Chapter 2: Want her to be happy
Rating- K
Setting- Palm Springs
Characters- Dimitri, Adrian, Sydney, Abe and Sonya
Enjoy, lovelies (:

Sonya tapped my shoulder lightly once the plane landed to rouse me from sleep. I was off the plane last; Sonya, Abe and Angeline had gone ahead of me. Following their general direction, I found myself at the door frame of an apartment, my eyes quick to assess the room.
They rested on Sydney for a moment, standing beside her was Sonya, then Abe, then Angeline who was standing away from the rest of them with apprehension and confusion written all over her face. To my surprise, I found that Adrian was already here. Standing alone in the corner, for the first time I'd ever seen he was not smoking a cigarette or taking a swig of alcohol. He must've found his wits after realising that it was now not only numbing himself into a hangover, but Jill too. Spirit Bonds definitely had their pros and cons.

Averting my gaze quickly from Adrian, I took in the room. It was obviously Adrian's, his cutting off from money by his father had left him broke, with nowhere to go and with no money to take him there. I could see that he'd found some money though, there was second hand furniture everywhere; even the scent of pine fresh smothered the air. Another hint that this place was Adrian's was that pine fresh was only supposed to be used on wood. There was obviously no wood in the room and I wondered if anyone had told him. I instantly regretted being so mean to him, he hadn't been brought up that way. He'd always had someone to do such work for him.

Figuring that no one was going to address my appearance, I cleared my throat quietly and walked in the room. Finding a place in the opposite corner to Adrian, my eyes settled on Abe.

He spoke up. "Right, well, as you can see, Guardian Belikov has joined our little group of people to assist in our 'studies'." To Sydney he said, "He will be a partner to Adrian and also guard him. We don't want any ideas about what he is studying to get out to the Strigoi. I hope you don't have any objections to Dimitri, as he may need to speak with you consistently."
Sydney shook her head. "That's fine. Where will he be staying?" I was curious about that too.
"Here, of course." Both Adrian and I blanched. I would be staying here, with Adrian; the same Adrian that hated me with a passion for taking Rose from him.

To my surprise, he didn't jump up from the corner and yell in protest. He simply stayed leaning up against the wall with a straight face. There was a moment of awkward silence in the room after that.
"Well, Angeline my dear, I'm going to leave you in the capable hands of these fine people." He gestured to Sonya and Sydney, turned to me, "Dimitri," then Adrian, "Adrian, could you step outside with me please?" I nodded, stepping out the door before Abe or Adrian could catch up with me. Leaning against the wall in the corridor, I waited a few moments before a straight faced Adrian stepped out, then Abe who closed the door behind him.

Abe put on a smile. "So, boys, I hope you don't mind these little arrangements. I'll be escorting Angeline, Sydney and Sonya back to the school, you two can do what you wish, and tomorrow we will start on the experiments. Goodbye, don't kill each other while I'm gone." He was enjoying this. It was infuriating me.
Not so much Adrian though, his face still hadn't changed. We both nodded and watched as he opened the door to the room. With a quick gesture, Sonya, Sydney and Angeline followed him out of the room. Both Sonya and Sydney smiled at me, while Angeline shot me a glare that could kill. Obviously she still hated me for having to get Rose and Sydney out of the woods where she lived so that we could find Jill. She wanted Rose to take her along, to get her out of there and help her train properly. Unfortunately, we couldn't take her and she left crying. I did feel bad for her, I hope she'll like staying with Jill and learning the ways of civilisation.
Now I was left standing alone with Adrian. He walked back into the room without much thought and sat down on the old couch. "You can have the spare room," he said. "There's a bed in there and a few places to put some clothes." I half coughed to let him know I understood and left the room. Finding the spare room was easy, and I was thankful that it was at the other end of the apartment, far away from the moody Adrian. I didn't have much else than what I was wearing, so there wasn't much point in just sitting bored in the room. I found the kitchen and sat down on the dining table.

My thoughts went straight to Rose. The way she looked when I walked into her apartment two days ago. My intention to say goodbye and leave, but the red dress she wore wiped that from my brain immediately.

(Flashback thing)

She stood a metre from the door as I opened it, her hand on her hips and her shoeless foot tapping the floor impatiently. She'd grabbed my shirt immediately, pulling me to her.

Her words, "Mr. Belikov, your girlfriend hasn't seen you for 24 hours. You know how she gets when she hasn't seen you for a day…" Rose grinned then, let go of my shirt and moved around me to kick the door shut, then leaned back against it, waiting for me…

(End of flashback thing)

Adrian walked through the door. With determination he sat on the chair across from me and looked straight at me.
"Belikov, don't worry about me and my outbursts, I'm sober and have been since… well let's just say I'm not gonna get drunk. Also," He took a moment to find the right words. "I don't hate you as much anymore. I just want Rose to be happy, which she obviously is with you. I'm going to act like the worried father now, so just, look after her okay?"
Surprise was written all over my face. I just nodded numbly and watched as he smiled his signature smile.
"Good. Now, what's for dinner?"

Dinner?

It's not as long as the last one, but I had to cut it off somewhere.
Adrian's not totally over Rose, if you guys are wondering. He "just wants her to be happy"… haha, I think all you people who have read Bloodlines know where his heart is leaning to now ;)
Hint Hint, the big city close to where I live… in new south wales… austraaaaaalia…. :D haha okay, fine. Sydney. Haha, Sydney Melbourne. Kidding! - Sydney Melrose… I like the first though ;)
Sorry if I ruined it for you people who haven't read it, but I did warn you in the description of the story!
xoxo,
Isabella.
oh! Hope you liked it! Hehe.