Hello! Ok so we are about halfway through the Vampire Academy book now.
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I stormed away and headed straight for Jesse's room. I banged as hard as I couldn't until he opened up.
"Mia, what the hell?"
"Shut up, Jesse," I said as I pushed past him and walked into his room.
"What are you doing here?"
"I want you to do something for me."
For a moment I actually thought I saw him look shocked. "And why would I do something for you? The child of servants?"
"Because if you don't," I said as I stalked toward him, "I will let everyone, and I mean everyone, know about how you ran like a little girl after Dimitri caught you and Rose. Believe me, I can ruin your reputation, too. Even if I am just the daughter of servants."
"You wouldn't dare."
"That just shows how little you really know me. I would do anything, to anyone, to get what I want. I don't care who I hurt in the process." For the most part that was true. I didn't want to hurt anyone that had nothing to do with me, but that didn't mean I wouldn't do it.
"What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to embellish a little on your night with Rose."
He shook his head vehemently. "No, Guardian Belikov will kill me. There is nothing you can do that will change my mind on that."
Time for plan B. I walked closer to him and put my hand on his chest. I felt his heartbeat speed and his breathing become shallow. Men, they are all the same. "Are you sure there is nothing I can do to change your mind?"
"Well, maybe one thing."
"Then tell me, because I really need you with me Jesse. I can't do this without you." That did it. He was just another pawn in my game.
He leaned forward and kissed me. There was nothing gentle or romantic about it. It was all just pure lust. I tried to not think about it too much. I pictured Aaron in my mind as Jesse ran his hands over my body, pulling my shirt off over my head. I gave a fake enthusiasm to my emotions while I was with him. I moaned, I called his name, I made him feel like he was God's gift to women.
As soon as we had finished I grabbed my clothes and got dressed quickly. I turned to see him lying on the bed watching me get dress. I had to forcefully repress the urge to shudder. "I expect that tomorrow you will start telling everyone about your little encounter with Rose."
"Of course. And what exactly am I suppose to tell everyone?"
"That you had sex with her and she let you drink from her of course. I mean she is a blood whore after all." Then I added, "You should even get Ralf to say it too." It had been an after thought but Jesse and Ralf were always together, it would make sense that they shared their women, too.
"I don't know if he will agree to that, you might have to convince him to do that yourself."
"Fine, I will talk to him about it myself. And Jesse?" I said as I turned around by the door.
"Yes?"
"If you tell anyone, and I mean anyone, about what just happened. I will personally castrate you myself and make sure that no girl will ever sleep with you again. Are we clear?"
"Yes," he said with terror evident in his voice. Good, he knew what I was saying was true. I couldn't let it get out that I had slept with him while I was still technically with Aaron. He would never forgive me for that.
I really needed to take a shower and scrub every inch of my body until it was raw but I needed to get Ralf on my side before the morning. A shower would just have to wait. I made my way to Ralf's room, hoping he was in there. I knocked easier on his door. I was going to try the nice, sweet little approach and I hoped it would work.
"Mia? What are you doing here?" He honestly looked surprised to see me.
"I need a favor, Ralf."
He stepped aside letting me walk in. "What's up, babe?"
"I need you to say some things around the school for me. But you can't let anyone know that I am the one who told you to do it."
"You tell me what you want me to do, and I will tell you what I want in exchange for doing it."
"I want you to tell everyone that Rose slept with you and allowed you to drink from her during."
"And why would I do something so suicidal? Jesse would kill me for moving in on his girl like that."
Wow, he really was as dumb as he looked. "Rose isn't Jesse's girl, Ralf. And he has already agreed to do this for me, I just need you now. Please?" I batted my eyelashes trying to look helpless.
"Okay, but on one condition."
"Anything," I said before I thought about it.
"Sleep with me."
For the second time tonight I had to picture Aaron while someone else touched me. Luckily for me, Ralf was not as 'experienced' as Jesse was and didn't last anywhere near as long. I made my way over to my dorm and immediately got into the shower. I stayed in the shower until my entire body was red from where I scrubbed so hard.
