A/N: So this is what happened. When I went to see Glee Live back on June 9th I met Naya Rivera TWICE, so I went into a coma after that. And then Busch Gardens has been kicking my ass. But this chapter is like mad long so I hope it kinda makes up for my absence. Also I've been working on other stuff, like future chapters and something else that is pretty excited. also the song in the last chapter was Good Charlotte's "Harlow's Song". Just wanna put that out there.

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or its characters. But I do own some signed Glee stuff =)

In the year 2013 Grey's Anatomy ended. In May 2012 we heard Ellen Pompeo, aka Meredith Grey, opened the show with her last opening monologue. Sometimes I feel like Meredith Grey. Constantly starting and ending each chapter of my life with a little monologue, without anyone else realizing what I'm doing. So as usual I'm starting this chapter of my life with a monologue and that was it. Seriously that's the monologue for this chapter. I know I usually have something wise and witty to say but right now I'm sort of in shock because of the sight in front of me. I can't think of anything to say because of the person in standing in front of me, standing in front of my wife, my sister/best friend, my sad niece, and me. Sage Kerrigan is standing in front of us.

"Sage?" Alex asks, questioning if the person in front of us is really her ex girlfriend.

"Hey!" Sage greets us excitedly.

This is a bit surreal. Not only because at the same time Alex's wife leaves her ex-girlfriend appears, but also because Sage is sporting black hair right now, like jet black hair. Sage excitedly walks up to us.

"Hey guys!" she greets us.

"Hi Sage," Beth greets her.

"Oh my God, Beth you're pregnant!" Sage says excitedly. "Congratulations!"

Sage and Beth share a hug and it doesn't even look awkward or anything. After the hug is done Sage turns and looks at me.

"Congrats!" she says.

I smile. "Thanks Sage. We're really excited."

Sage turns her attention to Alex. Her eyes fall onto AJ, who is looking at her weirdly because she has no idea who Sage is.

"Aw, who's this?" Sage asks while looking at AJ.

"This is Athena," Alex says. "But she just goes by AJ."

AJ looks at Sage with curious eyes, though she still seems sad.

"Hi AJ," Sage says to AJ.

AJ is still just looking at her. See AJ doesn't take to strangers too well so I'm not at all surprised by her reaction.

Sage looks at Alex and smiles. "You look good Lexie," she says. "I see motherhood has been treating you well."

Alex smiles and nods her head. "Yeah," she agrees. "This one likes to keep me on my toes but I love being a mom. So, Sage… what are you doing here in Toronto?"

"Oh, well my boss got transferred here to our Toronto branch and asked me to join him," Sage explains. "I figured it'd be a good career move for me. Shows loyalty and if I'm able to help him make the Toronto branch a success then maybe that will help me get promoted sooner.

"How long will you be in town?" I ask.

Sage shrugs her shoulders. "Could be several months, maybe a year or even longer," she answers. "Our goal is to start having the Toronto branch make us money instead of losing it."

"Sage!" someone calls out.

We all turn our heads in the direction we heard the voice coming from. A short petite woman with brown curly hair is waving at us.

"Well that's my ride," Sage says. "But we should all definitely hang out soon. I miss you guys and it's been a long time."

"Sure," Beth says, sounding excited.

I turn to look at her as if she's crazy, which I definitely think she is. I turn my head back and smile at Sage.

"Yeah, we'll definitely hang out soon," I tell her.

"Alex, you have my number," Sage says to Alex. She smiles at AJ. "Bye AJ," she says and waves.

"Bye," Alex says.

Sage makes her way over to her friend as the rest of us watch her leave. Once Sage is out of our sight I feel two eyes burning a whole into the side of my head. I turn my head and of course those burning eyes belong to my wife.

"I'm not crazy," she says.

Scary! It's like she can read my mind!

"I saw the look you were giving me," Beth continues. "It's the same look you give me whenever I suggest we eat Mexican food. And it's the same look you gave me last week when I told you I had a craving for watermelon dipped in chocolate."

