I know these chapters aren't very interesting at the moment, but they get better. Soon some action starts happening, and Dimitri and Rose's relationship develops. I have tons of ideas for this, it just might take me some time to fill in the gaps :)

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Chapter Two…

Mason and I walked over to Lissa and Christian's room together. I had already checked the bond to make sure they were there and not doing anything we wouldn't want to witness. "Hey Rose, Mason. Come in." Lissa greeted us, standing to the side so we could come in. "What's up?" She asked.

"Rose managed to keep the runaway novice at the Academy, but she has to mentor him." Then he burst out laughing.

"It's not that funny!" I exclaimed, slightly offended. Why did everyone seem to think that I would completely incapable of teaching a novice. Just because all I did normally was doing guarding the Academy rather that instructing didn't mean I couldn't do it. "I can teach someone if I want to! I'm not that bad!"

Lissa seemed to notice that I was slightly offended and tried to cheer me up. "But your going to have to get up in the morning." She laughed. "And your not the most patient person." She teased.

"As long as your not doubting my awesome skills." I joked.

Mason punched my shoulder lightly. "No one could ever doubt your skills Rose."

I giggled. "You definitely couldn't. I beat you every time."

"Is that a challenge?"

"It's not much of a challenge for me, but if your up for it, lets go!" I announced, grabbing his hand and pulling him along to the gym.

We were already in clothes that we could fight in, because we hadn't changed since coming back from Russia. We stood opposite each other on the mat. Lissa hadn't come, she said her classes were starting soon. The only reason we didn't have shifts is because we had been given the day off.

We took up our stances and circled each other. I knew I would win. I always do. But it was still fun to fight Mason. Suddenly, he lunged at me. I blocked easily and returned a kick to his shin. He stumbled backwards, but regained his balance before I could take advantage of it.

We carried on like this, blocking and dodging, blocking and dodging, until Mason attempted to floor me. He came full speed and weight at me. I predicted his move and side-stepped him. Mason was going to fast to stop though. I kicked his back and he fell forward. I quickly had him pinned and immobilised. He had lost.

I could now hear clapping in the background. I looked around to see some of the senior novices stood around applauding me. I had been to involved in the fight to even notice them. I got up and did and over-the-top bow. Mason laughed from behind me. I saw Dimitri in the crowd. He smiled when he saw me looking at him. I could tell from the way he was looking at me that he was impressed with my fighting skills. "I'm glad my new mentor can kick ass." He smirked at me.

I laughed. "You'll be wishing I couldn't when I start fighting you." I smirked back.

I heard a few gasps when Dimitri said that I was his mentor. I chuckled at that. My reputation had been at this school for ages. From my sarcastic and 'don't mess with me' attitude, to my guardian skills and Strigoi kills. Everyone had a different opinion on me, nevertheless everyone knew I could kick ass.

The novices started their lesson after me and Mason moved from the centre of the gym. I decided to stay and supervise, seen as though I had nothing better to do. While I stood against the wall watching, I overheard some people talking to Dimitri. "I can't believe Hathaway is your mentor!" One person exclaimed.

"She's amazing! Your going to be hurting after you've finished practicing with her."

And then my favourite. "She's hot dude!"

I chuckled to myself. Dimitri smiled half-heartedly to all the people around him. I could tell her hadn't had to many friends before he left. He wasn't very social and he didn't like the attention. It still puzzled me as to why he left.

While he was training he was putting everything he could into it. He wanted to learn, so why did he leave in the first place? He would make a great guardian but he had deserted that life when he ran away. He clearly hadn't planned on coming back to it. It must have been something important to him.

I could tell by his speech in the Kirova's office that he hadn't wanted Tasha to come with him. They were close friends, but Tasha had insisted that she come with him, that much was obvious. She was in love with him. Either he didn't notice, or he tried to ignore it as much as possible.

