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Chapter 11

I slept in Adrian's shoulder most of the 6 hour flight. It was really uneventful, well except for Stan practically murdering Adrian for constantly tapping his shoulder and throwing peanuts at him- see, he was sitting in front of us. Note: keep Adrian entertained during long flights, unless he has a death wish.

The minute we got out of the plane, we directly made a beeline for the campus. It was early in the evening when we arrived in the campus so we started the tour since we scheduled the tour guides a night tour.

I had to keep on holding tightly to Adrian since he was acting like a 5 year old on a toy store, pointing here and there, all the while awing at the sites in front of him.

Really? Can you believe this guy? Maybe this was the effect of all your life being sheltered and home-schooled. poor guy.

Christian also never let go of Lissa's hand. Maybe he's wary about leaving Lissa all alone in this big place. Maybe he'd eventually decide to follow her here.

I caught up with Liss.

"Hey, by the way, what are you planning on taking up in this place?" I asked looking around.

"Uhm..I'm still not sure..but I'm sure it would be along the lines of Diplomacy, International Relations, Politics or Economics." She said lightly while shrugging.

"Ooh…big words Liss..You're hurting my brain here." I said nudging her.

She laughed and pinched me.

"You know I need those things. You're just gonna have to deal with." She stuck her tongue out at me. "So, I know you're gonna have to take the same classes as mine. But since your whiny brain won't be able to take my major, what major would you be in?" She asked me.

"I would have said your major as well, but from what you said before…When hell freezes over Liss. So I'm probably gonna choose along the lines of Sociology, Psychology or uhmm…dunno."

"Wow, who knew you know those big words Rose!" she said while mock clapping at me.

I shoved her playfully and laughed along with her.

"Ooh, our girlfriends playing it rough. So hot. I don't mind if you make out with her right here right now cousin." Adrian said winking at Lissa and me while he and Christian approached us.

"Eeuwww.." Lissa and I said at the same time.

"Pervert." Christian muttered, taking Lissa away from me while shaking his head.

"Well you're my pervert." I said, while taking Adrian's hand. Then thought better of it, hit the back of his head.

"And who said anything about being your girlfriend?" I walked in front of him, while I turned back and raised an eyebrow.

"Heyy! You're not like breaking up with me or something right?" He asked worriedly.

I walked faster, away from him…after a few seconds, I turned back.

"I'll think about it." I said while smirking at him.

"That's my girl!" He said catching up with me.

"Seriously Adrian, you're way to possessive." I said chuckling then moving away from his hand.

"Sorry Babe….Shoot." I punched him.

"Okay, okay…I'll stop…ROSE."

We then headed to the hotel we were staying at. All the girls were forced to share one room, so as to 'protect' us way better , they said, while all the boys were to stay with Stan and Dimitri: I heard Adrian groan the loudest.

Even though Alberta kept on shushing me and Lissa's girl talk-time, it has been a long time since any sleepover between us has occurred, I could tell that she was taking our childish antics lightly.

When we woke up, we were still not due back to the Academy in a few hours or so, so we spent the whole day locked up in the hotel because we could not afford get into any trouble while we were away.

We only went out for lunch in the city.

No one wanted to stay locked up in the hotel for lunch, so we outvoted Stan in staying in the hotel and ordering room service. Yeah right

Adrian and I were fighting for the last scoop of chocolate ice cream. We were in a small café near the University. We specifically chose this small café so as not to attract many stares, but all the while, when we entered we received some stares here or there from the small number of people in the small café.

Our group was the noisiest because of Christian and Adrian's bickering, Lissa and mine's constantly whispers and giggling, Alberta's complaints because of the open café, Dimitri shushing everyone up once in a while, and Stan banging everything he could get his hands on because of the previous unanimous notion against him back in the hotel.

While we walked back to the hotel after our meal, Dimitri and I got the time to talk with each other after months of not being left alone. Though we didn't get to spend time with each other after our trainings got postponed.

"Seems like you two are getting along well," He nodded towards Adrian.

"Well I still have the will power to resist wringing his neck…so..seems like it." I said shrugging, he gave me a small chuckle.

After a moment of silence and being behind from almost everyone, we looked at each other.

"It hasn't been easy you now." He said after a moment.

"What hasn't?"

"This." He took a deep breath. He clenched his fist for a moment, and then unclenched it eventually. "I always thought that the uneasy feeling would ease in time. But you know what?" He evenly asked me.

"What are you actually getting into?" I asked, confused.

He took a really deep breath by then.

"The first time you told me about you and Adrian, it was like my world suddenly paused for a moment. I wanted to talk you into some sense. You know, up to now, I still get moments of doubt, that any moment, he might turn away and leave you. And you would end up broken." He said this in a small but steady voice. I couldn't look at him.

But when I glanced at him from the corner of my eye, I saw that he was looking up the stars in the sky, his face serious and pained.

"But with what's going on between Adrian and me, it's just uhmm…-" I started.

"Don't give me that Rose. You and I both know, hmm..come to think about it, ask everyone, they would probably know that this is much more than what you two refer to as "fling things"". He stated.

"Coming from someone foreign and Russian guy, the word fling doesn't suit you that much." I tried to lighten the mood.

He didn't even crack a ghost smile.

"You know, I always thought that you were the one boss." I said in a low tone.

"I looked up to you from the very beginning. And when you regard me as just your student, nothing more, I always feel scared and vulnerable because that's the time I feel like turning my back from this world…our world." Shock showed in his face when he glanced at me.

"But every time, I get ashamed of myself." I concluded.

" But you would rather be with that guy? Being one of his lowly dhampirs at his feet? In his beck and call?" He said angrily.

"You have no right to criticize me with the choices I have made these past few weeks okay?" I barked out at him.

"Because you know what? This, what I'm feeling right now for him, yeah? Remember this, I offered them first to you. Not him, not anyone…but to you." I retorted back.

"You just had to be this guy who do the right thing every time, but don't blame him just because you let your choices pass...just because you let me pass." I took a deep breath.

"And please, don't flatter yourself when you thought that you were the first one to say those things to me, being his 'little dhampir' and all. I heard it all from the great Janine Hathaway."

"But just remember one thing Dimitri: You were the one who turned his back, so don't blame him when he was the one that caught me when I fell." I ran away from him.

I ran forward. I outrun our group who were casually strolling the street in the ebbs on twilight. I didn't want anyone to see the small tears in the brims of my eye. They probably noticed my sour behavior and knew better than to ask about it. Except for 'drum roll please' of course. Adrian.