A/N: Here's the new chapter 35! Yes 35 I'm putting the last two chapters into one big one with a happy ending :)
Basically, I couldn't keep going with the sequel, so I decided to give my readers an ending and move on. The sequel was going TERRIBLY! So enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Academy!
GPOV
I sighed; I was having a horrible, horrible day. I'd kind of left myself no choice, I'd decided I had to be there for Liam, to make sure he didn't do anything stupid. I was sitting at the edge of the room, as far away from him as physically possible. I ignored him while he was on the phone. I had to try and tune out his voice, he sounded so cold...so much like when he'd been Strigoi, and I couldn't stand it. I suddenly realised he'd stopped talking. I turned to him and discovered he was crying, silently. I stood up and walked over to him. Without saying a word I just wrapped my arms around him, and although he was sitting down his head still managed to rest on my chest, I actually wasn't the tallest person in the world.
I gently ran my fingers through his hair, waiting for it to pass. It didn't last long, only a couple of minutes. But for a little while afterwards I didn't let him go, just in case. And the other slight problem was...it felt kinda good to be holding him. He slowly pulled back and looked up at me.
"I'm sorry about that." He said softly.
I smiled, "It's not your fault."
"I know but..." He sighed, "I shouldn't have let myself get like that, not now. Not when you need me."
I eyed him carefully, "What do you mean?"
"Elle Adrian's gone. You need someone."
"I've got Rose and Dimitri, I don't need you." I said quietly.
Liam met my eyes, "Elle, they're not what you need. You hardly know Rose and with Dimitri...your relationship's too rocky."
"My relationship with Dimitri's rocky? Liam! Our relationship's worse!" I shouted pacing the floor.
"Calm down." He stood up and wrapped his arms around me, "That's not exactly what I meant. And you know that."
"I know, But I won't betray him again." I pulled out of his arms and walked out.
APOV
I continuously clenched and unclenched my fists. Feeling the anger build up. The Strigoi watched me, an annoying amused smirk spreading across his face. I glared at him.
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. No, I knew what I wanted to do, but I wasn't sure how to do it. I knew Gabrielle would think it was stupid idea, which it was, so I knew I wasn't actually going to do it as much as I wanted to hit him. The Strigoi walked over to me, slowly.
"What are you trying to prove?" I asked through my teeth, "Nothing is going to change my mind!"
The Strigoi chuckled, "You're not strong enough to keep refusing Ivashkov."
"Really?" I asked sarcastically, "Well that's a lie."
"We'll see." He walked out, leaving the tape running.
I groaned and kicked the wall. It couldn't do any good. But I was frustrated. And then, before I'd known what I was doing I'd turned and kicked the television onto the floor. It didn't break it, sadly. But it pulled the plug out. Stopping it. I couldn't keep watching it. I couldn't.
Although, i was sure he'd plug it back in later, with something else.
DPOV
I sighed. Rose looked uncomfortable, she didn't know what to say, and neither did I. I knew they couldn't know what I'd done, but Liam was getting impatient and Gabrielle wasn't taking it too well. She couldn't stop pacing. I told her to sit down. But she didn't. Instead, the speed of her pacing increased. And then, after a few more minutes, she just walked out. Just like that.
We all sort of froze. It was sudden. Unexpected.
I knew Rose was Gabrielle's Guardian, but they had to get to know each other a little more before Rose was the one to jump to Gabrielle's emotional defence, and that couldn't happen until after we'd found Adrian.
GPOV
"A little blind today are we?" I asked Dimitri as he walked straight past me and started to open the door to Adrian's room.
He turned.
"Elle." Relief flickered across his face before he let the concern take over, "What's wrong?"
I laughed, "Silly question."
"No but...is it just Adrian?"
"Just Adrian?" I repeated, "Just fucking Adrian! Well if the only problem in my life is that Adrian's been kidnapped then hey, everything's just peachy!"
"Gabrielle." He hissed, "You know that was not how I meant it. You have got to get a hold of yourself. Yes, Adrian's gone, but you are a very important member of the Moroi society. You need to keep a level head."
"Dimitri." I said softly, "I will not have you telling me what to do." I started to head away, "You're not my father. Oh, and" I turned back round, "I'd prefer it if next time, when Liam wants to talk to his contacts, you don't sabotage it."
I walked away.
DPOV
I turned to Rose.
"We have to go." I said softly.
She nodded, "Gabrielle's gonna kill us."
I shrugged, "She'll get over it."
We left my room and went to find Eddie; he was off duty so he was in his room.
"You ready?" Rose asked.
He nodded, "Let's go."
RPOV
It wasn't a very long drive. But I was bored and anxious all the same. Eddie was slightly jumpy too. Dimitri was doing a good job at keeping his Guardian mask on, I reckon he was more bothered about what was going to happen when we got back and had to face Gabrielle than when we were fighting the Strigoi and rescuing Adrian. My phone rang. I glanced at Dimitri who nodded, he knew, and I knew, that not answering her call would make it worse.
"Hello?" I said answering it.
"Care to tell me where you're going?" She asked.
