Chapter 3

I sat on my bed fiddling with the strings along the edges. Christian was somewhere so I had the house to myself. Lissa coming in earlier threw me off, why break up with someone if you want them still? Eh, whatever not my problem, the door flung open and I leaned to the left trying to figure out who was. I saw Christian come in and plop on the couch.

I got up and went into the living room. He was just lying there on his face, not moving. I knelt next to him and turned him over trying to see what was up.

"She wants me back," he whispered. I shrugged and turned him over.

"Then what's the problem," I asked.

"I slept with her best friend,"

"Look, stuff happens and she never has to know I'll never admit I actually slept with you and as for the bites I'll say you were having an anemic moment and couldn't make it to the feeders so I helped you out," I told him, "there's no issue, if you love her go and get her she won't be on the market for long and you should act now," he nodded, realizing I was right and stood up and got ready to go tell her he wanted her too. I left out a few minutes after him wearing my black tank top and red skinny jeans, my hair swung behind me and I just went ahead and waltzed around court like a boss. Somehow or another I ended up where I always ended up on these Monday strolls. Dimitri's room.

"Miss Rose, we can't let you down there today, specific orders from Princess Dragomir," the guard on the left told me. I glared hard and pushed them both out of the way opening the door and walking down the stairs, not calling out in warning to either of them. I finally got to the bottom of the stairs and I heard.

"Get your clothes on,"

"Someone is coming put that away,"

"Throw away the wrapper,"

I turned the corner and saw that it was her and Dimitri doing something unprecedented, but just her giving him his pills and him changing his clothes from yesterday. I sighed and felt a little silly. She was with Christian, why would she go to Dimitri. She wouldn't. She smiled nervously at me.

"I thought the guards weren't letting anyone down here," Lissa giggled bogusly. I shrugged.

"I find a way, so…you and Christian are back together," I stated, looking around for anything unusual. Her desperate expression begged me to leave but I wouldn't. She stood directly in front of Dimitri and he had a creepy grin on his face. She was biting her lip and her face was pink. Something really wasn't right.

"Ya, we're happy…happy, happy, happy!" she babbled straightening the wrinkles on her skirt. He did something that caused her to squeak and I rolled my eyes she wasn't in a talking mood, but I walked closer. Her eyes widened and he put on his guardian mask. He shifted and his nose twitched a little, then he fumbled with his belt and sat down. Her expression was thoroughly embarrassed and happy at the same time .

"Dimitri-,"

"Rose,"

A warning expression crossed Lissa's face, but I ignored it and stepped toward him again.

"You said our love faded…but what if mine didn't…Dimitri…please don't do this…I can be everything you want me to be…don't you see that? We were made for each other," I pleaded. I saw Lissa roll her eyes, but Dimitri was my main focus.

"You're right…" he said finally, "you can be everything I want, and you are. You're everything I want, but nothing that I need. It'd like you just don't get it Roza…I never loved you. I wanted to get laid…I never meant for it to go this far, but it did. You got all attached and even turning strigoi didn't keep you away. You saw how I treated you, but here you are…Roza my love didn't fade, it never existed and I'm sorry,"

I watched him say all of this but I couldn't hear half of it because my heart had repositioned itself in my ears and I was dying. I knew it this is what death felt like.

"Dimitri…"

"I think it's best you leave Rose," Lissa whispered. I couldn't fight it, I turned on my heels and ran away…but not before I noticed the golden condom wrapper only half open, lying abandoned on the floor. Slut.