(From The End Of Last Sacrifice)

Then

"What's so funny?" asked Dimitri, looking down at me with amusement. "I'm just thinking about what Lissa would say if we still had the bond." In a very bad breach of guardian protocol,he caught a hold of my hand and pulled me toward him.

"And?" he asked, wrapping me in an embrace.

"I think she'd ask, 'What have we gotten ourselves into?'"

"What's the answer?"

His warmth was all around me, as was his love, and again, I felt that completeness. I had that missing piece of my world back. The soul that complemented mine. My match. My equal. Not only that, I had my life back-my own life. I would protect Lissa, I would serve, but I was finally my own person.

"I don't know," I said, leaning against his chest. "But I think it's going to be good."

Now

"Damnit Dimitri, come on. We're going to be late for the wedding!"

Lissa and Christian were finally getting married. They've been together for about two years. After Lissa became Queen, they decided to settle down. It was about damn time! They had told Dimitri and I that since we're Lissa's guardians, we'll be the Best Man and Bride's Maid. Dimitri FINALLY came out of the bathroom in his tux. He looked like the god Mason always told me he was since we came back to the academy 2 years ago. Mason...God i miss him. Dimitri posed in the doorway.

"What do you think?"

"That you look very handsome, Dimka."

I smiled and went over to kiss him. I kissed him with fierceness, until there was a knock at the door.

"Come on Belikov and Hathaway!"

It was Adrian.

"Okay, Ivashkov. Give us a minute!"

I heard mumbling and footsteps. We both turned to look at each other and busted out laughing. We finished getting ready and kissed one last time. We went out to the hallway, searching for Adrian. It took us about ten minutes and a ton of cussing (mostly me) to find him. We finally found him in the parlor looking around in cabinets.

"Where in the hell were you, Adrian?"

"Looking for alcohol. They have absolutely none! Goody-two-shoes."

"Oh they do have alcohol, Adrian. Christian had requested that they hide all of it from you."

"That bitch! Wait until I get my hands on him.."

We looked at him and the three of us started laughing really hard. We walked out to the SUV and I made Adrian sit in the backseat.

"Thanks,Rose. You're doing me a favor. If I throw up I can, on you," He gave me a huge grin. Ugh.

We got out at the church and went our separate ways,the boys to Christian's dressing room and me to Lissa's. When I came in my mom was already there, doing Lissa's makeup. Wow, that's a surprise.

After we finished getting Lissa ready, we got in to our places to walk down the aisle. The music had started. It was the two flower girls, me and Dimitri. After we got into our places up where Christian and the priest were, my dad walked Lissa down the aisle, since Lissa's dad is dead. She looked so beautiful. When she got to Christian I teared up, realizing how perfect they are together. And yes me, Rosemarie Hathaway, the badass who killed a ton of Strigoi, is tearing up to a wedding. Ever since we were little, me and Lissa have planned our weddings. She has hers just right, even though she never planned her family dying and her being Queen. I'd listened to their vows quietly, sneaking glances at Dimitri. When Christian and Lissa kissed, tears escaped from my eyes. When they were walking down the aisle, Dimitri wrapped his arm around my waist.

"Are those happy or sad tears?"

"Very happy tears."

"Good."

He kissed me very softly and we walked quickly down the aisle to the limo with Christian and Lissa. We sat across from them and drank some red wine. Dimitri kept his arm around me.

"So are we going to the after party, Rose?"

"Yes, as long as the alcohol's hidden from Adrian."

Lissa laughed.

"Yes Rose, we made sure of that."

"Good."

When we got to the hall for the party, Adrian was already there, alcohol in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

"Damnit Adrian, you don't need that."

I took the cigarette, broke it in half and threw it in the drink. I took the cup and threw the halfs of the cigarette in it.

"There you go, Adrian!"

"Rose!"

I smiled and threw the cup away. I walked over to the head table and sat beside Lissa.

"Haha, I saw what you did to Adrian, Rose."

"He deserved it."

I smiled and walked over to Christian.

