A/N: First of all I wanted to apologize for my rude absence, my family and I have been going through a really hard time with a death in our family. So I really appreciate ya'lls patience. Aside from my loss this chapter was extremely difficult to write but hopefully it meets your expectations.

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Chapter 10: Lies and Pain

Disclaimer: I own nothing… except for the plot.

"But I like it

Because it is bitter,

And because it is my heart." — Stephen Crane

[[Rose's POV]]

"Alright," I said to Adrian as we were eating lunch. "Tell me what you did and why you did it." I tried not to look as betrayed as I felt.

"It's true I'm always doing naughty things however, as of the late I've been a very good boy." He said with fake innocence.

"I'm being serious." I told him.

"Your right, I should stick to being bad, it's more fun." He smiled a devious smile.

He was really starting to annoy me. "I'm really not in the mood so unless you want the rest of your meal down your pants I suggest you tell me, now."

He tried to hide his laugh with a cough. "Why don't you just tell me what I did so I don't have to play the guessing game." He suggested.

"That's just it I don't know what you did that's why I want you to tell me." I said exasperated.

"Well what do you know?" He said still smiling brightly.

"Last night, I got sucked into Lissa's head while she was dreaming. You were visiting her last night." I said calmly though I was anything but. I watched as Adrian's expression went from playful to panic. His body went rigid and he froze mid-bite.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He said unwilling to meet my eyes.

"Here let me break it down for you." I said sarcastically repeating the words that were forever burned into my mind. I remembered them perfectly as if I was reading them from a teleprompter.

"You told Lissa, 'I had hoped the compulsion would last longer.' And Lissa said, 'I think seeing Dimitri is making it ware off faster. Rose is going to end up remembering if we don't do anything about it soon.' And you said, 'Do you think using compulsion on her to stay clear of him would help?' and she told you, 'well it's worth a shot.'"

"Need I go on?" I asked.

"What do you want me to say?" he said suddenly mad.

"I want to know what you did."

Without a word Adrian got out of his chair and walked over to me. He grabbed my chin and strongly pulled me to my feet. His eyes locked gazes with me and I was unable to look away.

"You will forget about the dream that Lissa had last night and you will stay away from Dimitri Belikov. He said some mean things to Lissa and you will hate –"

His words were cut off by my hand plowing into his face. He yelped out in surprise and grabbed his reddened cheek.

"Don't you dare try to compel me again or you the next residence you live in will be the hospital." I hissed.

"WHY CAN'T YOU EVER JUST LEAVE THINGS ALONE?" He yelled throwing his hands into the air.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I said taken aback from his outburst. Wasn't I the one that was supposed to be mad?

"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT ASKED FOR THIS NOT ME! I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT BUT YOU INSISTED AND YET HERE I AM PAYING FORTHIS SHIT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T HANDLE IT!"

I stood there frozen by his words. What was he talking about? I never asked him to do anything for me, especially something that I couldn't handle, my pride would never had allowed it. Would I? I shook the thought out of my head. If something had happened that was soo important that I had to ask for help I would have remembered it. No matter what they did to me. End of story.

During the entire argument I hadn't noticed until now how on edge and tense he was. It disturbed me in ways that being sucked into that dream last night had not. Adrian was hardly ever stressed, and seeing him like this meant something wasn't right.

"You're not acting like yourself." Hoping to get him to confess to whatever was truly bothering him; my anger from earlier temporarily doused.

Instead of calming him down my words had seemed to spark another flame in him that he had been holding in.

"OF COURSE I'M NOT ACTING LIKE MYSELF, I CAN'T WHILE YOU'RE LIKE THIS. I HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL ALL THE TIME. I'M TIRED OF IT" He pointed towards me like I had a nasty infection covering my body.

"Why do you have to be careful around me?" I asked softly, finally noticing all the people in the room looking our way.

"I can't tell you." His eyes looked truly pained by this statement, which confused me even more. If he wanted to tell me why was he refusing? Then the realization hit me.

"Is it so bad that you're afraid I'll hate you for it?"

He looked down at the table unwilling to meet my eyes.

"Whatever you did, It's not going to make me hate you." I said hoping my words were true.

His head came up to which he gave me a grim look, "Yes. You will."

Before I could say anything else he pulled a hundred out of his wallet set it on the table and walked out the doors. I stood there dumbfounded; I couldn't understand why he was acting like this. Was it really his mental state or did I really do something to make him this angry. I didn't know whether to chase after him or just leave him be; after a few minutes, I decided the latter.

