Rose

I woke up the next day with my bed sheets stuck on my face. I guess I cried so hard that my tears became somewhat like glue. Usually, I would have laughed at my own jokes, but right now, I just want to cry.

I hesitantly pulled myself out of bed and got ready for practice with Alberta. The whole time during training, I didn't say a word. Just nod and do whatever she said to do. She looked at me sympathetically. I guess Lissa had said a few things without whispering.

During lunch I ate alone in my room. I didn't feel like sitting in the cafeteria only to listen to the gossip and see all the people staring because they had just heard: "The Dragomir Heiress and The Top Guardian-to-be are no longer friends." I just can't handle it. I heard the first bell ring and hurried out of my dorm to Slavic Art class.

As soon as I got to class, I ran to the seat that is all the way in the back where no one will see me. The rest of the class came in and I noticed Lissa and Diandra sat all the way in the front. They were smiling and talking. I felt like my heart was breaking. Diandra is sitting where I usually sit, with Lissa. Tears were forming in my eyes and it took nearly all of my self-control not to let them fall. Lissa and I would be giggling and talking during the first few minutes of class, like how she and Diandra are right now.

I know what you're thinking. I should feel like shit because what I did was rude and just plain bitchy.

Before the bell rang, I pulled out my phone and quickly texted Lissa.

Me: Lis, I'm sorry about the way I acted before. It was very rude, I know. I'm very sorry. I'll try to apologize to Diandra too. I'm very sorry. I was just tired. It was wrong of me to snap at you guys like that.

I looked up and saw her taking out her phone. She quickly sent a reply, then closed her phone.

Lissa: I really don't wanna talk right now.

I looked up and saw she was in a heated discussion with Diandra. For a brief moment they turned to me, then back to each other. I texted her again.

Me: Fine.

The bell rang and I put my phone back into my backpack.

Class today was okay. As soon as the last class finished, which for me was Stan, I quickly ran out of his room and to the gym. Alberta was nowhere in site and I quickly ran into the locker rooms to change. When I got out of the locker room wearing my regular workout clothes, which is just a tight fitting T-shirt and shorts, Dimitri was there instead of Alberta.

He was sitting on the floor reading one of this damn Western novels. I smiled and walked over to him. "Hey." I greeted as I dropped my bag down on the ground. He looked up and smiled.

He got up and hugged me tight, which I also did, and kissed my lips lightly. I kissed back. "I missed you." He smiled.

"I missed you too." I looked into his eyes. "Why were you gone so long?" I pouted.

He let me go and bit his bottom lip. "Some things just needed help…"

I raised an eyebrow; something is up. "Like?"

He looked away. "Rose…" He paused. What the heck?

"What 'things'?" I demanded. "Just tell me."

He looked up at me. "I ran into Tasha at Court." I kept my composure. Okay, that doesn't seem too bad?

"Okay… Anything else?" I asked.

He bit his lip harder and I tapped my foot impatiently. "She's pregnant; 6 weeks." My eyes widened and I smiled.

"Oh my God!" I squealed. "That's great! Whose the lucky dad?"

"I am." My face dropped. What? He looked into my eyes as I froze. He can't be the dad. He's been with me for the past five months. Well, two and a half if you don't count the time he was… at Court.

I glared at him. "You cheated on me." He opened his mouth to say something but I grabbed my bag and ran out and back to my dorm.

As soon as I reached my door, I opened it and slammed it. I dropped my stuff on the floor somewhere and jumped into my bed. I cuddled my face into my pillow and cried my eyes out.

First, I lose Lissa and possibly my other friends; all because of a stupid ass mistake. And now, I lost the man I love because he couldn't keep it in his pants and now he has a fucking kid coming into this world and it isn't mine.

I'm losing everyone I love and it's my fault and I can't do anything to stop it. If only I had been a better friend, maybe I would still have Lissa with me. And Dimitri, if I hadn't told him it was okay for him to go to Court, maybe he wouldn't have cheated on me with Tasha.

I cried for a while. As soon as I felt like blood was coming out instead of tears, I got up and went into my bathroom. I saw my reflection in the mirror and saw that my hair was messy from lying on the bed, my lips were swollen from biting them as I cried, and my eyes. Oh God, my eyes were bloodshot and I was right about some blood coming out. I quickly turned on the faucet and splashed some water on my face then turned it off and put some lip gloss on to hide the fact my lip was really swollen.

I got out of the bathroom and looked at the wall clock above my closet to see that it was almost Dinner time. I placed my hand on my stomach and it automatically grumbled. I got my school card and cell phone and went out the door.

As I was passing the Quad, I saw that I had a new text. I opened it to see it was from Lissa.

Lissa: Rose, what you did was really rude. She's your own cousin! How can you say that? You know how she misses her mom? Why couldn't you be nice to her? You're always mean to her. I know you don't have a dad either, but that's different. And me, I'm your best friend and how dare you snap at me like that? You never think of anyone else but yourself!

I scoffed and replied.

Me: Excuse me? I know it was rude, but I apologized. And, FYI, has she told you her mom wanted her to stay with her but she said no because she told her mom she hates her? And, I'm sorry for not being nice but you guys know how I am when I'm tired. And, how is it different? Her mom is at least trying to talk to her. I don't even know where my dad is. And, I'm sorry I snapped at you, but I didn't give you any attitude. And, how is it different, Lissa? You don't know her like I do Lissa. And, I'm not thinking of myself. I've always done shit for you without asking for anything in return. Haven't you noticed that? Or, weren't you listening to me at all?

