Oh my gosh, You guys are fabulous with those reviews. I love it. I thought it was time we heard from our precious Emily. What is really going on in her head?
I love Vampire Academy, but I don't own it.
Emily POV
"Daddy, you will not believe what happened to me last night." If there is anyone in this world that will understand what I'm going through right now, it's my dad.
"What happened, pumpkin? Are you alright?" he asks so concerned. Yep, I'm a daddy's girl, and proud of it.
"That horrid Guardian Hathaway almost let me get killed by a Strigoi last night. She also yelled at me and was rude to me all day long. I don't like her daddy. I want her fired. I want her arrested and jailed for what she did to me." I know I sound like a whiny baby right now, but she messed with the wrong girl. No one treats me like that and walks away unscathed.
"Emily, are you sure she purposely tried to get you killed? You are prone to exageration. I doubt she would purposely let you be harmed." Is he fucking sticking up for her?
"Daddy, I was bitten by one of those monsters and she's to blame. Now what are you going to do about it?" I scream into my phone. Patience is not one of my greater qualities.
"I will look into it. I will talk to your guardians and hear what they have to say. If what you say is true, I will do everything in my power to have her de-sanctioned and criminal charges brought against her." Hearing him say that he'd do as I asked made me feel so much better.
"Thank you, daddy. I have to go now. Today's my first day on that stupid committee and I don't want to be late." I hate the whole idea of Moroi fighting with the guardians. It's barbaric, but I was asked to represent the traditionalist, so here I am.
"Alright, pumpkin. I talk to you later after I talk to the other guardians." I hang up the phone and throw it down on my bed. I walk to my bathroom to get ready for my day and look in my mirror. I move the hair away from my neck and look to see if I can see any bite marks. Amazingly, there aren't any. Adrian's pretty amazing with healing. I love the fact that he healed me and not that stupid guardian of his. At least he knows who is the priority between the two of us. She seems to have him brainwashed to think that she is his equal. The way she had him doing her errands is shameful. Poor guy. Lucky for him, I'm here now to get him back on the right track. She is in for a rude awakening. One that is long overdue. Of course, it seems she has other royals thinking that guardians are just as important as Moroi. Those friends of his we had dinner with the other night are totally clueless. It's going to be hard work, but I'll get them all straightened out. But that Ozera lady is going to be harder to deprogram since she's already pregnant by her guardian. How scandalous. I might just have to forget about her, but the princess, she needs to see the light.
After I'm dressed and ready for the day, I go find Spartacus chewing on his doggy toys in the living room. Time for his walk. Normally, Guardian Gruber would do this, but daddy is probably talking to him, getting all the evidence he needs to get Guardian Hathaway sent away for a long time. Ugh, I can't believe she didn't kill the Stigoi that grabbed me sooner. No, she had to take her time with the other one, letting me almost get killed. I know she doesn't like me because I'm interferring with her control over Adrian. Just because she's pretty and has a body most men find attractive she thinks she get them to do whatever she wants. She's had him all to herself for too long and she's threatened. Well, she should be. Adrian and I are a much better match. The fact that he's the Queen's nephew is an added bonus.
"Hey Spartacus, baby. Did you go tinkle winkle? Huh, boy?" He wags his little tail at me. We walk to my apartment and I leave my baby there and go to Adrian's to walk to work together. I knock on the door for like five minutes, but he doesn't answer. He doesn't seem the type to show up to work early. I bet he's with her. The sooner I break him of this inappropriate hold she has on him, the better. She's probably at the hospital since she did seem pretty banged up last night. Good, she deserves it. I'll go check over there.
I find out which room is hers and go straight there. I walk right in, not bothering to knock, and see Adrian sitting in the bed with her, laughing like children. "Adrian, I was looking for you but you weren't at your apartment. I guess I should've figured you'd be with her." The thought of being so cozy with the help, which is basically what guardians are, is disgraceful.
"I came to make sure Rose was alright. I would think you would do the same." he tells me in a tense voice. I don't know why he would think that. She's got him so wrapped around her little finger, he's actually mad at me. This is going to be harder than I thought. I'll have to take this slow. Choose my battles. I walk over to the side of the bed and put on my best smile.
