Vampire Academy: 3rd Times the Prince Charming

Chapter 2 of my Vampire Academy story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Vampire Academy belongs to Richelle Mead.

Chapter 2

ROSE POV

I immediately hurried in the direction of the voices and saw Lissa; she was sitting at one of the tables near the window next to the courtyard. Standing in front of her, hands on her hips and glaring angrily, was a young girl. She was rather short with long curly blonde hair and blue eyes; her pale skin identified her as Moroi. She had an almost doll like appearance. She wore the girls' uniform but with thigh high socks and skirt even shorter than mine, coming down to between mid-thigh length and her butt. I could see from her stance she was threatening Lissa, I immediately hurried over.

"Hey!"

I grabbed the girl by the shoulder and spun her around to face me. I was surprised at how I towered over her; most Dhampir and Moroi were taller than me. That didn't make her look any less angry however. She quickly brushed my hand off her shoulder and glared with me.

"What's your problem, this is a private argument," she snapped.

I raised an eyebrow. "Hardly private if you're shouting all the time; just what do you think you're doing here anyway, doll-face, you…"

The girl cut me off, snapping, "I'm sixteen; bitch; anyway, this is none of your business…"

I glared, deciding it was time to set this girl straight.

The girl then began to turn back to Lissa; however I immediately moved and put myself between them. Before the girl could start mouthing off again I explained angrily,

"This is my business; since I'm her Guardian."

The girl stopped; realization seemed to dawn on her face, and then she smirked. "Oh, you're Rosemarie Hathaway…what, you think I'm scared of you? I know you're on probation. You can't do anything."

I bit back my retort, trying to keep my temper in check; she was right, but it still annoyed me having it shoved in my face like this. I then felt Lissa grab my arm.

"Rose; don't…" She began but then stopped.

I also noticed the new arrival: a Moroi boy, seventeen with blonde hair and blue eyes; clad in the boys' version of the uniform. It was Aaron Drozdov; he had been Lissa's boyfriend before we left. I had expected him to move on; but recently it seemed they had got back together.

"What's going on?" He asked.

The girl stopped, seeing what appeared to be odds against her, and stalked away. I turned to Aaron and Lissa.

"Who was she, what the hell was that all about?" I asked.

As I asked the questions Mason walked up and, overhearing, answered for me.

"Her name's Mia Rinaldi; I don't get it exactly, she's been like that ever since you guys came back." He paused. "She's normally not that angry."

I sighed and sat down with the others, pondering on what I had just been told.

Lissa was still shaken by her encounter with Mia; however Aaron seemed to be cheering her up. I thought about this new bit of information, wondering what this Mia girl could possibly want. Why was she so hostile? Deciding that worrying about it would get me nowhere, I pushed it to the back of my mind as Eddie also joined us along with Natalie Dashkov. A distant relative of Lissa's, Natalie had black hair and jade green eyes, similar to Lissa's. She was the daughter of Viktor Dashkov, a Royal of great importance. Natalie was a little…strange, but friendly. I was more than willing to tolerate her friendship with Lissa over other Royals'. I knew it wasn't easy for Lissa, being the last Dragomir; after the death of her parents and older brother Andre, she was now alone. The other Royals therefore expected so much from her, now that she represented her family, but Natalie didn't mind that; she was happy with Lissa being herself.

Finally lunch was over and we began to head to our afternoon classes. Lissa was in a much better mood now.

"Hey Rose, Aaron and I are gonna watch a movie tonight," she said. "If you want, you can join us."

I shook my head. "I'd love to Lissa but…I have my extra training session after school, remember."

She nodded in understanding; To make up for all the Guardian training I had missed after we left, I had to attend extra training session; which were overseen by one of the Guardians who brought us back, Dimitri Belikov.

By the time the afternoon classes were finished I was ready. I headed straight from my last class, after saying goodbye to Lissa, and headed for the gym where my extra lessons took place. I soon arrived and found Dimitri waiting for me. Dimitri was twenty-four; tall and muscular, with long brown hair which he tied back in a ponytail and brown eyes. He was clad in his usual clothes: a dark Guardian's uniform with his own personal touch, a duster coat. Like all Dhampir his skin was tanned. He smiled and nodded when he saw me.

"Rose; good, you're on time," he remarked, his voice carried a strong Russian accent. "Go get ready; we'll begin at once."

I nodded and headed into the changing room and changing into the gym style uniform that I wore for my official Guardian training class: black shorts; a red T-shirt; black socks and black sneakers. I left the changing room and joined Dimitri in the gym; he had removed his duster and was already prepared to begin.

Dimitri nodded seriously. "Now, let's begin," he said; his voice was business-like and I focused, ready for the lesson.

We started by going over the basics briefly; reviewing them, as we did at the start of every lesson. Then we started the lesson in earnest; however despite my best efforts, as had happened quite recently, I found my attention wandering. It was hard to focus.

'Dammit Rose, focus, this isn't the time.' I thought to myself; 'This isn't the time to be thinking about having a crush on your mentor.'

That was my big problem: I had formed a crush on Dimitri, which was unusual for me.

I wasn't normally like this; usually if I liked a guy I told him so and whatever happened, happened. But it felt strangely different with Dimitri. Finally, by the end of the training session I was still confused by my feelings; however I kept myself focused, compartmentalizing my feelings and working on the task at hand. Once I had changed back into my uniform I listened to Dimitri's comments on my performance, replied when necessary, and finally left, determined to try and rationalize these strange feelings within me.

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