Chapter 9

Adrianna POV

The school term was almost over and it meant it was time for one of the school dances, every year they were at different times of the year in hopes of them preventing the parties that were always held afterwards but it never worked, there was always a party and the more they tried to prevent it the bigger the party was.

I was over in Izzy's dorm getting ready with her, Bri and Caroline, I was always amazed how different the Moroi dorms were to the novices and I think it had something to with how Guardians didn't have much in their lives but yet the Moroi could have what they wanted and I hated it.

"I think we should curl Dri's hair" Caroline spoke, her and Izzy were standing behind me trying to think of what to do with my hair.

I shared a look with Bri and she laughed at me and it caused Izzy to swat me over the head. "Owe" I rubbed my head but they just laughed.

I didn't mind the dances or even the parties we were regularly attending but what I hated was when Izzy and Caroline fussed over my hair and make-up, normally I just let my hair dry naturally and put on basic make-up. Half the time I didn't worry because as soon as I hit my combat classes my hair would be soaked in sweat and my make-up would run.

In the end the girls did what they wanted and curled my hair and pinning it up with loose curls framing my face. I was grateful when they had finished and moved on to themselves since it gave me the chance to go and sit with Bri, they had done her first.

"Any idea what your dress looks like?" Bri spoke when I moved over to beside her.

Izzy was crazy when it came to the school dances, she wanted to work in fashion once we all graduated and because of that she was regularly making her own dresses for the dances and they were amazing but she preferred making dresses for Bri and I since our bodies were bit curvier then hers.

"No, you and I both know what she is like when it comes to our dresses we never get to see them"

Bri hated not knowing what she was wearing for these dances, she was one of those girls that spent all day organising an outfit for a party and I had no idea how she would go once we graduated and were forced to wear the same thing every day.

"Alright close your eyes" Izzy finally spoke and Bri and I shared a look before putting our hands over our eyes. We never understood how she got so excited about this sort of stuff but we let it go.

"Here you go, open your eyes" Izzy finally spoke and I wouldn't admit it but I was a little excited, this would be the last time I would be able to wear one of Izzy's creations.

I opened my eyes and Izzy was standing in front of me holding a strapless black dress with deep purple lace over the bust while Caroline was standing in front of Bri holding a strapless aqua green dress with fake diamonds, well I hoped they were fake, across the bust.

"They're amazing Izzy" Bri exclaimed as she stepped forward and grabbed her dress to get changed.

Once we were all dressed we headed downstairs to where the boys were waiting for us, Bri ended up going with Damon as her date since she didn't want to have deal with some guy trying to get too touchy feely with her and Damon agreed, Izzy was going with Eric while Caroline had asked one of the Moroi that I didn't share a single class with and I think his name was Harvey while Elliot had decided to ditch the dance all together and Josh had roped in some junior Moroi he was hoping to have sex with later on in the night.

"You look beautiful goldie" I heard Spence's voice and I spun around to face him.

Ever since I got back from Melbourne things between the two of us have been perfect and I couldn't have asked for anything better but in the last week he had been calling me goldie more and more. Everyone else was confused but only Bri and Damon knew the truth behind the nickname, we agreed that the less amount of people who knew the truth the better.

"Thank you, who knew you cleaned up so well" I smirked at him and he shook his head before wrapping his arms around me.

"Don't be mean, I would much rather spend time with you in my dorm while everyone else is at the dance" Spence whispered in my ear and I squirmed against him

"Well it has been a while" I spoke seductively before pulling away and walking over to where Bri and Damon were standing.

I looked back at Spence and found Bas standing next to him, I winked at Spence and he shot me a grin before going back to his conversation.

"What are you and Spence going on about?" Bri spoke once the two of us were away from the boys.

"He's in a mood and I can't work out why, he's constantly calling me goldie"

"Is it bothering you?"

"I don't know, I don't like the idea of someone working out that I'm different but there aren't any other Spirit users here at the moment so no one really knows but my worry is still there"

"Maybe you should talk to him about it?"

