A/N: I've Been out of the country, off and on. School..Practice..Study all I really had time for. AP classes really aren't a joke. Not to mention, a lot going on and for that I sincerely apologize. I must admit though, I was thinking about not writing anymore, but I've received so many messages from people that they want me to continue my stories. Thanks so much for that guys!

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Chapter 13: Different Emotions


Rose POV

"Okay, so I already told her we were here. I'll let you all know once she arrives," Adrian spoke with a giant smile on his face.

I rolled my eyes along with almost everyone else that had come.

"Honesty Adrian, shut the hell up already!" I yelled. "Trust me, I know you excited but we aren't as excited."

He ignored me.

"I assume were all good with that. Blah..blah..blah," Dimitri scoffed, followed by a roll of his eyes. "Roza, let's go already. I want to go to the bookstore and maybe hit the arcade. Oh and grab a smoothie. Quite frankly, I don't really care for meeting Adrian's new 'friend," he spoke, irritation leaking in the word friend.

I knocked his head, "Calm down, we'll head there in a minute."

He sighed, and put his ear buds in his ears and said, "Alright."

Dimitri was currently 17. He was about 3 or 4 inches taller than me, around 5'9 maybe 6'0 now. As always, his hair was tied at the nape of his neck. With our training sessions back in full swing, Dimitri had built his six pack back up along with his muscles and looked good as ever. His voice had gotten back deep and he was shaving every other morning. He wore a black fitted V-neck that showed his muscles and a pair of loose fitting jeans.

Crossing his arms over his chest, he was glaring at Adrian who still insisted on talking.

"Adrian, relax. She will be here in a couple of hours. Let us know, we'll catch back up with you later," I said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, Lissa and I have to handle something too," Christian spoke, finishing off his smoothie.

Lissa rolled her eyes and gave Adrian a sheepish smile.

"Text us," said Christian. With that, he and Lissa walked the opposite way which we had come.

Dimitri sent me a pleading look. I rolled my eyes and gave him a 'come on' motion with my hand. "Us too. See ya later," I said as Dimitri and I made our way over to the elevators.

"Oh, you have no idea the things I could do to you," Dimitri said grinned, placing down the basketball.

I put down my ball as well and rolled my eyes at him, a smile playing on my lips. "Is that so?" I ask.

"Mhmm, although, I do wonder about the things you could do for me," he said nibbling on my ear and kissed under my ear softly.

"Am I right?" he whispered, wrapping his arms around me from behind. "You think about it too," he hinted.

How the hell did we go from playing basketball, to this? Oh right, because this Dimitri absolutely loved physical contact. Damn Teenager hormones.

"After all, I do recall your jump shot. Rather…intriguing" He said, his Russian accent far more pronounced.

Damn.

I felt a smile creep up on my face, and turned around as I wrapped my arms around his neck. I wasn't any better. I try though. I honestly fucking try.

"Is that right?" I whispered back seductively, running a hand through his hair.

He let out a low groan, "Fuck yes." He pulled me closer, as his hands roamed freely under my shirt. He looked at me, his chocolate brown eyes giving me a once over. I could feel my pulse hammering against my skin as I was completely mesmerized by his intense gaze. I glanced down at his lips, which were mere inches away.

I sighed.

Dimitri raised a perfectly arched eye-brow as he continued to stare at me. His left hand caressed my face.

"Dimitri," I spoke my voice thick. "I can't...we… You're not... what if…damn," I honestly couldn't say how I felt at the moment. Not with actually telling him why I couldn't. "Not now," I concluded, figuring that was the best I could come up with.

Kinda vague, but honestly what could I say?

He brought my hands up to his lips and placed a kiss on my knuckles; along with each one of my finger tips.

God this was getting harder.

Giving me his best puppy dog eyes, he pouted, "Why?"

"Because," I said, pulling away and tried to ignore the hurt in his eyes. "I've told you before Dimitri, I want to wait until you're yourself. You're still underage…and I could-," he cut me off.

"Bull. Shit" He swore, enunciating each word and crossed his arms over his chest.

Well fuck me sideways.

The tables have surely turned.

If this isn't déjà vu, then I don't know what is.

It was always Dimitri saying how we couldn't. How we had to wait, how I was underage. It was always me getting upset and frustrated. Walking away, as Dimitri tried to be reasonable and stand his ground. Now it was my turn. I was saying how we couldn't. How he was underage. It was mebeing reasonable and standing my ground.

And I fucking hated every second of it.

I internally groaned, and used every swear word I knew as I cursed this situation. Believe me, if I could be with Dimitri in every way possible, I would. But as of at the moment, I honestly couldn't.

