Christian POV
"Rose, please." Lissa begged Rose. Lissa looked pretty desperate to talk to Rose. I can't blame her; she just fucked up her friendship with her. Lissa probably knew by now that Rose didn't want to be friends with her, but I knew that Liss was a persistent person, she would pry and pry until she got her way. I really have no idea why I liked her in the first place; she was so frustrating and annoying.
"I know what you're going to say. I just don't want to talk to you. I don't want to talk to anyone about it. Leave it." She said fast barely taking a breath throughout her statement. Lissa looked devastated. She really misses Rose I guess. They've always had each other to talk to and now they don't. Rose has been like a sister to Lissa and now that Rose is gone, Lissa has no one.
I would've felt sorry for her if it hadn't been me she cheated on. I knew all too well about losing family. I only had Tasha, who I barely got to see anyway. I knew how it felt to have n one to talk to, or have no one care about you. Unlike Liss I hadn't brought this on myself, she did.
"Christian, can we talk?" Adrian's voice had come from behind me. I don't even know why he was still at the school. He doesn't go to any classes here and he has no family or friends here.
Why he wanted to talk to me, I had an idea but I could be wrong. It was probably something about Rose. Maybe Lissa, he might want me to forgive her. Whatever it is, I know I don't want to talk to him about it. I hate even seeing him in the hallways of the dorms doing absolutely nothing with his pathetic life.
I followed him as we walked over to a seat far away so that neither Rose nor Lissa could hear our conversation, whatever it was.
"Who?" I knew who he was talking about and I knew the answer I just couldn't say the truth out loud. We've only been friends for a few days, so how could she even like me back when she didn't even know me. We've only ever fought when I and Lissa dated. A few things have changed since then. Me and Rose being friends was pretty weird considering how we had acted towards each other only a few days ago before everything got fucked up and ruined for both of us.
Rose didn't want to get assigned to Lissa anymore and Lissa would want it more than anything in the world, she probably thinks that if Rose was her guardian they would have to talk and then they would eventually work things out and everything would be fine. She was wrong though, Rose holds grudges for a long time, and every one knew that. She doesn't forgive easily and Lissa was no exception in Rose's mind.
"You like Rose. I can see it in your aura." Oh, right. The bastard can see aura's for a living. Great. Guess I can't lie now exactly can I.
"So what?" I wondered what his point was. It wasn't like they were even friends anymore. She hated him and I was the friend that helped her through the heartbreak of what both Lissa and him had done to her. To us.
"Look, I know I was the one to hurt her and all, but she has been hurt and she needs time to heal. Just be her friend for a while." I gave him a questioning look. Every time Adrian had been around Rose he was pushing her to do stuff she had no intention of doing whatsoever.
It wasn't like I was planning to move onto Rose or anything anyway, and I knew he could see my aura, so why the hell was he talking to me about this. He has no right to either. It has nothing to do with him anymore. Maybe if this situation had happened a few days ago when Rose had still cared about him, but she doesn't anymore. I felt like telling him to fuck off and say that it had nothing to do with him, but that probably wouldn't help at all.
"I know that you're hurting too right now, I just don't want Rose more hurt then she is right now and—"
"I wasn't the person that hurt her. You were. We're only friends like I've told you before. I'm just trying to be good friend to her right now, that's all. Guess you've never been friends with a girl before, I wouldn't be surprised." I really did doubt if Adrian had ever been friends with a girl before. He was supposed to have been friends with Lissa and Rose but he'd gotten Rose to become more than friends with him and Lissa-well we all know what happened there.
"I know I hurt her but if you do too she's going to be a wreck. I love her still and I don't want that to happen to her." I didn't want to hurt Rose either. I never will want to hurt her like Adrian did. Shit happens. I'll never forgive him though; he hurt both of us just to get a little action from Lissa.
"I'll never hurt her." I said while looking over my shoulder to see Rose looking rather uncomfortable. I knew she didn't want to be left alone with just Lissa but maybe it'll do her some good. I wonder where Eddie and Mia are.
