For anyone that has read the Bloodlines series! I'm basing after Golden Lily and before Indigo Spell. And I'm just saying Dimitri just came back from his time in Palm Springs pre this story.
Sorry for anyone who hasn't read the BLOODLINES series because this does contain SPOILERS!
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He pushed me against the wall; I wrapped my legs around his waist. He groaned into our kiss.
"Christian..." I groaned as his hands slid up my dress. "We... Cant… not here."
He laughed. We were at Sonya's 'pre-wedding' party and we have found our way into the back of the coat room. It had been two weeks since Christians break up with Lissa and our argument. Lissa still hadn't said a word to me. Dimitri had gone back to ignoring me.
"I know you love it Rose, the fear of being caught... You love the rush… Otherwise we wouldn't have done it in the café bathroom... Mia's lounge room floor… in the Courts Garden last night…"
His fangs brushed my neck. "Christian... please." I begged when he didn't bite me.
"No I can't... not in the middle of a party." He said pulling away.
"Oh come on what happened to loving the rush... come on baby you didn't bite me last night either."
He sighed and then bit into my neck.
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After getting dressed and making sure that my hair covered my neck properly we made our way out of the coat room and back towards the party.
"So... what made you change your mind?" I asked as I patted down my hair.
"Mmm?" he said grabbing a drink from the passing tray. "Oh um you called me baby." He gave a sarcastic laugh.
"I did?" I asked flushing.
"Yeah you usually only call me that if you really want it." He said waving at Mia from across the room.
"Oh..." I said laughing.
"Should we... I don't know… stop. This can't be healthy. What we have going on. " Christian whispered.
"No... I mean what is casual sex between friends?" I said shrugging. Christian just smiled down at me.
"Rose?" I heard some say behind us. I saw Adrian lazing against the wall behind us smirking.
"Adrian?" I said going up and giving him a hug.
"Hey Rose. Christian." Adrian said nodding at Christian. "Wanna take a walk with me Rose?" Adrian asked already leading me out of the room. We walked in silence for a while.
"So... how you been?" I asked awkwardly.
"Not as good as you I see." He said bitterly. "Does Lissa know that you and Christian are bumping uglies?"
"I... what, what are you talking about?" I asked innocently.
"Come on I saw you two coming out if the coat room and you reek of sex. Does Lissa know?" he asked angrily.
"Lissa and Christian broke up two weeks ago Adrian." I argued back.
"Oh I know." He said smugly. "I wanted to know if she knows her best friend is fucking her ex."
"No she doesn't. So don't you dare tell her." I said glaring at him.
He gave a short laugh. "So you admit it? Your sleeping with him?" I nodded. "Why him Rose? Seriously you left me because you weren't ready for a relationship but you're with him?" he shouted.
"I'm not dating him Adrian." I said bitterly. "Were both just lonely and bored."
"oh." He said taken back. "Couldn't have done that with me?" he sounded hurt.
"No Adrian. Too many feelings between us. With Christian there is nothing." I looked at him, and I felt my heart hurt. I took a step closer to him. "I miss you Adrian."
He pulled me in and kissed and laced his hand in my hair. He pulled back and looked at me and sighed in frustration.
"What's wrong?" I asked weakly.
He sighed again. "It's not you Rose, it's her... It's Sydney."
"Sydney?" I asked confused.
He sat down on a bench, his head in his hands. "Not matter how hard I try I can't shake her. I can't get her out of my mind."
"Sydney?" I said shocked. "Um wanna talk about it?"
"I just, I've tried to be with other girls tried to move on but I just... She's all I think about. I thought maybe seeing you or kissing you would bring back old feeling, that I could move on or anything, but no all I can think about is her."
"Oh." I said bluntly. "I really did missed you Adrian." I said grabbing his hand. He looked down at out entwined fingers sadly like he was begging himself to feel something. It hurt.
"I love her." He said with a small laugh. "I tried not to but I do."
I swallowed. "Have you told her?"
he nodded. "She knocked me back on my ass. I know..I know she loves me to. She just won't admit it. She has to, the way she kissed me…" He was shaking his head.
"Maybe... If you just tried to forget." I said moving my hand to his leg. "Maybe if you stayed here and started dating again, you'd forget her?" I suggested.
He smiled at me for a second and then his face got serious. "I can't.."
I nodded feeling rejected. I said a goodbye and good luck and headed to my room. Once I got to my room I broke down. I sat on the floor crying. Being rejected by Adrian hurt more than I thought it would. I know I was being selfish, I should be happy that Adrian had moved on but it still felt like a knife in the heart.
"Rose?" I heard Christian say from the door. I had given him a key to my room over the past weeks.
I turned around to face him and wiped my face with my jacket sleeve. "Hey Christian." I croaked out.
He looked taken back for a second before coming over and hugging. "What's happened, Rose?"
I pulled back from him and sat on my bed. "It's stupid."
"Rose Tell me." He said seriously, sitting down on the bed next to me.
"Seeing Adrian brought back old feelings I guess. I kissed him and he said he didn't want me because his in love with someone else."
Christian rubbed the tears off my face. "Even though you didn't want to be with him, you still thought you would always have him to lean on. And he rejecting you hurt."
I stared at him surprised for a couple of moments before I pushed him down on to the bed.
I started to kiss him but he pushed me away. "Rose, stop. We Cant."
"and why not?" I purred into his ear.
"I'm not having sex with." He said, I reeled back hurt. "Not while you're upset like this. I'm not gonna take advantage of you like this."
"you're not Pyro." I said unbuttoning his shirt. "Come on."
He pulled my hands off me. "No, Rose."
I got off him and tried not to cry. "First Adrian, now you? That's just great." I said walking towards the door.
"Rose, please it's not you, you know that. Don't be stupid" He said trying to grab my arm. I shock him off.
"I don't need you." I yelled before slamming the door behind me.
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I arrived at the courts main bar five minutes later. I looked around the room and spotted someone I knew would be here. Bret Lighthorn was a regular at this bar. He wasn't royal but his family were one of the wealthiest families at court. He was hansom enough; his blonde hair was matched beautifully by bright blue and he was well know for his love women, especially Dhampire women and on my random nights out had made several tries at me I had always batted away. Tonight I went straight for him. "Hey."
"hey Hathaway." He said smiling. I looked around the bar quickly making sure no one could hear me.
"Do you want to get out of here?" I said tucking my hair off my neck so he could see my exposed neck with bite marks on it.
He smiled largely. "Sure thing."
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