Okay, so as some of you may know I got a new laptop (Yay!) but since technology hates me, my laptop was a defective and the space bar stuck all the time! Soooo I had to get a new one…and I had already started writing this chapter…so I sent it to myself on email…but I soon realized when I got the new laptop, I didn't receive the email! So, I hope you can forgive for yet again another random update, but I hope you like this one : )
Boyfriend Swap
APOV
"Would you move the hell over?" Christian hissed at Eddie. "I don't have any room!"
"It's not my fault your ass is so huge!" Eddie retorted.
"Shut the hell up!" I said pressing my head further into the door.
Christian, Eddie and I were currently all stuffed into Rose's closet, listening the girl's conversation. Secretly of course, Rose would kick all our asses if she knew we were listening to them…
"Oh my God I know! Christian is so romantic, I mean you may not think so, but he really is." I heard Lissa's muted voice threw the wood of the door.
I could almost hear Rose rolling her eyes. "Fire boy better be romantic, because if he doesn't make you happy I'll kick his ass." I heard Rose say.
"Hear that Castles? Christian's a sap." I sniggered.
"Shut up Ivashkov, it's not like their talking about how hot you are!" Christian said in defense. Both Eddie and I shushed him and strained to listen to the girls.
"I wish Eddie would be more romantic, sometimes I think he doesn't even know what flowers and chocolate are…"Mia said.
"What? I brought her flowers last week!" Eddie protested next to me.
"Well, if Dimitri was any more romantic I don't know what I'd do." Rose said. I heard Lissa and Mia giggle.
"Is that why Adrian fails to get your attention? Because he puts on too much charm?" Lissa asked. I raised my eye brows but listened for the answer.
"No, he's just too cocky, arrogant, annoying and cute." Rose said. Christian's hand flew to his mouth, Eddie bit his tongue and I choked on my own spit.
"What?" Mia and Lissa chorused.
By now Eddie Christian and I had our ears glued to the door. "You all know he is, I mean sometimes I just want to take him and-"
Then the earth was tumbling out from under us. The closet door had been flung open by someone outside and we tumbled out. I fell onto my back and Eddie and Christian also not so gracefully next to me on their stomachs.
"Take him and crush his skull." Rose finished her sentence as she looked down at me with her arms crossed and her 'I'll kill you where you stand' look.
I grinned up at her. "Still think I'm cute?"
"No, that was hook line and sinker; I think you're just dumb." She scoffed down at me. I huffed and tried to get up but her foot came down to meet my chest.
"I don't think so." She said.
"Would it be wrong of me to say that this is a turn on?" I tried. Her face slipped into one of its blank stares which usually meant she was not amused, and she was trying not to rip my balls off.
"Dude. Just stop talking." Christian hissed from where he was standing near Lissa, who was giving him a pissed off look for spying on them.
"You just never learn do you Ivashkov?" Rose said leaning down, almost giving me a lovely view of her cleavage, but she was too smart for that. Instead she reached down and grasped my shirt between her hands, lifting jer foot off my chest and dragging me out of her room.
"Wait! I don't want to die!" I yelled and tried grabbing furniture or Eddie as I went by. She just dragged me into the hallway, where she literally bumped into Dimitri, who was staring down at me with the same blank face Rose was sporting a few moments before.
"Oh hey Dimitri." Rose greeted normally, but she just moved and kept dragging me down the hall way. "Just taking out the trash." She called back to him as his eyes watched her drag my away.
Jerk! He didn't even try to stop her! Well, I'm a big boy, I can handle this. I was about to twist around out of her grasp, but she had grabbed another fist full of my shirt and literally threw me out the door.
After flipping me off and closing the door behind her I sighed and got up, wishing that I had a cigarette right about now.
RPOV
"What a stupid asshole! The dumbass really thought we couldn't hear them in my closet? Honestly you think he would learn, but he just doesn't! Oh and if Christian was my boyfriend and he was listening to us, I would have ripped his…well not that he has any, balls off!" I ranted to Lissa as we walked to lunch the next day. She laughed.
"Just picturing you with Christian makes me laugh." She said. Then her face lit up like the forth of freaking July.
"Oh no…what's that face?" I said getting into the line for food. She just grinned and got a salad, not saying anything until we got to our table where our friends were sitting.
"Guys, Lissa's face is stuck in a shit eating grin…what's wrong with her?" I asked.
"Oh, I just have the best idea in the world." Lissa said to everyone.
"We do a boyfriend swap." Lissa said. There was a pause at the table, then one word was spoken by almost everyone at the table.
"No!"
Adrian just grinned and looked at me, "So if we like say choose our pairs we would be forced to participate in girlfriend/boyfriend activities?" he wagged his eye brows suggestively at me.
"HA, HA good one Adrian." I rolled my eyes and spotted Dimitri talking with some other guardians. He glanced over and I licked my lips and winked, watching him visibly shiver and purposely turn away from me.