"I've tried, every time I try it ends up with the two of us making out"

"No sex?" Bri looked at me in shock, it took a while for Spence and I to finally have sex but once we did it was like a damn bursting open.

"No, we haven't had sex in ages and I don't know what's going on with him. If he wasn't being affectionate I would worry he was going to break up with me but it's far from that"

"You should talk to him and not tonight once you've both been drinking"

"Who do you have to talk to?" Spence spoke as he wrapped an arm around my waist.

"No one Spence" I looked up at him and gave him a smile, I knew he didn't believe me but he didn't question me just continued to walk with us towards the dance.

When we made it into the dance I couldn't help but notice how Spence wrapped his arm more tightly around my waist, it wasn't something he hasn't done before he had but normally it was at a party when I was in a dress that was a bit more inappropriate then this one.

But this was different, it wasn't just guys looking in my direction it was girls as well and everyone whispering amongst themselves. I had obviously missed a piece of the latest gossip and I was worried, the last time I was the centre of the gossip it wasn't good.

I looked over at Bri hoping more than anything she knew what was going on but by the look on her face she was as clueless as I was and when I looked at Spence he looked furious.

"Spence" I spoke and he looked down at me, he gave me a soft smile before softly kissing my head but didn't say anything.

At some point Spence had reluctantly left with Bas, Bas was saying something about one of their friends doing something stupid and he had to check it out. Spence looked between the two of us almost as if he didn't know what to do but in the end I told him to go off with his friends since I had my own.

I was standing with Bri by the punch bowl just glad that for once someone hadn't spiked it but the night was early.

"Spencer is acting weird Dri"

"I know, he's oddly protective over me tonight and it's different to when his jealous. He was almost afraid to leave me alone and go off with Bas" I looked at her before looking over to where Spence and Bas were standing

"I noticed that, normally he has no problem running of Bas and he barely gives you a second look"

"I know and I have no problem when he does that but his behaviour tonight and how he's been lately doesn't add up" Bri didn't know what to say to that and we both went silently watching Bas and Spence.

"Who knew make-up could do such a good job" I heard Stephanie speak and when I turned to face her Gabi and Logan snickered, I had no idea what was going on with those two.

"Yeah well it seems to cover up how ugly you are" I shot back but she just narrowed her eyes before smiling at me.

"Well yes it did that for you too but I'm talking about the marks, in fact I'm surprised Hasting has let you out of his sight for the night"

"What are you on about Collins?"

"You know exactly what I'm on about" she smirked at before turning and leaving with her giggling friends.

"Alright what the hell was that about?" I turned and faced Bri and she looked just as confused as I did.

"I've got no idea…it's the weirdest thing I've ever witnessed" Bri shook her head

"Adrianna can we talk?" I was shocked at first by hearing my full name, I turned my head and found Emily standing there.

Emily and I weren't exactly the best of friends but all the Court kids had this bond since none of our parents were exactly always there for us when we wanted them.

"Hey Emily, what's going on?"

"Well there's a rumour…"

"Of course there is, what is it?"

"Well it's just"

"Just spit it out Ayles" Bri growled

"Well there's a rumour floating around that you're a blood whore and your letting Hasting feed off you" Emily quickly shot out and I suspected that all colour just drained from my face, Emily must have seen the look on my face and taken off.

"Dri…" Bri spoke carefully but I just shook my head before storming over to where Spence was standing with Bas.

"You knew didn't you!" I yelled at him and his face dropped

"Babe…"

"You should have told me, I deserve to know!"

"Dri calm down, I only didn't tell you because I was worried. We may not have been dating the last time you had rumours floating around about you but I still know what happened and I sure as hell don't want it to happen again"

"I'm not going to spin out of control again this time Spence!" I yelled at him

"Babe please calm down so we can talk, I'm just worried about you"

"You don't know anything Spencer" I hissed at him before turning around storming out of the room not wanting to even be here anymore.

I continued all the way towards the gym with the idea of taking my anger out on one of the punching bags not even caring that I was in dress and heels.

