Okay thanks to everyone who reviewed and I'm so sorry

that it took sooo long for me to update but my computer

needed a new antivirus and I needed to find one and I had limited

amount of time to write and everything was just all bundled up and everything.

So I decided hey! I can't let my readers hang all this time so I'm updating now.

Oh and btw check out three of my so far favorite stories that are really good

I Want To Experience Love by xx-RedRoseBlackThorn-xx

Another Romance by Rose Melissa Ivashkov

The Broken Unpromised by ATrueLoveStory

They're really good stories so check'em out!

Oh and usual disclaimer

I sadly don't own VA the most very talented

Richelle Mead does

But I so wish she would give me Adrian, Dimitri, and Chiristian

But hey only I can dream…

Chapter 5
Reunions, Apologies, Meetings

After Mia and Lissa finished hugging me they moved over on the sofa and made some room for me right next to Mason.

"So Rose" Mia said "How was vacation?"

"Did anything fun or exciting?"

I smiled and rolled my eyes

"Actually Mia, yeah I did a lot of fun and exciting things. I went to the summer fashion show, went to the grand opening of a new club in Queens, went to a Paramore concert in Europe, -had to fly super quick by the way- did a photoshoot for the newest Richelle Mead book (wink wink), visited some friends.

I winked at Mason and didn't care who saw.

"And of course did some poetry writing with the newest editions to my I-pod. Oh! and just coming here to school in a cab, met the hottest guy ever.

I think he said his name was Adrian? Yeah, Adrian Ivashkov"

"Wait, wait, wait" Lissa said

"Adrian Ivashkov? My cousin Adrian?"

"You have a cousin Adrian?" I said

Lissa nodded

"And you didn't ever mention this because?"

"Oh because it slipped my mind. My aunt Daniela -my mother's sister- married Nathan Ivashkov, the richest importer in Russia and they were married for a long while. But she dies when Adrian was just thirteen. But last I heard when he talked to my mom was that he was getting married. But that was like almost three years ago."

"Who'd he marry?" Asked Mia

Lissa shrugged "I don't know. But my mother told me that the last time she talked to uncle Nathan he said that the woman he was marrying was from right there Russia. That she had a son the same age as Adrian"

"Huh" I said and shrugged "Now that he goes here, I bet you two will have a chance to catch up"

Lissa nodded "Yeah, I guess"

"So Mia" I said. "How was your summer vacation?"

She just shrugged and waved it off

"It was okay. Nothing special or exciting"

"Oh really?" Lissa and I said together

Mia just looked at us like we were both crazy, it was pretty funny.

"Yeah, nothing special or exciting at all"

"Whatever you say Mia" Lissa and I said together once again and that caused laughter around us

"So" Lissa said. "Eddie, Mason what did you guys do?"

"Well I went to Hawaii with my parents, learned to surf, met a cute girl. Nothing else" Eddie said and shrugged

"Me?" Mason said "Well I didn't do anything. My parents are in Europe and I didn't feel like going all the way out there so I went to my apartment in New York. I crashed some parties, met some cute girls, and crashed at home when I needed some peace and quiet. Or suffering from massive hangovers"

He smiled and we all just chuckled"I basically did the same thing" Lissa said

"Christian decided to come with me to France to spend all the time he had, with me and my parents along with Andre. we went out a couple of times and we also spent some time in Christian's apartment and that's basically it"

"Yeah" Christian said "I was gonna visit my aunt Natasha, but she was spending that time with her fiancé in California"

After he said that he looked at me. His eyes full of guilt, sadness. His eyes were asking for forgiveness. Forgiveness I yet wasn't ready to give.

"Oh?" Lissa said in a cheery voice "You didn't tell me she was engaged. What's his name?"

"Uh, I'll tell you later. Right now I wanna go to my room and take a small break before we do our back to school movie night. Unless anyone has any other plans and can't make it?"

We all shook our heads and just like that parted ways.

The girls to their dorms and the guys off to theirs.

All accept me.

I wanted to go where I always go the minute I have time alone when I get back to school.

The lake.

So when I stopped walking with Mia and Lissa did too.

"What's wrong Rose?" Asked Lissa

I shook my head

"Nothing. I'm just gonna go down to the lake for a while. I'll meet you guys back at the dorm okay?"

"Do you want us to come with you?" Asked Mia

I shook my head

"No guys that's okay. I just need to be alone for a bit. I won't be gone that long. You won't have a chance to properly miss me"

I smiled and they laughed

"Okay Rose we'll see you in a bit" Mia said

"Don't take too long" said Lissa

"I won't"

And with that said I went down to the lake.

I always like the lake, well I liked the outdoors at night. Everything's quiet and dark, peaceful. But when I got there I noticed that someone else was sitting in the only bench that was in front of the lake. So not to disturb I started back to the dorm.

"Wait" called out the guy who was sitting there.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to take your spot on the bench"

I turned to him, but in the dim light of the moon I couldn't make out his features.

"No, it's okay don't worry about it, and it's not really my spot. I just didn't know anyone was down here. Usually there isn't but I don't want to disturb so I'll just go"

He shook his head

"No, you're not disturbing anything. Please go ahead and come sit with me, if you'd like to"

So I started walking back and when I reached the bench and the moonlight hit him better I clearly saw his features.

He was well built, had shoulder length hair tied back into a small ponytail, but just a little hair slipped out and was draping his face, by him just sitting there I could guess his height -possibly 6'1"- and his eyes in the moonlight were deep brown, and by the way the light glinted off the lake it made his eyes just shine. Wow.

"This is a really nice place" He said

"Yeah it is" I said as I sat down next to him "Every time I come here is like the first time"

"Well" he chuckled "For me it is"

"Oh so you're new here then?"

