Chapter Nineteen

The window incident slipped away without any troubles. No one told on Adrian and luckily the cameras that were around the school were so far away they couldn't recognise the student who hit the ball. The headmistress told the students that from now on any games or sports that involved a ball were to be played elsewhere away from the school to prevent any more windows to be broken in the future. So the group pushed that incident out of their minds and focused on something else.

Such as Dimitri and Tasha.

The Russian boy decided to tell the girls that he was dating Christian's aunt which caused Rose to have a breakdown later that night in front of Lissa. She loved Dimitri and knew there was no chance in them getting together knowing that he was into an older woman. But a part of her was glad it was Tasha out of anyone. She loved the art teacher; she was the one who got Rose interested in fighting in the first place. After many tears and a shoulder to cry on, Rose told Lissa that she was going to forget about Dimitri and focus on someone who was obviously wanting to love her; Mason.

While the two best friends were having this discussion, the guys, Sydney and Jill were in Mason's and Eddie's room hanging out. When Dimitri told the girls he was dating Tasha, everyone noticed how quiet Rose went.

"I feel so bad."

"There's no point in feeling bad." Christian patted Dimitri on the back. The two sat on Eddie's bed with Mason on the other side of Dimitri.

"She was going to find out eventually. It was better to tell her now than later." Mason smiled at Dimitri who smiled back. Now that he knew Dimitri had no interest in Rose, the red-head could focus on making Rose feel better and maybe get her to fall for him instead.

Jill and Eddie were playing on the X-Box together, too busy focusing in their own little world to comfort Dimitri. Adrian and Sydney laid on Mason's bed, both looking at Dimitri. The way they were laying was cute as Sydney was resting her head on Adrian's chest and he had his arm around her shoulder. She moved her head up Adrian's chest, resting her ear over his heart and hearing a very steady heartbeat.

"Mason's right. If you told her later then she would probably be even more heartbroken. You did the right thing Dimitri."

"But did I have to hurt her so bad?"

"Sometimes doing the right thing does cause pain for someone." The clock on the wall struck ten making Sydney sit up. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I just want to go to bed now. I need to get up early to hand in some work." She slid off the bed and glanced at Jill. "When are you going to bed Jill?"

"Later." The young model was too focused in the game she was playing with Eddie to notice how late it was getting. Mason, Christian and Dimitri shook their heads while Adrian chuckled before standing up.

"I'll take you to your room. I'm going to bed too. See you guys in the morning."

"Night you two."

"Goodnight." Sydney waved at her friends while sliding her hand into Adrian's as he opened the door and dragged her out. "It's a shame about Rose getting hurt. But then again it kinda ends the love triangle she was in with Mason and Dimitri."

"Now that Dimitri is dating someone else she might be able to focus on seeing how great of a guy Mason is." They reached her door. "Maybe it's for the best." He leant in to give her the usual kiss on the forehead, making her close her eyes and smile to herself. "I'll see you in the morning." He went to go away but Sydney grabbed his hand.

"Adrian, wait."

When he stopped walking to look at her, he noticed how she had pink cheeks. She looked down and bit her lip, pulling her hands back so that she could drag Adrian closer to her. Now that he was standing close to her she moved up onto her toes and gave him a peck on the lips. Adrian's eyes went slightly wide, surprised at how Sydney had kissed him so unexpectantly. After the kiss she moved back down so that she was standing normally.

Adrian moved his hand to her cheek, stroking it gently before sliding it behind her neck and leaning down slowly to her face. This allowed her to either lean in to him if she wanted the kiss but back away if she either didn't want the kiss or suddenly felt embarrassed. To his surprise she leant in so that their lips came into contact and tenderly kissed each other. After several quiet moments the kiss ended allowing the two to see each other's face. Sydney had gone bright red in the face, however Adrian - despite having such a calm look on his face - had gone pink in the cheeks.

"Goodnight."

"Night Sage." He gave her another kiss on the forehead, chucking at the same time. "Sweet dreams."

Usually Adrian never needed to go to the toilet during the night, but for some reason tonight was a rare occasion where he was bursting to go. Around three in the morning he crept out of his bed and to the shared toilet down the corridor. In the dorms, there were shared toilets along the corridors but downstairs next to the kitchens and common rooms, there were shower-rooms separated by genders allowing the students to have showers in the morning before school or at night.

The corridor was dim, with only the small wall lights to light up the corridor. But when Adrian made his way back to his room he saw two figures standing in the corridor. At first his heart started to pound against his chest as he didn't recognise the figures, but as he got closer he saw Mason and Rose standing outside their rooms leaning against the walls.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Really, I'm fine. I mean, sure, I am a little upset. But now that Dimitri has made his choice I can focus on other guys. I was so focused on him and wishing for a relationship that in a way I knew we would never have, I was too blind to see others around me." Rose smiled at Mason, both of them oblivious to see Adrian walking towards them. "I know about your feelings towards me. Mason, you are a great guy. And a cute guy."

"You shouldn't call a guy cute you know."

"But it's true." She giggled while Mason went bright red in the face. "I was selfish, taking advantage of your feelings. I..." She sweetly smiled at him. "I want to spend some more time with you Mason. I want to get to know you better, and I want to try and return your feelings."

"What? Seriously?"

"A girl is always serious when it comes to relationships." Both of the teens turned their head to see Adrian walk over. "Morning you two. Nice little midnight gathering we have."

"What are you doing up?"

"I could ask you the same question." The three held their laughs in so that they wouldn't wake anyone up. "I'll keep this little midnight gathering a secret from everyone else if you want." He winked at the two before going back into his bedroom to crawl under his duvet and fall back asleep, after hearing small whispers outside agreeing to keep what they spoke about a secret from their friends for now.