Bitter Blood

Declaration
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters mentioned herein.
"Vasilissa! Pay attention!" He teacher reprimanded and Lissa blinked lightly apologising and sighing softly wondering faintly how she would tell her boyfriend, though she figured he might already know. It was true that they held suspicions, but they had been unconfirmed until now.
What would have been worse was telling Adrian, there was no knowing how the male would react. Lissa was in fact more frightened to tell Adrian and the royal court than her boyfriend. She wondered faintly what all expecting a women think at some point. I wonder if it'll be a boy or a girl? Will it look like it's father? She sighed softly as she contemplated the possibilities. Sighing softly as she glanced to the paper, realizing only just then that the teacher had handed out a test and that it was almost time to leave. She sucked in a deep breath, practically scrambling to calculate the answers.
Mere moments later the bell rang out liberating the students classes for the day, or rather the afternoon. Lissa moving to the front of the room, hurried handing in the test and leaving the room in a flurry of anxiety.
She was getting too distracted by this whole pregnant deal, she decided with a small sigh. Glancing up as she heard her name being called.
"Lissa! Lissa!" It was Christian, he looked to her having finally caught up.
" Liss, are you alright...? You seem upset " He said a little breathless and looked a little relieved when she nodded though concern still shone in his eyes. She smiled a little looking to him lacing her fingers through his and leaning up to kiss him on the cheek.
" It'll be alright Christian..." She stated looking to him reassuringly, though trying to reassure herself more than anything. Glancing to him as they walked out in to the warm early summer air.
"Christian, I need to talk to you...why don't we take a walk..." She suggested steering him off the path.
Sometime later they ended up where they always end up when they needed to be alone together. The attic over the chapel, Lissa looked around almost grimly, glancing to her boyfriend when he looked to her after having lit some candles. Casting a soft glow over his features.
"So Liss, is this what I think it's about?" He inquired softly looking to her. Lissa nodded a little speaking softly.
"Yes...I'm pregnant..." She said almost hesitantly. Whatever response she'd imagined she didn't get, Christian looked to her almost sadly pulling her to him, stroking her hair.
"I'm so sorry Liss...this is my fault..." He said pressing his face into her hair lightly inhaling her scent sighing softly. Lissa stiffened a little an made a small indignant noise before stating.
"Christian...it wasn't you it was the both of us..." She said softly wrapping her arms around his waist, burying her face in his chest, the two standing there whispering between themselves. Speaking out their concerns, the two holding each other still know sitting leaning against a box though.
"So, how are we uh, going to tell everyone else? " He murmured softly glancing to her. Lissa glanced to him "Well, Rose already knows...but as for the school and the royal court...I have no honest idea...at some point I will have to withdraw though and I suppose then would be when they found out..." She said softly.
He blinked looking to her " Rose already knows?" He questioned lightly, watching her nod. Blinking lightly as he caught the scent of salt water and a tear rolling down her cheek. He brushed it away with his hand. " Lissa..." He said softly and she looked to him.
"Christian, this is utterly life changing for the next eighteen years of our lives we are responsible for another person..." She said softly glancing up to him.
"Liss, I already told you, that I will be here no matter what happens...even if crazy psychopaths come along and try to kill you, even if your pregnant...hell Liss, even if you didn't want me I would still love you..." He said looking to her holding her close and kissing cheek.
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Rose sighed softly trekking across campus after having finished her extra training with Alberta. Sighing softly brushing sweat off her brow, moving towards the dhamphir housing. Blinking a little as she heard a familiar voice call out.
"Rose! Rose, have you seen Lissa?" It was Adrian, moving towards her cigarette in hand. She backed off a step at the smoke making a face a the heady scent of the cloves. Blinking a little.
"Aren't you supposed to be with Lissa? You should be smoking either you know it dulls spirit..." she said frowning a little and Adrian sighed a little.
" I've been looking for her for close to an hour...so I gave up and decided she wasn't showing...Do you know where she is?" He inquired quirking a brow and Rose reached for the link immediately and was sucked into Lissa's brain almost immediately. Rather unwillingly glancing around she recognized the settings, and all but slammed herself out of the situation not want to be anywhere near the two while they were in the attic knowing what they often did.
