My knees were brought up to my chest . My back leaned against the cold back wall of my dorm . I heard a soft knock on my dorm; No doubt Lissa. Come in. I said just above a whisper. Lissa opened the dorm room slowly. Like she was afraid a dragon lay inwait for her on the other side waiting for dinner. A soft laugh escaped my slightly chapped lips. Im not going to bit. Your the one that bits Lissa. I spoke softly with a light smile playing across my pale face. I looked at Lissa. Deep purple-ish spots were plastered under her Dragomir jade eyes. Her hair was curly instead of the usaul straight. Her make-up was of lipstick and eyeliner . What.. Whats wrong Liss? I hadnt noticed anything bad in the bond. I spent a lot of time in her head most of the time. Lissa frowned deeper and sat on the spinning black chair placed in front of the computer desk . Christian. Her voice broke in more places then one. She bit her lip looking down. As I looked through the bond fast I relized that Lissa much like myself had been cooped up in her dorm . Only leaving in the times she went to class. Lissa looked up from her fingers to me. Her jade eyes blank and love sick all at the same time. I reached for one of her hands getting out of my old postion to sitting like her on my bed. I squeezed her hand.

It will be okay Liss. I said squeezing her head once more. I looked at her poor love sick puppy dog eyes. It will. I promised her . I looked over at my clock as it beeped. Come on Lissa. Lets go to dinner. I said and stood up and pulled her up with me . I smiled , trying to be an example . She was worried sick about me just as I was for her. I grabbed some clothes for myself and let Lissa go to her room to get dressed. I put my hair in a tight high up pony tail. Dimitri wasnt here for me to show my long sometimes black hair to . I bit my lip as not to cry at the memory of my long lost love.

Lissa opened the door slowly after a little. I had on a simple pair of black slacks and deep blue blouse. A lot like the get up we were given to wear at the court when that bitch queen told me to stop dating Adrian. How can you stop doing something you werent doing? A question she had asked herself before. She smiled at Lissa. She had on light light blue jeans and a light pink blouse. She had done her make-up nice and covered up the blotches under her eyes. You look beautiful Lissa. I said and pulled my bestfriend into a hug .

I walked hand and hand with Lissa to the caf. Lissa smiled and laughed as I insulted Christian only slightly deffended him. Both me and her were getting better. We were helping each other through our love sickness as best as possible. I frowned with Lissa as we came up to our table to see Christian sitting stabing his plate with his fork. What did the plate do to you Ozera ? I asked and squeezed Lissas hand . Adrians face brightened as he caught site of me . I smiled at him and his face looked brighter than the sun. He made room for me and Lissa while knocking Christian right off the bench. I laughed sitting beside the sunshine faced Adrian. Lissa sat beside me letting go of my hand to steal a fry from Eddie s overflowed plate.

Hey! Christian exclaimed making room for himself not knocking anyone off. Lissa laughed lightly followed by a surprisingly happy Eddie. I looked back to Adrian as I felt someone s eyes on me . Sure enough Adrian s jade green eyes almost like Lissa stared at me. I knew he wasnt using complusion . I knew what it felt like . I just sorta begain to notice the very few good things about Adrian. I had promised him a chance. I was gonna stay up to it . I looked from Adrian to a Lissa who also looked surprisingly happy for being just as love sick as me.

For the 12th time in about 5 minutes I turned slightly in my sit - a movment that only Eddie with his novice trained eyes could notice. And probaly Adrian if he was still staring at me - and spoke for only Lissa s ears. Are you okay Liss ? I asked . She was stealing more of Christian s fries while he wasnt looking. Eddie and Adrian chuckled as Christian glared at me thinking I took them. Lissa laughed with Eddie and Adrian a hand over her mouth to muffle the sound.

Lissa took her hand from her mouth . Im fine Rose. Lissa said low enough that only I could hear her. She smiled reasuring and stole Adrian s apple.

Hey! Adrian exclaimed, looking dumb. Eddie , Lissa , and I laughed. Christian just looked at Lissa wide eyed .

Huh ? Wha? Christian said puting peices together. You? He said looking even more dumb than Adrian. We laughed more. Lissa shrugged and stuck out her tongue before taking a bite of Adrian s apple . Christian glared at Lissa playfully . People were walking out of the cafeteria. We stood up all at once and started to part. Eddie gave us a quick nod before heading on to a date he told us he was having a little ways back. Adrian and Christian had joked asking Eddie if this date was female or not. Well. I would love to stay and chat. Well . With Lissa . But I gotta some kids to teach. He said. Adrian looked only slightly offended. Lissa blushed.

Oh you know you want me Ozera. I said joking . Lissa laughed . Adrian glared at Christian which made me and Lissa brust out in laughter.

Nah .. Your confusing me with Ivashkov. Christian said . His eyes wondered to Lissa . Looking about half as love sick as hers . They both gave weak smiles.

Hey .. whats with all the last names going around. I dont know if I ll be okay with you guys calling me Dragomir . Lissa said and laughed lightly.

Nahh.. It doesnt flow like Hathaway , Ivashkov , Castile, and Ozera. Christian said with a grin . Plus Lissa is soo much better for you. He said with a smile that made her blush.

Well.. When you guys say Ozera or Ivashkov you could be talking about tons of different people. Lissa said and rose a brow .

Yea . But you can tell which one we re talking about because of the annoyed tone we use with the name. I said and laughed lightly.

Oh when you use an annoyed tone for me its only cause your annoyed that Im so damn sexy. Adrian said . Christian and Lissa laughed . I responed with a roll of the eyes.

Well .. I better jet. Bye Lissa. Hathaway , Ivashkov. He said smiling only at Lissa.

Hey! You cant use an annoyed tone on me! I called after him but he had already left. A put a arm around Lissa s shoulder and squeezed lightly. She smiled and I dropped my arm from her shoulder. Well .. I began and saw Lissa bite her lip. Spirit pratice? I asked.

Yup. Looks like youll be spending some time with me . Are you sure you wont die from my awesomeness? He asked and rose a brow.

I doubt that. I said and thought for a second. Well.. Lissa .. Im going to check on Fire Boy s teaching skills and make sure he doesnt kill any of the kids. I said giving Lissa a quick hug. I turned and Adrian stood with his arms open waiting for a hug . I rolled my eyes and walked to the room Christian and his ducklings were.