"That's because I told you that the only possible place we could get watermelon from in the winter is Mexico," I tell her. "And then you told me to get my ass in the car and drive to Mexico. To Mexico! I don't know what's with you and Paige thinking I can just go to Mexico and get melons for you. Plus there are certain fruit that shouldn't be dipped in chocolate and watermelon is one of them."

"Well I can't help if our baby wants watermelon dipped in chocolate."

Alex clears her throat. Beth and I turn our focus to her.

"As much as I would love to continue hearing you two arguing aboot something stupid," Alex says. "I'd also love to get my sad daughter home and try to cheer her up."

I nod my head. "You're right," I tell Alex. "How about we go get some ice cream? It'll be my treat."

"Mmm, that sounds yummy," Beth says. "I could really go for some strawberry ice cream covered in chocolate."

I turn and look at Beth. "Our child is going to make you diabetic," I tell her. I turn my attention back to Alex. "So what do you say?"

Alex looks down at Aj. "AJ, do you want ice cream?"

AJ looks up at her mother with wide eyes and nods her head. I clap my hands in joy.

"Yay for ice cream!" I cheer.

We start making our way to the car. I help Beth into the passenger's seat as Alex buckles AJ into her car seat. I get into the driver's seat and Alex climbs into the seat behind me. I start the car and we're off to get ice cream.

"So Alex," I start. "How ya feelin?"

"Well Jordan, my wife just left for a month and a half fashion tour and my daughter just said her first word while crying out for her mother," Alex says. "How do you think I feel?"

"I meant with Sage being in Toronto," I tell her.

I see Alex shrug her shoulders.

"I'm fine I guess," she says. "This isn't the first time I've run into her, remember?"

Oh yeah I remember. I remember a very angry and emotional Paige yelling at both Alex and then me.

"True, but that was just one of those random moments. I mean are we really going to hang out with her?"

Out of the corner of my eye I see Beth turn her head to look at me. Oh boy, here it comes.

"Why wouldn't we?" she asks. "I mean we were friends with her at one point. Actually I think it was kind of rude and mean how we just stopped talking to her."

"Beth is right," Alex says. "I, we, should hang out with Sage. That's what old friends do."

I stop at a red light and look at Alex through the rearview mirror.

"Yeah, except you and Sage aren't old friends," I tell her seriously. "You're ex-girlfriends, ex lovers. You almost PROPOSED to Sage. Do you remember what happened the last time you hung out with Sage? Do you know what Paige will do slash say once she finds out about you hanging out with Sage again?" I look at Beth. "Do you know what Paige is going to do to ME? She won't do anything to you because you're her best friend and you're pregnant. But she will yell at me and then after the yelling will come the killing. Paige will kill me."

Beth is just looking at me, saying nothing. Now she's pointing forward.

"The light is green now," she says simply.

I groan and turn my head forward and start driving.

"Paige won't kill me," Alex says.

I start laughing. "Obviously you don't know your wife that well," I tell her. "She will find out you're hanging with Sage, fly back here, and then kill you. And then AJ will come live with me and Beth." I smile.

"I think you're underestimating Paige's trust in me, our marriage, and her self confidence," Alex says seriously. "See when Paige got upset last time it was all the crazy hormones making her crazy. Paige knows I love her and only her and she knows I would never EVER cheat on her. Therefore Paige will not be upset and she won't be killing anyone."

"I think Alex is right," Beth says. "I'm sure Paige will be fine with Alex hanging out with Sage."

"Ok when Paige ends up on Channel 5 news and the headline is 'Famous fashion designer and Oscar award winner is in jail for murdering her wife' we'll see who was right and who was wrong," I tell them.

O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O

Work work, workidy work. I think I just made up a word. I'm pretty sure "workidy" is not a real word. If it becomes a real word and gets put into Webster's dictionary then do I get royalties or something? Note to self, look up word royalties.

As you can tell I'm at work, doing nothing really. I mean I'm doing show prep but I still have about another hour till I go on the air, so for right now I'm just sitting at my desk looking up music news.

