Chapter Two! This chapter's not so good, but it sort of shows how Rose's relationships begin to change.

The story should get better when I actually get to the ages I want them at.

Anyway, hope you like it anyway!

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Academy. But I want too!

My breathing pace increased.

There he was, seconds away from entering the library. That was my cue.

I launched myself of the library roof, aiming to land on his back. Within seconds he spun around, instead catching me in his arms bridal style. I cursed.

"What gave me away?" I asked him as he put my down gently and led me into the library.

Dimitri's laughed and shook his head. "I warned you last time, Rose. No battle cry."

I pouted. "I didn't think it mattered. You know what? You're just too damn fast. I've been planning that attack for weeks!"

He leaned in closer to my ear. "Try again in a few weeks," he whispered.

"Dimitri!" I snatched up the old, western novel he held and smacked him across the shoulder with it.

"What?"

"It's not that simple. You're like, awesome at this stuff. Planning takes ages for me!"

Taking his novel from me, he grinned. "Keep trying."

I huffed in frustration. "I've got to go."

"You can't stay?" he frowned.

"Nah. I told Lissa I'd meet her after I kicked your ass. Besides, Comrade, I'd rather not hang out with your fictional cowboy friends.

Heaving a sigh, he replied. "Okay, I'll see you later."

"Cya."

Just as I'd reached the doors, he called out to me.

"Yeah?" I asked, spinning around.

"Don't dis the cowboys," he smiled. Shaking my head, I turned back around and left.

After asking around a bit, I found out that Lissa was at the cafeteria. Walking into the cafeteria, I spotted her almost instantly. She waved me over excitedly.

"How'd it go?" she asked me once I slid into the seat across from her.

"She got her butt handed to her, obviously," her boyfriend Christian answered. I glared viciously at him. It wasn't that I hated him or anything, we just liked to fight. It was in our nature to argue like cats and dogs. His snarky attitude versus mine. Lissa smacked his arm lightly.

"Be nice. I have total faith in my Rose."

"Actually, the flame-grilled-ass is right. He caught me halfway," I told her putting my head down slightly out of shame.

"What'd you do wrong?" she asked in confusion. Although she knew just how badass Dimitri was, she had more faith in me. Sometimes, I wondered what I'd done for her to think so highly of me.

"Battle cry. Again."

Lissa laughed. A soft sound that reminded me more of a bird than a vampire. "You never do learn, do you?"

I grinned at her. "Nup. If I learnt, I wouldn't be me, would I? Oh, and flame-grilled? He didn't hand my butt back to me. He just caught 'cause he's not psycho like you."

"Oh? Maybe it slipped your notice, but that guy is psycho. Haven't you heard the stories? You should ask Tasha, she knows the full extent of it all."

And just like that Christian was on the ground with my fist repeatedly slamming in to his face. He was Tasha's cousin, yes, but that didn't mean that he had to be a bitch to Dimitri.

"Rose! Rose stop!" through my red haze I could faintly hear Lissa screaming at me. There was no doubt that we'd caught everyone's attention by now. Ignoring Lissa's protests, I carried on.

"I'm sorry! Please stop! Fuck, that hurts! Please!"

"Don't. Talk. Shit. About. Him. You and your fucked up cousin don't know shit about him." With a final good punch, I got up, grabbed my last doughnut and stalked off. I was actually kinda getting sick of having to beat people up. Why couldn't people just accept that Dimitri was a nice guy? Why were they still taunting him about something that happened years ago? The worst part was that no one was actually willing to say anything to his face. They were all okay bitching about him behind his back, but when they saw him, they just shut up or cleared off. It was so infuriating! Dimitri wasn't dumb, he knew about the whispers, the lies, the make-believe stories but he chose to ignore it. Something that these morons weren't prepared to do yet.

Only Lissa and Eddie were truly okay with my friendship with him. Both were grateful that he'd been the one to save me from rape. At first, Eddie had been surprised that I'd actually decided to take the time to become friends with him but then he'd never actually been angry about it. Lissa on the other hand had been jealous when Dimitri had finally accepted me as a friend. Me and Dimitri had hung out a lot when she wasn't around but she slowly overcame it. She eventually realised that even though he'd become my other best friend, I still loved the same as I always had.

Without realising it, I'd wondered to the edge of campus where the land with covered thick in various types of tall trees. It was pretty much a forest. Finding a tree with smooth, hazel-coloured bark, I slid down against it and brought my knees into my chest. I let my head fall back against the smooth wood of the tree and closed my eyes in thought. What would it take for these guys to accept Dimitri?

My phone vibrated in my pocket. Slipping it out, the message was from Lissa.

R u ok? Im soz bout Chris.
4giv him, k?

Im fine. Nt ur fault.
Keep ur bf away from me. I sent back. It was true, I was pissed at Christian. My phone began to belt out the tune of 'when doves cry' by Prince. I curled my lip in distaste. That was the last time I was letting Dimitri mess around my phone. Checking the caller ID I discovered it Lissa, so I answered.

"Yeah, Liss?"

"It wasn't Christian's fault."

"Uh, yeah it was."

"You beat the shit out of him. I think we can call it fair, don't you?"

I sighed. "I'm sorry, Liss, but I can't just call it fair. He doesn't even know Dimitri! Just…Just keep him away from me."

"Rose, please don't make me choose between the two of you. I don't know what I'd do. I love you, Rose, so much but I have to be with Christian. He's got no one else. He shouldn't have said that, but you were bad to him too. You called him a psycho."

"Yeah, well, he is. Look, Liss, he's your problem. Not mine. I'm not making you choose, but I don't want him around me at the moment."

"Okay, I can do that. Just…please calm down."

"I'll try. Bye, Liss," I hung up. I was kinda annoyed that she's choose him over me, even though she said she didn't know what she'd do. Ever since she met him, I'd been getting pushed out of her life bit by bit.

I so needed to get my own boyfriend.

Yeah, it's lame. Next chapter should be better though. Still, Review!