Vampire Academy Chapter 20

TWENTYMY MOUTH DROPPED OPEN. Uh waitingyou cerebrate sex?My astonishment prevented me from cerebration of a better response. Mason horizon it was hysterical. Jesse looked exchangeable he wanted to die.Of prey I mean sex. She said shed do it if we said that wedyou k in a flashI make a scene. You guys didnt both, uh, do it at the comparable season, did you? no. said Jesse in disgust. Ralf kind of looked similar he wouldnt give minded.God, I m give offed, energy fuzz turn up of my face. I gouget imagine she hates us that much.Hey, exclaimed Jesse, reading into my insinuation. Whats that supposed to mean? Were non that liberal. And you and me we were moderately close to No. We werent even close to that. Mason laughed again, and roughlything strike me. If thisif this happened blanket wherefore, thoughshe moldiness have still been dating Aaron. wholly trio guys nodded.Oh. Whoa.Mia real hated us. Shed alone go beyond poor-girl-wronged-by-girls-br former(a)wis e(a) and well into sociopath territory. Shed slept with these ii and cheated on a boy wiz whom she escortmed to adore.Jesse and Ralf looked unbelievably relieved when we walked a expressive style. Mason slung a pointless arm around my shoulders. Well? What do you bet? I rule, right? You can tell me. I wont mind.I laughed. Howd you finally bechance that step to the fore?I called in a pot of favors. Used somewhat threats. The fact that Mia cant retaliate helped excessively.I recalled Mia accosting me the other(a) day. I didnt think she was entirely bewildered yet solely didnt say so.Theyll adopt state people on Monday. he continued. They promised. Everyonell k promptly by lunch.Why not now? I asked sulkily. They slept with a girl. Hurts her more(prenominal) than them.Yeah. True. They didnt want to care with it tonight. You could start telling people if you wanted to. We could make a banner.With as m any times as Mia had called me a slut and a woman of the street? n ot a bad idea. You got any markers and paper?My words trailed off as I stared crossways the gym to where Lissa stood encircled by admirers, Aarons arm around her waist. She wore a sleek pink cotton lawsuit in a shade I neer could have pulled off. Her blond cop had been pulled up in a ring allow that shed used little crystal hairpins on. It to the highest degree looked want she wore a crown. Princess Vasilisa.The a corresponding(p) nipings as earlier hummed by means of to me, anxiety and excitement. She that couldnt quite enjoy herself tonight.Watching her from the other side of the board, lurking in the sadness, was Christian. He practically blended into the shadows.Stop it, Mason chided me, see my stare. Dont worry nigh her tonight.Hard not to.It makes you look all depressed. And youre too gamey in that dress to look depressed. gravel on, theres Eddie.He dragged me away, exactly not onward I cast one prevail glance at Lissa all over my shoulder. Our look met briefly. Regret flashed with the bond. besides I pushed her forth of my heading figuratively mouth and managed to put on a frank face when we joined a steming of other novices. We earned a lot of mileage by telling them close to the Mia scandal and, petty or not, see my name cleared and squeezeting vindicate on her felt amazingly devout. And as those in our group wandered off and mingled with others, I could see the news spreading and spreading. So much for waiting until Monday.Whatever. I didnt care. I was actually having a good time. I fell into my old role, happy to see I hadnt grown too covered in making funny and flirty remarks. Yet, as time passed and Eddies company grew closer, I started to feel Lissas anxiety pick up in intensity. Frowning, I stopped talking and off around, scanning the room for her.There. She was still with a group of people, still the sun in her little solar system. But Aaron was flex very close to her, utter something in her ear. A smile I recognise as fake was plastered crossways her face, and the annoyance and anxiety from her increased further. therefore it spiked. Mia had walked up to them.Whatever shed screw to say, she didnt devastate any time in saying it. With the cores of Lissas admirers on her, little Mia in her red dress gestured wildly, mouth running(a) animatedly. I couldnt hear the words from across the room, still the feelings grew darker and darker through the bond.Ive got to go, I told Mason.I half walked, half ran over to Lissas side, espial exactly the tail end of Mias tirade. She was emit at Lissa full embrace now and leaning into her face. From what I could tell, word must have reached her astir(predicate) Jesse and Ralf selling her out. you and your slutty friend Im going to tell everyone what a psychotic you are and how they had to lock you in the clinic because youre so crazy. Theyre putting you on medication. Thats why you and roseate left before anyone else could find out you cut Whoa, not good. Just like at our first meeting in the cafeteria, I grabbed her and jerked her away.Hey, I said. Slutty friend here. dream up what I said about rest too close to her?Mia snarled, baring her fangs. As Id noted before, I couldnt feel too sorry for her anymore. She was dangerous.She had stooped low to drop dead back at me. Now, somehow, she knew about Lissa and the cutting. truly knew, too she wasnt just guessing. The information she had now fited both like what the guardians on the video had reported, as well as what Id told them about Lissas history. Maybe some confidential doctors flood too. Miad snagged the records somehow.Lissa find outd it too, and the look on her face scared and fragile, no more princess do my decision for me. It didnt matter that Kirova had spoken the other day about giving me my freedom, that Id been having a good time, and that I could have let my worries go and partied tonight. I was going to destroy everything, right here an d right now.Im really not good with impulse control.I punched Mia as hard as I could harder, I think, than Id even hit Jesse. I heard a crunch as my fist impacted her nose, and blood spurted out. some soundbox screamed. Mia shrieked and flew backwards into some utter girls who didnt want to get blood on their dresses. I swooped in subsequently her, acquire in one more good punch before somebody unsanded me off her.I didnt fight controller as I had when theyd necessitaten me from Mr. Nagys classroom. Id judge this as soon as Id swung at her. Stopping all signs of resistance, I let two guardians lead me out of the trip the light fantastic while Ms. Kirova tried to bring some semblance of order. I didnt care what they did to me. non anymore. Punish or expel. Whatever. I could bag Ahead of us, through the ebbing and silky waves of learners passing through the double doors, I apothegm a figure in pink dart out. Lissa. My own out-of-control emotions had overridden hers, but there they were, flooding back into me. Devastation. Despair. Everyone knew her out of sight now. Shed face more than just furious speculation. Pieces would fall together. She couldnt handle that. Knowing I wasnt going anywhere, I frantically searched for some way to help her. A dark figure caught my eye. Christian I yelled. Hed been arrant(a) at Lissas retreating figure but glanced up at the sound of his name.One of my escorts shushed me and took my arm. Be quiet.I ignored her. Go after her, I called to Christian. Hurry.He just sit down there, and I suppressed a groan.Go, you half-witMy guardians snapped at me to be quiet again, but something deep down of Christian woke up. Springing up from his lounging position, he tore off in the military commission Lissa had traveled.No one wanted to deal with me that night. Thered be hell to pay tomorrow I heard talk of severance or possibly even riddance but Kirova had her manpower full with a bleeding Mia and a hysterical student body. The guardians escorted me to my room under the watchful eye of the dorm matron who informed me shed check on me every hour to make true I arrested in my room. A catch guardians would also hang out around the dorms entrances. Apparently I was now a high-security risk. Id probably just ruined Eddies party hed never sneak a group up to his room now.Heedless of my dress, I flounced onto the floor of my room, crossing my legs underneath me. I reached out to Lissa. She was calmer now. The events from the dance still yen her terribly, but Christian was soothing her somehow, although whether it was through simple words or corporeal mojo, I couldnt say. I didnt care. So coarse as she felt better and wouldnt do anything stupid. I returned to myself.Yes, things were going to get mussy now. Mia and Jesses respective accusations were going to set the nurture on complete. I probably would get thrown out and have to go live with a bunch of sickening dhampir women. At least Lissa mig ht realize Aaron was boring and that she wanted to be with Christian. But even if that was the right thing, it still meant Christian. Christian.Christian was hurt.I snapped back into Lissas body, suddenly sucked in by the terror pounding through her. She was surrounded, surrounded by men and women who had come out of nowhere, bursting up into the attic of the chapel service where she and Christian had gone to talk. Christian leapt up, fire flaring from his fingers. One of the invaders hit him on the head with something hard, making his body even off to the ground.I desperately hoped he was okay, but I couldnt waste any more energy sad about him. All my fear was for Lissa now. I couldnt let the same thing happen to her. I couldnt let them hurt her. I needed to bear on her, to get her out of there. But I didnt feel how. She was too far away, and I couldnt even escape her head at the moment, let alone run over there or get help.The attackers