"Johnson."

I look up from the computer screen. Barry, one of the many producers here at the station, is standing in front of me.

"Barry, you know how much I hate it when you just call me by my last name," I tell him. "It makes it sound like you have some type of authority over me which you and I both know you is not the case."

Barry rolls his eyes. "What are you doing right now?" he asks.

"I'm show prepping," I say in the duh tone. "Why?"

"Mark Lee is here and he wants to speak to you."

Oh shit! Mark Lee is here! Mark Lee is the man in charge of Clear Cumulus's eastern stations. Like Mark Lee is my boss's boss. He's like, oh my God, I can't even explain it. And he wants to see me?

"Oh my God, am I getting fired?" I ask hysterically. "They brought in Mark Lee to fire me?"

"Johnson calm down," Barry says. "Just go to the conference room right now."

I get up from my seat and practically run to the conference room. I stop in front of the door. Ok I need to calm down. I mean they can't fire me right? I still have a couple of months left in my contract. Oh my God, what if they called me in here to tell me that once my contract is up my ass it out of a job? I need a job though! I'm having a baby! I mean sure I still have that money from my trust fund that I have invested in some stuff but I still need a job.
"Standing out here making them wait isn't doing you any good," a voice says behind me.

I roll my eyes because I recognize the voice. I turn around and Grant is standing behind me. Grant is this douche bag who's been trying to get my spot for years now. He's stuck doing the sucky weekend shift that I once had. But there's no way they're going to move him to the weekday afternoon shift though because he sucks ass. I'm just sayin.

"Grant why are you even here?" I ask. "Today is Wednesday and it's like one thirty in the afternoon. Shouldn't you be off somewhere trying to get better at your job?"

Grant smiles his evil smug smile. "Well Jordan a little birdie told me that soon the weekday afternoon shift here will be available."

Do not let him see your face drop. "And who told you that? The receptionist you gave herpes to last month?"

His face drops. "No matter what she says I'm not the one that gave her herpes," he says angrily.

"Yeah whatever Grant. Now I'm going to go in there now because Mark Lee is waiting for me."

Grant walks away. I take a deep breath and let it out. You're a Johnson, which means you reek of success and greatness. So go inside and grab the greatness. I open the door and walk in.

Sitting at the table is Mark Lee, Peter McKay, the general manager of 101.5, and Eric Day, the producer of the former morning show we had here, and three people I have never met before. They're sitting at the conference table. Peter is the first to look at me.

"Jordan, please have a seat," Peter says.

I sit down nervously.

"Hello Jordan," Mark Lee greets me. "How are you?"

"I'm good Mr. Lee," I tell him. "How are you?"

Mark Lee chuckles. "I'm fine," he says. "And please call me Mark. So Jordan you're probably wondering why you've been called in here today."

"Yeah, I kind of am."

"Well I'd like to introduce you to these three lovely people," Mark Lee says. "First, this is Noah Hudson from our 93.7 station in Vancouver.

The guy with black spiked hair and black rimmed glasses smiles and holds out his hand to me. "Nice to meet you," he says.

I shake his hand. "Likewise," I tell him.

"This is Charlotte Pierce," Mark Lee continues.

The woman with dirty blonde hair and piercing blues eyes smiles at me. "Hi, it's great to meet you," she says excitedly.

"And last but certainly not least is Benji Evans."

The shorter guy with a slightly emo haircut and tattoos covering half of his arm holds out his hand. "Sup?"

I shake his hand. "Hi."

"So Jordan we here at 101.5 have seen you grown into a great employee," Mark Lee says. "Peter says that you've been a hard working since you were an intern here almost eight years ago."

I nod my head. "Well I love this place," I tell him. "The station is like my second home."

"That's exactly what I love to hear," Mark Lee says. "Now Jordan you've probably heard the rumors that the programming here is going to change slightly."

I nod my head. Like Mark Lee just said, I've heard rumors and of course the rumors have somewhat scared me. Let's just say that when programming at a station starts to change no one is safe.

