Not feeling sexy right now. I feel pissed off. Unfortunately, my writing seems to be influenced by the way I feel. So if you came here for badly written sex scenes, leave. None of that here right now.
Eddie, Christian, and Dimtri stood outside of Rose's open door. She'd been pacing all night and showed no signs of stopping. Dimtri sighed, "What do we do? I've never seen her do this before."
"You mean she's never worried about Lissa before?" Eddie asked. "You'd think-"
Christian interrupted, "That isn't what he means. Rose is always worried about Lissa but this is a different kind of worrying. Part of her is worried about the darkness and the baby. Part of her is worried about getting hurt by Lissa again. And part of her is worried about what she'll do without Lissa."
Eddie shuddered involuntarily. "It sickens me to think that after Lissa treated her like that, she'd still want to go back." Christian stared at him. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Have you already forgotten?" Christian hissed. "This happened with us too. The only difference is that I had the will to leave. Rose is still reeling because she's torn between guardian and sub."
Eddie shook his head. "This is nothing like that. I didn't physically harm you."
"Abuse isn't just physical," Christian barked back. "Just because I didn't let you force yourself on me, doesn't mean you didn't do other things to hurt me."
Eddie started to shake with rage. "Chris, I felt powerless at the time so I said some stuff I wouldn't normally say. Let it go."
"Let it go?" Christian yelled. "You crossed the line we drew together with some of those words! When we made boundaries, I told you a small list of three things you could never do to me. And I included the single trigger phrase to never call me." Hot tears threatened to fall as Christian pressed forward. "And that phrase was the only thing you called me before I walked out."
Eddie muttered, "Aw shit. Chris, I forgot about that." He reached forward to grab Christian's hand and reassure him that the fight was over, but Christian lept away. "Why are you being like this right now? And in front of Rose? What will she think-"
"This isn't about her," Christian argued. "This is about crossing a line. It took Rose for me to see that our relationship needs improvement too. Besides, every single relationship is different. Our relationship doesn't mean anything in terms of Lissa and Rose's relationship." He turned away. "I'm going to my room. If I were you, I'd stay away for tonight." He stormed off.
Eddie turned to Dimtri. "You should go to bed too. I'll be fine."
Dimtri nodded and started to walk away. He paused and said, "Eddie, give him time. If you need someone to talk to, you can talk with me." Dimtri closed the door to his room with a small click.
Eddie turned to Rose who was still frantically pacing. "Rose, what's on your mind?" Rose didn't respond, but slowed her pacing. "We were friends during school so I think you can trust me if that's what you're worried about." Rose shook her head and kept pacing. "God dammit, Rose! I know I fucked up with Christian. If this is your bitchy way of rubbing it in, then fuck off!" Eddie slammed his fist against the wall. "Are you happy now, whore? Happy that everyone in this house is so fucking miserable all because of you?!" Rose stopped pacing and turned toward Eddie, her eyes red from crying. "Oh boo fucking hoo. Your girlfriend broke your wrist and your friends decided it would be a good idea to get you out of a dangerous situation? So now you're bawling like a baby because you're not getting any?" He stepped into Rose's room and growled. "I should knock some sense into you."
"Eddie, please stop," Rose said with a slight quiver in her voice. "This isn't you. You're just upset because of your fight with Christian."
"Don't call me weak!" Eddie shrieked. "I was weak once but not any more!" He swung a punch at Rose, but she ducked out of the way.
"Eddie, nobody is calling you weak," Rose sighed.
"Stop calling me weak!" Eddie yelled. He lunged for Rose but she sprinted out of the way.
"Rose, get behind me," Christian said calmly. He walked into the room and threw himself on top of Eddie. He grabbed Eddie's wrists and dragged him out of the room. Christian threw him into the bedroom they shared and put a wall of fire in front of the door. "Stay there and calm down."
Christian turned to Rose. "Let's go to the basement. I'll make all three of us some hot chocolate and you and Lissa can see each other."
Rose hugged Christian. "Thanks."