"Yea! Well no, we'll pick out of a hat." Lissa said.
"Nope, Dimitri can't play. It's over ruled." I said.
"Not if I take his place little dhampire." Adrian told us. I groaned and my head hit the table. Suddenly a hand was on my back and I slowly lifted my head and the hand moved.
"Hello Roza, is there a reason you're ruining school property this time?" Dimitri asked.
"Well, were starting a new game…and I might have to be with…well not you." I said. He raised an eye brow.
"Well, I guess we'll have to discuss that then." He said with a nod to the table, a sly wink to me and he walked away. I internally grinned.
Hells yes, this means a hot make out session with Dimitri later on…Mmm.
"Okay, Eddie you go first pick your girlfriend!" Lissa said. "But remember who ever stays 'together' with their significant other wins a kiss!" Lissa said.
"When you say 'significant other' do you mean there could be a same sex pairing? Because I am not okay with that." Adrian said looking at Eddie and Christian. "But you two, you deserve each other."
Christian just flipped Adrian off, and Eddie gave Christian an offended look.
"Lissa." Eddie said looking at the slip in his hand. "Hey Liss, this is just like 2nd grade." He winked and Lissa turned pink. In 2nd grade Lissa had the biggest crush on Eddie.
Yea, I never get tired of that one either.
"Mia's turn!" Christian said trying to save Lissa, I just grinned at Lissa. Yea you're right, saving her was my job. But this was just too funny.
Mia reached into the guys hat and pulled out a slip.
"Ugh. Adrian." She read. Adrian's face wasn't that happy either.
"Wooo hoo!" I yelled and fist pumped the air. "Sorry Adrian, I guess it's not meant to be. Aw, do you need a tissue, or a swift kick in the ass maybe?"
Adrian just laughed. "No Rose that's okay, but I think you'll find that the only people left are you and Christian. Mrs. Fire Boy"
No one spoke for a moment, not until it all sunk in. "God Damn!" Christian yelled.
"Hey! That's my line you douche!" I yelled at him.
"Oh I see how this is going to go." Christian grumbled angrily sitting on the couch.
"Are you two breaking up already? Do you need some counseling?" Eddie said twirling a fake mustache.
"Screw you." Christian said.
Eddie barked out a laugh, "Sorry dude, both you and I are in a committed relationship. That would make us cheaters, but thanks for the offer." Eddie grinned. Christian launched at him and they were both on the floor wrestling, Eddie laughing while Christian nearly crushed his arm.
"Well. This game is off to a…violent start." Adrian said. "I'm going out for a cigarette." He said.
"I don't think so mister. If I have to be within a five foot radius of you almost all the time then you are not going to smell like stale vodka and cigarettes." Mia said with her hands on her hips. "And that shirt is so fugly I can barely look at you. Let's go find you a different one, honestly put some effort in." she scoffed and dragged him out of the door by his collar. Honestly she was so short I didn't know she could reach his collar. I waved and mouthed 'bye-bye' as he shot Lissa and I a 'help me' look.
"Well. I can truly say this may be the worst idea you've ever had." I looked at Lissa.
She rolled her eyes, "Don't be so dramatic it's not that-"
"Hey Liss! I think I still have that picture of us holding hands on the playground! I'll have to find it; it can be our screen savers." Eddie said from the floor while putting Christian in a head lock.
Lissa turned red. "I lied." She finished. "This was a dumb idea." I just barked out a laugh.
"No shit Sherlock."
"Alright, truce." Christian said, I nodded and we shook hands. Yea that's right. I Rose Hathaway was calling a truce with Christian Ozera. Oh yea, and we were going out. My life is so messed up.
Christian and I headed to lunch, he even offered me a stool at the lunch table. I just laughed, sat down and pushed him off the one next to me.
Yea, he might have a bruise roughly the size of my fist on this left arm now.
He huffed but got up, brushed himself off and sat back down. Soon Adrian and Mia showed up, her talking away, him with a 'please kill me now' look. They sat down and we could finally hear what she was saying.
"I mean, you're supposed to take me to fancy dinners and buy me stuff! Eddie does, I mean did. And you can at least act like your trying!" She yelled at him. He just rolled his eyes and rested his head in his palm.
"Mia, don't you ever shut up?" Adrian huffed. Mia's mouth popped open and a 'hmpf." Sound came out and she turned away from him in her seat.
"Finally!" he said exasperatedly. Just then Lissa and Eddie sat down, next to me.
"Hey Rose." Lissa said.
"Oh heeeeey Rose!" Eddie drawled. "I'm going to go get you some lunch Lissa-boo." He said then was off to the lunch line.
"Excuse me, but I'm going to go kick his ass. Oh and get Rose some lunch." Christian said getting up and stalking towards Eddie.
"Oh how chivalrous!" I yelled after him. "And I like extra ketchup on my burger!" I added.
