A/N Ok, this is the trial run, so please please please tell me if you like it!…or even if you don't! ;)

RPOV:

"Lissaaa..." I whined, flopping onto her oversized bed.

"Roseee..." she mimicked. I ignored her.

"Do I really have to go?" She held up a nice red dress.

"Yes, you do. And Dimitri will be there, so quit whining and try this on." She shoved the dress at me. I threw back my head and groaned. Because although Dimitri was reason enough to be excited, I still had no desire to go back to the Royal Court.

"Lissa, the queen hates me! And it's bad enough Adrian is going! She thinks we're having an affair, and this does nothing to help." I tossed the dress onto the bed, getting up to leave. There was no way in hell I was going to his thing.

"Please rose?" Lissa put her hand on my shoulder and pulled me down. "This is important."

Ok, so it was important. It was absolutely necessary if Lissa wanted her situation for college to go well. Plus we both had to be on good terms with the queen so I could be secured as Lissa's guardian. Which is a problem when the queen thinks you're a delinquent and having an affair with her nephew. In any case, this meant the world to Lissa. So I reconsidered. After all, They come first.

"Fine." I huffed, and Lissa hugged me tightly.

"Thank you so much Rose! I'm sorry."

"Yea, yea." I slipped into her bathroom to change. Of course the dress fit perfectly. I had to admit I liked it, mostly because the looser bottom made it more maneuverable. The three inch stilettos, however were a slight disadvantage to my guardian skills. Which was another problem because I had found them while looking for my iPod. Two minutes before we boarded the plane.

"What are these?" I held them up to Lissa. She looked straight ahead.

"You needed dress shoes." I glanced at them with a disgusted look.

"Dress shoes? These mother fuckers are stilts!" I shrieked. Alberta glared at me.

"Rose! There are kids here! Let's keep it PG." I shrugged. So there were a few little dhampirs around. Big deal.

"You say that like its possible." They called our flight then, so I just shook my head and shoved them back in my bag.

"God where are they?" I scanned the crowd for the guys. It was just Lissa, Alberta, and I right now. I saw Dimitri over the sea of heads and smiled.

"Hey little dhampir, glad you could make it." I whipped around to see Adrian leaning against his luggage. Sketchball.

"Just stay out of my way Ivashkov."

"Ok! Do we have everything." Dimitri double checked everything and Christian gave Lissa a quick kiss. I made a gagging noise and he flipped me off. I smirked.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw two people approaching us.

\ "Hey guys! Sorry we're late." I threw my hands in the air.

"Eddie? Mia? How many people are coming to this thing?!"

"Rose, it's the queens ball. It's a pretty huge thing." Dimitri picked up the bags and I glared at Lissa.

"Let's go!" Mia was practically vibrating with excitement. We made our way over to the plane.

"Hey little dhampir. I don't suppose you'd do me the honor of sitting with me?"

"Not a chance. I'd rather stand."

"I'll let you have the window seat?" He tried. I shook my head.

"Did you really think I would say yes?"

"If I got you drunk enough." He smirked, pulling out some vodka.

"Hey! How did you get that through security?!"

"We had to go through security?" He looked puzzled.

"You're a moron." I boarded the plane, sliding into a seat beside Dimitri and Lissa.

"Hello Roza. Ready for the flight?" He laced his fingers through mine. I smiled up at him, leaning on his shoulder.

"Not at all, Comrade. But at least I'm not sitting with -"

"Hey little dhampir!" Adrian popped up right above my head. Oh good God. "No hard feelings. I mean, behind you is good too." He laughed.

I groaned. This was going to be a long flight.

A/N What did you think? And don't worry, Rose isn't going to have to put up with Adrian for much longer ;) Reviews are nice!