Shards and Ashes ~ A Vampire Academy Fanfic

Chapter Ten

~ Chapter Ten ~

I take off after Lissa, but change my direction towards the church. Lissa needs time to cool off and think about the situation a bit longer. So no, I won't bother Lissa while she gets ahold of things. Instead, I keep my focus on the church, specifically the attic.

I jog up the stairs to the attic, throwing open the door. Christian immediately stands, probably wondering if its his one and only love, Lissa.

"You idiot!" I throw a punch at Christian, but he barely blocks me.

"I had to, Rose," Christian says. "You wouldn't have told her."

"Yes, I would!" I cry out and try to swing again; he blocks it yet again.

Christian stares at me and asks, "Would you have really told her?"

"Yes," I tell him. "I would have, Christian. I would have had to."

"You were going to wait until last minute, weren't you?"

I take a step back and look at my surroundings, at anything but Christian Ozera. To think just a few seconds ago I was about to punch another Ozera in the face.

"That's none of your business." I say.

Christian scoffs. "You were going to wait until. . . Like, ten minutes before you left!"

"Not that late!" I shout at him. "Besides, I haven't even gotten the job."

"Yet." Christian points out.

"If." I say. "If I get the job."

"You know you will, Rose. There's no other option."

"There's plenty more options." I throw my hands up. "Like Eddie Castile."

Christian shakes his head and walks around the dusty old attic room, shoving his hands in his pockets. I keep my eyes on him as he turns and walks the other direction; pacing I think that's what he's doing. After a few minutes, Christian swivels on his heel and points directly at me.

"Have you even thought about Lissa through all of your decisions?" He asks.

I cross my arms over my chest. "Of course I have."

"Liar."

"Shut up, Ozera!" I yell. "You don't know what I've thought about! You've never been in my mind!"

"I don't have to!" Christian shouts back at me. "I know you're probably too selfish to think about Lissa in this sort of situation!"

"I'm not selfish!"

"Cut it out!" The voice doesn't come from Christian nor I. I turn to see Lissa standing in the doorway, staring at us with disbelief.

"Lissa," Christian clears his throat, "h-how long have you been standing there?"

Lissa walks closer to us. "Long enough."

I stare at Lissa, and then at Christian. All these fights and arguments, they're no good. The ones Dimitri and I had before he left, and the ones Christian, Lissa, and I are having now are no good. Nothing good ever really comes out of such a stupid argument.

"Christian," Lissa directs her gaze at him, "Rose would've told me; you shouldn't have." Lissa turns to me and gives me the longest stare. "Rose, do what you want. I'm not stopping you. If it boosts your chance of becoming my guardian, then I'm in. Whatever your decisions, I'll readily stick with you through them all."

This, all of this, is why Vasilisa Dragomir should rule one day. She's a leader, and she knows how to fix arguments and help everyone relax through bad situations. Lissa was born to be a leader; never a follower.