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I hope you enjoyed the Prologue to 15 Seconds! Here is Chapter 1 and it will be in Rose's Point of View. For the moment I have decided to keep the rest of the story in RPOV, that doesn't mean in the future I won't change my mind and add a little DPOV.

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Here is Chapter 1!

Chapter 1 RPOV

"Say you will be mine?" Dimitri asked me, his eyes boring into mine. I could see the depths of his feelings in his dark eyes, I felt his love for me in them.

"I love you, Comrade," I said softly. My mind was spinning. I was finally letting go of the guilt I held over Mason dying. Dimitri helped me realize it.

"Roza, I don't want to live another minute without having you. Be mine?" Dimitri whispered out. "I don't want to waste any more time. I want to be with you. And not when the time is right, or when everyone will be happy. But right now!"

"I want the same thing," I had tears in my eyes for a whole different reason now.

Dimitri leaned forward and captured my lips with his again. His mouth taking dominance over mine. I could feel this kiss down into my toes. I wrapped my arms around his neck, one of my hands tangling into the hair at the base of his head. I pulled him closer to me. I had somehow adjusted myself on his lap so I was now straddling him. His tongue licked my bottom lip asking for entrance, which I immediately granted. I loved the feeling of him taking possession of me. His kiss claiming me as his in every sense of the word.

Dimitri pulled back from my mouth, I didn't want it to end. Thinking quickly I took possession of his lower lip between my teeth. I heard Dimitri moan, and with in seconds, he had gone back to kissing me. His mouth dominating mine once again.

This time I was the first one to pull back. My breath coming out in harsh gasping pants.

"I should get you back to your room," Dimitri said softly. "Especially because I was sent to find you. I don't want Alberta coming to look for us."

"Okay," I nodded as I got up off of him, brushing against him. And heard him groan. I giggled slightly. For the first time in a few days, I was happy.

"Come on," Dimitri grabbed my hand after he stood up. "Let's get you back to your room."

I followed Dimitri out of the chapel, as we made my way back to my dorm. The moment we were on the path that the Guardians patrol, Dimitri dropped my hand. I wished he would have held on to it, but I understood that we would have to keep it quiet until I graduated.

"Belikov!" I heard. Turning to look past Dimitri, I saw Alberta heading towards.

"Petrov," Dimitri nodded at her.

"Oh you found her!" Alberta saw me peaking around Dimitri. "Rose, we were so worried about you! Are you alright?"

I nodded, my eyes filling with tears when I remembered Mason was gone. Alberta had that affect on me, probably because she was closer to me than my own mother. Heck, Alberta practically was my mother. I looked down, not wanting to look at Alberta. I knew if I looked at her that I would burst into tears. And I couldn't do that. I had to be strong.

"I found her in the chapel," Dimitri told Alberta. "She was pretty shaken up, I was hoping I could talk to you about that later?"

"Of course, Belikov," I heard her say to Dimitri. "Perhaps you could stay with her tonight?"

"I am sorry?" Dimitri asked her a little shocked. Alberta was giving him permission to sleep in my room?

"I don't think Rose should be left alone," Alberta told him, the two speaking as if I wasn't in front of them. "Not to mention, you seem to be the only one that is keeping her from falling apart. Please stay with her tonight. Rose has an extra bed in her room."

"I can do that," Dimitri nodded softly.

I looked up at him, his brow was furrowed. I then noticed that at some point when we were talking to Alberta, I had molded into his side. His arm was wrapped around my shoulders and I was clinging to him like my life depended on it.

"Thank you, Belikov," Alberta smiled slightly at the two of us. "Rose, please come by my office any time you need to. My door is always open. Belikov, don't forget to stop at your room to get some clothes. I appreciate you doing this."

"Okay," I answered Alberta nodding at her.

"I will make sure to do that," Dimitri nodded and we went our separate way.

Instead of leading me straight to my room, Dimitri and I headed towards his room. The two of us walking straight into his room, I sat on the bed as I watched him pack clothes into his gym bag. It felt so strange to be in Dimitri's room, especially since all I could think about was the lust charm. That was the last time I had been in his room.

"Roza?" Dimitri asked me after a few minutes. "Are you ready?"

I nodded and stood up, following him as we made our way towards the novice rooms. It felt odd that Dimitri was going to be in my room. Not to mention that Alberta asked him to stay with me. That was even stranger. But I was really glad that she had, I really didn't want to be alone tonight.