When their class was over, I decided to go and get some rest before my training session with Dimitri. I didn't want to be falling to sleep while I was trying to teach him things. During his practice with the other novices, he had been beaten mercilessly. Although I felt slightly sorry for him, it meant my job was going to be even harder.

When I had been a novice I had learnt that stamina was the most important thing. Judging by his training session and his attempt at outrunning us in Russia, he didn't have very much of it. I was going to have to make him run laps and lift weights for a while. These lessons were going to be fun.

I crashed onto the bed and set my alarm. I was asleep in minutes.

I woke up to the annoying sound of beeping. I sighed and smashed my fist down onto the clock. It made a strangled sound then stopped making the awful noise. I smiled appreciative of the silence. Then I remembered the my alarm had been going off for a reason.

Jumping out of bed, I put on some workout clothes and sprinted down to the gym. I was only five minutes late, but Dimitri was sat on the mats, reading a Western. I chuckled and he looked up. "Are you going to be late all the time?" He asked, a half smile on his face.

I laughed. "I can't guarantee that I won't." I joked back. "Are you going to be sat reading a western every time that I'm late?"

He chuckled. "I can't guarantee that I won't." He said, copying my response.

"Right, time for business." I ordered. He raised an eyebrow. Awesome. I always wished I could do that. "Laps." He groaned.

"Can't I just fight already?" He asked.

I shook my head. "Before you can fight, you need to have good stamina, otherwise you won't be able to perform the moves I teach you as well. Now, I want you to run for fifteen minutes and see how many laps you can do."

He nodded and ran out the door. I couldn't help but admire his looks as he ran around the track. He had muscles, but he wasn't bulky. His workout clothes were a good look on him. At least if I had to wake up early to train someone I would have a nice view, I decided.

He came back and I showed him some weights and other stamina building exercises I wanted him to complete. He didn't argue, which I was surprised about and carried them out well for someone so out of training.

I complimented him when he had finished. "Well done Comrade." I smirked at my new nickname for him. I could tell he hated it, which just meant it was funnier.

"Comrade?" He asked.

I nodded. "I like it. It suits you." I smiled.

He grimaced. "Of course Guardian Hathaway."

I groaned. I hated being called Guardian Hathaway, it reminded me of my mother. "Hey, I'm the teacher here, I can call you what I like, whereas you have to call me what I say." I figured out. "You will never call me Guardian Hathaway again. It's Rose." I told him.

He laughed. "I so wish this was the other way round."

"I don't. Comrade. Now go get some rest, I bet you're knackered."

He yawned on cue. "Sure am. See you tomorrow for practice."

I smiled. "If I can manage to get up you will." I teased.

He laughed outright. I loved the sound of his laugh. This was the happiest I had seen him all day. Throughout school when I had seen him, he had his mask of no emotion on. I was surprised that he had loosened up so much in our session. It made me happy though.

I walked back to my room slowly. I had nothing to do now. In a way I kind of wished that our training session had been longer, then I wouldn't be as bored as I was now. While I was walking, Adrian spotted me. I groaned, suddenly thinking my walk wasn't as bad as I thought. "Hey Little Dhampir!" He shouted to me.

"Hey Adrian." I said.

"I heard you go a student to mentor." He chuckled.

I nodded. "Yup. Why?"

"I just wondered, that's all. I know you're going to have fun trying to get up in the morning." He teased.

I laughed. "You are like the third person that has said that to me!"

"Only because it's true. So are you going to make him into a badass novice like yourself?"

"Of course!" I told him. "He's good to say how out of practice he is. He just needs to build his stamina up, then I can teach him how to fight properly."

Adrian nodded. "It's all lost on me Little Dhampir. Now are you coming to watch a movie with me." I gave him a look. "Don't worry, Lissa, Christian, Mason, Eddie and Mia are all coming too."

"As long as everyone else is in, so am I." I told him.

"Good." He announced, pulling my arm towards his room. When he realised I was coming anyway he let go and looped his arm through mine instead.

