Who Would Have Thought?

Chapter 1

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Disclaimer: Unfotuantely I don't own Vampire Academy *sigh*

"Fuck this." I sighed and slumped down onto the couch. "I wish I could sit around in my house all day and just chill with a good old bottle of tequila to drown my worries away." I spoke from my position on the couch and smiled sweetly to the drunken fool who was currently clogging up my living room. As much as I loved Adrian, I was really getting annoyed that he just sat around and did jack shit all day.

"Oi, I do not sit around with a good old bottle of tequila, my goodness Little Dhampir we all know that I prefer the hard gag like feel of straight vodka sliding down my throat." He smiled just as sweetly at me and sat down beside me before draping his arm round my shoulders.

I had really started to like hanging round with Adrian every evening. There was something about two fucked up people, sharing a glass of wine and some Chinese takeout whilst talking about how shit life is. Well, we don't really talk about that. I kind of like where my life is at the moment. I guess I'm where I wanted to be 3 years ago. All I wanted back during my St Vlad's days was to be Lissa's guardian and to be the best at my job. Now my life comes with extra perks. I basically have weekends off, I'm not out in the open every moment and I have a team of 8 amazing guardians who help me with my job. And I have my own place in the royal court and all the food and donuts I could eat. Lissa being Queen was great.

"So what type of takeout will it be tonight? You know I could go for Chinese or some pizza... I don't know I guess I'm kind of feeling, different, exotic. You know?" As I glanced at Adrian he had a smirk on his face.

"I actually have something planed for us tonight Rose. Something nice, something to take your mind off of stuff so you can spend some nice quality time with me, your drunken admirer."

"Maybe I would be more willing to go with you if you hadn't brought up why we would be going" I snapped and jumped from the couch to look at him. Now I didn't want to spend any time with him at all.

All day I had Lissa and Christian treading carefully and asking how I was. It had been a year since it had happened, and even asking me how I was, still managed to bring up feelings I'd worked hard to keep hidden in a dark place where they couldn't be reached.

It had been a whole year since I had that falling out with him. He left... Actually left and hadn't returned.

He sends letters to Lissa, she tries to hide it but I got sucked into her head when she received the first letter. The joy of hearing from him pulled me straight in and she forgot to keep me out.

"I have to go Adrian... I mean it. I can't stick around any longer." I stood up from the coffee table once again. It was hard to leave when he was so good at making me forget but I needed to get out of that crowed café.

I didn't want to be alone but at the same time that was all I wanted. My friends are good and comforting, but I have had hardly anytime time to myself to just cry and try to heal. I tried to smile and it probably came out looking like more of a grimace but it would have to do.

"Okay Rose, bye." Adrian sighed and continued to sip his tea. I turned and grabbed my jacket off of the back of my seat and started to walk off.

"See you" I said as I turned to look at him before I walked out of the store. I hurriedly crossed the distance between all the stores and over to the lake near the trees. I had notice he had started calling me Rose more. He was worried. The only other time he called me Rose, was when we were romantically involved. I had found a nice spot under the trees which was also out of sight of the park across the lake. I laid back against my jacket so that I could stare up into the star filled sky and finally cried.

Feelings of joy radiated to me through the bond Lissa and I shared.

I was getting sick of all this joy shit she kept sending me. That's when I felt it, sadness. I jerked up and snapped into her head, only to see she was alright with her guardians around her. Until I saw what she was looking at... A letter. She ripped it open.

My Dearest Lissa,

I cannot believe the feelings you must have had in this past week but I hope you understand why I left. I cannot be around her any longer. You know and understand how I feel. I feel horrible to be leaving you but I have no doubt there will be great guardians to look after you. Maybe one day I will return but for now I need to be by myself. I can't heal when she is always there. She's everywhere I look, and her presence is almost suffocating. She won't leave me alone and I just can't bear to be near her.

Lissa, I cannot thank you enough for what you have done. You have been my salvation and have healed me from the worst possible fate. Not only have you given me life, but you have saved me from something I knew I wouldn't ever want to be. You have saved me and I will always be in debt to you.

Dimitri Belikov.

I snapped back into my head.

He would never understand how much I went through, to even suggest breaking Victor out of prison for information and trying to get Lissa to fill a stake with spirit. I can't believe that just because she stabbed him with the stake, she gets all the credit. And I live in the same place as him, so of course I'm going to be here. Asshole! And so what if I'm fucking jealous. It's not fair.

I broke again but this time, my hysterics turned into screaming and raving. I cried and I cried until that son of a bitch Noah found me, carried me home and took care of me until I stopped crying.

"I just wanted to do something different. You just seem like you've had a hard day." He sighed as he glanced at me with those eyes he does when he is sorry - for lying out of his ass.

