What Love Does Is Up To You..

Chapter 26

Chpater 26

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Sway.

"-But then my cousin said that wearing heels to the mall was too far fetched, especially if we were gonna be shopping-"

Sway.

" -So I told her that I could handle the heels-"

Sway.

"-But I totally regret wearing them, like, Aldo is my kryptonite-"

Sway.

"Even ask Paige, like, last time I wore my Aldo's we spent three hours walking

and the blisters were terrible, right Paige?"

Sway.

"Paige?"

Swa- "Paige?"

A different voice. A deep voice. Sage's voice. 

"Ye?" I asked, bringing my chair back to the ground.

"I was just telling them about that time when I got blisters from my heels, remember?"

"Yeah," I nodded before slinking back into my chair to continue my swaying.

I dont mean to be so anti-social right now, but if all you've heard for an hour, straight, is Al going on about her fashion choices you kind of block it out. Al and Daniel arrived minutes after Hayl and Sage made their deal so it didn't give us much time to discuss when we would see each other next. For the past hour we have been sitting in the corner of the food court talking about why Al chose to wear those specific baby pink heels with that specific white skirt and why that specific pink tank top goes perfectly with her shoes and her bag which, did I mention, was pink?

Sway.

"Hey, I really wanna go to this store that I saw the last time I came here."

Once again, I eased my chair back onto all fours and turned my attention to Sage.

"Which store?" I asked, curiosity cursing through me.

"You'll see," he said, taking my question as a solid 'yes'. He stood up and held his hand out for me to take which I so gladly did.

"We'll be back guys," he announced, "I just want to see this one store."

Hayl, Dan and Al were too engrossed in their own conversation about why you should wear heels and walk less so we just left instead. We would catch up with them later.

"So where are we going?" I asked again as he led me towards the escalator.

"Just be patient, Paige."

I groaned inwardly.

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We walked to the other end of the mall with me begging to know where we were going and Sage telling me how patience is a virtue.  We finally stopped walking and he told me to close my eyes.

He cupped his hands over my eyes and I couldn't hide the smile thay came with his touch.

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"Okay," I said,  removing my hands and stepping to her side for a better view of her reaction.

"So," she asked, taking in her surroundings, "what store is this?"

I laughed, "Well, its called outside!"

She rolled her eyes at the empty parking lot.

"So, why are we here?" she asked, turning to face me with a smirk playing on her lips.

I pointed towards the tree at the far end of the lot, "Lets go there."

Grabbing her hand I led her to the tree and we sat down under it. I scanned our surroundings, the tree was right at the end of the lot and its grass was bright green and growing.  Nobody ever comes this side so this lot is almost always empty and this particular spot is forever lonely if I'm not here to keep it company.

Stretching out her legs, she leaned against the trees mighty trunk and crossed her arms over her chest, waiting for an explanation.

I sat next to her on the rounding of the trunk and leaned back against it as well, crossing my legs by the ankles.

"I come here when I'm searching for peace," I began, " usually to think."

She looked up at me expectantly. When she never spoke I continued.

"I just wanted to talk to you in a place where I know we cant be interrupted."

I smiled and she returned it.

"So what do you wanna talk about?" she asked, quirking her eyebrow at me.

"That deal," I said reluctantly but watching her face as I spoke. Her eyes lit for a fraction of a second but that was enough for me to smile.

"What about it?" she asked, kicking at her left foot with her right.

"I don't think I can wait." I stated, my voice coming out as a whisper. I looked away from her, towards the empty lot before us.

What happened next stunned me to silence.

"So kiss me?" she wasn't looking at me but I could see the pink rising and filling her face. I smiled and leaned down.

Softly, I placed a slient peck on her cheek that burned my lips at the touch. She gasped slightly but I felt the smile on her cheek under my peck as I pulled away, my lips tingling.

As much as I would love to kiss her plush pink lips, I don't think now is the right time. Yeah, we're alone and yes it would be perfect when some random kid starts singing 'Sage and Paige sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g' because they'd be partially correct, aside from the whole being in the tree part. I just need to know that when I do kiss her, I'm doing it because it'll be the next step in our friendship and so that she won't feel like all I want from her is that. I need her to know how I feel without me telling her...It just has to be said with a kiss.

Let's face it, how can I tell her that I like after she's seen that Tash and I are basically a couple? That I had to decide whether or not I wanted to be with her but chose to not lose our friendship and that alone is actually me just saying 'hey Paige, I chose Tash over you' which isn't true!

It was always her...

"What are you thinking about?" she asked, a small smile on her face.

"What," I asked, a little bit startled," Why?"

Hashtag defense mode on : I mentally slapped myself as her smile dipped slightly, she looked down again.

Definite facepalm moment but I quickly recovered.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about you." I admitted, smiling at myself for my confession.

"So why did you get all jumpy?" she asked in a small voice.

Man, I hate making her nervous but its so cute!

"You pulled me out of a thought, a good one too, but reality is better right now."

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Short-ish chapter :/ sorry about that just wanted to update before Christmas ♥

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