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Chapter 11
Or at least I thought that I wouldn't see Adrian. As soon as I fell asleep, I felt his presence. "Adrian!" I said, half afraid, and half hopeful. "Yes, little dhampir?" he replied. I laughed and ran up to him, tears streaming down my face. "But your...dead. How?" I asked. "Well, yes, I did die. But you out of all people should know that you didn't always leave once you die. And just because I died doesn't mean my spirit or ghost doesn't have its abilities, either. I can still walk dreams." He said, hugging me tighter. "So, canyou still visit me every night?" I asked hopefully. "Yes, I'm sure I can. But I'm not going to." he replied with a sad smile. "Why?" If I could see him every night, I wouldn't miss him so badly. "Because, Rose. You need to live your life, with no interference with me. I love you, so much. Believe me, it's hard for me to be this selfless. If Icome to you every night, then you won't be able to move on past this. You need to get over my death, and have a happy life with Dimitri and Lissa. And you know I will hold you back from that." I thought about his words, and they were true. I would always beat myself up for his death, and if i talked to him every night I wouldn't be able to get over that. I was about to tell him how i was sorry and that this was my fault, but he cut me off. "This isn't your fault. I did this for you, for Lissa, and for everyone else out there. And you tell Lissa that too. i seen how she thought it was her fault too..". "Your not visiting lissa?" I asked, kind of upset. She missed him too. "No, well I didn't want to freak everyone out. If I visit her in her sleep, you know that she'll go to pieces if I tell her I won't go back." True, he had a point. "What If I need you? Or If I really need to talk to you? Would you come then?" I hoped. "Maybe. If you beg enough." He smiled. I asked him,"How would you know if I'm begging?" He thought that over then he hesitantly answered,"Rose, just because your mental walls are up and kepping us out of your head, your still in ours. Its like..I can't really explain. Maybe its like we can sense you. Your always there, along with any other shadow kissed person. Its kind of like you belong with us, and as long as your alive, your right on our edge, constantly brushing up against us. I'll know if you need me that bad." Creepy, and I really wished he wouldn't say 'us'. But i didn't know how much time I had, so I shut up and savored the moment. "I am going to miss you, Rose." He said. I looked up at him and replied,"I'll miss you too." I kissed him,on the lips seeing as i knew Dimitri wouldn't care, and Adrian was...gone. He seemed surprised, but kissed back. i broke away and said,"Don't forget me, and please. Visit when you can." I kissed him one last time, and he smiled. The dream faded away, and I woke to a jolting plane.
"I take it we're in court?" I asked Lissa. She nodded. "Listen, I talked to Adrian, and he said that we have to quit killing ourselves over this. He said he did it because he loves us." She Smiled, just a bit, but then looked hurt. "He visited you?" She asked. "Yeah, but I'm shadow kissed, so we're always crossing lines. I'm probably the only one he can do that to now." I lied, hoping she would believe it. She seemed satisfied, and after a while we were all dragging ourselves out of the plane. Our luggage was being sent for, so I didn't have to bother with un packing. Instead of shouting the news out to everyone that there was another Dragimor, I conviced Lissa we needed to make a phone call to a couple of people. First off, I needed to call Sidney about the records on the desk. Next, we would call Micheals real mother so he can talk to her. I hoped it would be some great reuinion for them, and Lissa agreed.
The phone rang once, and Sidney answered,"Hey, Rose." it's about time I didn't have to tell her it was me everytime I called. 'I see you finally put my number in your phone?" I mused. "No, I just have it memerized." She said. Oh. "Hey, well I was calling to see if you guys found the files that hgad been stolen in that office." She paused for a second then said, "Yeah, we did. You know the 'Jane Doe' that the account name was under in Eric's file? Well, apparently that was a fake name, and she is really the Maraina Bakens. Who knew?" Hmm. I sighed. "Ok, Good. And I'll check into that. I gotta go, but I'm sure we'll talk soon." I said. I thought I heard her giggle. "I'm positive we will. Bye Rose." "Bye," i replied and then hung up. Luckily, We still had the information about Mariana, so we could easily get her phone number. Once I found it, I called, hoping it worked.
"Hello?" Her sweet voice said. "Hey, its Rose. I came by your house the other day asking about your son?" I said. "Oh, of course. You have any luck?" Hmph. Luck. "Yeah, well if you mean did we find him, then yes. And we called so you could talk to him, but I need to ask you something first. i thought Eric never found out you had a kid?" I asked her. "No, he didn't." She said, now sounding confused. I continued,"Well, why did he have a bank acout for a 'Jane Doe', who we found out was really you? I thought it might have been child support." I heard her sigh, then she said,"He never found out about the kid, but We were...together before that. He used that to book hotel rooms, and gamble on. We out it under my name, well my fake name, so his wife wouldn't find out, although it was his money. I guess it wasn't hidden to well. Oh, it doesn't matter now. Now, about Micheal. Is he ok? What happened? How's he doing?" She went on. I stopped her to say,"I'll let him tell you all of that." I heard her gasp, but Christian had just retrieved Micheal for us, and I handed him my phone. After I quickly told him who he was speaking to, his eyes widened, and he said,"Hello?" we left to give him some privacy. I could get my phone back later. Now, we had bussiness to do.
