These reviews I'm getting are so amazing and just inspire me to continue writing

A while back I started 2 books, Into the Forest and Ready to Kill for the Gallagher Girl series! I am proud to say I will be continuing these stories very shortly, possibly at the weekend!

Anyway, another chapter has arrived Also I don't own the Vampire Academy series.

When Lissa and I arrived at Mason's house, the party was already in full swing. The drunks were either breaking stuff or passed out on benches, the couples were making own or had found themselves a private area in the woods behind Mason's house and the stoners were all sat together, probably passing round weed and all that.

We found the rest of our gang in Mason's kitchen. Mason's house had fascinated me from a young age. It was originally a mill but transformed into a house sometime during the 19th century. Even the kitchen was amazing, with its low ceilings and wooden beams. Then out the back of the house was the wood that stretched for miles and miles and somewhere in them was a lake that Mason still hadn't managed to find.

Mason, Eddie, Natalie, Joshua, Aaron (to Lissa's distaste) and a few others who I had spoken to a couple of times but couldn't remember their names. Mason came over and gave me a hug, kissing me on the cheek as he did so. I could smell beer on him, but Mason generally wasn't the type to get drunk.

"Finally, we have been waiting for you girls to get here for ages!" Mason said.

"Sorry, it was so hard choosing what to wear seeing as everything looks great on me," I said with a wink.

Mason smirked and came to sit next to me on one of the kitchen counters. "Personally I prefer you wearing no clothes at all."

"Well if you are good then perhaps that might come true." Part of me felt bad for Jesse as originally I had said I would go with him, but he wasn't here now.

Mason gave me a look that was half-serious and half-joking and gave me a quick peck on my lips. My lips tingled even after he had stopped kissing me. Was it possible that I had feelings for Mason, my best friend?

Eddie wolf whistled at us and told us to get a room. We quickly fell into the easy banter, with the occasional interruption from a drunken person about to puke their guts out. Totally gross.

I had shifted my position and had my head rested on Mason's chest with him stroking my hair when Jesse came in. While Mason was cute and had subtle things about him that made him look attractive, Jesse was practically a Greek god. He was so muscular from being the star quarterback on the football team, and had a tan that could only be achieved by spending all summer working for his parents on their orchards they own in Vermont. Add to that his messy blond hair, green eyes flecked with gold, and stubble he never shaved, it was obvious why all of the school had a crush of him.

He looked at me with a confused expression and I realised the position I was sitting in with Mason. I quickly leapt up detangling myself from Mason.

While Jesse was welcome to hang out with our gang as much as he liked, he tended to hang out with the other football players and the (usually slutty) cheerleaders. This was why he only gave a brief nod in regard to the others.

He looked at me, his eyes lingering on my breasts which looks especially large in the dress I was wearing. When his eyes eventually reached mine he smiled and said "You look amazing. Want to go somewhere a little more private? I know a great place in the woods."

I was about to agree, I mean who wouldn't want to go somewhere private with Jesse, when I remembered Mason was still there. I glanced back at him and he was staring at Jesse, hate filling his eyes. Eventually he said "Rose is my date."

Jesse gave a small laugh and looked towards me. "Is it true Rose, are you Mason's date? Because I definitely remember you saying you would be my date."

This is when Mason snapped. He jumped down from the counter and strode over to Jesse and me, standing face to face with Jesse.

He was still looking at Jesse when he asked me "Rose, did you say you would be both of our dates?"

I faced the floor, trying to hide my face. "I...well...I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings," I said sheepishly.

Mason then turned and forced my head up so I would look him in the eye. "And you asked you first?"

My voice was so faint it was barely a whisper, "Jesse."

Mason spun round so quickly I didn't end notice he had thrown a lamp until it broke into thousands of fragments. Behind me, Lissa gave a little squeal. I realised that the alcohol was getting to Mason as he wouldn't usually act like this.

"Mason, don't. Listen to me." I put a hand on his shoulder and he stared at it like it was some vile creature.

"Don't talk to me Rose. I understand, you just said yes because you didn't want to upset my feelings. You and Jesse were probably laughing at now pathetic I was, thinking I actually had a chance to explain."

I opened my mouth to explain to him but he carried on.

"Please do me on favour. Fuck off."

This stung real bad. While me and Mason had fights all the time, none had been this serious. And now all my friends had just witnessed me backstabbing him. I felt tears welling up in my eyes and stormed quickly out of the house, grabbing a bottle of vodka on the way, heading into the woods.

Lissa's POV:

"Rose? Rose? Rose?"

After Rose had stormed out of the kitchen, I had gone to follow her. I understood that she only did what she did so she didn't have to reject anyone, but she had to stop playing with Mason. His feelings for her were real, and it was just cruel seeing her break his heart.

Joshua had offered to walk with me into the woods, but right now I just needed to be alone. I was still confused with my own love life. I loved Aaron but there was no spark, nothing that made us act impulsively. And then there was Joshua, the opposite. The spark between us was great, yet I knew he had a reputation. A reputation he would easily cheat on girls for. I sighed, why are things in life always so hard.

I found myself walking further and further through the woods. I had lost sight of Rose a couple of minutes ago and now it was pitch black, and I couldn't see a thing.

"Rose? Ro-SHIT!"

The heel of my shoe caught on a branch and it sent me flying down towards the ground. I landed on a bunch full of leaves so I wasn't hurt too bad. However when I tried to get up, I found I couldn't. My heel was stuck under the branch and I couldn't get it down. I started to panic, what if I was stuck here all night and nobody found me. I wasn't a fan of the dark or animals and so spending the night in the woods definitely didn't seem like a good idea.

"Hang in there, I'm coming." I breathed a sigh of relief. I had no idea who my saviour was but I was glad that someone had found me between too long.

When they finally got to me, I looked up and was surprised to meet the face of Christian Ozera, the weird emo class who was in some of my classes.

He broke the branch that trapped me rather easily, which shocked me as his arms didn't show any muscle. He held out his hand and I took it gratefully.

Once I was up, he assessed me from head to toe. When he was sure I had no injuries he asked if I wanted to head back to the house. I nodded and we walked in silence for a couple of minutes.

Eventually the silence got to me and I blurted out "What are you doing here?"

He chuckled and I couldn't help but notice how much better he looked when he smiled.

"Believe it or not me and Mason are kind of friends. We talk sometimes. Only when people aren't looking of course."

I looked at him from the corner of my eye, he was shaking his head as if he was laughing at how stupid something was.

"Ah." I couldn't think of much else to say. When me finally reached the house again I turned to face him and said "Thanks for helping me back there. I owe you." I still didn't understand what he was doing that deep in the woods but I just wanted to sleep now. Surprisingly my trek had made me really, really tired.

He grinned and before walking away said "You can make it up to me by talking to me at school some time."

I watched him walk off, not into the house but instead a passage down the side of the house that led to the street.

I thought about it over in my head. From this brief encounter he really didn't seem as bad as I thought he would be.

"Okay," I said to nothing.

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