Okay. I know this has been done in a very similar way before, but I wanted to do my own take on it with different songs. So, this is a story where the Vampire Academy characters do karaoke. It's set after the church scene with Dimitri in Spirit Bound.
"I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has." I stared at him in disbelief. Love fades. Mine has.
"Never would've taken you for a quitter," I muttered, and then excused myself from the pew. I knew I couldn't run in the church, so I stalked towards the back as quickly as I could. It was as if I could feel everyone's eyes boring into my back. As soon as I was free from the stuffy church, I sprinted away. My tears fell freely, splashing on the floor below me as I ran. I didn't know where I was running to, or why, but I ignored everyone around me. I blew past Lissa and felt her shock through the bond at seeing me cry.
Rose, she warned. I did tell you not to go. I kept running away. Rose? She started to follow me. Rose, please.
"Rose!" she called, but I was too far away to here. When my legs finally stopped working, I found myself in front of the gym. It was where the guardians trained on their off-duties. I stepped inside and, thankfully, no-one was there. I yanked a punching bag out of the cupboard and hooked it up. Pulling on the gloves, I tied my hair back into a messy ponytail. I couldn't care less what I looked like. I probably had a tear-streaked face and my clothes had scrapes in them, but I didn't worry. I let loose on the bag, punching out all my anger. I punched because Dimitri didn't love me. I punched because Dimitri didn't understand what I'd gone through. I punched because I didn't have freedom. I punched because my life as I knew it was over.
I don't know how long I stayed in the gym, but I soon found out that I'd got all my troubles away. I sank back against the wall and chugged down some water. A message flickered through the bond.
Come join me. I checked where she was. Just in her room, surrounded by friends. What harm could it do? Maybe I'd feel better. I started heading there, wiping my face on my arm and raking a hand through my tangled hair. I was half way there when Adrian turned up, carrying enough vodka for an entire family of alcoholics. Good, I thought. I would need that.
I rapped on the door and Lissa opened, pulling me into a hug as she did. She didn't know why I was crying but had a pretty good idea. I slipped into the room to see everyone sat in the circle around a bottle.
"What the hell is going on?" I demanded.
"We're playing spin the bottle Karaoke," Christian told me. My blank face must've conveyed my confusion, because he added, "Someone spins the bottle twice, and the two people it lands on have to do a duet from Lissa iPod." I glanced over to the bedside table where Lissa's iPod was sat and plugged into her speakers. I knew that it had almost every song from iTunes on it, whether she liked it or not. She had a bit of a spending spree whilst we were out in the human world.
"You're playing games at a time like this."
"Time like what, Rosie?" I shot him evils and was about to sit down when I noticed a tall, silent figure in the corner. His brown hair hung near his shoulders and I gasped.
"No." Lissa looked at me with pleading eyes.
Please, Rose. He's just got free of his guardians.
"And?"
He was looking for something to do. I'm only being friendly. I grimaced and sat down reluctantly, crossing my fingers that I wouldn't have to sing with him. I didn't know what he sang like, but I definitely didn't want to be singing some 80's love song. I'd rather serenade to Christian.
"Okay," Adrian called. "And the first two people are..."
The bottle twisted in his hands as he spun it around on the carpet. I saw the label blur over and over again as...