Kirova had told me what would happen if I did.

"Rose, good to see you again," Kirova spoke, smiling slightly as she sat at her desk.

I rolled my eyes, "Good to see you too," I spoke, sarcasm clear in my words. No need to act like I actually liked her.

She narrowed her eyes at me, obviously dropping the act. "Alright Rose, I'll get straight to the point. You don't wanna be here, and I have better things to do," she said.

Now there's the Kirova that I know. The one that's hated me and could not wait until my time was finished here.

"I've seen you and Guardian Belikov around…and well I'm just gonna say this the best way I can. You cannot be with him until after you graduate," she said bluntly.

Yeah, Yeah-

Wait.

What?

"Say what now?" I asked her, finally paying attention to what she was saying.

"I meant exactly what I said. You and Guardian Belikov are not to be involved until after your graduation. There is not a thing that you can do or say about it."

I stared at her, my mouth agape before my attitude kicked in.

"And why the hell not? I'm eighteen!" Okay, not yet but in 2 weeks I will be.

It wasn't a problem before.

She signed, "Rose, I don't want to create problems. I'm simply doing as I am told," she said tiredly.

"And who's responsible for this?" I glared at her.

"Rose-" she tried, but I didn't want to hear it.

"There wasn't a damn problem before. Why now?" I spat. I couldn't help it, I was pissed. After I had changed back, and before Dimitri turned, we were together. She had seen us and she obviously didn't think anything of it.

Alberta had told me so!

That obviously wasn't the case now.

"Look Rose, I get how you feel. But I can't do anything about it," she let out a sigh. "You have about a month left, I'm pretty sure you can get through it. Besides, it's not like I'm saying you can't see him anymore. Just...leave it alone for awhile, try to be friends. Because if you don't..." she trailed off.

She didn't need to say it. I already knew.

It wouldn't look good, and the Queen already didn't like me.

Why give her a reason why I couldn't have Lissa?

Kirova was telling me that she could get technical and she didn't want that. She didn't want to be the bad guy.

Well that's a first.

I sighed, "Fine."

"Dimitri, look, I just can't okay? Leave it alone," I said more harshly than I intended.

The look on his face broke my heart.

"Fine," he stated coldly. "I don't care. Do whatever you want. See if I care," he spat, putting in his ear phones.

"Dimitri-" I started.

"I said whatever Rose. I don't care anymore," he gritted his teeth, and turned away from me.

I glared at him, my own fucking frustration coming into play. His attitude wasn't helping anything, and it only burned with the emotions I was feeling.

"Grow the fuck up Dimitri. You think I don't want this? I want it so fucking badly! But I CAN'T okay? Get that into you thick SKULL! The sooner the better. I can't be with you! As friends? Of course. NOTHING. MORE. At least not right now," I yelled, yanking the ear phones out of his ear.

He shrugged.

He fucking shrugged.

Fine.

Two can play that game.

Buzz, buzz.

I reached into my pocket and pulled out my cell phone. It was Adrian.

Little dhampir, come on, I want you to meet someone :) We're at the food court over by the Sonic.

-Adrian

I sighed, putting the device back in my pocket.

"Come on, Dimitri, everyone's waiting for us," I said walking towards the Arcade exit.

He followed me without a word.

I rolled my eyes.

Well this was going to be exciting.


Adrian POV

I couldn't keep this smile off my face. I really wanted everyone to meet Alison. She was perfect. Well, not perfect…but perfect for me. She was everything I could want. And she actually returned the feelings. It was more than just a physical attraction. She was shorter than me stopping at about 5'5, maybe 5'4. She had light brown hair stopping at her shoulders. Gray eyes, with a tanned complexion. She had a few curves, and was on the slim side. She was a Moroi. A non-royal Moroi. She was 20, 2 years younger than me.

"Adrian!" she squealed, jumping into my arms as I picked her up slightly.

She was also always in a good mood. I kissed her forehead, placing her back down and holding her hands in mine.

"Hi hun," I smirked.

She blushed, I smirked. I would never get tired of this.

We hugged each other for a few minutes, enjoying finally meeting each other for the first time. We had been talking for about 4 months. We had been seeing each other on a web cam for about a month. But actually meeting her for the first time?

It was incredible.

She pulled back and stared into my eyes, a smile gracing her delicate features. "I've waited for this," she said shyly. "I couldn't wait to meet you in person."

I knew how she felt. We may not have been talking that long, but she knew things about me no one else knew. Not even Rose. And vice versa. We both understood each other.

I was never one for online dating, and online websites. But I do not regret doing this.

