Rose POV
Christian and I walked off the plane and into cold winter weather. Stepping out of the warm plane and then into absolutely freezing weather was a bad idea. I had taken off all my warm clothes on the plane because I had been sweating and now that I had stepped out of the plane I was freezing.
Christian could see that I was shivering. I hated the cold; I would rather sweat all day long then freeze to death.
"Where are we going?" Great, my teeth were rattling now. I couldn't even speak properly now. We were walking through the snow that had fallen during the plane ride over here and it was freezing my legs, making it hard to feel them. Every part of my body that was exposed to the harsh weather was shaking uncontrollably. I was dressed in summer clothes and it was winter here.
"We're meeting Tasha outside of the airport." He said smiling at me. I had no idea why he was smiling either, maybe he likes seeing people suffer from the freezing cold.
"And you're smiling why?" I asked him. I looked over his body and saw that he was wearing every piece of winter clothing you could ever buy. He seemed to be pretty warm in there that lucky bastard.
"Because you're dressed for summer and its winter over here." I rolled my eyes at him. Christian can be loving and caring but other times he's just an asshole.
"Hilarious." I said in my most sarcastic voice.
"Rose, c'mon Tasha's over there." And as expected when I turned my head to the left, Tasha was there waving her arms in the air. Christian grabbed my hand and pulled us over to where she was standing.
"Hello Rose." She said politely.
I answered back in the same voice as her's had been. "Hello, Tasha." It was going to be hell living with them for the rest of my life. Protecting Christian was a job I could do any day but being nice to those I hate isn't exactly Rose style.
Christian and Tasha were talking to each other about what had happened over the last few months since they had last seen each other. I could tell that they told each other everything.
I heard Tasha ask, "How's Lissa been?" so I spoke up.
"So Tasha where are we going? I hope it's a lot warmer than here." I said spreading my arms out into the freezing air. It was so cold that if you breathed out you could see it in the air.
"Oh don't worry it's a lot warmer than out here. It's only half an hour away, don't worry dear." Thank god. I didn't want to freeze my ass off in this weather. I just wanted to get out of this weather and under a heater or something.
Tasha told us to get in the car and that she had a car heater in there, so I quickly jumped into the backseat, eager to get my body temperature warmer.
When Tasha started the car I looked over to Christian and he mouthed a thank-you. I smiled at him, although I knew that he would have to tell her sometime. If he didn't tell her than she would start wondering why they weren't visiting each other or even talking.
The ride to their house was ok. There wasn't much to see as it was only a half-hour drive. No lights were on due to the time of day but with our heightened senses you could see everything around you. There were lots of streets and roads that were covered in the falling snow and some of it was starting to melt.
I stared out the window for most of the drive to the house. I rested my head against the car window and closed my eyes for a little rest. Sleep would be impossible since there were a lot of bumps and turns on the way to the house but I closed my eyes anyway.
I felt the car stop and opened my eyes to see that we were parked in front of a house. It was completely white on the outside but the roof was black. Good, black attracted the sun which means it'll be warm. There were two large windows at the front with a black door in between them. The second floor of the house had four windows, all evenly spaced apart. The house looked massive on the outside; I hope it's the same on the inside.
"Come on, we'll get the big heater on inside." She said happily. All I wanted to do was get my suitcases out of the car and fall asleep next to the heater. I felt like going to sleep just at the thought of it.
I moved to the boot of the car and unloaded my suitcases. I made my way to the front door and as I walked inside I noticed that it was as big as it had looked on the outside.
A lounge room was to my left and a huge dinner room was to my right. I walked down the hall to where Tasha was setting up the heater and saw a gigantic kitchen. It looked as if it had everything a real cook in their restaurant kitchens would have. They had two massive fridges and two stoves and an oven. They had so much in here and I barely knew what most of it was since I had only been outside of the Academy for those two years Lissa and I had run away.
"Rose I'll show you to your room as soon as I get this up and running okay?" I could understand why everyone liked Tasha; she was so motherly and caring. I guess I knew know why Christian was so different compared to all the other royal I knew.
"Yeah okay." I didn't really care about my room right now I just wanted the god damned heater.
Once it was working Tasha turned to me and said, "C'mon, aren't you eager to know where you'll be sleeping?" she seemed like one of those people that always had a smile on their faces.
