Chapter 5

Sage

Emily thought it'd be fun if we went out, since I got the day off I thought so too. I wonder how Adrian was doing with the kids, although they do belong to him, I was worried, especially because of what happened with Adi yesterday.

"You miss them already don't you?" Emily asks, "a little bit"I admit, we went shopping, I actually needed some more clothes. "So, when are you going to get your stuff?" Emily asks as we walk into another store, "no idea, maybe never"I say shrugging, "you'll know soon"Emily smiles patting my head, "hey, don't do that"I say swatting her hand away, "I forgot to ask, how's it going with the Dark Prince?" Emily asks just when my phone buzzed, "speak of the devil"I say showing her my phone, I actually saved him as Dark Prince.

"Of what do I owe this pleasure?" I ask once I picked up, Emily started going through some clothes while I sit to watch her, "don't flatter yourself sweetheart"Adrian scoffed, "what's up, are the kids okay?" I ask dismissing our bickering, "it's Adi"he says stressfully, my heart skipped a beat, "is she okay?" I ask worried, "I don't know, I think she just started her period and-....." "oh, I'll be right there", I hung up on him, wow, I am badass, Emily looked confused, "we need to run to the supermarket, you gotta drive me to his monarch"I tell her, she looked like she dreaded the moment.

The door opened to the house and I walk inside, Emily followed on my heel with her heart in my throat or maybe her ass, one of those but she looked petrified. "Happy's here!" Ari screeched when she saw me, "hey hun"I grin, she hugged me tightly almost crushing my hips, "okay Ari, I'm glad to see you too, where's the Cyborg?" I ask her, "Cyborg, isn't that a little too realistic?" Adrian asks from behind me, I turn to look at him, "eh, suits you, where's Adi?" I ask not really looking at him, I was focused on Emily, she looked like she was gonna scream and run, "Ari, will you take my friend Emily to play with you?" I ask the little girl staring out of space, "yes"Ari cheered grabbing Emily's hand and dragging her away, "you brought someone to my house?" Adrian asks, "oh shush, I was enjoying my day off before you called, who would've thought the big bad Adrian Prince can't handle a fourteen year old girl" "you like your job don't you?", I don't reply, I just walk up the staircase to Adi's room.

"Adi, it's me"I call from outside the bathroom door, "it's open"she replied, I open the door and walked in, she was seated on the floor with her earphones in, "you okay?" I ask, "I'm fine, Uncle Adrian doesn't know I have periods"she smiles, "I see, well, I brought you some stuff"I hand her the shopping bags and she took them, "chocolates, yes, can you melt them for me please?" "no problem, but don't sit in here all day, it gets suffocating" "I know, but I was hiding from Ari, she asks alot of questions, it was driving Uncle Adrian crazy, I asked him to call you since he didn't understand" "that poor soul" "I know" "no, I'm talking about Ari", she laughs, "you're something else, can you ask Uncle Adrian to turn the AC down please?" "I will, I'll be right back".

I found the smallest pot in the kitchen and put it on the stove then turned it on. "Watcha doing?" Aiden asks standing next to me, "I'm making chocolate"I tell him, "oh, is it for Adi?" he asks again, "yep, what else does she like with it?" I ask "music" "I know that, all girls like a little music at this time, but I guess I'll just use marshmallows", he got them for me and a small bowl to poor the chocolate in. "Adrian, can you turn the AC down?" I ask walking into the office, he looked up, he was in his suit, "you can knock, it's polite"he says eyeing me, "okay, if I remember next time, you never take your suit off do you?" I ask, "I'm going to a meeting, so you're staying until I get back" "but it's-....", he gave me a look, "yes Sir"I say rolling my eyes, great, Emily must be dying to leave.

"Ari, stop doing that"

Aiden grits grabbing his sister's hand, she giggled and he smiles, "you annoy me more than you think"Aiden says shaking his head, "that's why I'm your first girlfriend"Ari replied, "awww"Emily gushed, I snort at her, "yes, and no one will be above you"Aiden nods in agreement, they are so cute, I loved their relationship.

Adi was asleep by now and Adrian just got back, I was getting ready to leave when Ari blocked my path, her small figure trying to stop me from leaving. "Can you stay with us?" Ari asks, "I'm sorry Ari, but I get off at four and it's seven, I made you dinner so tell your Uncle to raise my pay, but I'll see you tomorrow"I tell her, I kiss her forehead before leaving, "aww, she's so adorable"Emily gushed, "come on Em, we're late for dinner, Mom's going to kill us" "right".

Reggie blew his nose in something then threw it at me, "ew,Mom!" I yell kicking him, "ow, Mom!"he yelled, "if you two keep it up, I will put you up for adoption"Mom says and we laugh, "too late, you're stuck with us"I tell her, "the privilege"Dad says fake hurt, my parents were the best. "Your ride's here"Emily says walking into the kitchen, Mom turned to make sure she had no spoons, "I'm free today Momma"Emily says grinning, "good, here's breakfast, is your father home?" Mom asks her, "yep, he says good morning", I left them to chat, I didn't need to hear the rest of their conversation that might turn into a gossip.

"You phone is ringing"Aiden says looking at my phone on the coffee table, I look at it, another unknown number, sighing, I answer. "Happy, it's Liv, can we talk?", I hung up, nope, there's no way I'm allowing her to get in my head, I can't believe she had the guts to call me. "Whoa, it's only a spoon"Adi laughs, I smile putting the spoon into the bowl, "sorry"I say to them, "it's okay, you didn't do anything wrong"Ari says brushing my hair with her tiny hands, "who wants ice cream?" I ask out of nowhere, "the perfect end to a sad phone call"Aiden says to himself, "you know, you won't get any if you keep it up"I smile sweetly, "sorry", man, these kids are definitely my reason for smiling each day.