I'm baaaaack! Enjoy this chapter. For it is filled with awesomeness! Actually, it's a filler. Jiptt actually encouraged me to write this chapter. Well, I was going to write it anyway, but she (sorry if your a guy but I'm assuming guys wouldn't read VA) encouraged me to save the chapter I was going to write for the next chapter so I could explain a bit what was going on. Kinda reminded me that you guys aren't writing the fic, so therefor you do not have as much as an understanding as I do. So sorry!

I was in my make shift room, reading a book I had found in the bookshelf about each element. There was a knock on my door and I looked up as Rose stood in the doorway. Alexis was at school at the moment.

"Can I talk to you?" she asked. I nodded, setting the book down.

"Sure," I said. Rose nodded and walked farther into the room, shutting the door behind her. She sat beside me, "So what do you want to talk about?" she turned to look at me, her eyes slightly curious and worried. Though not conveyed by her eyes, I saw her aura flash with a little bit of anger.

"What happened yesterday?" she demanded. I grinned.

"We were in the middle of a hot make-out session," I waggled my eye brows at her. Her eyes narrowed.

"IT WAS NOT-"

"It was. Anyways, we were interrupted by Alexis screaming because she saw a spider and dropped a vase, which she cut her foot on. We pulled the glass out of her foot and went out for ice cream. Oh yeah, and we thought it was Strigoi and you were about to go out- with a murderous look on your face, I might add. When I tried to follow you, you gave me this," I pulled down the collar of my shirt, showing her the bruise left from when she pinned me to the wall with her elbow.

"I meant before all of that," she told me, "Sorry, by the way," I have to say, she didn't sound very sorry.

"Mmhmm, sure you are. Anyways, I was in a spirit dream," I lied calmly. Her eyes darkened.

"Adrian, you weren't breathing. You didn't have a pulse; you were dead for two whole fucking hours! And you expect me to believe you were just in a fucking spirit dream?" My eyes widened as her eyes glistened over. I pulled her to me slightly, cautiously. My hands caressed her cheeks slightly and wiped away one of the tears that had fell.

"Shh. It's okay," I whispered.

"Adrian, I thought you were dead!" she yelled, "I thought I lost you," she lowered her voice as she said that- sounding strangely sad. That was normal, right? Your sad when a friend dies. I mean, she was worse when Mason died, right? And if Lissa died, she'd be heartbroken. This wasn't anything more than normal grief of a friend. I laid my head against one side of her own, stroking her hair.

"But I'm okay now Rose," I pulled away, thrusting my hand out and guiding hers toward it with the other so she could feel my pulse.

"What happened?" she demanded, snatching her hand away. I sighed and ran a hand through me hair.

"I went to the spirit world," I admitted. Rose gasped.

"What?" Her voice was slightly shaky when she asked, "What where you doing there?"

"Visiting Alison," I told her with a shrug. I heard her give a sharp intake of air and let out a shaky breath.

"I see," her voice was trembling yet her face remained in different. The previous tears and emotion where gone; wiped clean into a blank canvas.

"Not like that. I wanted answers," I corrected what I was assuming she thought.

"And did you get them?" she asked, her voice recovering as well- taking on it's own stolid tone. I gave a wavering laugh, as if the situation was funny.

"No, just left with more questions," I replied.

"What did you want answered?" she asked.

"To be honest, my mind is so perplexed I think I don't even know what questions I actually want the answers to anymore. I couldn't even begin to tell you," I whispered. That wasn't completely true. There was one question that, without a doubt, I wanted- no needed- the answer to; Rose, do you love me? Is that what all this strange behavior is about? Then my mind would regain it's senses as always and I would remember that she didn't. She left me for the person she could say without a trace of self doubt that she loved him. Rose laughed.

"I think your mind has always been that way, Adrian," she joked, nudging me with her shoulder. I laughed.

"As I recall I do believe you once asked me if I thought you were crazy," Rose gave a disbelieving gasp.

"I was seeing me best friends ghost! Do you really blame me for thinking I'm crazy? Besides as my memory goes- which is much better than your alcoholic one- you told me that crazy people never question if their crazy," I put my hands up in innocence.

