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All italicized words are thoughts. If it doesn't say someone's POV at the beginning of a chapter, then it is probably Rose's POV.

Beginning of the End

What do I do now?

Rose's POV

I rush back to my dorm as fast as I can and lock the door. I sit on my bed and pull myself into Lissa's head. I need to know what all he says to her and how she takes it.

"Can I come in Liss, we – I need to talk to you?"

"Sure," she looks really uncertain. I don't blame her, I would be too. She open the door wider and gestures Christian in.

Christian walks into her room and sit on her bed. She closes the door and sits next to him. He turns to face her, "Liss, I don't know how to say this to you, but I don't think that we are going to work out."

"Why?" she gasps.

"I don't want to go to court or be in politics. If I did I would be miserable and if I asked you not to go to court then you would be miserable and letting down your family."

Lissa just nods. "Isn't love supposed to prevail all?"

"Liss, you can't base relationships off of Disney movies or other romance movies that end in death or a happily ever after. Life isn't fair like that."

She looks into his eyes to search his face for something, "Do you not love me anymore?"

He looks down away from her gaze, "I still love you, but not how you want me to be. I will always love you because you are my first love. The only person I have ever loved." He sighed, but still couldn't look at her. "I – I think that we both need to move on. You need to find some other royal that actually likes the royal life. I know that you're not going to like hearing this, but you need to be interested in what your next boyfriend wants. I understand why you need to be at court and do this, but a relationship is for two people and both of their feelings matter."

She nods, "I'm so sorry that I never asked you what you wanted Christian. I'm glad that you're finally telling me now. I hope that with your next girlfriend, you tell her your feelings right away and don't hold them back. Open communication and honesty."

He smiles and looks at Lissa, "I'm sorry that I waited way too long to talk to you. I shouldn't have done that, it wasn't fair to you."

"I'm still hurt Christian, but I know one day I'll be okay. We can still be friends, but if you do start to date, could you not tell me about it for a couple months."

"I don't think I'll be dating anyone any time soon. I need some time to myself and we need to help Rose with this Dimitri thing."

Her eyes got big when I mentioned Rose. I hope she's not getting better with auras because we don't need that. "Yeah, do you think she'll take Dimitri back when he's alive again?"

He looks down again, "I don't know. That's up to Rose. That's something to ask her." He looks back up at Lissa. "I think she's scared about the quest, that it's not going to work. We all know that she loves Dimitri."

He looks so sad. He thinks I'm going to choose Dimitri over him if he's alive again. There's a huge chance that he'll end up being killed by me before we find Robert, Victor's brother. Will I choose Dimitri or Christian once Dimitri is alive again?

I decided I didn't want to hear anymore of this conversation, so I pull out of Lissa's head. I feel sad again. I go shower and get dressed to go down to dinner.

*~*~*~*Later in the Day*~*~*~*

Rose's POV

I was walking back to my dorm after dinner. It was really awkward between Lissa and Christian. Christian seemed embarrassed, Lissa looked like she could cry any second, and Adrian just was looking at everyone. I tried not to feel guilty, but I'm thinking Adrian sensed everything.

"Rose," I turned to look at Adrian. Great, I have a feeling he knows everything.

"Hey, Adrian," I smiled. He arched his eyebrow. Ugh oh, I'm in trouble.

"Let's talk in your room." We walked back to my room in complete silence.

We walk into my room, shut the door, and sit on my bed. I don't want to say anything, so I just stay quiet.

"So, it's going to be like this huh?" I still don't say anything. "Rose, you already know that I can read your aura. You already know that I know about how your feeling. I just want an explanation from you."

Deep breath, "I don't know how I'm feeling. I'm feeling lots of different things all the time and I don't know what to do about it."

"Why do you feel guilty around Lissa? Why does Christian feel bad about Lissa, but feels warm around you?"

"I don't know. I feel guilty that Lissa is sad and not in a relationship with Christian. She's been waiting two months to patch things up, but they don't seem to be getting better or worse."

"Did you do anything with Christian?"

"No, why would I?" I kind of smirked a bit.

He points to my smirk, "That's why. You want to do something with Christian. So, why don't you?"

Shocking, he's asking me why I don't cheat on him. "You, Lissa. I'm not going to cheat on you and I can't do something like that to Lissa. I'm standing back and letting them work this out. Plus, I'm going out with you Adrian. Doesn't that mean anything?"

"Yeah, it means I have the title of boyfriend while you think about someone else. You having feelings for him is the same as cheating on me in my book."

"Adrian-"

"Rose, I'll make this easier for you. No more relationship between us. When you feel ready to date Christian, then go for it. Don't do it behind Lissa's back though."

"Adrian, I'm not going to go out with Christian. I can't do that to Lissa or you."

"Why hide your feelings?"

I sighed, "Because Lissa still loves Christian and I still have feelings for you, Adrian."

"Well, what do you want to do Rose? Who do you really want to be with?"

"I don't know." More guilty feelings.

"Well, sort them out. When you figure things out, let me know." He walked over to me and kissed my forehead and hugged me tightly. Weird. He sighed, "Rose, I will always love you and I am here if you need to talk about this."

Why does he always have to be so supportive? He rubbed my arm and whispered, "Good bye Little Dhampir, for now."

He walked out the door and left me to cry alone in my room.

What do I do now?

Do I date Christian and ruin my friendship with Lissa and Adrian?

Do I go back to Adrian, if he lets me, and let Christian find someone else that's not his ex's best friend?

Or do I just stay single until I figure out my feelings.

However, seeing both Adrian and Christian daily is not going to help. Tomorrow is when we leave for Turkey.

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