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"Yeah, he moved to Mystic Fall not too long ago. We've been playing music, and I might be helping with his next album."
Her sister snatched the phone out of her father's hand to look for herself.
"Liam James," her mother said, fanning herself.
"I totally forgot you have a thing for Liam James," Sadie said as she started to laugh.
"Oh, your mother got a definite thing for Liam James," he said with a deep chuckle.
"I don't have a thing for him... I just think he's handsome," she protested as her cheeks turned bright red.
"Gross, Mom. He's like twenty-seven and you're old," Tricia said with a wrinkled nose.
"You guys should come to visit. You can totally meet him," Sadie said with a smile.
"Mystic Falls, huh?" her dad said, seemingly settling into the idea.
"Yeah, I love it there," she said, smiling up at Lucas.
"Well, we will definitely come and visit. We support you, sweetheart, it just all seems sudden to us,” said her mother.
Sadie opened her mouth to protest.
"But I can see it's not sudden to you. Your aunt always loved it there, and you're so much like her, it makes sense it would be a great home for you too."
Things calmed down after that and they enjoyed their meal, but her sister had been quiet. There was a part of Sadie that wanted to reach out to her sister and smooth things over. But it wasn't up to Sadie this time. Maybe if her sister came to her and admitted that she had really damaged their relationship and wanted to make amends it might change things, but that was on her.
As they made their way to the parking lot her father clapped Lucas on the back before shaking his hand. "It was nice to meet you. When we come to visit, I just might take you up on the golf game in Glendale."
"Sounds good, just tell me when and I'll set a tee time."
"Give me a hug, button," her dad said as he pulled her into a hug. "Your mother and I will plan a trip up soon. We can bring the rest of your things that wouldn't fit in your car."
"That would be great," she said, reaching up on her toes to wrap her arms around her father's big shoulders.
Her sister stood off to the side, clearly, she wasn't quite as happy as everyone else.
"Bye Tricia," Sadie said.
"Bye."
While part of Sadie didn't want to leave it like that, she also wasn’t going to bend over backwards to fix a problem she didn't create. Tricia could fix this one herself and Sadie would talk to her, but not till then.
Lucas took her hand as they made their way began their walk back to the hotel.
"Well, dinner was lively," he said.
She looked up at him and couldn't help the wide grin that spread across her face. Yes, dinner had been a fiasco, but in the end, it had been just what she needed.
"Sorry if that was a lot," she said.
"What I saw was two loving parents making sure their daughter wasn't making a mistake. They came around."
"Not my sister."
"Yeah, I got nothing there. I support you."
"Thank you, I wish I knew what I needed to fix that relationship, but I just don't. I mean, I'm so happy with how it all played out, but that doesn't mean that what she did wasn't incredibly hurtful."