"I know," I gave her a smile and caressed her face with the back of my hand.

We stayed like that a few more minutes, before I pulled back remembering that I still wanted everyone else to meet her.

We could get well acquainted with each other...later.

I smiled; I really was in a great freaking mood. "Ali," I said, "I want you to meet some people." I took her hand, as we turned to enter the food court.

I especially wanted Rose's opinion. Even if we weren't together, she was one of my closet friends, along with Lissa. I didn't exactly want their approval, but I wanted to know what they honestly felt.

Alison smiled.

I felt a little weak in the knees.

"Of course! From what you told me, I honestly can't wait to meet them either," she smiled.

I loved her smiles. We continued to walk towards the food court. I saw everyone waiting around and looking for us. Smiling back up at me, she rubbed circles on my hand with her thumb.

I pulled her back to me, and let out a content sigh, as I rested my head on hers.

I had it bad for her.

Really, really bad.


Rose POV

Dimitri and I arrived at the food court, seeing everyone over by the Sonic. Everyone was laughing, including some girl I had never seen.

That must be Adrian's mystery girl.

At least he was happy.

We made our way over to the table, before Dimitri finally took his earphones out and turned to me. "I'm gonna get something to eat from the Burger King," he nodded to the other side of the food court. "Let me know once it's time to leave. Just send a text." With that he walked away before I could speak.

Real mature right?

This Dimitri wasn't good with the whole facade he usually used. Unlike using the robotic guardian mask, this Dimitri acted like a jerk.

An arrogant, complete douche bag jerk.

Yep, that does it. I tried to shrug it off the best I could, and ordered a vanilla milk shake and burger before walking over to the table. It still stung.

"Hey guys," I faked smiled. I really didn't care to explain anything right now.

The greetings I got ranged, as everyone said their own thing.

I looked over at the girl who had spoken hello. No one really ever says hello to me, unless it was a formal event. Even then, it was only from someone I didn't know.

I looked her over, and decided this was Adrian's girl. They made a cute couple. She was half the size of him, stopping at a little after his chest. She had straight light brown hair to her shoulders, gray eyes, and a slim body. Adrian's arm was draped over her chair, and she was leaning into him a pleasant smile on her face.

They made a cute couple.

My heart ached.

"You must be Rose," she smiled, leaning over the table to shake my hand.

I smiled back, I was grateful that Adrian had finally found somebody. He deserved it, and she seemed like a nice person.

"You must be the mystery girl, that has got Adrian wrapped around your finger," I smirked.

She blushed, and rolled her eyes. "I am. But call me Alison," she smirked back.

I think I'm gonna like this girl.

We all talked about this and that, and it turned out Alison was a really cool person. She had taken gymnastics until she had turned 18, and modeled up until she was 17. She and Adrian met on a website, out of pure randomness and boredom. Neither one of them was looking for anything, and joined for the heck of it. Like Adrian, they both enjoyed art, swimming, and long walks on the beach.

How cliché was that?

I rolled my eyes at that, but none the less was still happy for both of them.

Turns out that Alison, had also enjoyed horseback riding. It wasn't a bad idea, and we all agreed to go. I had to admit, I had always wanted to go horseback riding. It seemed cool. Lissa thought it was cool too, but we had never got the chance too. We all began to walk back to the parking lot.

I decided Dimitri needed his space. So I sent him a text.

We're leavin'. Not goin' straight back though. Gonna go horseback ridin'.

-Rose

Buzz, buzz.

He texted back 20 seconds later.

K

-D

K?

Not even O-K?

I rolled my eyes, and followed everyone else. I caught up to Lissa, and she raised an eyebrow.

"Later." I mouthed. She nodded. Letting it drop.

I looked back over at Dimitri, and he was smiling at a girl around his age. She was giving him a flirting smile, and he was giving one back. He winked, and she slipped him her number.

He caught me looking at smirked. Catching up to me, we walked out the exit. He held the door for me, and shrugged.

"What? You said not now. Gotta find something to do in the meantime right?" He gave me a sarcastic smile.

I glared at him.

He had given me the exact same words I had once told him.

Fine.

Game on. We'll see how he likes it.


A/N: So.. anyone still out there? Lol, I know I've been MIA and again apologize for that.

Looks like Rose and Dimitri have some tension going on between them. Dimitri's not fully matured yet, so he's coping the best way he can. And of course, let's remember their both still teenagers, lol.

Congrats to Anonymous! I loved you character, and as we can see yours made the cut. Thank-you all so much for your in put. Who knows? I may still actually use them.

So review, and let me know I still have people reading! Comment on the story, and I will have the next chapter out before I go back to school.

Later!