An: This chapter has been Beta-ed by mkc120. You should totally check out her story the golden lily. :)
Rose filled me in on what I missed.
Apparently, when Sonya got home Mikhail was worried sick and was asking her where she was. Of course, Sonya couldn't really tell him where she was so she made up some excuse. Which Mikhail saw right through.
One thing lead to another. Mikhail thought Sonya didn't trust him enough and it all spiraled down.
The dread washed over me. I had to tell him the truth. Sonya didn't deserve all of this drama. All she was doing was helping me.
I made my way over to Mikhail's apartment.
As I was walking, I saw Adrian. I hid behind a plant but he was still in my line of sight. He was talking to one of those pretty Moroi from the party. She laughed at something he had said and put her hand on his arm.
I felt a fire flare up in me. I realized I was jealous.
Only I was allowed to touch him!
Inside my head, I growled possessively. I took a deep breath and tried to swallow down these feelings. It's like Adrian knew someone was watching him because he turned around and looked directly at me.
I froze. I remembered the kiss and when he looked at me, and then what I had accused him of doing.
I felt awful.
Now that I know what compulsion looks like, I knew he hadn't used it on me, but a part of me knew he would never cross that line with me no matter what. I realised our eyes were still locked and I looked away.
I took another deep breath and started walking past them, trying to ignore them best as I can. The girl let out another fake annoying laugh at something Adrian said. I look at him from the corner of eye as I brushed past him. He was still looking at me. I knew I was going to have to fix what happened between us well.
I was so caught up in my thoughts that I wasn't paying any attention to where I was going and crashed straight into someone. I looked up to apologize and froze. It's Declan. I groaned inwardly thinking that I had the worst luck ever.
"Hey!" His eyes lit up with recognition. "You're the Alchemist girl. Wassup?" I stare at him blankly.
"Wassup?" I repeated.
He cocked his head to the side, puzzled.
"As in what's up?" I questioned.
He nodded.
"I'm just going to see a friend." I answered. I gave him a wide berth- I wanted to as far away from him as possible.
"Boyfriend?" He asked following me.
I wanted to snap, "What's it mean to you?" But instead I took another deep calming breath.
"No. Just a friend." I put an emphasis on 'friend' so he'd get it through his head. He kept following me.
"So you don't have a boy toy?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
A boy toy? I thought thoroughly confused.
"No." I replied, trying to hint that I wasn't interested in hanging out with him. But he didn't seem to get the message and continued to follow me. He just nodded and tried to think of something else to ask, when suddenly Adrian materialised from thin air. My breath caught seeing him here.
"Hey." He said, looking at the ground.
He nodded at Declan in acknowledgement but doesn't look to happy by his presence. "How's it going?" The guilt starts churning in my stomach again and it slowly starts to eat at me.
"Hi." I said nervously. "Good. Would you like to join me while I go visit Mikhail?" I blurt out.
Declan face frowns in recognition of the name.
"Wait, wait, wait. You're going to see that dhampir guy that's marrying that Moroi lady?" He asks.
I nodded, a little annoyed at his use of words to describe them.
"Yes, Mikhail Tanner and Sonya Karp."
He snapped his fingers. "That's their names." He grins.
I rolled my eyes but the sudden memory of me and Sonya breaking into guardian headquarters popped into my mind again and our findings. I looked at Adrian. He was giving me this intense look which makes my heart do a summersault.
"So do you want to come?" I ask nervously, hoping he will save me from Declan.
"Sure." He says breezily like it's a casual thing us two hanging out. "We'll see you around Declan."
Adrian nods in his direction again dismissing him. Declan looks like he wants to protest but Adrian gives him this scary look. Let's just say if looks could kill Declan would be so dead right now. He scurries off and I start to relax.
"Why is he always around you?" He asked. His face showed curiousness, not anger or jealousy.
I shrugged.
"Wrong place, wrong time I guess."
He raised an eyebrow and we continued to walk
"Adrian I'm sorry." I suddenly blurted out. The guilt was too much for me to handle and I had to let it out. I know he knows what I'm talking about because he suddenly shoves him hands in his pockets and looks distant.
"It's okay." He shrugged. But I could tell I had really hurt him. I place my hand on his arm to stop him.
"No, Adrian, it isn't. I should have never said that." I sighed. I wanted to tell him s about my worries about Re-education Centre and my findings of getting out of the Alchemy business, but I didn't want to burden him with my problems and suffocate him.
"It's fine Sage. You know I finally thought you saw me as a normal person." I groaned at the pain his words held. I felt his pain too. I really loved him and he barely knew anything about my business or the consequences I would have for even being this friendly with a vampire, let alone loving one.
Keith's screams rang loud and clear in my mind again like I was standing in the Re-education centre again. I shivered but shook the fear off.
"I still love you . . ." My voice shook as I said the words I've been dying to say to him since I first arrived.
Dun, dun, dun. What do you think will happen next? ;) Review me and tell me what you think. I will touch on the wedding topic next update.