He nodded and smiled

I extended my hand out to him, he took it and shook it

"My name's Rose, Rose Hathaway"

"Nice to meet you Rose. My name's Dimitri Belikov"

I took my hand back and smiled

"Nice to meet you Dimitri. Hmm your name sounds Russian

He nodded and smiled

"Wow a guy with a wonderful smile that seems rare"

A good start to a new poem…

"Yes, it's Russian. I was actually born there"

"I've never been to Russia, I don't enjoy the col. I'm more of a summer kind of chick"

And I inhaled the air around me, the breeze that was slowly coming, blowing all the smell of the woods, the water, the aftershave?

Wow, his aftershave mixed with his sweat is really sexy

"Well where I'm from is a lot like here. Yeah it gets cold, but not like an artic wasteland"

He laughed like if he was remembering some private joke and I smiled even wider.

Even his laughter seemed rare.

"Well then maybe one day I'll go and visit and you can show me around"

I blushed! I felt it! My cheeks getting hot.

How is it that in one night I meet two different guys that make me do and feel things I haven't in such a long time?

"Yeah, that would be fun" He said "It'd be better than going around to places my brother likes and finding girls to 'hook up' with"

I laughed. "Wow your brother sounds super nice"

I said with very noticeable sarcasm

"Yeah well once you get to know him he really is cool"

"You sound like your close?'

"Yeah, we are" He said as he looked up at the moon, deep in thought

He looked…different…beautiful

Oh crap! If I keep calling a guy beautiful I'm gonna explode. If I don't get out soon I know I'm gonna end up kissing some stranger I just met. And then I'll be like Jesse the manwhore! So I just got up really quickly and that distracted him, making his brown eyes look at me, turning my insides into mush, making my heart stop.

"Uh, I actually gotta go. I promised my friends I wasn't gonna take too long because we had plans. Uh, you're welcome to join us if you want"

He just shook his head and stood up. Yeah, super tall hot Russian

"No Rose, thank you. I actually have plans with my brother but possibly another time?"

I nodded and he took my hand and gently kissed it and walked away

Could my night get any weirder?

I don't even know how I made it back to my room. I felt like I was in a huge daze. Two guys I met tonight, two guys who kissed my hand, one who electrified me, one who stopped my heart dead in its tracks.

Again I felt my cheeks get hot.

"Rose" I heard someone call but I completely ignored it

"ROSE!" That jolted me out of my dream state

"What? What?" I said as I looked around

"Are you okay?" Asked Mia

"Yeah, I'm okay. Why?"

"Because you were in a real daze back there. We had to call your name like ten times before we had to yell it out" Said Lissa

"Yeah and the shaking didn't work either" Said Mia while Lissa nodded

"Yeah, yeah everything's okay. Sorry. I was just thinking about some things and I guess that I was so into it that I blocked everything out"

Mia just rolled her eyes and Lissa shook her head.

"Well come on we're gonna be late. Christian already called and said that everything downstairs was already ready"

"Hey do you think Johnny Depp is a good actor?"

I said after we finished watching Sleepy Hollow and were finishing picking up the cans of Red Bull and soda along with the bowls of popcorn that we used.

Lissa shrugged

"Yeah, I think in a way he is. He's weird and his roles are weird but very convincing at the same time"

"Yeah my favorite roll besides Sleepy Hollow, is Alice in Wonderland"Mia smiled and nodded along with Lissa

"Yeah, that movie was awesome" said Lissa

"The Mad Hatter" Mia, Lissa and I just laughed

"Rose" asked Christian "Can I talk to you in the kitchen?"

I nodded and sighed. Might as well get this over with. I thought to myself.

"What do you want Christian? I said in a harsh tone

He sighed and ran his hand through his hair, pacing back and forth in front of me.

"Look Rose, please you have to understand! I couldn't tell you. I didn't want you to hate me. I didn't want our friendship affected. I thought that I was protecting you. Protecting you from the heartache I already knew you had. I know what that's like. I just wanted to protect you that's all"

Now I got a little bit angry.

"You wanted to protect me? Two years Christian! Two fucking years! And maybe even before that! You protect me by telling me. I wouldn't have let it affect everything we have. We're friends Christian! I love you like a brother and I trust you like one! Keeping secrets from someone you love is not a good thing!"

He sighed and I sighed and crossed my arms watching him again pace around. And it was making me super dizzy.

"Okay Christian stop pacing! You're making me dizzy for crying out loud!"

He stopped and looked at me and sighed sadly. He took my hands in his and squeezed them.

"Please Rose, just say that you forgive me. I hate that you're mad at me. I hate that you can't even look at me, I hate everything that separates us"

He pulled my hands to his lips and kissed them. He pulled me to him and just hugged me. And then I cried. I cried and it brought the memory of when Abe left. But he soothed me, like the big brother I never had. And I hugged him tighter than anything. I couldn't stay mad at him. So I just kissed his cheek and let go of him and ran out the kitchen; hearing behind me Mia and Lissa calling my name, asking what was wrong with me. But I just ran. With nowhere in mind. I turned a corner and I didn't notice where I was going and bumped right into someone, getting knocked on my ass.

"Oww! What the hell dude?"

"I'm sorry, here let me help you up"

And when I opened my eyes to the person I bumped into and looked into his eyes and saw the emerald color in them all the anger, the sadness, the tears I had. All faded. All gone. The only thing that lingered was happiness.

"Are you okay?" he asked in a concerned soft voice

"Yeah, I'm okay now"

Okay so once again super sorry but this is the longest

chapter I've written so far so I hope this time I get a lot of reviews

Oh and next chapter is when everything starts falling into place.

Discoveries and secret loves?

I don't know I guess you'll have to wait till the next chapter

So review, review, review

Thanks so much

-Kristy