As soon as we got there me and Lissa went into game mode. We made up a plan to get into as many stores possible before we had to go. Lissa found a perfect dress for her. It was red but classy and looked great on her, Christian would definitely love it. She also got the hair straightener she wanted and we loaded up makeup. The lady at MAC even did our makeup for free because we bought so much stuff. I was starting to give up hope on finding a dress when Lissa pulled me in a store and pointed a dress.

"rose that's the one" she said smiling and I couldn't help but agree. It screamed rose all over it. It was a black dress with a plunging neck line that went all the way down to my stomach but it was covered with sheer lace it stoped mid thigh and was perfect.

"I think your right Liss" I said grabbing the dress in my size and trying it on. I was going to make Dimitri pay for what he did to me. When he comes im going to look so hot hes going to regret ever leaving me I thought to myself. We picked out shoes, Lissas were black stilettos and mine were opened toed nude heels that were to die for. We got manicures and pedicures and got our hair done. When we were finished we were still in our jeans but we looked hot. When we met up with everyone they all stared. Christian was basically drooling over lissa and Adrian was staring at me.

"little damphir you look amazing" he said coming towards me trying to hold my hand.

"thanks Adrian but no thanks" I said moving my hand and kept on walking.

"when are you going to stop denying what we have" Adrian said with a smirk.

"when we actually have something" I said and Christian bursted out laughing while Lissa was giggling.

The car ride back was excruciating. Adrian was trying to convince me the whole time that we did have something and everytime I shot him down we would think of something else. This kid just dosent give up . as soon as we got back to the academy I said goodbye to everyone and went upstairs to sleep. I put my new dress away admiring it along with the other clothes, shoes and makeup I bought. Finally I jumped on my bed and feel asleep not for even 5 minutes when I saw Adrian. Shit

"little damphir I do remember you saying you were going to beat me in my dreams" he said smirking.

"Adrian I just spent the whole damn day with you cant I get a break" I said annoyed.

"yes you can but I just wanted to talk to you about something first" she said seriously.

"if this is about me denying what we ha-" he cut me off

"no, no its about dimitri" he said carefully and I froze.

"what about him" I gulped

"are you okay with him coming for the holidays rose? I know it must be hard for you and I just wanted to let you know that I am here for you. If you want to skip out on Christmas with him we can do something else. I just don't want your holiday to be ruined because of him"

There were moments when I hated Adrian and thought he only cared about getting into my pants but then there were times like these where I realized Adrian really did care about me. I walked towards him and gave him a hug.

"thanks Adrian but Im fine. Im going to have to get over it sooner or later right? In that case I rather it be sooner"

"are you sure" he asked skeptically.

"positive" I said giving him a kiss on the cheek and letting go of him but he held on to my hand.

"or we can make his life a living hell here" Adrian said smirking again

"what do you mean"

" I mean making him jealous. I don't know if you noticed but I have sort of a bad reputation for being a man whore" he smiled and I laughed. That was an understatement. Dimitri always used to get jealous when I was with Adrian. Wait was Adrian saying what I think he was saying.

"yeahhh" I said waiting.

"well if he thought you and me were together how do you think he would feel" he said smiling. It was a good idea. Dimitri would me furious if he thought me and Adrian were dating and I would love it but it only had one draw back. It could end up hurting Adrian and no matter how much we argue I was starting to love Adrian. Not like dimitri of course but like a best friend and I couldn't take it if I hurt him because although it may just be a game to me it sure wasn't for him.

"Adrian I don't know, I mean it's a good idea I would love to see the look on his face but I don't want to hurt you. I wouldn't want you expecting more than just a game to get him jealous" I said looking down.

" rose I know you love him and you will never love me like that but trust me its okay im fine with it. I promise to only take it as far as you want and I don't expect anything." He said lifting my chin up. "and kissing you infront of him is only a plus" he said smirking. I couldn't help but giggle.

"thanks Adrian you're the best" I said

" I get it all the time" he said smiling "now go get some sleep see you in the morning and we can further discuss our plan" he said as he twirled his invisible mustache and be began to fade. This was going to be fun.