Snapshots of Promises

Excerpt from the book.
By the time the two had reached the front of the mom and pop dinner that they were regulars at sage was finishing her long winded tale of how she saved a race of plant people with a glow stick and a chihuahua in a sweater. "The the thing exploded but it was like a glitter bomb or something, and my face was covered in like this pink goop!" Sage cried, excitedly gesturing while walking into the dinner while Alex held the door open for her.

"Hey there strangers, did Sage have another one of her dreams?" Their usual waitress clair asked, pulling a blue robot shaped pen from her apron pocket. Alex nodded while Sage laughed, "It's not a dream, I'm telling you, I'm destined for greatness" with a puffed out chest she slid into the booth with as much grace as she could. Unfortunately for sage, this meant she tripped half way down and plopped on the booth with a heavy "Oof!"