A/N: Just wanted to say congratulations to all of the Little Dhampirs for successfully passing thesis defense! It's the main reason for our inactivity these past few months, so we're trying to rectify that, bit by bit. :)
Disclaimer: All the VA awesomeness is not mine, but Richelle Mead's. I only get to make Lissa cry. Kidding. No, not really.
Title: Empty
Perspective: Lissa Dragomir
Summary: It's a few days after Rose dropped out St. Vladimir's.
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I opened my eyes slowly. It was nighttime. Time to get up and go to class in a short while… but for now it was quiet. And the silence was empty.
Why?
My gaze fell on the table... and I saw the dim outline of the chotki there. Why isn't Rose—
Then it all came back.
Pain shot through me like poison as I remembered, my mind wide-awake. Rose won't be here, as she wasn't yesterday, and the day before that.
I'm sorry, she told me, walking away. Not once did she turn around, even if she heard me cry.
I was sorry too. I was sorry I couldn't go with her. I was sorry that I didn't try harder to make her stay. I was sorry for being weak and fragile and selfish for not seeing her feelings for Dimitri when I was supposed to be her best friend.
I wished I could have told her all of those things.
Instead, I shut my eyes and pretended to go back to sleep, ignoring the cold tears as they ran down my face and on to my pillow.
It's never easy to lose a friend. So cherish what you have. *hugs Zmeyette, Katerina, Nataliya, Lavrentiy and Maria*
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