Managed to do another chapter tonight and i hope it's okay, again please review! here you go peeps
Disclaimer= i still don't own vampire academy or it's characters :-(
Even in court, Lissa had a crowd of guardians watching her every move and everything around her, me amongst them. I spent most of my day guarding quite close to Zac and occasionally bringing up brief conversations with him whilst still keeping a watchful eye on our surroundings. He turned out to be quite the chivalrous gentleman who everyone loved, as well as his pretty moroi girlfriend who I caught him eyeing fondly when she appeared in our sight for a few minutes.
"Awww, she is very pretty", I giggled at the foolish grin he had plastered on his face. He glanced down at me (why did I have to be so short!). "Who?" As if he didn't know who I was talking about, just the girl who he had been staring at since she had appeared. "Err, only your girlfriend." Zac looked at me completely gobsmacked. "How did you know?" He demanded, definitely a love-stricken fool. "You have been staring at her for the last 10 minutes, duhh. No offense but our charge is over there." I nodded over to Lissa's direction. "Is it really that obvious?" Oh gee. It was less of a question than a statement though. "Why aren't you guarding her? Surely you could have found a way no matter how good you are, which I'm sure you are."
"She isn't royal, hell not even close, I made it very clear that she was the moroi I wanted to guard but they stated she wasn't in need of a guardian, especially one 'as good as me'." He turned and gave a half-hearted smile. I suddenly realised that I hadn't taken in anything he had said, god I was just so tired.
My whole body felt like wood but I couldn't show my weakness, Lissa would just send me home in shame. Unfortunately, a yawn beat my protests and Liss just so happened to look my way as it did. She was by my side before I could blink. I could feel her irritation and concern streaming through the bond. "Liss, I'm fine, go back, please", I begged before she could speak.
"Guardian Hathaway", ouch,"I can see that you are tired and not fit for duty, if you do not leave and rest for the remainder of the day and night then I will drag you back to your housing and post guardians outside it making sure you stay in." Firstly, she used my formal term, and secondly, she was using her authority against me which she never did. I didn't even need a bond to tell she was angry. I sagged in defeat and started trudging away without giving her another glance. She knew I didn't want to leave but she still made me. No matter how fast I went however, I still couldn't leave without her shouting another command (although I could feel her giving me sympathy through the bond), "and tell Dimitri he also has that time off!" She called after me, to hell with that! He would never take time off for no reason, I snorted. "And what makes you think he would ever take a minute off?"
"You will find a way." She grinned at me and winked, I couldn't help but feel slightly better, and this gave me some extra time with Dimitri which I never got. Maybe the time off wouldn't be so bad.
When I got to mine and Dimitri's housing, I found him making pancakes for breakfast, how dare he make pancakes without me! He clearly hadn't heard me come in so I pounced at him for behind, he failed to budge an inch but was taken completely off guard. Spinning, he grabbed my wrists and pinned me to the ground. I couldn't control myself and burst out with uncontrollable laughter, I had caught him by surprise for the first time in my life! Now that was my pay back for him making pancakes without me. The next on my check list was to pin him one day. Once he took a proper look at me, he too started grinning. Warmth blossomed through me, it was one of his full, rare smiles and it was breath-taking. He leaned down and gently kissed me whilst we were still sprawled across the floor. I melted into the kiss, his lips were so soft and so full of passion and love, I pressed against him but he pulled back before anything else happened. "I'm going to burn the pancakes", he mumbled and left me lying on the floor, I didn't feel like getting up quite yet so just lay there watching him. "What are you doing back here so early; I thought you were going to be guarding Lissa until late?" He questioned
"Well I didn't exactly have the best night's sleep and my very own yawn betrayed the secret. She sent me back in shame along with a string of threats. I have the rest of today and the night off." Dimitri nodded. "That is great; you should take a break for once in your life," he smiled and I knew he was relieved that I was getting a break – I guess I was also – until I dropped the bombshell. "You also have that time off."
I couldn't see Dimitri's face but I could hear him take a deep breath. "Okay, but just for you." What! "So you are accepting, just like that? Not that I'm not happy or anything but why?"
"Because I can spend every one of those moments with you helping you get to sleep, when I arrived this morning you were kicking and thrashing, I don't want you to have to sleep like that every night." There was a hint of pain and guilt in his voice, although I hadn't told him, he knew what my nightmares were about and he felt one hundred percent guilty. I clambered up and hugged him, burying my face in his chest whilst he stroked my hair. "Breakfast is served," he mumbled into my mass of hair, it tickled but as soon as he spoke those words I pushed away in delight. It wasn't exactly the right time for breakfast but he must have just got up. I grabbed a pancake and stuffed it into my mouth in one, muttering how good it was between mouthfuls. Why couldn't I ever cook anything without getting food poisoning … sort of. It's not like dhampirs could get sick that easily but if they could…
Dimitri beamed at me whilst nibbling at his own pancakes. Although I had scoffed a stack of pancakes and maple syrup, I was still sagging from fatigue and fell back onto the bed the first chance I got. Dimitri dutifully shuffled to the bed side and pulled the blanket up over me like a true gentlemen and then huddled up on the other side of the bed, laying his head on my pillow. "Haven't you just woken up?" I muttered, my eyelids getting heavier. "Yes, but if I have to lie here for one hundred days so that you get some sleep I will." He cuddled closer to me and I felt peaceful again. We fitted together so perfectly, we weren't ever meant to be apart. Around him I felt like a better person and wished never to break out of his arms. For the first time in a while, I felt myself drifting into a peaceful sleep.