"That's bullshit and you know it Ivashkov!" I was pissed. I counted on him to be him, not to be a pain in the ass like the rest of them.

"Well you're going to come whether you like it or not. I can't keep this person waiting too much longer while you have your tantrum, so go get changed and then we'll leave." He smiled and pushed me towards his bedroom.

-X-

Of course I did what he told me too. That doesn't necessarily mean that I liked doing it, but I'm a sucker for surprises, and I really wanted to know who he had brought to dinner tonight. I managed to keep my cursed mutterings under my breath.

We walked along the pavements of the Royal court. We walked arm in arm, which earned us plenty of stares and whispers from residents of Court. Screw them and what they thought. Adrian kept me sane with his insanity and that's what I needed.

"Quit staring and mind your business!" I said to those who were gawking at us.

"Little Dhampir, mind yourself. Keep your angry talk for the bedroom. You know how hot it gets me when you get rough. Don't make me take you over to those trees right now…" His tone of voice was sexy but serious. The Moroi walking past looked appalled and quickly hurried on. That's when I lost it and burst into laughter.

"Do me sideways! That was hilarious, Ivashkov!" I was holding my stomach, bent over and was laughing uncontrollably. Seconds later he was too. He pulled me along to the restaurant, and we stumbled along, hand in hand, laughing until we got there.

-X-

"So who is joining us tonight?" I asked as coyly as the waiter pulled back my chair for me to sit down.

"I'm not going to tell you, it's a surprise and I hope you don't kill me for it later tonight." He smiled at me nervously. It couldn't be who I think it is. He left seven months ago.

"Adrian, I'm going to ask you this once and once only. Who is it?" I snapped at him.

"Noah."

I stared blankly at him. I wanted to yell, but at the same time, I wanted to be happy. Noah, he was Noah. I'd thought he was going to be the one who could possibly make things better. But then his charge decided to leave court, and like a good guardian, he had to go with him. I threw a fit. A good old Rose fit. One of my best… but that didn't change a thing, and I knew it wouldn't.

I didn't need another person I cared for walking out of my life so I agreed to Skype with him. He didn't think that things would change too much, but after a couple of months I couldn't do it without him being here. He was busy being a big, bad guardian in the big, bad fucking world. I'm Rose Hathaway. I'm not meant to be weak, but I was, and I gave up on him being there. Noah being so far away just reminded me to much of Dim- him. I cringed inwardly, as the ache in my chest throbbed. Yeah that pain still hurt.

"Rose?"

A voice sounded behind me.

That voice, that silky voice. Damn Adrian to death. A rush of emotions came flooding back to me. It's the same thing that handsome bastard said to me the first time I actually met him.

"Rose?"

Who was that? The voice was one I didn't know. Plenty of people knew my name, but I knew most of them. I didn't know this guy and he was ruining my pity and self-depression party, something that they would seriously have to suffer for later.

I stopped my sobbing and my hair pulling to look behind me. There was a man nervously looking at me.

"What the hell do you want? And who the hell are you?" I said angrily, which hopefully implied that I was busy and they should hurry the fuck up.

"Sorry I was- I was, walking through the trees and I heard you crying and I didn't think that you should be upset and that I would, ahh, come over and make you feel better so you wouldn't, you know… cry anymore"

I watched him with the meanest, pissed of look I had and listened to him stumble and stutter his words. It actually made me want to laugh. "You didn't answer my other question. Who the hell are you?"

"Oh, sorry. I'm Noah. I just got to court the other day. My charge is staying at court from now on and yeah. I'm Noah. Hi."

"I didn't ask for your life story." At this he smiled and came to sit by me. "That wasn't an open invitation to come sit down with me. As you mentioned you noticed I was wallowing in my self depression and I would really like to get back to that without being interrupted. Thanks."

"You shouldn't be so sad, you're young. I don't want to see you sad."

"Yeah well, I don't give a fuck what you want to see."

"Come here" He patted to his lap and opened his arms.

"No. I don't know you and I don't need someone fucking up what time I have to myself, so you should make like a fat kid who just saw cake and piss off!"

Even though he smiled at that, his voice was soft with understanding. "Rose, it's okay to hurt."

With that one little phrase my pissed off mood evaporated, and I felt myself lose control of my hurt as the tears escaped from my eyes once again. I felt as strong arms encompassed me and my head rested against his hard chest as the tears flowed freely, staining my cheeks and his shirt. I cried while he rocked me and let me hurt and begin to heal. He just held me tight and made the world seem like a slightly happier place to be.

"Rose? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just got distracted for a minute." I took a deep breath. "Hey Noah."

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