recommended" Ten explained.

"Thank you, but you really didn't have to. I feel better now.." Paige said.

"Do you really? You look worn out and moody.." Skyla noticed.

Paige sighed heavily then glared at Skyla for stating the obvious.

"You right.. As always.." she gave an ironic laugh.

"So what's going on?" Ten asked.

Then, Paige decided to tell them everything that happened from the airport hall, to the dressing room incident and why she also passed out in that moment. They both looked at Paige with unreadable expressions on their faces, they weren't sure what to think of what she had experienced.

"This is quite interesting..." Skyla said in deep thought.

"How is that interesting? It's more like confusing" Ten said.

"I don't know what to think or feel about it..  Everything makes me feel like I'm going crazy" Paige admitted.

"I know that this is a lot to take in, but until we find out why it is happening, we need to follow along. Do whatever they want or allude to, so that we can find out the truth.." Skyla said.

"Do what exactly? I don't even know why Bright was literally pushed into my life.." Paige said.

Skyla and Ten looked at each other at the mention of Bright's name and then they  reluctantly decided to tell Paige about Parker feeling jealous and abandoned.

"Are you being serious? Parker actually said that?!" Paige asked in shock.

"Yes, but his still young and confused by all of this too" Ten defended him.

"How can he doubt our mother's love for him?! Also, why would he need to be jealous of Bright? So far, he has only treated me kindly and like a friend. That is why I don't understand why my mother pushed him to me..."

"For now let's just give Parker a break, it's already overwhelming for us. For him, it's probably even harder to comprehend, especially as he unfortunately got the least amount of time and memories with his mom" Skyla said.

Her words hit home for Paige, as she tried to think about it from her brother's perspective. She might have felt the same way if she was in his shoes. It burdened her already that no matter what they did, there were some things he could unfortunately never experience with their parents in this lifetime.

"I get where he is coming from and  I need to respect his opinion too. Maybe I should stay away from Bright, it will improve Parker's mood" Paige said thoughtfully.

"No, I don't think you can stay away from Bright..." Skyla said.

"What do you mean?" Ten asked, as they both looked at Skyla.

"What I mean is, that Bright was sent for a reason. There should be a reason why he was the one your mother chose and we can't deny the fate of that. In some of the research I did, it talks a lot about the great power of your destiny or fate. It is believed that no matter how hard you try to deny it, it will always end up happening in the end" Skyla explained.

"So...I really have to treat Br..Dr Moon to dinner?" Paige asked surprised.

"Dinner??" Ten asked confused.

Then, Paige told them about the lingerie incident which had Ten in stitches with laughter. Paige rolled her eyes, as she saw Skyla also slowly cracking up with laughter and trying to hide it.

"Sorry! I really didn't think it was funny in the beginning, but the more the story gets added to... I can't help, but also giggle at it too.." Skyla confessed.

"Yeah, yeah! Anyway Penelope forced the idea in front of Bright while I was finishing up my iv drip. He seemed keen,  so I had to reluctantly agree or else I would seem like a bad person" Paige explained.

"Who knows? He might come in handy as a love interest later down the line.." Ten joked.

"Creepy! Penelope said something similar to that" Paige said.

"I told you that it would be hard to deny your fate.. You just have to accept it and go with the flow" Skyla said.