Sage

GRANDCHILDREN

Richard Blackstone wants Greyson and I to produce a child!?

And soon

That is way to much expectations for someone like me who hasn't even gotten the hang of making out. Now they just expect us to baby-make? I mean...does Greyson want that? He is at a normal age for wanting kids, but I'm just eighteen, I've got so much I want to do and I don't want to have a child and have he/she raised by some nanny while I'm finishing school.

My dream is to be part of the team that sends humans into Mars, that requires so much hard work and dedication. How can I be both a mother and part of such a project?

What am I saying! I shouldn't even be thinking about this! I should've stopped last night as soon as we left the restaurant. Not stay awake all night, creepily glancing at Greyson and wondering what a child between us would look like.

"Alright, I didn't want to say anything but this has gotten out of hand." Greyson puts his fork down. "You keep staring at me."

I stiffen, he noticed! "O-Oh I'm sorry it's just...uh..."

"You've been doing it all night. I thought it was okay, my fiance staring lovingly at me all night. But I'm starting to get the feeling that you're thinking about what the old man said." He assumes. "About the grandchild thing, listen Sage—"

"N-NO." I laugh awkwardly. "You...You're just really good looking."

He raises a brow. "I know when you're lying...well it's true but that's not why you've been eyeing me like a hawk."

"Greyson." I force an assuring smile. "Seriously, it's nothing."

Greyson sighs. "Fine we'll drop it, besides that's not what I wanted to talk about this morning."

"You had something you wanted to talk about?"

He stabs his fork into his eggs. "I'm rethinking it after seeing what last night has done to you. Actually, nevermind forget it."

Usually I'd pry but then he'd have leverage over me to ask me more questions about me staring at him. So I just kept my mouth shut and stuffed my face with toast.

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*A WEEK LATER*

Greyson has been working an excruciating amount of hours, he's literally never home. And instead sleeps at his private bedroom that he secretly had built in his office.

Needless to say it's been lonely without seeing him, last time I did was four days ago. I've been killing time with making my schedule for Blackstone University and hanging out with friends. Todd also helps let the time fly by escorting me to Central Park and we run together.

Todd recommended it to help me sleep at night.

Greyson not being home keeps me up, I don't feel comfortable with sleeping in such a large condo all by myself. The place has little to no home feeling inside of it.

The house phone rings and I run to pick it up.

"Hello?" I answer, hoping it's Greyson.

"Miss Slade." Kyle, the guy at the front desk says. "You've got a few packages, I'm sending a security guard to give them to you now. Okay?"

"Yeah, thank you."

"No problem." He hangs up.

I'm pathetic, I've gotten so used to having him around period that a few days without him have been horrible. Though I am curious why I have packages, I didn't order anything recently.

Just as Kyle said, he sent one of the security team to drop off the packages. I expected brown boxes or yellow envelopes but instead I beautiful chests and large bags that were from name brand places. There was an envelope attached to one of the bags, when I opened it there was a note.

Sage,

Chose one of these gowns to wear, I'll be taking you out tonight. A car will pick you up at exactly eight, Todd will escort you to the destination.

Don't be late.

G.B.

I felt a smile creep across my face an excitement bubble inside of me. I'm going to see Greyson! Just as he commanded, with little time on the clock I rummage through the bags to find a gown. All expensive and gorgeous, nothing less, as expected from Greyson.

There were several choices but the red slit dress spoke volumes to me, if we really were going out somewhere that involved me being dressed up I had to chose the best suited. And right now this dress did it for me.

But what about my face—?

"Wow! Someone went on a shopping spree." I hear a familiar voice say.

When I look up, there Isabella was, wearing a smile.

"Isabella?" I stand up.

"Hey, Greyson sent me here and told me to glam you up." She grins.

Of course, he apparently thought of everything.

"Well let's get this party started, shall we?"

"We shall." I smile back.

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My nerves were on hyper drive.

I'm not sure what to expect when it comes to Greyson. And I haven't seen him in so long I'm a little nervous to see him. Todd informs me that I should be prepared for an interesting night ahead, which doesn't help anything. Plus it bothers me that he's in on this and I'm completely oblivious to what's going to happen.