"Rose, I do appreciate everything you did for me last night. I'm sure you'll be up and fighting again in no time." I try say it as nicely as I can, but it sounds so fake to me, because it is.
"I'm sure I will be. Thanks for stopping by." she replies in the same tone I used, mocking me. Okay, I'm so done talking to her. I look at Adrian and wait for him to be done with her so we can go. After a few moments, he whispers something to her and gets off the bed. But then he kisses her on the forehead.
"Take care, Little Dhampir." he calls her by that rediculous nickname. Oh, man I hate her. She just thinks she can rub it in that she has him totally under her spell. Well, not for long. I grab his hand and lead him out. Hmm. Before we leave, maybe I should show her a little preview of what will soon be the norm. I stop in the doorway and kiss him on the lips. I keep it short, only needing a brief kiss to get my point across. I pull him out into the hallway so we can get to where we need to be. "What was that?" he asks, a little mad.
"It's called a kiss. I would think from your reputation you would know that." I tease him, trying to lighten the mood. My plan to clear his head of Hathaway won't work if he's angry with me. He doesn't say anything else as we walk to the meeting room in silence. At least he dropped it.
We walk in the room and everyone is standing around chatting together. I see Tasha at the front of the table looking over some notes. Since she's the head of this thing, I should play nice and say hello. I take the seat next to hers, dragging Adrian with me. "Hello Tasha. It's nice to see you again."
She looks up to me and smiles. "Emily, welcome to our little committee. I made a copy of the notes from last week since you weren't able to make it. Feel free to ask questions as we go along." She calls everyone to attention and gets things started. I can tell already this is going to be such a long day. They're going over adding offensive magic to the curriculm at the academies, at which I scoff. Everyone looks over to me.
"I'm sorry, but that sounds extraordinarily dangerous. Can you imagine a bunch of crazy teenagers going around attacking each other for any little offense? They do enough damage without using magic. Encourage them to use magic like that and you'll need bigger infirmaries." I tell them.
"Of course, there will be rules that will ensure that they only practice these skills in the classroom under supervision." Tasha tells me.
"Yeah, because teenagers are all about following the rules." I roll my eyes. "I know it's been awhile since you've been in high school, but kids will use this new way to use their magic at any opportunity they find, especially at their enemies." Tasha looks like I just insulted her. Maybe she's a little sensitive about her age.
"Well then, how are Moroi supposed to learn to use their magic in working with the guardians if not in school?" she argues back.
"I think Moroi should wait until they're adults if this is actually going to happen. Personally, I think we should leave it as it is. We need to concentrate on increasing Dhampir numbers before we throw ourselves to the lions." The look on everyone's faces surprises me. Am I the only one who sees the idiocy of this whole offensive magic movement?
"Why are you even here?" someone asks.
"I was asked to represent the very large group of traditionalists that don't want their children thrown into the frontlines when they don't have to be. Dhampirs are genetically suited to fight Strigoi. It's what they're made to do. Using our magic like this is taxing. It's not what we are meant to do. Leave the fighting to the Dhampirs, like it should be." I mean, come on people, it's common sense.
Adrian decides that now would be a good time to speak up. "Emily, a couple years ago when St Vlads was attacked, Christian Ozera and Guardian Hathaway, who was still a novice at the time, were able to take down more Strigoi together then the rest of the guardians combined. A lot more people would've been killed if he didn't use his magic offensively." he argues. Again, he's thinking about her.
"Yes, but I also heard that the wards were broken because students were using their magic in the way you are all proposing. Obviously, using magic like this isn't wise." I counter. They're never going to come up with a good arguement for me to change my mind. Adrian sighs and leans back in his chair in defeat. Finally, he sees the truth to what I'm saying. The rest of the meeting goes about the same. They make suggestions and I bring them back to Earth with reality checks. What would they have done without me? Oh yeah, flushed our world down the toilet.
