Sorry it took so long to update. . .I was busy all week with finals and all. They were hell! Anyway here is chapter 9! Hope you like it!
-Melissa B.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Vampire Academy or any characters pertaining to Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead does. :)
Today was the most hellish day. Everything was awesome when I woke up until I received another note. It all started like this. . . .
I hit Christian yet another time as he made suggestive jokes about Adrian and I. Adrian, Lissa, and him were cracking up. I, however, was blushing. "That is not true at all." I said as he made a rude comment about Adrian and I. . .well, you get the picture.
Christian kept on going. "And then Rose was all like, Adrian honey the prisoner leapt of jail." Adrian waggled his eyebrows at me. That made me blush to a darker red. I just wanted to hide or something.
After the twentieth joke about Adrian and I, I stood up and started up the stairs. Lissa started following me. I waited up for her and gave Christian a dark glare. Lissa was laughing as she followed after me.
She and both sat down on the black settee next to the window. I smiled as I patted her belly. "How is the pregnancy going, Lissa?"
She smiled adoringly as she rubbed her belly. "Its going so great. Christian is so happy. And you know the best part about it?"
I grinned. "The part where you boss them around like there was no tomorrow?"
"Exactly. There is not a thing that Christian wouldn't do for me."
We were talking about pregnancies and female stuff when Adrian walked in through the door.
His eyes were only for me. "Hey, baby." He leaned down to kiss my lips quickly. "Christian and I are going to go out for a bit." He said.
I nodded and stood up. I put my arms around him and he pulled me close. "For what?"
He leaned down to kiss my nose lightly. "It's a surprise."
"Another one?"
He winked. "This one is way better. You'll love it." He said, the last surprise he had given me was when he brought his sister Melissa. Melissa was the awesomest sister and I think she was going to be the best sister in law ever, if Adrian and I ever got married. Adrian and her got exceptionally well. Looking at how Melissa and him bantered around, I wished I would've had a nice family like he had. One of the things that made me love him more was that he had the perfect family, like the one I wanted to create with him. The one I was going to create with him.
"I hope it involves meeting people." I said, getting excited over meeting more of Adrian's four sisters. Or maybe not; sisters in law tended to be more of a bitch than brother in laws. All I knew about them was their names. Ciristie Nicole, Karissa Melissa, the sister I had met already, Evangeline Dawn, and Skiana Jerrel.
He smiled. "That's going to be after I give you my surprise!" He kissed me again. "Now, be a good girl and wait till I come back." He said, pushing me back down to sit next to Lissa. He kissed Lissa on the cheek. "Don't worry. I will take care of Christian and I will bring him back." She smiled her ok.
I stared at Adrian as he departed from the room. He gave me one final wink as he walked out the door. I love you, he mouthed. I smiled once more.
Lissa looked over at me curiously. "You love him, don't you." It felt like everyone had asked me that question over a million times in my lifetime.
There was a note taped on the window.
Rose,
You made me loose my temper. I still need you though. I want you to meet me at the Imperia Spa, that alley behind there. If you don't, your lover boy is in trouble.
Love,
Death
I punched the glass window. Shit, I had to do something or else Adrian was dead. I picked up my phone off the bed and called him.
"Hello, my sexy woman, what can I do for you?" He said. I could hear Christian talking in the background.
"Adrian, I want you to come home. Now." He started saying some things but I stopped. "Don't ask questions. I'll explain when you come home." I hung up the phone and began to change into more comfortable clothes.
Ten minutes later, Christian arrived home. All serious and depressed, he came up to my room. As he walked in, he looked serious beyond serious. I wanted to hug him to me and never let go. I did hug him.
"Lissa told me everything." He said. "You aren't going to go."
I kissed him on the cheek. He pulled away only to be serious again. "Don't go, Rose."
I wiped a tear that had slipped out of my eyes. "It's going to be ok." I looked at him. "It's not going to happen. I'll come back soon. Take care of Lissa!" I gave him one last kiss on the cheek and walked out the door. He didn't even come to stop me. I walked to the door fighting tears. I had to be strong. I had to do this.
I walked over to the black car that had been a gift from. The engine of my black Porsche roared as I started it. My stake was securely on the waistband of my pants. I pressed on the gas with my black shoes. I was in a big hurry. I wanted to keep Adrian safe even if it meant me dying.
The wheels screeched as I pulled into the grand hotel. I went all the way to the dark alley. I didn't even park I just left the car in the middle of the street and started running. I felt the nausea and I was weakening me. But I still made it to where a Strigoi that I did not know at all was keeping Adrian hostage.
"I'm here, let him go." I said, throwing my jacket on the ground so that it could cover Adrian who was laying on the ground, blood gushing down his forehead. I wanted to go over and just hug him and never let him go. But I had better matters. Like killing that Strigoi. "The deal said, once I was here he goes free. I don't see that happening." I tapped my heel. "I don't get me mad. You don't want to see the bad side of me."
"Your just like he described you. Hot and hotheaded." The Strigoi said, crossing his arms over his chest, looking at me like I was dumb. I hated when guys did that; it pissed me off.