"You will hurt her, maybe unintentionally but you will. People hurt others everyday, it happens. I'm not saying what I did was an everyday thing because it's not. It's horrible and I wish that I could take it back but I can't and now she won't even look or talk to me because of it. All I want to do is say sorry and she won't let me. You better hope that this never happens to you because it's the worst feeling in the world." He stood up and walked away in the direction of his guest room. I guessed that he went back to his room for a drink. Not that it's unusual or anything, but I wondered why he needed a drink.
When I strolled back to where Liss and Rose had been sitting really uncomfortably, I saw Mia and Eddie walking in hand in hand. Ugh, Mia and Eddie must be together now.
"Do you want to go Rose?" She jerked her head up from where she had been staring for the last minute. She nodded her head slightly and hurried to my side. I guess she had somehow noticed Mia and Eddie too.
We practically ran out of the lunch room and slowed down right after we had walked out the two doors.
"What did Adrian say to you?" she asked softly. She can act innocent all she wants but I know that she was dying inside, wondering what we had talked about.
I didn't know what to say. It's not like I can just say, 'oh, he wants to stay friends with you, even though I'm in love with you'. I didn't think so. Better say something subtle.
"Umm, not much." Oh yeah, she'll totally buy that. Yeah Rose I was talking to your ex who cheated on you but we didn't talk about much. Bloody idiot. There was no way she was going to buy it either, it could be the worst excuse I've heard in my life. I knew that Rose was going to ask me what was wrong; I just didn't want to tell her. It was too soon for both of us and Adrian had known that. Stupid drunk bastard.
I could feel her eyes on me too; it was like they were burning the side of my face. She thought something bad had happened. It wasn't that bad, not from my side of the story anyway. Adrian on the other hand . . . . Well, he's probably drunk like always. He always drunk when things get tough or he gets upset. He thinks he can just drink away his worries and problems. You can't, the memories always come back no matter what. You wake up with a headache and the memories of what happened years ago to your parents. Anyway, they just don't go away with a bottle. You need time to get over things; you need time to forget the pain. Guess he didn't know that.
He's been drinking for years, you would've thought that he'd figure that out by now, but I guess not. He's not exactly the brightest person in the world. He does nothing. He just walks around the place like a lost puppy. I swear to god if the Queen makes him King when she steps down, we're all doomed. Literally. His decisions would be based on the amount of alcohol he's consumed on the day.
He doesn't even have a job or anything. The Queen pays for everything he wants without a second thought. He gets everything handed to him. I knew that Rose had hated this about him; Rose has worked the hardest she could to be the best guardian for Lissa and now she didn't even want to be in the same room as her. If she doesn't get Lissa, she'll probably get some other royal like Jesse or Ralf. I have to admit it'd be pretty funny to see her voice when Alberta call's out her name to guard either one of them; she would probably go mental afterwards though.
Rose stepped right in front of me making me come to an abrupt stop. She looked at me sternly, making me wish I could turn away from her gaze. Her brown eyes were locked on my black ones. Rose was a foot smaller than me so I had to look down to meet her stare fully. Her brownish-black hair was blowing behind her.
"What did Adrian say to you" She spoke quickly wanting an answer from me quicker than I could ever reply.
She wants the truth. Everyone always wants the truth. I'll have to tell her the truth no matter what now. I was fine with telling her what we were talking about I just didn't want to hear her reply. I didn't want to know what she would say about me or Adrian.
"He told me not to hurt you." She looked surprised; I would be too if I was her. We were only friends and Adrian was acting like we were together now or something. I never took Adrian for someone who would give up.
I don't know why Adrian was acting like that. I know he could see my aura, he could tell that I was starting to like her, to love her, but I wouldn't move onto her or anything. Neither one of us wanted to more than just friends.
The part that killed me was that I had no idea what she was thinking or feeling. I wanted so badly just to know how she felt about me. If she felt the same or not at all.
"Why does he even care?" She asked. God, she can be so blind. He goes psycho nearly every time he sees us together and she has no idea why. I thought it was obvious to everyone but she had no idea.
"He loves you Rose. He always will." I knew that he will always love her too that was why it was hard to say. She had loved him too, he may have hurt her but people also forgive as well. Rose was capable of forgiving him if she wanted too, she might forgive Lissa too. If she does than I'll have no one. I guess that'd be how Lissa feels now.