"If you ever hurt Lissa, I'll personally cut off your balls and beat your ass."

"Harse much, Rose?"

I raised my fist to him.

"Sorry, sorry!"

I smiled and went to go get some of the food off the table.

"That was quite a show."

Dimitri had wrapped his arms around my waist from behind.

"Why thank you. Which part was your favorite?"

"Hm..When you took Adrian's pride and joy."

I smiled and turned around so I could kiss him. He kissed me back and we went to dance to "Kiss The Rain" by Yiruma.

I had my arms around his neck and laid my head on his chest. He kissed the top of my head.

"Are you happy for Christian and Lissa?"

"Of course. I'm glad they get to be together."

"You're not jealous that she married first or anything?"

"No. I know we'll marry soon. But right now our first priority is guarding Lissa, we can marry in the next year or so. Whenever we decide to."

"Yeah. Maybe we'll talk during their honeymoon."

I smiled and got on my tippy-toes to kiss him when the song ended. We kissed each other deeply and went to get some food.

"Want me to get the drinks, and you get the food?"

"Sure. Sounds good to me."

We went our separate ways. I filled two plates with food and he filled two cups with red wine. We went to the head table for the Best Man, Bride's Maid, Groom and Bride. We gave each other our stuff and eat quietly. Christian got up to make a toast.

"I'd like to make a toast to this wonderful wedding and our Queen, Lissa."

Lissa was blushing at this point, with her hands over her face.

"I'd like to say that I'm happy to be married to Vasilisa Dragomir and proud to be King of the Moroi."

I smiled and raised my wine glass.

"Are you and Vasilisa thinking about keeping the Dragomir bloodline going?" someone asked in the crowd.

Christian had a thoughtful look on his face, "We're undecided."

I looked around in the crowd, but couldn't find the person who asked the question.

"It was a reporter," Dimitri whispered into my ear. "He works for a bigtime magazine, one that asks the Queen a billion questions."

"Oh," I looked at all the reporters and sighed. "How lovely it'll be to be her guardians. Have to protect her from paparazzi and Strigoi."

"It's a long road, but it'll be worth it."

I smiled and kissed him. I STILL can't get over how handsome he is. I guess old habits die hard. We finished eating and there was a dance for the bride and groom.

"Would you like to dance?" Dimitri asked in my ear.

"It's a bride and groom dance," I smiled.

"I think they won't mind."

I smiled, getting up and took his hand. We each each other hand,my other hand on his shoulder, and his other hand on my waist. I felt like I was being lifted off the ground, I felt like a princess. Lissa smiled at me when we danced pass them. I smiled back a huge smile and looked back at Dimitri, he was smiling down at me. I smiled back and layed my head on his chest. It felt so nice to be public with our relationship. It was too stressing to hide it behind closed doors and keep secrets from Lissa. The song ended and the DJ announced that the party was over. I helped clean up then Dimitri, Adrian and I got into the limo with Christian and Lissa. Adrian was out-of-his-mind drunk, so we made him sit far away from us.

"Why do I have to sit so far away? I'm not contagious."

"We know, you're just so drunk we don't want you to be over here."

I giggled. The response was so stupid, but in his drunken-state he wouldn't think much into it.

When we got back to the church Dimitri got the SUV and we drove back to our home. Lissa and Christian went down to their room, while me and Dimitri got our rest. Two other guardians agreed to stand outside their room since we'd be too tired from the wedding to do it. I waved a goodnight to the guardians and went down to our room. I changed out of my dress and into some comfortable pajamas. Dimitri was in the bathroom, so I layed on the bed and curled up, waiting for him. I was half asleep when he came and wrapped his arms around me and whispered into my ear.

"Tired from the long day?"

"Yeah, but it was fun."

He smiled and held me tight, I let his warmth and love wrap around me. I rubbed his arms softly, yawning big.

"I should let you sleep."

"But I wanna do something Dimitri."

"But you're tired. And we need our rest."

I sighed and nodded, knowing he'd feel it. We fell asleep with his arms around me, us embracing each other.