Oh, god, this chapter almost killed me. I think I'm experiencing Friday the 13th a day late. I wrote most today, because I've been busy reading The Ruby Circle this week (sorry if any spoilers happened in the last chapters,I didn't mean to) and then I was already done when I accidentaly deleated 1k words. I rewrote it, though. I hope that doesn't make the quality any worse. Then my email also failed on me, but I worked that out too. So here it is, the Valentine Day's chapter, as I hoped and promised. As usually, I'm sorry about the mistakes, the thing belongs to the amazing Richelle Mead, there are spoilers, and please, please, review. Thanks for all the new reviews for the last chapter, 17 in total now; I'm hoping for 20.
Okay, I elaborated for too long, so find out what happens after that cliff hanger and let me know what you think!
Being cut off from the bond didn't happen often. Mostly when Adrian was drunk. But now I knew he was sober for two months or more. Something was seriously wrong.
I gasped at Lissa's words. All of us knew Avery Lazar lost it forever. The last thing I'd heard about her was that she was stuck in a mental hospital.
Was that now going to happen to Adrian? And was it all my fault?
"Do you feel him?" Rose asked me. It took me a few seconds to realize what she was talking about and that she was talking to me. Unlike me, she's been in more situations like this and was for that reason more floored.
I exhaled, quickly got myself together and shook my head.
"I didn't feel Lissa for a while after she brought Dimitri back. Maybe he just used that much spirit," Rose said. I really hoped so.
"Yes, he really did use a lot. I felt it. It was crazy, I don't know..." I stuttered.
"What to we do?" Eddie asked. No one knew what to tell him.
It looked like we just waited for something to happen. But really, we were thinking what to do. What do you do in a situation like this?
The air in the room was heavy and after five minutes I was starting to panic. Maybe... Maybe he didn't just use that much spirit. Or maybe he used even more. It was a creepy thought. Why didn't he wake up?!
Suddenly I felt a jolt of confusion. Just enough to fog my mind. I didn't know what it was immediately. But it was the bond.
"Something's happening," I muttered.
Then Adrian blinked his eyes. The bond was back in its full form. He sat up confused, even more than before. We all crouded around him.
"What... Oh," he said. He was about to ask what happened, but then remembered.
I jumped towards him and hugged him relieved, whispering: "I'm so sorry."
He said it was fine, of course. I knew he really meant it, but I felt guilty.
"You okay now?" he asked me. I nodded. "Sorry for being so stupid."
Now when it was over, I finally saw it clear. It had to be the effects. But, not only I was acting all crazy. Adrian also lost control a bit.
"Do you have any idea how much spirit you used?" I asked. And he was laready blocking himself from me so that I wouldn't take more effects.
"Yeah, I have a couple of ideas," he admitted. I snorted.
"You're sparkling."
He had that silver shine you get from using a lot of spirit. The last time I saw it was trought the bond, when he and Sonya Karp were comparing ex-Strigoi to dhampirs, during that research in Palm Springs. But the sparkling was practically the whole purpose back then.
Adrian scoffed. "A sparkly vampire? People, Twilight s real." I laughed.
"Hey, what even happened before? I mean, it looked like you fainted and the bond went out, but what did you feel?" I asked him. He seemed suprised.
"You didn't feel me? That's weird. Well, what happened was that... My body - or my mind, I don't really know how it works - drained all the possible power it had, and spirit took over. It was too much. I couldn't work normaly. As if the power went out," he smirked.
His face suddenly became serious again as he sat on my bed next to completely confused Eddie who didn't say a thing in a while.
As I looked at them, the two guys in my life, I realized something. Boys and girls can't be just friends. They're either crushing on eachother - or they're brothers and sisters. I almost lost a brother today.
"But do you have any idea how much effects you had to take over? I didn't have a clue how much I had it in me," Adrian said. I nodded. And that was just one of the many things I realized we had to talk about.
Later.
"So I guess the concert isn't happening?" Lissa asked. Adrian frowned. "Huh? Why not?"
"Because! You can't be out for hours after this happened!" Rose exclaimed after Lissa looked like she doesn't want to break it to us.
"Oh, god. Jailbait, you okay?" Adrian asked me. I nodded. "Good, me too. We're going," he decided. "We can't ruin the evening to everyone else because of nothing."
"YES!" I heard behind the door. Angeline opened it and revealed herself.
"How long have you been standing there?" Rose asked. We were all more amused than upset.