I probably should forgive her. She is feeling hurt right now and I know she wishes she hadn't of done it, even if it was only because she lost Rose. I'd go talk to her soon. At least it would ease the tension between all of us.
"I have to go for a sec, but I'll be back okay?" I half turned my body to walk away, I was waiting for a reply but I didn't get one when I noticed rose was staring into space.
Rose POV
"He loves you Rose. He always will." Yeah, but he loves fucking things up. I didn't care if Adrian felt sorry or not what was done was done and there was no excuse for that. I should have listened to Christian when he said that there was something going on between Adrian and Lissa. I told him he was wrong and that they were just practicing Spirit. Well, it hadn't been the only thing they were practicing obviously. Ugh, I should've listened to him. If only me and him had been fri—
There was two Strigoi on either side of Lissa. The Strigoi on the left was strangling her by the throat and the one on the right was speaking to the one on the left.
"It's Vasilissa Drogimir. I'm sure of it. Let's take her back to Dimitri." Dimitri? Why was he doing this to her? Why did he want her? What was he going to do with her?
I never thought Dimitri would do this. After what I had seen in the caves all those months ago I never thought I'd hear anything else about him ever again. He had other plans. Why would he take Lissa? She was the last in line of the Drogimir line but he had liked Lissa months ago, what had changed.
I never thought Dimitri would do this to her, Strigoi or not. I had no idea why he would want to take her hostage either. Did he want to turn her? He would become stronger if he drank from a Moroi which would mean it would be harder to stake him, not that I had any intention on killing him, even though he was already dead.
I still loved him to a degree. He was my first mentor. I respected him even if I had never shown my respect. He'd taught me basically everything I knew he had taught me how to fight and to stay calm, he had taught me how to act around others. Like I said, he taught me everything I knew.
I hated that he had been turned. He would've hated to be a Strigoi, he would have rather died fighting than be like this.
I heard Christians voice in the background, "I have to go for a sec, but I'll be back okay?" but I was still in my own world, the one that was centred around Lissa's safety. She couldn't get hurt. I was going to be named her guardian in a week; she can't get hurt or killed.
I wanted Lissa to be out of harms way. We may not be talking but she has been my best friend throughout my entire life no matter what had happened. She brought me back to life so the least I could do is save hers.
I just had to figure out where she was. She had been inside the school grounds when she had been captured. I could see flashing images of her surrounding's going through my mind like photos being taken.
The forest. A car. They were driving her somewhere in a car. She was in the backseat of the car and she was tied up. Ropes were tied around her wrists and ankles. Lissa could barely move. I could feel her fear and pain running through her. She was panicked, she didn't want to die or become one of them.
She turned her head painfully to the side seeing a shopping centre that said West end.
I turned to Christian who was staring at me, confused.
"Lissa's in trouble. She's in a car. She just drove by West end." I had to go to the only person I knew, (and really didn't want to talk to) who would either lend us a car or drive us to help Lissa.
I ran the fastest I have in my whole life to Adrian's room. Please god, let Adrian be in his room right now.
I banged on the door loudly. Please be here. Christian must have been walking behind me since he was nowhere in sight. Bet he's a little slow than most Dhampir.
The door opened slowly to a devastating looking Moroi. He smelt like Vodka. It was all over his room and on his clothes.
"Rose, what are you—"Adrian was honestly surprised but that didn't matter right now.
"I need your help. Lissa's in trouble. We need a car." I pleaded with him. I needed him to say yes or else we had no way of saving Lissa.
Adrian POV
"I need your help. Lissa's in trouble. We need a car." She was begging me to help her after everything I've done. I would do anything for her so of course I would do this. I couldn't understand how Lissa was in trouble or why we needed a car.
"I'll help you. Why do we need a car?"
"Lissa got captured by two Strigoi on the grounds. They took her in a car, they just passed West end a minute ago." Rose explained to me. She grabbed my arm and led me to where Christian was gasping for breath.
"Is he- going to- help us- or not?" Christian said in-between breaths. He had his hands on his knees and he was looking up at Rose. He was sweating compared to Rose who hadn't even broken a sweat. I loved that about Rose, she was so strong and powerful, emotionally and physically.
