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After a week of staying at home and all the meds that Adrian had brought me, I was finally pain-free and going back to school.

This is something I dreaded though, I was going to have another questionnaire from Kirova and that was the last thing I wanted. My body might have recovered from what Viktor had done to me, but my mind was still reeling with rage and I couldn't talk to anyone about it.

Christian didn't even know about it, I had been convinced that I needed to tell him but after I saw how Adrian reacted to seeing me like shit, I changed my mind. Adrian didn't know the whole truth yet either.

He knew someone had done this to me; but he didn't know who.

He wanted to know, he asked me—more like begged me—to tell him every day. However, I couldn't bring myself to tell him. And it wasn't because I just met him, I felt like I knew him a life time already, but I knew he would want to do something about it. Something stupid that would make my brothers and I end up in a foster home.

After getting finished dressing and making breakfast for Mason and Eddie, I was finally really to head out and take them to the bus stop.

I was in a great mood, my body was better, I was going back to school, I had not seen Viktor and Janine since three days ago; things were good for me right now.

I locked the door after me. And Mason, Eddie, and I headed to their bus stop. They were in a good mood too, Christmas was coming and they were convinced that were going to get an Xbox 360. I very much doubted it but I wouldn't let this bring their mood down.

We were close to their bus stop when a car stopped in front of us, it was a black Porsche; it was gorgeous, something I would probably never ride in.

And to my amazement Adrian came out of the driver's side. With his leather jacket and low hip jeans, even I had to admit, he looked hot.

"You drive a fucking Porsche? You got to be kidding me!" I whispered, making sure that Mason and Eddie didn't hear me cussing.

"Why so amazed? I told you I was a spoiled brat." He gave me his dazzling smile, while urging Mason and Eddie to get in the car.

"No way. No way, we don't all fit in the car. And they need to wear their seatbelts! Yea there's no way I'm letting you drive us." I crossed my arms and stomped my foot, he wasn't winning this fight.

"Really love? Come on. Their school is only two blocks away, they want to ride in the car and there's enough space." His smile turned into a timid one, the one that always got the best of me, when it wasn't concerning my brothers.

"No way. Look their bus is coming, they can ride with you another day." The bus was indeed coming and I rushed to get Mason and Eddie out of the car, something that took me some convincing to do.

"Santa is going to see you are being naughty eh? Do you want that?" I was talking to Eddie now, Mason had gone to his bus already, after I had promise to bake him cookies though. Stubborn kids.

"No" He dropped his little head and got out of the car in seconds.

"You are no fun sissy" He stomped his way down to his bus.

I didn't care if I was fun, there was no way I was going to endanger their lives.

"Love you, see you guys later" I yelled after him. Oh, grouchy Eddie.

"See what you do Ivashkov." I turned my glare to Adrian. However, he just shrugged it off and got in the car.

"Get in Hathaway or we're going to be late. I'm taking you out to breakfast" I rolled my eyes and got in the car, I couldn't possibly turned down his offer for breakfast.

He took me to I Hop, and I have to say that it had been the best breakfast I had in a while. I didn't eat it all though, I saved half to take home to Mason and Eddie. I had told Adrian that I was full, which was a complete lie but if I told him why I was taking the food he would offer to buy more to take and I couldn't accept that. He had done enough.

.X.

Everyone was staring at me when we entered the school.

This time it wasn't because my face was full of scars though, it was because I had walked in with Adrian Ivashkov. I guess he was really popular, I just never paid attention.

All of the girls stared at me with jealousy in their eyes, even Camille Conta—which was voted to be the "most" beautiful girl in school—was growling at me.

It was hilarious, how girls would turn into animals for guys. I was sure that Adrian was none too interested on these girls or at least that's what he had told me.

"Why is Camille turning into a tiger? Did you guys used to date?" I whispered into his ear. I was I bit too curious. And to be truthful a bit jealous, not because I liked Adrian, I had just became too fond of him the past days.

"Ha. No, love. She tried to get me into bed quite a few times, but I'm not someone to fall into her charms." He winked at me.

"Nice to know" I murmured, I wondered why was that? Didn't everyone want to be with Camille?

I walked past her and didn't give her a second glance as we strode to our AP calc class. I had done all my work and I was glad to have Adrian helped me do it or I would've been endlessly behind.

Everything was mighty fine until 5th period. With the Russian.

The bell had just ringed and Dimitri walked in graciously with his 6'7" figure, how he managed that all the time was beyond me.

Immediately, like he had some kind of power to know of my presence, he turned towards me, his eyes full of surprise.

"Everyone, I want 5 laps around the track. Quick. Quick" He shouted and everyone groaned, "Except you Miss Hathaway" Of course.

I had been hoping that no one would question my absence but my wishes didn't come true.

"Where have you been Rose?" he asked as I sat in his office, his voice soft and smooth.

"I was sick" Lie.

"Really? What did you have?"

"Umm, a bug?"

"What type?" he challenged.

"A stomach bug"

"Oh really, so how did you get better? Did you see a Doctor? If so, why didn't we get a note from them" He arched his eyebrow. Something I had tried to major but failed miserably all the time.

"It was nothing that bad" I retaliated

"Then why were you out for a week?" Oh my god! Noisy much?

"Umm, no offense or anything Dimitri but are you allowed to ask these questions? Isn't some kind of thing that goes against it? But seriously I was sick and I just recovered. Can you please let it go?"

He seemed to have been struggling a battle within himself but at the end he just hung his head and asked me to go run some laps and said he would be waiting for our after school practice.

I walked towards the track when I bumped into someone, well someone bumped into me. Christian Ozera.

"Why haven't you answered your door? I though Mason said you had the flu. Why did you keep me out? How did you get here?" He rambling went on and on asking the same question with different words.

"Sparky come down, I was sick I just got better" I kept my eyes in the floor, I hated lying to him.

"Bullshit Rose."

"No, it's true! Ask Adrian if you want!" Oh, shit that was no what I meant to say.

"Adrian? Adrian Ivashkov? You allowed him to see you but not me? Wow, nice." And with that Christian walked away from me, but it felt more than just walking away at a heated moment. It felt like he was walking out of my life. I couldn't allow that, I couldn't lose him; it would brake me more than I was already.

I ran after him.

"Christian I'm sorry. It was just Viktor. And he. He. Hit. Me. I had no one. Then Adrian well." Tears were flowing down my eyes at this point and Christian's eyes were on me. Hurt in them. He wrapped his arms around me, bringing me the comfort I could only find in him.

"He kicked the shit outta me" I sobbed into his shoulder.

"My body was in so much pain I could barely get out of bed at times. Some of my wounds were infected."

"Oh Christian, that son of a bitch just keeps abusing me. I'm tired, oh so tired. And Eddie and Mason heard me. They heard him. They saw me and I was so weak."

"I wanted to tell you, I did. But I know how you feel about it and I didn't want you to have another reason to kill him" I could barely get the words out but I felt like so much weight had been lifted off my shoulders.

I tore away from Christian's embrace to wipe my tears but when I did I noticed that Dimitri was behind me and from the look on his face, I was sure he had heard everything.

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