I think my heart stopped, but I can't be sure. Rose is…And she's not….And…What the fuck?

"R-Rose?" I stammered.

Rose hopped to the floor from her perch on the counter. "Hello Dimitri. Long time no see lover."

I shivered, her voice was like black silk. An odd change but it was like seeing an alter ego. "Y-You're not my Rose….What are you doing here?"

For some reason it only had just occurred to me that I should pull my stake and I shifted, pulling it out of my jacket.

Rose wagged her finger at me and just gave me that c'mon-kid-get-a-grip look and smiled cruelly, "Little late for that , don't you think….lover?"

I stiffened, this was beyond cruel. I already had come to terms with the fact that I would have to kill her but now Rose is here, speaking to me in a sort-of-Rose-ish way and I don't know how to handle it. I grabbed the hilt of my silver stake regardless.

"Silly, silly boy, don't you know?" She said, "I am Rose. I'm a better version of Rose. Don't you see?"

I think my brain stop work because I didn't, not at all. I couldn't remember if it was day or night let alone see through her evil plans. I gripped the stake tighter and brought it out of my coat and down at my side, Rose flinched ever so slightly (I think, but it could be wishful think).

"You're not Rose at all." I replied grimly.

She smiled slyly, before throwing a punch. I ducked, dodging past her and into the apartment (first mistake) and then a paused, catching my breath (second mistake). I heard Rose chuckled softly and she slammed the door shut with a brush of her head.

Twat! You utter moron! How could you be so-

"I trained you well, Dimitri." She said, low and spun on her heels. "But clearly not well enough." She grabbed my wrist and pulled the stake out of my hand. "How many times did I tell you this?" She grunted with a knee to my rib cage, I stumbled yet still in her vice grip. "Don't be an idiot in a fight." She backhanded me across the face. "I wasn't gonna hurt you." She shoved my back against the counter, the edge pressed into my back and bent into it, head banging with a thud.

Rose grabbed my hair and kept my down, pressing her lips to mine; I grasped, going stock still. My God she felt so good, so real, but her lips were freezing, her body was like ice against mine.

She pulled back, "Silly boy. Do you get it now? You're mine now. Here. You will be awakened."

Awakened? I wasn't sure what that meant but I wasn't sure I wanted to find out either. I blinked at her. "Whatever you're planning, it won't work. People know I'm here." I lied smoothly.

Rose laughed, "You were never a good liar Dimitri. No one knows exactly where you're going. Just your cabbie. I've had eyes on you for a while now, my dear, I know everything." She smiled wickedly and I shivered.

She grabbed my hair again and slammed my hair against the countertop. There was a sharp pain before I blacked out.