A Blessing In Disguise

As told by Carly Armani-Versace
I never thought I’d do something like this. Me, Carly, the Straight-A goody-goody. The quiet rich girl. I mean, I always over-think everything. And just one night I didn’t think at all…

It all started a month ago, when I was on my favorite chatroom. It was the day after my birthday, and I’d become an “Adult”, with lots of responsibilities just shoved at me. I was supposed to be looking for a job, because the whole family was pestering me about it–my mother, father, Jacob and even Jess. Instead I was chatting with someone I didn’t personally know but at the same time, knew very well. It was because Sage102H, one of the top people on my buddy list, asked me to meet him at the bakery in Whitecreek where he worked.

Oh, I met him there alright, and we had some great laughs over some tequila. I didn’t know what I was doing. Okay, well, maybe I did. But I was an adult now. I wanted to taste just a little more of that freedom before I had to get a boring job. The rest of it is a blur to me. Somehow I managed to get home, though.

I had woken up early in the morning, and everyone in the house was asleep. When I went downstairs to have some cereal, I thought I saw someone in the lawn chairs out by the pool. I peered through the back door and there was–Sage Hayes! Confused and angry, I marched over to him and shook him awake. Then I saw something glinting on his finger. It was a ring! My eyes shifted over to my own hand–I was wearing one, too! Everything began to come back to me. Sage and I were–married.

6 Months Later
Obviously my parents were extremely furious. Who wouldn’t be? They were so ashamed of their only daughter, who had never seemed like she’d turn out to be a hooligan. I still haven’t forgiven myself for acting that way, but I don’t exactly regret it. Sage turned out to be kind and shy, and he apologized a thousand times. We were going to get it annulled the next week, but during those 9 days something clicked between us. My parents loved him, too. Jacob and him had become great friends. And Jess didn’t have too cook as much because Sage turned out to be an excellent cook as well as a baker. And we were falling in love.

Soon I found out I was going to have a baby girl, and Sage was really excited. He had his heart set on naming the baby Astrid. I was a little iffy on that one, but I agreed in the end.

Yikes. Now I see what poor Jess had to go through! This was definitely not the fun part.

The baby, Astrid Armani-Versace, was born. She had Sage’s eyes and she was beautiful.

Now she’s a toddler and has Shane’s light brown hair as well! She loves attention. “I’m a grandmother now! Doesn’t that make me sound old?” said my mother, Ella. Her birthday is coming around next week and then she’ll even look the part. As for Scarlett, she loves having a real-live baby to take care of instead of her silly dolls that she used to pull the heads off of. I guess I didn’t have the beautiful wedding I’d always imagined, but it was all a blessing in disguise. Sage is also an excellent father. He now works as a politician and he loves doing it, even though he admits it’s not as fun as baking.

She doesn’t like being away from me or Sage for more than a minute. She can be pretty fussy sometimes, too! But she always finishes her applesauce. She’ll be a child in two days. We can’t wait!