Pairing Up The Devil (Unedited)

3. First meeting with the devil

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Chapter 3 - First meeting with the devil

 

If you have a great idea in your head and are very confident about it, nobody in this world can break it.
And with the idea suggested by Jess, I reached home with confidence that it was going to work.

Pairing up Sage, that was what our plan was named as. No matter how stupid it sounded, it was a great idea and I didn’t know why it didn’t pop in my head. Maybe I was too absorbed in self-pitying that I really didn’t think of a right way to deal with the rule.
And I had the thought in my mind that I wasn’t going to involve my own sister with some troublesome guy or a paedophile. We may not have the best bonding in the world but I wasn’t so insensitive to do so.

I went upstairs to Sage's room and stood in front of her closed door, thinking about what I’d say to her.

I was pretty confident that she'd understand me and would agree. Just blurb out the details that I’d love to help her to find a suitable guy, that was pretty much it.

I knocked twice and the door opened, revealing an angry Sage.
"What?" she snarled.
I stood there like a dummy for a few seconds. And there, I already ruined the moment by a dumb reaction.
“Have you lost your voice?” she spat.
“Why so angry, sister?” I asked calmly, ready myself ready.
"You have to date someone, Sage." I replied with a confident smile.
"No." And then, she shut closed her door in my face. In my freaking face.

Ouch!

"Come on, Sage. Open the door. You can't do this. At least listen to me once." I shouted through my side of the door.

Her door opened again, showing an even angrier Sage. She looked furious.

"You have one minute to do your rant." she said with a flat voice. She leaned on her door frame, crossed her arms against her chest, and looked me with a bored expression.
"Hey! That's too short to explain."
She glanced at her wall clock. "54 seconds."
"Okay, okay, angry woman." I commented.

Okay, here goes nothing.

"Dad said that I can't date anyone unless you do because you are the older sibling, and I truly don't find any sense in it. But, I want you to find someone nice to date so I can date someone too. It’s my only chance. Like I said, I can't date anyone before you so you have to do it first. And if you won't do it, then there’s no hope for me and -"
"There. Your one minute is over. Toodles, Boozohead." Then she banged the door shut in my face. Again.

Ugh, what was I saying? I should have explained it properly, but the pressure brought by the time limit made me lose control over my thinking.
I came to my room with my feet rubbing hard on the floor. Ah, I wasn’t able to do a single thing right. Screw you, AP class.
I threw myself on my bed with its light blue sheets.

What to do now?

There was only one person to call: Blair. After all, between the three of us, she was the dating expert.

I took my phone out from my back pocket and dialled her number. The phone rang thrice before she picked up.
"Hey, Jade! What's up?" She greeted cheerfully from the other side of the line. At least someone was having a great time.
"Sage didn't agree, Blair. What will I do now?" I cried, hopelessly.
"Aw, my little follower. Don't cry. You knew she will not agree so soon."
"Yeah, I did. So, what now?"
"Don't worry, Jady. We'll think of something, okay? You just don't let this little fickle-freckle get to that big ol’ head of yours."
"Yeah, I know you'll do something. So," I paused, switching to a less frustrating topic. "How is it going between you and Derek?"
Derek was Blair's current boyfriend. He seemed to be really sweet, and he treated her like a princess. However, sometimes, these two lovebirds would go through a very mushy and sappy phase, but they were cute together.