I REALLY had writers block on this chapter.

So if it's stupid, I'm sorry, and don't worry,

the next chapters will be better.

And this chapter's setting is just in the van,

everything that happenes is in the van, except

one thing, when they stop once. But other than that, yeah.

I hope you enjoy, and sorry if you don't,

remember, i had writers block.

Driving - 26

Rose's POV

Dimitri was still driving as Adrian finally came back around. He jumped in his seat, hitting the seat belt, and looked around, like he had forgotten where he was. Everyone stared at him, Dimitri through the rearview mirror, wanting to know what he had seen.

"Adrian," I whispered, touching his arm, not wanting to startle him. "What happened? Did you get a hold of Lissa?" All he did was nod his head. "Is she . . . you know . . . okay?"

"Not in the sense that you want," he whispered, slowly looking up into my eyes. "But she's not like the others."

"That's great. Wait. Better or worse?"

"She's better than the others, but only because she still has her ring that she equipped with spirit." He looked down with a worried look. "But I don't know how long it'll last." I held his hand as he shut his eyes, still disturbed with seeing Lissa as a Strigoi. I looked at the mirror, looking Dimitri in the eyes for some kind of help. But all he did was shrug his shoulders and looked back at the road.

"You can do it Adrian. I know you can." I touched his cheek, making him look at me. "Adrian? What all did she say?"

"Well she tried to attack me first, of course," he said as he turned in his seat to look at me better. "But then she finally remembered me. She almost forgot who I was. But then she looked sad, like she was about to cry. A Strigoi cry? Yeah right, I thought. But I could actually see tears building up, but they never fell. But she did say that she did remember what she made you promise. And she said she heard all the other Strigoi talk about her, how she's different, but no one knows how."

"What do you mean, different?" Dimitri asked from the front seat, looking back in the mirror.

"Apparently Robert has been trying to make Lissa make her first kill, but she won't. She keeps refusing. She still has some of her humanity left. And we have to get the rest back."

"But how?" Christian asked. "How does she still have her humanity?"

"Rose of all people know that's been equipped things with spirit. She last refilled her ring when we were going to see Christian's aunt. That's why I said I don't know how long she has until she's like the rest of them. It's been a while since then. That ring is the only thing keeping her sane right now."

"Until we, mainly you Adrian, can save her." I grinned at Adrian, hoping to make him feel better, but he looked away towards the window.

"I'm still scared that I won't be able to do it," he whispered. He looked out the window, not really looking at anything in specific, as I squeezed his hand to reassure him. I looked out the window and saw his reflection, seeing a tear stream down his cheek. Adrian hardly ever cried, but when he did, it made everyone else want to cry too. I slid over to him and laid my head on his shoulder, squeezing his hand more and whispering to him that everything would turn out okay.

I fell asleep on Adrian's shoulder after a few minutes, holding his hand while I cried for a while. I couldn't help myself, seeing Adrian let his guards down, it's just sad.

But when I finally woke up, I realized that I had been asleep for about six hours. I looked at Adrian, seeing him with his arm around me, stilling holding my hand. I smiled slightly as I looked at the front seat, seeing one of the other guardians that I didn't really know, driving. I looked at the passenger seat and still didn't see Dimitri. I looked at the seat right in front of me, only seeing one head, Christian's. For a second I actually started to freak out. What the heck happened to him?

I leaned forward and looked down, seeing a cozy, sleeping God. I smiled as I realized that I was freaking out about nothing. Probably the freaking pregnancy. I leaned back against the seat, only to get pulled aside, hearing a laugh beside me.

"What the fuck, Adrian?" I said quietly as I elbowed him in the ribs. "Stop it." I squealed as he tickled me. "Stop it." I elbowed him again, even harder, hearing him grunt and grab his stomach. "I told you," I whispered as I giggled. "But you never listen, do you?" I leaned back against the seat, grinning at Adrian.

"Sorry," he groaned. "I was just trying to get you comfortable again."

"I was comfortable the way I was."

"You didn't look like it. You looked freaked out. Did you have a bad nightmare?" he asked, looking a bit worried.

"No. I don't even remember what I dreamed actually. I just didn't see Dimitri anywhere, so I started freaking. I know, it's stupid, bu-"

"Yeah, it is stupid," he stated.

"But as I was saying," I said as I gave him a rude look. "I think it's the pregnancy. I usually wouldn't freak out like that. I should have known he'd be sleeping. It is getting late. But I just didn't see him, so I guess I freaked."

"Yeah, it is stupid," he repeated, grinning at me.

"Shut up. I hate feeling like this."

"You're going to have to get used to it. You do still have eight more months. And it is going to get worse, or at least that's what I've heard."

"Oh, don't remind me," I groaned as I hid my face with my hands. "And I'm going to be getting fat soon. Can you even see me getting fat? 'Cause I can't."