Finally, the meeting ends just in time for lunch. I need to talk to daddy to see what came of his investigation of last night's events. I turn to Adrian to see if he is coming. "Adrian, I'm having lunch with my father. Would you like to join us?" I mainly just don't want him to go running to her.
"Actually I was going to go check on Rose." he says. Just then, Guardian Belikov walks in, probably to see the mother of his bastard child, Tasha. He hears what Adrian said and stops next to us.
"I took Rose to her apartment just about an hour ago. She is most likely resting right now." he tells Adrian. Adrian has an annoyed look on his face. He doesn't seem to like Belikov very much. I look at the big guardian and see a similar expression. They obviously don't like each other. I wouldn't doubt Hathaway has something to do with this. I look over to him to see if he is going to come with me.
"I'm going to pass on lunch, Emily. I have some work I need to catch up on. I'll see you later." he smiles and starts to walk away, but I pull him back and give him a goodbye kiss. We go our seperate ways and I'm very anxious to hear what daddy has to say. I meet him at the little cafe here at Court after I go pick up Spartacus. He doesn't like to be alone for too long.
"Hey daddy, so when is Guardian Hathaway getting what's coming to her?" I say with as much venom as I can muster, because if you haven't noticed, I don't like her.
"Well sweetheart, after talking to the other guardians that were there, no one saw much of what happened because they were busy fighting with their own Strigoi. And since she did kill the one that attacked you and you made it out alive, there is no case to be made against her. She has a near perfect reputation, aside from a few snide remarks to royals." he says. I can't believe this! She almost has me killed and she's going to get away with it. Now I really need to get rid of her.
"Are you serious? Ugh! All I ever hear is Rose this and Rose that. I am so sick of Rose Hathaway. She's got this whole place wrapped around her finger, especially Adrian. You have to help me daddy. I want her out of the picture before she ruins everything for me." I pound my fist on the table, to make my point.
"Don't worry, pumpkin. I'm already working on it." I don't understand what he means he's already working on it since I just told him she's a problem. He must have seen through her little act already. "I won't bore you with the details, just know that soon, Guardian Hathaway will no longer interfere with you and Ivashkov." He gives me that reassuring smile that lets me know everything will be alright. We finish our lunch and he leaves to tend to business.
I spend the rest of the afternoon walking Spartacus around the park, thinking about how to get Adrian away from her. The best I can think of is to just never leave his side. That way he can't spend any time with her. Out of sight, out of mind. I need to ingratiate myself into his life. Make myself useful. I go to his building when he finishes work and walk him home before he can go looking for Hathaway. I even make him dinner. I took a couple cooking classes with my best friend, Jennifer Zeklos. She's Jesse's brother and he's told us a great deal about our fair guardian. I can't believe Adrian associates with someone of such reputation, not that his is much better. The only thing that saves him is the fact that he's royal and favorite nephew of the Queen.
After dinner I pop in a movie, Titanic, because it's long, and cuddle up with him on the couch. I can get used to this. He is extremely hot and a nice guy. Too nice to certain people, but we'll work on that. I decide to move this relationship on to the next step, so I lean over and start placing little kisses along his neck. I feel him stiffen, but I don't stop. I need to relax him, so I run my hands along his arms and to his chest. I move my lips along his jaw and find his mouth. I kiss him, and I feel him respond. Man, he's a great kisser. Just as we're starting to deepen the kiss, he pulls away and pushes me off him. What the hell?
"Emily, I think you need to go now. I'll walk you back to your place." he says as he gathers up Spartacus. I'm speachless. No guy has ever pushed me away like that. I get up off the couch and stand up to him.
"It's her, isn't it?" I already know the answer, I just want him to admit it. "You're hung up on your guardian. She no good for you, you know? She'll ruin you, but I can help you. Together we can be unstoppable. Think about that. Life full of misery, for the both of you, or a life of happiness. Think about it." I let him walk me home and give him a small kiss, which he allows. If he's smart, he'll make the right choice. Of course, I'll be guiding him all along, unbeknownst to him.
Okay, now we know more about how Emily sees things. I promise next chapter will have more Rose and Adriain. Anyway, thanks for reading and don't forget to review and let me know what you think.