APOV (Adrian)
Then I turn on my heel and head to Miss Karp's room determination set in my mind.
I will fix this!
I open Miss Karp's door expecting no one to be in the room. I guess I didn't hear the bell ring signaling the start of first period. Everyone looks at me as I stand there looking around the room. "Adrian?" Miss Karp says as my eyes finally find who I'm looking for.
I ignore Miss Karp and look at Andre. He's looking away from me trying not to make eye contact. He must feel my eyes on him or he just gets curious enough to finally look because he turns his head and his eyes meet mine. "We need to talk, now." That's all I say before I turn and walk out of the room not even bothering to see if he's following me or not.
Andre comes through the door a minute after it closes behind me. I fix him with a stern look. "Look I don't care if you're pissed at me. I don't care if you hate my guts but I never did anything with Rose. You need to talk to her. She's quit talking. She's quit eating. She hardly exercises. She's practically failing every class. And if you haven't noticed she doesn't give a shit about how she looks anymore. Whenever you feel like it I would really appreciate it if you would talk to her. I don't care when as long as it's soon!" Andre looks shocked but I don't even wait for a reply. I just turn on my heel and head to my first period class.
I thought Andre had gone back into the classroom but when I was just a couple feet away from where I left him he called out, "Adrian." I stopped and slowly turned around. "I don't hate you." I don't say anything. I just turn back around and walk away.
APOV (Andre)
"Adrian!" I call out as he walks away from me. He stops and turns around slowly giving me a stern look. "I don't hate you." Something sparks in his eyes but I don't have enough time to discern what it is because he turns around and walks away without saying anything else. "I'm sorry," I whisper to myself before heading back into Crazy Karp's room.
I spend the rest of the morning thinking about what Adrian said. Rose quit talking? Eating? Exercising? She's failing? I can't believe I messed up this much! Jeez, he's right I need to talk to her but every time I've tried she's ignored me.
It's lunch now and I'm sitting at a table with Alex, Jesse, Shane, and Jace. I'm still thinking about everything Adrian told me when Alex slaps my shoulder. "Hey, we're heading to class. You coming?"
"Uh, yeah." I stand up and toss my non-eaten food into the trash.
We're almost to class when someone runs in front of us and it takes me a second to realize it's Rose. Once I finally do realize I say a quick bye to the guys and run after her. She runs into the girls' bathroom and without thinking twice about it I follow right behind her. I make it into the bathroom just in time to hear Rose puking. She didn't have time to close the stall door so I find her easily.
As soon as I see her on her knees in front of the toilet, I'm on my knees beside her and rubbing her back. She looks at me shocked but has to turn her head as more puke spews out of her mouth. Most guys would be grossed out by a girl vomiting but I've seen Rose like this before and worse.
When she's finally done vomiting, she leans into my arms and I wrap them around her instinctively. I can feel tears from her eyes soaking into my shirt. I just sit on the floor, holding Rose, rubbing her shoulders and kissing her head.
"Rose, are you okay?" It's like asking that snapped something in her because she quickly pulled out of my arms standing up. Once she was standing up she stared at me for a few seconds before walking out of the stall.
Slowly I stand up and walk out of the stall myself. Rose is standing by a sink washing out her mouth. Just as slowly as I stood up I walk up behind her and lay my hands on her shoulders. She flinches at my touch but doesn't pull away. "Please, let me talk to you." I'm begging her in my voice and in my eyes. Rose doesn't say anything but silently she complies by nodding her head. She doesn't turn around and face me just stares at me through the mirror tears filling her eyes.
"Rose, I'm sorry. That night I came to your room I saw you in bed with Adrian. I was jealous. You didn't come see me when you got back like you said you would. I know just that night wasn't the only time I messed up. Lissa told me you two didn't do anything. Hell you and Adrian even told me but I wouldn't listen. It's just, you and Adrian had been spending so much time together and you kept cancelling plans with me to hang with him. I'm so sorry."
Rose closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then she turned around opening her eyes and staring at me tears sliding down her face. She doesn't say anything
Rose shuts her eyes tight again. I place both of my hands on her cheeks and use my thumb to wipe the tears from her face. "Please give me a second chance." Rose keeps her eyes shut and tears are still falling from behind her eyelids. "Please," I say one last time and then I bend down and kiss her softly on her lips.
