Love Lost

Here is the first chapter of my new story, "What Dreams May Come" I hope you enjoy it. It really doesn't follow any certain book, but some things have happened and some things haven't. You'll get the gist of it as the story goes on. It is mostly a love story, but may have some action in later chapters. I hope you like it.

Richelle Mead owns original VA.

"It's over isn't it?" he asked as he looked at me across the table. I had made a dinner for us hoping it would rekindle the love and passion we once had. We had barely spoken or looked at each other as we ate.

"Yes, Dimitri, I think it is. I'm sorry." I said as I twirled the linguini around my fork.

"Nothing to apologize for Roza. It happens. Love fades, I guess ours has." Dimitri said with his head still bowed.

"I guess so." Was my only response.

We ate the rest of the meal in silence. When it was time for bed Dimitri opted to sleep on the couch. I brought his pillow and a blanket to him and he asked me to sit with him for a moment. "Roza, I will be gone tomorrow. I think I am going to go visit my family. I haven't been home in quite a while." I just nodded. I didn't blame him or myself. We knew this was coming; I just wanted to believe we could make it. He leaned over and kissed me gently on the lips then wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly.

I finally broke away and walked into my bedroom and dropped on the bed, tears streaming down my face. I knew this is what was best, but it still hurts all the same. I lay in bed for a while, then finally fell into a black and peaceful sleep.

I woke up to my phone ringing. "Hello?" I said groggily.

"Rose? Are you okay? I just heard from Dimitri, he said he's leaving for Russia and doesn't know when he'll be back. What happened?" Lissa was concerned. Not only could I hear it in her voice, but also I could feel it through the bond.

"I don't know Liss. It's been coming for a while. Too many nights spent silent on the couch, go to bed back's to each other, arguing over stupid things. It had just gotten to the point where that spark was gone. We knew it was over." I became quiet.

"Are you okay? Do you want me to come over?" She asked.

"Sure." And we hung up.

We had moved to Court after high school and Lissa and I decided to get separate places since her relationship with Christian was really serious and Dimitri and I were inseparable. We lived in the same building, just different floors. There was a knock at my door. "It's open." I yelled. I knew it was Lissa.

"Hey Rose. How are you?" Lissa asked as she came over and sat on the couch with me. She wrapped her arm around me and gave me a comforting hug.

"I'm okay actually. Like I said, it's been coming. But I think I need to move. I don't want to stay here anymore." I hung my head. I knew I should suck it up and just stay here. I mean, I was badass Rose Hathaway, I can deal with anything. But I felt like I needed a new start.

"Well, lets call your dad. Maybe he can help." That didn't sound like a bad idea. I hated asking him for help, but I knew he would do anything he could to help me.

"Okay, but can we call him tomorrow? I'm hungry and I don't want to deal with this right now." I said.

"Sure, and you're staying with me tonight."

"But Liss, Christian won't…" she cut me off.

"Christian will deal. He can stay with Eddie for the night. It's final. You're staying with me till we get this figured out." She said, leaving no room to argue.

"Okay, let's go eat." I said as I got up and headed towards the door.

"Um, Rose? I know you're hungry and all, but, I think you should get changed." I looked at my clothes and realized I was still in my short shorts and tank top.

"Oh, yeah." I said laughing. I went to my room and grabbed a pair of jeans, a fitted t-shirt and my sneakers. I walked out pulling my hair up into a tight ponytail. "Okay, let's go."

We made our way to the coffee shop where I knew they'd have donuts. I got two donuts and a mocha latte and found a table in the corner. Lissa and I began talking about her and Christian and some gossip about our other friends. Apparently Eddie and Mia had been spending a lot of time together lately. Lissa thought Christian was going to propose soon, and she decided I needed to start dating again. "Liss, I just ended things with Dimitri last night. I'm not ready to start dating again." I said.

"Well, that's fine, but lets go to the club this weekend. Let lose some. It's been so long since we've been out and had some fun." Lissa was getting excited about going out so I couldn't turn her down.

"Okay, let's ask Mia too. Make it a girls night out." Lissa seemed to really like that idea and called Mia right away to arrange it. We spent the rest of the day walking around the shops and talking. We decided to go to the hot springs and relax for a while.