approached her, commerce her Princess a nd telling her not to worry, and that they were guardians. And they did seem like guardians. Definitely dhampirs. Moving in precise, businesslike ways. But I didnt recognize them as any of the guardians from school. Neither did Lissa. Guardians wouldnt have attacked Christian. And guardians sure wouldnt be binding and gagging her Something forced me out of her head, and I frowned, staring around my room. I needed to go back to her and find out what had happened. Usually the connection just faded or I close it off, but this this was like something had actually withdraw me and pulled me. Pulled me back here.But that made no sense. What could pull me back fromwait.My mind blanked.I couldnt remember what Id just been thinking about. It was gone. akin static in my brain. Where had I been? With Lissa? What about Lissa?Standing up, I wrapped my armor around myself, confused, trying to figure out what was going on. Lissa. Something with Lissa.Dimitri, a voice inside my head suddenly said. Go to Dimitri.Yes. Dimitri. My body and spirit burned for him all of a sudden, and I wanted to be with him more than I ever had before. I couldnt stay away from him. Hed know what to do.And hed told me before I should come to him if something was wrong with Lissa. Too bad I couldnt remember what that was. Still. I knew hed take care of everything.Getting up to the provide wing of the dorm wasnt hard, since they wanted to relieve me inside tonight. I didnt know where his room was, but it didnt matter. Something was pulling me to him, urging me closer. An brain pushed me toward one of the doors, and I beat the backup daylights out of it.After a few moments, he opened it, brown eyeball widening when he saw me. travel?Let me in. Its Lissa.He immediately stepped past for me. Id apparently caught him in bed, because the covers were peeled back on one side and only a small tableside lamp shone in the darkness. Plus, he wore only cotton pajama bottoms his chest which Id never s een before, and wow, did it look great was bare. The ends of his dark hair curled near his chin and appeared damp, like hed taken a shower not so long ago.Whats wrong?The sound of his voice thrilled me, and I couldnt answer. I couldnt stop staring at him. The force that had pulled me up here pulled me to him. I wanted him to touch me so ill, so badly I could barely stand it. He was so amazing. So unbelievably gorgeous. I knew somewhere something was wrong, but it didnt seem important. Not when I was with him.With almost a metrical foot separating us, there was no way I could easily flatter his lips without his help. So instead, I aimed for his chest, wanting to taste that warm, smooth skin.rose he exclaimed, stepping back. What are you doing?What do you think?I moved toward him again, needing to touch him and kiss him and do so many other things.Are you drunk? he asked, retention his hand out in a warding gesture.Dont I wish. I tried to machination around him, then paused, mom entarily uncertain. I thought you wanted to dont you think Im pretty? In all the time wed cognize each other, in all the time this attraction had built, hed never told me I was pretty. Hed hinted at it, but that wasnt the same. And despite all the assurances I had from other guys that I was hotness incarnate, I needed to hear it from the one guy I actually wanted.Rose, I dont know whats going on, but you need to go back to your room.When I moved toward him again, he reached out and gripped my wrists. With that touch, an electric current spear through both of us, and I saw him forget whatever hed just been worrying about. Something seized him too, something that made him suddenly want me as much I wanted him. let go of my wrists, he moved his hands up my arms, slew slowly along my skin. keeping me in his dark, hungry gaze, he pulled me to him, military press me right up to his body.One of his hands moved up the back of my neck, twining his fingers in my hair and tipping my face up to his. He brought his lips down, barely brushing them against mine.Swallowing, I asked again, Do you think Im pretty?He regarded me with utter seriousness, like he always did. I think youre beautiful.Beautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts me sometimes.His lips moved to mine, gentle at first, and then hard and hungry. His kiss consumed me. His hands on my arms slid down, down my hips, down to the butt of my dress. He gathered up the model in his hands and began pushing it up my legs. I melted into that touch, into his kiss and the way it burned against my mouth. His hands kept sliding up and up, until hed pulled the dress over my head and tossed it on the floor.Youyou got rid of that dress fast, I pointed out between heavy breaths. I thought you liked it.I do like it, he said. His breathing was as heavy as mine. I cheat it.And then he took me to the bed.