One of the members just laughed. "Ah Adrian! You didn't tell the lovely lady who we were?" He gave me a wicked smile and turned to Adrian. Adrian gave a guilty look and shrugged. "That's our lead singer. Totally brilliant at writing songs, singing and playing guitar but can't even remember to tell his girlfriend who we are." He laughed and flashed me a naughty and wicked smile. "I'm not his girlfriend! Wait, I think I know who you guys are! You guys are his band right?" I asked. "His band? I think it's more our band… And you're not his girlfriend? That's strange… He says something different." His eyebrows raised and that naughty smile showed again… He must be their leader or something since he was the only one talking.

I studied the members of the band. The guy who kept talking to me and kept flashing me his wicked, naughty smiles had bleached blonde, messy hair. His sapphire blue eyes shone in the light and twinkled every time he smiled. His designer clothing stated that he was a rich, royal Moroi. Another of the band members had spiky brown hair and deep chocolate brown eyes. The eyes reminded me of someone else's eyes but I ignored the reminder. He also wore designer clothing. The last member had brown hair with a few blonde highlights. It was spiked up into a faux-hawk. His eyes were the most interesting part of him. They were bright violet. They were really pretty and I felt myself getting lost in his purplish gaze.

"Well guys, why don't we introduce ourselves to Adrian's girlfriend, I mean not-girlfriend." The blonde one winked at me and stepped forward. "I'm Ricky. I'm the lead guitarist and I'm the most awesome member of this band. Not to mention the hottest." His naughty smile lit his face as he looked me up and down. "And you must be the lovely Rose, as we have already discussed." He held out his hand and I shook it hard. He smiled one more time, raised his eyebrows, and went to go join Adrian. Ugh, Blondey. The brown hair guy stepped forward. "I'm Mike. I'm the bass player" He smiled a really shy smile and held his hand out. I took it and shook it firmly. He seemed nice, I liked him a lot better than Ricky, that's for sure. "I'm Rose," I smiled sweetly at him. He just nodded and turned to go join Adrian and Ricky. The last guy, with the purple eyes, stepped forward. "I'm Harry, I play drums," he said in a British accent. "And you're the lovely Rose. Nice to finally meet you." He smiled and shook my hand. He cocked his head to check me out. Mike is now my official favorite. He walked over and joined the rest of the band. I decided to follow after I shook my head in disgust at who Adrian hung out with. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised.

I walked back to hear them discussing a new song. They all shut up as soon as I approached. Well, this was new. "Ah, Adrian. You picked such a lovely girl to be your girlfriend. She's totally hott and she looks like she could kick your ass from here into next week." He smiled that same strange smile. "For the last time, I'm not his girlfriend! And you bet I could kick his ass!" I smiled in glory and shook out my hair. "And she isn't afraid to admit that she can kick your ass… Even better." He chuckled to himself. "Well, we better get ready to go. We aren't gonna be there in time to rehearse." He started to take off but couldn't continue because I grabbed his wrist and asked, "What do you mean rehearse?" He looked down at my hand on his wrist and I instantly dropped it. "We have to practice our new song before tonight's show." He looked at me to see my reaction. He smiled when he saw my face look totally confused and then angry. I turned to Adrian and said, "Rehearsal and A show. Tonight. Wow, Adrian. Another surprise you forgot to mention." I glared dagers at him. I'm never going to find Dimitri at this rate… Dimitri… Just his name sent a shiver down my spine. My dream last night felt so real, it scared me.

Adrian just shrugged and followed the rest of the band out of the airport. He then realized that I didn't follow and quickly ran back. "Rose! You have to come with us… This is going to be crucial in you finding Dimitri! There are people there who know where all the Strigoi hideouts are. You gotta come with, Rose! Please." Did he just say please? And he called me Rose! This must be really important to him. "Fine, I'll go. But you gotta keep the blonde freak away from me… He kinda creeps me out!" I sighed when he smiled hugely. Then he laughed, "Ah Ricky, he can kinda get a little ahead of himself." I laughed too and followed him outside to the limo that awaited us. A freakin' limo! This is seriously better than I imagined… Too bad it will end soon, when I have to go find Dimitri.