"I don't know, does it have a heater?" I said, only half-jokingly. I didn't want to have to pull on all my winter clothes just so that I could sleep.
Tasha laughed and started walking up the stairs that were behind the kitchen. I jogged to catch up with her. I had to lift my suitcases to get them up the stairs which was really tiring since I had no energy.
When we reached the top of the stairs, Tasha turned to her right and pointed to a room. "That's your room Rose. Let me know if you need anything." I nodded.
I walked into my new room and turned the light on. It had white walls with two windows at the back. There was a huge bed in the middle of the room. Two wardrobes were sitting in the left corner of the room. The room was the biggest room I had ever had in my entire life.
I placed my suitcases next to the wardrobes and sat down on the big. It felt as comfortable as it looked. I lay back on it and yawned. I really was tired for some reason.
"Rose." I heard Christian yell from outside my door.
"What!" I screamed at him. Why can't people just leave you alone when you're tired?
"Can I talk to you." He said more softly.
I ran over to the door and opened it to see that Christian was leaning against it. He had been leaning on the door that I had opened which meant that he was falling on me.
Just as expected his body sent mine colliding with the ground with him on top of me. He fell on top of me and I could barely breathe under his weight. He wasn't that heavy but he was squashing my lungs down, making it hard to breathe.
I looked at him and saw that he had been staring at me with his blue eyes. His eyes made him look beautiful in contrast with his black hair that always hung from his head freely. He had more of a tan than most Moroi his age since they barely walked out during the day, but his skin almost matched mine.
We were both breathing deeply and I was afraid that I couldn't talk. I swallowed and looked away from his face reluctantly. The tension in the air was really awkward and I wanted nothing but to stand up and sit on my bed like nothing had happened.
"Christian." I squirmed under him, trying to get out from under his weight. He wasn't even trying to keep his body weight off of me; he was just lying there on top of me.
Christian reached out with his hand and grabbed the back of my neck. You could see the want and desire in his eyes as he stared into mine. He placed his other hand above my shoulder, not touching it.
The hand at the back of my neck made it impossible to move. It felt weird being this close to him because I had always been pulled into Lissa's mind and felt what I was feeling now, which was why it was weird because now it was happening to me. His hand felt warm and soft as it slightly pulled my head off the ground.
"Rose." His voice was unusually low and rough.
I panicked. I wasn't ready to be with Christian when Adrian and I haven't yet talked about us. Adrian and I had barely spoken and when we had we were basically screaming at each other.
My breathing was becoming shorter and I couldn't think properly. All I knew was that we couldn't do this, at least not now while I'm still confused about me and Adrian.
I turned away from his face, trying to slow my heartbeat down. I closed my eyes and started to breathe deeply in and out.
"What's wrong Rose?" Christian asked as he made me face him again. He looked a little concerned and a little bit shocked.
"It's just a little early Christian. I don't know what's happening between me and Adrian." I told him as I tried to remove myself from under him.
"Rose, I love you and I know you love me too. Isn't that enough." He whispered in my ear.
"Christian, I have no idea what Adrian and—"
"Do you still love him? After what he did to you?" his eyes went wide and by the sound of his voice he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"I don't love him and I'll never be able to look at him the same way again but we didn't exactly talk much back at the Academy." This was true. Things with Adrian and me were never really discussed between me and him. Every time we talked about what had happened one of us would end up crying while the other yelled.
"He cheated on you and Lissa cheated on me with him, there's not much to discuss." He said harshly. I know he hates Adrian but he can't act like I hate him too.
"What the hell's wrong with you? You act as if I hate them as well. I know what he did to me, I don't need a reminder." I pushed him off of me and ran downstairs.
I looked around for Tasha and found her watching T.V in the lounge room. I sat down next to her and closed my eyes. I could feel myself drifting off to sleep.
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Christian POV
Rose ran downstairs, away from me. It hurt when she said that we couldn't be together until she sorts things out with Adrian. How could Rose still care about that idiot after what he's done to her?
I probably shouldn't have acted like that but I did. There's nothing I could do now that could change that. It was a pretty stupid thing to do, I realize that now but I had wanted her to just forget about him and be with me.
Her pushing me off of her made me feel even worse than I already felt. I hated that I upset her so much when we were so close to each other. I should've known how she was feeling but she never showed it.