"A while? Enough to hear some things," she told us, weirdly proud of herself.
"Girl, we really need to teach you some manners," I laughed.
"But, I mean, we really have quite a lot to work on, guys. This, in all the ways, and the Dragomir ring thing," said Lissa.
"The what thing?" Adrian asked confused. We explained the whole thing and asked if he knew anything. He didn't.
Then Sydney also came in, wondering what took Adrian so long. I knew she was there when my big mouth guardian explained why I was being so weird. Of course being as smart as she was, she was afraid Adrian used spirit. She strictly forbidded him to, because she was just as worried as I was. But unlike me, she couldn't understand that it wasn't as easy as it seemed. Adrian... He was spirit. Spirit was him.
"It was no big deal, really. Just a bit complicated. I'll explain it later," Adrian told Sydney. Although still not feeling him because of the blocade he made, I knew he accepted the brave decision to tell her the truth.
Then, to Angeline's pleasure, we finally headed to the restaurant. She quickly took the table that was closest to the stage, although they were all moved a bit back, leaving some space in front of the stage. Little did I know why.
Even with all that's happened, we were half an hour early. We could see how the whole croud that came to watch the band slowly dropped by. We could also listen to Angeline being annoying.
Then the band finally showed up. Everyone clapped their hands and some girls shrieked. They were all acting like these guys already got ten grammys or something. I'd never even heard of them before I came here.
"Oh, my... Oh, my god, look at him! He's even more perfect than on the photo!" Angeline shrieked into my ear. She stood up and waved her hands, shrieking even more. Trey next to her rolled his eyes. I felt kind of sorry for him.
The micophone beeped and we all looked up to the stage. It beeped because the lead singer, the 'cute' one tapped it to catch our attention.
"Thanks, everyone, for your warm welcome!" he said and made people clap again.
"My name is Luke," he said and bowed down slightly, almost making Angeline swoon, and continued, pointing at the other members of the band: "And these awesome idiots are Travis, James, and The Bombastic Trashcan!"
"It's Winston!" The Bombastic Trashcan yelled from behind the drums he was playing. It sounded like he didn't say it loudly because he didn't have a mic, but I still heard him perfectly well.
"You still may call him The Bombastic Trashcan," Luke said. A few people laughed, including Angeline (Trey rolled his eyes so hard I was suprised they didn't turn around... And to think Adrian said Eddie was the jelous one). Luke had a great way with the audience.
"I see a lot of you came to see us tonight, and even though we're free, thank you very much for comming. You may have heard we've signed a record deal," he had to take a break at that for the clapping storm that took over the room again, "So the following songs are from that upcomming album!"
Everyone clapped again as the first song started. I liked it. The rythem was fast and it really was that pop-rock Olive was talking about. All the songs were like that, but every one of them was a bit different. Some of them were really making me want to dance, although I was never good at it. They were mostly love songs, and this may sound like a cliche, but I felt like every single one was about Eddie.
Then one of those teary romatic breakup songs started. There was one of those on every album, I guess. What bothered me was that all the couples around me - and I'm not only talking about our table - were hugging and kissing and cuddling...
I gave Eddie a longing look, I couldn't stop it, and noticed he was watching me too. We usually looked away, but this time our gazes locked and we were looking at eachother for the rest of the song, both of us slightly swinging in the rythem of the song.
As the last tone sounded and Luke announced the next song, I looked down and noticed Eddie's fingers were twitching. Like he wanted to hold my hand. I was kind of sorry he didn't.
Okay, a lot.
The next song was over too and that was the end of the album.
"But that doesn't mean the end of the concert!" Luke told us. "We also made a few covers. Really old, the next ones are from the sixties!"
I actually knew most of the following songs. And then, afer three of them were over...
"Now everybody, on the dancefloor!" Luke exclaimed with a face way too happy. I couldn't dance. I had no one to dance with.
That's why the tables were moved.
Lucky for me, not everyone danced. At least at the beginning. Although Sydney and Adrian were one of the first couples spinning around. They danced like profesionals, and it kind of suprised me.
But then Angeline convinced Trey, who I think was at that point just happy she still wanted him around, and Rose and Dimitri also rocked, and Christian and Lissa of course knew that dancing from some royal classes or something, and even Olive and Neil joined in the end.
And so, Eddie and I were alone at our table. No one, not even the people who came alone, were sitting anymore.
I was about to get us drinks, but then the beat got to me. I actually wanted to dance. Especially with Eddie. It looked fun, and I didn't care about making a fool out of myself. It looked nore foolish being the only person sitting anyway.