The hot springs were located under the spa. We walked into a big room that was tiled all in white and had four pools that were really just holes in the ground. They were about the size of a standard hot tub but had natural mineral springs that were heated nicely. There was a room to the left that was an exercise room, to the right was a rec room that had video games and a pool table and beyond that was a small feeder room. Steam rose from the pools and as we walked over to one we could feel the heat radiate from them. We chose one and I dipped my foot into the water. Oh my, this was going to be relaxing. We eased our way in and sat in the water just letting it soak in. A few other people came in while we were there, but we kept to ourselves.

Suddenly the doors opened and three guys walked in. They entered like it was the Queen or something. You could tell just by looking at them that they were Royals. "Well, looks like that partiers are here. Let's go Rose. It's nearing dinner time anyway." Lissa said. I nodded and we got out. We walked over to get our stuff when one of the guys came up behind me. I had on a deep purple bikini, and I knew I looked good. I had curves that made most girls envious and paired with my toned abs, legs and arms, made most men drool.

"Why you leaving? We just got here. We could have some fun." He whispered in my ear. I turned around and shot him a look that clearly told him to back off, he did. "Just saying hi is all." He said with his hands raised as if to say "sorry, don't hit me." "My names Joe. If you're ever here again, maybe we can hang out and get to know each other." He said while checking me out.

I wrapped my towel around myself and said "Doubtful." I heard one of his friends call out.

"Come on Joe. Everyone's gonna be here soon, and besides, you couldn't get with someone like her on your best day." I looked up and saw the one who had spoken. He looked at me with a sly smile. He was cute for a Moroi. He had on green board shorts. He was tall and thin, but had a slight build, dark brown hair that looked like it was permanently messy, but looked good, and even though he had a smirk on his face, I thought he'd have a beautiful smile. He was a little tanner than most Moroi, but not nearly as tan as me. And then there were his eyes. At this distance I couldn't tell if they were green or blue, but they were light, surrounded by dark, lush eyelashes. To say the least, he was beautiful. But you could tell he was bad news.

I noticed all this in a matter of seconds so Lissa didn't really notice. "Come on Rose, let's go before they really start in." She said as we walked out the door.

"Who are those guys? I've never seen them before." I asked, curiosity getting the better of me.

"Oh, the one that talked to you was Joe Conta, the one in the black was Kyle Voda, and the one in the green was Adrian Ivashkov. They must be home from college. They've all got reputations for being partiers and players. They're a few years older than us, but I really only know of them from their reputation."

I just nodded and changed the subject. We were talking about our sleepover an dealing with kicking Christian out.

"Come one. I can just sleep on the couch Liss. Why do I have to go stay at Eddies?" Christian was complaining.

"Because I said. Rose and I want to have some girl time." Lissa said back.

"Fine, but I want pictures and video." He smirked.

"Hey Chris, what happens between Liss and I is for our eyes only," I said giving him my most sultry smile.

"One of these days, my fantasy will come true." Christian replied.

"Oh yeah? And what's that?" Lissa asked, eyebrows raised.

"A threesome with my love and Rose. What more could a guy want?" He laughed as Lissa and I started throwing couch pillows at him.

"As if Christian! GO! See you in the morning." Lissa laughed. He walked out and we decided to get some popcorn and watch a movie. "Can you believe him?" Lissa said still laughing, but I could feel come nervousness through the bond.

"Hey, it's a guy thing Liss. What man do you know that doesn't want to have a threesome with two beautiful women? You know he wouldn't know what to do. He'd probably faint at the actual thought." I was trying to make a joke and reassure her. "You know he's not serious, and plus, I would never agree to it anyway."

"What, I'm not hot enough to have a threesome with?" She said in a joking tone.

"Liss, you know that's not what I meant. You are one hot bitch, but honestly? I don't find Christian that hot. He just doesn't do it for me." I laughed, but it was true. I suddenly had a serious thought, and Lissa noticed.

"What is it Rose? You got serious all of a sudden."

"It's nothing really, I just don't know if I'll ever find love again. But I guess it's soon to even think about it. It hasn't even been twenty-four hours yet. Maybe some day."

"Hey, just have fun for a while. You deserve it. Tomorrow night we'll go out and dance wand have some fun. Just us girls, no boys except those at the bar." We finished watching the movie and ended up falling asleep on the couch.

There it is. The first chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Please leave me your thoughts, I know it isn't real exciting, but it will get better. Don't forget to review!