Rose POV

I woke up to bright sunlight streaming through the space left in the window by the curtains which weren't fully shut. I sighed and rolled over, burying my head in my pillow. Suddenly I was pulled into Lissa's head.

Damn it. I hadn't been focusing enough to keep out of my ex-best-friend's head and I forgot my meditation yesterday. Lissa's emotions were all over the place, and she was crying. She had been crying for a long time.

I tried pulling out at first, but I had to admit I was curious; and as much as I hated it, I still cared about Lissa. She was, after all, my sister for most of my life...and the only person I could count on.

Lissa was feeling rejected and crushed; I knew it wasn't because of Firefly because he loved Liss way to much to ever hurt her and not be there to apologize profusly afterwards; so i was confused. What had happened to Lissa?

There was a knock on Lissa's door and she opened it to see...well speak of the devil. Christain stood on the other side of Lissa's door, his own tears on his face. Seriously, what the fuck was going on?

"Christian." Lissa's voice wavered and broke several times during the one word.

He stayed silent, and I got the feeling he was waiting for her to speak again.

"Christian, look-"

"Don't." He said sharply. Lissa almost flinched. "Lissa, don't you dare try to explain or apologize. I didn't come here to hear more of your excuses. I just came to tell you we are done. And this time I actually mean it." He said, turning his heel and walking away. Oh my God...

"Christan please!" Lissa begged. He stopped in the middle of the hallway and turned to look at her. "What happened to you, Liss? Ever since Rose left you've completely changed. You push people down who are in your way and you don't care who you hurt on your way up your stupid social ladder! You've become a total Royal power-addicted bitch and I honestly can't tell the difference between you and Mia; Hell, you're acting just like your brother did!" Lissa's breath caught.

In a few short strides, Christian was right in front of Lissa, taking a strand of her blonde-gold hair in his fingertips. "You used to be so beautiful." His voice softened and was barely a whisper. "You used to be so kind and caring with everyone. Your smile...it used to make my heart beat faster because you were such a beautiful girl, so smart and so different than all the other Royals; so loving."

"Nothing's changed." Lissa said, grasping at his sudden mood swing as advantage to make him stay. "I love you. I'm still that girl."

Christian shook his head, stepping back. "I don't know what happened between you and Rose, but I know she must've seen this was the person you were becoming." Wow he was smart. "And she didn't like it. I don't like it. You're pushing all your friends away-me, Rose, Eddie, Mason...just so you can hang out with all the other Royals, the ones who walk all over us."

"That's not true!" Lissa protested.

"Yeah, it kinda is." Christian said. "I don't know who you are anymore, but I know you're not the girl I fell in love with." He said and walked away. This time Lissa didn't even bother trying to stop him.

She stood there, listening to his footsteps get softer and softer until she couldn't hear them anymore. She felt the tears slipping and quickly locked herself in her dorm room; she didn't want any of her royal friends to see her crying. She sat on the bed and held back her tears as she thought about Christian, the only guy she'd ever loved. She thought about how they first met, in the church attic and about how much she missed Mase and Eddie...and she thought about me.

Where I was concerned in Lissa's mind, there was clouds of regret and hurt. She was angry that I'd hurt her the way I did, saying things I knew would get a reaction out of her and hurt her. She also felt tons of regret and missed me and...

I pulled out of her head. It wasn't right to invade her mind about me. If she wanted to change our current relationship, she could tell me herself. I didnt want to find out how Lissa felt about me this way.

I sighed and fell back, my head landing on my pillow. I couldn't believe what I just saw. Christian and Lissa were done. Lissa was hanging out with the royals. She was driving all her real friends away and treating Mase, Eddie, and Christian like shit. And I'd been gone all of twenty-four hours.

I rubbed my temples. I was so going to have to regain my focus and do my meditating to keep that from happening again. I sighed again and snuggled deep under my covers, letting sleep take over me once again.