"And as you also know the station needs a new morning show," Mark Lee continues.

Wait… is he?

"And seeing as you've been with the station for a long time now, and you're a hard worker, we'd like to know if you would like to be part of the new morning show."

Wait… did he just? No, no way.

"Wait what?" I ask.

"Jordan, we're forming a new morning show here with Noah, Charlotte, and Benji and we want to know if you'd like to be part of it," Peter says.

I look at Peter. "You mean as a producer?" I ask.

"No, that's my job," Eric says.

"We'd like you to be part of the morning show, as one of the personalities," Peter says.

Am I alive right now? Is this real life? Am I dreaming? I pinch myself on the leg. Jeez! That shit hurt!

"You want me?" I ask while pointing to myself. "To be part of the new morning show?"

"Yeah dude," Benji says. "We want you on our show."

"Listen, I've heard some of your demo reel and you're really good," Noah says. "It'd be great to have you be part of the show. Plus this way Charlotte won't be the only girl on the show."

"Please join us," Charlotte says. "There's only so much testosterone a woman can take."

"Ok," I say excitedly. "I'll do it!"

Mark Lee claps his hands loudly. "Alright!" he says happily. "Well I'll get the contracts drawn up as soon as possible and pretty soon Toronto will have a new hot morning show."

I look at my new coworkers, each with a smile on their faces. I know I'm sporting my own grin. Wow, my dream just came true.

Later:

"Beth! Bethany!"

I throw my bag on the floor and run upstairs. I run into the bedroom and for some strange reason Beth is standing in front of our full length mirror wearing a nice outfit. Beth turns around.

"Is there a reason why you just yelled my full name?" she asks me.

I nod my head enthusiastically.

"Would this reason be the same reason why you're sporting that goofy grin on your face?" she asks.

I nod my head enthusiastically again. "Guess who is going to be one of the voices on Hot 101.5's newest morning show." I open my arms up wide.

Excitement appears on Beth's face as she covers her mouth with her hand. Beth removes her hand.

"Really?" she asks.

I nod my head. "I got it! I did it!"

Beth waddles over to me and wraps her arms around me. She grabs my face and…. Sorry what was I saying? She's still kissing me and my brain kinda went foggy for a second there. Beth pulls away.

"Does this mean I get job promotion sex?" I ask.

What? After a kiss like that all you'd be thinking about is sex too.

Beth smiles and nods her head. "You do… after dinner," she says.

"Why wait till dinner? I mean look, we're already in the bedroom." I smirk and wiggle my eyebrows.

"That may be true but if we have sex now we will be late and you know how much I hate being late for dinner."

Ok cue the confused look from me.

"Wait, are we not having dinner at home tonight?" I ask, confused.

"Jordan, we're having dinner at Olive Garden with Alex and Sage. Remember?"

I have no recollection of this. "Um no, I don't remember. Plus won't that seem a bit weird? I mean me and you going to Olive Garden with Alex and Sage."

"No. Groups of friends go to Olive Garden together all the time."

"Yeah but this won't seem like a group of friends going to Olive Garden together. This will seem like a double date."

Beth is shaking her head. "You're thinking too much aboot this."

"No I'm not. For some reason it seems like I'm the only one looking at this whole situation clearly. I'm telling you right now that if we do this it will not end well for anyone."

"Jordan, stop thinking that our life is one dramatic tv show and get ready. The quicker you get ready, the sooner we get to the restaurant, which means the sooner we eat and once we're done eating we can come home and celebrate your promotion."

"Alright, but when this blows up in our faces I get to say "I told ya so.""

I kiss Beth on the cheek and get ready to go out. I just don't have a good feeling about this overall.

Olive Garden:

Do you know why I love Olive Garden so much? One word, breadsticks. Do you know why I get up every morning and work out for three hours? Seven words, Red Lobster biscuits and Olive Garden breadsticks. I'm just saying and tomorrow I might have to actually work out for four hours and then eat a salad at lunch because I'm on my sixth breadstick.

