VOTE IN MY POLL PLEASE!
Chapter 7
Lissa's emotions swept through me at that moment. Excited, and extremely so. I quickly slipped into her head. She was running down the hallway.
I got up from where Adrian and I were watching a movie (Angels and Demons, my pick) and opened the door just before she knocked. "What?" I asked.
"Ok. So I was on the phone with some of the girls from school, and guess what?"
"I'm not gonna guess Liss!" I said. "Spit it out!"
"Well I know we don't do dances… but they said the prom was moved up this year so its way early, a few days after we get back. I'm in charge of decorations!"
"Wow. That's great Liss."
"Yeah. So, we need to shop. For dresses. Now." She was so happy she was bubbling with excitement.
She pushed me inside, and quickly explained to Adrian where we were going and how he had to go to Eddie's so he would be 'properly guarded' (Dimitri's orders).
I grabbed my wallet, kissed Adrian quickly, but he held onto my hand. He glared. "Fine." He brought his lips back to mine, and I wrapped my hands around his neck, making the kiss deeper.
I could sense Lissa standing there, tapping her foot. "Oh come on!" She suddenly snapped.
"That's what you get when you delay Lissa's shopping." I muttered to Adrian. "See you later." It was technically pretty late for humans, but it was a Friday, and some of the malls around here stayed open really late.
The mall was within walking distance, but because it was late, we took a cab.
We pulled up to the mall and Lissa paid the driver. Walking inside, Lissa said, "Ok Rose. We have," She looked at her watch, "Two hours to find two prefect prom dresses."
We started into Nordstrom, and headed to the dresses department. A slow song was playing softly in the background as we sorted through the dresses, pulling out ones in our size and ones for each other. We finally headed over to the dressing room. We each went into our dressing rooms, and I started trying on the dresses in my very large pile.
I first tried on a floor length black dress. It hugged my body until the middle of my thigh, and then flared out a bit to trail on the floor a little. It just wasn't me.
"Rose." Lissa called. I slipped into her mind to see her in a floor length gown. She it was a purple and dark blue flowered pattern, with a dark blue satin sash tied right under the bust. How do you like it? Lissa thought to me.
"It's stunning Liss!" I said. "I love it." The dark colors contrasted her light complexion, and it accentuated the slim curves she had.
"I love it too. I think I might buy it." She looked at the price tag. Almost $400. Ugh. Well I have been saving…
"Oh please Liss, your allowance will cover it."
Despite what you think Rose… I'm not that filthy rich! She thought.
She did buy the dress though, and we then walked over to Macy's, talking and laughing. I was still on guard duty though, so I kept my eye out for anything suspicious.
Now that Lissa had found her dress, we were devoted to finding mine. About a half hour later, we had. It was strapless, touched my knees, and red. The top was a brighter red, but it darkened to the bottom of the skirt where it was a dark burgundy. It matched my skin well and hugged my body so that you could see pretty much ever curve. I stepped outside of the dressing room and twirled.
"Wow Rose!" Lissa exclaimed. "You look, well… hot."
"Why thank you darling!" I responded.
"I think I'll get this one."
"Yes. I will buy it for you if you don't."
"Well I'll always take a free dress."
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"One word to describe me right now." I said to Adrian a couple hours later. I was showing him my dress.
"Irresistible." He said, walking toward me slowly. "Completely and utterly irresistible." He put his arms around my waist and pulled me closer for a kiss.
"That's four. Doesn't count." I pulled back. "And don't mess up the dress." I smoothed it down where it was rumpled.
"How about sexy?" He pulled me towards him again, but I pushed him away playfully.
"At least let me change!" I laughed. "Unzip." I ordered him, and he did, his fingers lingering at my waist. I walked to the bathroom, and once inside, I slid out of the dress. Pulling on a pair of jeans, I thought about how fast things with Adrian and I were going. I usually didn't do things like this. Either I took things really slow, or it was pretty much one night, like with Jesse. I grabbed my t-shirt, and walked back into the bedroom.
"Are you ready now?" Adrian asked, opening his arms for me.
"Of course." He pulled me close to him, and kissed me on the cheek.
"I wanted to ask you something first." He hugged me close, and, for now, I was content just being by his side, his tall frame wrapped around mine. He tipped my chin up so our eyes met. "Do you want to go that prom thing with me? I can't imagine you going with anybody else in that sexy a dress."
"What do you think?" I let him sweat for a moment. "I'd love to Adrian."
We both sat down on the bed, and I turned on MTV. My legs were in his lap, and he caressed my legs in a way he would have used to do jokingly, but now it seemed absentminded.
"Wait." He turned his head toward me. "I didn't get my thank you kiss."
"What the hell is that?"
"You are going to show me how much you appreciate me asking you with a kiss."
"You know you didn't have to ask. I thought it was self explanatory." He kissed me then, and all of my thoughts went away, and I just felt the sensation of his lips on mine. I didn't really notice when he pushed me on to my back, and he was on top of me, controlling the kiss. But when we broke apart, I found that he was on his knees, straddling my waist in a way you don't do with someone you don't like. Allowing no space between us, he bent down and kissed me again. In a way, it felt like I was back in that lounge with Jesse, only this meant a whole lot more.
He smiled, and this time, I kissed him. It was a long, and passionate kiss, and one that didn't go lightly with me. Was I really having this relationship with him to make Dimitri jealous, or was I with him because I liked being with him. I knew it was the latter.