"Hey," I said. I realized he just raised his head the same moment as I did, also about to say something. How weird.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Um... Well, you see... Since everyone else is dancing... I was thinking..."
This was way more awkward than I thought.
"Funny, that's what I was thinking too. We look kinda stupid sitting here alone, huh?" he smiled.
"Mhm," I nodded quickly. "I mean... Just because everyone else."
"Sure, what other reason," he agreed.
"Let's just..." I stuttered.
"Yeah."
He stood up from his side of the table and came towards me. He offered me his hand with a heart stopping grinn, and I took it giggling. I had to watch out not to fall on our way to the other couples.
I mean, we weren't really a couple.
"And there, our last couple goes to the dancefloor!" Luke exclaimed trough an instrumental break. I felt myself blush.
"Wohoo, Jailbait, there you go!" Adrian mind-messaged me. I blushed even more.
Well, maybe Sydney and Adrian were ruling out there, but Eddie wasn't much worse, if he was. If only he had a decent dancer.
But I did feel good, spinning around in his arms. I was mostly still trying not to fall, but he took the lead and I think we looked pretty good, even with me struggeling.
Then I stepped on his foot, making both of us almost fall over. He caught his - and my - balance in the last moment.
"Oh, god, I'm so sorry," I whispered. He just chuckled. The next time it happened, I told him I'm not very good at dancing. In case he hasn't noticed yet. It happened a few more times, but always managed to stay standing. And he always just laughed it off.
We danced like that trough a few more songs. I knew most of them from the radio. The band switched trough the seventies and eighties in between.
"Okay, this is the last song!" Luke told us. Too bad, I thought. Even trough the tripping, I really had a blast.
A slow song sounded and all the couples hugged again. Those few single people sat down. Some sound that wasn't singing came trough the mic again, but I didn't hear it. I was too busy trying to decide if I should do this with Eddie or not. Would that be wrong?
In the end I decided to let him decide. But the expression on his face told me he was facing the same problem.
Then, what a coincidence, Rose and Dimitri danced from somewhere. Rose crashed into Eddie in the way that pushed him closer to me and winked at me. I held laughter back.
Eddie shrugged and put his hands on my waist, letting a warm feeling come over me. I smiled and put my hands on his shoulders. And we danced.
It was really more like shifting from one foot to another while looking into eachother's eyes and getting lost in them. But let's call it dancing. It's what everyone did.
When the chorus sounded for the last time, the warm feeling was at its best and Eddie leaned me back for a little bit. His face came closer to mine, making me feel his warm breath. His eyes were more gorgeous than ever.
My heart raced up.
"This is it," I thought. "He's finnaly going to kiss me. He changed his mind."
It was finnaly happening! We were gonna-
"This was the last song," came Luke's voice from behind us. Eddie stepped backwards and gave me an apologetic smile.
Luke also thanked everyone for comming, but I already felt my face fell. My chance was gone. It was just the romantic song. Eddie didn't even change his mind.
Honestly, I was about to cry.
The music was gone, and with nothing to dance to, our crew returend to the table. I just followed, still feeling crushed. Adrian walked past me and gave me a sympathetic smile. Sometimes I just really didn't know how he was keeping up with me and making out with Sydney at the same time.
"You two know only couples danced to the last song, right?" Christian asked Eddie and me with a smirk. He didn't seem to notice my misery. And yet, all that dissappointed, I realized I'm blushing.
Christian then moaned in pain, probably comming from someone kicking him under the table. Unlike him, they were aware of what happened, and nobody looked happy about my heart getting more broken. Fortunately, Christian realized what was the kick - whoever it came from - trying to tell him.
It soon turned out we went back to the table to get some dinner. I only ordered fries. And I didn't eat much. I didn't feel like anything.
"Hey, um..." I heard behind me. Angeline punched my shoulder with shiny eyes.
The voice that talked to me was familiar, but I didn't recognise it immediately. I turned around, suprised to realize it was Luke.
Luke, the singer. Like, actually.
"Yeah?" I asked.
I was suddenly in a better mood. Maybe it was the guy's looks, really. He was cute. Very cute, I mean. The amazing blue eyes were standing out even more than on the flier. I thought they were photoshoped, but they weren't.
His hair was in a golden brown shade that was neither light nor dark, but adorned with natural light highlights, it suited his regular Moroi pale complexion well. He was wearing it up, which brought out his perfect cheekbones and dimples when he was smiling like right now.
