A/N: Everyone remember Eddie? Mason's old pal, went to Spokane, protective of Rose etc. Yeah, this is from his POV so I tried to make it sound like him :P
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Chapter 4:
Eddie's POV:
At breakfast Lissa, Rose and Adrian were missing. Christian came down looking tired and said they were still asleep. Rose wasn't at our first lesson in the gym which was strange because she loved getting a chance to fight our classmates.
I headed to the door of the gym after class and Alberta stopped me,
"Eddie?"
"Yes, Guardian Petrov?" I tried to be professional in case this was a serious matter,
"Can you do me a favour? I'll tell your next teacher that you'll be late to class."
"Of course, what is it?" I couldn't afford to look bad now or I'd get stuck with someone terrible in trials.
"Well as you've probably noticed Rose is still in bed, I'm told Princess Vasalissa and Lord Ivashkov are with her. Could you please go and ask Rose to go to see the Counsellor about her leaving school yesterday? And could you ask Vasalissa to go to classes? Lord Ivashkov is free to do as he pleases but I would prefer it if he didn't go with either of them, as he could be a distraction and we are trying to teach here." She still sounded kind even when she said the last part.
"Yeah, sure Alberta, I'll go now." She nodded and walked off.
As I rounded a corner near the girls dhampir dorms I heard some of the quiet girls in my science class whispering,
"Have you seen Rose Hathaway today?"
"No, she wasn't in class this morning."
"I saw her last night and she looked pretty drunk, I hope she's okay."
"Yeah, she normally doesn't take the morning off when she's got a hangover, this is strange..."
I just heard the last part as they begun making their way to class. Rose used to get drunk a lot so it wasn't totally surprising but skipping morning class, they were right to say it was strange. Last time she had a hangover she came to training and insulted everyone; it was pretty funny, until she started training and kicked me in the face for laughing.
I went up to Rose's room and Lissa and Adrian were sitting against the wall of the corridor.
"Hey guys." I said and they both looked over.
"Hey Eddie, shouldn't you be in class?" Lissa asked while Adrian just glared at the wall behind my head. I raised an eyebrow at him and looked at Lissa. Adrian saw and shrugged,
"I haven't had a drink today."
I smiled in sympathy and looked back to Lissa, "Yeah, Alberta wanted me to get Rose and You."
Just then Adrian turned and stared at the door as if hearing something,
"You might have to wait for Rose, she's in the shower." He said tapping his ear. Moroi had better hearing.
"Okay then." I said sinking down against the wall to sit beside Adrian.
Lissa leaned over him to talk to me, "So where are you coming to take us?"
I shook my head, "Not us. You have to go back to class, Rose has to go to the counsellor and Adrian is a free spirit."
Lissa looked disappointed and then shared a look with Adrian. She stood up,
"Well then, I'll leave you to it. I don't want to get too late to class or people will stare. See you later." She smiled at me and then gave Adrian an intent look, he nodded.
"See you." I said as she walked off, wonder what that was about.
Adrian looked at me and grinned, "Might be a while, you know Rose. But hey if we stick around we might get to see her straight out of the shower." He winked and I laughed.
"I don't think she'll be in a good mood. I overheard some chicks saying she had a hangover and that's why she skipped class. You have anything to do with that Ivashkov?"
"Nah, I think she had a rough day yesterday. I was with Lissa and Christian last night."
"Oh, wasn't I invited to the party? You've hurt my feelings." I made a face and laughed.
"Would have been too many people for what we were doing, if you'd come." He raised an eyebrow knowingly.
"Okay, gross. So Rose partied on her own?"
"Well I wish she'd been there but no. I don't think she partied either but just be nice in case she is hung over." He smirked at me.
We sat in silence staring at the wall for about 5 minutes and then Adrian pointed at the door,
"She's out of the shower."
"Oh, I'll give her some time to get dressed." I said smiling at him.
Adrian grinned wickedly, apparently lack of alcohol made him crazy.
"Non-sense just knock now." He stood up and pulled me with him to stand in front of the door, and then he knocked loudly and stepped aside so it looked as if I'd knocked.
I could hear Rose moving around the room and then she called out 'coming' and it sounded like she was running.
A moment later she answered the door in her bathrobe,
"Oh Hey Eddie and... Adrian." She nodded at him and looked back to me.
"Hey Rose, Alberta wants you to go talk to the counsellor about why you left school yesterday. She sent me to tell you."
She nodded, "I understand, thanks. I'll just be a minute; you can go if you want to..."
I smiled at her, "I'll wait, she wanted me to make sure you go there safely anyway, besides I'm missing school here!" I laughed and she just nodded. Alberta wanted me to keep Adrian away but I didn't want to tell Rose that, she likes defying rules.
"Okay then, I'll only be a second." As she started shutting the door Adrian put his arm across the door frame to stop her,
"Little Dhampir, Are you okay?" He said gently.
She nodded, "I'm fine. I just need to get dressed." Her tone was sharp and she was starting to close the door against his arm. He sighed and moved his arm. When the door was closed I laughed,
"You were right; we got to see her in her bathrobe. I betcha she didn't have that on when we knocked." I laughed again but Adrian just said yeah. Rose hadn't laughed or smiled and now Adrian was all serious. Maybe they were fighting.
"Hey Adrian," I said trying to sound nice, "I don't want to be mean but Alberta kinda asked me to... Well she said she would prefer if you didn't go with Rose. She said you were a distraction... Sorry man. You can see Rose at lunch."
He nodded gravely and left. When Rose came back out I walked her down to the courtyard and then watched her walk into the office before going to class.
At lunch Rose wasn't there. Lissa and Adrian were whispering and I could just overhear them,
"We'll decide later. Right now she could be fine, there's no point in worrying them. Adrian... She probably feels bad about yesterday and what she said, it's probably not you."
"Lissa, she hates me. I could just tell I don't know what I've done. She's my best friend you know. I just want to help."
"Remember what we said? Be strong for her. She is just going through stuff. Let's not take it personally."
"Okay, you're doing really well with the being strong thing." He smiled at her and she mockingly grinned and flicked her hair behind her shoulder like 'mean girls' do,
"Yes, I know, I'm perfect."
Christian leaned on her shoulder, "Yes you are, beautiful."
Adrian laughed, "Don't encourage her, fire-boy."
After lunch Rose still wasn't in class but I had an assignment to do after school so I couldn't go find her. She must have got caught up with something.
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