What Love Does Is Up To You..

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

I was up and out of bed by half past 9. I tried on outfit after outfit but nothing agreed with the heat.

I checked my phone:

1 Whatsapp Message -

Sage :Wakey wakey Sleeping Beauty! don't forget my strawberries!:)x

I smiled at my reflection in the mirror. I had gone for denim shorts with a white tank top matched with my white Tommies. They'd become my favorite after all of the good memories i had in them.

On my way down to the kitchen, I tied my hair into a messy pony - apparently that's the new look!

"Bonding with Taylor again?" mom asked from behind a newspaper. She was seated at the table, paging away.

i hadn't expected her to converse with me today, so i said, " uh no, I'm going to spend some time with some girls i hung out with at prom."

"That's lovely, dear," she said ," I need you home by 6pm, i have a business trip but I'll be home by tomorrow afternoon. I asked Haley if she would keep you company and she agreed, said you were sick? Are you okay Paige?" her series of question baffled me, what would i say?

"Just a cough but I'll be home by 6 and I'll keep in contact with Haylz, See you later." I ended the conversation by kissing her forehead and heading to the car. Last check for everything:

-Strawberries and shipped cream

-Blanket

-no water guns, it might activate the invisibility cloak on my white tank top!

-phone

and car keys.

I had everything and it was half past 11 so i made my way to the park. When i got there, i saw Sage kicking a soccer ball around.

"Yo!" i called out, trying to get his attention.

He spotted me right away and ran over, " Hey. let me give you a hand," he said slapping me hard on my shoulder,"there you go!" he grinned, pleased with his joke.

"OW, freak!" i moaned in pain, " now help me with this stuff!"

Sage drove my car into the park and parked it next to a tall oak tree. We begun setting up our picnic under the tree. Strawberries and cream, finger sandwiches, grapes, cherries, bottles of water and us, together, what a perfect picnic.

He sat down with the strawberries and whipped cream.

"Close your eyes," he instructed. I did as he said but realized too late that i shouldn't have. He aimed the whipped cream can at my face and painted it white.

"Sage!" I shrieked, wiping cream off of my eyes, " I'm so gonna get you for this!"

"Hold on Princess, im not done yet," he said as he planted a strawberry on the tip of my nose, "Now I'm done" he said in a sing-song voice.

He leaned towards my nose pretending to bite the strawberry off of it, he was taking a picture.

"At least let me pose, geez!" i giggled.

"Fine, Rudolph," he sighed," give me your best pout!"

I puckered my lips and pointed a manicured finger to my cheek, Sage leaned in and kissed my other cheek as he took the picture.

"You know," he started, "Your face looks delicious," he said licking his lips.

"Thanks, i try," i said matter of factly.

"I can just eaaaat you up!" he said, standing up and perfecting his stance to a pounce-like position, like a lion eyeing out its prey.

"Oh no!" i cried as i got up and bolted from him. He was too fast for me. He pinned me down and licked my face clean.

"Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww!" i laughed, "you're so disgusting," i stuck my tongue out at him.

"Aw baby come here!" he cooed, pinching my cheeks as if i were five years old.

He gave me a towel to wipe my face with, wetting it with water from his juice bottle. When we were finally back under the tree our conversations took on an unexpected turn.

"I haven't had this much fun since i was a 5," i said to him as we watched the birds in the distance, " back when we didn't care about who we hung out with or what we wore or even where we went, just what we did. We had fun with no conditions."

"I haven't spent time with anyone like this since bath time with foam beard," he joked and we both laughed.

"What about Kat?" i dared to ask, " didn't you ever spend time with her?"

"Kat?" he looked away, " well yeah but she was just so...shy,"

"Kat and shy in the same sentence, please continue," I have to admit my shock, Katiya didn't seem to be that type of person. You know what they say, you can't judge a book by its cover.

"We never had the same classes, but when I'd bump into her at school she would let Jané do the talkin'. She was scared of going against Jané and her ways. She has a cousin, Candice, thats friends with my brother. I spent a day or two with them together, it's like she's a different person when she isn't around Jané but who am i to judge."

"You were her boyfriend, you could have said something," I said, he was watching me.

"I could have...." he said, smirking. I was so confused.