Hey guys just wanted to say thanks to all those who have reviewed my story. It means a lot and I hope you keep it up. This chapter I feel like you are going to love me and hate me at the same time but bare with me. I just wrote one of the big chapters and I have to say it was one of my favorite to write but I have to add a few chapters to lead up to it. So I hope you stick around to read it.
Again I do not own any of the characters, they are owned by Richelle Mead
There was a small table sitting fifteen feet from the lake, there were two candles lighting the table and a single rose sat in the middle. I looked over the beautiful table, when I didn't see Adrian sitting there I glanced around when I noticed the lake was littered with candles. As the human day was approaching the moon had started to fade along with the stars, so the candles were lighting the night. I was mesmerized by the beauty that laid before me. I felt two arms engulf my body, I sat there looking at the lake. The warmth and peace that was flowing through my body was refreshing, it was like coming up for a breath of air after not being able to breathe for so long.
"Hey" I said turning to look up at him lovingly.
"Hi" he said bending down, his lips falling upon mine. My arms went instinctively around his neck to pull him into the kiss further while his arms tightened around my body bringing it as close as possible to his. Pulling back he looked down examining my body up and down a few times. "You are breathtaking" he said. While he looked me over I had the pleasure of doing the same to him. I have seen Adrian dressed up for formal events at Court, but tonight he settled on black dress slacks with a light green button up shirt that made his eyes shine even more. "If anyone is breathtaking it is you" I said snuggling my cheek into his chest. He chuckled and was about to argue when my stomach rumbled.
"We should sit and eat" he said pulling his arms from around me. I was about to protest, but before I could say anything he quickly kissed my lips. "There will be plenty more of this later. I promise" he said before pulling me to the table. He pulled out my chair and then proceeded to take his seat across the table.
"How did you do all of this?" I asked gesturing around us.
"Oh I have my ways Little Dhampir and I have been quiet busy the last couple of days. Plus when you are friends with a fire user it makes lighting over two hundred candles a little bit easier" he said kissing my hand that was laying on the table. After I got back Christian and Adrian had become friends, when Christian finally realized that Adrian was in deed in love with me and had no interest in following his aunts plan of him and Lissa getting married or anything else for that matter he realized that they got along really well. Lissa and I joked around calling Adrian, Christian and Eddy the three musketeers or the three stooges it really depended on what the were doing.
"Clearly you had Lissa's help as well" I said wondering why she was acting so upset this morning when she knew more than I did.
"Yes, she was quite helpful. Although she told me that she was running late this evening, but assured me you her words "made due with what you had"" he said smirking. He must have noticed my embarrassment and started to laugh.
"What?" I grumbled.
"I rarely get to see you blush, I quite enjoy it. And don't worry I plan on seeing you in my bed and clothes a lot more" he said laughing again, I was sure my face looked like I had a really bad sunburn I could feel the heat coming off of it.
"If you don't stop laughing at me you won't get that chance" I said trying to get my voice to sound angry but the look on his face made that impossible.
"Ok I will not laugh anymore tonight if that means I get to hold you in my arms when we go to sleep" he said stroking a piece of hair from my face.
"I would rather hear you laugh at me than not laugh at all. Now what are we having for dinner?" I asked after my stomach started to make more noises demanding food.
We spent the next hour eating all of my favorites. I had to laugh when he took the cover off the food, with the setting and our outfits I was expecting some type of expensive steak or seafood, which is good for some but I was a simple girl. But when the cover was gone I was pleasantly surprised with chicken fingers, mashed potatoes, and macaroni and cheese. For dessert we had strawberry cheesecake. I was stuffed and didn't want to move when Adrian came around the table holding out his hand.
"I don't think I can move" I said happy the dress was a little bit loose or I think the zipper may have busted.
"Don't worry you won't have to do much" he said his hand still extended toward me. I took his hand and was pulled into his arms. Pulling a small remote from his pocket he hit a button and music started to play. He wasn't lying when he said I wouldn't be doing much, his arms were wrapped around me and as we swayed side to side my body felt weightless. I laid my head on his chest trying to imprint this memory into my brain. We danced for a while when I noticed the sky starting to lighten.
"It is close to sun rise" I said into his chest.
"Yeah, I have a blanket set out so we could watch it" he said loosening his grip so he could grab my hand.
