AN: Hey guys! Okay, just to let you all know, this is my first fanfic! It's set after the last Vampire academy, "Last Sacrifice." I do not own any of the characters, etc… Richelle Mead does! Btw, Lemons in the second or third chapter! (: R&R!

"I'm telling you, Rose. The Badica family will probably vote with us about the dhampir age law," Lissa and I were walking down to the guest housing area of court. She was dressed up, in a pale blue dress that reached her knees, and gold flats. I felt dull in my holed up skinny jeans and white v-neck.

"I'm not so sure. Their representative never really seems to vote in your favor," we were discussing politics, which was usually a major topic between us lately. I wasn't a fan of what went on in court, but Lissa was.

"Let's not talk about it," I cut Lissa off before she could say anything else. I was tired of the boring conversations between us lately. "Let's talk about you and Fireboy."

"I hate it when you call him that," she laughed at my nickname for Christian. He always got worked up when I called him by it.

"I hope there aren't going to be any little Dragomirs anytime soon," I half joked. Her and Christian were like rabbits, I swear.

"I should be saying the same for you-" Lissa stopped in the middle of her sentence. "Well, if it were possible," I wished the bond were still in place so that I could hear her thoughts.

"You know I don't want kids Lissa," I laughed. "Don't worry about it." We made our way to the room she was heading to. "I assume I don't need, or WANT to stay?" I winked. Christian answered after she knocked and greeted her with a kiss.

"Go away," he mumbled, and pulled her inside. Lissa giggled and waved at me. I waved back and smiled as a familiar face came outside of Christian's room.

"Good morning Roza," Dimitri never ceased to amaze me with his looks. His hair was back in its usual ponytail at the base of his neck, and he was wearing his usual duster. He leaned down to kiss me, and I happily obliged.

"How are you?" I asked, leading him away from Lissa and Christian.

"Better now," he squeezed my hand lightly. "I am actually supposed to ask you something."

"Oh?" I looked up at him, and there was the slightest of grins on his face. "And what would that be?"

Dimitri looked down at me and said, "I'm supposed to ask if you would like to go with me and one or two other dhampirs back to see the Keepers to find out about a missing Alchemist."

"An alchemist went missing?" I thought about that for a minute. "What about Lissa?"

"Her guard will be doubled while you're away, and she'll have to be accompanied by them at all times. Even when she doesn't want them around, they will be with her."

"You know me so well," I smiled. "Yeah, I'll go. When are we going?"

"I'm glad you agreed," he smiled at me. "We're going tomorrow."

Dimitri and I were both in the two front seats of our car to go visit the Keepers, along with two other guardians sitting in back. The first one was one I hadn't heard speak more than maybe three times my whole stay at the court, and I thought maybe his name was Ryan. The second was named Joseph, and he was always in a good mood. I was always surprised at how fast his reflexes were.

The car ride wasn't too long, and we were at the entrance to the same place where Dimitri and I had found out about the Keepers months ago. We made our way to the caves, and soon enough I wasn't surprised at seeing Joshua and Raymond come running up to see us.

"I knew you would come back!" Joshua hugged me, and I saw Dimitri holding back a smile. He shook hands with Raymond, and began discussing business with him. I was left with Joshua, it seemed.

"I told you I would, didn't I?" I pulled away from him, and fast as I could without being rude. "How's your cave?"

"There's definitely enough room for you to move in, if that's what you're asking."

"Oh- no, no that's not it," I cleared my throat. "I'm actually dating someone, and I don't know if you're aware of what we do out there, but-"

"Is it him?" He pointed to Dimitri. "I noticed the way you were looking at him before."

I didn't know what to say, and luckily I was saved when Dimitri came over and said "Looks like we have a place to stay," he laughed what I guess was a pained expression on my face. "Don't worry, Roza. We have two caves around the center of town for our group to stay in. Come on, Raymond is going to show us there."

"Okay," I turned back to Joshua. "I'll catch up with you later."

He waved and turned around, but not without a glare at Dimitri. We followed Raymond to the cave that was supposedly the closest he could get to the middle of town, and left me and Dimitri to unpack.

The cave Dimitri and I had to split was actually big, compared to the few other caves I had seen. We had two twin sized beds, which Dimitri pushed together to form a larger one, and various other furniture items around.

"Cozy," I joked. Dimitri just smirked and continued unpacking our things. I sat down on the bed and watched him. "I think Joshua hate you."

"Oh? Why?"

"You're ruining his plans to marry me," I shook my head. "Why didn't you stop me from fighting Angeline? This whole mess would have been completely ignored, you know."

Dimitri walked over and knelt in front of me. "Don't worry, Rose. We'll be out of here soon enough. We just need to find the missing alchemist, or find who knows what happened to him." He leaned forward and kissed me lightly. I reached back and untied his hair, moving the ponytail to my wrist. He pushed me down and straddled me on the bed.

"What if someone walks by?" I whispered, between kisses.

Dimitri sighed, and helped me up. "We'll just have to wait until later, then. Won't we?"

Don't you just hate cliffhangers? ;) Don't forget to review! Sorry it's short. It's 11:52 p.m… what do you expect? Lemon next chapter!