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Adrian lead Ayden to his apartment. He gave her an ice pack for her swollen cheek.
"You should report child abuse." he said, which made Ayden laugh. She shook her head and put the ice pack to her face.
"I'm not really considered a child anymore. It wouldn't work." she said.
"Then why do they treat you like one?" he asked.
She sighed and shook her head. Adrian knew that her parents were probably controlling. Just like his own conniving conceded parents.
"Oh, I forgot." Ayden said reaching into her pocket. "Here's your pack of cigarettes." she said tossing them at him. He smiled at her and caught them. He just stared down at them. "I didn't know you were a smoker." she said. He smiled again and tossed the pack onto the table. He wasn't in the mood to smoke now.
"Do you smoke?" he asked her. She scrunched up her nose in disgust, it made him laugh.
"No. Its gross. Seriously your harming your body." she said. He smirked at her.
"Look who's talking, Miss I-have-a-drinking-problem." he teased.
"Its not a problem when your aware of it." she joked.
He laughed and sat next to her on the couch. She laid her head against the back and just let the ice pack sit on her cheek. Adrian did the same and turned his head to look at her. He checked her aura, and she was a blue color. Calm and relaxed.
"Blue looks good on you." he complemented. She looked at him confused. "Just saying." he said. She rolled her eyes at him. He chuckled. "What?" he asked.
"Blue looks good on you." she said mockingly.
"What? It does." he said.
"Just saying." she said, again mocking him.
"What are you doing?" he asked. She laughed at him. "What's so funny?" he asked her.
"This." she said.
"What about it?" he asked. She stared at him for a while. He looked back at her, staring into her chocolate brown eyes. Again he thought about how weird it is that when he's with Ayden, he forgets all his troubles.
"I heard something about you." she said.
"What did you hear?" he asked.
"That you used to date a dhampir." she said.
"Is that so?" he asked.
"Then she dumped you for another guy." she said. Adrian didn't say anything. "I'm sorry for bringing it up." she said. What was he supposed to say? Lie to her that it wasn't true? That what she heard was wrong? "I also heard that your parents are shipping you off to college." she said. Adrian sat up, remembering his little meeting.
"Not if I have anything to do about it." he said. Ayden sat up too, catching the falling ice pack. Adrian looked at her, seeing the swollen red cheek.
"To be honest," she said. "I don't want you to go." she said. He looked at her shocked. "I mean, who else is going to go bar hopping with me?" she joked. He laughed. She reached out and grabbed his hand. "But I'm being serious. Ever sense I met you, I don't think this place is so bad anymore. I mean, I know we only met yesterday, but every time I'm with you, I forget about everything else."she said.
Adrian looked at her strangely. It was like talking face to face with his own feelings.
"Don't think I'm sappy, because I'm not." Ayden added. He laughed at her.
"It's weird. I feel the same way." Adrian confessed.
Ayden smiled and then pulled her hand back. She put the ice pack back on her face. She closed her eyes and sighed, letting the ice do its work. Adrian felt bad for her. She didn't deserve to get hit. Its her own parents fault. They drove her to drinking.
Before he realized what he was doing, his hand was taking off the ice pack off of her face. Ayden looked at him curious, wondering what he was doing. Adrian pressed his hand to her cheek and called to spirit. He felt energy surge through him, and reach his fingertips. Ayden took a quick intake of breath as she felt the energy fill her. She smiled at the feeling.
Adrian pulled back when her cheek looked okay. He felt a little crappy, but he was used to it. Ayden touched her cheek in amazement. She looked at Adrian shocked.
"How did you do that?" she asked. He shrugged.
"I specialized in spirit." he said.
"Spirit? I've never heard of that happening before, well except with Princess Dragomir." she said. He nodded.
"She and I specialized in spirit. She's better at the healing thing than I am." he said.
"That's amazing." she said.
"What did you specialize in?" he asked.
"Fire." she said. Another fire user. No wonder she was so feisty. She was a total hot head. "How come you don't have a guardian?" she suddenly asked. Adrian took a minuet to answer.
"I don't find the use in me having one. My family has enough to go around." he said. Ayden stared at the ceiling looking like she was deep in thought. "Why don't you have one?" he asked her.
"I'm not really a damsel in distress type of girl. I can take care of myself." she said. Adrian laughed. He can clearly remember her pin the guy's arm behind his back and slam his head on the counter.
