A Night Off

Here is the next chapter. It does have some Christian and Rose action, but not a whole lot. Nothing M rated. I hope you like it.

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We circled and sparred until I took them all out. It was a lot of fun. After that was done, Abe stood up and call us all together. "Tomorrow is Friday so I thought you could all use a weekend off. I know I could." He smiled and the rest of us chuckled. "Take tomorrow and Saturday off. Go have some fun. We will resume on Sunday." With that we all headed to the locker rooms to shower and change before going back to the Belikov's.

The next day we had all decided to go to a few of the clubs. Dancing seemed a good way to let go. It was Dimitri, Lissa, Pavel, Tasha, Eddie, Kori, Mia, Jill, Viktoria, Sonya, Christian and I. Abe was driving and we all piled into one SUV. Sardines all over again, this time just more of us. Thank God this was an extended one. I sat in the back with Viktoria, Christian, Lissa and Dimitri. I was next to Christian and Viktoria was on the other side of him. Lissa was next to me. I couldn't help but notice how good Christian looked and smelled. He had on black jeans and a red button up shirt. I noticed that Viktoria thought he looked good as well. She was dressed in a sparkly silver tank top and a short black skirt with black heals. I figured she would get a lot of attention at the bar even though she was seventeen. Dimitri was not pleased with her choice of clothes. The age restrictions were different here. You could get in at sixteen and drink at eighteen.

I had chosen to wear a pair of dark blue boot cut jeans, black ankle boots and a black leather vest. It was sleeveless, showed some cleavage and my belly button. It wasn't sleazy but it would draw attention. I even had a spot to hide my stake inside my shirt. My hair was pulled up into a high wavy ponytail, I wasn't looking for a lot of attention, but I did like looking good. I did.

Just as I had noticed how good Christian looked, he seemed to notice me too. "Is your shirt genuine leather?" He asked, obviously trying to make some sort of conversation.

I smiled to myself. "Yeah, it was a gift from Adrian."

"It's nice." Then he went silent. Viktoria started talking to him trying to avert his attention to her.

"So, do I get a dance later?" she asked in a husky voice.

"Um…I guess so." Christian said, sounding really uninterested. Or maybe I just wanted him to be.

He likes you, I can tell. Lissa said. And I can tell you're starting to warm up to him.

I know Liss. But Vik's really into him. I don't want to cause problems. I said back.

"Yeah, but he doesn't like her like that. You can't deny yourself just because of someone else. It's been a over a month. If you have any feelings for him you should go for it. Dimitri thinks so too.

I didn't think Dimitri liked him. Especially with Viktoria. I said, suddenly curious.

He likes Christian, he just thinks Viktoria's motives are not what they should be. And he's right.

I thought about that, but wasn't sure I was ready. We'll see I guess. We got the bar and found an area had been cleared with the Belikov name on it. Abe at his best. We all took our seats and ordered some drinks. Lissa, Dimitri, Eddie, Elli and I ordered a shot of vodka along with our beers. We toasted to Adrian and downed the shots.

"Let's dance." Lissa said above the music. All the girls headed toward the dance floor, holding hands through the crowds. Soon the guys joined us and we were all dancing in a huge group. Lissa and I had Dimitri sandwiched between us, but my attention was elsewhere. I was watching Viktoria trying to grind up on Christian. He kept trying to separate from her, but when he would get about a foot away, Viktoria would pull him back. Dimitri had noticed this as well and leaned up to me.

"Go rescue Chris, please?"

"Vik's gonna be mad." I said back.

"She'll get over it. You know you want to." He teased as he raised his eyebrow. I did want to. So I walked over to him.

I bushed my body up against his back and spoke in his ear. "Hey Blaze." He brought his hand up behind me and rested it on my upper thigh. "Thought you might need rescued." He turned and smiled at me and mouthed thank you.

"Hey Vik, Dimitri wants you." I lied. She rolled her eyes and walked away.

Chris turned towards me and wrapped one arm around my waist, starting to move in sync with me. He brought his mouth up to my ear. "I was hoping I'd get a chance to dance with you tonight."

"Oh yeah?" I smiled.

"Mm Hm." I sighed as that vibrated in my ear. I was enjoying being this close to him. Just then a slow song came on. "Want to dance with me to this then go outside for a breather?" He asked.

"Sure." He wrapped his arms around my waist and forcefully pulled me into his body. My arms went around his neck, my fingers in his hair at the nape of his neck.

