*Disclaimer* Sadly, I don't own VA or the characters, I'm not Richelle Mead. If I was I bet you guys would be totally surprised! Lol.
Thanks again for the reviews, and for sticking around to keep reading! Sorry for the delay, I just had some stuff going on at home with my family and couldn't get around to writing. This is longer than my previous chapters though, so hopefully it will make up for my the last couple of post-less days :D
~VF111
Chapter 4
Lissa POV
"Rose! I can't do this!" I said and flopped on my bed. Rose was leaning into the mirror, applying mascara. She sighed.
"Yes you can, Liss. Calm yourself! It's just a harmless movie date! Me and Mason will be sitting in the back of the theater, so it's not like you will be alone," she said.
"And don't forget Adrian," I said.
"Don't remind me," said Rose, switching to eye liner. "Remember, this isn't a date for me, it's to get you and Christian together."
I sighed and looked at the digital clock. 6:25pm. The movie was at seven. I sat up quickly, grinning. Rose glanced at me through the mirror.
"What?" she asked.
"If you're making me do this…" I began, sorting through my closet. "Then you have to wear…this!" I spun around and held up the chosen outfit. Rose gasped.
"No! That's a costume, Liss!"
"I know," I said and laughed. "That's the price if you want to go to the date!"
Rose groaned.
"Are you going to wear it?" I asked sweetly, waving the outfit in front of her.
She rolled her eyes. "Give me the damn costume."
Adrian POV
I slapped some cologne on my cheeks and ran a hand through my hair. I grinned at my reflection. I was going on a date with Rose tonight. Of course, Mason would be a problem…but I would take care of him later. I heard a knock on my door. Aunt Tatiana rattled my locked doorknob.
"Adrian! Have you been going through my liquor cabinet?" she yelled through the door. Shit.
"No!" I lied.
I waited and listened intently until she walked back down the hall, muttering something about some missing vodka.
"It was only a sip or two…" I mumbled. I checked the clock. It was 6:40. I checked my teeth once more in the mirror before grabbing my jacket and started on my way to the movies.
Christian POV
I stared at my reflection in the mirror for what seemed like forever. How was I going to make this work out with Lissa if I couldn't even get myself together for the first date? I didn't know what kind of stuff impressed her.
I tried on twelve different outfits before I found one that I actually liked. I wore black jeans, black Converse. I smelled my plain black T-shirt before putting it on, and crinkled my nose. Okay, I don't think chicks go for bad smelling guys. I put a clean My Chemical Romance T-shirt on instead, and nodded.
I decided to use some of my dad's old cologne that I had, but never used. It was one of the things I got to keep when he died. I fiddled with the cap for a while, and eventually got it open. I sprayed some on my cheeks, and as soon as I smelled it, I began to cough. I started rubbing my cheeks, trying to get rid of the horrible scent. So much for smelling good.
Before I left, I went to check myself in the mirror one last time.
Oh, yeah. Looking pretty sexy tonight, Christian.
I licked my fingers, attempting to fix my hair like the cool guys in movies, when I choked. I still had some cologne on my fingers, and I just licked it. Nice move.
Mason POV
I stood inside Rose and Lissa's house, waiting for them to finish getting ready, or whatever girls do before a date. I glanced at the clock and groaned. 6:55. I had been waiting for 15 minutes. I sat on a step at the bottom of the staircase.
"What's goin' on? We might miss the movie!" I hollered up the steps. I heard Lissa laugh. Finally I saw her and Rose come down the steps.
"What's the rush, got a hot date tonight?" Rose asked. I looked her up and down, puzzled. She was wearing dirty jeans, and an ugly plaid flannel shirt underneath a brown leather vest. She wore pointy brown cowboy boots that reached up to her knees. To top off the look, her hair was split into two long braids that thrashed around as she bounced down the steps.
"Uh…you look nice…" I said to her. She stuck her tongue out at me.
"You can thank Lissa for that."
I looked over at Lissa, who was wearing a denim skirt and a black, sparkly shirt. Lissa shrugged. "Guilty as charged."
I sighed. Here we go.
My older brother, Jesse, was waiting out front in the car. He honked the horn repeatedly. "Let's get a move on, I'm not your chauffeur," he yelled.
"Real subtle, Jesse," I muttered.
"Anything for my little brother," he teased, pinching me on the cheeks hard.
"Quit it!" I yelled and punched him on the arm.
"Hey! Stop harassing each other and drive the damn car!" Rose yelled. She looked annoyed. I guess you could say things were going pretty smoothly so far.
Rose POV
Other than being annoyed at every person in the car, I was feeling fine until we got to the theater. I saw Adrian and Christian already waiting outside the building, and that's when realization hit me. My stomach dropped…I would have to go out in public, dressed like a bad impersonation from the Hannah Montana movie. That movie was a tragedy.