"I know you can, but can you take care of yourself against a strigoi?" he asked. She looked down at her hands, and a sorrowful look came across her face.
"I've killed stirgoi before." she said. Adrian stared at her in shock and amazement.
"You've killed strigoi?" he asked.
"Its not something I'm proud of." she said. Adrian saw her aura turn purple, not a good sign.
"Why? What happened?" he asked. She looked at him, as if deciding whether or not to tell him. She bit her lip and looked back down. She pulled her knees to her chest and sighed.
"The look on their faces when I staked them," she shivered. Adrian looked at her confused. For one, he still couldn't believe that she's killed stirgoi, let alone staked them. For another, he was confused why she felt so bad for killing them.
"Whatching their lives drain away. Seeing the look of shock and surprise, getting the feeling of death inside me. It's all, I don't know, depressing." she said.
Not knowing what else to do, Adrian wrapped his arm around her. She smiled up at him.
"You must think I'm crazy to feel bad for strigoi." she said. He shook his head.
"It just tells me that you have a big heart. Even fot the creatures that want us dead." he said.
She stared into his emerald green eyes, as he stared into her chocolate brown eyes. Adrian could feel something inside him heat up. It's a feeling he hasn't felt before. Not with any girl he's been with. Even Rose. It confused him. Then Ayden looked away. Adrian felt disappointed. What was that about?
"You won't say anything, right?" she asked.
"Not if you don't want me to." he said. She looked at him pleading.
"Please don't tell anyone. If people found out, there would be more chaos here than ever. It would give them another reason to turn on each other." she said. Adrian knew what she was talking about.
"Like with Rose." he said.
"You mean, Guardian Hathaway?" she asked.
"Ya." he said. "They used her killings as an excuse to lower graduation for nobles." he said.
"Oh ya. I heard about that. But I thought that they were withdrawing that law." she said.
"They're still debating it." he said. She nodded.
"That's exactly what I'm talking about. If they use my killings as an example there would be a civil war between the moroi. Giving a better chance for the strigoi to get us." she said. Adrian nodded agreeing.
"Don't worry. I wont say a word to anyone." he promised. She smiled up at him again. He brushed another strand of hair out her face, again. She chuckled.
"My hair has a mind of its own." she complained, and pulled her hair out of it's ponytail. She ran her fingers through it and sighed. "Maybe I should just cut it all off." she said. Adrian grabbed a lock of her hair.
"I think its nice. Don't cut it." he said. She looked at him, and he tickled her face with the lock of hair. She laughed and pushed his hand away. "Are you ticklish?" he asked playfully. She looked at him horrified.
"Your not going to tickle me are you?" she asked.
"Not if your not ticklish." he said.
"I'm not ticklish." she said, but he saw right through her. He smiled teasingly at her.
"You sure about that?" he asked.
He then turned to face her and grabbed her sides. She squealed. He started to tickle her while she laughed her guts up.
"Adrian! Stop! God your killing me!" she laughed.
He only tickled her that much more. She was wiggling around so much she actually fell of the couch, and knocked her own glasses off. Adrian followed her, pinning her between his legs and tickling her even more. She tried slapping his hands away, but it was no use. She was laughing to hard. She kept laughing, so much that tears came down her face.
"Had enough?" Adrian teased.
"Oh god. Please stop. No more. I can't take it any more." she said, breathing hard. He smiled at her again.
"Wrong answer." he said. He went for her again. She flinched and squealed, but he didn't touch her. He laughed at her reaction.
"Your so mean Adrian." she said. He only laughed harder. She laid back and covered her face with her arm.
"It's not my fault your ticklish." he said.
"It is your fault for taking advantage of it." she retorted. He laughed.
"Ready for round two?" he asked.
"No way." she said, wrapping her other arm around her stomach. A loud growl came out of it. Adrian looked at her shocked. Did that just come out of her?
"Have you eaten today?" he asked.
"Ya. It's blood I need." she said. Adrian then remembered that he's due for a feeder too.
"You want to go down now?" he asked. She sat up and looked at him. "I was going to go there myself." he added. She shook her head and smiled.
"Sure. Why not?" she said.
Adrian helped her up, and handed her her glasses. He grabbed her hand and lead her to the feeders room.
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