Ok so, this story takes place in-between frost bite and shadow kiss and I really hope you like it! Please review!

Disclaimer: I don't own vampire academy…. sadly

Beep….. Beep….. Beep

"Ugh" I groaned, I stretched my arm across the bed, blindly feeling for the alarm clock. Finally I just gave up on pushing the off button and just slammed the whole thing against the wall. I pulled the covers back over me and closed my eyes….. Only to open them 10 seconds later to a pounding on my door. What do these people want!

"GO AWAY" I shouted in the general direction of the door. The pounding on the door stopped…. Finally, now I can get some sleep I thought. No such luck. About 10 seconds later it picked up again, even harder that before. I threw the covers off me and stumbled to the door. I opened the door, "WHAT?" I screamed at the person standing there.

A grin started to spread on Dimitri's face, his lean 6'7" frame leaning against the door jam.

"Morning sun shine" he said, his voice shadowed with a faint Russian accent.

"Oh" I said, surprised at his appearance here. "What are you doing here? Training doesn't start for another….." I looked around in search of a clock, but mine was currently out of order.

"A student reported a banging noise coming from this floor, the dorm matron told me, assuming it was you." He said, trying not to smile.

"Oh well, my alarm clock stated to attack me but, I took care of it."

"Glad our training sessions are starting to pay off." I noticed his eyes starting to travel the length of my body. I looked down and realized that all I was wearing was an off the shoulder baggy t-shirt that came to just above mid-thigh. A hot flush was starting to creep across my body under his gaze.

"So…."

He wrenched his eyes from my body and looked me in the eye. I thought I saw a flash of something in his deep brown eyes but it was gone as he slipped his guardian mask in place.

"I'll see you in 10 for training" he said in a husky voice. He turned on his heel and walked away.

I closed my door and turned around, sliding down the length of the door until I was sitting on the ground. My head was spinning at just that brief encounter. I got up and started getting ready for training, putting on my sports bra and a pair of short running shorts. I looked at my phone, I needed to be at training in …..3 minutes ago. Great. That's ok, this was better than usual. I sprinted all the way to the gym, only arriving there 5 minutes late. Dimitri was leaning up against the opposite wall only wearing basketball shorts. I attempted to not stare at his perfectly sculpted chest but it's kind of hard when it's at your eyelevel. "Sorry Comrade, but you have to admit this is an improvement." I said. He was trying not to crack a smile.

"Oh, Rose." He shook his head at me. "Before you start laps, I'm supposed to inform you that all the senior novices will be taking a 3 day camping trip. We are leaving today at 10 so after training you can go pack up your things.

"What? Camping? You can't be serious?" I said. Camping was really not one of my favorite things. Lissa and I had tried it once while we were on "vacation". It was not an experience I wanted to live through again.

"Yep, make sure you pack things for hot weather. I'm pretty sure there won't be any air conditioning in your tent" Dimitri said clearly amused at my reaction.

"Sounds great." I said, my words dripping with sarcasm.

"Come on," Dimitri said, "I'll run with you today." He headed towards the door. I followed him out, already dreading the next 3 days….

As Dimitri and I started running my mind drifted to Dimitri and l as a couple, we knew we couldn't be together because of Lissa. But we still had a few months before graduation….

I was jerked out of this thought by Dimitri speaking.

"Sorry, what did you say, I was sort of zoned out…"

"What do you have against camping?" he repeated

"Oh, you mean besides the fact that, you sleep on the ground, no heating and air conditioning, no real food, no real bathrooms and you're in the middle of the woods?"

"Uh, yeah, besides that fact." Dimitri said this sarcastically, smiling.

"Lissa and I kind of had a bad experience camping…." I replied.

"Oh?" Dimitri said, lifting one eye brow at me.

"So, while we were on "vacation" some of our friends thought it would be a great idea to take a camping trip in the mountains. The night we got there we all sort of got drunk and thought it would be great to go on a walk…. In the dark…. In the middle of the woods. So we kind of got lost and were kind of stuck in the woods for 2 days…but we made it out eventually…."

"You're lucky you weren't killed, or worse." Dimitri's words came out coldly. I stopped running. Dimitri continued a few steps before realizing that I had stopped. He turned to face me.

"Do you not think I know that? Do you think I don't regret that night?" my words came out like ice. "I put her in danger I know. But for once I wanted to be normal, for it not to be all about her." As I said this I knew I wasn't talking about a camping trip any more… and Dimitri knew it to. I could feel tears welling up in my eyes, but I fought them off. "My whole life it's been all about her, she can do anything she wants, she can love who ever she wants-"My voice broke on this. Dimitri took three long strides toward me and wrapped his arms around me. It was just a little after 6 am, vampire schedule so I knew no one was awake yet. I could feel a sob building in my chest. Dimitri just held me tighter, my face against his chest. His hand stroked my hair and he murmured something in Russian. I'm not sure how long we stood like that, but eventually my sobs subsided and I was just left shaking silently in Dimitri's arms. He pulled me back slowly, though still holding me in his arms.

"Rose. Roza, look at me." I slowly lifted my eyes to that they met his. He placed his hand under my chin and tilted my face upward. He didn't need to say anything, his eyes gave away everything he felt. He bent his head downward, leaning in towards me. He gently brushed his lips against mine, slowly deepening the kiss. He pulled away and looked at me. He brushed hair away from my face lightly. "I love you" he said, never taking his eyes from mine.

"I love you" I replied. We stood there for more than a minute, just staring into each other's soul. He kissed me one more time and then slowly backed away. He turned around and walked away. I stood there, stunned, for a few seconds. When I finally realized I could still use my legs, I walked back to my dorm. Maybe camping wasn't going to be so bad after all….

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