CHAPTER TWENTY SIX- HURTFUL AND TENDER KISSES

Hey there, ' , the girl who gave me the dark angel idea, reviewed and said this is why she thought Rose is really a dark angel:

Do you want to know the real reason she is a dark angle?
The reason is she was one before and something happen and so she was put
asleep and born into a human. and so she has no memories of her past as an
angel so...
she also doesn't remember she had a mate but she does not remember who he is and
the old lady knows who her mate is and also knows that rose is bound to him
nomade what or who she is they will always meet because they is the way it has
been and will always be.
and also she and him have the same mark just on different halves of there body
but the mark only comes out when it is time for them to remember who they were
before they were human.

So there you have it, straight from the source.
P.S- missprincess, you guessed it, once you read this, you'll know why…

Bliss went through my entire body; I didn't want it to end. Never ever wanted it to end; something so good couldn't be real so I wanted to hang on for as long as I could. It was like a really, really good kiss, but for the reason, I guess it was sort of bad. No, not bad, good...everything is good this way. My body was pressed tightly to Dimitri's and I could not object.

Not that I wanted to.

"Don't fucking touch her!" someone was yelling but I was too lost in Dimitri's bite to pay any attention to it. "Open the damn gate! Fucking open it!"

I wanted to tell the loud person to get away, leave me alone with the love of my life, but I couldn't.

Then suddenly, I was ripped from Dimitri, his fangs dragging across my neck instead of coming out normally through the puncture wounds. I cried out in pain and stumbled backwards, hitting the ground very hard.

I was coherent enough to see that Dereck was standing in front of me protectively, with a stake. He'd slashed Dimitri down the face with it. My eyes widened in shock.

Even though Dimitri was Strigoi, I didn't want him to be hurt by anyone but me. But I wasn't strong enough to move, I couldn't even say anything. I was left to watch helplessly as the pit in my stomach tightened and I saw more Strigoi pull themselves from the trees, coming towards Dereck.

"Hays! Get your ass in here right fucking now!" someone screamed from right beside my ear, I was being dragged by someone, back inside the wards. Dereck was still standing there and somehow I managed to speak.

"Dereck…come…to…me…" I faded off as my vision blurred blackishly. I tried to blink the obstruction away, but it wouldn't go. It became worse and the only thing I could see was Dereck.

I saw a white hand snake out to Dereck, but he dodged easily but was caught by another Strigoi behind him. I couldn't get Dereck hurt because of me; I ripped away from the person who was holding me and stumbled to my student. I roughly grabbed Dereck by the shoulders, ignoring whoever was yelling at me and I yanked hard sending Dereck tripping over his feet into the safety of the wards.

Dimitri looked furious as he dabbed the cut on his face, but he looked at me and laughed cruelly. "You are really the most idiotic person I've ever known," he sneered at me, waving away his henchmen.

"No…" I said carefully, gathering my strength to make a good speech. "I'm going to go out in a bright light doing something big…and piss everybody off at the end." I smirked as I saw Dimitri and a few other Strigoi's eyes widen with what I had said. They wanted me to be afraid.

"It's the endorphins," one of them hissed and I weakly whipped my head to face a girl Strigoi that was standing unnecessarily close to Dimitri, trying to wipe the blood off his face.

I narrowed my eyes. Did he have a harem of women? First Amelia, now this bitch? I mustered up enough energy to roll my eyes and give her my best bitchy expression. "You don't know what you're talking about…" I was suddenly over come and stumbled sideways into a boy Strigoi's hold.

"Hey, baby," he said into my ear and then he was screaming a high piercing scream that just about broke my ear drums.

Someone had thrown a stake like a javelin and targeted his eye perfectly; I fell to the ground but was being dragged once again. Into the gates again and then I was safe inside the wards.

Dimitri fixed Dereck with a deadly glare. "This isn't over," he seethed and then with a flick of his hand, all his henchmen were gone. He was the only one left. "And we're not through either, Rose; it takes two to end a relationship."

And then he was just gone.

Dereck was cradling me in his arms in the next second, brushing my hair away from my face, dabbing at the blood on my neck. "Rose, Rose, oh my God, okay, I'm – we are going to the clinic right now. Rose, Rose, keep looking at me, Rose, keep your eyes open, Rose, Rose." He sounded so panicked, as he lifted me up and started running, he was sprinting as hard as he could, I could tell that.

"Dereck…" I started.

"Rose, I'm here, keep your eyes open," he continued chanting.

"Dereck…" I tried again and I waited until he looked me in the eye to continue. "Very good job. Fucking A."

I woke up in a bed wearing a hospital gown and smelling like crap, well, not crap, just different. I groaned and turned my head to the side to see Dereck Hays sitting in the chair beside the bed.

"Rose, it's about time you woke up," he sounded anxious. I groaned again and tried to sit up, he tried to push me down but I shot him a look and he backed off.

I cleared my throat and the memories of what had happened came rushing back to me, my eyes filled with tears. Dereck saved me, Dereck Hays saved my life. "Thank you," I said quietly, my voice choked with emotion as I looked into his blue eyes.

He smiled so tenderly and touched my cheek with the lightest stroke. "It's only what I had to do,"

"No, you should have just stayed inside the wards," my voice choked as I added, "You could have gotten so hurt,"

He touched my cheek again. "But I didn't, so it doesn't matter and that's thanks to you,"

"Nu-uh, not at all, I just pushed you," I disagreed.