The limo was huge on the inside. There was a fridge, TVs, amps, guitars, basses, and drums. There was also a mic. I was in between blondey and Adrian in the car. Everyone was all yelling and singing and playing instruments. Everyone but Mike that is. He did fool around with the bass but he didn't really yell and sing. He seemed really quiet and I quite liked that about him. He also seemed really nice. Mike is definitely my favorite. My headache was still hurting but it was pushed into the back of my mind as I spoke, "Can I hear any of your guys' songs?" I asked. "yeah, sure!" Blondey replied. "Tonight!" he yelled and laughed. "Our new song is going to be awesome! You'll really LOVE it Rose." Harry said. Adrian hit him really hard with his elbow in the stomach. Harry laughed, "What Adrian? You wrote it! Won't she LOVE it?" He laughed again as Adrian hit him even hard in the stomach. Soon they all were laughing, even Mike, at some joke about there new song that I totally didn't get. I decided to ignore it since Adrian didn't seem all that happy at the joking.

We finally arrived at this huge bar. The huge oak double doors creaked as the band snuck into them. They hauled all their equipment into it and started to set up on the stage. I watched them set up. I was kind of curious about their bands name, I also really wanted to hear Adrian sing. I didn't even know he could sing, let alone that he was in a band. The drums were finally brought in and I saw the name Black Thorn written on them. Black Thorn? Strange name… Wait, the new song they're rehearsing must be the song Adrian was writing on the plane! I finally get to hear it! A smile lit up my face. I really wanted to hear Adrian sing. I wondered what kind of music they would sing. My curiosity got the better of me and I decided to go ask Adrian about them.

"Rose! What a surprise to see that Adrian hasn't locked you in a closet yet!" I turned around to see Blondey smiling his naughty smile at me. "What do you mean, lock me in a closet?" I asked, this was kinda interesting. "Oh, he isn't gonna let you hear our new song until tonight. He's gonna lock you in a closet or make sure you're really busy so that you can't hear the new song." I knew my face must have been covered with shock because he burst out laughing and said, "Don't you think our name is interesting? We just changed it, right after Adrian went to St. Vladimir's after the ski trip. Right after he met a certain girl there… What was her name again? I think it had something to do with a flower that had thorns… But I'm not entirely sure." I couldn't believe what I was hearing so I decided to go talk to the guy who didn't seem like he would lie to me, Mike.

"Yeah, everything he said was actually true. He did change it after the ski trip and I think the name does have something to do with you. I also know that he is gonna lock you in the closet or make you do something that makes you stay clear of this room… I think you should do it without protesting that much. He really wants you to hear it tonight. It means a lot to him." That was the longest speech I have ever heard Mike say. I guess it was true since Mike said it. Course I didn't really know Mike but he didn't seem like the lying kind, unlike the rest of the band. "All right. Do you know what he's gonna ask me to do?" I asked curiously, and somewhat annoyed too because I really wanted to hear him sing. "Actually, I think he's gonna lock you in the closet before he makes you do anything." He smiled that shy smile at me. He laughed a little too because my mouth was hanging wide open like an idiot. "He's gonna lock me in the closet! Yeah right! As if he could!" I scoffed. Mike laughed again. "You'd be surprised what Adrian can do when it comes to his songs. He laughed once more and then turned to help finish setting up the stage.

Adrian was going to try to lock me in the closet. Yeah right! As if he could! Could he?

I looked over at Adrian. He was watching me closely. A curious expression covered his face. He must have seen me talking to Mike and Blondey. He hopped off the stage to join me. "Hello my little dhampir. Why were you talking to Mike and Ricky?" he smiled a curious smile. This was really killing him. He really wanted to know. "That's for me to know and for you to never find out." I raised my eyebrows and spun around leaving him stunned. That was really fun. I walked off to go, hm, well I really had no where to go so I just walked until I found a hallway that had a few doors in it. Why not explore? I'm gonna be locked up soon enough.

I walked into a room filled with open windows. Windows? Isn't this a Moroi bar? Then I realized it. My headache was still pushed back into the back of my mind. We weren't in Moroi territory. This was a human bar. The windows overlooked a beautiful garden. A garden filled with roses. I walked to the window and smiled. It was a lovely garden. Just the headache increased and dark figures floated in my eyesight. The ghosts returned and pointed their sad little fingers towards the rose garden. Oh no. This was the garden from my dream with Dimitri. Dimitri has to be here! I have to go tell Adrian. I started to run back towards the stage but my headache surged and I got really dizzy. Everything spun around me and I dropped to the floor. Well, Adrian wouldn't have to worry about a fight while putting me into the closet was my last thought before I totally blacked out.

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