Rose POV
"Wait!" I gasped, shit were they really trying to get us killed weren't they?
Lissa sighed and looked immediately drained, when last had she fed? "What now Rose?"
"You guys don't know how strong Mikhail is...please tell me that you brought a stake or some type of defense?"
Adrian POV
She was right as always, what the hell was I thinking? Now I knew, I wasn't doing this all to save Christian or even myself for this matter, I was doing it for her. It was a way of apologizing without having to get down on my knees and plead forgiveness that I really didn't deserve.
I glanced at Lissa wearily. "Give me a second?" Without waiting for an answer I pulled Rose aside regardless of her obvious protesting. "Don't you even want to hear what I have to say, Rose?"
She turned away from me completely avoiding direct eye contact. "Well Adrian I don't think there's any choice in this right? Say what you got to say."
I sighed and raked my hand through my hair, "The thing about Christian and I…"
"Look Adrian," she turned to look up at me, "you did what you wanted to. No one forced you."
My heart cried out to her, I so badly wanted to just hold her and tell her that everything was ok. But she was right- the deed was done. "Rose…maybe I can't take back what I did, but I swear that never in my life would I have wanted to hurt you."
"Adrian…it's just too late now." She said softly.
I cupped her face whether she wanted me to or not."Look Rose, when I go in there I don't know what's going to happen or what won't. But whatever does I want you to know that I still love you and nothing can jeopardize that. No stupid fling with a guy that I don't even care about, not even that. And…" I looked deeply into her eyes and whispered, "Not even if you don't love me back."
I could feel her breathing quicken and I knew that I'd hit my mark. "Adrian…I don't understand you. Why did you do it then? While you were with me."
I sighed, I knew that she wouldn't let me off this easy; she was in fact Rose Hathaway. "I really didn't mean to, I mean Lissa and Christian were fighting and he showed up to my room one night and he was drunk and well so was I then when we woke up next to each other in the morning…"
"What?" she whispered.
"I didn't know what had happened until Christian told me. He came again a week later; I didn't want to break the guy so I'd make sure I was drunk or high every time he came. I don't like guys Rose, I 'd never be a fucking faggot."
Rose stared at me for awhile seeming at war with herself. "Well if you love me as much as you say, I guess you should prove it then."
Rose POV
Adrian leaned forward and kissed me with those soft familiar lips that I didn't know that I missed so much until right now. But I didn't kiss him back; I couldn't not after what he did to me. I wouldn't do it to Mason, because I was still with him whether Adrian agreed or not, and it didn't matter if I loved him because that's just how life went.
"Adrian, I can't." I hung my head.
Adrian was perplexed, "Why not?"
I took in a deep breath and sighed, "Because Adrian, I've moved on."
Mason appeared wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing me softly. "Yeah she's moved on, now you should probably get to saving Christian out of this mess you put him in."
Adrian's bland facial expression was heart-wrenching as he nodded and walked away.