I'll Be Waiting

Chapter 3

Rose POV

I woke up with a start. Luckily my neck brace made it impossible for me to actually move my neck, so I didn't hurt myself.

Did Adrian just kiss me? I decided that I would worry about that later.

I sat up, with a little trouble, and looked around my room. Lissa was sleeping next to me on my bed. She must of came back in the night. I thought it was sweet that she stayed with me, it shows that she really is my best friend.

"Lissa, wake up," I whispered while gently shaking her.

"Huh?," she asked groggily.

"It's time to up now," She nodded and stumbled out of bed. She started heading to the bathroom before she paused and looked back at me.

"Rose, you know I could always heal you," she whispered.

"No!" I yelled, "That would hurt you,"

"I can handle it," she said, her chin jutting out stubbornly.

"Ok, but still, everyone knows I'm hurt," I stated, "and if I was healed the next day, they would know something is up and every student in this school would start making up rumors,"

She sighed, "Yeah, that true," she then walked into the bathroom and shut the door.

I got out of my bed and headed to my dresser. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and frowned.

The neck brace was one of those plastic ones, and it was every bit as ugly as you would think.

Lissa had came out of the bathroom, when there was a knock at the door.

Confused, I stopped going through my dresser and turned towards the door. Lissa yanked open the door and there stood Dimitri.

"Princess Vasilisa, I came here to see Rose," he said formally.

"And what if she doesn't want to see you?" she hissed at him. Wow, I had to give credit to Lissa. She was standing up to the Russian god himself without even flinching.

What would he need to see me for? Shouldn't he be with his Tasha?

Curiousity got the better of me, "No, it's ok Lissa," I assured her, "Let him in."

I sat on my bed and tried to look casual, when really I wasn't at all.

"Roza," he breathed when he saw me.

"What are you doing here?" I snapped.

"I came to say I'm sorry and beg for your forgivness," he said kneeling in front of me, and grabbing both of my hands in his.

My face flushed red, how dare he touch me like he actually cared for me.

I ripped my hands from his, "Don't touch me," I hissed, "And I won't forgive you, so stop wasting my time and go to Tasha because we both know that's where you want to be," I almost said, that's who you love, but I remembered Lissa who was standing by the door.

Anger flashed in his eyes, "I don't want to be with Tasha, I changed my mind and turned her offer down."

I was shocked at this but I didn't let it show, "Get out of my room," when he didn't move I shouted, "Now!" and shoved him away. He didn't even budge.

"Fine," he said, before rolling back on his heels and storming out of the room. I looked at Lissa and she was staring at me.

"Rose, what really happened at training yesterday?"

I sighed, knowing she wasn't going to let this go.

"Lissa, I don't know how you're going to react to this but I need you to promise that you will not tell anyone no matter what," I started, "Not even Christian."

"Ok, I promise," she said, getting anxious.

"I love Dimitri," I said quickly.

Her eyes widened and her mouth went in an 'o' shape.

"I know, but you seriously can't tell anyone or it would get us both in trouble, ok?" I pleaded.

She nodded, "Ok but then what happened yesterday?"

I then explained to her about how Dimitri was going to leave with Tasha and how we had a fight.

"Wow, that's pretty low of him," she stated, "wait, but do you still love him?"

I hesitated, could I really still love him after what he did? "I don't know," I admitted, "But if I do, it's going to take a long time before I forgive him completely."

"Ok, well I have to go get ready for class, so I'll be back after school with your assignments," she said before walking out of the door.

Great, I rolled my eyes, now what am I supposed to do to keep myself busy?

I sighed and got up to take a shower. Wait, how am I supposed to take a shower with a neck brace on?

That was a good question… I thought about it for a moment, and all that I came up with was just to take off the brace and very carefully take a shower.

I studied the brace in my mirror, now how can I take this off? I saw some straps on the side that looked very promising. I took off the brace and set it on the dresser.

Luckily I didn't hurt my collarbone while I was in the shower, but I still had to make it through getting dressed. I wrapped myself in a towel and walked to my dresser. I first pulled on some black panties and a matching push-up bra. Then I fished out a pair of dark blue skinny jeans.

I had just pulled on the skinny jeans when there was another knock at the door. I headed for the door but paused, my hand on the door knob, and prayed silently that it wasn't Dimitri again. I took a deep breath and pulled open the door.

It was Adrian. I let go of the breath that I was holding.

"Did I come at a bad time?" he asked. His lips were twitching and his eyes held his amusment.

What would make him say that? Oh crap! I was only in a bra and jeans!

I gasped, "Hold on a sec," I yelled before I slammed the door shut. I ran to my closet and pulled on a black tank top. I gasped again at the sharp pain that was caused by my hurried movements. I grabbed my neck brace and strapped it back on. I walked back to the door and opened it wide for Adrian to come in.

"Hey," I said. Wow, could I have said anything more stupid than that?

"Hey, little Dhampir, I just came to check up on you." He casually strolled in and sat on my bed. I sat right next to him and sighed.

"I'm fine I guess, this stupid brace is really annoying me." I grumbled.

Adrian laughed that deep, throaty laugh of his that I liked hearing. "Yeah I guess it would be, but I barely notice it,"

I rolled my eyes, "Nice try."

I looked at my lap, "I don't know," I admitted, " he came here today trying to say sorry, and that he changed his mind about Tasha' s offer,"

"Hmm, leave it to him to hurt you and take it all back like nothing happened," he muttered, "Did you accept his apology?" he asked, louder this time.

"No." I whispered.

He caught me off guard when he wrapped his arms around my waist and bringing me to rest my head on his chest.

"Believe me, if I was in his spot, I would never even consider leaving you," he said, stroking my hair lovingly. I knew this was getting too far for my liking but for some strange reason, I didn't want it to stop. Then I remembered when he kissed me in my dreams last night and I wanted to ask him about it.

"Hey Adrian?" I asked.

"Hmm?" he murmured.

"Did you kiss me last night?" I asked.

He didn't say anything for a while, so I looked up at him.

"Well… erm… I just…" him being at a loss for words made him seem even more cute, I smiled.

"It's ok Adrian, I just want to know why," I said.

He sighed, "I just wasn't thinking,"

I furrowed my eyebrows, Did he do it accidentally? What, am i too below his standards now?

He seemed to know where my thoughts were heading, "No! Not like that, it's just normally I have more control around you," he said sheepishly. I never saw this side of Adrian; the shy side.

"Well, what if you didn't control yourself?" I didn't know what made me say it, but it was like I was being controlled by someone else.

"What?!" he gasped.

"You heard me," I leaned closer to his face, "Don't control yourself," I said slowly.

His lips were on mine now; hard and hungry. It was different kissing Adrian. I didn't feel like I was going to explode like when I kissed Dimitri, but I felt like I was… floating. Like nothing would bring me down from my high.

I leaned backwards so that half of his body was on top of me. I ran my fingers through his soft, silky hair.

The sound of the door opening made us spring apart, startled. I looked towards the door and saw a figure looming at the door.

"What's going on here?" the voice was familiar, and it was angry.