At first Rose is frozen, but soon she kisses me softly back as tears rack through her body. I break the kiss and pull Rose into my arms trying to calm her down. "Shh, it's gonna be okay." I rub her shoulders and softly kiss her head as she cries into my chest.
A few minutes go by and suddenly Rose's phone starts ringing. She pulls away from me and wipes at her face before answering. She doesn't say anything into the phone but I can hear someone, probably Adrian, on the other end.
I can hear Adrian's worried voice on the other end of the line. "Rose, please come to class! I'm worried!" Rose doesn't say anything. She just hangs up and then starts texting. Tears are still falling from her eyes.
We stay quiet for a few minutes but I break it asking the one question that's been bothering me. "Are we okay?"
Again Rose doesn't say anything. She looks me up and down and then shakes her head before walking out of the bathroom leaving me dumbfounded.
APOV
Ten minutes have gone by since I called Rose and she's still not back. Miss Karp keeps giving me worried glances and I can't help but glace worriedly around the room.
Suddenly the door to the room opens and Rose walks in, but the second I see her, the relief I started to feel vanishes. She looks awful even more awful than she has the last few days. Her eyes are red and puffy like she's been crying and her already messy hair is pulled back into a messy bun that is falling out of her head.
Rose walks over to the seat behind me and sits down. I turn around to say something to her but she doesn't look up at me. She focuses all of her attention on a piece of paper.
I don't even bother saying anything to her right now, so I just turn back around and listen to Miss Karp teach until the bell rings.
Once the bell rings I stand and wait for Rose to get her stuff together. Once she's up and we start walking she still tries to avoid my face. I stop her once we're outside by laying both of my hands on her shoulders. "Rose, look at me. What's wrong?"
At first she doesn't move but then she looks at me and the first thing I notice is the pain in her eyes. It's worse now than it was this morning. I start to ask her what's wrong again but my cell phone rings. Checking the caller ID I'm surprised by who it is, Andre. "Hello?"
"Adrian, hey." His voice is slow at first and surprised. "I didn't think you were going to answer."
I glance at Rose, who's giving me a weird look. "I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere," I say as I walk away. "What do you want Andre?"
I can hear him sigh heavily on the other end of the line. "I just wanted to let you know, I did what you told me to. I talked to Rose, but I don't think it help. She wouldn't talk to me. I mean she kissed me but she wouldn't talk to me. Adrian I'm worried about her. I found her in the bathroom puking."
That must be why Rose is like this. "I'm going to Rose's room after school but I'll be back to our room later. We can talk then."
"Adrian, I just want her back!" Andre sounds like he might start crying.
"We all do Andre. Trust me." With that said I hang up and head back to Rose.
Later that day
"Little Dhampir, how are you? I know you had a run in with Andre today." I sit down next to Rose on her bed. She doesn't say anything like normal and I don't expect her to. I just wish she would start talking again. I can't stand to see her shut everyone out like this. "Please Rose, just talk. You don't have to talk to anyone else but please just talk to me."
Rose stays quiet and looks away from me. I didn't think she was going to say anything which is why I'm so surprised when she actually talks. "He kissed me." My head snaps from where I was looking, to her. "I kissed him back."
I can see tears form in her eyes as Rose thinks about it. "Don't cry. Please don't cry. Tell me everything. I won't tell anyone. I promise."
Rose glances nervously at me before taking a deep breath. "I felt sick again, so I ran to the bathroom. He followed me into the bathroom and rubbed my back as I puked. When I finally quit I fell into his arms for comfort and started crying. He didn't do anything except rub my shoulders and kiss my head like a loving boyfriend would do. He asked me if I was okay and that snapped me back to reality. I pulled out of his arms and walked to the sink to wash out my mouth. He came up behind me and laid his hands on my shoulders. He begged to talk to me so I let him.
"He apologized. He was jealous. Said he should have trusted us. I cried. He wiped my tears. Asked me to give him a second chance. Then he kissed me. I kissed back. He hugged me. Said everything was gonna be okay. I cried into his chest. He kissed my head. Then you called. He asked if we were okay. I shook my head and walked out the door."