We arrive at our destination, but there's not a restaurant to be seen anywhere. Everything on the block was houses, except for across the street, which was a large warehouse.

I look to Todd.

"Where are we going?" I ask.

Todd smiles. "Your favorite place."

"What?" My brows furrow, in confusion.

He pulls a blind fold out of his pocket and I stiffen. "Relax, Miss Slade, Mr. Blackstone instructed me to put this on you."

It should be no surprise to anyone that I'm apprehensive about trusting anyone with my life. The thought of being blindfolded and escorted somewhere, even if it's Todd doing it, frightens me. I don't have that carefree trust built in me.

"How about this," Todd says pulling out his phone. "I have Mr. Blackstone stay on the phone with you while I escort you in?"

That sounded reassuring. "Y-Yeah."

"Hello?" Todd speaks into the phone. "Miss Slade would like to speak to you on the phone while I escort her inside." He pauses. "Yes." And pauses again. "Okay."

He hands me the phone.

"Hello?" I say into it.

"Baby, I know you're scared but I need you to listen to Todd for me." Greyson says into the phone. "I can't be on the phone with you the way."

I bite my lip, then look at Todd.

He's treated me like his own and I know how much he cares about his children. So I relax and nod my head into the phone as if he could see.

"Okay." I respond.

"See you inside." Then Greyson hangs up.

"Ready?" Todd lifts the blindfold.

I gulp. "Yes."

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If you've ever been blindfolded you must know the anxiousness of not knowing eating at you. Not being able to see and relying on someone else to get from point A to B—especially in heels. Todd has been doing a good job and I haven't bumped into anything.

We walked for what felt like an infinity but was probably only a few minutes. I did hear a door open and close behind me a minute or so ago, which means I'm inside wherever.

It was deadly silent in here though, all you could hear were the sounds of my heels clicking against the floor. And probably my heart beat which was going haywire.

Todd suddenly removes his hand and I freeze.

"Thank you Todd, take the next few days off." I hear Greyson say and instantly I feel relieved.

"Have a nice night you two." Todd tells us and I hear him walk away.

Greyson places his hand on the small of my back.

"When can I take this off?" I ask.

"Right..." I feel him untie the blindfold. "...now."

Oh

My

Gosh

I feel my eyes immediately water and my nose sting.

"Greyson..." I breathed.

Suddenly I remembered what Todd said when I asked where we were going and how he answered 'Your favorite place.". It didn't dawn on me that when the blindfold was taken off that I'd actually be standing in the middle of the solar system.

Surrounding us were billions of stars and that sparkled brilliantly. Then I saw planets, all of our planets from Jupiter to Mars which were large enough to see perfectly but small enough that it felt far away. The one thing that stood out and took my breath away was the moon which stood in the middle as if I were looking up at the sky.

Except instead of standing on Earth I was standing directly in front of the moon. Which was large and...just marvelous—magnificent really.

I fought the tears because it took so long for Isabella to do my eyes and I don't want to ruin it. But this is honestly the greatest thing anyone has ever done for me.

"Come on." Greyson says giving me a light push and escorts me towards a table.

On the table were mouth-watering meals and roses. We would be eating dinner alone together in the middle of space, if this isn't romance I don't know what it.

Greyson pulls a chair out for me and when I sit down he pushes me in. Then seats himself across me.

One of the most exquisite sights was sitting across me. Greyson was wearing a casual suit and a dark blue shirt which was covered in stars. His hair was messy but in the way I like it and he had a little scruff on his face which made him just as enrapturing.

I'm so in love with him

"How? When?" I ask, still taking it in.

"Well I was busy at work but when I got out I went searching for the perfect place to do this." He gestures the room and the stars and the planets.

"But why?"

Greyson smiles at me. "Because I wanted to give you a perfect night."

"But Greyson every night with you is perfect." I say, then blush immediately.

He chuckles. "That's sweet, but staying home and watching Gossip Girl can't be as perfect as being in the middle of space."

He's right, it doesn't. Nothing could compare to this really.