Earlier I had been upset about Mason, I kept seeing his face and body every time I closed my eyes. I couldn't sleep because of it. I really felt as if I had killed Mason. If he didn't care about me, he wouldn't have come in after me. And he would still be here.

My eyes watered again. I really missed him.

Dimitri and I headed into my room, I looked around and wished that I had tidied up a little. My room was a mess, not to mention you could barely find the second bed because of all the clothes covering it.

"This is weird," I said after a few minutes.

"A little," Dimitri agreed, he went and put his bag down by my closet.

"I am sorry it's messy," I apologized to him.

"It's okay, milaya," Dimitri said to me.

"You said that on the way home from Spokane, and in the chapel," I commented. "What's it mean?"

"There isn't a direct translation," Dimitri told me. "But the closest would be my sweet."

I blushed when he told me that. "I don't know what to do," I told him truthfully.

"Nothing will happen tonight, Roza," Dimitri came up to me and wrapped his arms around me. "I am just here to comfort you."

"Okay," I nodded. "Umm, I don't know if you can get to the extra bed."

"I didn't think so," Dimitri grinned a little. "Guess you and I will have to share. Is that okay?"

"More than okay," I nodded smiling a little. "I don't want to be alone right now."

"I am here for you, Roza," Dimitri told me. "I am going to change, do you need to change?"

"Yes," I nodded. "I will go to the bathroom, you can change here. Umm around the corner is the deserted communal bathroom. Meredith and I both use the one down by her room."

I quickly grabbed my clothes and toiletries before heading towards the communal bathroom. That was the only thing about living in a dorm, students didn't have their own bathroom.

I quickly washed my face, brushed my teeth and changed clothes. I didn't know how long Dimitri would need to change. I decided to french braid my hair just to buy some time. I quickly divided my hair into two sections, before braiding each section.

Looking at myself in the mirror, I wished I grabbed a different set of pajamas. I was wearing a really short pair of cotton shorts that had "St. Vlad's" written across the butt. They were from my freshman year and thanks to training my butt had gotten a little bigger, so the shorts were tight in a way that showed off everything. In addition to that I wore a light grey tank top that was a little short. A strip of skin was easy to see across my stomach. I also noticed that my nipples were standing at attention.

While typically I would love to wear this to entice Dimitri, tonight I wasn't. I was nervous and a little terrified. Mostly I was hoping that tomorrow morning he wouldn't regret what he said tonight.

Taking a couple deep breaths, I decided I should head back to my room and bite the bullet. It had been almost twenty minutes, and if I waited any longer I wouldn't head back to my room.

I opened the door to my room and saw Dimitri sitting on my bed, his back was against the headboard with his legs stretched out in front of him and his ankles crossed. He was reading a book, probably a western. He was only in a pair of sweatpants. Dimitri's chest was bare and I was able to take in the muscled glory of it. His perfectly chiseled eight pack, and the v leading down toward his hips. His strong arms and shoulders that lead down to his perfect pecs. He had more muscles than a bodybuilder. His hair was loose and falling around his face. He looked so good.

"Hi," Dimitri said as he looked up at me.

"Hi," I mumbled. "Umm how do you want to do this?" I asked him as I put my things away. The twin bed was small, it would be difficult for Dimitri to sleep in it by himself. Putting the two of us in it would make it so much harder.

"I guess trial and error," Dimitri smiled at me. "Nothing's going to happen, Roza. You don't need to look so nervous. I promise your virtue will still be intact in the morning."

I nodded and joined him on the bed. We tried multiple positions, but none seemed to work. After about fifteen minutes, we settled on Dimitri laying on his back, my head resting on his chest and one of my legs thrown over him. It seemed to be the most comfortable for both of us. Not to mention really intimate.

"Are you comfortable?" I asked Dimitri after a few minutes. "I am not crushing you, am I? I can move!"

"Don't you dare move, baby girl," Dimitri wrapped both his arms around me and held me tightly.

"You called me baby girl," I said softly. The nickname had made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, not to mention slightly turned on.

"I did," he nodded.

"I like it," I told him blushing.

"I am glad, be prepared for many more nicknames," Dimitri snuggled me closer.

"Dimitri?"

"Yes, baby girl?"

"You aren't going to wake up tomorrow and regret what you said right?" My voice quivered as I asked him.

