Golden → Stefan Salvatore [1]

There Goes the Neighborhood

Chapter 12: There Goes The Neighborhood

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Lia walked up to the Donovan household and knocked on the door. She had gotten used to not having to knock since Matt had informed her of where the spare key was so that she could come over whenever she had wanted to, but ever since his mom had come back to town, she thought it would be better if she had started knocking.

"Yeah, come in!" She heard her boyfriend scream from inside the house so she turned the knob and opened the door.

"Hi, Mrs. Donovan." Lia greeted his mother first as Matt stood up from his seat and made his way over to her, pulling the girl into a side hug. "Hey."

"Hi, Amalia." The boy's mother smiled at her quickly before walking out of the room.

"Alright, well, we're gonna be late, so let's just get going." Matt grabbed his stuff so that they could head to school.

"Sounds good." Lia grinned at her boyfriend.

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"Hey, Matt?" Lia spoke up as they walked through the hallway with one another. "Quick question-- Does your mom like me?"

"Of course she likes you." Matt assured the girl. "She's just being protective because she doesn't want someone else to break my heart."

"Are you sure? Because I'm kind of getting the leave my son the hell alone vibe whenever she's around." Lia couldn't help but be bothered by the thought that her boyfriend's mom didn't like her.

"Stop worrying. She likes you. And even if she didn't, it wouldn't change anything." Matt assured the brunette, making her smile. "Okay?"

"Okay." She nodded as she grabbed onto his hand. "So what do you want to do tonight?"

"We could watch a movie at my place." Matt suggested, but Lia shook her head.

"We always watch movies. Let's spice things up." Lia didn't want to just sit around and watch another movie with Matt.

"Okay, you figure something out then. I'm good with anything." He was willing to do whatever she wanted to do. "I'm gonna go to class. Bye."

"Bye." She watched him walk away and couldn't help but be a little disappointed that he didn't kiss her before parting, but she decided to let it go.

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"Hey." Lia walked up to Stefan and Elena at their lockers. "So, uh, I may have a proposition."

"What's up?" Elena asked her shorter friend, curious as to what she had to say.

"So... Would you guys be against maybe going on a double date tonight? Maybe just dinner or a movie or something. I don't know." Lia wasn't exactly sure how to say it, worried that they wouldn't be up for it.