R POV

I was getting ready to leave the gym to head back to my door when Dimitri yelled to me, "wait a second rose I would like to talk to you." I turned around getting ready to say something, then my eyes landed on him and all I could do was nod. He had on sweat pants and a tight black plain t-shirt yet he still looked like a god. I shook my head trying to rid myself of those thoughts. I can't have these thoughts he is my MENTOR for gods sake, and not to mention my future partner.

After Dimitri had changed we started walking to my dorm. It was silent, not an uncomfortable silence, it was… peaceful. All of a sudden Dim… I mean Guardian Belikov started talking. " You are an amazing fighter Rosemarie. You are one of the few people who have beaten me but… you are undisciplined. You are constantly sneaking out of your dorm although you know you're on probation, you-."

"WHAT! How do you know that?," I interrupted him in complete surprise. " I-I mean why haven't you turned me in if you knew?" We were almost to my dorm and I really wanted to know. I wonder if he cares about me? I shook my head trying to focus. I cant think like that I mean of course he doesn't he is a guardian, an adult, MY mentor, I was just a high school girl that he was forced to train.

"Do not interrupt me Rosemarie that is one of the things I was talking about," I could tell he was struggling to keep his guardian mask on. That is one reason I was totally surprised when he actually answered my questions. " I didn't turn you in because you have talent. You have the potential to be a great guardian. And how I know is most of my shifts are by the girl dhampir dorms. Lets just hope I'm the ONLY one who knows."

"I'm sorry for interrupting you. I was just surprised." I said shyly. Wait ROSE HATHAWAY shy? Now that is a scary thought. He just nodded in acknowledgement. That's when I noticed he stopped but it was too late; I walked right into the glass door leading into the girl dhampir dorms. The angle I was falling at I would land on my butt, but I knew it would hurt. I shut my eyes put my arms down to try and catch myself and readied myself for the stinging in my palms and butt that was inevitable. But it didn't come instead I felt strong, warm, gentle hands catch me before I hit the ground.

After I had opened my eyes and steadied myself I heard laughing. I looked at the supposedly antisocial god in front of me openly laughing, and when I glared at him he didn't even try to cover it up with a cough! I turned on my heel knowing my long hair would flow around my head dramatically with the sudden motion and stalked into the dorms. Before I even took two steps inside though those same amazing hands that could be so deadly and then gentle within an instant grabbed one of my wrists, and my breath caught in my throat. His hand hesitated before he finally removed. I felt the loss of contact with him like part of my soul had left with his touch. I slowly turned around and looked at the magnificent being in front of me. I could see he let his guardian mask down a little. The feelings I saw in his eyes confused me. I saw regret, worry, concern, and something I didn't quite understand.

"I'm sorry Roza, I didn't mean to make you angry at me. Are you okay? I could walk you to your dorm if you liked." He called me Roza again! I love it when he calls me that. He only ever calls me that when he is feeling open. "Roza?" he cut off my mental babble.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little dizzy, that's all. And I would appreciate it very much if you walked me back to my dorm." I then quickly added "Only if you don't mind of course."

"Of course I don't mind." He was so sweet and kind to me I just cant believe he doesn't feel the same as me. But then again he is a teacher and I am his student he has to be nice to me. No he doesn't. And you know that look how Stan treats you, I thought. Yeah well Dimitri isn't Stan Dimitri is a gentleman. While walking to my dorm I was VERY aware at how close we were walking. We were so close our arms were brushing when we walked. I was aware of every movement he made, and I was also aware that every now and then he would glance over at me, and then look at our hands. They were so close and he actually looked like he wanted to take my hand in his.

Then all of a sudden when he looked at me his eyes widened and I didn't understand why. He looked really worried. Then I noticed he was looking at my forehead. I put my hand to my head and it felt sticky like I'd been sweating. When I looked at my hand it was red with blood. The next thing I knew I was in Dimitri's arms and he was bounding up the stairs. I couldn't think about anything other than how close we were and how easy it would be for me to lift my head up and press my lips to his. But I knew I couldn't. Not only because he was seven years older than me, and my mentor but because I felt extremely light headed and dizzy.

Then he was saying something I could barely make it out over the pounding in my head but I could just make out his beautiful voice saying "Roza stay with me. Roza where are your keys. Please stay with me. Не спать моя прекрасная Роза. (Translation at bottom.) That is the last thing I heard before I fell into darkness.

Translation for Dimitri: Don't go to sleep my beautiful Roza