"You're the greatest." I tell him, fighting the tears.

We begin eating the meal that he had set out and I tell him facts about the universe. Informing him how accurate this projection is and how there's still things in space we'll probably never see. He listened intently and smiled the entire time as I fangirled about space.

After stuffing my mouth with delicious food I stare at the moon. "If only the moon were this close in real life. It'd be magical."

"Come with me." Greyson stands up and stretches his hand out to me.

I grab it, unhesitatingly.

He grabs my hand and takes me to the middle of the room, directly under the moon.

"Sage," He starts talking. "we've been together for about a year. When we first started having to be around one another we practically hated each other's guts and fought like cats and dogs."

Why is he saying this?

"I've messed up many times, I shouldn't have been manwhoring around while we were engaged. I shouldn't have hurt you so much that you cried." His eyes grow soft as they gaze into mine. "Because it took me a long time to realize but seeing your smiling face, making you happy, makes me happy. When you cry and are in pain, I'm in pain—not cry because I don't cry easily."

I giggle.

"And it took me an extraordinary amount of time—I'm talking since the dinosaurs walked Earth to tell you the two things you deserve to hear in the middle of your most precious place."

Then I watch as Greyson gets down on one knee.

Oh my gosh

"Sage Slade you're indeed a pain in my ass and you are by far the most emotional and outspoken girl I've ever met." Greyson shoves his hand into his coat. "But you're passionate. About space and about us. You genuinely care about people and aren't jaded like most of the wealthy community, then again you weren't born and raised in such an environment. You're tough when it matters and a fighter. And what makes you more special is that you got a guy like me on my knee."

A tear escapes my eye.

"You're a breath of fresh air, and..." He smiles gently. "...I love you."

It was like a dam was released in my eyes, tears sliding down, one by one.

"Will you marry me?" Greyson pulls out a beautiful star shaped box and opens it. Inside there was a ring that shined brilliantly. The diamond was circular and around it was engravings of what appeared to be the moon cycle. From crescent to a full moon.

"Yes!" I throw my arms around him and we fall onto the floor. Without saying another word I shove my face into his chest and cry my tears out. "Greyson..." I sniffled. "...you ass..." I'm starting to sound like a dying whale. "...Isabella worked so hard..." I'm such an ugly crier. "...on my makeup."

Greyson holds me tightly, and strokes the back of my head as I continue to cry.

When I finally decide to pull my head up, hoping I don't look like a horror movie I lock eyes with Greyson. He pulls the ring out of the box and grabs my finger.

As he slides it onto my finger, he grazes the cycles of the moon with his thumb. "There wasn't a ring perfect enough for you. I didn't want to give you an expensive beautiful ring, I wanted to give you an expensive, beautiful ring that meant something." He wipes his thumb under my eye. "Sage, the moon represents me. I've always had a heart but I only recognized it for it's biological functions, like pumping blood into my veins to keep me alive."

My brows raise.

He continues. "My heart was like the moon when it's not visible at night, we know it's there but we can't see it and thus don't think about it. But unlike the moon, I forgot it was there completely because it never appeared, I never felt anything." Then he leans up and grabs my hand. "The day you came into my life was the moment my cycle started, slowly and bit by bit my heart revealed itself. And at this very moment, after so long, has my heart finally reached full potential of it's cycle and is now full."

"Greyson." Here we go with the whale sounds again.

"I love you Sage." Greyson leans down and gently presses his lips against mine.

I'm so filled with love right now that it's overwhelming to the point it comes out in the form of tears. This is truly the greatest moment in my life and I'm even more in love with Greyson than I was before.

"I love you too, Greyson." I wipe my tears with my arm.

There was a brief silence between us.

Greyson decided not to speak anymore and dropped his diamond colored eyes onto my lips. Then without hesitation he plunged towards me and pressed his lips against mine. My entire body lit up from the feel of his warm lips. Something was different this time about it, not that is was more gentle than usual but more loving.

I wrap my arms around his neck, pulling him closer. He moves me on the floor and onto my back without breaking the connection. Soon his tongue sneaks it's way into my mouth and as soon as I felt it, I tense up.

