I was running, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move. Red eyes watched me hungrily, following me, gaining on me, I couldn't escape. A flash of pale skin and he was in front of me. No one would save me this time. He leaned over my and moved my hair away from my neck then his teeth sunk in.

I woke up with a scream, and Adrian was by my side immediately. "What's wrong? Faye, are you okay? What happened?"

I didn't speak; I just hugged him and cried. I was shaken and he noticed it, he pulled me back onto the bed and just held me, murmuring calming words… After I'd calmed down a bit, I noticed he was only wearing pajama pants, with no shirt. I hid my blush and looked up into his eyes. Those sparkling emerald jewels stared back at me, full of concern and worry, making my heart skip a beat and my stomach filled with a light as air feeling. So I told him about the dream, in hopes that he wouldn't notice my reaction to him.

"I'm so sorry Faye… It wasn't real it was just a dream. It's okay, I'm here. It's okay…" With every word the light, butterfly-ish feeling in my stomach increased, and I smiled at him.

"Thank you," I sniffled.

"It's not a problem, go back to sleep, okay?"

"Okay," he pulled the covers over me and I curled up to his chest, slowly drifting off to sleep. When I was almost there I felt him get up to leave. "Don't go!"

He looked at me and chuckled sleepily. "You sure?" At my nod he smiled again, "alright, I'll stay." He let me curl up to again and we both fell asleep.

All week, we slept like that, Adrian had visited my dreams a few times, stopping any nightmares in their tracks, for which I was grateful. I spent the days getting to know his friends, and babysitting Kat for Rose more often than not. We had become close in a very short amount of time, as well as Rose, Lissa and I. Adrian and I would occasionally share a glance that seemed to mean more than just a glance, and I'd caught Adrian looking at me with a dazzling smile, making my knees go weak. Every time I smiled, he would too, and vice-versa, although I usually blushed as well. The frequency of these moments seemed to have increased and one day I found out why. We were walking back from Lissa's when suddenly Adrian had me against a wall with his hands on the wall beside both sides of my face.

"Adrian… What…?" oh god, I couldn't even form complete thoughts. Shit. Shit, shit, shit….

"Faye. I can read auras you know…" Oh no…. no, no, no.

"Um… W- w- Okay?"

He chuckled, sending shiver throughout my body. "I know what you feel right now…" he placed a hand on my chest, directly over my heart, "and the way this speeds up when I'm close to you… Big tip off as well." He smirked at me then leaned in so that his body was pressed against me and his lips were at my ear. "I'll let you in on a little secret..." He took my hand and placed it on his own heart, which was beating rather quickly. "I feel the exact same way around you…" he whispered breathlessly.

I pulled away as much as I could, which was just enough to meet his gaze. His eyes shone and he was smiling brilliantly. "You… You do?" Yeah, I know. That was lame. But hey, it was a wonder I could even think straight enough to remember how to talk. He nodded and I smiled at him, I blinked and a small tear of happiness fell before all thoughts of anything but his lips on mine were cleared from my head. He rested one hand on the small of my back and the other was on my cheek as he kissed me softly. My hands were around his neck pulling him closer to me. The kiss was pure magic. His kiss was soft and sweet, letting me know that it was up to me to decide where I wanted to go with it. I just lost myself in it, letting him wash away any worries I had. Well, at least until I heard a small cough. I pulled away and saw a smirking Rose. I instantly blushed, causing Adrian to laugh and put his arm around my waist.

"I had a feeling you two were more than friends…"

Adrian just laughed. "Well, this is the first time I've kissed her, little dhampir."

"Really? That's actually surprising… And Adrian, I like this girl. You hurt her in any way and royal Moroi or not, I will kill you. Understand?"

"I would never dream of it," he looked down at me and smiled, I smiled back.

"Good. Now you two go have fun… But be careful." I rolled my eyes at this and she just laughed.

"See you tomorrow, Rose." I told her.

"Bye guys…"

Adrian and I kept walking back to his suite, his arm still around my waist. We got quite a few stares but Adrian told me to ignore them, so I did, happy to just be with him. When we got in we both went and changed then I went into his room and curled up to him. He pressed a quick kiss to my lips before turning of the lights and holding his arm up, telling me to come closer. I curled up to his side and he put his arm around me. I fell asleep grinning like an idiot.

A/N: What did you think? I had fun writing this chapter, especially the part about Rose catching them XD. What was your favourite part?