Detroit. •b.t.• (Completed)

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Bryson

I held Sage's hand as she slept.

She had a headache, so I forced her to go to sleep. She didn't want me to leave, so now I was waiting for her to wake up.

My thumb ran across her knuckles and her light snoring ceased momentarily.

I moved my other hand to push her hair out of her face so that I could get a better look at her.

I noticed that she had smeared pastel behind her ear, and I laughed to myself.

"I try to sleep, and feel you watching my every move" She whispered and blinked her eyes open.

"I try to take in your black girl magic peacefully and I get interrupted"

She raised her eyebrow before dropping it and laughing.

"You feel better, yeah?"

She nodded. "My headache is gone"

"Good. I ordered Chinese and it should be here in a few"

Sage let go of my hand and turned away from me.

"Okay" She extended her arm out, confusing me.

"What's wrong?"

"I want to hold your hand still, silly"

"You got two of your own hands for a reason" I laughed.

"Oh, be quiet" She giggled. "Is daddy home yet?"

"He ain't my dad, boo"

"Mmm. Oh yeah"

"I'm hungry" She sat up.

"I just told you that I ordered food"

"No you didn't" She shook her head yes, making me laugh.

"You really out of it when you tired, ain't it?"

"We're out of milk?" She frowned.

I pulled the cover up over her body, because I didn't want to look at it.

Well I did. . .

But respectfully.

I examined her face and saw the sleep lines weaving up and down the side of it.

She had a kind of glow to her when she woke up, and I loved it.

The sound of the doorbell filled the house and I got up.

"Where are you going?" Sage asked.

"To pay for the food"

"You're paying?"

I furrowed my eyebrows. "You don't think that I'm able to pay?"

She broke out laughing. "Bryson, you sound stupid. Stop trying to put words in my mouth"

I did sound a little stupid.

Charles had tried to pay me $100 dollars a week just to learn from him and I declined, explaining that I had nothing better to do with my time.

Other than being with Sage.

He refused to take no for an answer and now I get paid $30 dollars a week.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to insult you" She sat up fully on the bed.

"Nah, boo. You good. I was soundin' a lil crazy"

I knew that she was already guilt tripping herself.

"You don't have to lie. It was uncalled for" She frowned.

I laughed. "You're forgiven"

I went down to pay for the food and brought it back upstairs to her room.

I made sure that the door was open because Sage had come up with her own open door policy when we were alone, and we both had enforced it.

Sage was sitting on the bed, watching a baking show.

"You into baking, yeah?"

She smiled before shaking her head no. "I just like looking at food. I don't know the first thing about cooking it"

I sat the Chinese food down in the middle of the bed and sat down myself. "Maybe Bailey can teach us one day because I don't know how to cook either"

"I can whip up a mean self portrait" She giggled, making me smile.

"Oh, yeah? Let's see how long you last surviving off of those"

"Surviving off of those. . ." She trailed off into a deep thought.

"That's what I said"

She snapped back into reality. "Oh, I want a fortune cookie"

She began to reach for one, but I pushed her hand away and smirked.

"Wait til after we eat"

She sighed dramatically and got up to wrap herself in the cover. "Okay"

"You cold?"

"Yes. Aren't you?"

It was kinda cool in here.

"Nah, I'm alright"

She unwrapped the cover from around herself and threw some at me.

I felt her warm fingers trailing down my wrist until our hands locked.

I raised my eyebrow at her gesture. "And what do you call yourself doing?" I teased before laughing.

"Bryson, stop. You're making me nervous"

"My bad, boo. But you know that you can't eat if you holding my hand, right?"

Her cheeks went red as she realized her mistake, letting go of my hand.

After we ate, I handed Sage her designated fortune cookie.

"I haven't had one of these in forever"

"Read your fortune out loud, boo"

She nodded her head before cracking the cookie.

"It says, Sage will you be my girlfriend?"

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