He smiles and I hear him snicker and although it was towards my poor makeout skills, I relaxed myself. Following his lead I did a sneak attack and entangled my tongue into his, almost immediately Greyson groans.

"Fuck." He hisses, his mouth attacking mine more aggressively.

Then I feel his hands slide down my waste and onto my hips and I clench the back of his shirt tightly. I'm suddenly panicking, he's never done something like that before!

But I don't stop him and despite my apprehension, I just lose my mind into his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Greyson breaks the kiss. "We can't do this..."

I frown.

Was I that bad?

"...here." He finishes.

Without warning he shoves his arms underneath me and picks me up. Then he starts walking through the thousands of projected stars.

"Where...are we going?" I ask, laying my head on his chest.

"Venus." He answers.

When I look at Venus I suddenly see a futon laid out on top of it, surrounded by pillows and on top a comforter. The set up was sweet but also daunting, had Greyson planned out for something to happen? If so he was scary good.

"If you're thinking if I set this up because I thought tonight would be the night, you're mistaken." He says still walking towards the Venus bed.

My brows raise, how'd he know!?

"I thought you'd want to sleep with this all around you." His eyes dart to mine. "But, it just so happens that I'm unable to control myself tonight. With my ring on you finger and how you successfully got me hard wearing that 'fuck me' dress and finally using your bloody tongue."

It wasn't a second longer before my cheeks were burning.

"But this works out." He smiles. "I have never made love in space."

Made love

Greyson always referred to his many 'escapades' as fucks or fucking. This is the first time he's ever used such a statement and best of all it's towards me.

Finally we reach the bed and he drops me on top of it, taking not a millisecond longer to remove his coat and start unbuttoning his shirt. While he undressed I just stared, not entirely sure what exactly to do in such a situation. But at the same time to mesmerized to peel my eyes off of his extraordinary torso.

When he was completely shirtless, he crawled onto the bed and pushed his lips onto mine, sending me onto my back. The futon was comfortable and even more enchanting since it was on Venus, the flame colored planet covered our entire body.

Greyson backs away and stares down at me, his eyes different, more serious and focused than they've ever been. I can't help but feel very self aware by the way he's looking at me. Instead of saying anything he grabs a fist full of my dress from my thighs and shoves it upwards. Which makes my entire body solidify.

Once he's past my hips I clench my eyes shut.

"Baby." Greyson says, calmly. "Eyes."

I open them, slightly.

His hand spreads across my stomach. "Fucking perfect."

Then altogether he pulls the dress up over me and I throw my arms around my chest. The dress I wore would have looked tacky with a bra so I didn't wear one but now I wish I just did fashion suicide for just one more barrier of clothing between him and I.

Now all there's left is my underwear.

Greyson wraps his hand around my wrists which were planted on breasts. He tugs gently to try and separate my hands from my bust.

I hold on with the grip of a thousand men.

"Sage." He says, sternly.

I bite down onto my lip and shake my head. "This is too embarrassing."

"Sage." He repeats, wrapping tighter onto my wrists.

I shake my head some more. "I-I can't."

Greyson doesn't wait a beat before budging my hands from my chest and pushing them on top of my head. Revealing more than I never thought I could. I quickly turn my head and hide behind my left arm, too shy to see his face.

"Fuck." He draws in a sharp breath. "Fuck me."

My eyes clench hard and bashfully.

"Look at me Sage." He commands. "Sage, look at me."

I shake my head more. "No, I can't. I'm too flustered to look at you."

"Why?" Greyson asks. I feel his breath breeze across my skin. "You have nothing to be ashamed of, you're fucking beautiful."

Then why is this so embarrassing!?

"Sage, baby, please look at me." His tone pleaded with me and I couldn't help myself from opening my eyes. Greyson can have anything he wants from me, I've just got to fight this frightful feeling for him.

Greyson smiles, then rewards me with a quick peck.

"Don't look away, baby, can you do that for me?" He asks.

I nod. "Yes."

Then he stops talking and places his hand on one of my breasts, I jolt at the feeling.