Lissa and Mason got out of the car, but I didn't budge.
"Uh, everything alright back there?" Jesse said, looking at me through the rear-view mirror like I was crazy. Lissa peered in.
"You coming?" she asked.
I shrank back in my seat. "Nah, why don't you go? I think I'll just…stay." She didn't buy it.
"What's goin' on over here?" I heard a familiar voice call out. Oh, god. Christian's head popped next to Lissa's.
"What's taking so lo…oh my god." Christian burst into laughter when he saw me in my old cowgirl Halloween costume. "Well, howdy to ya!" he howled. My face turned red with anger. I shot out of the car, fists clenched.
"Oh, crap! Mason, I think she's gonna-"
It was too late. My fist swung out, and made contact with someone's face with a whap. I heard him scream before I saw the nasty bruise on his eye.
"OUCH! MOTHER OF GOD, SHE PUNCHED ME! WHAT HE HELL, ROSE?"
Adrian POV
I saw Rose lurch out of the car, all cute in her little hoe-down outfit. And man, she looked pissed. I glanced at everyone's faces.
Christian's was hilarious. I would have paid money to see that look on his face again. He was having his own personal laugh attack, until he saw Rose coming for him. His eyes got wide and he looked like he was about to piss himself. How I wished that had happened.
Lissa realized at the same time as Mason did, that Rose would be causing pain to Christian. Physical pain. Lissa's hand flew over her mouth and she screamed to Mason. "Oh, crap! Mason, I think she's gonna-"
And she was right. Rose's fist swung out towards Christian's head, a perfect shot to mess up his pretty-boy face.
Little did any of us know, Christian was fast. He ducked at the last second, dodging Rose's punch. Unlucky for me, I was standing next to Christian, and was now in the line of my soon-to-be girlfriend's fist.
The next thing I knew, her knuckles were crushing my eye, which I was sure would start swelling. My head snapped back from the force of the painful punch. I held my breath, hoping not to cry or anything. That would definitely be against my rules of manliness.
"OUCH! MOTHER OF GOD, SHE PUNCHED ME! WHAT THE HELL, ROSE?" I couldn't help but shout a string of curse words, directed at no one in particular. My hand was covering my bruised eye. Lissa rushed over to me.
"Oh my god, Adrian, are you okay?" she asked me. I stood up straight and tried to look tough. "Yeah, I'm cool. It's just a scratch, I barely felt it."
Lissa's face didn't get any less worried. "Then move your hand from your eye!"
"Oh." I took my hand away and heard three sounds of surprise, and a chuckle.
"Shut up, Christian, that punch was meant for you!" I heard Rose say. Christian immediately stopped laughing.
Rose POV
I smacked Christian on the back of the head and jogged over to Adrian.
"I'm sorry, Adrian, I didn't mean to hit you," I said.
"It's okay Rose, I'm fine, really," he said and winced. We were sitting in the lobby, where Lissa was now holding a bag of ice to his eye. I bit my lip and looked at him apologetically. It looked like I hit him pretty hard. I was secretly kind of proud of myself for being able to cause that much damage. Maybe it would come in handy later, against Christian.
"So, I'm guessing you don't want to see the movie anymore?" I asked. Lissa pouted. Adrian saw Lissa's reaction and shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey I'm fine, I'm still up for the movie. What do you guys think?" Everyone nodded, and Lissa jumped up and down. Wow. She sure seemed happy to see the movie for someone who was extremely nervous a half an hour ago, when she made me wear this sad country getup…
"Who's got the tickets?" Christian asked. He was standing ten feet away from me, watching me like I was about to explode. Smart boy.
"Um, I do," Mason said and handed the tickets to Christian. He looked down. Why was he blushing? Christian glanced down at the tickets and snorted.
"Really, guys? The Twilight Saga Eclipse?" He read the title in a dramatic voice. All eyes were on Mason, who begun to defend himself lamely.
"Yeah, well, the tickets were on sale, and um, I thought the girls would like it, so, if you think about it, I'm being very considerate!" he finished. I laughed and hugged him.
"Thank you for being so considerate, Mason," I said, playing along. He was my best guy friend, and I didn't like to see him in an uncomfortable situation. We stuck up for each other.
Mason, Adrian and I went to get seats in the back of the theater while Lissa took Christian's arm and headed towards the front. I gave her a wink and a thumbs up before sending her off on her own.
Adrian was still making fun of the movie choice, so I sent him to get popcorn for us to share. He left, muttering about how "Edward is a sexy beast, and Jacob is one hawt werewolf".
Finally after sitting through a dozen mushy romance trailers, the movie started. I braced myself for an hour and a half of sitting between two guys, and their painfully immature personalities. Can't wait.
