FINALLY! I'm in Utah!

Chapter 16

"Hell yes." I'd never thought he would have asked tonight, but I felt I was ready to commit to him. I loved him, and he loved me, we were together, as we would be for years to come, so why not make it official?

He kissed me, and most of the restaurant clapped.

"I don't want to rush things, so I don't want you to marry me until we're both ready. In a couple months, or years, I don't care, I'll wait." He explained. "We don't even have to tell people if you don't want to."

He slid the ring he held out into my finger. There were three stones. The center one, the biggest, was a polished piece of Emerald the stone was the color of his eyes, bright green. There were two other stones, both smaller diamonds on either side. It was all set in a simple silver band.

"Its beautiful." I murmured, staring at it.

"It's nothing next to you."

"Oh be quiet Adrian. And I'll tell a few people, and I'll wear the ring. I love you."

"I love you more." He said.

"Enough to let me drive the Porsche?"

"I'll get the bill, you get the car." He said, and he called the waitress to pay.

I went to the valet parking to get the car.

Adrian soon walked out of the building, grinning.

He opened his door and slid onto the seat, Turning me in my seat so he could kiss me.

I revved the engine and pushed down on the accelerator, and the car shot forward smoothly. Smiling, I pulled onto the highway towards the school. "You know I love this car right? I might not let you have it back."

He chuckled. "You can have it."

"WHAT?" I almost screamed.

"I said you could have it."

"Oh my god ADRIAN!"I squealed.

"Consider it a late birthday present." He was smiling so widely, as was I.

"You gave me a birthday present."

He responded simply, "I like making you happy." I pulled over to the side of the road and basically attacked him, kissing and hugging him.

"I love you." I said.

"He pulled back slightly to stare at me. "How did I get so lucky as to have this gorgeous, sexy, smart, funny, bad-ass woman as my fiancée?"

"Because I love you." I stated simple, staring at my ring as I held the steering wheel. "And because you gave me this car." I added jokingly.

He grinned. "I'm assuming you don't want to get married until at least after graduation."

"Yup, but I do want to marry you then, so maybe we can have one of those romantic beach weddings…"

"Or we could go to Vegas." He suggested.

I'd actually always pictures myself getting married in Vegas, if I got married at all. I slapped his arm. "Don't kill my beach wedding."

"Whatever you want." He leaned over to kiss me on the cheek. I nearly missed the turn for the academy,

I pulled up to the gates, and we verified that we weren't Strigoi, and we pulled into the parking lot. Adrian opened the door for me and I slid out of the seat. "Thank you." I said to him. "Goodbye baby." I blew the car a kiss.

Adrian groaned. "Maybe I shouldn't have given it to you."

"She is not an 'it'!" I said, cracking up.

He pulled me towards my dorm.

"You need to go to sleep." He said as we entered my room.

"But Adrian." I said, sliding off my jacket and pulling him close to me. "I don't want to sleep." He pulled me towards the bed.

* * *

"NO WAY!" Lissa screamed. "HE DID NOT ASK YOU TO MARRY HIM!"

"Lissa SHUT UP!" I covered her mouth with my hand. "I don't want the whole world to know!"

"Oh my god I am so happy for you two!" She said, pulling my hand off her face.

She grabbed my hand so she could look at the ring. "Its beautiful." She said, and I decided it was time to tell her everything.

"Lissa, I have to tell you something…"

"What is it Rose?"

"Um I never told you who I lost my virginity to…"

"Wait… What? Isn't it Adrian?"

"No." I looked down at my hands. "It was Dimitri."

She looked utterly shocked. Like her mouth was open, and her eyes were wide. "You didn't tell me?"

"I couldn't tell anyone. He could have lost his job, and I might not be able to become your guardian, and it would have ruined everything. I am so sorry I never told you."

"Dimitri? Really? Wow it all makes sense now, you shouldn't have been that upset when he left…"

She hugged me. "I wish you would have told me, but I know everything now right?"

"Nope, one more thing." I paused. "I originally started dating Adrian to get Dimitri jealous."

She laughed, like downright laughed. "Really?"

"Yup. But I love him now, and we're getting married in a couple years."

"Oh that's so cute!"

I grinned. "I'm hungry lets go."

"Can we stop at the feeders first?" Lissa asked.

"Sure." We walked over to the feeders and Lissa got Alice to feed off again.

"Why hello Princess, and Rose." She greeted us.

Lissa lowered her motuh to Alice's neck and started to drink. So, Dimitri, really?

"Yeah, and Dimitri and I were pretty in love."

I should have realized…

"You couldn't have, we were really careful about what we did in public. If I''d gotten pregnant, now that would have been a dead giveaway."

Lissa finished and we walked to the cafeteria. But as we passed the curtain next to us, guess who was feeding next to us? Jesse Zeklos. And he had heard everything.

* * *

"Adrian!" I caught up to him in the line for breakfast.

He turned around to grin at me. I hugged him. "Hello almost Mrs. Ivashkov." He whispered in my ear.

"We have a problem."

"With what?" He grabbed a bagel and I grabbed a doughnut.

"I told Lissa everything about Dimitri and I." We sat down, and I leaned across the table so I could speak quietly. "And Jesse overheard."

"When?"

"This morning, in the feeders, we didn't realize he was there. But he only heard my half of the conversation."

"What did that consist of."

"The fact I loved him and the fact that we had sex."

He sighed. "You should be more careful Rose, I can't always help you with problems like this, but in this situation, I can." He stood up and strode over to Jesse's table. They walked off a couple moments later.

Adrian came back a minute later. "What did you do?"

"A little bribery, a little blackmail. You'll be fine."

"Thank you Adrian." I said, leaning across the table to kiss him on the lips."

"But Rose, it looks like that isn't our only problem."

"What is it?"

He gestured to the girls a couple tables over, and I saw one of their mouths form the word 'engaged'.