When we got to his room, everyone was already lounging around his sofa's and chairs. Only the loveseat was left. Adrian chuckled when he noticed my horrified expression. Mason didn't look to pleased either. I had a feeling this wasn't his idea. From the look on her face and feeling of accomplishment coming from Lissa, I had a fairly good idea who's plan this had been. I shot her a dirty look and she giggled.

We soon settled down to watch the movie. It was one of the worst things I had ever seen. I fell asleep halfway through. I vaguely remember Mason carrying me to my room, not being able to find my key and taking me to his instead.

I woke up with Mason's arms wrapped around me, my back pressing into his torso. I was also wearing his shirt. I wonder how long Mason had actually looked for my key. I could guess it wasn't very long. He was happily asleep with a goofy grin on his face. I laughed silently at him, before detangling myself, or rather trying to. His arms tightened around me the second I tried to move. I wriggled, but he had a death grip on me. I really didn't want to wake him up, but it didn't look like I had a choice. "Mason." I whispered, nudging his shoulder.

No response. I did the same thing for a couple of minutes, still getting no response. I was getting really annoyed now. "MASON!" I yelled at him.

He jumped and released me, falling on the floor. I sat on his bed in hysterics. Gasping for breath, I looked over the edge of the bed. "Oh my god…that was so funny." I laughed some more at his pissed off expression.

"Couldn't you have just left without waking me up?" He demanded. "Or at least woken me up a bit less dramatically!"

I was still laughing, so it took me a minute to answer. "I tried to, but your death grip isn't easy to get out of, and neither is waking you up. I was sat for to minutes poking you before I got annoyed and shouted." I teased.

"Couldn't you have gone another two minutes." He whined.

I shook my head. "This was much more funny anyway."

He grimaced and I burst into hysterics again. Soon there was a knock on the door and I went to answer it. Eddie stood on the other side. When he saw me in Mason's t-shirt he raised an eyebrow. It was weird how I had never noticed he could do that until Dimitri did it this morning. "Hey Eddie." I said, welcoming him into Mason's room.

Eddie saw Mason sitting on the floor still scowling and burst into hysterics just like I had done. "See Mason, I'm not the only one who finds this funny." I joked.

Once we had got over it, Eddie turned to me. "Why are you here anyway Rose?" He asked, wiggling his eyebrows.

I laughed at what he was suggesting. "Mason just couldn't find my key Eddie." I told him. "Stop being so dirty." I teased.

He laughed. "You can see where I'm coming from."

"I suppose." I huffed. He chuckled.

"Well. I have to go and put some decent clothes on. I have training with Dimitri." I informed them.

They said goodbye and I walked off to my dorm. Because they were short on guardian dorms, mine was in the Moroi teachers section, close to Lissa. This meant I had to walk across campus in Mason's t-shirt, seeing as though I couldn't be bothered to put my own clothes back on. I knew no one would be up at this time anyway.

When I walked past the novice dorm, I noticed someone walking out of it. It was Dimitri. He saw me and came to stand beside me. "Nice outfit." He said, raising an eyebrow.

I laughed. "It's Mason's. We were all watching a film last night and I fell asleep. Mason carried me back to my room, but couldn't find my key so he took me back to his room instead." I don't know why I felt the need to explain all of this to him.

He laughed. "Oh, and you didn't bother to get changed again."

I chuckled. "Nah. I was just going have to change again into my workout stuff anyway." I said with a shrug of my shoulders. "What are you doing out anyway?" I asked.

"It's time for practice." He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it should have been.

I blushed slightly. "Oh. I didn't have my alarm clock, because I was at Mason's. also, I spent the last ten minutes laughing at him."

"What did you do to him?"

"I shouted at him while he was asleep and he fell on the floor."

Dimitri laughed. "I bet he was annoyed."

I chuckled. "That just made it even funnier." I liked spending time with Dimitri, he was entertaining. "Come with me, I'll just go get changed and we can run down to the gym. That can count as a warm-up." I suggested.

He nodded his okay and we began to walk back to my room together.