"Can't do that." I said quietly.
"Why not?" She asked sighing.
"Because you'll follow and as your guardian I can't allow that." I said slowly.
"All right, just tell me what you're doing." She demanded.
"We're rescuing Adrian."
GPOV
I resisted the urge to throw the phone at the wall. Liam sat behind me and placed his hands on my shoulders.
"Just relax, they'll bring him back, they're good, and everything will be ok." He said softly. He gently began to massage my shoulders.
"Liam..." I warned.
"Shh." He murmured in my ear, "It's all right."
I resisted my emotions for a couple of seconds. I didn't want to let Adrian down again. But with Liam's hands on me there wasn't really much I could do. I leant back into his arms and closed my eyes. I'd already planned what I was going to do; I just had to get through the next couple of hours first. And it seemed like Liam was the only way to do that.
RPOV
Dimitri parked and we quietly got out of the van. I went in first, I don't know why, but I did. Getting inside was the easy part. Once we were in we split up, it was a big old warehouse, and there were actually a couple of rooms, and we didn't know which one Adrian was in. There weren't too many Strigoi around, which suggested coming when it was dark, was actually a good idea, as it meant they were out hunting. But, there were two Strigoi by one of the doors. I glanced around to find Dimitri wasn't too far away. I hoped if I got into any sort of trouble he'd be able to back me up. But two Strigoi weren't really that much of a problem. The problem was, the noise me taking them down made. The door they were guarding opened and a huge, muscly, angry Strigoi came bursting through.
Eddie and Dimitri were almost instantly at my side. And unsurprisingly, the two men took over. I very almost rolled my eyes but headed into the room anyway, I figured they could look after themselves. Adrian was inside. He didn't look too good. He hadn't been hurt, or even bitten, but he was a mess. He turned to me. I walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"We need to get you out of here." I said quietly.
He looked at me, "Whatever for Little Dhampir?"
I frowned, "What do you mean?" I asked.
He turned to look at something, I followed his gaze. In the room there was a TV, that was receiving a signal from somewhere. And it was showing Gabrielle, and Liam. Nothing was really going on. He was just holding her, but I knew it was enough to kill him.
"Adrian, whether she's showing it right now or not, she needs you." I said slowly.
He smirked, "Why don't I believe you?"
"Because you've only got that in front of you." I gestured to the TV, "If she was actually in front of you, right now, you'd know what to think." I said softly.
"What makes you say that?" He asked raising his eyebrows.
"Because I've been there." I headed towards the door, "Now we have to go."
He nodded and left the room with me.
GPOV
I leant against the door frame and watched Dimitri pull up outside Court. I nodded at the driver, the one who was sitting at the wheel of my car, and he drove a few feet down the street, out of site, I knew I'd have to walk a bit after this before going anywhere. I watched Dimitri, Rose, Eddie and finally Adrian get out of the van. I cast my eyes back to Liam, he looked as bad as Adrian did, I had already told Liam what was going on after all. They both had excuses. Dimitri, Rose and Eddie walked straight past me and inside. Adrian hovered by the door of the van, waiting. He didn't want to walk over first. So, I walked over to him.
""I think you should get checked out before we...talk."
Adrian raised an eyebrow, "Gabrielle, I am not about to go to the damn infirmary before you tell me what you have to say."
I flinched a little, he'd used my full name, and he looked pissed. Why was he angry before I'd said anything?
"Ok." I closed my eyes for a second, "Adrian I love you." I said meeting his gaze, "More than I've ever loved Liam. More than I've ever loved anyone. But...god I don't know how to say this."
Adrian sighed and ran a hand over his hair, "If it's about what happened with Liam then I already know."
"What? How?" I could feel my heart begin to race.
He laughed, "You don't even try to deny it. The Strigoi had a camera, I saw everything.
"Adrian I'm..."
"Save it." He held a hand up, "I don't want to listen to you." He walked past me and into Court.
RPOV
Adrian walked past us, ignoring us completely. Gabrielle stayed by the van.
"Go over to her." Dimitri said softly, "I'll talk to Adrian."
"All right." I walked over.
Gabrielle turned to me.
She sighed, "I swear if you're going to..."
I smiled a little, "No. I just want to talk to you."
"All right." She leant against the van, "Go ahead."
"What happened?"
She closed her eyes, "I can't...I can't talk about it."
I frowned a little, "I know it's..."
"No." She snapped, "You don't. You have no idea what happened. So drop it." She walked away.
GPOV
Adrian was in his room. The door was open so I didn't have to knock. Somehow I managed to get inside without him realising I was anywhere near him.
"Adrian."
He turned, "What?" He demanded.
I looked down a little, "Adrian I am so sorry. I swear what happened didn't mean anything I just...I couldn't stop it. I couldn't...I didn't know what I wanted. You were gone and I...I was a wreck Adrian. I didn't know what to do with myself I..."
"Shh." He walked over and placed a finger over my lips, "Stop." He slid his hand along my cheek, removing his finger from my lips, "It doesn't matter."
And then he kissed me.
A/N: THE END!
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