Hey guy this is my first story so I hope you like it:) I know it has been done before and that this story is a little late considering Richelle Mead is already on the third book of the Bloodlines series, but i wanted to do it.:p Reviews are welcome. I own none of this and all rights to the wonderful Richelle Mead. Enjoy!:)

Shadow Kiss Alternate Ending

Chapter 1

Kirova and I were locked in a staring match with my mom and Alberta on either side of us. It was like an interrogation scene on one of those cheap crime shows. I always thought I would be the interrogator not the criminal. But at this point I didn't care where I was sitting, since I didn't want to be here at all.

"This is a waste of time!" I exclaimed. "I can't be here right now." Dimitri, the love of my life, was at the school's hospital in critical condition. He had been bitten by Strigoi during a rescue mission and barely made it out alive. Truthfully I was the only reason he was here. Everyone else was willing to let him die in the cave the Strigoi and their victims were lodged in. I was not going to let him stay there.

"Miss Hathaway you being by GuardianBelikov's side isn't going to change a thing," replied Kirova in her clam, strict manner that has pissed me off from the first moment I've heard her speak.

"Yeah and being here isn't going to change anything either. We can discuss the fact that I saved my mentor after he's off his death bed. That fact isn't going to run away while I'm down there with him"

"No, but you might" my mother, Janine Hathaway, muttered. I shot a look her way. We grew closer with the death of a close friend Mason, but that was still a low shot. I had run away with Vasilisa Dragomir, to protect her. Lissa has a rare kind of magic called spirit. We wanted to keep this a secret incase people decided to use her. Dimitri was the head of the guardians who brought us back. Ironically danger came to Lissa while at the Academy, in the form of Victor Dashkov. He kidnapped her to use her spirit healing powers to keep him alive. I sometimes wonder what my life would be like if we had decided to leave again. Whenever I try to imagine it though, Dimitri pops into my mind. Despite my mom's belief, there was no running away now.

"Listen", I replied, "I don't get why this is such a big deal. I had the courage to go back in while you stayed outside. I'm Superman, no wait Wonder Women. You guys are like the bystanders. I saved a great guardian and I'm being holed up in here like a prisoner?" I was terrified they had found out about Dimitri's and my relationship. I mean a seventeen year old and a twenty four year old together isn't exactly legal, not forgetting the fact he's my mentor. If I was going to go down, I was falling out Rosemarie Hathaway style.

"No that part of it is not a big deal," said Alberta. "In fact we all agree your bravery should be acknowledged. The problem in this situation is that there is suspicion that there is an, uh, affair between you and Dimi-, uh, Guardian Belikov." I morphed my expression into what I hoped was disbelief. Quickly I debated between continuing the professional tone they were using or speaking in a way that was more me.

"You think," I decided subtlety was not the way to lie here. "You think I'm having sex with Dimitri? You're kidding right? I knew that most of the school thought I was a whore, but I didn't expect you guys to believe that gossip." Sure, my reaction was a little over the top. I just didn't think, despite the fact that I'm an amazing liar, that I could fool them without a dramatic show. My body was physically drained, my mind was mentally drained, and I was so done with this conversation. I just wanted to check on Dimitri, something which most likely wouldn't happen now, and go back to my room.

"You two have seem to be growing closer," my mom said. Though I hated that she was in on this conversation since she barely knows me, I was glad for her interruption. Kirova probably had a whole speech going that would defiantly include my inappropriate word selection of sex.

"One," I snapped at my mom, "You can't say anything about me or him because you have not been here. Two of course we've grown closer. He saved me from being expelled and trained me to be at the top of my class. We've been through Lissa's kidnapping, Mason's death, spirit's side effects, and now the attack on the school together. How could two people not develop a bound after that." Lissa and I had a type of magical bound, one that resulted from her bringing me back from the death with spirit. Dimitri and I had a different connection though. Even if we didn't have strong feelings, we'd still have a tight tie to each other. He's taught me respect and how to be a great guardian and I've taught him to loosen up a little bit and enjoy life.

"So there are no romantic aspects to your relationship?" Alberta questioned. I mentally braced myself to tell the most important lie of my life.

"No."