How we would confront this bussiness, I had no idea. I was all in for busting down the doors to wherever the council was and showin some of there stupid asses up, but Lissa having a brother wasn't the only news we had to break. I decided I would go to Daniella, Adrains mother, while Lissa went with Christian to find Tasha. They both thought she would know how to appraoch this. I was pacing, almost crying again. I had to stop that, some one was going to take away my guardian title. "Do you want me to come with you?" A fimilar voice with a slight russian accent said. I smiled. "Thank you so much, Dimitri. I don't know how to say it." I walked over to where he stood and laced my fingers with his. We silently walked to Adrains parents home, and we earned a few stares from by standers. Wether it was because we were together, because I was almost crying, or because people knew where we had gone and what had happened, I didn't know. Or care. I got closer to Dimitri, glad that we could finnaly be together, even though society wasn't happy about it. I was subconciously following Lissa, and once she had broke the news to Tasha, I immediately paid attention. Tasha was sad, but she had a determination in her eyes about Micheal. Good. They can handle that. In the mean time, I was walking into Adrians house, about to tell his parents their only son was dead.
I let go of Dimitri's hand but didn't move away. When daniella and Nathan walked in, they noticed something. "Hey Rose, good to see you. What's going on? Wheres Adrian?" Daniella was acting calm, but I could tell she sensed something was wrong. "Umm, well theres alot happening, but you'll find out about that later...But as for Adrian..."I couldn't do it. I started Chocking up, and next thing I knew, I was grying. Damn. I looked at her through my tears, and Noticed she had started crying too. "Is he..Is he...?" She couldn't finish her sentence. Dimitri saved me from having to say anything else, though. "Yes. We're so very sorry." He had a deep pain and sadness in his voice as well, and I knew he wished he could have helped. As for Daniella, well. It was horrible. I had never seen a mother who had just lost her child before, and decided I never wanted to see it again. I was expecting her to ask how, but she was too much a mess to talk. It was Nathan who spoke. "H-how? Why?" he seemed just to shocked to process anything. I opened my mouth to speak, but once again I was saved by Dimitri. "There was an attack, and A strigoi was about to kill Lissa. He sacrificed himself to save Lissa and technically the whole Moroi world. Like Rose said, you'll definately hear about all of that later. But he did it because he was so loyal and caring. The died an honorable man." Dimitri bowed his head, and let everthing sink in. I didn't know how to leave, so I decided to dismiss ourselve by telling them,"I'm so so sorry i couldn't stop it. I'll leave you alone, I know alot has happened." I started to walk away, but Daniella gave me a hug before I could move. "Thank you." She whispered. "Thank you for loving him. You honestly made life worth living for him. I really apreciate it." I Didn't lnpw what to say to that, so i just nodded, and we left.
I Kind of felt bad about not doing anything about Lissa and Micheal tonight, but it was late in the Moroi day, and Every one was retiring to bed, so there was a council meeting being held first thing in the morning. I had a room, but no way was I sleeoing in it alone tonight. I went to Dimitri to his, grateful to have him once again. I Didn;t have any clothes over here, so I stripped down to my bra and underwear. He raised one eye brow, and threw me a t-shirt. "Your gonna get cold." He said. I rolled my eyes but put the shirt on anyways. It was huge, but comfortable, and it smelled great. I waited for him to climb in bed but he didn't. So I went and sat down right in the middle. He had taken his shirt off, but still wore his jeans. Hmmm. "Whats wrong?" I asked. I wondered if he wasa uncomfortable with me being here. I mean, its not like we haven't done it before, but it was a little wewird just going to bed with the other there too. But he didn't show it if he was so I let it blow off. "I just don't know if its right to do this now." he said. Oh god, please, anything but a break up. No way was I going to be able to handle that. He turned around and looked at me. "You love me, right?" He asked. what kind of question was that? No crap. "Yes, of course." i replied, wondering where this was going. "You want to spend our ife with me?" Again, another dumb question. "You know I do." I still wondered what was going on. "And i'm not holding you back from anything,either, am I?" Good god, he was full of retarded questions today. "No! Whats with all the questions?" I finaly said. He took a deep breath, and he shut his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, I seen something I thought i would nevver see on him. Was he nervous about something? I put my hand on his shoulder, and he grabbed it with one hand, and slid away, still holding one hand, and pulled me off the bed. 'Dimitri, what are you.."He silence me with a shake of his head. Something should have been telling me to freak out, but I was completely oblivous to what was going on. Even when he did what he did next, nothing rang a bell. He was down on one knee, and I was staring at him like he was cray. He pulled out a box, and I oonce again wondered what the hell was going on. It wasn't until he opened it and a beautiful silver ring with three dimonds, the largest in the middle, two other smaller ones on each side, when i realized what was going on. I couldn't help the tear that escaped my eyes."Dimitri.." I could bsrely whisper his name. He took one more breath, and said the words that changed my life,"Rosemarie Hathaway, I love you with every once of my being, and I am asking if you will take my hand in marrage. Will you marry me,Roza?"