Not a minute later did she reply back.

Lissa: Maybe I don't know you and maybe I didn't listen to you.

I held back a sob and turned off my phone. I sat down on one of the benches and was glad no one else was around. Some of the Guardians, Teachers, and Students were inside the Café already, but I couldn't go in yet.

How could she say that? She's supposed to be my best friend. We've been through everything together. I know her like the back of my hand and yet, she couldn't even take the time to get to know me? And, why doesn't she see all the stuff I did for her? I saved her life numerous times. I've put her life over mine the whole time we knew each other. Why didn't she see that?

"Hey, Rose. What's up?" I looked up to see Adrian looming over me.

I smiled. "Hey, Rian." He sat down next to me and looked at me funny. "What?"

"Your aura looks off." He frowned. "Is something up?"

I sighed. "Yeah, but I rather not talk about it." He nodded. He pulled out his phone and texted something. I looked over to his phone. "And, who are you texting?"

He smiled. "Aunt Tatiana. She wants me to come over Sunday." I nodded.

"That sounds like fun."

He smiled wider. "She says I can bring you along." I raised an eyebrow. "She knows about the Scarface and Dimhead…" I frowned and nodded.

"Sure, I'll come." He texted her again and put his phone back in his pocket.

"So, is that why you look so glum?"

I shrugged. "Half of it at least." He nodded and looked away.

I pouted. "Aww, come on. I'll tell you some day." I smiled.

He pouted. "But, I want you to tell me now."

I rolled my eyes. "You're 21, not 12, right?"

He scoffed. "Duh. Do you really think I would be this sexy if I was 12?" He shrugged. "Not that I wasn't already sexy when I really was 12."

I laughed. "Nice ego, Ivashkov."

He smiled. "At least it got you to smile and laugh for real."

I laughed more at his cheesiness until I heard voices say, "Hi Adrian!" Very cheerfully, might I add.

I looked up to see it was Lissa and Diandra who said it. They were with Lissa's mom, Mrs. Dragomir, didn't even spare a glance at me; Only Rhea looked at me. He cocked an eyebrow and waved at them.

"Hi, Mrs. Dragomir." I waved at Rhea.

She smiled and waved back. "Hi, Rose." She looked at Lissa who was already near the entrance to the Café. "Vasya, it's Rose. Aren't you gonna hang out with her?"

She turned around and finally looked at me. She gave me a disgusted look, shook her head, then rolled her eyes and walked into the Café. I looked at Rhea and she just shrugged her shoulders. Seems like Princess didn't tell her own parents.

Adrian sighed and got up. "Come on, I'm hungry and I know you are too." I nodded and got up and we both went into the Café to get Dinner.

I got chicken soup and he got lasagna. We sat at the back table. Viktoria joined us a few minutes later.

"Sorry, everywhere was full and I figured you needed more than just Adrian's company."

He rolled his eyes. "She doesn't hate me that much, ya know?"

She shrugged at looked at me sympathetically. "Have you talked to her?"

I nodded. "We texted, but she's still mad."

"Well, what happened?"

I told her and Adrian the full story basically. Adrian's eyes widened when I got to the part about Lissa while Viktoria's face froze when I told her about Dimitri.

"Wait, so my brother got the Ozera girl pregnant?" I nodded.

She growled. "Shit, she's a homewrecker." I shrugged. Oh well, that's what he wanted. She shook her head and sighed, "So, Lissa won't even talk to you anymore?"

I nodded. "I guess you can say that."

Viktoria frowned. "Well, hopefully this blows over soon and you two work it out. Winter break is starting Friday, and it would really suck if we went through the Holidays like this."

I nodded. I looked up and saw that Dimitri was marching his way over here and boy was he glaring. When he reached our table, he slapped me across the face.

Adrian stood up. "What the fuck, Belikov?"

I was still fazed out because of the impact of the slap and couldn't respond. All I could do was look up and cup my cheek.

Dimitri glared down at me. "How can you fucking do that? Huh? You called someone elses's mom a slut, and she's your own fucking cousin! If anyone's a slut, it's you!"

I felt my eyes water. Viktoria stood up and slapped her brother. "Oh, she's a slut? She didn't steal someone's boyfriend but sleeping with him and getting knocked up! And yeah, that may have been rude, but Rose is not a slut unlike you and Tasha, who are the very definition of the word. Why, if Mama were here to see this-"

Adrian quickly rushed to my side and dragged me out of there so I couldn't get involved much longer. He walked me back to his room where I spent the night crying into his chest and he hugged me tightly. He kept quiet the whole time, which I was thankful for, but the whole time I was wishing he was Lissa instead.

So, this is Chapter 2. Don't give Adrian a hard time! My Adrian, I mean. He didn't cheat on me. But, I had to get Dimitri into this story somehow. Everything is true in this story, except for Dimitri cheating on Rose. Adrian didn't cheat on me. Besides, he would have his nuts cut off if he did. The Adrian in this story is portraying my best guy friend, Jon. Anyway, say thank you to Adrian again since he's the one posting this up!

And, Thanks babe for posting all my stuff! I love you forever and always! 33

You better JuJu! :) I love you too. And I'd never cheat on you, not because I'm scared, but because I love you way to much. If I'm scared of anything, it's because I'm scared of losing you. And if that asshole slapped you, I'll get him back for it. :) I love you JuJu! And you're welcome everyone for, yet again, posting this(: