Rose's POV

I wasn't really all that hungry when Lissa had gotten ice cream for me, but the first sight of it I charged like a starving dog, finding something to eat at last. The whole time I was scarfing down my ice cream Lissa was laughing her head off. She even had to pay someone $20.00 just to hold her ice cream and NOT eat it. Just so she could crawl up on the floor to laugh her heart out. When I finished my ice cream I started laughing with her. Lissa never did got to eat her ice cream. The guy she paid to hold it came back with it covered in his tongue swipes. She told him to keep. Lucky. I wanted her ice cream. As i walked her back to her dorm I saw Adrian.

"Hey little dhampir! Long time no seeking." Adrian said, giving me a smile.

"You were seeking me out?" I asked.

"Of course, I wanted to tell you something."

"Spill it"

"I found. . . " but he never finished as Christian started to drag me away.

"Hey Christian! What is with the dramatically dragging Rose away from who she is talking to?" I asked with a laugh.

"We need to talk." he said harshly.

"Okay, you're mad, whats up?"

"Nothing, that's whats up, nothing at all. Lissa isn't talking to me."

"Of course she isn't talking to you, she broke up with you, why would she want to act all friendly. Her heart is kinda messed up right now." and of course being Christian, he snorted.

"Of course, the last Dragomir princess is having problems with her love life, still hanging on to a rebel when she could have any guy in the world she wants. Including the fact that SHE is the one who broke up with ME." Christian said, stomping on the ground, still dragging me, as we headed towards his room.

* * *

When Christian and I finally made it up to his room I started a little therapy session. So I made him lay down on his couch and made him spill, like a tipped over glass of water. It all came rushing out. He explained to me how he was feeling about Lissa and him splitting up and why he thinks they separated. After every question I asked I would always say "And how does that make you feel?" he would answer then I would go onto a new question he'd answer and I would go to that question again. It was quite funny to see really. Really funny actually.

"What do you think went wrong with your relationship Christian?"

"I don't know, maybe Lissa lost interest in me."

"Uh huh, and how does that make you feel?"

"Mad, sad, lonely, relieved."

"Relieved?" I said, pulling down my fake doctor glasses. (I found them in Christian's old stuff. No lenses.)

"Yeah, I guess. At least now I don't have to make myself good now, proper. And I don't have to go to the Royal Court, thank God! That place is like, Hell on Earth for me!"

"I see. And why do you hate the Royal Court so much?"

"Because everything is so proper and has to be that way, or they will consider you a freak." he said, folding his arms over his chest, sighing. "Which I am."

"No you're not! Not at all!" Just then I heard a knock at the door. Christian got up and told me to hide, waving towards the bathroom. I ran, hiding in the only place I could fit and still be able to hear. The shower.

'Why, hello! Guardian Kirobica! What a pleasant surprise, come in, come in." Christian said, even though I know he would have wanted to slam the door in his face right now. He hated having teachers or guardians in his room.

"Where is Rose. She had her training session. It started half an hour ago and she never showed. I asked some people if they saw and they pointed to you." he said. At least he remembered to call me Rose.

"Oh! Sorry Guardian Kirobica you just missed her. She just left to go meet Lissa. But I will call her as soon as you leave and tell her to meet you in the gym. Give me 10 minutes. If she isn't on her way by then, you can come to me again or Lissa where she is. Thank you for stopping by. Good-bye!" he said, guessing he shoved him out or something I was surprised. I have never seen Christian wanting to get rid of a teacher that much, or that fast. I should give him a high-five or something for that! When I heard the door slam I waited until Christian came to get me.

"High-five dude!" I said to him holding up my hand. Which he ignored.

"Why?" he asked confused.

"For doing that, thanks a lot."

"Okay. Oh, Rose."

"Yeah."

"You have 5 minutes to get to the gym all the way across campus, or we are so dead." he said, and I bolted out so fast that I left my jacket. I was barely out the door when I turned around grabbed my jacket and phone then resumed running all the way across campus.

* * *

I got to the gym panting. Kirobica was stretching on a mat, looking just like Dimitri did on the first day he started mentoring me. All calm and bad-assay. I thought I would start crying when I went over and tapped on Kirobica's shoulder.

"Hi Guardian Kirobica, nice seeing you. So, what are we doing first?" I asked, jumping from one foot to the other, going back and forth.

"Start stretching, then run 30 laps around the gym, and then I want you lifting weights." he said, not even looking up from his stretching.

"I see you're going easy on my today." I said sarcastically. I went into the locker rooms to change and when I came out I saw Kirobica was lifting weights. "Hey!" I shouted. "What's your first name?" I asked.

"Anton. I was a friend of Dimitri's at the Academy we went to in Russia. We had the same father."

"So you're like half-brothers?" I asked, completely surprised I wasn't breaking down like I normally do when He is brought up.

"Yes, I guess you could say that."

"Cool." I said, and I started my training.

Lissa's POV

"Kike, what are you doing?" I asked, watching the new girl and one of my new royal friends swing from the chandelier in my room. Kike was also my new room mate. "Get down!" I screamed at her. "You are gonna hurt yourself! And if not you the ceiling!" I continued screaming.

"No!" she screamed back. "It's fun, come on up! It's a blast of fresh air!" she said copying that logo for one of those Skecher commercials.

"Hell no! You think I'm crazy don't you? Hm?" folding my arms, trying not to laugh as her legs dangled aimlessly around, trying to kick me if possible. "I swear, I'll, I'll . . . I'll get Headmistress Kirova! Or one of the guardians!"

"You think I am afraid of them? 'Detention for a week Miss Loyalhorn.'" she said, perfectly imitating Headmistress Kirova. And that was when she fell.

* * *

I stood, waiting for my permission to see Kike. While she was swinging on the chandelier half of the bolts came lose, causing not only the chandelier and Kike to fall, but also part of my ceiling. I waited about 3 hours in the waiting room of our nurse's office, waiting for the news. When the nurse came to me, her face was tired and incredibly sad.

"Lissa." one of the new nurse's said. "I'm so sorry. Kike is in a coma. And we don't know when she will be coming out. We are going to have to move you out of you room for now. Until it is fixed. We are planning on heading Kike out to a Moroi doctor as close to the Academy as possible. Would you like to see her?" she said, all in one breathe.

"Sure." I said softly. When I walked in I gasped. Tubes and wires were hooked in to Kike all up along her arm. I felt so helpless and weak when I saw her. I knelt beside her. Holding her hand. And I started to cry. "I am so sorry Kike, for what happened. But I have to say. I told you so." I didn't want to say that. Especially when I was wasn't in the coma and I knew Kike would have never said it to me if it was me there. I heard the door open behind me and turned around to see Justin. Kike's boyfriend. His eyes widened when he saw her. He knelt beside her and started to cry and was talking to her. He was so loyal to her. Just like Christian had been. Until after the attack.

"I am so sorry Justin." I said to him, and he looked up at me with his big soft green eyes, which were still filled with tears. And I gave him a hug. Feeling his tears soak into my shirt I started thinking about Christian, and soon enough, joined him in crying.