Second chapter to Hundred Reasons To Cry, Thousand Reasons To Smile

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Oh btw Rose doesn't have her bruise in this :)

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Rose POV

I went up to my room and looked around. Huh…Lissa's not back yet. I sighed and got my stuff ready. Ugh, I may as well check that she's alright. I shut my eyes and drifted off into Lissa's mind.

Lissa's POV

"Did you see that?" Eddie asked.

"I'm pretty sure everyone one of us saw Rose on top of Adrian Ivashkov of all people, Eddie… unless you're blind of course, did it take you that long to process it through your head?" Christian laughed his stupid laugh. From the corner of my eye I saw Mason flinch at that.

"Christian!!!" I punched his arm

"OWWW!!! I'll get you back tonight, Dragomir" He waggled his eyebrows at me.

"Ewww please don't talk about that when we're here" Eddie grimaced. I looked at Mason. He's still the same, been sitting in the corner for like 10mins.

He looked up at me, probably saw concern on my face. "Mason, I'm sure she doesn't mean it, I've never seen her that angry. I'm sure we just misunderstood, she made a point, we're her friends, we should believe her" I said. "Don't worry, I'm fine, Lissa" He looked back down on the floor.

"Well how bout we go out tonight?" I suggested, since Rose probably doesn't want to see us, though I'd really like to check on her. "Where to?" Eddie's face lit up. "Ummm…How about pizza?" surprisingly, it was Mason who spoke. I thought he would be sulking in the corner. "Done deal" I winked.

Rose's POV

I got out of Lissa's head, well seems like they're doing fine without me… everyone except Mason, he'll survive. I massaged my temples for a few minutes before jumping in the shower. It was warm and soothing; I felt relief through the bond. Did Lissa come back into our room? Then I heard the front door shut. I hopped out of the shower, wrapped a towel around my body. Took out my black Country Road tote bag and threw my PJs in them (I only wore an oversized shirt and underwear to bed), some toiletries, towel (in case I threw up and needed a shower) and a change of underwear. I wore a grey top, black skinny jeans, black leather Nine West stilletos and a black leather jacket. As I walked out of the bedroom I went by a mirror.

Hmm… since I'm off duty, I may as well put some make-up on. I applied smokey eye makeup, checked my nails and they still had black nail polish on them from the last sleepover I had with Lissa. As I headed towards the door I saw a little folded piece of white paper.

I opened it:

Hey Rose,

I hope you're feeling better, sorry about judging you before, if you're going to get drunk tonight be careful okay?(Well I'd prefer if you didn't). We are heading out to town for some pizza. You're probably freaking out right now, rest assure we have guardians with us, Dimitri included.

xoxo,
Lissa.

I smiled a little, she knew me too well. At least I'll know that they're safe since Dimitri is with them. I sighed, I really miss him. I stepped out of the elevator and asked the receptionist for Adrian's room number since he forgot to mention it.

Adrian's POV

Oh god, I can't believe my Little Dhampir actually said yes. She's coming to my room and getting drunk with me. But I promised that I wouldn't take advantage of her, the good side of me thought. Don't worry bout it, she'll be so drunk that she won't remember anything tomorrow, the bad side of me thought. JUST SHUT UP!

I heard a hard knock on the door, hope she's not angry, I thought to myself. I ran to it as fast as I possibly could. Come on, for a royal Moroi, I'm pretty tall, strong and athletic. I opened the door, disappointed… it was the ski lodge staff, who I requested to restock my bar. As they walked out the door I thanked them and I glanced at the clock. A few minutes to go, I lay back on the couch and stared at the blank white ceiling, before a soft knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. That's probably her. I opened the door and smiled at my Little Dhampir, who was standing outside my door with her black tote bag smiling at me. Damn, she sure knows how to look good.

"Took you long enough" I smirked. She looked nice, no scratch that... she looked beautiful. "I could go back to my room if you want" she said playfully.

Rose POV

"NOOOO" Adrian jumped. I giggled and he sort of blushed. "Wow, never thought I'd live to see Adrian Ivashkov blushing to a girl" I smacked him on the arm. "It just got cold all of a sudden" he scratched his head, trying to hide it.

"Nawww, don't worry I won't tell anyone, it'll be bad for your vibrant reputation" I smirked. Wish I had a camera with me when he gave me the cutest puppy dog eyes. He was wearing a cream colour shirt with a black tie on loosely around his neck and black dress pants. I gotta admit he looked hot in like everything. My mind wandered to what he would look like without them on… Snap out of it! Jeesh.

"Wow, I never thought that I'd live to see Rose Hathaway checking me out" Adrian said sarcastically. "You're imagining things, you obviously started drinking before I came here" I exclaimed. Maybe we're not so different after all. No wait, what about Dimitri? You love Dimitri, stop thinking about Adrian.

"Nah, I'm completely sober" he said proudly. "You want a trophy with that?" I laughed. "The only thing I want is you, except the fact that you're making it really hard" he grinned evilly.