I hated that I sounded so needy and broken, but I don't think I could bare it if Dimitri would tell me tomorrow or in a few days that this was a mistake. I had already lost so much. I don't know if I could handle Dimitri leaving me after our encounter in the chapel.

"No, Roza," he told me as he tilted my chin up to look at him. "I am not going to regret what I said. I have been thinking about it since I saw you in Spokane. The entire time you were gone, all I could think about was you."

"Really?"

"Really," he looked me in the eye. "The closer we got to the house, I was praying and hoping that you were alive. The entire time that's all I could think about. And then when I saw you draped over Mason . . . you weren't moving and I feared — I feared the worst."

"Dimitri," I said softly.

"When I realized you were alive, the relief that washed through me was crushing," his eyes were far away now. "That moment, I vowed that you wouldn't go another day without knowing I loved you."

"I don't know what to say," I whispered softly.

"Don't say anything, Roza," he shook his head. "Just know, that I meant everything I said. And we will be together from now, until I take my last breath."

"I love you," I told him honestly.

"I love you too."

The next morning I woke up with Dimitri's arms wrapped around me. I snuggled into his chest and closed my eyes. Just taking in the closeness of our bodies, I felt safe and loved.

"I like your hair like this," I heard Dimitri's rough voice say after a couple minutes. He was playing with the ends of one of my braids.

"How did you know I was awake?" I asked him. I turned to look at him.

"You were fidgeting, not to mention I saw you open your eyes," he told me softly, his voice still sleep laden.

"I could get used to waking up next to you," I told him as I pushed myself up onto my forearms.

"I could get used to sleeping next to you," he smiled at me.

"About last night," I started not looking at him.

"I meant what I said Roza," he answered before I could even officially ask him. I knew he told me last night he meant it, but I was scared that he would change his mind.

"So what does that make us?" I asked him after a few minutes.

"Well, I am assuming that this would make you my girlfriend," Dimitri grinned at me. "Does that sound about right?"

"I guess it would," I smiled. "And that would make you my . . ."

"Boyfriend," Dimitri supplied for me. "And in the future possibly husband," he winked at me. My heart rate sky rocketing.

"What?"

"Well, not in the near future," Dimitri shrugged. "But in the future, maybe like two years, maybe three, or five."

"This is really happening," I said looking at him in awe. My heart rate going back down to normal.

Dimitri leaned over and kissed me softly on the lips. My eyes closing instantly, the moment his mouth was covering mine.

"Yes," he said after he pulled away. "This is really happening. I love you, baby girl."

"I love you too, Comrade," I smiled at him. "We should probably get dressed though. You probably have a shift soon."

"I have one in a few hours," Dimitri said as he looked at the clock. "I would love to spend those few hours with you."

"I would like that too," I grinned at him. "Though, I am getting a little hungry."

My stomach decided to make its appearance know then by growling loudly. It sounded like a wild animal. I blushed accordingly, and went to hide my face in Dimitri's chest.

"I guess it is time to feed my woman," Dimitri chuckled. "Okay, up we go!"

Dimitri and I got out of bed very reluctantly on both our parts. I wasn't sure how I was going to sleep without him anymore. I loved being wrapped up in his embrace. It made me feel loved and safe. Not to mention utterly at peace. It was going to be a struggle sleeping alone again.

The two of us got up and Dimitri insisted that we make my bed and tidy up a little bit. Just enough that I had a clear pathway was his argument. But with in about twenty minutes all the clean clothes that were originally on my floor and the spare bed were put away. And all my dirty clothes were thrown in my hamper, looks like I was doing laundry later today.

"I am going to go get dressed," I told Dimitri after we finished tidying up my room. It looked so much better.

"Okay, I am going to go take a shower and then get dressed," Dimitri smiled at me. "You said the bathroom around the corner isn't used?"

"Nope, it still gets cleaned regularly but no one uses it," I smiled at him before taking my things to go shower and get ready.

I made my way into the communal bathroom and saw that Meredith had just come in as well.

"I am putting on music," Meredith said to me as we both headed to our respective shower cubicles.

"Sounds good to me," I told her as I warmed up the water. "What are you putting on?"

"Top forty," Meredith said as she messed around with the speaker she kept in the bathroom and her phone.

