Chapter 4

"We're LEAVING!" Lissa called from down the hall. I pulled my toothbrush out of my mouth and ran a brush through my ahir.

"COMING!" I screamed as I quickly shoved my feet into my pink converse and pulled on a sweatshirt over my tank top. I grabbed my leather messenger bag and reached for my sunglasses. Putting my aviators on top of my head, I scanned the room to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything essential. Nope, well if I did forgot something I'd just have to borrow Lissa's.

Lissa stood at the end of the hallway, tapping her foot. "Come on Rose! We're already late!" She grabbed my hand and pushed me through the door and down the stairs. Adrian met us at the door to the dorms.

He took my bag and kissed my cheek. "Good morning beautiful." He nodded at Lissa. "Morning Liss." He grabbed my hand and pulled me closer.

She smiled at him. "If you two are going to go all PDA on me, I'll just go meet up with Christian." She skipped off towards the airstrip, happy as usual.

Adrian put a lazy arm around me. "So Rose, we going through with this plan."

"If we weren't would you still have that arm?" I asked him.

"True." We finally got to the airplane, where Lissa, Christian, Eddie, Tasha, and Dimitri were all talking.

"Wait, Adrian, who else are they sending with us?"

He shook his head. "No one. I convinced then Tasha can take care of herself if we get into any trouble. And plus the 'airplane isn't big enough' trick always works." He winked, and I knew he had used compulsion on Kirova. "Oh i't won't do any harm. I just wanted to see how far I could get her to go."

I laughed. "You worry me Adrian." I said and I pulled his lips to mine.

Over Adrian's shoulder, I could see Dimitri stiffen at the sight of us. "Come on everyone!" Lissa suddenly called. "Time to get on the plane!" I broke away from Adrian to pull him onto the plane. I passed everyone, and Adrian and I took the back two seats.

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"Mmm… Adrian…" He kissed me again. "Oh god. Adrian. Stop already!" He had been overdoing it this whole plane ride. Really, he was enjoying this way too much. "I'm going to take a nap."

I lay my head on the pillow and pulled my knees up on the sea. Finally… I get a break from Adrian. I mean he's great and all, but he takes this way to seriously.

"Little Dhampir!" We were in his grandmother's garden. "Long time no see."

"Adrian! I fell asleep to get a break from you."

"Too bad. You're gonna have to deal."

"UGH!"I stomped off towards the little house, in hopes of finding a bed. I opened the door, but apparently, it wasn't a house. Or at least, the first floor wasn't. It was an one of those weird indoor pools that don't have and ledge, so whenever someone gets in all the water comes out. I stepped forward slightly, and felt the sole of my shoe sink into a little bit of water. Tugging them off, I looked down at what I was wearing (jean shorts and a black eyed peas tee-shirt), then ran forward and did a cannonball into the pool. And man, was it warm in here! Like a hot tub, only like 20 times bigger. I surfaced and looked around. Adrian was in the doorway, soaked.

"Oh. My. God." He said. Slowly, he stepped closer to the edge of the pool, kicking off his shoes. "You are going to regret that." And he jumped in after me. See, I tried to swim away, but he jumped out really far, so he was at me before I could swim away, pulling me under the water. He pulled me down, a sadistic smile on his face.

I hadn't held my breath, so I was quickly running out of air, and maybe in this dreamland, Adrian didn't need air, but anyway, I needed to get to the surface, soon. So I did what I always did when I wanted something of Adrian, I put on my man eating smile, and pulled his face up to mine, and kissed him so passionately he would forget his own name.

One… Two… Three Seconds before he released his grip on me. Yes, I thought to myself, Victory. I pulled my head above the surface and breathed in a breath of air. I could feel myself slipping from the dream.

I woke up.

"Adrian Ivashkov!" I almost screamed. "How dare you almost drown me!" Adrian opened his eyes and smiled a sheepish grin.

"Yeah… Sorry bout that. But that kiss… wow, you outdid yourself."

"Oh be quiet." I looked straight forward to see Dimitri turning around in his seat to see what was up. Oh god. He can't think we're having a fight… Adrian and I have to be the perfect couple. "You know what?" I said quickly, turning back to Adrian. "I forgive you." I move over so I'm sitting in Adrian's lap, my knees on either side of him, my back to Dimitri.

He understood. He pulled me closer, and wrapped his hands around my waist, my lips barely brushing his. He's being careful now, and he pulls back slightly. "Are you sure you can do this?" he whispers softly.

"Are you sure?" I ask back. Apparently he is, because his lips are on mine again then, and he isn't being careful anymore. I hate to admit it, but as much as I love Dimitri, I think I might actually like Adrian. His hand traces designs on my waist, and our kiss gets deeper and hungrier.

"Get a room." Christian calls out, and I giggle softly as Adrian continues to kiss me.