Chapter 1:

AN:/ Ok. This is my first fanfic, so I hope, hope, hope that everyone likes it. Read and review please! This story is rated M for possible future chapters. I am honestly surprised at the feedback from just my summary. The first chapter up sooner then expected!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy. I really wish I did, and everyone can wish and dream, but this wish isn't coming true. All the characters belong to Richelle Mead. The only thing I made up was the plot.

I woke up to my alarm going off and my red husky puppy licking my face. Groaning, I rolled over onto my stomach. That stupid puppy wasn't having any of it. She clumsily walked up towards my face in that way that only puppies can do. She nudged my neck, trying to get under. When she couldn't get there, she started her whining and barking fit.

"Ugh! Fine. I'm up! Shasta, who knew that you would become my backup alarm clock?" I sighed, annoyed. I turned around and sat up, thinking about how it would be possible that I would live through another day of my life.

Shasta jumped off my bed and hobbled over to her small basket of toys, picking out her favorite, a tug-of-war rope with tennis balls on each end. She jogged back over, and dropped the toy at my feet. When I didn't pick it up, she pushed it closer with her nose, backed up and whined.

"Not right now, Shasta. You were the one wanting me up so badly. Is this the only thing you wanted from me?" I asked her. She wagged her tail. I sighed. "That's what I thought."

I picked the toy up, and walked back over to the basket to put the toy back. As I was heading towards my dresser to pick out my clothes for the day when I heard a knock at my door. "Come on in, Lissa!" I called.

My twin sister peeked her head in my room before coming in all the way and closing the door. I turned around to see Lissa staring at me with jade green eyes, and part of her sleek, straight blonde hair hanging in her face. When she saw me looking, she smiled at me. It always made me happy that she was happy.

But, no matter how happy I am, my troubled home life always seems to find a way to creep into my head.

Today was my dad's birthday, and in one week, it will be my birthday. But what my mind was concentrated on was that the week after my birthday, it will be the one year anniversary of my dad's death. I can honestly tell you, I feel guilty about the whole thing because I feel like it was all my fault. This was mainly because if I hadn't snuck out of my house, then we wouldn't have been on the road, and the drunk driver wouldn't have hit us.

If that hadn't happened, I would still have my dad, and my mom wouldn't have married that slumbag of a person who thinks it's cool to attack me or Lissa whenever my mom wasn't around or just being gone weeks at a time. My mom had no clue about any of these going-ons.

Voiceing my fears, Lissa decided to break the silence, "Rose, do you know what your wearing for the concert tonight? And do you how you are going to cover those marks up?"

"Yep. I'll be fine. The marks are nothing that a little bit of cover-up won't take care of." I answered, turning back to rummage through my dresser some more before pulling out a gray-blue tank top, a pair of gray skinny jeans with white splotches on them, and walked to my closet to get my dark blue jean jacket, and my black and blue hi-top Converse.

As I walked out of my room to go take a shower, I heard Lissa walk back to her room and close the door. When I hopped in, I turned the heat up so that, hopefully, the pain in my shoulder, and my mind, in general, could clear up.

I'm sorry it's short, but I wanted to post as soon as I could, so I tried to find a good place to stop this chapterI. really hope everyone likes this first chapter! You still have time to tell me what you want Adrian to be in this story! Just PM me or review your preference! Suggestions are greatly appreciated!

-Em