My heels clicked as I made my way, closer to Adrian. My eyes left the Strigoi and then they landed on Adrian. He looked at me with pain in his eyes. I wanted to break down and hold him but I couldn't. Poor, poor Strigoi. He was going to get his death wish. I leaned down and took of my black scarf. I put it on Adrian's forehead to stop the bleeding. I kissed him on the lips. "Hey, baby. How are you?" What an awesome question to ask.
He grinned. I was more than happy to see him alive. That was all I asked for. "I am okay."
I patted his chest. I kissed him one more time. "Alright, let me just take care of this dead guy and I will take you to the hospital." I stood up and walked over to the Strigoi. Slowly, slowly, step by step, I came face to face with him. "Why did they send you?"
"I follow orders for my master." He said, a hint of respect in his voice. I couldn't imagine anyone not listening to Dimitri. He was a badass. Damn these Russians. . .
"Tell your master to fuck himself. If you get the chance to get away." I said, looking at his hair which was all over the place. Damn he really needed some hygiene lessons. Or a long hot shower, like the ones Adrian and I liked to take in separate showers. "If. . ."
"If?" He laughed that maniacal laugh of his. "Do you really think you can take me?"
I shook my head. "No. . ." I said, stepping closer. "I know I can take you." I kicked him in the face.
I avoided a punch he threw at my face. For a Strigoi, he sucked at fighting. He probably was one of those guardians that sucked ass alive. He still did suck ass. I threw a punch at his face. His face crunched up in pain so it must have hurt. "Son of a bitch!" I said, as he landed a blow to my left shoulder. "Oh, motherfucker! Nobody touches me like that!" I kicked him so hard that his teeth rattled.
"Little girl, you don't know me."
"No, and you don't know me either!" I said, throwing him on the ground. I reached out for my stake. "Now, before I kill you, tell me what your damn master said."
"I won't tell you shit!"
"I am not asking you, I am fucking telling you!" I said, digging the stake nearer to his heart.
He gasped out in pain. "He said. . ." he kept on screaming in agony as my stake went deeper. "He said. . .that he is going to get you. Soon."
I was very disappointed. "All this shit for nothing? Damn, you're dead." He made one last attempt to get me off. That was a mistake; it caused me to stake him faster than intended. He screamed, agonizingly loud. It made my ears hurt. I pulled it out of his chest and cleaned my stake on his blue shirt. "And that's what you get for messing with Rosie Hathaway." I chuckled at my own joke and turned back to Adrian.
Adrian was panting and gasping as he struggled to get up. A lot of blood was flowing down his chest and forehead. I ran to him and hugged him before pulling back to check his wounds. I almost starting bawling my eyes when I saw the wound he had on his chest. He was weak. He needed blood. I was the only resource in that area right now. I didn't care if I busted a vein for him. I wanted him well.
He had enough strength to smile up at me. "You were amazing, Rose. So, so amazing. I can see why I feel in love with you." He leaned over to me and kissed my lips softly. "Everything about you is beautiful."
"Your loosing a lot of blood. . .you aren't coherent. . .drink from me." I said, leaning closer and exposing my throat.
Like the stubborn hottie he was, he objected. "I can suck anything you want. . ." he grinned mischievously, and, for a second, I did too, "But not that precious neck of yours."
"Don't be ridiculous." I said, leaning even closer to his mouth.
"Rose, don't—
The only thing sharp enough to pierce skin was his fangs or. . .the stake. I decided to make a scratch with my stake. Blood started flowing down my neck. For a moment, his eyes just focused, focused on the blood flowing out of me, the beautiful, tasteful blood that flooded out. His mouth was on the cut on my neck before I knew it.
The bite of a vampire was just so awesome and intense and just amazing. You never wanted it to end, but it had to end. The feeling of the vampire taking your blood, especially when that vampire was the love of your life, was just so awesome and wonderful. Another second longer, and he was done. Now, I was the weak one. "We better get out of here, before Strigoi get here."
He held on to me as I started sliding out of his lap. "You were so strong when you were facing the dead, but when you are facing me, your weak. . ." He shook his head.
I looked at him, his beautiful eyes burning with love. "You make me weak. . ." I said, taking in his beautiful face and lips, "Our love makes each other weak." He just stared at me for a second before attacking my lips with his. I moaned as he bit and sucked on my bottom lip. He laid on top of me, making my body instantly warm.
"No other woman has ever made me feel this. . ." he said kissing me even harder. "This feeling of love. You make me feel that, Rose. I don't know how to repay you. . ."
I pulled away. "No need to repay me. . ." I crushed myself to him so hard that he gasped. I remembered his wounds. I stood up and held out a hand so that I could help him stand up. "Come on, we need to take you to the hospital." Shit, we were both weak; we weren't going to make it that far. I knew it hurt him to start walking and his weight and mine was making me even more tired. I decided to just sit down again.
I pulled out my cell phone and called Lissa. Christian answered. "Hello?"
"Yo, Fire-Flame, I need help from your awesome services."
"Huh?"
"Come get Adrian and I from that alley behind that Imperia Spa. Hurry. I think I am dying." I heard him chuckle and then I passed out.
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