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Rose was baffled when Adrian seemed to just brush by her as they exited the plane. Not once did he even bother to glance her way. Oh no, she thought to herself, as he walked briskly away. I must have really pissed him off this time. There is no possible way he can ignore me the whole day Rose thought to herself.
"Hey Christian!" she shouted as he walked past. "Christian, wait up!" Catching up to Christian she noticed that he kept his head down and she could see a smug smile playing across his face. "Christian what did you say to Adrian," she yelled grabbing his shoulders and turning him until he faced her.
"Hathaway, I said nothing to Adrian that he wasn't already thinking on his own. Maybe the question is what did you say to Adrian." Without sparing a further glance at her, Christian caught up with Adrian, swinging his arm over his shoulder.
Standing with her arms folded as people continued to mill about her, Rose glared until Lissa came up behind her and patted her on the shoulder. "Something's definitely going on with those two," Lissa stated calmly.
"I know, did you happen to see how buddy buddy they are. It makes me sick" If there were anymore venom in Rose's voice, Lissa would have worried that Rose herself had turned strigoi. "Don't worry about it, those two are just giving us the cold shoulder Rose." Right after her sentence was out Lissa seemed to notice that something was missing. "Rose did you see-"
Before the words were even out of her mouth, shrieks could be heard from behind them. As quick as lightening, Rose took off running after Dimitri. With a loud thud Dimitri was pinned to the ground, his face contorted in pure rage. "Humanssss," he hissed. Turning his head to face his victims he began struggling against Rose. Slamming his face into the ground and holding it there, Rose yelled for Adrian and Lissa.
Slowly, as the two of them approached, Dimitri started to stop struggling. Staring straight into Dimitri's eyes Adrian managed to calm the situation. But what scared Rose even worse was that there seemed to be a look of complete and total hatred in his eyes. Quietly, in a voice so low it was almost inaudible, Rose heard Adrian ask Lissa to take over. By this point in time, Rose had no idea what to think. The only thing that seemed to make any sense in the far reaches of her foggy mind was that she loved both Dimitri and Adrian. Yet Dimitri had been turned into a monster. As of right now he wasn't able to love anyone.
As Adrian walked by she heard him mutter in a clear tone of voice "Dimitri is forever changed Rose. He's no longer the person you once knew." Silently she wondered if he had a valid point, or if he was just jealous.
Walking by Dimitri There was a deep, sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. Lissa looked up at her and through their bond Rose could feel her pity. Even Christian gave her a look that she didn't need any sort of bond to interpret as sympathy. Making sure that her face was guardian smooth, Rose continued on her way to the cab Adrian had called in. Sliding in the door the older gentleman held open for her, she wasn't even aware of who she sat next to until she smelled cloves. Not wanting to see the hurt and pity in his chocolate brown eyes, Rose looked down at her hands in her lap.
Hearing the cab door gently close as Lissa, Dimitri, and Christian scooted in beside her, she became aware of the fact that they were off to the "City of Brotherly love." Perhaps, she thought to herself, If I were just a normal academy student I would be excited to be going to such a big city. "Hell just one short year ago this would have been fun," Rose said aloud.
"What would have been fun?" Lissa questioned looking over at her.
"You know, getting away from the school," Rose said aware of the cab drivers presence. "Going on a life changing adventure." Staring hard at a fleck of imaginary dirt on her nail Rose went on "I mean this is what someone like me lives for, right?" She couldn't say much more because of human ears being present, but Lissa still got the drift. This is what guardians lived for. Then all of a sudden Adrian piped up.
"You guys are so stupid," he said as he shook with laughter. "Has anyone even bothered to notice that the cab driver is a dhampir?" Managing to pick her head up, Rose looked at the driver. Indeed he was a dhampir. How could she have been so stupid before? All of the tell tale signs were there, from the wiry and graceful body to the quick and inhuman reflexes. For a moment Rose forgot that Adrian was mad at her.
Swiftly jabbing him in the sides, she grumbled "Knock it off Ivashkov."
Just as quickly remembering he wouldn't speak to her, Rose shut up. Directing her gaze at the floor, Rose felt the blood begin rushing to her cheeks. "You know I hate that we aren't speaking Adrian."
"Trust me, I hate it too Rose." Rose could feel his fingertips gently brush the side of her cheeks, turning her face so that she was looking at him, instead of the gray, tattered carpet. "But I need to know that you understand what your heart is telling you. After everything that has happened today, do you understand now?'
"Yes," Rose managed to squeak out past the lump in her throat.
"And what is it that your heart is telling you Guardian Hathaway?"His eyes were brimming with so much love that Rose knew the answer.
"My heart is telling me Lord Ivashkov that I love you, not Dimitri." Leaning in Adrian brushed his lips softly and tenderly against Rose's. Just as the world began to spin, Both of them jumped apart when they heard Lissa and Christian cough rather loudly. Blushing fiercely Rose asked in a venomous voice "Is there something that you would like to say fire boy?"
"Well other than the fact that Adrian is completely and totally fucking whipped, and that it just makes my heart sing to see you two love birds so happy, no."
"I am not in any way, shape, or form whipped Ozera!" Adrian almost looked as if he wanted to get out of his seat and rip Christian from limb to limb.
"Calm down Ivashkov, I was only joking around." Glancing over at Lissa, Rose shook her head and leaned against Adrian's shoulder. This was going to be the longest half-hour ride of her life!