"Yeah and that saved my life, they were going to rip me to shreds." He paused for a moment before adding, "That was your Dimitri,"

It wasn't a question but I nodded in confirmation. "Yes, but he's not the same, he's not Dimitri anymore, he's like…Monster-mitri,"

Dereck snorted breaking the tension. "'Monster-mitri'?" he repeated and I nodded again.

"It's the only way I can explain it now," I said softly as a tear rolled down my cheek; Dereck was immediately distraught.

He jumped up from the chair he was sitting in and moved closer to me. Brushing the tear away, he held my face in both hands, staring intently into my eyes. "Rose, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have said that, I know how you feel, I'm just an idiot, I'm so sorry,"

"Don't be, I'm used to it by now," I joked and he gave a half-smile. "What time is it?"

"It's about one o'clock in the morning for us, afternoon for humans," he said mater-of-factly.

"Thanks, Professor," I said sarcastically and I scanned the room. My eyes landed on two piles of clothes at the end of the bed, one was considerably dirtier than the other. "What's that?" I pointed to the clothes.

Dereck laughed lightly. "Those are your clothes; I went and got them for you when the doctor kicked me out to give you a transfusion," he explained.

"That must be why I feel funny," I mumbled and crunched up my nose and Dereck chuckled again. "Where's the Doc?" I asked.

"She wanted to stay with you, but the nurse made her go to get some sleep," he answered, confused with my new train of thought.

"Okay, help me up, I don't know if I'm going to fall or not," I said and Dereck slipped his arms around my waist, helping me sit up and then stand, still supporting a lot of my weight. "What clothes did you bring?"

"Umm, jeans, a tank top, a pair of pink undies and a training bra," he joked and I smacked his head lightly.

"I don't own pink undies, but maybe the training bra," I smirked as he laughed. "No, really, what did you bring?"

"A black bra, jeans, a tank top and a pair of underwear, those are black too," he added.

"And how did you find my underwear drawer and were you examining it pretty closely?" I asked, not really mad.

"Maybe I was…say, Rose, you know that white box in your nightstand with my name on it?" he said, holding back a smile.

"Oh no, you found it? I was so stupid to leave it in such a bad hiding place, it was our wedding ring," I said gamely and smacking him again.

"I'm supposed to propose, remember?"

"No, no, darling, you're the girl in this pairing,"

"Ouch," he pretended to wince as he handed me my jeans. "Do you want me to leave?" he seemed uncomfortable now.

I smirked. "I don't care," I said in and offhanded tone, wanting to see what he would do. He watched me for a second then turned his back to give me some privacy, I chuckled quietly.

I slipped the jeans up under the hospital gown, found the bra; it was black, as promised, put that on under the gown then got rid of the gown all together. I slipped on the tank top that was black as well, apparently Dereck knew the rules. I gave a small smile at that and was still smiling when I turned around to Dereck.

His eyes were wide and he was staring at me with his mouth slightly open. "What?" I asked, slightly irritated.

"You just had only jeans and a bra on in front of me," he finally said still shocked.

"No," I corrected. "You were turned around,"

"No, I turned around right after you put on your jeans," he admitted brashly.

"Have you no shame?" I joked and he was still staring at me. "Okay, just because of what you saw doesn't mean you can keep staring at me like that," I snapped and he shut his mouth and looked away.

"Sorry…you're hot," he said after a few minutes breaking the tension.

I burst out laughing. "Do you know how many times I've heard that?" Dereck blushed and I messed up his hair. "Let's pass that little incident, then, so now, we have to sneak out of here. You're going to flirt with the nurse if she's awake and then I'm going to run out, then your just going to leave, okay?" I said as I looked for a piece of paper. I found one along with a pen and scribbled:

Hey, Doc, thanks so much for fixing me up again, I left because there was no reason for me to be there.

Bye and thanks again, Rose

He looked at me and the note for a second before laughing. "Aye, aye, captain," he said sarcastically and we went out the door. Dereck headed straight for the desk looking determined and he leaned close into the nurse, there was only one on duty.

"Let me tell you, you look gorgeous tonight," he purred as he smiled sweetly at her. The nurse blushed and waved a hand in the air.

"No, I don't, I'm always dressed like this," she said flustered.

"Then your hair, did you do something to your hair?" he reached out and stroked her head. He looks like he's petting a lost cat¸ I thought as I quickly ducked out the door before I had to witness anything else.

I was greeted by cold air and midday sun, I would soak it in, but it was too cold. I hugged myself and rubbed my hands on my arms. A few seconds later, Dereck came out the door looking pleased with himself.

"Did you kiss her too?" I joked and he shrugged.

"Guess you'll never find out," he said. We started walking and a gust of wind caught me off balance and knocked me into Dereck's arms. He caught me instinctively and then held me tighter to him, our faces only centimetres apart. I heard his small intake of breath as his blue eyes burned into mine as he slowly brought his lips closer to mine. I didn't resist for some strange reason, later I told myself it was because the Doc had me drugged up and they weren't worn off yet.

Dereck pressed our lips together and I gently kissed him back, how horrible of me. He got more enthusiastic and the kiss got deeper, then I pulled away when he slipped his tongue into my mouth.

I whispered against his lips, "That's for saving my life."

Oh, how will they face each other now? I don't know...I bet you guys were not expecting that. ;p

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He is definitely going to be S-E-X-Y in New Moon, he's got the muscle, the hair and that crazy persistant attitude that we all love. ;p

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