I could see what Angeline was digging about him.
"Could I talk to you for a second?" he asked me. His face was completely calm, like he didn't even care if I do follow him or not, but I've learned reading people enough to see his anxious body posture.
"Sure, but why?" I asked. He smiled and winked at me. "Follow me and find out."
Then he left. He was hoping for me to follow him and and I found myself in front of a problem. I didn't know what to do.
I looked around the table in hope for some help. Most of them were surprised, some amused, maybe curious.
"Guys?" I asked.
"Go!" Trey told me immediately. "Maybe he'll leave us alone."
"Go, I wanna know what he wants," Rose said with a smirk. She was one of the curious-amused ones. "But call me if he gets on your back."
I really was about to go. But before I did, I looked at Angeline. She was the one who was falling for him, and I seriously didn't want to pick a fight with her. Mostly because with her, it literally meant a physical fight. It wasn't one I could win. Or survive.
"Go, go!" she laughed. "Thanks for being thoughtful, but you're the single one here. I already have my one and only." Those words made Trey's face shine like a Christmas tree.
"Plus, I'm curious too," Angeline added.
In the end, with my heart speeding up, I glanced at Eddie too. He had a poker face on, there was no way I could guess what he was thinking. He slowly nodded at me. "Do as you please," he told me. I knew everyone was thinking how awkward this was.
I gave them a quick fake smile and followed Luke, who was leaning on the stage with an expectant look waiting for me.
"And be careful? I mean, hello?" Neil yelled behind me. It almost made me laugh. Funny Eddie didn't bring that up. All the drama about not dating me to protect me was making him forget about actually protecting me.
I think he was about to get a lesson from everyone about his not-so-love life while I'd be gone.
Luke smiled, looking kind of relieved when he saw me next to him. "I was about to think you aren't comming," he chuckled.
"I'd never miss... Whatever it is," I said with a smile. "Oh, by the way, what is it?"
"Oh. That. Well, first of all, I'm Luke," he said and held my hand shaking it.
"Yes, I know. I was at the concert," I told him. He nodded. "I saw you. I just think it's more proper this way than you hearing my name while I'm trying to impress the whole croud instead of just you."
I smirked. "Fair enough. Then you should know I'm Jill. Nice to, um, properly meet you." He shook my hand again with a smile, but suddenly stopped. He stared into my eyes gasping.
"What?" I asked kind of annoyed after almost a minute of that stare treatment, while he was limply holding my hand.
"You're that Dragomir princess, aren't you?" he asked.
At first it shocked me. Better said, scared the heck out of me. How could he know that? I mean, nobody was supposed to know. Then it hit me. He was also Moroi. I didn't have to pretend I'm human anymore. Wow, Palm Springs got to me.
Probably I was about as shocked as he was before, but I recovered quickly and rolled my eyes.
"Yes, I am the princess. Techically. I guess. But don't call me that. It annoys me. I was just a normal person for most of my life, and I still am." He gave me a naughty smile that I knew well from the other guys in my life.
"Well, too bad for you. From now on, I'm gonna call you princess. It's gonna be my cute nickname for you."
I rolled my eyes again, although I was laughing inside. Luke was an interesting guy. It was easy to talk to him.
"Whatever. May I find out why I'm here at last?" I asked. He nodded and exhaled dramatically.
"Of course, princess. Actually, well..."
He gave me what I think was the most astonishing smile he possesed and held my hands again.
"Would you like to go out with me?"
And for the second time in this conversation he shocked me. I didn't even know what to say. A voice in my head immediately told me it'd be an easy way to make Eddie jelous. But a more reasonable voice told me it wouldn't be fair to Luke.
"Wow, you're quite forward, aren't you?" I asked him. He shrugged with a smile. Now I understood why he was kind of nervous at our table and even more right now.
"So?" he asked. I sighed, trying to find a way to explain. Then a thought hit me.
"Wait, why are you even asking me out? Based on what? You don't even know me!" I exclaimed. Luke smirked.
"Yeah, that's pretty much true. But I want to know you. As mentioned, I saw you in the croud and couldn't help noticing how beautiful you are, and I knew I want to meet-"
Okay, maybe that's what all the girls wanted to hear, but I just couldn't listen to it anymore.
"So that's all you care about? The way I look? And then you excpect me to go out with you?" I asked outraged.