I nodded and hopped into the steaming hot shower, the water instantly relaxing my muscles. I had washed my hair the night before so I didn't take it out of the braids, it looked good still and I was going to be in my room for a good part of the day. I decided though that it didn't hurt to do a little extra grooming, with Dimitri and I in a relationship I should probably be prepared. After a few minutes I heard Timber by Pitbull blasting through the bathroom.

About twenty minutes later I was stepping out of the shower my skin a light pink from the scalding water. I made my way to the sink, wrapped only in a towel and started getting ready for the day. After quickly brushing my teeth and putting on lotion, I slipped into my clothes. A pair of tight skinny jeans that were actually super comfortable. And a white t-shirt with my zip up St. Vlad's sweat shirt. I add a little make-up, more because Dimitri was waiting in my room and I wanted to look nice.

"Later, Meredith," I call to my classmate as she finished getting ready. I saw her wave as I left, heading back to my room.

I stop outside my door hoping that Dimitri is back. Taking a deep breath I walk inside.

"You pushed my beds together?" I looked at Dimitri quizzically.

The first thing I noticed was not that Dimitri was in my room, but was that he had taken the two twin beds and pushed them together up against the window.

"Yeah," he gave me a little shrug. "I thought it would be more comfortable in the future for us." I noticed he seemed a little unsure.

"I am sure it will be!" I smiled at him. "Or we could go to your room in the future and lay in that Queen sized bed?" I winked at him.

Dimitri chuckled. "We can switch it up," Dimitri suggested.

"I like that idea," I grinned at him. "So what do you want to do?"

"I brought you some breakfast," he grinned at me. "I thought you would enjoy some donuts, and I really needed some coffee." Dimitri held up a bag and a to-go coffee cup.

"I am always in the mood for donuts," I smiled at him. Taking the bag he offered me. Opening it up I saw two chocolate donuts. "What about you?"

"I grabbed an egg sandwich," Dimitri said as he pulled out another bag I didn't notice earlier. We ate in silence, just enjoying our time together.

"So now that we both have eaten, what else do you want to do?" I asked him after we had cleaned up our breakfast.

"I am open to anything," he told me as I went to sit on the bed.

Last night was strange to have Dimitri in my room, but we had a plan because we were supposed to sleep. But now, there was nothing we had planned. And it was strange. I didn't know what we should do. Or what was okay to do. Our relationship was so new and different now.

"Umm, well, I don't really know," I shrugged. "This is a little weird. Now that we are finally together, I don't know what to do."

"Well, what have you imagined us doing in your room together?" Dimitri asked me, his face going red the moment the words were out of his mouth. "That uh came out wrong."

I giggled, "We could do something like that."

"Rose," Dimitri gave me a look. "I don't want your first time to be when I have to run out to shift and in a dorm room."

"I didn't mean that," I said blushing but also secretly loving that he wanted to make our first time special.

"What did you mean?" Dimitri asked me.

"I thought we could cuddle, and maybe make-out a little," I shrugged. I wasn't ready to have sex right now, but I did want to distract myself from Mason's death. I also wanted to be close to him. This still didn't feel real, I was hoping the physical contact would make it feel more real.

"We can cuddle as much as you want," Dimitri smiled at me. He came over and sat on my bed next to me.

After a couple minutes of adjusting the two of us were all cuddled up on the two beds, and it was much more comfortable than on the one.

"What are we going to do after Graduation?" I asked him. "We both can't be Lissa's Guardians."

"I am not sure yet, but we have a few months to think about it," he said to be as we snuggled closer together. "I just know that I don't want to go another day without loving you."

It was dinner time and I was making my way to the cafeteria to join Lissa and Christian. Dimitri had left a couple hours ago for his shift. I probably wouldn't see him until tomorrow during training. Tomorrow we would start classes again, and I was a little uncomfortable. Since the molnija ceremony I had avoided a lot of people. I didn't really want to be the topic of conversation.

"Rose," Lissa waved to me as I walked over to her and Christian.

"Hey Lissa," I nodded as I went over to her. "I am going to go get some dinner. Do you guys want anything?"

"Nah, we are good," Christian smiled at me. He and I had gotten a lot closer since the events in Spokane. I guess going through a traumatic event together does that to people.

I quickly grabbed some dinner not even focusing on what I grabbed and made my way toward their table.

"How are you feeling Rose?" Lissa asked me as I sat down.

"I am okay," I said softly taking a bite of the pasta that was on my plate.

"Are you sure?" Lissa asked me giving me a few weird looks.