"Rose, don't even think about that," Adrian said as he grabbed one of my hands from my face. "You'll still be beautiful to me." I looked up at him, seeing him get a little pink.

"Adrian-" I started.

"Whatever," he replied, letting go of my hand and looking away. "I didn't say anything."

"Adrian," I said again, grabbing his hand back in mine. "Thank you." I leaned back into him, pulling my blanket back over me. "That means a lot," I said as I slowly closed my eyes. "Really." I fell asleep in Adrian's arms, knowing that Adrian still had strong feeling for me, and knowing that I would never.

I woke up a few hours later, alone in the back seat. I jumped up, freaking out again, looking around, and finding nobody in the van, at all. I mean, nobody, not even lying down. I looked out the window, and finally realized that we were at a gas station.

I crawled out slowly, still partly asleep. I saw one of the guardians I didn't know very well by the station door, getting ice. And then the other guardian I didn't really know cleaning the front window. I climbed out of the van and stretched before heading into the building.

As I entered the station, I saw Dimitri look at me and smile. "Hey sleeping beauty. It's about time you woke up." He walked over to me and kissed me as I smiled back at him.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" I asked as I walked to get a drink.

"You looked so peaceful; I didn't want to wake you. And you need all the sleep you can get," he said as he leaned down and rubbed my stomach. "And I was going to get you stuff anyways. You could have stayed in the van."

"No thank you comrade," I smiled. "Anyways, I had to pee." I grabbed a Vault and a Big Red, and then handed them to Dimitri and ran for the restrooms.

"Just like you Roza," he yelled after me. "Making me pay for everything." I waved at him and ran right into Janine.

"Whoa, what's the rush?" my mom asked me.

"I've really got to go," I said, trying to make my way around her. "So can you like, please move. I don't know how much longer I can hold it."

"Well just hold on," she said as she held on to me, making me stop jumping around. "There, now you can go," she said as she got around me, making me realize that I was in her way of getting out of my way.

"Thanks," I replied as I ran into the restroom.

After using the restroom, my mom was still waiting outside the door for me. "So how are you feeling Rose?"

"Great, now," I smiled. "Feeling much better."

"I meant how are you feeling?" she asked again as she looked down at my stomach and back at me.

"Fine. There's nothing to worry about mom," I whispered as I hugged her.

"Glad to hear," she whispered in my ear. "I don't want anything to happen to you two. So whenever we see Lissa, don't do anything stupid. She may look the same, but she won't be the same Lissa we all love."

"I know that. I have dealt with Strigoi before. Many to be exact. Like Dimitri for example. I know they're different."

"I just don't want to see you get hurt Rose. Just promise me you won't let seeing Lissa as a Strigoi affect you."

"I promise mom," I said as I hugged her again. "I promise."

We all loaded back in the van, and I actually got to drive this time. It's probably just so I would shut up about it. But hey, it's not my fault, it's pretty boring just sitting around and waiting till we get to our destination.

"Finally," I said as I jumped in the driver's seat.

"Just calm down before I change my mind," Dimitri said as he got in the passenger seat.

"Yeah," Adrian muttered. "Before he remembers what a bad driver you are when you wreck the van."

"Oh, shut up Adrian. Or I'll just make sure we get hit by another car and they hit where you're sitting." I glared at him from the rear-view mirror as I buckled my seat belt.

"Hey, not with me beside him," Christian groaned.

"You wouldn't hurt this pretty face, now would you?" he grinned, looking back at me through the mirror.

"I wouldn't be so sure about it," I replied. I looked at Dimitri, giving him my best innocent look before I turned the key and started the ignition. "I won't do it," I whispered to Dimitri. "I promise." I looked forward and pushed the gas petal down slowly, easing away from the gas pump.

"Can you please turn the station to something else," Adrian whined. "I can't stand it anymore."

"We haven't even been on the road for more than ten minutes Adrian," I yelled back at him. "And anyways, Dimitri is in charge of the radio." I grinned at Dimitri beside me, and turned my attention back on the road. "So deal with him."

"Can you please change it to something else, Dimitri?" Adrian asked sweetly.

"Fine," Dimitri muttered and reached forward and turned the knob on the radio.

"No," Adrian whined, "That's even worse. 80's to 70's, no thank you. Can't you change it to rock or something, anything better than this?"

"Nope," Dimitri and I both said at the same time. "It's one or the other," Dimitri finished.

"Fine, whatever," Adrian mumbled as Christian laughed beside him. This totally reminded me about the time when Dimitri and I went to go train with someone, and this was the same thing that happened between us, except he was driving of course. I smiled to myself, and kept on driving, feeling happy for the first time for quiet a while.

Yeap, Rose finally got to drive.

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