"Nice to see you still love breadsticks Jordan," Sage says while chuckling.

"I will always and forever love breadsticks," I tell Sage.

"I would always and forever love you not talking with food in your mouth," Alex says, disgusted.

I make a face at her but swallow my food.

"So Sage, how have you been?" I ask. "How was school?"

Sage takes a sip of her wine. "School was good," she says. "I had a rough start at first but once I focused just on school I ended up doing really well. But the time I graduated I had numerous offers from different business firms."

"Well that's good."

"And how about you two?" Sage asks while pointing at Beth and me. "How has married life been?"

"Horrible," Beth says sarcastically.

"Hardy har har," I laugh sarcastically.

Beth smiles at me and turns to Sage. "It's been great," she says. "Sure Jordan is a pain in my ass sometimes but that's how all marriages are. Plus now that in a few months we're going to have a little one I feel that my life is aboot to get even more interesting. And what aboot you and your love life?"

Sage sighs. I can't tell if that was just a regular sigh or a sad sigh.

"Well right now I'm not dating anyone," Sage says. "After I finished school I met this girl and we were together for a few months but right now I've decided to focus on my career. But enough about me." Sage looks at Alex. "How's Paige? I heard she's on some type of fashion week tour?"

Alex nods her head. "Yep," she says. "Paige is hitting about six different fashion weeks to let the world know that she is still alive and that motherhood hasn't totally consumed her."

"That's understandable," Sage says. "I mean she was in the fashion eye and then she went to take a break and of course when you take a break too long people forget about you. Which is NEVER good."

Am I the only one who noticed how Sage's eyes sort of flashed when she talked about people forgetting people and it never being good? Oy vey.

"I guess but ya know I hate the part of her job that makes her travel," Alex continues. "AJ misses her Mommy a lot but I think the skype talks help."

"That's good," Sage says. "And AJ seems like a great kid. She looks a lot like you Lexie."

Alex smiles. "Everyone says that. But I definitely think she looks more like Paige than me."

"Trust me Alex, AJ could be your clone. She's beautiful, just like you."

Umm… ok. That compliment would have been fine if it hadn't been for the look Sage gave Alex after she said it. I see this is going to be a long night.

O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o

So it's been about three weeks since Sage has been in town and Alex has been spending quite an amount of time with her. I'm not saying Alex is doing anything because I know she's not and she would never do that to Paige but in the eyes of a stranger this would all seem suspicious. I mean Alex says she's just been giving Sage a tour of Toronto but this is not Sage's first time in Toronto. I mean the woman has been in this city NUMEROUS times. And then there was that one time Major and I went to Palex's place to play in the snow and surprise surprise, Sage was there!

Not only has Sage been spending time with Alex but she's also been spending time with AJ. Apparently one afternoon Alex just needed a break, which is completely understandable, but instead of getting the NUMEROUS family members she has to babysit AJ she has Sage take her to the movies. WHAT THE HELL?

Anyway I need to focus right now. This afternoon is Beth and my baby shower. The baby shower is being thrown at my parents' house.

"Beth, are you ready to go?"

Beth comes out of the closet with a huge grin on her face. Wow, my wife is extremely giddy right now.

"Someone is excited," I say.

"Yeah!" she says excitedly. "The baby shower is like the best part of having a baby."

I raise my eyebrow. "What about the part where we actually have the baby?"

"I have to push something the size of a watermelon out of a hole the size of a lemon. If that's your definition of fun then maybe you're the one that should have gotten pregnant."

"Hmm, point taken. Let's go party!"

Baby Shower:

Oh…my…God… I have never seen so much pink and blue before in my entire life. My parents' turned their living room into a pink and blue bubble. Pink and blue streamers, pink and blue balloons, pink and blue pin the diaper on the baby. I actually sort of think Mom and Mrs. Perez went a bit too crazy.