I walked into the living room and saw the private bar he had. "I'm going to change into my PJs" I walked into the bathroom, I took my clothes off, I had my black bra and underwear, then I changed into my oversized grey cotton shirt (it goes down to my thighs), my silk robe clung to my curves. I walked back into the living room, Adrian was already changed he was wearing a white cotton shirt, navy blue cotton PJ bottoms. "Are you done checking me out, Ivashkov?" I smiled. "No" he shook his head. Man, he really voices out his opinions, doesn't he? "I'll never get enough of you" he added. Something about that made my heart skip a beat.

I threw my bag on the recliner and checked out the bar. Everything was fully stocked. "I gotta say, I'm impressed, Ivashkov. But you know I saw the Lodge staff leaving you room, this wasn't stocked before was it?" I looked up at him.

"Busted" he raised his hands. "Well I wanted to hang out with you and it was half stocked since I drank most of it" he added.

I found a black iPod dock next to the bar "Do you mind?" I asked. "Go ahead." He said. I grabbed my iPod Touch from my bag and put it on shuffle. Taio Cruz ft Ludacris – Break Your Heart came on. "Oh my god, I love this song!" I started singing and dancing to it. Adrian's eyes were all over me. "You might wanna start making the drinks" I nodded towards him. "On it, babe" he practically ran to the bar.

I started off light with a few bottles of Vodka Cruisers, Adrian practically went straight into the Russian vodka. He laughed at me "What?" I looked puzzled. "My Little Dhampir, you're drinking the kid stuff" he handed his bottle of vodka to me. "You did not just call my baby, kid stuff" I hugged my drink and grabbed his vodka and drank the rest of it (which was about half full). "Whoa" I got up, felt woozy. Adrian just laughed at me.

We continued drinking and Adrian and I shared a bottle of Johnnie Walker whiskey after the vodka was finished, the whiskey was strong, it tasted a little sweet but it had a bitter aftertaste and a burning sensation after you swallowed. He grabbed a deck of cards, "Strip poker?" he smiled. "Umm, I dunno how to play poker" I felt like an idiot. I scanned room and saw a Wii console. "Oh my god" I ran to it and grabbed a game, I looked at it. Man I could barely read it. "How bout strip dancing" I suggested.

"Dancing and stripping with you sounds sexy to me" he nodded. "Ok, you're on" he looked back at me. "Since you promised not to take advantage of me, we can only strip to our underwear. The rules are we dance and whoever loses has to strip off one piece of garment, whoever who only has their underwear left on loses" I winked. I turned my iPod off.

We scrambled to the TV. We turned on the Wii, waited for the game to load up and Adrian chose the first song, Scissors Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancing. I danced around with Adrian and he lost, probably because he was busy looking at me when I danced. "Take it off, Ivashkov" I whooped. He took his top off. I was seriously about to drool there, he had really toned abs for a Moroi, what more he's a royal. Omg, not again. I think I'm falling for the idiot. Or it could just be the alcohol influencing me, who knows?

We continued the next round I chose Ciara - 1, 2 Step, this time Adrian was more into the game. "Eager to get me to strip?" I laughed. Me and my stupid mouth, I just had to jinx myself. I lost that round and Adrian was grinning so evilly, it was scary. I took my robe off he seemed really disappointed since he didn't get to see much skin. Adrian took his pants off next he had silk boxers on, he looked up and smiled at me. "Looks like I won again" I pointed at him. "But since you're the only one in your boxers, I'll take my shirt off so you won't fell like the odd one out" I was drunk…he had a serious look on. "Does this count as taking advantage?" Jesus Christ he actually did keep his promise, maybe the world really is ending. "You kept your promise how noble of you, but this isn't counted" I stammered.

His jaw practically fell on the floor when I took my shirt off. "See something you like?" I was way too drunk, but it was good that I wasn't feeling nauseous. Adrian nodded. Then I just felt a sudden urge to kiss Adrian I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around him, I reached up to kiss him but he pulled away. I can't believe he pulled away, I thought this was like something he wanted.

"You told me not to take advantage of you" he turned his back to me. I hugged him from behind. "Well I would say the safe word but we never actually came up with one" I mumbled into his back. "So whatever the safe word was going to be, I'd say it now" he turned around and pressed his lips against mine, boy, was it good. I felt him smile then he pulled back, there was that glint in his eyes again. The glint showed compassion and love.

I was happy, I didn't even think about Dimitri at the time. We continued making out on the floor and he carried me to the bed. I reached for his boxers when he gripped my hands tight. "Not when you're drunk" he sighed. Wow he really did care about me; I've always thought that he only wanted sex from me. We just continued making out on the bed after we broke away for air I yawned. Adrian smiled at me then pulled me closer to him and wrapped his warm arms around me.

"Sweet dreams, my Little Dhampir" He kissed my forehead.

For once in my life I felt safe and happy, I fell asleep in his arms.

End Of Chapter 2

Secondhand Serenade - Fall For You

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breathe
Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

I think that would be a good song for this chapter...

Well hope you enjoyed it~ I might post another one tonight or same time tomoz.

Please review :) oh thank you again for all the reviews guys, I appreciate it.

lots of love,

-L.