"I'd like to get to know you better. What about you?" He said, his lips brushing my ear again.

"I'd like that." I said as I pulled back and looked into his beautiful blue eyes. "But I'm not one for one night stands like others are. Even if you are a royal."

"I'm not either, and I don't consider myself a royal. I'm just a guy that is dancing with a beautiful girl and is interested in getting to know her better." For some reason I believed him.

We danced the rest of the song then made our way outside to cool down some. He took my hand and led me to an empty area at the side of the bar. He turned towards me, pushing me up against the wall. He looked deep into my eyes, tracing a finger down from my hairline to my neck. "You are so beautiful." He said quietly as his hand lightly moved down my arm to my hip. I had my hand on his torso, keeping him from closing the distance between us. I was nervous, but realized how much I wanted to kiss him.

He grabbed my hand, putting it on his side at the band of his jeans and leaned closer. His lips were less than an inch from mine. I could feel the heat of his breath as his eyes roamed over my face. "Can I kiss you?" he asked quietly.

"Yes." I said, surprising not only him, but myself as well. He leaned in and lightly brushed my lips with his own. I put my hand around his neck, entwining my fingers in some of his hair. His next kiss was a little harder, but it was still sweet. I ran my tongue along his bottom lip and he opened his mouth slightly, touching his tongue to mine. Electricity filled my body as our tongues began to dance sweetly together.

Suddenly, it was like someone threw cold water in my face and a voice I did not know spoke in my head. You forgot about Adrian. I pulled away from Christian and rested my forehead against his chest for a moment and then began walking away.

"Rose?" Christian said sounding confused. Which I guess was normal. I mean I was just kissing him and now I walked away without a word.

"I'm sorry. I'm just not ready I guess." And I ran back inside. When I got inside Lissa came running up to me.

"Rose, what happened? Are you okay?" She was frantic. She had obviously felt my emotions go out of whack.

"I don't know. One minute I was enjoying myself, then Christian kissed me, then I hear a foreign voice telling me I had forgotten Adrian." I said so quickly she couldn't even respond to my revelation of kissing Christian.

"What do you mean 'foreign'?" she asked me, ignoring the thing about Christian for now.

"I don't know. It just wasn't one that I recognized. I think I'm losing it." I put my hand on my face and let out a loud sigh.

"You're not losing it. But something's going on. I think you just got yourself too worked up. You won't let yourself feel anything for Christian because you feel like you are betraying Adrian, and this is your new defense. You are not betraying him. He would want you to move on and be happy." She paused and looked at me. "Do you want to leave?" I could feel that she wasn't ready to leave, but she would if I wanted to.

"No, we'll stay. I just need to get a drink and calm down." I smiled, just then Dimitri and Eddie walked up and I noticed Christian standing off to the side. He looked hurt and confused, and I wanted so much to go to him and tell him how sorry I was. Lissa interrupted my thoughts.

We will talk about Christian later. She said through the bond. I smiled and made my way to the table. I sat down and waited for the waitress. She came and I ordered a beer and a shot. Christian came just then and ordered the same, sitting down next to me. I hid my face, I felt so bad for the way I had just treated him.

"Rose, are you okay? I'm sorry if I pushed." He said. I could tell he was extremely sorry and confused.

"It's not your fault. I don't know what happened. If anyone should be sorry, it's me. I am so sorry to have acted the way I did. I guess I'm just not ready."

He pushed my hair away from my ear and leaned in. "Then we get to know each other, and when you're ready, I'm here. You make me feel things I have never felt before." His lingered at my ear a few moments then pulled away.

I tentatively nodded my head. I wanted so badly to get to know him, I wanted to turn my head and meet his lips with mine, but I was so scared. Just hen our drinks arrived as did Viktoria.

"What happened to you guys? I was looking for you." she said, but more so to Christian than me.

"Went outside for some air." I said. She smiled and then grabbed Christian's hand.

"Come on. Let's go dance." She said batting her eyelashes at him. Right then I wanted to punch her. I was glad she would be leaving for school in a week.

He looked at me and I motioned him to go. "Okay, let's go." He said then lifted his shot to me and we both threw them back.

How was I going to do this?

I hoped you liked it. Rose is going to have to struggle a bit with the feelings she is having for Christian and her loyalty to Adrian.

It is never easy to lose someone you love with all your heart. It is so hard to move on and feel okay with that. But she also knows that her time could be limited with the path she is on.

Please let me know what you think so far, let me know what you think should happen. I love your opinions.

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