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I'm not going to update everyday but I'm keep having loads of ideas about this so I will update as much as I can.
For this chapter I need to explain some things. The car accident that killed Lissa's parents did happen and Lissa did bring back Rose so that is all the same. But Lissa is not the last Dragomir as Jill is her twin, but Lissa is still the Princess. In terms of chracterisation this is the only major change I'll be making (unless i have another brainwave), all other changes are plot related.
Disclaimer: Again I don't own VA. If I did Adrian would so be with Rose.
When I got back to mine and Lissa's room, my head was all over the place. I still couldn't believe what had happened. I know I thought it would piss off Dimitri and make me forget about him for a whille but what about my friends? Lissa? Mason? Hell, even Christian? Not that I regretted my decision to go to the dinner with Adrian, but I was now really thinking of the repercussions of my decision. Maybe I should just...
"Hey, Rose are you ok?" Lissa's worried voice came from across the room interrupting my thoughts. I should have checked the bond to see where she was. I can't discuss this with her yet.
"Err yeah, Liss I'm fine. What time is everyone getting here tonight?" I asked, hoping to distract her from what I was actually thinking.
"6 this evening. Tasha is coming as well because Guardian Belikov found out about our plans and she offered to supervise." She said. Great, Tasha was tagging along; I wonder how Dimitri found out? "He heard Jill talking about it Eddie, before you ask." Lissa said, I swear sometimes the bond is two way.
I nodded and moved towards our en suite bathroom to have a shower, regardless of Adrian insisting that I smelled nice.
When I got into our colossal bathroom I stripped out of my ski clothes and stepped under the water, letting wash all the sweat off my body. The shower totally relaxed me and made me forget about Tasha Ozera coming to the movie night tonight, forget about Dimitri crushing my heart, forget about Adrian Ivashkov.
When I'd finished tightly wrapped a towel around my body and walked out into the main room to get some clothes. I knew Lissa wasn't there, I could tell through the bond. I went to my wardrobe and picked out my favourite skinny jeans, a black vest top with a butterfly cropped top over the top.
Reaching out through the bond I could see that Lissa was with Christian and Tasha in her room. I still had a couple of hours until everyone was coming over so I decided just to chill out.
So I grabbed the TV remote, lounged on my bed, watched cheesy movies and painted my toe nails, I stole some of Lissa's nail polish and painted my nails a shocking, hot pink.
All too soon, there was a knock at the door and everyone, including Dimitri, piled into min e and Lissa's room and settled ourselves in front of the TV, apart from Tasha and Dimitri who kept to the sidelines a bit not wanting to ruin our fun, although just her being here ruined it for me.
And that is how we spent the rest of the evening. Us girls ganged up on the guys so we could watch girly movies, Tasha had the good idea of bringing tissues which we desperately needed after watching Dirty Dancing and The Time Travellers Wife.
It was nice to have everyone here, just relaxing, laughing and having fun. We could just forget about the Strigoi attacks and enjoy living in the now.
"Hey about some games?" Jill said with an excited glimpse in her eye. A groan echoed through the room.
"No , Jill that last time we played one of your games I ended up suspended for indecency." Said Eddie with a troubled look on his face. We all laughed at the memory.
It was back at St. Vladimir's and Jill ha d the idea to play truth or dare. As this was Eddie's first time playing this with us, he had no idea that when Jill asks "truth or dare", you say truth. This is how he ended up running naked through the guardian dorms and getting caught by Alberta and Stan.
"I wasn't going to suggest truth or dare. I was thinking ... spin the bottle."
We all looked at each other and then at our chaperones. Tasha's face was lit up expectantly, hoping for us to make idiots of ourselves. Dimitri wore his guardian mask as always. We all agreed.
Lissa got an empty glass bottle and set in the middle of our circle. Eddie eyed it with a weary expression.
"Ok then. Who wants to go first?" Jill asked. Silence.
We decided it should go alphabetically which meant Christian was first to spin. It landed on Mason.
"Shit." He muttered while I swear I heard Tasha chastise him for language through her fits of giggles. Dimitri was laughing too as Christian and Mason quickly pecked each other on the lips and backed away, both blushing madly.
Mason spun next and it landed on Lissa, much to Christian's annoyance. Although Lissa was sweet about it, I couldn't help but laugh at the embarrassment I felt through the bond.
We took our turn, Lissa and Jill kissing Eddie and Jill kissing me, which was weird seeing as she was Lissa's twin. We all decided to go again with even more interesting results leaving Eddie and Mason having kissed, me and Lissa and Christian and Jill.
After another movie and even more tears, even Christian cried at Remember Me, Tasha told us to break up the party.
"Alright, guys hate to be a party killer but we need to go." Everyone filed out and we said our goodbyes and made plans for our skiing ventures for tomorrow, although Eddie and I both insisted to Mason that he should sit out.
When everyone had left, Lissa curled up beside me on my king size bed, propping herself up on her elbow.
"I ran into Mia when I was going to see Christian and Tasha this afternoon." She said matter of factly, examining her perfectly manicured nails. She did that when she was nervous.
"What did that bitch have to say?"
"That you were talking to Adrian Ivashkov earlier." Shit. "And that you're going to Pricilla Voda's dinner with him." Double shit.
She looked up at me, her expression was a combination of amusement and disappointment.
I stared at her wearily "And do you believe her?" I tried to keep my voice even although that didn't really work.
"Well at first I didn't. But I do now, your guilty expression gives everything away."
How was I going to get out of this one? Answer, I couldn't. I knew Lissa would be disappointed, which was why I was hoping to avoid telling her about Adrian until an hour before the dinner meaning I could just blow Adrian off.
"Rose, you know who he is don't you? You know what you're getting yourself into?" she said, a concerned expression on her face now. "I'm not going to attempt to talk you out of it because I know you'll do it anyway, but remember, he is an Ivashkov with shed loads of money and power and he can easily hurt just as much as help you. So Rose, please be careful." Lissa looked at me with a fierce expression and I could feel through the bond that she was genuinely concerned for me.
I sighed "Ok, Liss. I'll be careful but I'm pretty sure I know how to handle Adrian Ivashkov. If it makes you feel any better I'll insisted that you and Christian and me and Adrian will all go to this stupid dinner together so can keep an eye on him because I know you'll be doing to anyway." I smiled at her and she smiled back. I knew I had won this.
"Good. Night, Rose."
"Night, Liss." She turned away from me and fell silent. Looks like I don't have to worry about that conversation.
As I started to drift off, my thoughts turned to Dimitri and feel asleep thinking of the night of Victor Dashkov's lust charm which I often did, which was strange because I'm pretty sure I dreamt of Adrian Ivashkov...
Let me know if you want me to write the dream or not. I have ideas for it but I wonn't write it unless you want me too.
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