Lissa looked hopeless searching through her wardrobe over and over. I sighed and pulled out a sparkly navy blue cocktail dress and held it up to her.

"Cool down girl. It's not like you're going to see the queen. You're just going to my welcome back party."

Lissa's eyes widened, "Just? Oh Rose! Never say just. You're my sister that I never had. So don't you ever talk like that again or I-"

Rose laughed, "Like I said you need to cool down Liss."

Lissa sighed and scratched her hair, "I guess you're right."

Rose grabbed her wrists lightly, "I am right."

Lissa was the reason I was still alive today, literally. Even though she didn't find out until about a year ago, I would've been dead if it weren't for her spirit powers. And she was the reason why I didn't join Dimitri in the Strigoi life when he had offered. I mean, come on, invincibility was cool. But if I couldn't protect Lissa it was a no deal. Strigoi don't stay together long, so if I had succumbed to the Strigoi life, it was a likely chance that Dimitri would've lost interest in being my partner. God, I really have to stop thinking of that guy.

She smiled softly and hugged me, "Promise that you'll never leave again, Rose."

I nodded, "Never."

I was throwing myself into rough waters making all of these promises. If I don't watch out, I'll soon be drowned in them. It's not like any promise is more important than the other because if they were, it was too late for me to think of it now anyway. A promise was a promise, and like with sex, once you o it, you can't go back, or be forever fucked.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Lissa and I giggled and rushed to put on our party clothing. Adrian or Christian, or both were waiting at the other side of the door to collect their ladies.

"ONE SECOOND!"

I slid on my black dress and the ridiculously high shoes that Lissa had bought for me. I had insisted on wearing black tonight because it was what I knew I wore best.

I whispered, "Hurry up, Lissa!"

She whined, "I'm trying the straps for these shoes are too complicated!"

There was a knock on the door again I was getting irritated, "Hold your horses!"

About two minutes later we opened the door.

Adrian and Christian grinned.

"Hmph, you'd better looked better than J-Lo taking forever in here." Adrian joked.

Christian raised an eyebrow at Lissa and held out a hand, "Shall we?"

Adrian, Christian, Lissa and I stepped into the party in style.

"There she is!" said a familiar voice.

I was puzzled, "Mason?".