I ended up on a run down street. It was so grubby. There were shops with smashed windows and the doors had boards of wood on them. All I could think was poor Adrian.
I got to number 35. This house was quite tall, and made of gray bricks. At least it was a 2 story, I thought. Too bad it looked like the seconds storey was gonna collapse. I got out the car and knocked on the door. The hinge broke and the door fell in. Oops.
I walked in. Urghh it smelled like piss in here. No offence Adrian. The stairs where falling apart and parts of the carpet where ripped up. I noticed all the curtains where drawn, as I walked in the living room nothing prepared me for what I saw.
I looked at the sorry sight that was Adrian. He was slumped on the 'white' -it looked more yellow- couch, empty vodka bottle in hand. Was that Russian vodka? God I better check he was still alive.
I walked up to his couch (avoiding the empty vodka bottles and crap) and felt his pulse. Well at least he wasn't dead! I sat next to him on the couch as he snored loudly. His breath smelt of alcohol gently brushed my lips against his cheek and stroked his hair.
I did this for about 10 minutes, and he started to stir.
He opened his eyes, and I gasped at how green they were. he sat up groggily , and realization dawned on his face
"Rose?" he said confused
"Hey-"
"But…you left me?" he was starting to get louder.
"Let me exp-."
"YOU LEFT ME AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO COME BACK HERE?" he started to yell still sounding drunk.
"I'm sorry-." He spat at me.
"NO.I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT ROSE!" he was getting scary now.
"Adrian listen-"
"WHAT, BELIKOV NOT GOOD ENOUGH?" That did it.
"HA YOU WISH!I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE MOVED ON BY NOW,BUT STILL YOUR ARROGANT SELFISH SELF" He went quiet. I then felt bad. Suddenly, he threw the bottle he was holding at me. I dodged and It smashed by my head.
"YOU IDIOT! THAT COULD HAVE KILLED ME!" I screamed. He advanced on me.
Suddenly I heard heavy footsteps coming from behind me. Adrian suddenly looked very, very scared.
I turned around, and none other than Dimitri was standing behind me, furious. He grabbed Adrian by the collar and threw him into the shelf, smashing it to pieces.
"Hey comrade!" I said relieved
He grabbed my hand and pulled me out the house, put me in his car and started the engine.
After about 20 minutes of silence I knew he was mad
"Dimitri? Are you mad?" I asked. Stupid question Rose, stupid question. His knuckles went white against the steering wheel. Uh-oh.
"I dunno rose, am I mad?" he growled with gritted teeth.
"I'm sorry" I said timidly.
He whipped his head around to face me so fast he could've been a Strigoi.
"You're sorry huh? Sorry just doesn't cut it rose.
He must have seen the hurt on my face because his expression softened had never seen him this mad before.
"Look, I'm sorry. Do you have any idea how worried I was? You were out for hour's rose. Hours. You could have been dead for all I knew! And he looked like he was about to kill you!"
"How did you know where I was?"
"Well the biggest hint you were lying was when you wouldn't look me in the eyes. I also looked in the fridge and found at least a dozen doughnuts. I asked Lissa where you were and she said she didn't know. She was obviously lying to me because she did that thing where she scratches her arm. Anyway I eventually got it out of her" I didn't want to know what he did to get that out of her.
"She told me the address, and you know the rest. Now I want to know why" I swallowed.
"Lissa said she saw Adrian at the side of the road, totally out of it. I felt so guilty and had to check he was alright. He's obviously not" I said bitterly. He looked visibly relieved.
"Are you okay?"
"I was sad when I found out where you were. I thought you had left me for him.
"Dimitri-"
"Rose let me finish. I love you and I don't want you to ever do anything like that again. If you are going to leave me, at least warn me first."
We pulled into the drive and I gripped his face in my hands. His eyes focused on me.
"Dimitri, listen to me. I will never, ever leave you. I will love you forever and ever. I promise." And then I kissed him. Hard. He twisted my hair in his hands and I knotted mine in his. he was pushing me against the door. I put my hands under his shirt and pulled away to look into his eyes. I could hardly breathe. Then, much to my annoyance, I heard a wolf whistle coming from the window. Damn. Christian.
"Get a room guys!" he yelled from the window. I would so laugh if he fell out.
"Hey, just because you can't get some, don't take it out on us!" I shouted back. Dimitri laughed, and just like that I was forgiven. Christian shut the window and I pulled Dimitri out of the car. Christian was grinning at me and holding Alice in his arms. Those two were as thick as thieves. James ran up to me and gave me a hug. I was surprised; he was normally too cool for this kind of thing.
"I'm glad your OK mom" he said and looked at me protectively.
Crap. James knew about Adrian. I shot Dimitri a glare. He looked at me helplessly. I don't think he would have told Alice though. She was too young.
I gave James a quick hug and hurried upstairs. Lissa had some explaining to do.
"Lissa come here right now, or so help me I will find you and break every bone in your body!" I threatened. Then I saw blonde head emerge from the guest room.
"Rose I'm sorry."
"Yeah well Dimitri got really angry with me! I have never seen him so mad in my life!" I said.
"Was he really horrible?"
"Damn right he was! He thought I had abandoned him! You shouldn't have told him!
Lissa looked pissed of
"Hey! You think you had problems! He made me feel bad and said things like I was going to feel guilty if you where dead!" She said. I immediately felt bad.
"I'm sorry Liss. It was my fault. I should never have been to see him. You were right, he is totally wacked. he was carrying Russian vodka." We were silent.
"So?"
"So what?"
"What happened?"
"He was nasty Liss. His house smells like piss and is totally wrecked. I don't think he's Adrian anymore. He threw a bottle at my head and shouted at me." As much as I was mad at him I was really sad that I had lost one my closest friends.
"Please don't go back to see him rose."
I gave her a look. "I'm not stupid Liss"
"Ok, ok I'm sorry"
"And I'm sorry for shouting!" I apologised and I pulled her into a big hug.
"Uhh Rose are you feeling all right?" she said, laughing.
"I'm fine."