I walked back into the room and with nothing else to do I began packing my bags. It wasn't long before I heard someone knocking on the door. Tired and not really in the mood for company I ignored the knocks until they gave up and walked away.

It wasn't but a few minutes when I heard someone come inside, expecting it to be Lisa I prepared myself to bombard her with questions, when Jake walked in the room. He looked just as surprised to see me in here as I was to see him and for a couple of seconds neither one of us said a word.

Finally finding my voice I spoke to him. "Can I help you?"

He looked a little flustered as he found his words, "I was –uh. I tried knocking, but you didn't answer. I thought you might be sleeping. We need to leave in an hour so I was coming to make sure you were packed up." He said looking at my luggage.

"Well I just finished. But thanks." I said hoping he'd take it as a hint to leave, but instead he just came and sat on the bed.

"You left the party early last night." He observed.

"uh, yeah I didn't feel in the partying mood I guess." I shrugged.

"That's surprising since I always hear stories about your wild lifestyle." He spoke jokingly, but I wasn't in the mood for it. I just wanted to lie down and take a nap before I was subjected to the horrific headache on the flight back home.

Is there something else that you needed? I want to take a quick nap." I asked harshly.

He looked taken aback from my callousness, "Well, uh- yeah. I wanted to warn you I guess." He said shyly, which was unusual for him.

"About what exactly?" I asked

"Last night I saw you talking to Tasha's guardian, you looked kind of into him." He stated boldly.

I was about to go off on him when he cut me off. "Just let me finish."

"Fine." I grumbled.

"I don't know if you do or not but I don't trust him, and I don't think you should either." He spoke with an authority that made me want to rebel.

"I'm sorry but I don't fall from peer pressure I can make my own judgments." I crossed my arms over my chest in defiance.

"Of course you can, I'm just trying to tell you to be cautious." He stated.

"Why does it matter to you so much?"

Jake got a dark look in his eyes before answering. "He just reminds me of someone I went to school with. Just be careful." He said strictly as if it was an order rather than a request.

"You do realize that were leaving in an hour, and Tasha and Guardian Belikov are not coming with us…" I spoke sarcastically.

"Well good then." He spoke sharply, and then stomped out of my room.

With nothing else to do I plopped on my bed and fell fast asleep.

[[Dimitri POV]]

I could see her sitting impatiently beside Adrian as I boarded the plane, her eyes caught mine for a brief second and I saw the shock of seeing me hit her like a brick wall but before I could see any other emotion she turned her head and faced the window. I then caught Lissa's sharp gaze as she motioned for me to come over.

Taking a deep breath I stepped towards her, "Good morning, princess. How was your day?"

She rolled her eyes. "Cut the crap Dimitri. What are you doing?" she asked skeptically.

"Tasha has been asked to teach a moroi defense class at St. Vladimir's." I stated bluntly.

"So you and Tasha are going to be staying at the school?" her expression horrified.

"Yes." I stated boldly. Lissa thought about this for a moment and then spoke carefully.

"This wouldn't have anything to do with what you found out last night would it?"

I thought about it for a moment not realizing I was going to tell her the truth until I began.

"When I left Rose, I knew it was going to break her heart, I knew that she would hate me for a long time years even. But I told myself that it would be worth it in the end –because after all those years of hate she would finally see reason to why I did it and we would be friends again."

I paused as Lissa's expression softened a bit but continued with a renewed energy. "You and Adrian took that away from me, princess and I don't care if I have to stay until you both graduate –I will get her to remember me."

She sat quietly for a moment before giving me a knowing smirk. "I'm not so sure that's your reason for coming back."

"What do you mean?" asked suspiciously.

"I don't think you want her to remember you. I think you want to start fresh with her, but this time without the romance."

I was about to object when she cut me off.

"If that's the real reason you're staying then I'm okay with it." And with that she turned around in her seat and therefore dismissing me.

I stood there for a second and looked at Rose; she had gotten up from her seat and was talking to her current mentor. It looked like they were in deep discussion about something but I couldn't tell what. It reminded me of all the intense conversations we would have that usually ended in kissing. Then I thought of something that tore my heart to shreds. What if she had feelings for him? It wouldn't be the first time she's fallen for her mentor, I thought grudgingly. I turned away from her and went to sit down by the window, Tasha said something to me but I ignored her, all I wanted to do was stare out the window and hide the betraying tear that was falling down my cheek.

A/N: Sorry, for the grammar errors & the shortness of the chapter I figured you'd rather have it short than nothing at all.

I'll try to have another update within the next 2 weeks.

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-HollyJayy-