Sorry this chapter sucks. It's a filler. :(

Songs of the Chapter: Hanging by a Moment –Lifehouse

Chapter 7

I woke up nauseous. Adrian wasn't awake yet, honestly that man slept so much. I made my way to the bathroom, and passed Lissa and Christian who were passed out on the couch. I hadn't heard them come in… well I hadn't been listening.

I found the bathroom, just in time to throw up. Ugh. I had a pounding headache and I was so tired. It was the worst hangover I'd had in a while, so I went and practically fell back into bed. I fell asleep again next to Adrian.

I woke up again a few hours later, and looked at the time. It was definitely time to get up. The clock read 12 o'clock. I swung my legs over the side of the bed and searched the room for my clothes. I bent down to pick up my bra and underwear, and when I turned, and saw that Adrian was watching me.

"You pervert." I pulled on my underwear and strapped on my bra.

"Its not perverted if you're engaged."

I sighed, and straddled his torso, resting my hands on his chest. "Do you want kids?" I asked.

He stared at me. "Do you?"

"I can't bring a kid into this world. At least not yet."

"Good."

"Then we have to start using protection."

"The pill?"

"I'm on the pill. I just forget sometimes."

"Fine. Next time we will."

"Thank you." I kissed him quickly. Well I intended to quickly. He grabbed me aand held me close to him, prolonging our kiss. I smiled into his lips. "We need to get dressed." I got up, much to his dismay, I noticed, and pulled on my dress. He zipped the back for me, and then he got dressed. I grabbed my shoes and threw them by the door to the hotel room.

I shook Lissa and then Christian to wake them up, and searched the rest of the room for anyone else. They apparently had gone home.

Lissa's shirt rode up when she stood up, showing some of a tattoo.

"Liss… When did you get a tattoo?"

"I don't have a tattoo." She said, but rubbed her lower back. "Ow." I walked over to her and pulled up her shirt a little so I could see the rest of it. 'Christian' was written in script right above the waistline of her pants. (I still didn't know how she'd gotten clothes). There were flames around the C.

"Yes you do." I showed her in the mirror in the bathroom.

"Shit." She cursed. And Lissa hardly ever cursed. "CHRISTIAN!"

He peeked his head in. "Hot." Was all he said about the tattoo.

"Christian what the hell is this?"

"I don't know. I'm trying to remember. Um… we were dancing, then you said something about some guy with a tattoo, then we went and got tattoos."

"We?"

"Umm… yeah." He lifted the sleeve of his shirt to show off the new 'Vasilisa' tattoo.

I stifled a laugh. She glared at me. "Sorry. But its kind of funny. You two go and get tattoos… do something more productive. Adrian and I-"

"I don't want to hear what you and Adrian did." Lissa said, she was pissed, and I assumed it was because of the tattoo, but I could sense some darkness in her.

"Send it to me."

"What?" I nodded. "Oh." She grabbed my arm and sent the darkness into me. It wasn't too much, but now I was in a horrible mood.

I could feel how bad Lissa felt about sending the darkness into me, but she hated the way it made her act, and she knew I could get rid of it easier than her.

I stalked off to find Adrian or someone else to make me feel better. They were still yelling at each other.

Oh my god this was horrible. I wanted to kill that bartender. My head was pounding, land Lissa's darkness only made it worse. Someone had once told me that I could turn one emotion into another, channel the anger into another emotion, and I'd pretty much mastered channeling it into lust. I needed to figure out how to turn it inot sadness or something else so I could get along without Adrian somewhat. But that would only happen a long time in the future.

I collapsed on the couch next to Adrian. He sensed the darkness in my aura, and without taking his eyes off the screen, he grabbed my hand and healed half away. I was feeling better, but not great.

I lunged at him and pinned him under me easily, and he grinned as mischievous grin.

"I didn't finish with you last night." I said, and we were off to the bedroom.

We returned to the house a few hours later and found Violet and April trying to sleep off their hangover. Luke and Scott were in the kitchen, and were making something that didn't smell pleasant.

"They told us to do anything that will get rid of their hangover." Luke explained.

"So hello grandma's instant un-hangover." Scott added.

I raised my eyebrows.

"Ok, so I made it up, but don't tell them. I just threw all the stuff you had together." They grinned.

I scoffed. "Good luck." I said, and they shrugged.

"Who knows, maybe it'll work." Luke said.

I knew it didn't a few minutes later when I was startled by Violets screams of, "YOU IDIOT!" and "WHAT THE HELL?"

I almost cracked up when this was followed by April saying, "Vi, did you really have to throw it in his face?"

"I guess I'm on cleanup." Lissa said, rising from her chair where we were all sitting to go heal Scott's face, which was most likely covered in 'Grandma's Recipe' and blood form the glass.

I suddenly remembered today's date. I checked my phone to make sure. "LISSA!" I screamed. "The royal dinner!" It started at 7:00, and it was currently 6:15. I grabbed Adrian and Pulled him to our room, where we showered and I started on my hair, which I blow dried quickly and styled into a messy up-do that ended up looking great. I grabbed my dress and slipped it on, pulling on my red heels. I grabbed my compact and foundation and slipped them into my clutch which already held mascara and red lipstick. I ran through our room, trying to find the strap for my stake to be on the inside of my leg. I found it under the bed, for whatever reason, and strapped it on, sliding my stake into it and grabbing a knife to go with it. Adrian walked in as I was securing the knife.

"You clean up nice." I commented on his black dress pants, red silk shirt, and black jacket. We sure were going to stick out in a group of stuffy royals.

"Thanks."

"This is the part where you say 'Rose you look painstakingly beautiful.'"

"It goes without saying."

"Good answer." I kissed his cheek as I ran down the hall to Lissa's room to find her putting on her earrings, her hair falling in loose curls around her face. I grabbed the tiara that a guardian had delivered a few days earlier and moved her hair so I could place it on her head. I did, and then styled her hair around it while she put on her makeup.

"You look great." She commented.

"I was going for the more theatrical look." She grinned, then stared to say something else. But I knew. "I know I'm going to stick out."

We all got into the car, Violet and April and Eddie all dressed in their guardian uniforms (Lissa could only pull so many strings). I took the passenger sat for the mirror and started to put on my foundation. "Skip it." Lissa said, "You don't need it." She was always honest, so I smiled and put it away. I put on my eye shadow and mascara, then put on the red lipstick. I smiled at myself in the mirror. I'm definitely going to stick out. Like Tatiana's newly sore thumb.