What Love Does Is Up To You..

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Just do it!

No, I can't!

Come on, you're being a wimp..

No, I'm just not that inquisitive!

Right, because that totally wasn't you who asked Claire for Sage's little sisters number to find out whether he bailed on you to hang out with her or his girlfriend.

Wrong, it was you who asked her, moron!

We're one and the same Princess.

Don't. Call. Me. That.

Dammit, who knew having an argument with your obsessive inner-monologue would be so barbaric?

Slamming my fists against the steering wheel causing the horn to blow loudly, startling a pregnant lady as she strolled with a hand pressed stereotypically against her lower back and the other placed above her growing belly causing her to half-skip-half-jump before throwing a dirty look my way, I groaned inwardly before raising my hand in her direction apologetically.

I fumbled in my pocket for my phone, and scrolled through my contact list before stopping on my latest addition:

Elaina.

Taking a deep breath, I pressed dial.

Ring..

Ring...

Ring...

"Hello?"

Oh snap!

"Uh hi? Elaina?" I stuttered, unsure of what to say. I should have thought this one through first..

"Sorry, who's speaking?" her voice was delicate and smooth creased with confusion.

"My name is Paige, Paige Lera," I clarified as I cleared my throat," I'm friends with your brother."

"Which one?"

Which one? There's more than one?!

"Sage," my response came out more as a question than as an answer.

"Oh!" she gasped, her dainty voice was filled with what I'd recognised to be excitement," I'm so sorry, Sage didn't tell me the plans because if he had I would have expected your call, are you coming shopping with us?"

Shopping? Ohhhh snap, " Well, You're not with him?"

Uncertainty, confusion really, laced my voice.

"No, I'm not, he said he'd be back by lunch but he's not here." I could hear the frown in her voice.

"I could, you know, go with you if you want?" I asked, hoping to rid her voice of the disappointment.

"You'd do that?" she asked, solace dripping heavily with each word.

"Yeah," I smiled.

"Well, i hope Sage won't mind," she sighed, "Can we meet at Carrtryt?"

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"So, you're eleven?" I asked the little girl.

30minutes after the call ended, I met Elaina at the mall.

How did i know who she was?

Simple, her resemblance to Sage was astounding! She was, literally speaking, a female version of her older brother.