Drabble:49
POV:Third Person
"So, she's gone." Adrian stated as he stepped into Rose's room, holding a wrapped present in his hands.
Christian glanced up at his entrance, then back to his girlfriend, who was weeping in Rose's bed, her pillow tightly gripped to her chest. Christian continued brushing his hand through her platinum hair, trying to soothe Lissa. Adrian gazed at her as he strolled over to Rose's desk, dropping the gift and his coat on the messy floor.
"How-how could she?", Lissa sniffled, sitting up and fixing Adrian with her bloodshot, jade-eyes. "How could she leave me-me?"
Adrian and Christian exchanged a look, fully knowing why Rose had left. They had a momentarily silent conversation, deciding who would be better-suited to tell Lissa why her best friend had left. Lissa, noticing their exchange, scrutinized their auras. Then, she thought about their past behaviour around Rose and-
"You knew", she realized, glancing accusingly between the two. The boys exchanged another look before Adrian sighed.
"Yeah, we knew", he confirmed, leaning against the desk.
"But how?", Lissa questioned, rubbing her hand over her puffy eyes. "Did she-did she tell you?"
"She didn't have to", Adrian explained. "It was quite obvious, with their behaviour-"
"Their behaviour?", Lissa interjected, wide-eyed now. "You mean that he-."
"Yes, Liss", Christian interrupted gently. "Him too."
Lissa mulled in silence, thinking over the day's revelations and going over past interactions between her best friend and could-be-guardian. How he had freaked out when she'd been taken down by the bench, how she always ran to him whenever she had a problem, how he'd always be there whenever Rose ended up in the hospital….Lissa had always chalked that to hero-idolation on Rose's part and mentory-affection on Dimitri's. But this…..this certainly changed things…
"I've known since the ski lodge.", Adrian continued. "And Christian, he's known since what? Last two months?" Christian nodded in agreement before speaking. "Adrian called me out on it; he read it in my aura, apparently. Since then, we've both kept an eye on the two."
"I'm such an idiot", Lissa moaned, burying her face in her hands.
"No, you're not", Christian said, rubbing his hand across her back. "Rose was just too good at hiding this. And don't even get me started on Belikov. Took me ages to figure out how he really felt."
"What I don't get, cousin", Adrian frowned, a bit perplexed. "Is how you didn't figure it out? You can read auras pretty well. And she's your best-friend. So why couldn't you?"
"I never thought that…..", Lissa trailed off, lost in thoughts. "Why didn't she tell me? I'm supposed to be her best-friend!"
"She couldn't. Neither of them could. You always came first. And now that he's gone", Adrian sighed, staring out Rose's window. "It's best that she's gone away. Now she can heal and come back all better"
"Oh, so you don't know", Lissa said in a small voice. Both boys paid undivided attention to her now. "She hasn't left to heal. She's gone to ki-kill him. She won't rest until she has, or he gets her."
Lissa looked on calmly as Adrian and Christian exchanged horrified looks, reflecting on Rose's-birthday-from-hell.
Christian regretted not being able to stop her, to help her. Who better knew about losses and coping than him? Adrian regretted falling for her charms, and letting her slip through his hands. And Lissa felt trapped in a nightmare, unable to wake up….Rose was gone…..Her Rose had left…..for him. And Lissa couldn't even hate him, he'd been far too good for that. All she could do now was pray. I need you, Rosie. Please come back.
Almost to 50! As a treat here's a teaser from my intended 50th drabble. But don't forget to review this one. Cheers!
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…"Hell, I'll even throw in a fainting fit, if it makes you happy."
"Don't faint on me", Dimitri attempted to remain serious...
…"Okay, then. I'll go into hysterics, okay?"
"Deal.", Dimitri replied, smiling that handsome smile of his….
to be continued…Any ideas what's going on?