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"Whenever you're ready, let's get together and write it out." He handed her phone, and she put her number in. "And just so you know Poppy is going to start planning something elaborate unless you poke your head out of your hole soon," he said with a wink.
Sadie chuckled. "She does seem like the type."
"You have no idea. I adore her, but that girl has a flair for drama, and that's coming from me."
"Thank you for checking up on me. It means a lot."
He just nodded as he stood up. "Did you know I moved to Mystic Falls two weeks after I met Lexi?"
"Only two weeks?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I fell in love with the town as much as I fell in love with her. They accepted me and never made me feel like an oddity, which isn't always what I get... I guess I'm just saying, if you're staying cooped up here because you're afraid of facing people. Mystic Falls is full of friendly faces."
"You're right. It might be time to get back out there."
They made their way to the door. Once she had it open, he turned and with his killer wink and said, "I meant it when I said we should write about it. Call me when you're ready."
"I will," she said with the first genuine smile in days.
"Good, I see ya later, Sadie."
As she watched Liam James walk down her front steps, she felt about a million pounds lift off her shoulders. He was right. It was time to stop letting the show and the awful people she'd met there have control over her life. She needed to talk to Lucas... Well first she needed to shower, then she would go find Lucas.
CHAPTER 28
LUCAS
Ever since Lucas had watched the latest episode of Before First Sight, he'd been filled with so much rage. He'd been texting Sadie. but got nothing back. Finally, he went and knocked on her door, but still nothing. He was worried about her, so when Liam called him and told him other people were worried about her and he wanted to talk to her since he might know what she was going through, he decided to make that happen.
He still had a key to her house. And while letting himself in might have crossed a line, he just needed to make sure she was okay.
When he'd seen her standing in the hallway looking the way she did it almost broke his heart. He wanted to punch that guy all over again and he wasn’t a violent person. When she'd looked up at him with tears in her eyes for the second time now, fuck. He needed to make it right, but he was so far out of his depth knowing how to help her through this. Hopefully Liam would be able to help.
He was sitting down at his table trying to find something to distract himself when a small knock sounded at his front door.The urge to run to the door and fling it open was strong, but he collected himself.
When he opened the door he found Sadie in cute little shorts, her wet hair piled on her head, wearing his Mystic Falls Hockey t-shirt. He thought he'd been falling for her ever since their Ferris wheel ride at the carnival, but he knew now he was already in deep. He loved her.
"Hey Songbird," he said leaning against the frame.
"Can I come in?"
He stood back and opened the door. As she walked by, the scent of coconuts hit him. He wanted to wrap her up in his arms. When she turned to look at him the tremble of her bottom lip almost broke his heart. He opened his arms, and she came right to him pressing her face to his chest as she cried. She clung to him as he rubbed her back.
Finally, she took a deep breath and pulled back to look up at him. He wiped the tears from her face before pressing a kiss to her forehead.
"What do you need?"
"Do you just want to watch silly TV and order a pizza?" she asked.
"Yes," he said without giving it a second thought. "I would love that."
He led her downstairs as they got comfortable. He wrapped them up in a blanket and handed her the remote. And next thing he knew they were watching the show while she was wrapped up resting her head on his chest. He managed to get his phone out of his pocket ready to get the pizza.
"Toppings?" he asked.
"I'm easy," she said with a shrug.
He wagged his eyebrow. "Stop it," she said as she batted his chest and laughed. He didn't know how much he needed to hear her laugh until he felt that shift.
