Chapter 2

"No way! She really hates them that much?" I heard a really pretty voice say.

"Yupp," a male voice replied. "Nobody knows why she hates royals, it's weird. But she's my best friend, so it doesn't bother me."

"So, I'm guessing she doesn't know…" The female questioned.

"No clue, what so ever! Oh, you better get moving; your parents are probably here by now."

"Oh, yah. Bye hun. See you later." And at the end of the sentence, various soft footsteps faded, and disappeared. I opened my eyes and sat up. Great, I'm in the infirmary.

"Lita! How are you doing?" Damon said happily.

"Who was the chick?" I asked curiously, smirking at him, and I mimicked their conversation and voices. "'So she doesn't know?' 'No! Oh your mom and dad are here' 'Hunny, I'll see you later, I shall count every second until we meet again!'" Damon began to chuckle, and I started to smile and laugh. The nurse came in and checked my head, turns out that little head injury I got this morning, yeah that was NOT nothing, it was a small concussion. Well anyways, I was set free of that stupid needle factory, but I had to keep it "easy". This means no training this week! Of course it's already Wednesday, but hey, two fitness free days, that's awesome!

I was in my dorm, writing a paper on the visual part of being a guardian. I slammed my paper down and stood up, from my bed. Who the hell was Damon dating? This is going to kill me! I need to find out what is going on, and she is obviously a royal! What the hell is going on and why shouldn't I kn—. My thoughts were cut off by the screaming intercom.

"EVERY STAFF MEMBER AND STUDENT REPORT TO THE CAFETERIA FOR A SPECIAL GUEST MEETING." Damn.

I sat in the back of the hot cafeteria , waiting for this stupid assembly to take place and I ignored Lidia and James. They were talking all romantic and gross. Damon was sitting farther up with the other Juniors, behind them were the sophomores, and us freshmen. And in front of them sat the seniors, chatting away. Our headmistress (I honestly forgot that woman's name) came to the front of the room, and tapped a microphone.

"Will every student turn stand up and face the doors!" Her shrill voice called as she pointed to the large doorway. Everyone did so, and we waited in anticipation, and the doors finally opened. A few happy yelps and gasps escaped from some overly excited students. It wasn't just A Moroi royal couple, but it was THE Moroi royal couple. The queen and king themselves, but people even more exciting followed them. The master guardians, the dynamic duo, the incredible Strigoi killers themselves. Dimitri and Rose Belikov. I might not like royals, but those two were, no are, the most incredibly, awesomely, fantastic people ever. They are married Dhampirs! They are, well THEM! They stood tall, and proud in their tailored, black and white uniforms, Guardian Belikov with his brown hair tied back, with a few small strands falling into his serious face, and Guardian Belikov… Mrs. Guardian Belikov, with her long nearly black hair, pulled into a bun. You could hardly see her fingers brushing Dimitri's. How. Amazing. We all sat back down, eventually and listened to Queen Vasalissa.

"Well, It's really amazing to be back here! This school is where my whole life fell together! I wasn't much of a trouble maker; Rose is a completely different story! My best friend and my daughter!" Everybody laughed at that comment. "Thank you, we will literally be here for the whole week. We are visiting for Thanksgiving, so I hope to see you all around!" We all started to leave the Cafeteria, then something touched my shoulder. I jumped and turned around.

"Oh, it's you." I said, not sure who else I expected.

"Yup! Your one and only!" He teased.

"Oh shut up Eli!" I smiled, and Eli threw his arm around my shoulder. "What do you need, hmm?" I teased.

"Well," Eli started. "Me and a few buddies, are hanging out at the pool later, wanna come?" I nodded my head. "Awesome! I'll come by your place later." And with that he winked at me, then walk away.

"You still seeing that jerk?" A harsh voice called from behind me.

"Damon! He is not a jerk, he is really sweet!" I shot back at him,

"He's a Moroi." He growled, "You know how much they use Dhampir women!" I let out a heavy sigh and shook my head,

"He isn't even my boyfriend…yet, and you have no right telling me what to do! I'm a big girl Damon, I can handle myself." I waved and left him standing there, mad. I practically skipped up the steps to get to the dorms. I got into my room and started to tear through my dresser. I pulled out almost all of my clothes until I found my bikini. I ran into the bathroom, pulled of my clothes, and tried it on. It was a bit small, but hell, I bought it in eighth grade. I shrugged, and pulled a cover-up dress over it. I walked out of the bathroom, and hopped onto the computer. Is it sad that right now, my life consisted of playing petty computer games? At around three-thirty, Eli came knocking on my door. We snuck out of the dorms without getting caught, now to get out of the school and to the pool. We carefully stepped into the hallways, and tip-toed to the door. Eli slowly opened it, and it creaked, loudly. Luckily, we were both skinny enough to slip into what was already opened, and I shut the door. Eli grabbed my hand and we started running towards the pool. Well, I was jogging, if I was actually running, I would have been way ahead of him.