"Won't it be uncomfortable" I protested planting my feet into the ground. The sun wouldn't kill him, but I knew that it made them extremely uncomfortable.
"I will be fine, now come on. I want to see the sun with you besides in our dreams" he said pulling me toward the cover that was on the ponds edge. There was something about the way he said "our dreams" that made me incredibly happy. I use to accuse him of stalking my dreams and now I couldn't imagine going to sleep and not seeing him there.
We laid down on the blanket and for the first time watched the sun rise together. After it was above the horizon I could tell it was bothering him more than he would admit.
"Lets go back to your room I am starting to get cold" I lied knowing he would protest if he thought I was doing it for him. He grabbed the blanket while I blew out the candle on the table and we walked back to his room hand in hand.
He had to use compulsion on the guardian at the desk so I could snick in and then we practically ran to his room hoping nobody would see us.
I walked into his room and flopped down on his bed. "Do you care if I stay here with you tonight?" I asked looking at the floor not wanting to see his face. Within seconds he was standing in front of me cupping my face. "I would be happy if you spent every night here, because I don't know how I will handle not holding you in my arms when I go to sleep" he said kissing my lips. I stood not breaking the kiss running my hands up his chest to his neck. One hand started to run back down his chest and worked on unbuttoning his shirt. Once I got them all undone he moved his arms so the shirt slid to the floor. I ran my fingers up his abs feeling the goose bumps that were forming on his skin as I went. After rubbing my hands on every inch of his chest and back I started to work on his pants. My hands were shaking a little, not because I was unsure, but I was sure he had done this a lot more than I had and it had my nerves on edge. He pulled back his eyes smoldering with lust. "Are you sure you want to do that Rose?" he asked.
"I know I love you and that you love me. I want to start living my life again and I am hoping you are going to be a permanent part of that life" I said realizing how true my words were.
His lips came to mine sucking my bottom lip into his "I love you and I will be here as long as you will have me" he said leaving little kisses all over my face then started working down my neck. My hands were able to finally free his pants as they slid to the ground he moved his hands to the back of my dress untying the ribbon and then releasing the zipper. The dress slide to the floor, I took a step forward kicking the dress to the side trying to not get tangled in it. Adrian's kisses moved down past my jaw to my collar bone and then down my stomach. He kissed down my leg pulling the ribbons to release my feet from the shoes. As he kissed his way back up my body his arms went around my butt lifting me off of the ground. I let out a little yelp from the unexpectedness of his move. He chuckled.
"Don't worry Little Dhampir, I got you" he said walking toward the bed laying me down gently. He climbed on the bed his body hovering over me. The kisses turned heated, I couldn't get enough of him. His arms moved behind my back releasing my breast from my bra. He continued to explore my body, I let out moans when he was driving me over the edge. I was ready and I told him so. My hands moved to his boxers hooking my fingers in the waistband and pulled it down as far as I could get it. Adrian pushed them the rest of the way kicking them off of his legs.
"I love you" he said lowering himself between my legs. "I love you too" I said before I felt him enter me. We spent the rest of the night making love more than once. I laid in his arms exhausted but happy. My eyes started to flutter shut and then my dreams took me.
The scene was familiar and one of my favorite. The sun was high and the water was calm Adrian was already laying on a blanket a few feet away from the shore.
"Where have you been? I figured after tonight that you would have been here fifteen minutes ago" he said turning his head to look at me.
"You look so peaceful when you sleep, plus you talk it was quiet entertaining" I said walking around to lay down next to him on the blanket.
"Is it possible to be tired in your dreams?" I asked yawning.
"After what we just did, I would be disappointed if you weren't this exhausted" he said pulling my body toward him so my head was laying in the crevasse of his shoulder and chest.
"Good I am going to rest my eyes" I said closing my eyes comforted my the beating on his heart and the warmth of the sun.
Waking up I couldn't help but smile feeling Adrian's arms around my body. I shifted my body trying not to wake him, hoping I could have a few minutes before he woke up. Instead he was smiling and staring at me.
"Morning" he said leaning down to kiss me.
"No you don't, not before I brush my teeth" I said throwing my hand out trying to shield him of my awful morning breath.
"Don't be silly" he said moving toward my lips again. This time I sat up so he couldn't reach them.