"I will admit that I had said that to you in hopes of comfort. You were, after-all- as you said- seeing your best friends ghost,"

"I also remember in that hotel casino place you said, 'Well, I'm supposed to be crazy, right? And there isn't much I wouldn't do for you. The stupider the better,'"

"I-"

"And! 'Art doesn't have to make sense, little dhapmir. Besides, I'm supposed to be crazy, right?' right before you wrote that impromptu poem for me you said you'll always be crazy. And-"

"Correction! I said, 'I'll always be crazy about you Rose'" I smiled smugly.

"And," she continued,ignoring me, " when I was in Russia inside Lissa's head you were talking about how- call you crazy- hardcore her healing was. Then you argued that some people would say you actually are crazy,"

"How do you remember all of this?" I asked in slight awe but also in exasperation. Rose shrugged.

"Comes with the training I guess. Remembering all the stuff your enemies say, you say to enemies, yada yada,"

"So I'm you enemy now?" I teased. She had a small smile on her face.

"Maybe," she drawled.

"Maybe? Maybe? Maybe?" I teased, leaning over and running my fingers on her sides, making her laugh, "Are you sure?" I asked full on tickling now.

"Okay, okay! I changed my mind!" I stopped tickling her and looked down smugly, "Yes!" and then she was up and running. I swore softly and ran after her at full speed, knowing if I tried my hardest I had a chance to catch up to her. She circled around the living room and I cut across, catching her by the waist and swinging her back to me. She laughed as I started tickling her sides to the point where she couldn't breath. I stopped suddenly and leaned down.

"Have you changed your mind yet?" I whispered in her ear.

"I..am going...to get you...Ivashkov!" she panted. I smiled.

"I'm so scared," I mocked.

"You better be," she warned. Then suddenly she whipped around so she was facing me. Her legs hooked behind mine and I fell to the ground taking her with me.

"Got you," she whispered. I smiled and my arms trailed up from her waist and tickled her again. I felt her hold on me loosen and I quickly rolled over so I was on top. I leaned down and whispered in her ear.

"No, I got you," then suddenly we were kissing. I wasn't exactly sure who started it- though I bet it was me. My hands traveled down to her waist and she tangled her own in my hair. Her lips were soft against my own and I enjoyed the warmth it sent through my body. I bit her bottom lip causing a groan to rise from her lips. I smiled against her lips. One of her hands trailed down to my back and I felt her nails dig into my skin. I felt a growl rise in the back of my throat. Rose rolled us over and hopped up so suddenly that for a moment, I was kissing air. She gave a halfhearted laugh, most likely at the picture of me kissing air. I scrambled to my feet and met her eyes filled with regret.

"I'm sorry Adrian. It's just- I. I can't do this to Dimitri," she looked away.

"You mean you can't meaning you want to?" I asked hopefully. Not meeting my eyes, she shook her head. I felt my heart drop, "Yeah. I didn't think so. It's fine you know. I- I'm Adrian Ivashkov. It didn't mean much to me either. I'm just going to. Go, um- uh- this way for a moment," I said, pointing to my room.

"Adrian!" she sighed, coming after me.

I was staring at my calender. Partly to avoid looking at her, and partly because I feel I forgot something.

"Adrian," she said softly. I turned around and looked at her.

"Yeah?" I asked, sounding completely normal. It wasn't that I didn't care. I cared a lot but was I gonna let her know that? No. I saw shock in her eyes from my causality and then she shrugged.

"Nothing," she said, matching my careless tone. She plopped down on my bed and picked up the book that laid down on my current page. She picked it up and read a random part, clearing her throat first.

Sometimes a Moroi craftsmen will design something, perhaps a piece of jewelry, that which is connected to their powers. The item must be hand crafted and some touch or silver or metal materiel to channel magic into. The item will then serve as strength for that Moroi. Often times, it will have resemblance in colors to the element the Moroi is specialized. The Moroi will also feel compelled to it, as if somehow it is a part of them. When the Moroi is using their powers, the item may straighten it or perhaps make it easier to learn a new spell or unlock spells they did not know existed in their mind. If the Moroi is not yet specialized, it may assist in specializing earlier than most and become advanced in their magic quicker. Moroi-

"Wow, that's pretty cool. Did you know that?" Rose cut herself off, either tired of reading or bored.

