I opened the door silently and walked to the kitchen. I saw Christian asleep on the lounge and gently shook him awake.

" What's going on?" Christian mumbled, voice heavy from sleep.

" Go upstairs to bed because it's not good for you to be sleeping on the couch," I replied softly.

" I need a drink before going back to bed Rose," Christian murmured before getting up and following me to the kitchen.

A comfortable silence fell between us as we walked side by side, I gently pushed the door as not to make a sound (instincts when at night) and we silently slipped into the kitchen. One too many Strigoi attacks have made us wary, Christian and I seemed to have been together nearly all the times they went after him and so being who I am I helped to protect him and we helped in the all-out general fight. I moved to go in more but a hand on my shoulder stopped me. I turned to Christian to see him looking ahead of me and I turned to see what caught his gaze, once I did I regretted the sight instantly.

" What if someone comes in?" Lissa asked.

The man looked at her and shrugged before resuming his previous actions. Lissa glared at him and he stared at her before sighing.

" We'll deal with it if the need arises but other than that we should still see each other," the man said.

And for the first time I saw some colour to identify him, blonde hair hanging just past his ears and styled in a 'I'm-so-hot' way that many Moroi boys did because they were conceited.

" I know the voice but I can't place it," I whispered in Christian's ear and he nodded agreeing with me too.

We turned back just as the man stood I saw his face, my jaw dropped and I pulled Christian away from them and the house. We ended up in the gym and we sat down on the sparring mats.

" I can't believe she would do that," Christian whispered brokenly.

I pulled him into a hug and he rested his head on my shoulder and wrapped his arms around me. I kept shushing him for awhile before his sobs slowly stopped with the occasional hiccup.

" I know who it was she is with," I said slowly searching Christian's face for any reaction.

" Who?" he asked blankly.

" Jesses Zeklos," I answered.

Christian's shoulders slumped and I pulled him again into another hug but this time we ended up on the floor. I giggled at our current position, which made Christian flush in embarrassment before joining me in laughing. We stayed laughing on the floor for several minutes before he suddenly leaned close to me and kissed me. Shocked I didn't respond and he kept on kissing me. After a few seconds of shock I reciprocated.

That night I did something I thought I would never do, I slept with my ex best friends ex-boyfriend. When morning came we left the gym and by unspoken agreement decided to never talk about it. We parted, him to see Dimitri and ask if he could stay with him for a while, and me to my room that I shared with Adrian. I opened the door and walked to our bedroom to shower and dress in different clothes, I slipped in silently and almost screamed.

Adrian lay on the bed, no clothes or covers on, with a girl beside him. She was blonde that much I could tell. I started to shake as tears leaked out from the corners of my eyes, I calmly and silently walked over to my closet and took out my suitcase. Packing with all of the clothes that I own and none of the ones that Adrian bought me I filled the suitcase. Next came my toiletries and underwear. Everything else I filled into four boxes calling downstairs I asked for a trolley to be sent up and that arrived a few minutes later. Loading everything I left, leaving my key behind with a very short note.