"No, no, no. That's not what I meant. I know I look like it, but I'm not like that. I saw you blushing, and talking to your friends, and when you so adorably awkwardly danced with your friend, you had a, you know, a kind of energy around you," he said with a brooding look that made me think he was back in that moment when he was watching me. I wouldn't believe some guy just elaborating on some stuff he was making up, but Luke looked too honest, almost in his own world. I had to tell him the truth.
I sighed. "Alright. Listen. I'm sorry, but I can't," I said. Luke bent his head.
"Yeah, I thought so when you hesitated," he said with a sad smile. He was dissappointed, about to leave.
"No, wait. Let me explain," I begged. "I like you. A lot. You're a really cute guy and an awesome person to talk to. I'm not trying to be nice. I bet you can get any girl you want. I just... You remember the guy I was dancing with?"
"Yeah," he nodded with that smile back on. I think he figured out what I was talking about.
"Well, we, um, kinda have a, hm, thing. Between us."
Luke laughed. "Yeah, I should've thought when I saw you two dance. But when he didn't kiss you in the end, I thought you weren't together."
What?
"No, we aren't!" I exclaimed. "It's just... I like him. A lot. And I know he likes me too. All our friends know. We just can't get together. We're both too shy about this and... I don't know. I really hope it works out. I think it's about to happen. Just... It's so complicated. I really don't want to hurt you. That's why I'm saying no."
Luke put his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry about me. And about him: if it's meant to be, it'll work out. If it doesn't happen, well... Then it can't be meant to be. But remember this: there's a difference between being shy and not seeing what's in front of you. If he can't appreciate you, even if it's not easy, you have to realize it and find someone who will. I dare say I'm such a guy. If he doesn't see what an amazing girl you are, he doesn't deserve you. But I'm still here. So if you change your mind..."
I was about to thank him, but he left without saying goodbye. I thought it was weird. But he came back in a blink of an eye. He took a pen out of his pocket and wrote something on an old bill paper. Then he gave it to me.
"Here, my phone number. Don't forget what I told you. And call me whenever if you change your mind. Good luck, princess," he said and left with that smile back on.
I stared behind him with my mouth open, my gaze jumping up and down from his back to the paper he gave me. In the end I squeezed it in my hand and returned to my friends.
"So?!" about half of them asked the moment they saw me. As hard as it was to keep track to everyone talking (they were still asking questions), I noticed Eddie didn't say a thing.
"Well, if you want me to tell you, then shut up and let me speak!" I exclaimed with a smile. They really did quiet down.
"Okay. Um, first I met him properly, then he guessed that I'm 'that Dragomir princess', and said he'd call me princess from now on, although I don't like that."
"That makes him sound awfully annoying," Rose scoffed.
"No, but he isn't, actually. He's easy to talk to. Well, then he, huh, he asked me out," I awkwardly finished. All eyes were suddenly on me, with all of them silent.
Of course Angeline was the first one to respond. "OMG!" she exclaimed and jumped over the table hugging me. "That's so amazing! And you didn't even need to stuff your bra!"
The table was bursting with questions again. I barely got them to calm down. It was just a super cute guy asking me out. What's the big deal?
Okay, I had to admit I was freaking out too.
"And what did you tell him?" Eddie asked. Right. The rest of them automatically thought I said yes. The question made them all look at me expectant.
"I told him that..." I gave Eddie a meaningful look, "It wouldn't be fair. Because I already like someone else."
Eddie swallowed and looked down.
"You're really tourturing him, you know," Adrian mind-messaged me. I looked at him and he gave me a piercing look. It was weird to get a message, because he was still blocking himself from me. I couldn't feel him at all, like he wasn't there, so his voice in my head came out od nowhere.
"You guys know there's an after party at the local disco, right?" he then asked with an unexpected change of subject. It was disturbing that something he said was unexpected to me.
"How would you know that?" Lissa asked, making him smirk. "What, you think all I did last night was roast myself?"
Most of us decided to go, except from Neil and Olive, who already had god know what kind of plans. Adrian and Sydney led us towards that disco like experts. I wondered if they've been in before.
The disco was modern, with all those techno looking lights shining on the stage and DJ desks all around. It was also meant for concerts. I was surprised Smoking Blue didn't perform here. They could right now, but it mostly looked like after party meant they were gonna dance the night out. I saw Luke from the other side of the room, waving at me and calling "Hey, princess!" I waved back, but didn't say anything.
I was going to just sit by the bar, drinking something until we left, but as the music sounded, my friends were at the dancefloor. Again.