I wish we could just be together. I wish Adrian had never been with Rose and I was never with Lissa, it would make every thing so much simpler.
I got up from off the floor and made my way downstairs. I looked around for Rose and saw that she was watching T.V next to Tasha. Rose had her eyes closed and it looked like she was asleep. She looked so at peace when she was asleep. She was beautiful in every way I could think of. Lissa's beauty was nothing compared to Rose's beauty. Rose was an amazing woman and I'll make sure that I never drive her away from me again. I hate the feeling of knowing that she resents me right now.
I sit down on the carpet in front of her and just sit there, staring at her. I knew it would look a little creepy if she woke up and saw me sitting here, staring at her face but I couldn't help it.
I hate knowing that she can talk to Adrian in her dreams. It's a part of her life that I'll never know about unless she tells me. Adrian and Rose could be talking right now and I wouldn't know. Adrian could be talking about coming and taking her away from me and I wouldn't know. If they were talking Rose would be telling him about how I reacted a few minutes ago.
I wish I hadn't said what I had, I barely meant it, and it had been the jealousy talking not me. I was afraid that Rose and Adrian would get back together one day and Rose would leave me to go live at the Royal Court.
I know that if Rose took him back, I'd be miserable. She was all that mattered to me now. I just hope she never leaves me.
I turned the T.V off since Tasha and Rose were asleep, and went upstairs. My bedroom was to the left of the staircase and only a few feet away from Rose's bedroom. The bedrooms in this house were massive compared to those at the Academy. I know Rose loved that her room was so big now, she was always complaining about how her room was too small to fit anything in it.
My bedroom was red. Tasha had it painted when she first moved in; she knew what my favourite colour was. We knew everything about each other because we were the only family we had. The only thing Tasha didn't know about me was that me and Lissa weren't together anymore and that I was in love with Rose.
I had been relieved when Rose had changed the subject when Tasha had asked me how Lissa was; Rose knew how I felt because she was feeling the same. That was why she couldn't just be with me; she was still hurting over Adrian.
I'd be there for her in the healing process though. She needs help and I'll always be there for her no matter what.
I got into bed and pulled the sheets up to my chest. I fell asleep thinking about Rose.
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When I woke up it was dark again, since it was vampire time it was early in the morning. The sun had just gone down and I felt like I'd had about an hours sleep. All the way that I was walking down the stairs I had been yawning. My eyes wanted to close and fall asleep but my body had been well rested throughout the night.
Tasha was in the kitchen cooking food for Rose. They were talking about the Royal Court.
"I think we should go there soon, catch up with a few friends." Tasha said. Rose looked a little uncomfortable but not as much as me. If I said no she'll wonder why I don't want to go and see Lissa and if I say yes then we'll have to go.
"So soon? I mean, we just moved in and were taking a road trip." Rose asked tying to get us out of going to court. If we waited a little longer to go to court it'll give me more time to tell Tasha about the break-up.
"Oh, I've been waiting for you two to leave the Academy so we could go to the Court. It's so beautiful there and the Queen's a very nice lady." Rose laughed a little too much and it earned her a very confused gaze from Tasha. She had no idea what a bitch the Queen could be. She was the only reason I was with Rose. I loved that Rose was with me right now, but she had crushed all of Rose's dreams by doing it. This made me hate and like her at the same time. She was the reason that Rose had been given me as her charge and I loved that she had done it.
"The Queen invited us herself to come visit and I think it would be very rude not to accept her offer." Tasha said, making me freeze. The Queen had invited us? Oh, right, Adrian was the nephew of the Queen she would know that I had broken up with Lissa and Adrian had lost Rose.
"But we just got here." I whined, it'd be the only way that we could stay. She hated it when I whined, and when I did whine she would let me get my way regardless of what it was.
"Stop whining! You know I hate it when you do that! We're leaving tomorrow, be sure you have your suitcases ready for when we leave." Then she started talking to Rose again. "I think it's nice that Adrian convinced the Queen to invite us." Rose put on her fake smile and laughed half-heartedly. She was extremely uncomfortable talking about Adrian.
"Yeah, it was. Though, we haven't talked in a while." She shrugged. Was she really going to tell her now? What if she told her about what happened with Adrian and Lissa? Tasha had always been very fond of her and I knew she'd get upset that I hadn't told her.