I made it to the gym and slipped off my heels before walking over and turning on the stereo knowing I won't be distracting anyone since everyone was most likely at the dance still.

"Dri stop!" I heard Nikolaus yell and I turned around to face him, I didn't even hear him enter or turn the music off. "Your hands"

I was confused at what he said at first but when I looked down at my hands I noticed I had split some of my knuckles open and there was blood everywhere, I didn't realise, I wasn't this reckless about not taping my hands. The one time both Rose and Dimitri caught me punching the punching bag without my hands taped I ended up on the end of the biggest lecture ever from them.

I hadn't even realised he walked off but he came back and put an hand on my back and guided me towards the bench to sit down and the whole time I couldn't help but notice how warm his hand felt being on my back and when it was removed I all of a sudden felt cold.

"What happened?" he spoke as he begun wiping the blood away from my hands

"Rumours and finding out my friends are keeping them from me" I spoke in between hisses from the pain

"They're worried about you, they don't want you to collapse again" I stared at him in confusion, "who do you think found you last time?"

I shrugged hoping more than anything he hadn't witnessed or even knew about it, from stories and seeing him in action he was an amazing Guardian and I didn't like the idea that he thought I was weaker than I should be.

"I went through something similar, mind you I was 10 not 18"

"What happened?"

"I threw myself into training, I wasn't allowed to touch the weights but you know as well as I do that the younger kids are allowed to use the cardio machines. I pushed myself too far"

"What caused it?"

He didn't say anything at first, just focused on the task of cleaning my hands. "My brother was killed by a Strigoi, it's why my mother went back to being a Guardian it's the only way she could cope. She wanted me to watch him but I couldn't and he had gotten killed"

"Oh god, I'm so sorry. I might find my brothers annoying but if something happened to them I would devastated"

I honestly couldn't believe this, I couldn't believe he lost his brother when he was 10 but at least he understood what I could get like at some points.

"Thank you, you really should tape your hands more often"

"I normally do, I just forgot. I was so focused on taking my anger out on something that wasn't living or breathing" I couldn't help but notice that he had kept a hold of my hands after he had even put a bandage on them.

"So what was the rumour?" I pulled my hands out of his and looked at them as I begun rubbing at my knuckles as if they were in pain, I'm actually surprised they weren't but had a feeling they would be later. "Dri you can tell me, surely you know by now that you can trust me"

I finally looked up at him and he looked so sincere, "someone started a rumour that I was letting Spence feed off me"

"Spence, as in Spencer Hasting your boyfriend" I nodded at him and I was surprised when anger flashed through his eyes

"This sort of thing isn't tolerated, normally we let the other comments slide through unless someone decides to report it themselves because it is a normal part of high school but this isn't. Do you have any idea who started it?"

"No I don't but you don't have to worry about this, I will be fine"

"It doesn't matter if you will be or not, we can't let it slide as teachers and it needs to be handled. Come on you should go back to your dorm and get some rest"

Nikolaus stood up and I nodded at him before following him back to the dorms, I no longer wanted to attend the party that was being thrown after the dance anymore not after hearing that rumour.

I wasn't in bed for long when my door opened and Bri climbed in bed beside me, she didn't anything but I took in the comfortable she was giving me.

A/N: Thank you to who everyone who has read, followed and reviewed my story

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AmyBanks1999 thank you for reviewing, it means a lot to me. I'm glad you are loving my stories, don't worry I was confused at first when I first joined fanfiction. I'm glad you Nik, I do as well and as for Dri and Spencer only time will tell. I know it is a bit confusing having gone from My Best Mistake to this story with the different friends but as you can see Emily made an appearance in this chapter and Stefan, James and Jeremy will appear in future chapters as well. As for what else happened while Dri and Nik were in Melbourne, there will be more information on it in later chapters. I didn't want to spend too much time on it as that night was literally a game of 20 questions and I didn't feel like writing it all. The trip to Melbourne is what makes the relationship change between the two of them, Dri did get the beautiful comment was just confused as to why he did.