Hey guys, I kind of wanted to make up for such a crappy chapter last week so this one I think is my second longest chapter ever… hopefully they will get a little longer than this when more drama is added. Thank you so much to all my followers and reviewers. I love you guys!

DPOV:

This sucks.

It's been a week since the kiss and Rose has been avoiding me like the plague. It's been so bad I don't even think I've seen her at all except during her class... And barely then.

She's come in late almost every day since last Thursday and even though I'm not entirely surprised, it still hurt.

Every day I go through the same useless effort to try to talk to her and she either ignores me or listens to me with that guarded and detached look in her eye.

I can't believe she's being so stubborn.

Of course, when she does actually end up coming to class, she, Adrian, and Lisa just talk the entire time and have all started up that dreaded writing before class.

I still haven't figured out how they manage to do that but I am determined to find out... As soon as Rose starts talking to me again.

The clock just struck 7:20 and I was so glad it was Friday, and a little upset considering I was hoping on making more progress with Rose this week.

The class came in one by one until the final bell rang at 7:25.

Silently, everybody took out their notebooks and started copying down today's prompt. There were two empty seats next to Lissa and even though this didn't seem to faze her, it bothered me.

I knew she was with that Ivashkov kid and I didn't know where they were or what they were doing. I accepted from the first day I saw her that I wouldn't be able to control her, but I didn't like not knowing where she was... I couldn't help it, I loved her.

I kept looking up at the clock as I graded yesterday's papers. The time went by so slowly.

7:35

7:45

8:00

8:20

Finally, at 8:25 (5 minutes before the end of this class), Rose and Adrian came strolling in the room. They were laughing and seemed unaffected by their extreme tardiness.

"Mr. Ivashkov, Ms. Hathaway! Thank you so much for finally gracing the class with your lovely presence. May I ask where you were when you were supposed to be in my class?" Even though it killed me to yell at Rose, if I let this slip the students may a) think it is alright if they do it and b) get the wrong idea.

"Sorry, Mr. Belikov," Rose answered, sarcasm dripping from her voice. "What are you going to do, give me detention?" She continued with a wink.

It took me a minute to absorb what she had just said. I was extremely surprised that she even mentioned detention in class.

"I would like to see you and Mr. Ivashkov after class, which is in about... 2 minutes."

"Great." They both answered in unison and laughed, sitting down next to Lissa and taking out some papers.

I'd bet my life savings that those papers are the work for today's class.

The bell rang signaling the end of class and everyone came up to my desk and dropped off their papers as usual. Just as I thought, Adrian and Rose put some papers in the pile as well, and then sat down in two of the desks in the front row.

Rose was whispering something to Adrian and a realization washed over me... Did Rose tell her friends about the kiss too? She told them about that night at the party, I don't see why she would hold back now.

Crap.

Even though this thought was eating at me, I pushed passed it, standing up from my desk and approaching Rose and Adrian.

"This has to stop... This is the 3rd day this week you have skipped this class and I have had enough of it. Your education is extremely important and you're treating it as a joke." I explained as calmly as possible.

"I'm pretty sure you don't need to formal education to be a stripper..." Rose said, leaving the statement hanging in the air for a few seconds and then she made a motion I the air like she was checking off a box. What the fuck was she talking about? She couldn't be ser-

Simultaneously, both Adrian and Rose busted up laughing.

"I don't know what's funnier, Belikov, your face or that you fell for that!" Adrian gasped out between laughs.

I glared sharply at both of them, then said "I'm pretty sure you won't be laughing when you are mopping up the cafeteria floor every day after school for a week."

That stopped their laughing. Rose looked up at me with those amazing chocolate brown eyes and I almost caved, but I knew I had to be strong.

"Is that even legal?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"You can't do that!"

"That's child labor!"

Both of them shouted at me at once. I just smirked at them and said, "See you in class on Monday."

Then simply walked out.

RPOV:

I can't fucking believe him… he's giving me detention again. To make sure Adrian and I show up, he had the office call us down 5 minutes before the end of our last period and start cleaning early.

Now, instead of sitting in a chair and doing nothing for 2 and a half hours, I have to clean for 2 and a half hours.

But at least Adrian was with me. I would never admit this to his face—because his ego doesn't need to get any bigger—but Adrian is actually a pretty decent guy… and hilarious.

I've been spending so much time with him over the past week because he's the only one that will ditch class with me.

And even though I see Lissa, Mia, and Jill all the time, I haven't told them about the kiss yet.

Mostly… because I don't know how I feel about it.

I know it was wrong, and will probably never happen again, but I kind of liked it.

I loved that slightly dangerous feeling I get when I'm doing something wrong; something rebellious. It gets my heart pumping and adrenaline starts coursing through my veins.

Kissing Belikov was probably the most rebellious thing I've done in a while… besides skipping class and small things like that.

"ROSE! GODDAMN IT! Are you even listening to me?" Adrian screamed towards me with a mop in his hand.

"What… yeah. I was listening." I replied, but we both knew that was a lie.

"I was just thinking that we could, maybe—"

"Spit it out Adrian."

"Go out sometime?"

My head snapped up at his surprising words. "What?"

"I mean, we don't have to… I just thought it would be cool if we hung out or something." Adrian stuttered. I don't think I've ever seen him this nervous before. It was kind of cute in a weird way.

While I thought about this, I realized Adrian was still rambling on.

"Sure."

Adrian's eyes were trained on me. "Really?"

"Yeah, don't make me change my mind."

"Okay, cool." And that quickly, the old Adrian was back. I looked up at the clock and it read 3:35. I know we had 25 minutes left… but screw it.

"Come on, let's go ditch these freaking mops and go home."

We then walked down the maze of hallways (taking the longest route possible) and ended up at the office. As soon as we put our mops away and walked out the door, a woman approached us.

She looked about 27 with sleek black hair, sharp blue eyes, and a tiny frame. All in all she was probably 5'7" but with her heels on she looked 5'10" or 5'11".

The worst part of it was that she recognized me… and I recognized her.

Tasha Ozera.

What the fuck was she doing here?

I raised my eyebrows at her and she returned with an equally confused look.

"Do you know where Mr. Belikov's room is?" Tasha asked in her annoying high pitched voice.

Figures.

"Why do you wanna know?" I shot back.

"None of your business."

I raised one brow at her and then she seemed to remember who my father was.

"Because," she started, "I'm dating him."

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNN. I wanted to throw that in… will there be a cat-fight on the horizon? Who knows? How is Rose even going to react to this? Review back and tell me!

Xoxo,

Alexis