Chapter 18
Matt
I kept pacing in front of Lia’s room. She had to smell and hear me. The pacing was just going to make her nervous, but if anyone was extremely nervous in this situation then it was me. It felt like my heart was going to leap right out of my chest.
“Why are you pacing outside the room?” Rain hissed from down the hall. “Matt just knocks on the door and asks Lia if you can speak with her.”
“And if she says no?”
“Then tell her everything through the door. Problem solved!”
I sighed, deciding it was better to take Rain’s advice than just pacing back and forth, doing nothing but wearing a path on the carpet.
So, I took a breath, knocking rapidly at the door.
“Hello…?”
“Hey, Lia… it’s Matt.”
“I know, I can smell you.”
I cursed under my breath. God, why was she such an awkward idiot when it came to her now?
“Anyway, can I come in?”
“…. Yes.”
With my nerves on edge, I walked inside and stayed in the doorway. Standing in the room where she spent her time was difficult. Her scent was overpowering.
I… was wondering if you wanted to hang out,” I muttered.
“You want to hang out?” Lia asked, confused.
I sighed. “Okay, let me just get straight to the point. The guys were talking and we want to spend some one-on-one time with you. Colby made reservations and bought movie tickets for us, figuring I would chicken out.”
The look on Lia’s face shifted from one of uncertainty and confusion to one of amusement.
“You and I are both in agreement about this then.”
I sighed again. “Is that a yes or a no, Lia?”
“I’ll go since you asked so bluntly.”
She made a point of not saying that I asked nicely, but she was right. I hadn’t exactly been that nice with my questions. Instead, I was rather blunt and curt, wanting to get straight to the point. However, that’s what I wanted to do!
It was easier to just tell her everything that was going on in my mind because beating around the bush was never a clever idea.
“Okay so let’s leave around 5:00 pm tonight,” I told her. “We’ll take my car… if that’s all right.”
“It is.”
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Chapter 18
I left, closing the door behind me. My heart was beating loudly in my chest, making me want to go back there and tell her that this was a bad idea.
But my friends were never going to let me live it down. Rain would start to cry. Then Rain was going to cry while Colby was there just trying to figure out the best way to rectify this situation between us. I didn’t even want to think about what Jesse would do. He would just stare at me in his usually creepy
manner.
Lia
When I smelt Matt out there my blood ran cold. He kept pacing back and forth, getting closer but then his scent would start to get weaker.
What was his game? Why was he pacing in front of my door, repeatedly? I had no idea what I was going to do.
Then he knocked on my door. Begrudgingly, I let him in, and the Matt that was standing before me wasn’t the Matt I remembered. He used to be so confident, ready to tease me until I was close to tears. But besides that, he was also a confident person in general.
I wasn’t used to this side of him. It was beyond confusing.
But his offer to take me out was something I didn’t expect. It was expected that Colby would go ahead and plan it based on how he had acted since finding out the two of us were mated or rather going to be mates in the future.
That was why I said yes. Best to get it over with, anyway. I couldn’t deny the fact that I was stuck with four people who I didn’t want as my mates. There was no getting away from that.
The first person I had to talk to was Simone. She was the only person I could talk to given I didn’t have many friends.
Hey, what are you up to tonight? – S
Ugh, I have a date with Matt. – L
Wait, Matt was the one to suggest it first. – S
Yes. I don’t even know why I said yes. I feel like it’s going to be so awkward. – L
Come on, it might not be that bad! – S
