OMG! Best moment of my LIFE! The guy I like just broke up with his girlfriend! YAY! But :( for her. Sorry to bore you with my personal life, here you go:

Chapter 11

We landed at the Academy, a few hours later, and Lissa had to wake me up. Once I was out of the dream, Adrian slipped out of his trance. He grabbed my bag and slung it over his shoulder. "Lets go get dinner." He grabbed my hand, and we walked off the plane together, and we all headed off to get dinner at the cafeteria. I could feel Dimitri's glare boring down on me, and on Adrian.

"Come on Adrian." I said, glaring back at Tasha and Dimitri. We ran together to the commons, and Adrian first steered me into the feeder's room. I'd forgotten about blood while on our trip. "Adrian?" I asked. "Where did you get the blood in Miami?"

"Oh there's lots of people who'll do it." He said, quoting me from after Lissa and I had returned to the Academy. "The four seasons is a vacation place of many Moroi. They have feeders Rose." He started towards the feeders, but I healed back.

"I'll just, um… wait here." I sat down on the bench, and after shooting me an odd look, he continued down the small hallway.

He came back a few minutes, later, took my hand, and we crossed into the cafeteria. The noise level got significantly lower as we entered, the ones who cared enough staring and stopping their conversations. I heard "blood whore" and "slut" whispered among friends, but tried to ignore it. I grabbed a salad and we sat in the very back, and I dug in.

"Don't let it get to you." He told me. "They're probably just thinking about how amazingly sexy I look."

"Yeah sure Adrian." I smiled. "I'm trying to ignore it." Lissa sat down next to me, in the middle of taking a bite out of her apple. Christian sat next to her, and Eddie sat next to Adrian.

"I'm sorry Rose." Lissa said.

"Oh its nothing out of the usual." I said. "I've always been thought of as a blood whore. Nothing new." What I said was true, but it still hurt.

Lissa patted my back. "They'll get tired of the gossip soon enough." I could help… if you want. She thought to me.

"No. Don't do that." I said to her quickly.

"You know that's creepy right?" Christian said, and Eddie nodded.

"Yeah. Really creepy."

"I'm just answering her question!" I exclaimed.

"But the thing is, she didn't ask a question." Eddie pointed out.

"As far as you know." Lissa said, ending the topic. "So Rose, I've already started planning the decorations-" She started.

"Oh god." Christian said. "Not this again!"

"Yes this again." She slapped his arm. "I was thinking black and white, with little hints of red. We could do the tables with white tablecloths. And we could put white lights in all the trees around the entrance." And she went on, and on, and on.

Lissa finally finished her long monologue, and the boys had long since picked up another topic. "That sounds great Lissa." I said, and we all got up to head back to the dorms. "Night Liss." She smiled and waved.

Adrian and I walked outside and towards my dorm. His hand was warm as it held tight on mine. I smiled at the thought of just how this scene would have appalled me three weeks ago.

ADRIAN'S POV:

She smiled as we neared her dorm. I held the door open for her, and we slipped into the lobby. She tried to stay discreet, but because she was holding my hand, and I was the only guy in the room, that didn't really work. The dorm matron stopped her. "Damn." She muttered.

I pulled her a little back. "Why hello Ms. Smith." I greeted her, turning on my compulsion. "I was going up to tell Rose goodnight. That's fine if I do it every night, right?" I smiled.

"Why of course Adrian."

"And if anyone asks, I was never here, right Ms. Smith?"

"No, you weren't here." She answered, and her eyes were distant.

"Good." I pulled Rose, who was partially dazed, into the stairwell.

"You know," She said, "You really shouldn't do that. It drives you crazy eventually, especially because you don't have someone who's shadow kissed."

I grinned. "Oh me and my cigarettes will be fine."

"You shouldn't do that either. They smell nasty."

"How about I smoke while you're in class?"

"Fine." She opened her door and I put her bag on the floor by the door.

"So, Miss Hathaway, would you give me the pleasure of a goodnight kiss?"

"No, I don't think I will." She replied, but she didn't object when I walked over and kissed her.

ROSE POV:

He kissed me, and I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him down to be loser to me. He slowly walked forward, forcing me backward, until my knees hit the end of my bed, and I fell backwards. He balanced on his knees over me, "Did I hear a 'no'?"

"Nope." I answered. "You heard a yes."

"That's better." He brought his lips to mine, and I pulled him down to me, so I could feel his body against mine as we kissed.

Somehow, I found myself on top of him, and I was kissing him passionately. He kissed me back with the same passion.

Man, I was loving this.

His fingers played with the hem of my shirt, slowly pushing it up to expose about half of my back, and he traced intricate patterns on my back where his fingers touched. He caught sight of the back of my neck, and moved my hair out of the way, two small lightning bolts, and one star. He stared at them a moment, and then covered them again with my hair.