We headed out towards the cafeteria. It was almost lunch time, but first we needed to stop by the feeders. Lissa needed blood, then we would go get food.
We got to the feeders and Lissa signed in. When Lissa's name was called, we walked over and saw Alice. Her face lit up when she saw me. "Rose, it's been a long time."
I smiled, "Hi Alice, how are you today?"
"I'm good, worried about you though."
"I'm fine."
"Are you? There is a sadness in your eyes."
My smile disappeared. "What does that mean?"
"You killed your love. That will never leave you. No matter what you do, no matter who you love, your greif will follow you. You can never escape it."
Lissa leaned over and bit into Alice's throat causing her to moan out in pleasure and lose her train of thought. I just stood there speechless. What was I going to do? Somewhere inside, I knew she was right. I would never be able to truely move on. Not after all I'd been through with him.
"Rose?" Lissa's words snapped me out of my thoughts. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, you ready to go?"
***
We were in line for lunch. I loved the smell of the chicken tacos. I was so hungry.
"Well, look who's back. Where's the baby Rose?" I turned around to see Jesse Zeklos and Ralf Sarcozy standing behind me with a stupid look on their faces."
"Fuck off jerk. I'm not in the mood."
"And what if I don't? Are you going to try to kill me again?"
'Back off!" I said louder.
"Psycotic bitch." they turned around an walked away. I felt the urge to run after him. To beat him into unconciousness, but then I heard Lissa's voice inside my head. Just let it go Rose. They're not worth it.
I looked at her and took a deep breath. She was right. We finally got to the front of the line and got our food. I loaded my tray with tacos, pizza, and anything else I saw. Lissa just got a yogurt and a V8. She wasn't too hungry since she had just fed.
We quickly found a table and took a seat and started eating.
"Rose, forget what she said. Nothing is going to happen. Dimitri is gone. You have Adrian now. He's a great guy. Alice is a feeder. She lives her days high off the vampire endorphins. She's not exactly an expert in this sort of thing. There's nothing to worry about."
"She's right. I loved him and I had to kill him. How am I supposed to get past that?"
"By simply trying. You're not gonna be able to move on if you keep thinking about it. Spend some time alone with Adrian, you'll feel better."
As if on que my phone beeped with a text message. It was Adrian. I read the message;
Meet me in the woods on the edge of campus in 20 minutes.