Thanks for all of the reviews people! I'm not sure if its ten or more, but I hit 42 so booyah! Lulz. Well here's the real kiss I promised you! But next chapter is Eddie and rose lolz, got to give my boy a chance! Ha-ha btw I need y'all to vote on who will when Rose, well please and thanks!

CHRISTIAN

"How do I look?" I asked tightening my tie around my neck and peering into a full bodied mirror, admiring perfection. Rose crossed her legs and continued filling her nails, only giving me a fraction of her attention. Eddie gave me none. He sat next to Rose, thinking like a thoughtful guardian. So I felt it was my duty to give myself the compliments I was deprived of from the people I call my friends.

"Well perfection has been divided into two words my friends, and those words are Christian Ozera," this got a response they both broke into spontaneous laughter, slapping their knees from my hysterics. Rose dropped her nail filler and moved her hair from in front of her face. Her face was red. My heart started pounding in my chest and I wanted to touch her in some way, so badly. So too innocently fulfill my needs I walked over and flicked her in the forehead. Electricity seared up my left arm, causing my heart to accelerate. I glared at her.

"Go get dressed Hathaway," I teased going back to admiring myself. I was wearing a black satin suit that fit over my muscles perfectly without I being a body builders suit and without swallowing me alive. My silk tie was blue and it brought your eyes to my nicely chiseled chest. Rose hopped in, in one shoe, dress halfway zipped with an innocent smile on her face.

"Help…please," I grabbed her and zipped the strapless dress, it flowed around her thighs and was held up by the perfect things under her neck. A belt went around her waist giving the dress exactly what it needed to compliment her shape. I let her use my neck as support so she could slid into her other black pump. Eddie went to get dressed, I was taking Rose (and Eddie) to a banquet, to quote on quote celebrate the glorious life of Queen Tatiana. In other words we were going to get drunk and celebrate being young and able to hold our liquor.

"What is all this formal blah for anyway?" Rose asked, I stood upright and slipped some hoops through her ears.

"Queen Tatiana, she was murdered the same day as…that, they think strigoi snuck in and finished her off before you even found Lissa," I told her, fury took over that pretty face of hers and I knew I was epically screwed.

"And why wasn't I informed?" she grasped her guardian mask and struggles to keep it in place. You weren't informed because you and I both know you would pull that 'they come first shit', I thought to myself, instead of pissing her off I shrugged.

"I didn't think you could handle it, you just lost your best friend…I didn't want you running off,"

"It's none of your business where I run off too, what I do, or when I do it," she snapped. I nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I know, but with all the stress of everything I just thought…"

"You're not here to think," she grouched. I gave her a charming smile.

"Let's not kill Ozera," Eddie interrupted, "he is technically a royal," I glared at him. She huffed and pointed her skinny fingers at me.

"Keep something like this from me again, and I'll be forced to shank you," she warned, just like that she smiled and was ready for action. Ok, that was weird and bipolar on like 13 levels.

"Alright," my phone rang and I answered it.

"Mr. Ozera, your limo awaits you," I thanked him and closed my phone, before leading them out.

The ball started off slow, we all mourned the loss of the queen, bowing appropriately. Rose played the sympathetic mourner the best. She even brought out a few tears when Priscilla gave her a hug. Well all fake mourning must come to a very indiscrete end. We turned the music up, and got the drinks pumping. I stopped a waitress in a black and white outfit and got drinks for Rose, Eddie, and I.

"What is this?" Rose asked over the roar of the music. I smiled. I knew Rose could take her liquor, and I didn't want her to hold back tonight, she wasn't on duty.

"Um, wine cooler," she nodded and sipped it accordingly, it wouldn't be long before party girl Rose was back. She started swaying to the music and before long she took off her heels and tossed them in the air. She started dancing, after her shoes rained down and bounced off of the linoleum floor. She handed the waitress her glass and grabbed another. Ok, not good.

"Alcoholic," I teased, shrugging it off and grabbing another as well. Eddie, always the guardian sipped his drink as Rose and I made our way center floor.

"Now," said the DJn that cool DJ voice, "We're gonna slow it down in honor for Queen Cinderella…er I mean…Queen Tatiana," wrong fairy tail dude. I kept my laughter in though, and Rose slowed down to match to music.

Ooooooh yeah

I know he left you stranded

And he payed the price the way he messed up your life oh

Girl I know your so afraid but I can't right the wrongs he made

I took Rose's hand, if I didn't dance with her at least once, I'd be a fool. She took my hand, and beyond her drunken state, beyond her glassy eyes I saw she wanted to dance with me as well. I pulled her close and started turning tohe music.

It'll be ok if we just stay together

She laid her head on my shoulder, and wrapped her arms around my neck. My neck was growing red as she drunkly snuggled into me. Um, I wasn't sure how I felt about Lissa's BEST FRIEND, hugging me this way. For some reason there wasn't the same cold water affect. I encircled my arms around her waist. We sort of swayed, basking in the other, why was everything about me so happy, and relaxed. Where was my gothness? Where was my emo corner? She stroked my hair and I looked down at her. Her soul was ordering…demanding I kiss her. My soul, was demanding that I kiss her, but my heart wouldn't let me. Then I saw the rejection in her eyes and my heart changed it's mind, I took her head in my hands and looked at her again, making sure I was reading her correctly. Her eyes said yes, her body language said maybe. So, I kissed her. She kneed me. I limped out of middle, avoiding the eyes of disgusted people.

"Why'd you knee me!" I yelled, she glared at me.

"YOu tried to take advantage of me!"

"That's not true! You led me on!" She glared hard, that was when I looked into her eyes, past what I wanted to see. I'd screwed up.

"Rose!" she took off and Eddie refused to allow me after her. Then with like no warning he took off for her! I didn't bother, I hasd my chance.

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