I hated that I hurt her. I wish I had never done what I had with Lissa. I didn't know why I had done it either, I had been drunk. That's no excuse for what I had done though and I had no idea why I would do that to Rose. I was the reason she became friends with Christian, I was the reason they discovered feelings for each other even if Rose hasn't grown the same feelings towards Christian as he feels for her. It'll happen one day and that day I'll have to watch and see what happens because there is nothing I can do about it.
I love Rose. I always will. I've loved her ever since the night at the Ski Lodge. She wasn't like other girl's. She was different in a beautiful way.
I know that I shouldn't be thinking like this when we were trying to save Lissa and all but I could never stop thinking about her. She was beautiful in every way. Some people would say she was a bitch but she just doesn't take shit from people. Rose is strong-headed and loyal. I loved everything about her apart from her hating me.
I won't loose Rose to my stupid mistakes. I'll wait forever for her to forgive me if I have to. I just need her to trust me again. I need to be at least friends with her again.
"Adrian, how do we get out of the school without them noticing?" Rose asked. She knew I had sneaked out of the confines of the school before. It's not like I had anything else to do. I drank, ate and slept. That was about it.
"This way." I gestured towards the back door which few people knew about. The few that did never got caught because the Headmistress didn't think that it needed to be guarded since none knew about it. Wondering around the halls everyday had its perks. You could sneak out of the Academy without anyone realizing. I'd done it about five times to go see friends and other people.
When we were out the back door I headed into the forest that was right in front of a highway where one of my cars was parked. I left it here in case I needed it ever again.
We got in quickly with Rose driving since she could see where Lissa was in her head. I wondered if Rose had even driven a car before, maybe she had gotten her license during those two years her and Lissa had run away.
Rose was speeding down the highway and lucky for us there were no cars on the road since it was 4am. The roads were deserted making it easier for us to get to Lissa.
Rose never took her eyes off the Rose but I suspected that she was also seeing into Lissa's mind to see which direction she was going in. rose made a sharp left, smashing my head into the window.
A shopping centre went past that had a sign saying West end. I estimated that we were about ten minutes behind Lissa.
South Brooks.
North Brooks.
Malta.
We stopped just outside of Saco. The place was literally in the middle of nowhere. There were only few buildings and there was grass that seemed to go on for miles. It wasn't particularly safe to be in the middle of nowhere at night and have Strigoi waiting around somewhere. Rose just wanted to get Lissa back no matter what; she would do anything for her, despite how much we've hurt her.
There was a huge white building that Rose was heading towards. My gut felt ill knowing that she was walking towards Strigoi who could easily kill her.
Christian had come up from behind me and said, "Don't do anything stupid. She wants Lissa out of there. Fast." I hated when Christian acted as if I knew nothing about Rose. I'd been with her for months and we had been friends before that. He's been friends with her for a few days!
He acts like he's known her for years.
We ran into the building and saw Rose had two Strigoi at her feet but no Lissa.
Dimitri was holding Lissa by the throat.
This was the only thing in the world that would make Rose hesitate and I knew Christian had to do something.
"Christian set him on fire already!" I yelled at him. Fire shot out of his hands and he hurled the fire, aiming for Dimitri. He dodged out of the way easily.
Rose came out of her trance and pulled her stake out of a Strigoi that was lying at her feet. She ran towards Dimitri, stake in hand.
He threw Lissa on the ground, hitting her head. I could smell the blood pouring out of her skull. It wouldn't kill her, but she needed it bandaged up.
I pulled her up and carried her to the car. I had a first-aid kit in here somewhere. I always needed it when girls fell over when they were drunk. I knew only too well how to bandage things up. I felt like I've done it millions of times.
I laid her head on my lap and bandaged it up perfectly. I guessed it would be okay in another week or two. Maybe even three.
I put pressure on her head to stop the bleeding.
I could see flames being thrown around in the building they were in. I heard Dimitri's screams and pleads to Rose. He was trying to tell her something I couldn't make out. Christian was obviously the one who was hurting him more. We all knew Rose had loved him. She had been heartbroken when he had been taken that day in the woods.