An: Hey! Thanks everyone! This one was planned differently than it actually came out. It was supposed to be like the others but the emotion is more anger than anything else. So this is a bit different than all of the others. Not my favorite one. Ok, so here it is! Oh, before I go, I wanted to say thanks to all readers and reviewers, old and new!! Thanks a lot! You guys make this fun!

"Mason, I need you."

I had heard her say it but I was too hurt to care. She did not know how many pieces she had torn my heart into when she brought him along. When I finally understood that I meant nothing to her, there were no words to describe the pain. Embarrassment, for throwing myself at her when she had a man already, anger, for her not telling me before, sadness, because I had lost her. Misery, the sum of all of these things, the unhappy answer.

I heard her voice again.

"Mason. Please. Come here." She needed me. Would I go? No. Where was she when I told her that I loved her? Off thinking about some other guy! Where was she when I had needed her the most? Where was she when I warned her about what was coming? She was off with another guy. Doing… That subject I did not breach. I did not even want to think about what she had been doing.

… But I went anyway. Something about the way she said my name lessened my anger.

Rose was, of course, with him. I ignored him and searched her.

She was worried, I could tell. Her eyes were full of something that I had only seen when she was frightened about Lissa.

"Finally, you were making me look bad."

What, I making you look bad? Me making you feel pain? Join the club. The sarcastic lion that was my anger level had been unleashed. Everything she said now set it off.

"I'm sorry. I need your help again." It does not matter. That is all you want anyway. All this time you used me. All of this time you needed me for what I could do, not who I was. This was the last straw. You used me! How could I ever forgive that? Why would I help you after you never even appreciated me? Was it so wrong to make someone else feel appreciated after everything they have done for you? Who stopped all of the nasty rumors that Jesse and Rolf were spreading about you? I did!

"We have to find them. We have to save Eddie."

Eddie.

A chord struck in my mind. How had I forgotten? Eddie was my best friend. I grimaced as the thought was processed. Had been, he had been my friend.

But he needed my help! He had not done anything wrong to me. She was the one I despised, that I loathed with all of my soul… yet there was still love. I could not figure it out, how this strange equation of emotions managed to equal each other. How could love and hate balance, when hate was the stronger emotion?

I nodded to her. For Eddie, not for her. He deserved it.

Rose was relieved. She exhaled a deep breath and then looked at Dimitri. He was as still as ever. What did she see in him? What did he have that I did not?

"Can you show them where they are?" Rose asked.

I nodded, ignoring my own thoughts of hatred and pointed to the back of campus. I stared at my hand and watched in fascination as it lightly lit up the ground beneath it. I would never be used to that.

"They came in through the back of campus?" She finally understood! It had taken weeks of silent conversations and games of charades.

I nodded once more.

Before I could start the game over again, she said something to Dimitri and he walked over to the guard on duty. As he spoke quietly with the guard, I looked over Rose.

She was still the same. Although, there was some foreign excitement that had entered her eyes and replaced the worry. Not all of it, but most of it. Her face was almost glowing. And knowing Rose like I did, she was probably planning her next plan of action.

He came back and stood next to her, brushing her arm swiftly. Did he do it purposely? Then handed her a map. What did they need a map for? I had shown them the way already!

"This is where they came in, isn't it? Where the wards first broke?" She pointed to a place on the map.

I leaned forward a bit to see what she was pointing at and immediately recognized the place.

I nodded to her. Eddie filled my mind once more, so before she could talk, I took my finger and traced the path on the map. I made sure that I did not touch the paper, however. I did not want to see what the results would be. Would my hand slip through the paper? Or would it not even be able to touch it? I did not want to find out; I just wanted to help Eddie by telling Rose. That was it.

"No, that's not right. It can't be. This stretch of woods by the mountain has no roads. They'd have to go on foot, and it'd take too long to walk from the school to this other road. They wouldn't have had enough time. They'd be caught in daylight."

I took a breath trying to control my temper. I was a red-head after all and everyone knows that they have an infamous temper.

She was questioning what I had been telling her for weeks! She had called me here just to listen to me, figure out what I had been trying to tell her to not believe it.

I shook my head. Rose needed to know.

Taking my finger, I pointed to a place on the map. They were there now!

Her face adorned a look of confusion. "They can't be there right now. It's outside! They might have come in through the back, but they had to have left through the front- gotten in some kind of vehicle and took off."

I felt like banging my head into a tree. All of this time, and she finally understood; only to find out that she actually had no idea what she was talking about… typical Rose.

I shook my head and tried to think of a different way of telling her.

She was frustrated. So was I. And if we did not work this out Eddie and the others would die! She needed to get over herself. I was keeping my anger in check, which was taking all of my energy especially with him here, the least she could do was the same!

Rose turned to Dimitri and demanded something. I did not hear the exact words because I was too busy appreciating the snippy voice she had talked to him with. Selfish of me, I know. But at this point I did not know which of them I was angrier with, him or her. He had swooped in and stolen Rose from me; taught her that loving him was all right. She had agreed and believed him. She left me for him.

I could feel my whole body shaking with anger. My temper had flared and was now out of control. If I did not do something I would definitely snap.

Dimirtri left and went back to the other guardians. He started to talk to them in hushed tones.

I disregarded him completely. He was only making things more difficult; current situation and other situations.

I could feel her looking at me. Her stare was trying to see what I was thinking. I was not going to budge.

After a few minutes of her impenetrable stare, she gave up. Defeat was something that Rose did not take lightly. So when she spoke her tone was snappish.

"You better be right about this." She stated her voice flat but mad.

I nodded. I had had weeks to confirm this information. It was right. And how dare she believe that I was wrong! She had used to believe me. Had dying warped her judgment of me?

"Have you… have you seen them? The Strigoi and their captives?" The worry had returned. She was worried about Eddie dying. So was I. But I had died. She was not worried about me… at all?
I nodded. The familiar sensation of cold filling my heart and this time my soul also. They hardened as she kept speaking.

"Is Eddie still alive."

Another nod.

Dimitri called her name and then explained that there were caves where I had shown them on the map.

"Are they big enough-"

"Big enough for the Strigoi to hide out in until night-time?" He nodded. "They are. And they're only five miles away."

They finally understood. My mission was complete.

Rose took one last look at me and then took off running with Dimitri.

No appreciation. Ever.

One thought came to me as I let the cold consume me, a grimace on my face. It was almost easy to hate them both.

An: Please tell me what you think. Should I stay away from anger? I think I should. Anyway, reviews are appreciated!