"No. But it reminds, me of something. Something I need to do.." I wandered.

"It kind of reminds me of Lexi's necklace you got her," my eyes widened as realization dawned on me.

I'll make an appointment for you this Wednesday. We can talk then...

"Oh, shit!" Rose's eyes widened in shock.

"What?"

"What day is it?" I asked. Rose thought for a second.

"Friday, I think, why?"

"When did Lexi go missing?" I asked.

"About a week ago. Adrian what are-"

"I have to go. Can you pick Lexi up from school?" I asked, throwing her my wallet and keys and running out of the house.

Rose POV

I watched Adrian's retreating figure. I had no problem picking Lexi up, but why did he give me his keys and wallet? Sure, the Moroi school was a bit off of Royal court and a small driving distance, but I had my own car. I look from the contents in my hand to the now closed door. Speaking my thoughts aloud when I said,

"What the fuck?" realizing this was Adrian, I shrugged, opened his wallet, and took out his money and credit cards. I slid them into my back pocket and closed the wallet just as the door opened again and Adrian ran through, took his keys and wallet, then ran back out. I stared, confused for a second at the door, shook my head, and walked out. Time to prepare my house for Alexis to come over.

Done! Kind of a filler but the next one's going to be filled with some cute Alexis, whatever the hell Adrian is going to do (though I think you know) and someone is "Coming Home" you know, that P Diddy song. Nah, but any guesses who? Gracias to all and to all a good reading. Until next time my friends!

LUV YA!

And a big thanks to all my wonderful reviewers for the past chapters! Sorry if I missed some people!

jpitt 7/6/12 . chapter 12

Thanks! And I mean seriously, thanks! I really appreciated your PM. I hope this and next chapter will help out your questions a little bit. If your still confused about anything just give me another PM or review and I'll try to clear things up.

Guest 7/4/12 . chapter 12

Hahah that may be why. I'm not sure if FanFiction has changed for Iphones. I hope I updated soon enough, but I also have two others stories to attend to. So sorry if I take too long!

Guest 7/4/12 . chapter 12

Um, thanks? Hahaha, glad to know how into "You can't Wait Forever" you are. Did the last chapter quench your supense? It was fun to write, I'll say that much.

Guest 7/4/12 . chapter 12

Thanks. It's always nice to hear that.
I have a vague outline of the story and then I change and add details as I write. Sometimes I'll add things I originally didn't plan but fit better or explain something better. Glad to hear you like it, thanks for reviewing!

oceanlover91 7/4/12 . chapter 12

Trust me, I plan to finish this story. Maybe possibly write a sequel. Glad you like it.

maddie 5/29/12 . chapter 1

I am, I promise!

lissa94 5/21/12 . chapter 11

Thank you for your sympathy and empathy. Though, I think you may have had it worse than me. I had to have surgery and that gave me a staff infection but I'm all good now! :) thanks for the review. Hope you enjoy the story!

AussieGirl16 5/1/12 . chapter 10

Hahaha it's all cool. Besides I'm really happy that you "LOVE IT" haha, thanks so much for all the frequent reviews. My arm is perfectly healed. Good as new apart from the scar the pins left. :) keep reading!

Smileytiger 4/30/12 . chapter 11

Thank you! You may love the story, but I really love feedback like this! My arm is perfectly headled again and I'm back to typing an average of 40 words per minute :) Hope you enjoyed the chapter and one's to come.

guardian roza belikova 4/29/12 . chapter 10

You know that's always welcome. I could use a critic as I write person, dork. Besides it's not much different than this morning, right? Except that wasn't about fan fiction at all

katherinesilvasweet 4/25/12 . chapter 10

Yep Adrian and Rose going to be together. I hope that doesn't ruin anything for you but I like it better that way. I'm considering writing an alternate where he ends up with Sydney but my heart wouldn't really be into it like it is in this one. Thanks for the lovely review.

Book Lovin Teen 4/25/12 . chapter 10

2 days is correct so I do owe you a sneak peak. I guess I'll get that to you sometime tomorrow? Sorry about how late it is. And as for Joshua, though that is his name, the question was about his sister's name. Sorry about that. I hope you enjoy the fic as much as I enjoy writing it for you (and my other fans) Thank you for the guesses. :) keep reading!

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