Lissa POV
After icing down Adrian's face, it was time to go into the theater. When Christian wasn't looking, I searched for Rose. She gave me a wink and a thumbs up. I nodded to her nervously, and took Christian's arm.
He led me to some seats towards the front of the theater, just a couple rows away from the screen. I sat down to find out that the person in front of me had freakishly big and puffy hair. It blocked half the screen and moved around every time the girl bobbed her head. How convenient.
Christian must have noticed, because he stood up and looked down at me.
"Wanna switch?" was all he said. I laughed.
"You don't have to do that," I said, but he cut me off by holding his hand out to help me up. I blushed and took it. "Thanks," I mumbled as we switched seats.
"So," he started. "Are you excited for the movie? I heard it's pretty…um…good," he grimaced. I laughed.
"Not really into the teen vampire drama? I'm surprised. You look like a Team Edward to me," I teased.
"What about you? You're not hiding a Team Jacob shirt in your bag or anything, are you?" He said in mock horror.
I bit my lip. "To tell the truth, I'm kinda freaked out. Vampires scare me! I don't know why every girl in this theater is in pretend-love with someone who has fangs and wants to suck your blood!" I shuddered.
He smirked. "It's okay, I'll protect you, Liss." He put his arm around me and I smiled. So far so good!
Adrian POV
When my legs were starting to fall asleep from sitting in the uncomfortable movie chairs for so long, I checked the time on my cell phone. We still had half of the movie to go. Time to make my move, I thought. I remembered Mason was sitting on the other side of Rose. His head was thrown back with his eyes closed, his mouth was hanging open, and I could have sworn he was snoring. What can Rose possibly see in this dude?
I yawned loudly, and outstretched my arms, hitting the lady next to me in the face. I mumbled an apology, and Mason's eyes flashed open. I smiled at him, and draped one of my arms over Rose's shoulders. She looked at me from the corner of her eye, and kicked me.
"Ouch! Damn it!" I yelped. One of the workers bustled towards me.
"Sir, you need to be quiet or else I will have to ask you to leave!" she hissed at me. I gave her a famous Adrian Ivashkov grin, and she rolled her eyes.
"I understand," I said to her. She left, and Rose didn't even glance at me. Mason laughed silently, and closed his eyes again. In a matter of minutes, there was drool dripping out of Mason's mouth. What a gentleman.
Okay, the first plan didn't work out too well. Time for plan B. I looked down at the popcorn sitting between me and Rose. I raised my eyebrows, and flung my hand towards the bucket of popcorn. It fell to the ground and little bits of popcorn was scattered everywhere.
"Whoops!" I said loudly. The people sitting in front of me turned to shush me. Mason jolted awake.
"Rise and shine, buddy, could ya get us some more popcorn?" I asked him. He scoffed.
"Get it yourself!" he whined, earning a few dirty looks from the crowd. I rolled my eyes, thinking of an excuse.
"I would hate to miss part of the movie…it's just getting good!" I said. Honestly, I wasn't paying attention to the movie at all, and I had no idea what was going on at the time, except that half the people were in serious need of a tan, and the other half had their shirts off the whole movie.
I turned and saw the worker lady give me a warning glance, and I smiled and waved to her. She mumbled something to herself, and looked away.
"Shut up back there!" someone finally yelled. The voice sounded familiar.
"You guys are going to get us kicked out!" Rose hissed. "Mason, will you please just go get the popcorn?" she asked.
"Fine," He stomped off, looking over his shoulder to give me a death glare. Finally he's gone.
I reached into my jacket pocket and pulled out the small plastic bag I had stashed. I put it on Rose's lap, and she looked at me.
"Here, I got this for you. It's just something to say thanks for showing me around on my first day," I grinned.
She opened the bag and stuck her hand in, pulling out the beaded bracelet. She held it up and studied it. Finally, she smiled.
"Thanks, Adrian. You didn't have to get this for me." She smiled happily and put it on her wrist. "I like it a lot."
I grinned and leaned towards her. She hesitated, and leaned in too. Our lips were an inch apart…half an inch…I was about to close the distance, when I heard a loud ripping noise. It startled both of us, and we jerked apart. I looked to see what the noise was, and I saw…oh, god…Mr. Belikov.
Rose POV
Mason grumbled out of the theater, and I sighed, trying to get back to the movie that I wasn't really watching. A few people were still glaring at us so I shot them rays of death. That made them shut up.
Throughout the movie, I checked on Lissa and Christian. I saw Christian put a move on her and they started making out. Ew. I really wish I hadn't seen that. What happened to the awkwardness between them at the beginning of the movie? It made me think of my first date, back in 5th grade. Those were the days…
*FLASHBACK*
Mason took me to this "Family Fun" place with some of his family and friends. We all sat at a round table, and I occasionally tried to start a conversation. Mason was so nervous; he could barley look at me. When he did look up at me, he would blush the brightest red, and I would smile back. It was pretty hilarious. A few friends were picking on him for it, so I offered to go outside with him. He nodded and we made our way to the playground out back. I sat down on a swing, and he did the same. We sat in silence for a few minutes, and the cold winds picked up. Mason's teeth started to chatter.