Glancing to Adrian blinking a little " Erm...Lissa flaked on you Adrian, sorry...She just has a lot on her mind..." She said quickly coming up with an excuse for her best friend. Adrian's eyebrows scrunched together briefly confusion flashing across his face a brow shooting up.
"I thought she had taken that test today..." He commented recallling the earlier excuse given for her best friends anxiety. She sighed softly looking to Adrian, who flashed her a charming grin.
"Well Rose would you mind staying with me tonight instead to keep me company perhaps?" He suggested looking to her grinning a little.
Rose smiled a little looking to hit and guilt struck her a little. She'd been lying to Adrian too much lately she supposed she could give him some of her time after all she had promised him that she would give him a chance after her martyr-esque trek across Russia to hunt down and kill Dimitri only to fail.
She looked to him giving him a flirtatious grin, " Sure...just let me get showered first...I just out of the gym..." she said and he nodded a little, taking another drag off his cigarette.
"Meet me inside the visitors dorm in a half an hour..." He said flashing her that charming smile that almost sent her heart a flutter and probably would have had she not been so love lorn as of late.
Killing the only man you thought you'd ever love take a lot out of a teenage girl, vampire or not. She turned moving off towards the dorm pulling her hair out of it's sleek ponytail shivering a little as the sweat soaked hair plastered itself to the back of her neck. Moving up to her room quickly, and moving into the shower scouring her sweaty body with soap and washing her hair thoroughly. Stepping out wrapped in a towel, grabbing her brush to pull it through her hair. Sighing softly and pulling clothes from her closet, a pair of jeans that showed off her hips and legs and a tank top, red of course. Wrapping the chotki around her wrist and putting on the nazar her mother had given her. Getting dressed quickly enough and moving to blow dry her hair loving that she actually had time to do something with it other than whip it back into a sleek ponytail and leave it down. Pulling back her hair above the ear, leaving the rest down smiling a little. Slipping into shoes with five minutes remaining before she had to meet Adrian and she burst through the doors and almost sprinted across campus. Glad that Dimitri had made her run all those laps now, a small tinge made her promise herself that as she ran up the path to the visitors dorms she wouldn't think of Dimitri anymore tonight, if only to be fair to Adrian.
Rose smiled a little noting that Adrian was already waiting for her. She moved up to the door, pulling it open and smiling faintly when Adrian looked up shooting her that charming smile.
He smiled a little "Come Little Dhamphir..." He said turning and leading the way back to him room. Rose hesitated a little but followed him anyhow. Moving down the hall and pausing in front of his door he stopped a moment to unlock it before moving in. Rose following him cautiously, looking around before she noticed the small entertainment system that had been moved into the room.
Adrian turned handing her a stack of movies, " Go ahead and pick one..." He said and she blinked a little not seeing a couch moved to sit on his bed. Shuffling through the movies, Titanic, How to lose a Guy in 10 days, It's Complicated...Rose blinked a little noticing all the movies seemed to be romances til she got down to the last few. Hannibal, The Dark Night, Sherlock Holmes, The Departed. Glancing up as she noticed Adrian staring at her, handing him her selection and he smiled a little almost knowingly. Was she really that predictable? She wondered faintly as he set up the DVD then moved to lounge on the bed near her.
She glanced to him almost unexpectedly, an he glanced to her, quirking a brow before turning back to the brow. Rose sighed envying his ability to do that, just as she had envied - She cut her thought off there mentally berating herself.
Turning her attention back to the movie she lounged across the bed on her stomach her legs up and twined together. Watching as the opening action sequence broke out, watching the action on the screen. Somewhere about halfway through the movie she found herself leaning against Adrian's shoulder smiling a little sighing softly and he glanced to her smiling a little. Leaning down a little lips brushing across her forehead.
Rose was almost surprised blinking a little, looking to him before flashing the grin that seemed to draw the boys in. Leaning in her lips brushing his before he leaned in his hand at her neck. A jolt of liquid heat flared through her, and she gasped softly into the kiss it was almost as good as kissing Dimitri.
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