Chapter 2

Sage

"I got you the job"

My eyes peel away from my phone as I look at Emily, she stood in the kitchen with a spoon in her mouth, I snort, "which?" I ask her, "my Dad's boss is actually looking for an assistant, you're young enough and you're smart, you have a meeting later today at two"she says then sat next to me, "Emily"Mom says and we look at her, she gave Emily a warning look which made Emily remove the spoon from her mouth, "good girl, good morning lovelies, what's this I hear about a job interview?" Mom asks and we look at each other, typical Mom.

Emily said I should just wear my normal clothes, normal clothes for me was ripped jeans and boots matched with any shirt I decide to dig up and throw on. Now I was wearing a dark blue ripped jeans, not too ripped and a white blouse and converse, I brushed my hair so it wouldn't fly and Reggie said he'd drop me off.

"Whoa"I say looking up at the building that looked like it was in the sky, "tell me about it"Reggie says, I grab my stuff and got out, "call me when you're ready"he says and I nod, "yeah, I will, later"I waved and then walked up to the building. I walk to the lady at the desk who seemed really busy, "excuse me"I say but she didn't look up, "Miss-...." I start but she cut me off, "Sage Wilson?" she asks still not looking up, "yes, um....yeah, that's me"I nod, "top floor" "oh okay" "and don't get off the elevator until you get to the extreme top" "thanks, I guess".

There was almost a thousand floors here or am I just exaggerating?, I think so.

The elevator stopped on the extreme top floor and I got off, some people stopped to look at me and I blew out a breath and walked off, eyes followed me as I walked. I ignored them and walk to the office that was at the very end, there were a few ladies here, great, so I may or may not get this job. I take a seat next to a girl who wore a skirt and a blouse, basically everyone was dressed appropriately, I look at my attire and shrugged, oh well.

I hear shouting and one of the girls walked out of the office crying her eyes out, "next!" a powerful voice says, I jumped a little, wow, another girl walked in and closed the door. "You're not here for the job are you?" a brunette asks me, "yes, why?" I ask her, they all laugh, "you're joking right?" "no" "you don't look the part, I doubt you'd get it", I roll my eyes, "don't worry about it, neither will they".

I look at the person the tiny voice belonged to, a little girl dressed in a pretty dress that had butterflies on it smiles up at me, I didn't even notice her. "What?" I ask her, "he shouts alot so they won't get the job, you look like you don't give a care in the world, I hope you get it"she says nodding, "are you here alone?" I ask "no, my brother and sister are around here somewhere, you got games on your phone?" "I do, you play COD?" "my brother loves it....hey Aiden, Adi!", I follow her waving arm to the two walking towards us.

"Aria, you can't keep running off like that"Aiden says to the little girl, "who's your friend?" Adi asks, she looked around fourteen, the boy looked twelve, "this is....." "Sage, but everyone calls me Happy" "oh, nice to meet you Happy, I'm Adriana, they call me Adi, this is my brother Aiden and our little sister Aria" "nice to meet you too", they pull chairs towards us and we got lost in a conversation.

Adrian

It was tiring, I could find no one to replace my old assistant, no one could replace Cora, she was best at her job. Now I was dreading each minute of this interview, "anyone else?" I ask Timothy, he opened the door then looked at me, "three more"he says and I sighed, "fine, did they find Aria?" I ask him, "I'm not sure Sir, I will have to check" "then go, I need to know, and send in the next person" "yes Sir".

I was liking this girl, she brought alot to the table, not alot like Cora but it'll do. We were in the middle of discussing something important when I was interrupted by laughs, laughs I knew all too well, ones I haven't heard in a while too, "what's going on out there?" I ask Timothy, "I'll check Sir"he replies walking out, "back to our-...." I start but I'm cut off again by a giggle, I got up, "I'll be right back"I tell the girl, "of course"she says.

When I opened the door, I see Timothy staring at something, I follow his eyes and I saw the three most important people in my life laughing and trying to catch their breaths, Adi has been depressed for the passed four months and now she's slipping off a chair trying to stop her laughs, Aiden hasn't taken his eyes from his books and now he's gasping for air from his laughs and my baby Aria hasn't spoken to anyone and now she's laughing, then I see the reason, a girl sat there with them, she was talking about something that made them laugh even more.

"Tim, who is that?" I ask my bodyguard, "I don't know Sir, she's one of the ones for the job"he says, "tell her she's hired and I want to speak with her"I tell him then I walk back into the office. The door pushed open a little girl grinned at me, "Uncle Adrian"Aria says softly, I haven't heard her voice in so long, "hey Ari, what's up?" I ask, I didn't want to scare her, she just started talking again, last thing I need is her going mute again. Adi and Aiden walked in also and sat on my desk, then the girl walked in, she looked a little familiar, her eyes met mine and she made a face, "it's you"she says and I remember the voice, "ahhh, you here to buy my suit?" I ask leaning back in my chair, "pft, as if, you hired me"she says and I try to remember, oh shit.

"Yes, but not as my assistant"I tell her, she looked me over, her blue eyes glared, "definitely not as your maid"she snapped, "oh, I like you"Aiden laughs, "as appealing as that sounds, no, you're my babysitter" "excuse me?" "well....their babysitter to be exact", "Uncle Adrian you can't buy my new friend!" Aria screeched, "no Ari, she's going to take care of us"Adi assured her sister, her lips form an O, "okay, do you accept Happy?" Adi asks in hope, wow, I've never seen anything like this, "Happy?" I ask confused, "no, you call me Sage"the girl says pointing at me, "you do realize I can have you thrown out for that?" I ask cockily.

"I dare you"Sage challenged with a raised eyebrow, I look at the three kids that stood at her side, seriously?, "fine, I'll let it slide, you start tomorrow, I will have my car pick you up, then I'll explain everything", she nods then turns to leave, "bye Happy!" the kids waved, "bye guys!", when she left the kids turn to look at me, we stare at each other for some time, "why the sudden change?" I ask them, "she made us forget about the hurt"Adi says then smiles sadly, let's see how well this goes.