Chapter 2: I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

Just want to say I own nothing but the clothes on my back. Beginning consists of actual material from Spirit Bound. Spoilers for those who haven't read Spirit Bound. Richelle Mead owns VA. I will also try my best to update regularly. My Chemical Romance owns the song for chapter heading.

Rose POV:

I ran straight up to the gate, successfully ignoring the guardians yelling at me as I approached.

Jumping for a tree nearest the gate I nearly allowed the guardians to grab a hold of me. Quickly, I surged forward, away from the limb I managed to jump on the top of the wall.

I leaped off the wall, almost falling in the process. However, I recovered and sprinted as far and as fast away as I could. Shouts could now faintly be heard behind me but I didn't care.

The only thing going through my mind was, he no longer wanted me. Fine, I no longer wanted any of them. They have each other; there is no place for Rosemarie Hathaway at court anyways.

Dimitri POV:

I can't believe her, or any of the guardians for that matter. One simple thing is all I asked of them. Don't let her come here. Yet, they allowed her in here anyway.

Never will I forgive myself for what I did to my Roz-I mean, for what I did to Rose. Why did she do this to me? Couldn't she see it was hard enough as it is?

"Visitor!" one of the guardians yelled, pulling me from my thoughts. Really, first she runs off without a word and now she's returning for more.

"Listen," I snarled, "I don't want to –" Immediately I stopped upon seeing Lissa's face.

"Dimitri, what's the matter?" she asked, worry showing on her face.

"Oh, um . . . they had let Rose in." I said accusingly pointing to the guards.

"What!" she gasped, "Why did they do that, did –" her gaze dropped nervously, "–you want to see her?" Hope was etched her voice.

"No, I didn't want to see her." My teeth clenched. "Then, she ran off, finally seeing that I don't want her here."

"Oh," was all she said.

Lissa's emotions quickly changed from disappointment to pissed off. Great, she was mad at me for making Rose upset.

"Why didn't she just listen?" Her fists clenched at her sides. Ah, she was made at Rose for visiting. Anger plagued my savior's face. Her body posture displayed how furious she actually was.

I began to wonder if spirit's darkness could be affecting her at the moment. Suddenly, she began to calm down somewhat, confirming my earlier thoughts. Although she was no longer fuming she was still very unhappy with Rose.

"I'll return later, Dimitri, I'm sorry she got in here. It won't happen again." I could trace a still dangerously cold tone despite her now calm exterior.

Lissa POV:

How dare she? I told her he DIDN'T want to see her.

Poor Dimitri, I could see more pain within his eyes, more than likely renewed by seeing Rose. He needs time, could she really be so selfish? Of course, she could it is Rose after all. She does what she wants when she wants.

"I'll return later Dimitri, I'm sorry she got in here. It won't happen again." My voice was like ice but I didn't care.

Rose needed to see that how wrong it was for her to do that to Dimitri. I mean he was strigoi for Christ's sake. I stalked off away from Dimitri, hunting for Rose. By the time I was finished with her she won't come within five miles of him.

I began searching for Rose. When it became obvious I wasn't going to find her at her room or wandering around court I went to look for Adrian.

By the time I reached Adrian's room it had been nearly an hour since I had started looking for Rose. "Have you seen Rose?" I asked him calmly.

"No I haven't, why, cousin? What did she do now?" Curiosity played upon his face.

"I can't find her and she also really upset Dimitri." I said, anger beginning to rise again. "She saw him a little more than an hour ago. So you haven't seen her since then?" Jealousy sprang up on his features.

"Afraid not. I haven't seen her, sorry cousin. If you really want to find her go ask a guardian or something, they will probably know where she is at." Hans, why didn't I think of him earlier?

"Thanks Adrian. Talk to you later." He nodded as I ran off looking for Hans.

Author's Note! I will attempt to update as soon as I possibly can but I have a buddy visiting for the summer so I might be a little distracted. So, I shall apologize ahead of time, I'm sorry if my updates on this story are not frequent. I hope you all are enjoying the story so far. Thanks for your reviews, they got me grinning like a fool.