If you think I own Vampire Academy, you're sadly mistaken. And I'm just sad.

Rose POV

I can't believe Adrian and I are being interupted. Again. I lean my forehead against his chest and groan. "Why can't people leave us alone?" He kisses the top of my head and chuckles.

"Just be quiet and maybe whoever it is will go away." he whispers. Good idea. Why didn't I think of that?

Bang Bang Bang

I hold my breath hoping they'll give up. "Rose, I know you're in there." It's Lissa. "Open this door right now or I'll have Eddie break it down!" Lissa can be pretty pushy when she wants to be. I know there's no getting out of this, and I'd rather not have to replace my front door.

"Hold on, Lissa. I'll be right there." I yell. I give Adrian a peck on the lips and walk to my bathroom to get my robe. "Why don't you jump in the shower and we'll continue this tonight." I say as I put my arms in the sleeves.

"Alright. Go let Lissa know you're alive and well and I'll be right out." He tries to give me a quick kiss, but neither of us can seem to break away.

"Rose. I'm counting to three and then bye bye door! One..." I break away from Adrian and run to answer the door. "two.."

I open the door to see Lissa and Christian standing by the wall next to the door and Eddie in front like he's about ready to ram it. "You know, a phone call would've been just as effective." I tell them all. I stand aside and let them in. They take in my attire, or lack thereof, and look away.

"Did we interupt something?" Lissa asks with a smirk on her face.

"Yes, actually. I was about to take a shower." A look of understanding crosses their faces, until they hear the shower turn on.

"Not alone, I take it." Christian says while he waggles his eyebrows up and down. I can feel the blood rush to my cheeks. "Hey Adrian." he yells to the other room. "It is Adrian, isn't it?" he asks me. Lissa smacks him upside his head.

"Of course it's Adrian. He was at the hospital all night with me and hadn't cleaned up. He's staying with me for the next couple nights, doctors orders." I tell them. Christian looks like he wants to say something else, but the glare I give him stops him.

We all sit down in the living room and I explain what happened in the gym and when I woke up since I was unconscious for the in between part. Adrian comes walking out of my bedroom, clean and dressed. "Hello cousins, Eddie." he greets them before sitting down next to me on the couch and kissing my cheek.

"I'm going to excuse myself and jump in the shower. I'll be right out. Adrian can fill you in on the stuff I couldn't." I leave them talking as I jump in the hot shower. It feels good to finally get all the grime off me. I jump out and get dressed into some comfortable clothes and go join my friends once again.

"Hey, we were wondering since you technically died, if our bond is still in effect." Lissa looks a little worried that my dying again broke our bond. I hadn't thought about it since both of us have built up blocks, so I haven't felt her emotions or gotten sucked into her head for quite some time.

"Well, put down your blocks and I'll do the same and let's see." I reach out to see if I can register how Lissa is feeling. I do feel her nervousness and worry for me. Testing, testing. one, two, three. I can hear from her thoughts. I smile and look at her. "It's still intact. I can hear you just fine." Lissa looks relieved. While I have the bond open, I pull all the darkness I feel inside her into me.

"I know it sounds silly, but I feel better knowing we still have a connection no one else has." I understand what's she's talking about. Even though I'm not her guardian, her safety is still very important to me. We all chat for about another hour before they have to leave. I shut the door behind them and Adrian comes over and hugs me from behind.

"Finally, we're alone. I wonder how long it will last before someone else decides to come bother us." I turn around in his arms and rest my head on his chest and hold him tight.

"With the way the day has been going, I expect someone to come calling any minute now." Sure enough, a moment later Adrian's phone starts to ring. This causes a fit of laughter for both of us. He looks at the caller ID and sees that Emily is trying to call him. We both groan and he tosses the phone over his shoulder to the couch as he leans into me and gently presses his lips to mine. He softly kisses me for about a minute, when my stomach growls. I break away and sigh. "Great, now I'm interupting us." He takes my hand and walks me to the kitchen to fix me something to eat, which is pointless since I have no food. I don't cook, remember.

"It looks like I'm going to go out to get you dinner." he realizes while looking through my empty fridge and cupboards. "What are you in the mood for?" he asks. I give him a sexy smile letting him know exactly what I'm in the mood for, him. "I mean food wise." he clarifies. I think for a second before responding.

"Ooh, one of those big chicken burritos from the tacoria around the corner. Tell them you want the Hathaway special. They'll know what you mean." These things are sooo good. They're huge and full of grilled chicken, rice, beans, guacomole, sour cream and salsa. Normally two people can share one, but I can finish it alone no problem. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

"Are you going to be alright here by yourself while I'm gone?" he asks seriously. I roll my eyes at him and shake my head.

"What kind of trouble do you think I'm going to get into?" I can take care of myself. He kisses my nose and heads for the door.

