An Unexpected Romance

 

Chapter 2: 

RPOV

I stayed at the table with my friends for a little while longer before we were practically kicked out of the dining hall. Lissa and I were about to go our own way and the boys theirs when we ran into my mother. Inwardly I groaned she was the last person I wanted to see to day. I was in the best of moods and I was pretty sure she was going to ruin it.

Not even waiting till we were in private she got right to the point. "Are you hanging around Adrian Ivashkov?"

Not really in the mood to deal with her I decided to go with the truth, "I just met him last night."

"I want you to stay away from him Rosemarie." she told me sternly

"For the past twelve years of my life I have been making my own decisions." my mother dropped me like a hot potato when I was five, she left me in the care of the academy. "And you want to start making them for me?" I asked her turning angry. "I don't need you to suddenly start caring about the decision I make in my life. So please just leave me the hell alone." with that I just left her standing there pulling Lissa along with me.

When we got back to the room I was still shaking from my anger. The nerve of that woman! I mentally shouted to myself. She has no right to just waltz into my life and think she can start changing who I am and what I decided.

"You alright Rose?" Lissa asked me, I had almost forgot she was there I was fuming. If there is one person that could really get under my skin it was my mother.

"I'll be fine I just need to get some fresh air." With that I left the room and out to the porch were I met Adrian last night though I didn't know I was going here till I stepped out on the porch.

As soon as the cool air hit me begun to calm down, than I smelled clove cigarettes and all my anger was washed away.

"Hey little dhampir," his voice was like velvet. "You okay?"

"I am now." I told him as turned to smile at him. He dropped the cigarette and put it out under his shoe as he pulled me into his side.

"Well the way you came bursting through that door, something had to bother you. Mind telling what it was?"

"My mother." I said with a bitter edge to my voice.

"Ah, what did she say to you?"

"To stay away from you. But I don't know what it is about you, I just can’t stay away."

A smile spread across Adrian face, "Little dhampir I feel the say way.”

"I do hope you are telling the truth Adrian, I'm taking a chance with you I have been warned twice about your reputation and I doubt it would be the last. But I am willing to look beyond your reputation. But I will not necessarily go into this blindly."

"Little dhampir, was that a subtle way of saying you will kick my ass if I ever messed up?"

"You said it I didn't, but I'm glad you caught the hint." I said smiling up at him. He just laughed.

I'm pretty sure that whatever we are feeling isn't exactly love right now, but it has enough meaning in it for us to be together, maybe even enough for me to forget Dimitri since he would be leaving me soon to go be Tasha Ozera's Guardian. But when the time came I knew I would have Adrian here with me to make me forget it all. With that thought I laid my face on his chest and enjoyed the mountain view with him.

"Little dhampir I think it is time for me to prove to you I didn't just come here for the scenery."

"What do you mean?"

"Time to show you I actually do know how to ski"

APOV

While I left Rose to get ready to go skiing, I thought about what she said to me on the porch. I was done with my playboy days when I saw her on the porch yesterday. I didn't instantly realized it but I noticed it now. I usually would have had my attention consumed by one of many of the beautiful woman in the lodge but their beauty was marred to me. I didn't find myself attracted to any of them, in less than twenty-four hours Rosemarie Hathaway had altered my entire being. Her heart was one I didn't plan on breaking or leaving. I smiled at that thought as I slipped on my gear and grabbed my ski's.

"You ready to get your ass handed to you, Ivashkov?" she asked me when we met up on the porch.

"Little dhampir I think it is your ass that will be handed to you." I said laughing.

I had to hand it to Rose she was good, almost real competition. But I was better, seemed like the only thing I would have the upper hand in, in this relationship. Well at least I hoped it was a going toward the direction of a relationship. I thought of this as I watched her do insanely impossible moves skiing. I had to give it to Rose she didn't do anything lightly. When she wanted to push the envelope she did so with no second thought. Probably why her friend Mason was limping. Even I wasn't to sure I wanted to copy her moves. But I wasn't about to get my ass handed to me by a girl and have to eat my own words. That sure in Hell wasn't happening today. So every insane move she made I repeated with out a second thought. And she did the same for my wicked moves. The girl got spirit, that might be why shes so..appealing to me...

As we were making our way back to the lodge both of use insanely tired, we ran into a group of her friends. Much to my dislike, Mason was among them, the kid still had jealously coming off of him. The effect from my cigarettes were long worn out hours ago during the time I was skiing with Rose.

"Hey guys, was-sup?" Rose asked them when they stopped in front of us.

"Heard you and Lord Ivashkov were doing some pretty sick skiing. Thought we see for ourselves. And see if we could team up" Eddie told her.

"Please call me Adrian." I told him. "And I wish I could but I have dinner plans tonight with my father." the last part made me roll my eyes.

"It will have to be tomorrow Eddie I'm beat. Adrian was giving me a run for my money."

"Well tomorrow it is. And I hope you are up to it Adrian."

"More than you know." I said smilingly, than I turned my attention back to Rose, "Ready to go little dhampir?" I asked her as I extended my hands towards her, she took it without hesitation.

"Yeah."

I lead Rose back to her room and kissed her lightly on her lips, and bid her a goodnight than I was off to my room to clean up and get ready for the dinner with my father that I was absolutely dreading. Apparently he was trying to set up my network so when I finally decided to grow-up I would be able to take over the family affairs. I rolled my eyes at that thought as I passed a fairly tall dhampir. If I had been strigoi I would fear him. His eyes seemed to narrow when the landed on me. And his aura showed he absolutely did not like me. This man must've known who I was. That thought made me laugh a little to myself. Where ever I go my reputation seemed to follow me. But I was going to make damn sure it didn't mess up what I was experiencing with Rose. I was going burn the little black book and take my flirting down to very low levels. If I was going to show Rose I wasn't whatever one thought I was I was going to have to prove it. And I planned on doing just that.