All the usual suspects are here at this shindig: my mother, Beth's mom, Ellie, Manny, Cindy (who is finally dating someone), Juliana, some of Beth's co-workers, and to my surprise Sage. Did I invite Sage? Of course I did not invite her, but I think you can guess who did. Of course Beth did!

Mrs. Perez claps her hands loudly. "Alright everyone, to start out the festivities let's play Guess Mom's Tummy Size!"

My mother pulls out a ball of yarn. "So everyone will pull the yarn to the size they think will fit perfectly around Beth's tummy. After everyone cuts their piece of yarn we'll compare the results to Beth's actual tummy."

"Yay," I cheer sarcastically and clap my hands.

Omph! Yeah I just got an elbow to the side. I look at Beth and she's giving me that look that most wives give their husbands. I just smile and kiss her on the cheek.

Everyone is taking out the yarn to the lengths they think are correct and cutting them. I would play this but I don't think it'd be fair since I know how big Beth's stomach actually is. Ok some of Beth's co-workers are being ridiculous with their cutting. I mean how huge do they think Beth is?

Mrs. Perez claps her hands. "Ok, now that everyone has their yarn let's see who was the closest!"

Everyone takes a turn putting their string around Beth. Ok so Manny is like waaayyy off. I mean she's been pregnant before, so I would think that she'd have like good pregnant weight eyes or something. Oo Ellie wasn't too off. Julian's string was just too small. Beth's co-workers are like SUPER close. And now it's Alex's turn. Alex has her stupid smile on her face.

"I've got this in the bag," she says.

Alex throws her yarn around Beth's body and brings the string across her stomach. Holy shit! Alex's string is pretty much the exact correct length. Everyone is looking at Alex like she has two heads.

"What the hell Alex?" I exclaim.

Alex shrugs her shoulders and lets the yarn drop.

"How did you know the exact length?" Beth asks.

"Because every time Jordan comes over she tells me to guess how big your stomach is," Alex says. "And since I pretty much see Jordan every day I know the number."

"Well nice to see you listen when I talk," I tell her.

"I try not to but your voice penetrates even the deepest and strongest mind blocks."

I smile and nod my head. My voice is like a super power, breaking mind barriers every day. Wherever there is a mind barrier I will break it.

"Well felicitaciones Alex," Mrs. Perez says.

"Time for How Many Baby Items Can You Name!" my mom shouts excitedly.

Oh boy, this is going to be a long party.

Later:

"Really?" I ask. "Does no one think I'm smart?"

"It's not that Jordan, it's just…" Cindy starts. "There's intelligence and then there's intelligence."

"You just said intelligence twice Cindy. You just made no sense. How's that intelligence for ya?"

"Well Jordan I said that I think you and Beth would want your baby to have your humor," Ellie says.

I smile at Ellie. "Thank you Ellie," I tell her. "For that I will not disown you."

Alex scoffs. I look at her with narrowed eyes.

"And you!" I shout. "You don't think that baby should have anything from me?"

Alex shrugs her shoulders. "Well you're kind of crazy," she says seriously. "I'd rather my niece or nephew to not be as crazy as you."

Ok so this is what's going on. We're playing this game called 'How Well Do You Know the Mommy-to-Be' or in our case "Mommies-to-Be". In this game you have each guest guess what features Beth and I want most on our baby from either of us. You select twenty-five attributes and ask everyone to fill in the form from what each woman feels the "mommies-to-be's" point of view will be. After everyone checks off the list, Beth and state our preference. The one with the most correct match to the Mommies-To-Be wins a prize. And pretty much everyone, including Beth, checked that they want the baby to have Beth's intelligence. Pshh I want the baby to have MY intelligence, so there!

Beth kisses me on the cheek. "Jordan if it was up to me then our baby would have all of your attributes," she says. "Except intelligence."

Oo, mean. "Psh, whatever," I say, trying to sound like I don't care.

Sage is laughing. "I'm going to go get something to drink," she says and stands up.

"Ya know I'm feeling a little parched as well," I say. "I'll come with you."

