Rose POV

I hurried home only getting mildly confused about the roads.

I felt better than I had since the battle. Dimitri coming here and – for lack of better words – giving me permission to move on, really helped. If he never had I would feel guilty anytime I made friends or even thought about entering another relationship. But that's the thing that made me love Dimitri most I think, he is so selfless. There is never a day when he wouldn't have put someone else needs above his.

And that is what he is doing now. Putting my needs first. If I was only recently dead then I don't think that I would be too happy with Dimitri moving on so quickly. But Dimitri being the selfless man that he is encourages me to move on.

I pulled into the only supermarket in town hoping to find some Ben and Jerry's cookie dough ice cream. I grabbed a shopping trolley to collect my groceries in. This was one of the things that I liked best about having money; there were no limits on the amount of food and munchies I could buy. And no I don't class munchies as food. Sweets, crisps, chocolate and ice cream cannot make a meal but I try anyway. My eating habits was always something that Lissa and I argued about and Sparkys favourite thing to tease me about.

She was forever telling me that I couldn't sweets or chocolate or crisp or ice cream or anything of that sort for a meal. Breakfast, lunch or dinner. To be honest though I think I deserved to eat what I want for my meals. For one thing it is MY meal. And secondly, I work out really hard so I'm pretty sure that I work off the calories. Not that it would stop me from eating if it didn't.

By the time I got to the checkout my trolley was filled to the brim with munchies and some proper food and veg thrown in there somewhere. I found cookie dough ice cream without too much trouble so I decided to stock up on it so I didn't have to return to the shop anytime soon.

If you don't mind me saying so the person at the checkout was very rude.

"What you said to Mike this morning was way out of order." The girl said in her nasally voice and giving me the stink eye. She really was irritating me and I hadn't fed in what felt like ages.

"I know." I said sweetly. "It's just hard you know. Moving to a town where you don't know anyone and losing my parents and friends. I really would like to apologise to Mike though."

She nodded smugly like she had just got me to feel regret for putting an asshole in his place.

"I could phone him, if you wanted and you could say sorry?"

I nodded at her. "But would we be able to do it somewhere more private?"

She nodded at me, put my trolley behind the counter and took off for the employee only area expecting me to follow. Which I did, after a minute of seething. We went into the female staff toilets and she pulled out her phone.

I looked at and let my fangs extend until they no longer looked like just pointy teeth. She froze in horror making me laugh as everything I had inherited from the strigoi became more dominate.

Snapping back into motion the girl tried to dial someone one her phone. Of course I couldn't let that happen so I snatched her phone and threw it in the toilet.

"Now now, we can't have someone else hearing this. Can we?"

I knew she was terrified but I couldn't stop, the thrill was just too consuming.

I stalked forward, everything about my mannerism screaming predator. At the same time she shuffled backwards until she was flat against the wall, looking around furiously for an exit.

I toyed with the idea of letting her get to the shop front then taking away all of her hope of escaping but decided against it as there may be civilians out front.

I bit into the flesh of her neck, enjoying the fight she put up until the endorphins kicked in. My fangs punctured the aorta and drew the blood into my mouth. The haze of bloodlust wore of as she started to go limp and the bathroom door opened and Mike of all people came in.

"Hey I heard moaning. Mind if I join the fun?" He sounded like he was smirking. "Rose? Jessica?"

Well it was about time that he recognised me, it was nice to know the name of the girl I was drinking from though. I used the element wind to draw him further into the restroom and slam the door shut. Mike did nothing other than gape at me with wide eyes, like a dear caught in the headlights.

I healed Jessica enough that the marks disappeared and she was stable. I also compelled her to forget and think that she snuck into the toilets with Mike for well, you know.

I turned to Mike and contemplated making him forget. I reached the conclusion that it would be too merciful to make him forget. So I let him remember but compelled him not to tell anyone or even hint at anyone. He was shaking by the time I let him and Jessica leave. I don't think that I will have anymore trouble with Mike.

After paying for my shopping and loading the car I made it back in time to meet Angela as she pulled up to my drive way. I parked the car and started to take the shopping into the house. Angela being the lovely person that she is grabbed a couple of bags and chatted as we made our way to the door.

The house was unnecessarily large for just me so I didn't mind having company. I lead Angela to the kitchen where we deposited the shopping and worked together to put it away.

"Are you sure you want to be my friend? I mean this is an out if you would rather be popular?"

I laughed at the thought of wanting to hangout with the bimbos that constantly surrounded Mike and the rest of the football team. Consequently I shuddered at the thought of becoming like them. Angela who seemed to follow my track of thought laughed at the expression on my face.

Grinning at her I grabbed her hand and dragged her to my room, through to the ensuite bathroom. The bathroom was very large and had a walk-in shower, bath, a Jacuzzi and all other bathroom necessities. The floor had fluffy rugs and multicoloured lights. I turned on the shower and laughed at Angela's awed expression.

Grabbing her hand I pulled her over to the shower showed her what shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and moisturiser to use. I laid out a fluffy towel and an even fluffier robe then left. I browsed my walk-in wardrobe for the perfect outfit for Angela. Eventually I picked out a pair of dark blue skinny jeans with fashionable rips in them. I laid them out on the bed and picked out a black tank top that said "Humans suck. I wanna be a VAMPIRE" in red fancy script which I though was funny seeing as I was a vampire. I put a black pair of combat boots at the bottom of the bed with a new pair of slippers beside them. She could wear the slippers in the house and the boots when she left.

Hearing the shower turning off I shouted into her that her clothes were on the bed and I was going to get snacks and hair products. I brought up the ice cream with bowls and spoons as well as all the hair products that I would need. I knocked the door with my foot as my hands were full.

I spent about an hour on her hair then started on her nails. During this time we decided as it was getting late we would have a sleepover and I could help Angela get ready in the morning. Her school bag was still in her car anyway.

We both put our pyjamas on and took our ice cream downstairs to watch the Vampire Diaries.

It's really nice having a real friend. I miss Lissa so much but she wouldn't have wanted me to be miserable so I was trying to be happy. Angela deserved a good true friend and I was going to try and be that. I would also protect her no matter the cost, she reminded me so much of Lissa. They were both so caring and compassionate; it made up for what I lacked in those departments.