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"Love fades, mine has."

I watched him walk away. I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe. I stood there frozen. I felt my heart break into a million little pieces. How could everything we've been through lead to this?

Reality finally set in.

Dimitri didn't love me anymore. He moved on like I've tried to do a thousand times before.

I turned around and started back to my room. I felt the tears start to come. I tried so hard to hold them back and be strong. Let me tell you, it's hard to be strong when the man you've loved and saved tells you he has no feelings left for you what-so-ever.

I quicken my pace. I just wanted to get back to my room, flop down on my bed, and breakdown.

Rose Hathaway breakdown? Wow…I was really losing it.

I finally made it my room.

I changed out of my jeans, t-shirt, and converse shoes into sweatpants and my old academy sweatshirt. I threw my hair up into a messy bun and crawled into bed.

I took a deep breath and let the tears fall.

I woke up the next morning to someone knocking on my door.

Ugh! Haven't these people ever heard of sleeping in?

I pushed the covers back, swung my legs around the side of my bed, and shuffled over to the door.

"Rose!" Lissa threw her arms around me. I really wasn't in the mood to see anyone today, but considering she was my best friend I made an exception.

"What's up, Lissa?"

She took a step back from me and looked at me. Her face went from her normal cheeriness to shock.

"You've...you've been crying! Oh my gosh Rose! What happened?"

I sighed. I forgot to look in my mirror and see what I looked like before I opened the door. Thinking about it, I probably look like a wild animal with hair going in every direction. The thought made me smile. I snapped back from my wild animal day dream and looked at Lissa.

"Can we talk in my room? No offense, Liss, but I don't need people walking by and seeing me look like a wild wildebeest." I stepped aside and motioned for her to come in my room.

She scurried past me and flopped down on my bed. "So what happened?"

I closed my door and started to tell my heartbreak story.

"Well," I paused and took a deep breath. "I saw Dimitri yesterday. We talked and…and…" I felt my face go hot and tears formed behind my eyes. I hated crying. I normally could control my emotions but whenever it came to Dimitri, whether it was sadness, anger, or even love, I could never hide it. I hated that, too.

I started up again, "And he told me he didn't love me anymore. He made it sound like he didn't have any feelings for me anymore. I mean after everything we've been through and he says he doesn't love me!" My sadness switched to anger and I started to pace back and forth. "I saved him! Well…with the help from you of course. But I mean, I found him and got him back normal!"

I stopped and looked over at Lissa. Her face held so much care and concern. She opened her mouth and closed it. A moment of silence passed before she spoke.

"I'm so sorry Rose. I know you loved him so much. But don't forget you still have Adrian, Christian, and of course me. We'll help you get through this, kay?"

Adrian. Oh Adrian. He loved me with all of his heart, but I could never return the feeling. I knew he would be there for me, along with Pryo and Lissa. But the thing was I didn't want to get over Dimitri. I wanted him to realize that he made a mistake and take me back. Now wouldn't that make a good Christmas special?

"I know Liss, but I think I just need some time to myself first. So if you don't mind…"

I hated to kick her out but I really did need to be alone. A brilliant idea just popped into my head. It wasn't something I could share either and I wanted to get everything planned out while it was fresh in my mind.

Lissa looked at me concerned and reluctantly stood up. "Alright Rose, but if you need anything, anything at all, don't hesitate to ask." She made her way over to the door. "Oh," she added turning to face me, "don't do anything stupid please." She smiled at me and left.

Stupid? Did this girl know who she was talking to? I smiled to myself and walked over to my desk. I fired up my laptop and waited for it to boot up.

This plan was anything but stupid.

So what do ya think? Keep going or scrap it?