Obsession

Chapter 13

I freeze at her confession. 'It was a mistake and we didn't mean for it to happen. I'm so sorry, Sage.'

'Yo- you said months ago.' I stutter out. 'So you've been lying to me, this whole time?' I ask.

'I didn't know how to tell you and then it just kept happening. I didn't want you to hate me.' Theia rambles out.

'Kept happening?' She stops talking. 'How many times?' I ask. At that point, Shay appears in my peripheral, looking solemn.

'Sage.' She starts.

'HOW MANY TIMES?' I ask Shay.

'It was...a few times ' She hangs her head.

'HOW'. I lower my voice a little as I notice some people looking in our direction. 'The actual number Shay'.

'Six times'. She says still hanging her head.

'Wait, so you and her... when we were together?' I hear Luna ask Shay.

'We weren't together...' Shay replies to Luna. 'Sis...'

'Jesus.. I need to leave, I need to be alone.' I push past them.

'SAGE WAIT!' They both call after me but I ignore them. What the actual fuck?

I head to the beach and sit down on the sand. My sister and my best friend? To be honest, I'm not mad about them hooking up because it really is none of my business but to lie to me, for that long? I just don't know who they are. I'm pretty sure Kerrys knew as well from the look on her face, so that's another person who has lied to me.

'Sage!' Someone calling my name brings me out of my thoughts.

I look up and the last person I expect to see is stood over me. 'Luna?' I stand up. 'What are you doing here?'

'I just wanted to make sure you were alright. That was quite a shock for you to hear.' She says. How random is this conversation.

'I'm not being funny but wasn't it a shock for you too?' I ask. 'Actually, you know what? I don't want to talk about this with you right now.'

'Oh.' Her face falls. She puts her hand on my shoulder. 'We're in the same boat, we've both been lied too.'

'Yeah, I want to be by myself.' I reiterate.

However, Luna takes that as an opportunity to grab my hand and says 'You can talk to me. I'm upset about this whole thing too'

Weird! Once she sees that I'm uncomfortable, she takes a step back. 'Okay, I'll leave you alone but I'm here if you need me Sage. I'll always be here.'

Righttttt! Creepy or what?!

She gives me one last smile and then walks back towards the party. I don't even have time to breathe before somebody else calls me.

'Sexy Sage. Long time no see.' Ugh Finn!

'Not today, Finn. I genuinely don't have the energy to fend off your advances.'

He chuckles. 'I saw you standing here and I just wanted to see if you're okay. I heard what happened.'

'Seriously? You know what happened? Great. I bet the whole school knows too.'

'Well... yeah they do actually.' I roll my eyes at his response. 'But seriously, are you alright?' He puts his arm around me.

'I will be.' I sigh. 'You know, you're not being as irritating as you normally are.' I raise my eyebrow.

'Well when I'm around a sex goddess like you, I have to be able to charm my ways into your emotions to get you to like me.' He winks.

'And he's back! Will you ever quit the flirting? I ask, smiling.

'Never!' We both chuckle out loud.

'Well, isn't this cosy?' A deep voice makes me jolt and turn.

Micah!

***

Micah's outfit

He's stood looking sexy as fuck in khaki trousers and a striped dress shirt. This is probably casual wear to him as he isn't wearing his usual black and white suit. His eyes narrow in on Finn's arm around me and get darker. I should be happy that he's here in front of me after so long, but to be honest, his presence has just made me angrier.

'Do you want to take your arm off her?' He instructs Finn.

Finn, being the dickhead he is, decides that he should retort back. 'No, not really.'

Micah takes a step forward and I sigh, knowing this is not going to end well.

'Remove your arm or I will do it for you!' Micah threatens.

'Sage, who is this?' Finn completely ignores him.

Before I have a chance to respond, Micah grabs Finn's arm and snaps it around his back.

I gasp, as Finn screams out. 'AHHHHHHH!'

'Micah! What the fuck are you doing?' I grit out. I try and pull Micah away from Finn but to no avail. 'Let him go, please!' I plead.

Micah finally looks at me and his eyes soften momentarily before letting go of Finn.

'Finn! Are you okay?' I try to rush towards him but Micah pulls me back.

'Don't!' He fumes in my ear, whilst I struggle against him.

'What is it with you and the crazies? First Kree, now him. It's like you're a magnet to them.' Finn shouts out and then storms away, clutching his arm to his chest.

'Get. Off. Of Me.' I push Micah back. 'He's a swimmer, you could have really messed up his career, you asshole.'

Micah pulls me towards him by my throat. Wow! Why does the feel so...good 'Do I look like I give a FUCK about him?'

We're both breathing hard, staring each other down when he drops his lips to mine. I've missed this. I've missed him and up until this moment, I didn't realise how much I had. I lose all sense momentarily, as I moan into the kiss, however the thoughts of him ignoring me for weeks come back to the forefront and I pull my lips away.

'NO!' I push him away. 'You don't get to do that.'

'Do what?' Honestly, he looks bored and that just makes me angrier.

'Kiss me like everything is okay. You leave, ignore me for weeks and then attack Finn for what reason-'

'He's a piece of shit, who I warned to let go of you. Don't stand here and defend another man in front of me.' He fumes.

I scoff. This argument is pointless. Completely and utterly pointless. We're stood in the middle of the beach, arguing about everything and nothing but avoiding the big question.

'What is this?'