Without the bond I knew Adrian was, even as a married man, made for this. Married only meant he also dragged Sydney into it. She actually liked it. At some songs they were just swinging around in each other's arms, at others partying wildly.
Trey and Angeline did similar, except that they were making out instead of the swinging. Christian and Lissa also got surprisingly caught up in the whole thing. Although, thinking back of the time Lissa spent with Avery Lazar, I could imagine her in surroundings like this. And I already knew how easy-going Christian was.
Rose and Dimitri were also in element, and Eddie... Wow. He was the life of the party. And it looked good on him. It wasn't the kind of dancing everyone was doing, he was really good at it. He had amazing moves, the kind you see in MTV videos, and it looked like it all came from his head. He almost made me drool.
Of course, I was just standing by the wall the whole time, my eyes on Eddie, probably looking all dreamy. From time to time I talked to Adrian, because there were closest to me and actually weren't making out.
That is, until they started to. I decided to give them a break. It couldn't be pleasant to have the only single girl here on your back. My generousity left me no other way to spend time than to look at Eddie again. So I was there, bored, with nothing to do for at least an hour.
"You should go to him, you know," I heard from the side. It was Adrian.
"No, I can't! You know I can't dance! You saw me before!" I exclaimed.
"So? Who cares? You were doing fine before. And he's good, he'll help you out," he replied.
"Yeah, where did he learn that? And how come is he so into this? I've never seen him like this before," I told Adrian. He nodded and dragged me behind him. "Too loud here," he said as he led me to an empty room upstairs that probably served as a room for the get-a-room couples.
"How much is there to explain?" I sighed, blinking at the sun that was comming trough a dusty window. Adrian shook his head.
"Not much. I don't know much. But the first time I met Eddie, he was a lot like me. Well, the way I used to be. It was at that ski resort, where I also met Rose. One night there was a wild party, and Eddie was at the top, like right now. Except that that one was more... Hmm. However, we were all taking shots and dancing and it was obvious he was used to parties like that. Well, then I went back to the academy with them, but Eddie was never like that after that party. Until tonight."
Wow, I never expected to hear something like that about Eddie.
"But why did he change? I mean, I also noticed that he was more relaxed with me before, but in Palm Springs he became all serious," I said.
"I know, right? I don't know what happened. But, look, if you got him to be like this, I bet you can get him to be with you too. Go take your chance while he's relaxed. He'll be happy," Adrian told me. I nodded.
"You're right. I'll do it. Thanks," I said and gave him a quick hug.
"Whenever, Jailbait," he said with a smile. "Good luck."
I got myself together with a deep breath, flipped my hair back and went back down to do it.
But the problem was that the Barbie gone bad was all over Eddie, dancing with him and... Looks like she forgot about her promise quickly.
I was about to cry again. In the end I ran into the bathroom. I managed not to let the tears win over me. Angeline convinced me into wearing make up at last, and I couldn't screw that up.
Angeline was also the one who knocked on the batroom door.
"Jill, you gotta come out! Eddie told that girl to give him a break and sent her away! You gotta go to him!" she said loudly trough the door so that I could hear her. I opened up.
"You're really all trying to set us up, aren't you?" I asked. "You don't know the half of it," Angeline smirked. "Now go!"
I wasn't even nervous anymore.
Eddie was still at the top, dancing in the middle of all those girls without seeing any. But he waved at me when he saw me comming closer.
"Hey, party boy," I smiled. He chuckled. "Hey. Wanna join me? So that this party won't be so lonely?"
I really did join him. I was actually dancing and doing pretty well. Eddie helped me and we were kind of good. A great team. I think he was holding back for me a bit, but he still looked like he was having fun.
"Where did you learn to dance like this?" I asked him once in between. He gave me a fake pitying smile.
"You have no idea what you missed leaving St. Vladimir's, do you?" he asked with a misterious smile.
I had no idea what he was talking about, but who says I left forever? I didn't decide where to go yet. Thinking'd still take me a lot of time, and I already spent hours considering the decision. I just hoped wherever I'd decide to go, Eddie'd go with me.
Well, I didn't know about the future, but we had tonight. As that song says, we might not get tomorrow. That's why Eddie and I had the night of our lives.
I decided for a pretty finish today. Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! I love you all! Oh , please, if you review, let me know what you think of Luke. And everything else ;) I think the next chapter comes in a month, probably less, but I don't want to set too short of a date. However, I hope you enjoyed.