Rose started crying as she told me this. I feel so bad for her and I just wish that there was some way that I could make her feel better. Some way that didn't involve Andre.
I pull Rose into me and let her cry softly. Eventually she drifts off to sleep. I pick her up off the bed pulling down the blankets before laying her back down. I pull the covers up to her chin and kiss her forehead. "Goodnight Little Dhampir."
I walk over to her dresser and find some paper and a pen and write her a note:
Little Dhampir,
I'm sorry I left without a proper goodnight. I didn't want to wake you. If you wake up and need to talk again my cell is always on and I'm always available (only for you though). I set your alarm and I'll call in the morning.
You're Moroi,
Adrian
P.S. Call me when you get up.
I pick up the piece of paper and set it on Rose's nightstand beside her cell phone. I take one last look around the room before shutting off the lights and leaving.
I make it back to my room in five minutes. When I walk into my room I'm shocked at the sight. Andre is sitting on the floor at the end of his bed with his computer open, magazines and pictures spread out all around him, and his phone up to his ear. He's flipping through the magazines and every couple seconds he looks back up at the computer screen.
I stand in the open door way just staring at him for a good two minutes before I shut the door behind me. I shut it loud enough to get Andre's attention. He looks up from his mess and when he sees me something washes over him, relief maybe. "I'll call you back in a few minutes. Thanks, bye." Andre hangs up and then waves to me. "Hey."
"What are you doing?" I gesture to all the crap lying on our floor. I move closer to get a better look. One of the magazines is for Victoria's Secret, the pictures are of him and Rose, and on the computer is a website to buy flowers.
"Trying to find flowers to send to Rose." I raise one of my eyebrows and bend down picking up the Victoria's Secret catalog. "And maybe I'm thinking of buying her some new clothes."
I laugh when he says this. "Dude, you really think buying Rose, Rose Hathaway, clothes and flowers will win her back?" I emphasized Rose because we both know Rose isn't one of those girls that will come crawling back because of gifts. "Where did you get this anyways?" I pick up the Victoria's Secret Magazine.
"I took it from Lissa." Andre sighs heavily. "I guess you're right. Rose isn't that kind of girl. I just don't know how to get her back!"
I quickly check his aura. He's depressed but he's not as bad as Rose. "Well let's start from the beginning. Do you know why Rose is mad at you to begin with?"
Andre shrugs. "Because I accused her of sleeping with you."
This time I sigh heavily. I sit down across from Andre and lean up against my bed. "No, Dipshit."
Andre raises an eyebrow. "No?"
"No," I say back bluntly.
"Because I wanted a break."
This is going to be a long night. "No! She's mad because you cheated."
Andre's head whips up from his computer. "I never cheated on her!"
I give him the don't lie to me look. "She came to see you after she got back from her day out and when she got to our room she heard you in here with a girl."
At first Andre looks confused but then realization dawns on him. "Mia! That bitch came in here while I was sleeping. She had on Rose's perfume. She climbed into bed with me. I was out of it for a few minutes but as soon as she kissed me it snapped me out of my sleepy state. Rose must have came in while I was still out of it."
"How did Mia even get into our room?"
Andre gives me a guilty look. "I might have left our door unlocked so Rose could get in."
I push myself off of my bed and lean over so I'm a few centimeters away from Andre. Then I punch him in the arm. "You are seriously fucking stupid!"
Andre rubs his arm where I hit him. "I know okay! I fucked up and I'm trying to fix it, but I don't know how!"
I sit back and lean against my bed again. "Here's an idea, tell her what actually happened. I can't guarantee it'll fix this fast but I can guarantee it will fix things. Rose isn't one to take things back quickly."
Andre's body sags forward. "You're right. Thanks man."
I smile softly. "Anything else you want me to do? I mean I can pick out some bras and panties for Rose if you want me too."
Andre looks at me blankly. "Dude what the fuck?!" Then we both burst out laughing.
I grab the Victoria's Secret catalog thinking to myself, "It feels good to have my best friend back."
A/N: So, what did you think? Andre and Adrian are friends again. Rose ignored Andre. Is Rose finally coming out of her depression? What do you guys think is gonna happen? Give me any ideas or suggestions in a review and also let me know what you thought about this chapter in a review! You guys rock! I love you all but those of you who review, I love you more!