"I see after last night you gained some confidence" he said chuckling to himself before tracing his fingers down my bare side. His movement sent a chill through my body. Then I realized what he was talking about. The covers had slid down and my breast were exposed. I grabbed the blanket and covered myself.
"Jerk" I said hitting him in the arm.
"You shouldn't hide you beauty" he said trying to tug the blanket I had firmly wrapped around my chest off.
"You are right I am sure there are a lot of guys that would like to see my beauty" I said slowly pulling the blanket off of my chest.
"This beauty is only for my eyes" he said pushing my body back to the bed his hands running up and down my stomach.
"Good because there is nobody else that I would want to share it with other than you" I said pushing his body back so I was now the one hovering over him. We kissed until my stomach started to demand food again. What can I say I had a healthy appetite for a girl. Adrian looked up at me and smiled.
"We should shower before we go eat" he said bringing his hands to my hair trying to tame it down.
I let out an annoyed groan before rolling back onto the pillows. I was hungry but the thought of getting out of bed and having to go to the cafeteria to eat after what had happened yesterday was not how I wanted to start my Saturday.
"Come on, if you come now I might even wash your back" he said tugging at my hands that I now had covering my face.
"I can wash my own back perfectly fine" I said mumbling through my hands.
"Ok how about if you come I will let you wash my back" he said before grabbing the covers and pulling them completely off of the bed and myself. Letting out another groan I slid out of the bed walking quickly toward the bathroom. "You suck" I hissed at him as I walked by. He laughed then proceeded to throw the blankets back onto the bed. I started the water and stepped in. It felt good and was starting to really wake me up. Adrian slipped in wrapping his arms around my back kissing my shoulder.
"Like I said we will have plenty of time in my bed Little Dhampir" he said kissing my shoulder again before grabbing his shampoo to wash his hair. I stood there washing my hair and body wondering how much of what he said was true. Would we have the time, when I had to put Lissa's life ahead of my own or couldn't accompany him to a function because I was there to protect Lissa. Just thinking about functions made me think about the Queen. Gosh I hated her with a passion and she had made it pretty clear she was not my biggest fan. Would she ever be able to accept that Adrian had picked a simple dhampir over a royal moroi.
Adrian must have noticed my blank stare or the fact that I was just standing under the shower head letting the water run over my body not moving.
"Rose if you want we can go back to bed, I will go grab you something to eat and stop by the feeders. I just thought you might want to eat breakfast with Lissa. Plus I promised her I wouldn't keep you all to myself. But I have never been good at keeping my promises, except when it comes to you of course" he said turning my body toward his.
Realizing what he had just said I pulled myself back together. "No it is not that, although you have one comfortable bed and I would love to crawl back into it with you. I was just thinking about a few things, like what is going to happen after graduation" I said looking up at him. He reached around my body shutting the water off, then stepped out of the shower wrapping a towel around his waist and holding one open for me to step into. Once the towel was snuggly wrapped around my body, he grabbed my hand pulling me to the bedroom. He lead me to the chair that was in the corner of his room and gestured for me to sit.
"Rose I can't tell you what is going to happen in the future, I can tell you what I hope happens. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. I know you want to be Lissa's guardian and I am ok with that but I hope you don't want to do that for the rest of your life because I want you to be able to put yourself first" he stopped took a deep breathe "to put us first. I hope one day you will want to be my wife the mother of my children, but that is what I hope for. I need to know what you want from this and if you will ever be ok with not being Lissa's guardian" he said kneeling in front of the chair, his eyes trying to gage my reaction.
I felt the tears stream down my cheeks, because of what he said but also because I wasn't sure if I could give him everything he wanted. I was born and raised to be a guardian, could I just stop being one to give Adrian a family and be a wife. My heart wanted to tell him yes to everything, but something that had been implanted in my brain since childhood was telling me I couldn't tell him that. I was having an internal battle with what I wanted and what I thought I was suppose to do.
"Adrian, I" I froze I couldn't get the words to come out so I did what Dimitri had taught me so well to do. I ran. I couldn't go far since all I was wearing was a towel, but pushing past Adrian I ran to the bathroom slamming the door before sinking to the ground sobbing.
Like I said love/hate chapter, sorry but I have to leave you wanting more. Hope it worked. :-)