The Untold Story of Adrian's Heart
Category: Vampire Academy
Rating: T
Description: The Vampire Academy Series from Adrian's perspective
Adrian Ivashkov sat there smoking cigarette after cigarette, thinking about everything that had happened in the past twenty-four hours. He thought about Rose the most, wondering if she was okay, if Dimitri got to her in time. He also thought about what he wanted to do about being a Spirit User. Lissa could teach him a lot and vice versa. But she was going to go back to school soon. What would he do then?
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard footsteps approaching. Adrian turned to see Reese standing in the doorway scanning the room. He saw Adrian and grinned as he made his way towards him.
“Didn’t take you for the loner type Ivashkov,” he said as he sat next Adrian. “So what are you doing here anyway? I thought you would be with that chick at the party.”
“I wasn’t really in the mood.” He knew how lame that sounded but it was true.
Reese turned to look at Adrian with his eyebrows raised. Adrian noticed his staring. “What?”
“You look like crap. Maybe you have been smoking too much. But that can’t be it, I have seen you with a lot more in your system and you haven’t looked like this. What’s on your mind?”
Adrian sighed. “Nothing you want to know.”
“Come on, you can tell me anything.” Adrian knew he didn’t ask it out of friendship only out of curiosity. Reese didn’t know about Adrian being a spirit user and he wanted to keep it that way. He grabbed for his cigarettes and lit another one.
“Shouldn’t you still be at your party?” Adrian asks trying to change the subject.
Completely distracted Reese went into detail about his party while Adrian tuned out the conversation. His thoughts returned back to Rose as he took a long drag from his cigarette. He watched the clouds that the smoke formed.
“So when do you think we will go back?” Reese asked.
A moment later Adrian replied; “I’m not going back, at least not this semester.” The moment Adrian said it he knew that it was the right choice for him.
“What do you mean?” Reese asked, puzzled.
“I’m going to take some time off…sort some stuff out.”
“But what will you do?”
Adrian paused. “I don’t know yet.”
“Gee your dad is going to be pissed when he finds out,” Reese said with a smirk on his face.
Adrian shrugged. “Honestly, I think he stopped caring a long time ago.”
Reese laughed. “Well as entertaining as this is, I have a party to get back to.” Reese patted Adrian on the back as he got up and left the room.
Reese’s visit didn’t make Adrian feel any better. If it did anything it made him feel worse. The question of what he needed to do was eating away at him. Normally he was fine with not knowing what was going to happen but this time it was different.
Sick of sitting there feeling sorry for himself, he got up, put out his cigarette and left through the same door Reese left through. He walked around the lodge in no particular direction, just kept moving.
He walked down a random corridor and looked up when he heard voices.
“Do you think we are going back to school soon?”
It was the same group of girls that he followed only hours ago. Seems like days. This time there was only two of them.
“The guardians are freaking out about something so I think we are.”
“Why do you think that?”
They paused as they watched Adrian walk by.
“I don’t know, I am just getting this vibe off them that something isn’t right”
“How can you tell? They are so serious all the time”
“Yeah but lately that have been acting too serious”
“Well my mum has been freaking out since the last attacks. If we do go back she will probably stay a couple weeks there in the guest rooms to make sure I am still alive”
“That sucks…”
Adrian was out of earshot but he heard enough. People can stay as guests at the academy? His thoughts were interrupted when a girl ran right into him. He looked down to see Lissa.
“What are you doing here?” Lissa asked. “Never mind that, they found Rose!”
Adrian frowned. “What?”
“They found Rose. Apparently they were trapped in a basement for days. Strigori were torturing them and everything.”
“Seriously?”
“Yes, and they should be arriving back any second. Come, let’s go wait out the front for them.”
Adrian paused. “You go ahead, I will meet you there.”
Not caring, Lissa rushed down the hallway towards the front of the lodge. Adrian watched as he leaned against a close by wall. He knew what he needed to do. He was going to stay at Rose’s school and learn Spirit with Lissa. Maybe I can get Rose in the process. He walked towards the entrance of the lodge.
When he reached the front he looked out a window and watched from a distance as a car pulled in. when it stopped Dimitri got out the car and went around and got out Rose.
The look on Rose’s face would be imprinted in Adrian’s brain for the rest of his life. Even though he was far away he could see the emptiness of Rose’s eyes. He had seen that look before and it could only mean one thing. She had witnessed death. But that wasn’t what freaked Adrian out the most. Even though he had smoked half a packet of cigarettes, he could see her aura perfectly. The shadows had doubled. He wasn’t sure if it was because of the feelings of grief or if it was something else. He hoped it was the first option.
He watched as Lissa came sprinting towards her and pulled her into a hug. Rose’s face remained expressionless, her eyes full of grief. Not being able to look at her sadness any longer he did something stupid; he looked at Dimitri. Whatever grief Rose was feeling, Dimitri’s worry for her overpowered it. It freaked out Adrian.
What had happened?