Chapter 3
"Lissa honey? It's Tasha. Can I come in?"
Lissa practically flew out of her seat. "Oh my gosh! Tasha!" She hugged her and Tasha hugged Christian. Lissa invited her in, and Dimitri stepped in after her. His eys scanned the room, from Christian and Lissa talking to Tasha warmly to Adrians arm around my shoulders while sitting on Lissa's bed. Oh god. He looked good. REALLY good. The feelings I'd tried to block out for him crashed back all at once, and all the love I had for him filled me up. No. Rose. He doesn't love you. I said to myself.
What's wrong Rose? You look all tense… Lissa asked through the bond.
"It's nothing." I sad quickly. Adrian gave me a weird look. "Lissa." I murmered.
"I have to go to the feeders." Lissa announced. "Rose?" I looked up. "Will you come with me?"
"Sure." I started to get up, but then remembered Adiran's plan. I kissed him lightly on the lips. "My place? Eight?" I said just loud enough for Dimitri to hear.
"Great. See you then."
I got up and Lissa pulled me along.
"Oh, hey Gaurdian Belikov."
* * *
"Hey Adrian!" I said as he came in. Lissa sat next to me. I rolled the dice and threw them down onto the monopoly board. Now normally, I don't like playing board games. They are reserved for when I get bored, hence the name: board games. "I told Lissa she could stay." He nodded and sat down next to me.
"So what would you say to going somewhere for the rest of spring break?" He said suddenly. I handed Lissa her monopoly money to pay rent. ( A/N: Oh, sorry I didn't explain this before, but they're on spring break for 2 weeks. So it's like April…)
"I would say YES!" I answered.
"She would say hell yes." Lissa answered at the same time.
"Good. We leave for Miami tomorrow afternoon."
"Oooo! We're going to the beach!"
He kissed me on the forehead, keeping up the charade. "Hey Liss, you, Christian, and Tasha can come too." Oh great. ADRIAN!
"Great!" Lissa popped up. I'll go ask them!" She skipped out.
"ADRIAN WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"
"What?"
"You invited her?"
"Well… yeah." He answered. "Oh. Probably not the best idea…"
"That occurs to you NOW?" I was screaming now.
We were both standing now, And my legs were against the end of my bed. And all of the sudden I was laying on the bed with Adrian on top of me tickling me. Oh god, how did Adrian know I was so ticklish? "Oh god! Adrian stop!" I managed to get out between giggles.
"Nope!" He said, pinning me down with his free hand and his knees. "Not until you say how awesome I am for coming up with such a great plan and carrying it through so well."
"No!" I managed to get out from under him, so I pinned him down this time. "Ha!" I rolled to the side, and both of our heads were hanging off the end of the bed. "You know Adrian? I'm really liking spending time with you. You're not my first choice, but I can handle it." He started tikling me again. Come on Rose. You're almost a guardian, and you're weakened by Adrian tickling you?
"Fine! You're awesome! And really smart!"
"Good choice." Adrian said, lying back down and closing his eyes.
And we fell asleep there, hand in hand, handing upside down off my bed.
* * *
"Ah my gosh! We're going to Miami!" Lissa squealed!
"Yeah! We're going to have so much fun!"
"And Christian, Tasha, and Dimitri are coming too!"
"They have to be sending more gaurdains with us…"
"We're bringing Eddie and some other guardian." She told me.
"And Adrian got us a private plane!" I added.
"Yeah." She said… she got quiet. "I thought you hated Adrian…"
"I never hated him. He just used to get on my nerves." Damn. She was catching on… "But I've realized that when you really care about someone, pretty much anything can happen." She new that.
And it was true. I never had hated him. He was always good to me. Never did anything bad to me.
"So Miami. Tonight. I need to pack." I said, breaking the silence. She picked up my bag, and helped me pack my things. We fell back into comfortable conversation.