"Are you cold? I can give you my jacket if you want," he said. I giggled.
"Mason, you don't even have a jacket, I do. And I'm not that cold. You can have my jacket," I said handing him my purple jacket. He smiled, and put it over his shoulders.
"So are you like, my girlfriend now?" he said, looking at me.
"No," I said.
"Oh." He looked away, embarrassed. I took his hand, and we swung on the swings for a while. He looked at me, and puckered his lips.
"Oh, HELL NO," I said. I punched him in the face, and he cried out in pain. His mom had to come get him and take him to the emergency room. I stayed with Mason the whole time, never leaving his side, and I held his hand when he had to get three stitches under his left eye.
I blinked back into reality.
I sighed at the memory. Why did I always try to punch, like, every guy in my life? I shrugged at my thoughts. Then I felt something land on my lap. I glanced down and there was a tiny black plastic bag laying there. I looked to my left, to find Adrian watching me with a goofy grin on his face.
"Here, I got this for you. It's just something to say thanks for showing me around on my first day," he said.
My eyes flicked between Adrian and the bag, uncertainly. I wasn't sure about this whole gift-giving thing. I couldn't resist presents, though, so I shoved my hand in the bag and felt around. Inside was a small bracelet. It had a pattern of black wooden beads, with creative designs painted onto them. I smiled. I guess Adrian wasn't such a bad guy…
I looked up at him and grinned.
"Thanks, Adrian. You didn't have to get this for me," I said, sliding it on my wrist. "I like it a lot."
He started to lean closer to me. My reflexes kicked in and I almost slapped him, but he looked kind of cute in the dim light of the theater, and he really was kind of nice. I leaned in too, ready to lock lips.
I weird strangled sound sliced through the theater. My eyes flew open and I jerked back from Adrian. He shook his head, organizing himself.
"What the hell was that?" I said.
Adrian was looking behind me. I turned my head, following his confused gaze. "What?" I asked.
"I think that's Mr. Belikov," Adrian said, snickering. I squinted though the dark rows of seats and saw a sexy guy with chin-length brown hair. He was muscular, and looked about mid-twenties. The sexiness pretty much disappeared when I saw that he was crying his eyes out.
"He's kinda hot," I mumbled. Adrian looked at me. Whoops. That was a bit of a mood-killer. My bad.
"I had to go into his office today, he's a total freak," he said. I looked closer.
"What's he even doing at this movie? And he's sitting alone!" I snorted. Mr. Belikov sobbed loudly, causing the whole audience to jump in their seats and scowl at him. I guess that was the weird noise that broke our kiss. The Belikov man sniffled into his tissues and narrowed his eyes at the crowd defensively.
"It's just so sad! Bella's in love with Edward, but Jacob is her best friend! How could they make her chose?" he wailed. I recognized his voice, and realized he was the one who had told us to shut up. Adrian and I rolled our eyes. This dude was getting seriously annoying. I looked to the front of the theater for Lissa and Christian. They were quite occupied, in their make-out session. I glanced at Adrian, who didn't look like he wanted to stay either.
"Want to ditch this place?" he whispered. I bit my lip, thinking. Belikov was starting to have a fit of hiccups. That was all I needed. I nodded, and Adrian jumped out of his seat.
Adrian POV
I couldn't wait to get out of that place. I didn't think Rose would agree to ditch the movie with me, but she agreed. As soon as I stood up, I saw the damned worker lady walking to me, flanked by two large security guards. She had a glare on her face directed especially for me.
"Shit." I grabbed Rose's hand and ran for the exit, pulling her along.
"Hey!" I heard one of the security guards yell. I ducked through the doors of the lobby and out of the building, still clutching Rose's hand. I looked back, just in time to see the idiotic security guards with walkie-talkies to their mouths, looking around for me. Mason was standing in the middle of the lobby, holding two overflowing bags of popcorn in his hands, glaring at me. I smirked. I leaned down and kissed Rose, making sure Mason got a good view. I had taken Rose by surprise with the kiss, but she didn't slap me like I thought she would. She looked up at me and smiled. I put my arm around her and began leading her down the street, and didn't look back again.
*Sigh* There you go! It's a war between Mason and Adrian, and Adrian has won the first round. But who knows? Maybe Mason will make a comeback…Keep reading to find out! And don't worry, more from Lissa and Christian's POV as well. That was a fun chapter to write, so I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope some of you laughed! Review, and I'll update :D
~VF111