I crawled into bed feeling disgusted with myself, but at least I was clean.
The next morning I pushed every thought of the night before out of my head. I pulled a tight fitting dark grey cashmere sweater, a pair of jeans and a hoodie. It wasn't my normal style but I didn't really feel like dressing up more. I pulled my hair up on the sides of head so that it would stay out of my face. I looked at the clock and still had over an hour before classes started. I slipped my shoes on and grabbed my hot pink bag and walked out the door.
I decided to go to the feeders first. I signed in and took my seat. There was a small line but I didn't really worry to much about it. The girls sitting next to me were talking about last night.
"…and she looked like she wanted to cry."
"Well that is what she gets for running off with that Hathaway girl."
"Did you hear about Hathaway?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I heard she likes to be bitten during sex!"
I heard the other girl make a disgusted sound and I laughed silently. I made my way to the back where my feeder was waiting. It was a new one I hadn't seen before. Not like it matters, blood is blood.
I walked into the commons with a large smile and my head held high. Morning classes hadn't even started yet and Jesse and Ralf already had people talking. At least they were good at that.
I sat down next to Aaron and kissed his cheek. He gave me a small smile and went back to his food.
"What's wrong, honey?"
"Nothing. I just didn't sleep well last night. How was your night?"
For a second I was afraid that he might have found out but I realized he was just wondering. "It was alright. I missed you last night."
Jesse made a noise and I glared at him. He turned away trying to hide a smirk. "I missed you, too. We'll have to do something this weekend."
Aaron put my hand in his and squeezed. Something was wrong but I decided not to push it.
As I went to my classes I started to notice that slowly everyone was forgetting about Lissa and the Queen, now a lot of them were talking about Rose. I walked into Mr. Nagy's class in a great mood. Rose was sitting in the back, like normal, except today she didn't have that smug look plastered on her face.
Kevin was chatting with Jesse and Ralf as I sat down. Mr. Nagy cleared his throat and started talking about something but I didn't hear what he said. After we split to work on our projects Jesse came and sat next to me.
"You might want to watch this. I think its going to get good," Jesse said to me with a sly smile across his face.
I turned around to watch Kevin walk straight over to Rose. I couldn't hear what he said but Rose just leaned forward and said something while trying to look intimidating.
Kevin laughed. "Come on, Rose. I bleed for you."
Everyone giggled loudly and I gave Rose a taunting look. "Wait, it's Rose who does the bleeding right?"
Even more laughs followed that. The look on Rose's face said everything. She knew that everyone knew she really was a blood whore. I watched her get up and stalk over to Christian. Ha, she thought it was Christian that said it. This was going to get interesting.
"Look at her, she is going after the Strigoi-wannabe. This is too good," Ralf said.
Jesse and I agreed. They were arguing back and forth and I saw Lissa pleading between the two of them. Jesse couldn't stop laughing but at the moment I didn't care. Then Rose turned and looked directly at Jesse. Shit. Oh, well that was his problem not mine.
I saw Rose's posture stiffen. She was coming straight for Jesse and Ralf. Everyone in the class went quiet. I was sitting close enough to hear everything that Rose was saying.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Rose asked in a low, dangerous voice.
Jesse went from being nervous to terrified. Dammit, he better not let anything slip. Ralf though sat up straighter and smile at Rose.
"We didn't do anything you didn't want us to do. And don't even think about laying a hand on us. You start a fight, and Kirova'll kick you out to go live with the other blood whores."
I couldn't help but think that Ralf had some balls. Everyone was holding their breath waiting to see what Rose was going to do. Rose did something that surprised us all.
She walked away.
And with that she sealed her fate. She didn't deny being a blood whore, she didn't even fight back. She pretty much just admitted that she was. I was doing a little dance on the inside. This plan went so much better than I had expected it to go.
The rest of the day only got better. People were now openly laughing at Rose. She looked mortified and that made me happy. Plan 'Get Rose and Lissa Gone' was starting to go as planned. Soon they would be out of the picture for good.
