Rose Revenge

Chapter 1

I make my way to Chey's room and see her emotionless again. Like last time, she lays across me. I can feel that she's more tense and its obvious she has been crying.

"What's wrong?" I look down at her.

"My parents died today, they were killed by Strigoi." She bursts into tears again.

"Oh, Chey." I sigh and pull her closer.

"I have no mother, no father, no family left, nothing worth living for."

"Chey! You're like a daughter to me, you are worth living for."

"Then adopt me, become my guardian. I know that i'm over 18, but i always loved you like a mother regardless of my actual mum."

"You have to check with Guardian Petrov, she handles all these types of things. She was there for me when my mum didn't care." She nods and gets up.

"Where are you going?" I stand up from the bed.

"To see Guardian Petrov." She sighs simply and leaves the door open. I brush back locks of hair that have fallen in my eyes to notice Lissa standing at the doorway.

"You've changed Rose, you've become more lethal, more dangerous, more rebel, more motherly and more caring. Why aren't you my friend anymore?" She whimpers.

"Lissa, i've changed... i had to grow up far too quickly to take care of Roxy, to take care of my life. I was and am always your best friend, are you? Do you trust me? Do you believe in me?" Lissa nods and starts crying. I pull her onto my lap like i did with Chey and stroke her hair, getting her to relax and calm. She drifts off to sleep and i lean against the wall. Suddenly, the door flings open wider and Dimitri, Sparky and Eddie come rushing in.

"Have you seen Lissa?" They groan in frustration.

"Guys... who is on my lap?" I smile, their eyes look down to see Lissa sleeping.

"She found me." I pull my hair to the side.

"So you're friends now?" Sparky justifies.

"Yes, Sparky."

"We didn't mean to offend you in the trailer or anything." Eddie insists.

"I know," I nod knowingly. My phone buzzes against my hip. Alberta.

"Yep Alberta," I accept the call.

"About the thing with Chey? I've got it authorised i just need your signature. My Office. Now."

"Coming." I mutter. Lifting Lissa up, i make my way to her room, the boys trailing behind me and lay her on the couch with a blanket draped over her.

"Excuse," I murmur and run down to Alberta. Chey sits quietly in a chair with paperwork sitting beside her.

"Alberta?" I question.

"Are you sure about this Rose?" She looks concerned.

"Alberta, trust me please." I plead with her.

"Her surname will be changed to Hathaway. Taking after Roxanne Hathaway and you, Rose. Sign here," I sign my name neatly on the paperwork and turn to Chey.

"Come here." She squeezes the life out of me in a hug.
"Can I change my name, make a fresh start."
"It can be done, sign here..." Alberta's voice fades off until Chey starts asking me what she should be called.
"It's your choice," i chuckle.
"Katy, Katy Rose Hathaway." She decides in the end and after a couple of hours, it's legal and authorised.
"I will see you soon Rose and Katy," Alberta yells as we leave the office.
"What do you want to do then?" I wrap my arm around my daughters shoulders.
"I don't mind," She says.
"There must be something?" I had free time as Amaris had dropped out last week and lessons didn't start for another month as it was the holidays. We walk across campus and bump into Lissa.
"Hey Liss," I smile and give her a hug.
"I'd like you to meet Katy Hathaway." I point to Chey.
"Isn't that Cheyenne?" She looks generally confused.
"It is, I've adopted heras my own daughter Liss,"
"What... but she's 19!"
"I know, but Rose... mum has always been there for me." Katy starts explaining .
" I'm happy for you Rose," Lissa smiles.
"Thanks, Roxy always wanted an older sister anyway." I felt a weight lift off my shoulders.
"Let's go back to my room and talk altogether?" Lissa suggests and we sit down on Lissa's couch.
"Dimitri, Eddie, Fireboy." I acknowledge them as we walk in. We chat for about an hour about girl things and then the door flies open. Again. my father enters the room with a murderous expression on his face.
"Rosemarie Hathaway what is this I'm hearing about another Hathaway in court? Are you pregnant again?"
"Stay here Katy," I whisper in her ear and take my father by his shoulder and drag him out slamming the door behind me.
"What? No, I adopted Chey in there and she changed her name to Katy, good enough reason." I yell.
"Are you ready to take on another child Rose are you?" He yells back.
"She's 19, she's not a child!" I scream back.
"This is my life, can't you just stay out of it!" I snap loudly at Abe.
"Because I'm your father I need to know these things. like when you fell in love with Belikov... as far as I'm concerned you still are."
"I'm not in love with him, and I never will be again. you stayed out of my life for 18 years so you can't just expect to come barging back into my life taking control!" I yell in his face.
"Oh really?" He challenges me.
"I didn't know u freaking existed until I was 18. My mother left me in the academy since I was a baby. I never had a parent to be there for me,only Alberta was there for me but that was when I was in my teens. I had to survive my life without you and I was so much better off without you." My voice is starting to throb.
"Really? Where would you be today without me." he smirks.
"Anywhere is better than with you some times!" I finish off my argument.
"Yea but it was for your own good!"
"How!" I screech. My father launches out his arm and smacks me against the wall. I groan in pain.
"You should be able to fight back." I'm vaguely aware of Lissa's door being opened and people watching from inside. I squirm to distract him and kick out my foot causing him to crash against the concrete floor. wiping the blood from my mouth, I make my way over to him only to be yanked to the ground by him jumping up and pressing me on the floor, back first. Swinging my legs round he is on the floor so I do a cart wheel to stand up. He jumps up and punches out, I swing to the side and manage a strong kick in the stomach. he runs at me and bulldozes me to the ground slamming me down hard into the concrete floor. my back and my left leg is in unbearable pain. I let out a pain-filled shriek and hold out my hand silently asking him to help me up. His father instincts win out and he puts all his weight in my hand to pull me up when I use his arm to flip him over me.he lands on the floor and I pull one leg up, sprawled across the floor.i slump to the side and blackness knocks me out.