"Yeah," I told her nodding. "Why? And stop looking at me like that!"

"It's just that, well, I thought you would more upset," she said to me shrugging. "I mean you have known Mason longer than me."

I dropped the fork on my plate loudly. "What the heck?" I exclaimed. "You don't think I am upset? You think I don't care? I had to watch Mason die in front of my eyes! I had to watch him take his last breath! And then I killed the bastards who killed him! You don't think I am upset?"

"I don't think that's what she meant," Christian defended his girlfriend.

"Well, what did she mean?" I hissed. I was upset now.

How could Lissa think that I was fine? Did she honestly think I didn't care about Mason? Did she really believe that I was that unaffected by his death? I watched Mason, one of my best friends, die right in front of me. I watched as his neck was snapped right before me. I felt so guilty for his death. He came back to save me. If he didn't love me, he would still be here.

I know, that Dimitri last night tried to tell me that I wasn't the one who killed Mason. And even though I had let go of a little bit of that guilt, I still felt as if it was my fault.

"I am just saying you don't seem as bad as I thought you would me," Lissa tried to explain. "I thought you would be freaking out more."

"I don't have time to freak out Lissa, I don't have time to sit here and cry about it," I snapped. "In a few months, I will be your Guardian, and I won't let what happened to Mason happen to you!"

I stood up abruptly, taking my unfinished meal and dumping it in the trash. I felt as if I couldn't catch a break. A couple days ago, I was freaking out too much about Mason's death and I need to accept it. Now I wasn't upset enough. What did everyone want me to do?

Making my way out of the dinning hall, I headed towards the gym. I really needed to let off some steam and this was the only place I could. Luckily it was open and empty which was a plus for me.

I quickly headed to the girls locker room and was rejoicing when I found that I had some clean workout clothes in my locker. Unfortunately though, they were shorts and not leggings. I was going to be cold.

A few minutes later I was running around the track, thinking about how Lissa made me feel bad about moving on. I was going to miss Mason, I had known him since I was four. But I was still here, and I still had things to do. I had to train and graduate high school. My life didn't stop because of what happened. I would love to take weeks to mourn Mason, but unfortunately I didn't have that opportunity.

Training to be a Guardian meant you had to learn how to deal with loss. It was what I had been told for days, ever since coming back. My mother told me, Alberta, Stan, the only person who hadn't was Dimitri. But I am sure he was going to tell me soon too.

I wasn't sure how long I had been running, but I started feeling a little better. I felt a little bad that I snapped at Lissa but at the same time, I felt a little upset about what she said.

"Are you going to tell me what's wrong or just continue running?" A deep accented voice said loudly scaring me, causing me to stumbled and fall.

"Oh shit!" I shrieked as I fell on to the ground.

"Roza!" Dimitri exclaimed as he stopped running to help me off the ground.

"How long have you been here?" I asked him as he helped me up.

"About an hour," Dimitri told me as I stood.

"Ouch!" I exclaimed as I put weight on my right foot.

"Come on," Dimitri said, looping an arm around my waist and my arm around his shoulder so he could help me walk. "Let's go inside and take a look at your foot."

I nodded as he helped me to the gym. The more I tried to put weight on my foot the more it hurt. Great, Lissa pissed me off and I ended up hurting myself. Dimitri lowered me in to one of the chairs in the gym office.

"It hurts, Comrade," I said softly, flinching as he took my shoe and sock off.

"It doesn't look like you broke anything," Dimitri told me as he felt around my ankle and foot. "It looks like you just sprained your ankle."

"Great," I mumbled.

"Want to tell me why you were running?" Dimitri asked me as he pulled out an ace bandage and started tightly wrapping my ankle.

"I am just upset about something Lissa said," I shrugged a little.

"What did she say?" He got up to grab an ice pack.

"She told me that she didn't understand why I wasn't more upset about Mason," I told him my voice cracking as I said it.

"Roza," Dimitri looked up at me softly. His eyes boring into mine.

"She thinks that I don't care," I started lightly crying. Dimitri was the only person who had really seen me cry.

"Roza, everyone greaves in different ways," Dimitri told me as he brushed away the tears from my eyes. "Just because you are having a different reaction than people expect doesn't mean that you are wrong or that you don't care."

"Why can't she see that?" I cried softly. I could feel from the bond that Lissa thought I didn't care and that from what Christian told her she really believed Mason's death was my fault.

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