Sage’s POV

I walked downstairs with my purse and sunglasses. Taylor and I hadn’t talked much since everything happened at the ceremony; he came in and said goodnight before going to bed. When I walked into the kitchen, I saw Taylor drinking coffee while the boy’s sat at the table with Cleo.

“Good morning.” Cleo smiled at me over her steaming cup of coffee.

“Morning.” I mumbled sitting down next to Zayn and Liam.

“You okay after yesterday?” Zayn asked grabbing my hand that was sitting on my lap.

“Yea, I’m good.” I yawned. “I’m just really tired, I didn’t sleep well.”

“Oh, well it’s good that we don’t have any plans then.” He smiled at me as Taylor sat down.

“Actually, we do.” Taylor wouldn’t make eye contact with me.

“Tay, what is it?” I asked growing impatient.

“I invited Shawn over for breakfast so we could catch up.” He blurted out.

“What?” I almost yelled standing up.

“I want to catch up with him, he’s still our dad. Yea, I’m still mad but I want to get to know him.” His eyes were pleading with me but I couldn’t deal with him.

“I don’t want anything to do with him.” I walked away from the table and toward the garage. “I’ll be back later.”

Harry’s POV

We watched her race for the door and Zayn stood up. He looked hurt and confused like he didn’t know what to do.

“Zayn” Taylor said with a sad but serious voice. “I know that this isn't easy to hear but I think it’d be best if Harry went to take care of her.” He looked at me.

“Fine.” He mumbled in a defeated tone. “Make sure she’s okay please.”

“I will.” I nodded and followed the path to the garage where I found her in the driver’s seat of her jeep.

“Did they send you out here?” She sounded pissed.

“Zayn asked me to make sure you were okay but I wanted to anyways.” I didn’t know what to say to calm her down because I knew that was impossible. “I know you’re pissed but I don’t think sitting here, in the garage, is a way to work through things.”

“Are you willing to go on a drive with me, then?” She asked buckling up.

“Yea, I need to grab some shoes.” I looked down at my red socks. “Wait for me?”

“Sure.” She agreed pulling out her phone.


Sage’s POV

“I hate him! He hurt my mom and Taylor and nobody gets away with that. They’re my family and that dumbass hurt them.” I was ranting and couldn’t stop; my emotions were bubbling out and being at the beach wasn’t calming me down. “I wish Taylor didn’t want to see him, I wish he wouldn’t have come to the funeral, I wish Susana would have some morals and not try to take over a funeral nobody wanted her at, I wish that I-“

“Stop wishing for things you cant have. Shawn isn't worth all the pain you're going through.” He looked at me with those emerald green eyes that you couldn’t argue with and they were just the right color with the light shining on them that I had to look away. “Sage, I know you don’t like him because of what he did and I get that but if Taylor wants to get to know him, you cant control that. You don’t have to do it.”

“I know.” I sighed looking out as a wave crashed against the sand. “Thank you for coming out here with me, I just needed to get away.”

“No problem, I totally get it.” He smiled at me. “When we get back, I think you should hangout with Zayn.”

“Why?” I asked laying back on the warm sand.

“He seemed pretty mad that I was going with you and he wasn’t, you know how he gets.” He shrugged standing up. “Come on, we should get back there.”

“Fine.” I complained standing up too.


“Yay, he’s gone.” I smiled to myself as I pulled into the garage.

Harry smirked at me and unbuckled when I put the car in park. Walking into the house, I smelled cake or something sweet being baked so I walked straight to the kitchen where I found Cleo making cake mix.

“Hey sweetie, are you okay?” She asked quietly.

“Yea, I’m okay. Where’s Tay?” I asked looking around.

“In the game room with the guys.” She pointed upstairs. “Where’s Harry?”

“Probably upstairs.” I shrugged walking toward the doorway.

“Sage?” She called before I could get out of the kitchen. “Just to let you know, he asked about you and apologized to Taylor a lot. I know that doesn’t fix anything, I just had to tell you.”

“You’re right, it doesn’t change anything.” I didn’t even turn to look at her before walking out of the kitchen.

Climbing the stairs seemed to take more effort than usual. When I finally made it to the game room, I heard hollering about some game that one person was winning. I opened the door and saw Zayn and Niall playing tabletop soccer, and it was obvious who was winning.

“You suck.” Zayn shouted at Niall who was focusing.

“You just gonna take that, mate?” Liam egged it on.

“Zayn, you absolutely suck at this game that’s why you talk so much shit. Maybe if you focused you’d win.” He was not trying to be kind.

“Harsh.” Zayn winced at his words and actually tried.

I stood in the doorway watching them cheer one another on. Harry was sitting on the couch with his eyes closed. I walked over to stand next to Liam so I could see the game and saw Taylor sitting at the desk. He seemed upset and I was pretty sure I knew what was wrong when I stood next to him.

“Hey” He mumbled looking up at me.

“Hi” I whispered out.

“You alright?” He asked standing up.

“Yea, I’m okay. You?” I didn’t know what to say.

“Uh, yea.” He shrugged. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you last night. I thought once you cooled down, you’d be okay with it.”

“I don’t know if I’ll ever be okay with him but that doesn’t mean I have to stand in your way.” I could feel the tears coming. “I’m sorry for that.”

“It’s okay sissy. We just need to work on communicating.” He reached out and embraced me in a hug. “I love you.”

“I love you too bubba.” I mumbled into his chest; knowing things were okay made me feel better.

“He asked where you were.” I honestly didn’t care.

“Can we not do this right now? I seriously just want to relax and not think about him or Susana or anything else.” I needed a little time.

“Okay. Take Zayn and go relax.” He smiled pushing me toward the game.

I walked over and watched Zayn throw his arms up in victory as a smile spread across his face. He looked up and saw me, his expression changed from ‘I’m so happy I won’ to happiness somewhere inside.

“I won, you suck, see ya later.” Zayn was such a mean winner; he walked over to me and wrapped his arms around me. “Hey.”

“Hi” I smiled up at him. “Can we go somewhere? Just you and me?”

“Sure.” He looked down at his clothes and then back at me. “Is this okay for wherever we’re going?”

“Yup” I nodded and walked toward the door with him behind me; I was so ready to hangout with him alone.

“Where’re they going?” I heard Louis ask someone.

“No clue.” Taylor answered.

I looked back and saw Taylor wink at me because he knew. He smiled and urged me to go so I did.

Notes

Do you like it? That last chapter was intense, I hope you enjoyed it.