Purple Romance

''Paige, Carly'' Kate, Carly's mother called and Paige turned to ran into her arms crying.

''Aunt, my mother. She will okay, right?'' Paige asked and sobbed.

''Is alright, aunt is here. Your mother will be fine'' Kate said and hugged the girls.

The doctor came out and they walked to him ''doctor, how is my mother?'' Paige was the first to ask.

''Are you her family member?'' the doctor asked Kate.

''Yes, I am Kate Arthur, she is my niece'' Kate said.

''Doctor, is my mother okay?'' Paige asked.

''I'm sorry. We did our best but she was hit in her vital parts and a lot of blood rushed into her stomach. I'm sorry'' the doctor said and bowed before them.

''No, no. That is not true. I want my mother back, doctor. You have to go back and bring her back'' Paige said as she held desperately unto the doctor's scrub. The nurses around bowed their heads.

....

Paige woke up in cold sweat. She looked at her surroundings and realised she was in her room. She hadn't had that dream in a long time why was she suddenly having it again?

Paige got down from the bed and went into the bathroom. She took a quick bath before returning back to the room. She looked at a picture of her mother on her table and picked it.

''Mom, I miss you so much'' Paige said and hugged the picture intimately.

...…

Paige went to the school library after her second lecture to study. She found a suitable sitting place and kept her bag there before she went towards their department's section of the library to look for the book she wanted to read. She connected her earphones to her ears and tucked the phone into her back pocket before she started scanning the many books that were in the shelves.

After finding the book, she smiled and stretched her hand towards the last shelf where the book was placed. She struggled a bit because of her height and sighed tiredly murmuring ''I must really be short''

Paige turned and saw a small climber at a distance and turned happily ready to go for it only for another person who was even shorter than her to also hold it at the same time. Paige smiled apologetically and left the climber for her and went back to try and jump pick the book.

Paige tucked in her blouse to her jeans pants and stretched her hand again. she was about to jumped when she saw an image towering over her and stiffened. The cologne of the person was familiar to her.

''You ask for help when you can't reach, what if the book falls on you?'' Jordan said as he moved even closer to her, locking on in the middle as he took the book from the shelf for her. Paige blushed and felt her heartbeat quickened and tried to look away.

''Here, is this the book you wanted?'' Jordan asked as he pointed the book at her. Paige nervously snatched the book and took off while blushing.

Jordan looked at her back view and felt a tugging deep within him. He hated the fact that she was always avoiding him and hated the fact that each time, the only part of her he saw the most was her back view.

He had followed her into the library earlier and had seen her struggling to take the book from the shelf. Jordan looked at her as she got to her seat before he left the library.

Paige looked up from where she sat and saw Jordan going out. She touched her chest and could still feel her heart beating. She felt sad for a reason and didn't know why.

....

Paige looked at the time and yawned tiredly. She had spent closed to four hours in the library reading. She closed the book and stood up to leave and her phone vibrated. It was an incoming call from Joel. Paige took her bag and went outside to answer the call since she couldn't do it inside the library and distract the other students learning.

''Hello, Joel''

''Paige, are you done with classes?'' Joel asked over the phone.

''Yes, I was at the library studying but I'm done. I will be home soon'' Paige said as she left the library.

''I'm at the car park. Come, I will take you home'' Joel said over the phone and Paige stopped in her strides and didn't know what to say. ''Hello, Paige, are you there?'' Joel asked again bringing Paige back to her senses.

''Yes, I am still here. I will be there immediately'' Paige said.

''No need to rush, take your time'' Joel said and chuckled before hanging up.

Paige saw a pillar behind her and went to lean on it for support. She looked at her bandage hand and sighed. Joel was here to pick her but why did she not feel right about it? She felt like she was a two timer.

''What is wrong with you, Paige? Get your head together and stopped getting confused'' Paige said to herself before going away.

...…

Paige rushed to the car park and saw Jordan, Lucas and Mirabel. Mirabel had her hand around Jordan's arm affectionately as they were chatting.

Paige didn't know anything about the kind of relationship they had but it still made her unhappy to see him been so patient and accommodating of her.

''He always treats me harshly'' Paige said and bit her lips not knowing the kind of emotion she was feeling at that moment. Jordan and Lucas were chatting as they leaned against their cars.

''Paige''

Paige heard her name and turned. She got frightened and almost tripped but Joel had fast reflexes and quickly caught her. The scene was so iconic and the only thing that came to Paige's mind as they remained in such a compromising position was the kind of movie scenes where the male lead would wrap his arm around the female lead to prevent her from falling, just that this wasn't a movie but her life and a lot of people that passed by stopped to look at them.

This was also the very scene Jordan saw when he heard the commotion and turned. Joel had his arms around Paige. He frowned and clutched his fist together as he looked at them.

''Paige are you okay?'' Joel asked and chuckled looking at her flustered face. Paige nodded her head and he released her. Paige stepped back and subconsciously looked towards Jordan's direction and their eyes met. She quickly looked away.

''Did I scare you?'' Joel said.

''I'm alright, let's go'' Paige said and walked towards the car. Joel opened the door for her and she got inside and he drove away.

''Did they think they were acting a movie?'' Mirabel was the first to speak. Lucas studied Jordan's expression interestingly and smirked.

Jordan took Mirabel's hand away from himself and said coldly to her ''stop acting so intimate with me, Mira. I am your brother for crying out loud''

Mirabel stood stupefied and watched as Jordan got into his car and drove away. She turned to Lucas and asked ''did I do something wrong? I always lock hands with him all the time, why is he suddenly angry with me?''

''Snap out of it, Mira. Jordan will never accept your feelings for him. He is being nice to you because you two grew up together'' Lucas said to Mirabel and she frowned.

''Jordan is mine''' Mirabel said.

...….

Joel studied Paige's expression as he drove the car and asked ''are you alright?''

''Yes, I'm fine. Why?'' Paige asked.

''I see a lot of that guy around you lately. You are still not friends with him, are you? He hurt you, you should stay away from him'' Joel said and Paige chuckled suddenly finding the situation ridiculous. ''Did I say something wrong?'' Joel asked.

''No, you didn't say anything wrong. I just find it funny that everyone is telling me to stay away from him'' Paige said and Joel felt it strange that Paige would say such a thing.

''Do you like him?'' Joel asked as he watched Paige keenly.

''No. Why would I like someone who hurt me? Is not like I'm a masochist'' Paige said and sighed. She closed her eyes.

''Let's not talk about him anymore then'' Joel said.

....

Paige got down from Joel's car when they arrived at their apartments.

''Go in and rest'' Joel said and Paige nodded her head before going inside. Joel watched her and murmured ''Paige, why do I suddenly feel that you are slipping away from me gradually? Should I grab and hold unto you?''

...…..

Paige entered the apartment and saw Carlien in the kitchen. She placed her bag in the hall and went inside and stood by the door.

''I need a hug'' Paige said making Carlien to turn and face her.

''Apart from being your nanny while you are hurt, do I have to be a hug giver too?'' Carlien said and chuckled adding ''tough day?'' Paige nodded her head.

''Then, I will give you lots of hugs'' Carlien said and went closer to hug Paige.

''Lately, I don't know what is wrong with me, Carly. I think my head is about to crack open because of all the thinking I've been doing''