When I woke up, there was a sign on my door.

Hey, little dhampir. Meet me at the fountain.

-A.

Well, shit. That's obviously Adrian. I scolded myself for being a little excited at seeing him. He was just too freaking cute. And if I did actually like him then what would I do about Mason? That kid was practically falling over for me. No Rose, don't think about that. It's not going to happen because you aren't going to let it happen remember?

I took a shower and pulled on some jeans and a blue shirt with my converse. I walked downstairs, grabbed a donut and walked outside. I finished my donut by the time I got there. Which really sucked because it had chocolate frosting on it and I was sorry I ate it so fast. Yeah, that's kind of stupid. Adrian was waiting for me when I got there.

"Little dhampir. What took you so long?" he asked, smiling.

"Well, considering I don't like waking up early . . . a lot of things."

"Fine, fine. So what are you doing today?" he asked.

"Nothing."

"Good. So then there's nothing to stop you from going out with me right?" Dang it. I hadn't even thought of that. Why didn't I say I had something planned? Well too late now.

"I guess not. Where are you planning on going?"

"You'll see."

I mentally checked on Lissa. She was still sleeping. Good. I don't think she will miss me too much for a while. But I should probably write a note right?

"Wait a minute. I have to go check something." I told him before running off.

I got to my room, grabbed a pen and paper and wrote:

Went out with Adrian Ivashkov. Yeah, I know. I'll explain later.

Rose

I taped it to her door and started walking back to the fountain. Why am I even going out with him? It's not like it's going to do anyone any good. Especially Mason. Why do I keep thinking about him? It's not like were together. So it's okay right? Yeah. Okay. Right.

Adrian was still waiting for me. That honestly surprised me. I mean, I know I look good. But doesn't he have anything better to do than bug me about going out with him? Well I guess I am the one who said yes. It's better than sitting around here not doing anything too.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Well, I'm here right?" I said, sarcastically.

He laughed. "Rose, I think I'm going to like you."

I didn't respond because I didn't have anything to say.

He led me to his car (which by the way was a Dodge Razor). I stood there staring like an idiot. I barely even remembered to shut my mouth.

"You like speed little dhampir?" he asked, tauntingly.

I just glared at him while I got in the passenger side. "So where are we going?" I asked again.

"What do you want to do little dhampir? Shopping, movies, dinner. It's your choice." He looked at me expectantly.

Well, since he was offering, I decided I was going to do something I actually wanted to do. "Adrian, I want to go to a haunted house, and then I want to go to the movies, and then I want you to take me to an expensive restaurant for dinner." I said with a smile, waiting for him to say he didn't want to that. I didn't actually want to go to a haunted house. I just wanted to see if he would actually take me to one.

"Okay. Let's go."

"Wait, seriously? Your going to do it?" I was seriously surprised. Everyone says Adrian is selfish and rude.

"Yeah. Let's go find a haunted house."

I just smiled and let him drive me around. I was just sitting there listening to Adrian's crap music when someone, or rather Lissa, yelled in my head. ADRIAN IVASHKOV? Rose what in the world are you thinking? Where are you? God, I hate this one way mind thing!

I laughed out loud without realizing it and Adrian looked at me kind of funny. I almost told him what Lissa said. But then I realized he didn't know about the bond. And I didn't want to tell some (sort of) stranger about the bond when it's supposed to be a secret to keep Lissa safe. I just shrugged and he looked away while shaking his head.

"You are definitely weird little dhampir." He said as we pulled into the parking lot of the haunted house. I wasn't too worried about Strigoi here. Especially since I didn't sense any around here. We walked up to the line. It actually wasn't that long since it was the middle of November. Go figure. We reached the front of the line and Adrian paid for us to get in.

"Here it goes." He said.

"Adrian have you never been to a haunted house?"

"No. Have you?"

"No actually I haven't." I said laughing.

We walked through and honestly, that was one of the stupidest things I had ever seen. There wasn't anything scary in there. The only scary thing was when the giant spider came flying down. And that's only because I REALLY don't like spiders.

"Well that wasn't even scary." I said as we got into the car.

Adrian laughed and agreed with me. "So, you want to go to the movies right?"

I nodded and he smiled and pulled out his pack of cigarettes. Those things are so gross. I really wish he would just quit already. Plus, he didn't even roll down the stupid windows. Ugh.

"Adrian, that's so gross."

"Yeah, yeah." He took a long drag off and then threw it out the window. Thank god. "They aren't as bad as you think. And haven't you ever heard the phrase, 'don't knock it till you try it'?"

"Honestly, I will never try smoking. I would rather not smell disgusting everywhere I go, thanks." I said, sarcastically.

He just shook his head and smiled. Apparently he thought something was funny. This music is crap. I didn't want to listen to it so I changed it to rock. Much better than rap, thank you. I don't really want to hear about someone talk about how there life is depressing and so they keep popping pills. Stupid.

"Whoa! What are you doing babe? That was good music."

"No honey. That was shit. THIS is good music."

"Nu uh. That was Ludacris. Are you crazy?"

That whole sentence made me laugh.

"No. If I was crazy, you would definitely know it."

"Alright, look. How about we meet in the middle okay? I get rap for 30 minutes and you get your shit for 15." He said.

Was he serious? "Um . . . I don't think so. That's not fair at all. Now you're the one who's crazy. I get 30 minutes and you get 30 minutes. Deal?" God, was I seriously making a bargain over music? Well at least I got what I wanted.

"Fine. You're harder to date than I thought you would be." Wow. So he thought we were dating? No way. Not happening. His aunt is a total bitch and I've only heard bad things about him. I decided not to say anything though because at least he was being nice right now. Sort of.

We stopped arguing once we got to the movies. Until we had to pick which movie to watch. I wanted an action movie and he wanted a scary movie. Action movies are much better because you can actually kiss somebody during the movie without jumping every 5 seconds. Not that that was going to happen with me and Adrian anyways.

I won the movie pick though. Of course. I have to say I actually had fun though. It's surprisingly fun arguing with Adrian. He doesn't give up like most people so it just keeps going on and on until I point out something good.

I let him pick the candy though. He picked Spree's. I would of liked Mild Dud's or something chocolaty better. But oh well.

We went and picked our seats. We sat in the way far back because that's the easiest to see from. We watched the movie for a while before Adrian held my hand. I didn't pull away because he was being nice and taking me out and all. And I was actually having fun too.

"What would you do if I kissed you little dhampir?" he whispered.

"Well that depends on how good of a kisser you are." I said, smiling.

I caught a glimpse of a smile before he brought his lips to mine. He was a REALLY good kisser. I don't know what I was expecting. He's probably kissed a lot of girls which means of course he would be a good kisser.

I think I might actually like Adrian Ivashkov. Shit.