"Get yourself comfortable on the couch and pick out a movie to watch when I get back. Love you." he says as he leaves.

"Love you too." I yell back.

I pick out a movie to watch, The Hangover, because I could really do with some humor, and settle myself in to the couch. Just as I get comfortable, there's a knock at the door. "Son of a bitch." I mutter. I reluctantly get off the couch and open the door to see Emily standing there. "What do you want?" it came out a little harsher than intended, but oh well.

"I'm looking for Adrian. He wasn't at work today and he isn't at his apartment. So I figured he's probably over here, with you." she spits the last two words out with as much venom as possible. Someone's not too happy, hehehe.

"He's not here at the moment. He's getting us dinner. I'll let him know you were looking for him though." I say as sweetly as I can. She steps closer to me with an evil grin on her face.

"I know about the two of you." she whispers. "I bet you think he loves you and that you're special, but that's what they all think. It's quite sad, really. He'll tire of you soon enough and leave, finding another bloodwhore to satsify him." The anger inside me explodes and before I know it, my fist strikes out and makes contact with her face, knocking her on her ass. I look down and see her eye is already swollen and she's unconscious. That felt so good. Then reality hits me. Oh shit! I just punched out a royal Moroi. I am so screwed. I look around to see if anybody saw what I just did, but thankfully, no one is nearby. I pick her up by the shoulders and drag her into my apartment. I even manage to corral the stupid dog inside too. I lay her on the couch and start pacing the floor.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit." I repeat over and over again. I grab my phone to call Adrian, but I hear his phone ringing on the floor. He forgot to bring it with him. I try to calm myself down by taking deep breaths. It'll be okay. Adrian can heal her and compell her to forget and no one has to know. Ugh, what is taking him so long?

"Honey, I'm home." I hear him call as he enters the room. Oh thank god. He walks in and sees a motionless Emily sprawled out on the sofa and gasps. "What did you do?" he asks pointing to her.

"What does it look like? I knocked her out, but she was asking for it. She came here looking for you and started talking shit about how you were going to move on to another bloodwhore when you were tired of me and I just hit her." I'm breathing heavy, anger still alive inside me, remembering what she said. He walks over to me and pulls me into him and rubs my back, trying to calm me down.

"It's going to be fine. She did deserve it, but I can fix it." I nod my head. He kneels down next to her and touches her eye as I watch it return to normal. I let out a big breath of air knowing that any evidence of my lack of control is gone. She opens her eyes when Adrian is done healing her. She sits up and looks around, confused as to where she is. I see realization hit her as she jumps up and starts yelling.

"You are so going to pay for that, you bitch! I'm going to see to it that you are stripped of your guardian title and sent to jail for a very long time." she fumes. Adrian takes her shoulders in his hands and turns her to face him.

"You never came to Rose's apartment today. You never saw Rose and she never touched you. Do you understand?" he says calmly, compelling her.

"Yes." she says, her eyes glazed over. He leads her to the front door and out to the walkway.

"Now, go to you apartment and relax." he says as he gives her a little nudge in the right direction. She nods her head and starts walking away. He comes back in and I rush to him and jump into his arms.

"Thank you so much. She knows just what buttons to push to provoke me, and the darkness I took from Lissa this afternoon didn't help." I tell him.

"I know, Rose. It's okay now. She won't remember anything and she'll be back to her old bitchy self in no time. You need to relax though. This can't be good for you." He leads me to the couch and sits me down. He hands me my monster burrito and soda and takes the seat next to me after turning on the movie.

"You aren't dissappointed in me for losing my temper and cold cocking her, are you?" I ask, nervous of his answer. He turns to face me, seriousness all over his face.

"Yes, actually, I'm very dissappointed. I wish I could have been here to see that." He smiles, letting me know he's not mad. I try to relax and enjoy the movie, but what I did keeps running in the back of my mind. Part of me is disappointed in myself for losing my temper so easily, but the other part is doing a little happy dance for doing what I've been wanting to do since the day I met her, punching her lights out.

After we both finish our food, we cuddle up together and laugh our asses off watching the movie. I feel so much better by the end of it. I try to suppess the yawn welling up inside me, but to no avail. Adrian takes my hand and leads me to my bedroom to get ready for bed. I grab my pj's and walk to the bathroom to change and brush my teeth. He joins me at he sink after he's undressed, wearing only his sexy silk black boxers, and cleans his teeth too. We climb into bed and snuggle up next to each other. I love how he makes me feel so safe and protected in his arms, especially since that's my job. His kisses my lips tenderly, and then my nose and forehead and pulls me in closer. I rest my head on his chest, listening to the wonderful thumping of his heart. "Sleep tight, Little Dhampir. I love you." he whispers.

"I love you too." I manage to get out, already half asleep. I hope tomorrow goes a little smoother than today did, ballroom dance lessons with Conner. Oh boy!

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