Day 12 - A scene that makes you angry

I shook my head. “I have to do this.”

“Even if it means leaving me?”

The way she said it, the way she looked at me…oh God. A flood of memories flitted through my mind. We’d been together since childhood. Inseparable. Bound. And yet…Dimitri and I had been connected too. Damn it. I’d never wanted to have to choose between them.

“I have to do this,” I said yet again. “I’m sorry.”

“You’re supposed to be my guardian and go with me to college,” she argued. ”You’re shadow-kissed. We’re supposed to be together. If you leave me …”

The ugly coil of darkness was starting to raise its head in my chest. My voice was tight when I spoke. “If I leave you, they’ll get you another guardian. Two of them. You’re the last Dragomir. They’ll keep you safe.”

“But they won’t be you, Rose,” she said. Those luminous green eyes held mine, and the anger in me cooled. She was so beautiful, so sweet… and she seemed so reasonable. She was right. I owed it to her. I needed to -

“Stop it!” I yelled, turning away. She’d been using her magic. “Do not use compulsion on me. You’re my friend. Friends don’t use their powers on each other.”

“Friends don’t abandon each other,” she snapped back. “If you were my friend, you wouldn’t do it.”

I can’t remember a scene that makes me angry minus the Tasha incident(which I’ve sort of done). This scene bothered me though because I’ve always thought Lissa and Rose’s friendship was off balance with Rose always being the giver. Lissa has taken Rose for granted which I can understand because Rose is not just her best friend and guardian anymore, Rose has become her family. Lissa’s words rubbed me wrong a little as well, she wanted Rose to stay because Rose makes her feel safe and not because she was worried about Rose’s quest, safety etc. And yeah Mia was right, why couldn’t have Lissa gone with Rose, not that Rose would have allowed it but at least make an effort to tail Rose? Best friends don’t abandon each other.