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Chapter 6

We decided to stay on our nocturnal schedule while we were here, so we walked out of the hotel at in the middle of the human night. It was still warm out though, and we were avoiding the horrible heat at midday.

Adrian, Lissa, Eddie, Christian, Tasha and Dimitri and I all walked down the street towards the beach. Eddie took the front, and Dimitri and I took the back. It wasn't the most comfortable position for me, but I tried to make it work. We weren't on high alert though. There aren't usually any strigoi in this area.

"Adrian?" He asked quietly.

"What about him?" I asked back.

"You and Adrian… Together?" He asked again

"Yeah. But now we've both moved on." I said. He looked at me, then forward down the street.

"Yes." His voice was stony. "We both have."

* * *

Only Adrian and I were on the beach. Tasha had gone back to the hotel, Dimitri in tow, and everyone else was playing with a beach ball in the water. "Adrian?" I asked.

"Yes?" He moved over a few inches on the sand to be closer to me. I leaned over and pressed his lips to mine. He quickly responded, and I pulled back and smiled my most man-eating, seductive smile. "Must you do this to me Rose?" I grinned even wider. He swiftly flipped me over so he was on top of me, his hands and knees on either side of my body, so none of his weight was on me.

"Yes. I must." I barely had time to say before he kissed me again, but more passionately this time. I don't know why I let him kiss me like that, maybe deep down, I always liked Adrian, and I just wasn't realizing it until now. I wrapped my arms around his waist, pulling him off his knees and on top of me so I could feel every line of his body on mine. We kissed for another moment before I felt his fingers playing with the strap of my bikini. His touch was light, gentle, and the patterns he traced seemed to mesmerize me.

"Guys! lets keep it PG-13!" Christian suddenly called.

We pulled away, both of us breathless. We sat up, and I rested my head against his bare chest. Lissa told us what was going on. "Christian and I wanted to go back to the hotel." I nodded, and we all picked up our towels and bags. I pulled my shirt on over my bikini top.

Adrian opened our room a moment later, and pushed me against the door as it closed. "Shall we pick up where we left off?"

* * *

Adrian and my relationship seemed only to get better from there on. At first I thought he just wanted to get me in bed, but I could handle it if he tried anything. I was enjoying my time with him though, and we ended up spending as much time as possible together, either making out (which I'll admit we did do often) or watching a movie or doing something in our room. I was enjoying myself so much the days seemed to fly by, and there were only two more days left in our trip. "Adrian," I groaned. "Why do we have to go home so soon?"

"We'll come back for a long weekend sometime, okay?" He took a sip of whatever was in his glass, and grinned at me.

There was a knock on our door, and I went to open it. Eddie stood there, "I was told to take you down to the gym Rose." He said.

"Um… okay." Ii opened the door wider so he could step inside. "Come on in, I'll just put on some better clothes." It was the human evening, so the gym would still be open, I figured. I grabbed a tank top and some shorts and went into the bedroom to change. When I came out a few minutes later, Adrian and Eddie were watching the weather channel. "Adrian do you know where my sneakers are?" I asked him, and he pointed. "Thanks."

"Looks like the storm is going to be huge." Eddie said to Adrian.

"Come on Eddie," I said, looking at the screen. Wow, we were in for a hell of a storm. "I'm ready."

We walked to the elevators and took it down to the first floor. I walked into a practice room, just to be ambushed by someone. I quickly tried to fight him off, but he was strong. Then I saw his molojna marks. Dimitri. He quickly pinned me down. "Looks like they haven't been training you as well as I had." He muttered.

I didn't have a response for that. They hadn't been training me as well as he had used to. More like I hadn't been pushing myself as hard. I used all of my strength to push him off, and we started to fight again. I landed a few good kicks, but so did he. We were an even match.

But I finally got the upper hand a few minutes later, and I pulled him down and pinned him. "Looks like they have."

"Very nice." His eyes roamed my body, just like they used to, appreciative, in spite of the annoyed set of his mouth. This pissed me off. "But you got lucky."

"As it turns out, I get lucky very often." I stood up, and walked out of the room before he could say anything else.

I opened the door to our room, and saw Adrian right where he was when I left him.

I sat down next to him, and he draped his arm around me. "What did Eddie want?"

"Oh it wasn't Eddie who wanted me in the practice room."

He gave me an odd look. "Then who was it?"

"Dimitri."

He stiffened slightly; his arm around me became tighter. "I knew from your aura something was wrong."

"Well you got that one right."

"What happened?"

"He ambushed me, and we fought for a couple minutes."

"Really? Who won?"

"I did. Thanks for being so confident in my abilities."

"Oh I am very confident in your abilities." His eyes slid down my body, and this time, I didn't mind. He gently pushed me onto my back, lying on the couch. I wrapped my hands around his neck, pulling him toward me.

'You're right. I am in a bad mood." I kissed him lightly, tempting. "But I'm sure you can distract me?" He kissed me then, and this kiss was better than any we had ever shared.

He pulled back a minute later, breathing heavy. "I'd be glad to."