"Well, you two seem to be getting along cozily." Adrian said eyeing me. I rolled my eyes. I really wanted to punch him so his lip would swell up and he wouldn't be able to talk for a while, but that would only fuel the fire. Besides if I told them we were trying to make this work, they'd think we might actually have a chance to win.
"Yea? Well you're just being an asshole to Mia." I said. "Maybe you do need counseling." I teased. He grinned at me.
"Would you be my doctor? I like playing doctor." He wiggled his eye brows and raised mine
"Excuse me, there is no flirting when you're in a committed relationship!" I scolded. Adrian rolled his eyes.
"It's not like I actually like her, I mean this is just for the contest." He said. Mia whipped around.
"You are such a conceded jerk! I don't have any doubt the only reason you get any attention from women is because of your damn fortune and your social status! So go to hell Adrian!" Mia yelled, and then she slapped him square across the cheek.
The slap echoed off the walls of the café and everyone looked over to the direction. No one spoke for a moment. Then I laughed out loud.
"Holy Hell! She just handed you your ass Ivashkov!" I yelled laughing hysterically. It might have been the funniest things I had ever seen! A 5'1 Moroi girl slap a 6'3 royal Moroi, and walk away with her head held high and barely a red hand! "That was priceless!" I wheezed against the table. I saw Eddie run out after Mia, after shooting a glare at Adrian which just had me in hysterics again.
"I need a drink." Adrian said standing from the table.
"HA! More like a band aid for the ego of yours!" I told him and laughed as he grumbled something under his breath and walking out of the café.
Soon Christian was back, juggling three trays. Min, his and Lissa's since Eddie had to run out and make sure Mia didn't kill someone on her way to her room.
I smiled at the thought of food, and Christian sat down shooting Lissa a little 'I miss you' look. I let it go because Lissa and him where perfect for each other.
"Yay!" I sang when I lifted the bun, extra ketchup. "Thanks." I said then began eating.
Christian choked on the Coke he was drinking and he coughed to get it out of his lungs.
"Did the Rose Hathaway just say something nice to me?" Christian said. I shrugged but Lissa laughed.
"Speaking of nice here comes your ex-boyfriend"
I turned around to see Dimitri walking over to our table, a stern look on his face.
"Uh oh." I said, standing and shoving my tray at Christian, but taking the burger.
"Fast food." I grinned at Lissa and Christian, and I took off out the other end of the café.
"I don't want to know what she did." I heard Lissa say to Christian.
"I do." I swear I heard Christian reply.
I made a sharp left turn in the hallway, then a right out the door.
"Rose!" I heard Dimitri yelled as he ran after me. He burst out the door just seconds after me. I was going to try and hide in the trees, but he was too close behind so I ran a head, pumping my legs as fast as I could. "Rose!" Dimitri shouted again.
I rounded the corner of the building to see Eddie and Mia on a bench, totally making out. They sprang apart when they heard me slide on the leaves. I know they heard Dimitri too, he was getting close.
I passed them then yelled behind me, "By the way, that's cheating! You lose Eddie!"
I didn't stick around to see what he said because I had a hot Russian guy chasing me for a reason unknown to me. But whatever he was mad about, I probably did.
Dimitri's footsteps were almost right next to me, and I looked to my right and saw him sprinting right next to me.
"Rose! Stop." He panted.
"Yea right Comrade!" I panted right back.
He groaned but kept his speed.
"By the way, why are you chasing me?" I asked.
"Because you're running!" he said in a 'Da' voice. I rolled my eyes.
"You'd run too if you saw death in a Cowboy duster heading your way." I shot.
He laughed. "Well while were chatting, why did you slap Adrian? Not that I mind much…" god I could barely focus on his words because his accent was just so intoxicating.
"Oh, I didn't. It was Mia. Oh!" I remembered and I suddenly swerved and hit Dimitri, his arms when around my waist and we tumbled to the ground. I landed on top of him, groaning a little as we hit the ground.
"What-" he started but I interrupted him by capturing his lips in my own.
"Just claiming my prize." I winked after a minute. He looked up at me and smiled, I couldn't help but steal another kiss, and another, and another, and another…
That is until Dimitri pinned me to the ground.
"I would love to continue this…meeting. But Kirova would like to talk to you." He said. I groaned as he stood and held his hand out, pulling me up from the ground.
"May I ask what I did to receive questioning?" I asked holding his hand as we walking back to the main building. He chuckled.
"I believe it's about a certain picture of Adrian and Christian in romantic embrace being found." He told me. I nodded.
"Yea, sounds about right."
I owed you guys soooooooo much so I went almost 3,000 words on this one, longest ever! Thanks for sticking with me, school is crazy, homework is plentiful, life is busy. But I love writing and I felt aweful leaving you guys hanging. But I do need more ideas for the next chapter, hopefully which will come waaaaay earlier than this one did : ) Reviews make my day
