The Game of Hearts

25. The Un-End

A/N: this might be a weird chapter. It took a while to make just because I've been trying to figure out how to write it and for some reason I just couldn't. But here you goooooo! Also to those of you who have read the chapter prior to this one, I made some changes to the ended of it. Probably best to read it before starting this one.

I stood firmly against the wall of my apartment. It was morning, and I hadn't slept. I hadn't washed away the now dried blood or the heavy grease that began building in my hair. I was becoming insane. The image of Aria's face lingered in my mind as though it haunted me. Throughout the night I hadn't touched the bed where Aria's scent still sat against the headboard. She probably wouldn't come near me again, I thought. I imagined it was over between the both of us. Despite the whole territory bullshit, she was free from me...

There was a knocking at the door. I was frozen in place as my senses burned. Closing my eyes, I shook my head and slid to the ground. "Why have you come here?" I was completely shocked to find her standing there, of all people.

"I came to confront you..." Aria whispered from the door. I looked to see the same clothes she wore yesterday. Her hair was messily tied into a hairband. She walked towards me when she noticed the uncleaned hand, then kneeled in front of me. "You haven't showered," she said slowly and took a deep breath. My gaze fell to the floor and I pulled my hand closer to my chest.

"You shouldn't be here," my voice was monotone, but so was hers. "You probably hate me."

"Well I am here, but I don't know about hate," she grabbed me by the wrist and stood, forcing me to stand with her.

"What are you doing?" I asked. Dread harvested itself in my stomach. We faced each other for a moment. Her eyes locked with mine. Something about them told me something was about to come, something she may feel a bit guilty about. I waited for the news but instead:

"I'm forcing you into the shower," she said, the corners of her lips lifting into a nervous smile.

"No... what are you doing here?" I asked again, eyebrows furrowing. Her gaze left my face entirely and went to my chest. I swallowed hard as my senses drifted back into working order and the shock dispersed. A scent I recognized... that I didn't want to recognize, rested in a particular area on Aria's face. For a moment, I just stared at her. "You came here to end things, didn't you?" I grunted and twisted my wrist out of her grip. "You kissed him and you expect me to just be fine with that? To just let you go?"

"Rowan..." she said my name with such sweetness, "I don't know," Aria stepped away from me, bringing her hands to her head and holding them there with interlocked fingers. "He's sweet and kind and funny and... you're a vampire!" She stressed, throwing her hands out in front of her like it was obvious what the problem was. "I've never done this before. I've never fallen for somebody nor have I been in a goddamn love triangle with a vampire and a vampire hunter! I didn't think it would be this hard to like another person," she turned her back to me and ran her fingers through her hair, the hair band falling out. By the way she spoke and talked, she must have been completely overwhelmed. I couldn't blame her. At the same time, I was angry with her. She went behind my back. Yes, I know I wasn't expecting her to come back after last night but... still. "I can't choose because... I don't know... on the way here... on the way here I just knew what I was going to do. I was going to leave and end things but seeing you again it's just... it's hard to pick," she became a mess in a matter of ten seconds.

Something told me I should, no, needed to do something. But my body and my mind didn't tell me to comfort the girl I may or may not love. Instead, I wanted to rip his head off. All of my violent urges headed toward Liam, and he wasn't going to be ready for it. And maybe a part of me wanted to let these urges take over.

"Rowan?" She asked me, eyeing my demeanor like I was a stray dog. "What are you thinking?"

"I'll be right back..." I growled, making my way to the door but she grabbed my arm.

"Rowan, don't," she pleaded, attempting to pull me back in but I shrugged her off. "You did something too, y'know! You had sex with me and made me some sort of territory I didn't want to be," that stung. "You should've put it in the "rules and conditions" before you did what you did. I didn't plan on just being one persons property for the rest of my life by having sex with them!"

"You should've "dumped" me first before going behind my back!"

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