Hey everyone! I'm back! Yay… Thank you to imaVampire, and SandonaBeachbytheSea for telling me that Dimitri's last name was spelt wrong. I don't know why but I can never spell his name correctly! Anyways, read and review please!!!!! Hope you like it!!!

DPOV

"Roza! What are you doing out here?" I asked, mainly out of curiosity. "Oh nothing at all Dimitri, I was just thinking about something." I could tell that she was lying but I didn't push it.

"Oh I see." This conversation wasn't really comfortable. I was thinking about what Tasha had offered me and Rose was thinking about whatever she was thinking. Then, all of a sudden she broke down and started crying.

I was shocked, Rose never cried like this, she was strong and seeing her like this made me sad. She seems so vulnerable. I pulled her into a hug, softly talking to her in Russian hoping that it would calm her down.

I was right, and it worked. She looked up, and I saw her deep brown eyes. I felt as if I saw what she was thinking. Before I knew it, she kissed me and I kissed her back. Soon, I found that I have pressed her against the tree.

As much as I loved that, I couldn't let her know. So instead of being honest, I told her to never do that. Her response was, "then don't kiss me back comrade." She said that in a bitter tone, that no one could ever ignore.

I pushed her away, more strongly than I had intended to. I knew that I had hurt her, but what happened next really hurt me. I saw arms snake around her waist, it was that Ashford kid. Oh how much did I want to kill him right there.

How dare he touch Roza, my Roza! Anger revved through my body. I was so mad. I knew that she knew too, only she wanted to get back at me. So when she saw (or more like felt) Ashford here, she just brushed me off with a "See you late Guardian Belikov (did I spell his name right this time? I always make a mistake!)." And left with Ashford, hand in hand.

I was so mad. I knew that I wanted this for her, but all I could do was stand there. Trying hard to control my temper. I knew that I should let her be. I should just leave her. I needed her to like… Even love someone her own age.

I'm been telling her that since the lust charm. And the only thing that I could do about it would be to get myself away from her. For her sake, and mine. So with that, I called up Tasha and told her to meet me at the lobby.

"Hey Tasha." God was I uncomfortable. This was so embarrassing, but I was doing this for Rose. "Hey Dimka, did you want to talk about something? It's unlike you to just want to "hang out" when you're on duty.

Oh, she was right. I forgot that I was on duty. Damn myself for letting my feelings get in the way. Oh well, too late to back up now. "Well, I thought of what you said, and I'm just wondering if that offers still open?"

Her face lit up as I said this. I know, it feels like I'm using her and her "crush" on me to solve, or at least run away from my own problems, but…. I might actually like her, and if I don't… Then, I'll reconsider.

"Of course the offers still opened Dimka! What changed your mind? I though you said that you didn't want to be my guardian!" I couldn't believe it. Natasha Oreza (did I spell her name correctly?) was actually gushing! Wow.

"I just felt like I needed a break from the academy, and I thought of you." I think that Tasha could see that I didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't push it. Instead she's like, "Ok, so when do you want to leave, and do you need to talk to anyone about… You know, this?"

"Um… I need to talk to Headmistress Kirova and that's about it. When would you like to leave Tasha?" I knew that I had to talk to Kirova about leaving the academy. But I didn't want to talk to Rose, and I knew that the rumours of me leaving are going to go around, sooner or later.

So I might as well just leave it. "Ok then, meet you back here in an hour Dimka." "Sure thing Tasha." And with that, I left to see Kirova. I wonder what she would say. Oh well.

Finding Kirova wasn't that hard, you just needed to go to the right place.

After about a 30 min discussion with Kirova, I was officially Tasha's guardian. As soon as I was done with Kirova, I walked outside and trudged along the snow towards the lobby. The scenery was wonderful and it gave me time to think about my choice.

I knew my decision was kind of selfish, but that was the only way. Soon, I found myself in the lobby being approached by Tasha. "Hey Dimka, so how did it go?"

"It was fine Tasha. I'm now your official full time guardian!" With that, she grinned and I could tell that she was really really happy. "So when do you want to leave Tasha?"

I didn't really want to leave soon. But I knew that I had to because if I didn't, I might change my mind about being Tasha's guardian.

"Hmm… How about two days from now? I want to say goodbye to some people. We can meet here at 6PM sharp and then leave."

"Ok Tasha, I'm going to go to my room and pack now."

Two days later…….

So, what do you think? You like it? Review please! Oh, just so you know…. The rest of the story is going to be in Rose's POV… At least for now that is. ~Michelle.