Sage and I go into the kitchen and I make sure the swinging door is shut.

"So Sage, how's it going?" I ask.

Sage turns around and looks at me. "You don't like me being here do you?" she asks.

"Why would you say that?"

"Jordan you've always been easy to read. That hasn't changed."

"Listen Sage, I have nothing against you, I don't."

"But you're worried that while Paige is gone and I'm here I'm going to try to steal Alex away."

"Well I just have to wonder why you're spending so much time with Alex. I mean she's your ex."

"So what? I can't miss my ex? I can't be friends with my ex?"

I shake my head. "No one can be friends with their ex," I tell her seriously. "You think I'm friends with any of my exs? I mean granted two of them are probably still in Florida and the last I heard, well actually saw, Christie was a stripper in Vegas."

"Well did you love any of your ex's the way you love Beth?"

I look at Sage and shake my head. "No, because if I had I probably wouldn't be married to Beth and having a baby with her."

"Well I loved Alex," Sage says, her voice cracking. "I loved her so much. I thought it was going to be me and Alex. We'd be married, living in a house or a condo in the city. Eventually starting a family together and we'd live happily ever after. But that didn't happen. Someone else got my fairy tale."

"And no you're trying to take it back?"

"No," Sage says, surprised that I would suggest such a thing. "I would never do that. I've seen the interviews and the talk shows. The way Alex and Paige look at each other. And they have a daughter and I would never try to break up AJ's parents."

"Then why are you here Sage? Why are you here in T.O.? Why are you always with Alex? Why are you here in my parents' house?"

"I'm here because Beth invited me because apparently unlike you she wanted to stay friends with me after Alex broke my heart. I'm here in Toronto for my job. I hang out with Alex because I miss her and I don't have any other friends here."

I can see Sage's eyes shining, she's on the verge of tears.

"When Alex broke up with me it crushed me," Sage continues, her voice cracking and going a bit higher than usual. "Part of me knew it was coming, that is was inevitable once Paige was back in the picture but I had hoped I had dreamed that maybe, just maybe that Alex would pick me. And then after the breakup she stopped talking to me, you and Beth had stopped talking to me. And the next thing I know I'm seeing my ex on nation-wide and international-wide television with the new love of her life. And not once did Alex ever call to see how I was doing, to see if I was ok and that hurt more than the breakup."

"If she hurt you so bad then why would you come to the city that she lives in?"

"Because even though Alex hurt me, even though she broke me… I still want her in my life. I mean we might not be together anymore but she was still part of my life for a good three and a half years and that's something that can't be erased. The friendship we had underneath our relationship can't be erased." Sage shrugs her shoulders. "And I have to admit that I was getting a bit tired of New York. People there are really rude."

I'm nodding my head. I mean I guess I can see where Sage is coming from. Although to be honest if Beth and I hadn't ever gotten back together I might have had to leave the state of Florida. Ok maybe that's a bit much but I would have definitely never gone to Miami ever again. And I'll admit that it was kind of messed up of me to stop talking to her once she and Alex broke up.

"I'm sorry," I tell Sage. "I shouldn't have just stopped talking to you after you and Alex broke up. That was wrong and mean of me to do and I shouldn't have done it. But I thought it would be awkward and weird if I had kept talking to you."

"It would have helped to talk to a friend every now and then," Sage says. "I was so busy concentrating on school and trying to make my relationship with Alex work that I didn't make many friends during my first semester. And it's not like New York was the friendliest city."

"Ok Sage I get it. I'm a horrible person and a pretty crappy friend."

"I'm not saying that Jordan. I'm just trying to make you see that my intentions here are not sinister or evil. I'm here to reconnect with old friends and hopefully get a job promotion that's it."

Sage fills her glass with Sprite and starts walking toward the door that leads back to the living room.

"Now if you don't mind I'm going to go back to your baby shower and play some games," she says.

Sage leaves the kitchen and now I'm just standing here by myself. What the fuck just happened?

A/N: So what do you think? Do you think Sage is being honest?