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Rose was tired. There was no other to put it. She loved guarding Lissa, and wouldn't stop guarding her until her very last day, but that didn't mean it didn't tire her out. If Lissa had just been regular Princess Lissa and had gone to Lehigh that would've been fine. But she was Queen Vasilisa Sabina Rhea Dragomir. This meant that Rose did not only have to accompany her to Lehigh, keep up her grades so she could stay in college with Lissa and guard her throughout the day; she also had to attend all of the regal meetings with the royal representatives – a few of whom looked down on either Rose, Lissa or both and some masked their distaste better than others. This meant that the time Rose got to spend with her Comrade were few and far between, and on most of the rare chances they got to see each other, Rose was too tired to really put much effort into doing anything. She knew she should probably try to be a better girlfriend but the age-old mantra would pound around in her brain - 'they come first'.

That week had been one of the worst so far. She had been doing well in most of her classes – Sports Ed, Animal Behaviour and Sports Sciences were similar to the ones she had taken at St. Vladimir's so they were good for her – but not in American literature. She had spent all week trying to write this stupid essay for her American Lit class and was struggling. She didn't understand why writing a 5000 word essay on the symbolism and foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men was important. 'Why can't I just read the goddamn book and be done with it?!' she thought to herself. Nevertheless she still wrote the essay and thought it was at least worthy of a C. She had handed it in feeling pretty pleased with the effort she had put in. However, on the Friday that feeling had completely left her when Mrs Griffin had handed back her essay with a giant red F on the front. She turned round to look at Lissa to confirm that the teacher had somehow got everyone else's grades wrong but no, Lissa's essay had a definitive A+ on the front accompanied by a wide smiley face put there as if to mock Rose's failed essay. She groaned and let her head flop onto her desk.

'Oh no!' Rose immediately span round to face Lissa. 'What's wrong?!' Lissa had a look of disappointment spread across her face that Rose was familiar with. That look meant she couldn't see Christian, for any reason (usually because Lissa had a meeting, or Christian did, or regal duties meant they were away from each other). Rose could feel her stomach sink and hoped to god that it wasn't visible on her face. She had experienced a shitty week and the one thing she was looking forward to was seeing Dimitri. Now even that was taken away from her. 'Oh Liss, its okay. You guys can always Skype and stuff...' Rose was now just attempting to placate Lissa, as one would with a child. Even if I feel like crap, she thought, there's no need for Lissa to feel the same.

The ride back to court did nothing to improve Rose's mood. She talked to Lissa about what was going on with her and Christian, how the quorum law was going, and just general talk about Lissa. Rose was talking but wasn't really paying much attention. She was trying to cheer herself up by deciding what pizza she was going to order when she returned to her and the Comrade's empty house – Pepperoni with pineapple and extra cheese, she decided – and was debating ordering some movies. Rose noticed Lissa had gotten out her copy of next semesters book, The Great Gatsby. This just further reminded Rose of the awful week she'd had. She took this opportunity to forcefully shove her earphones into her ears and block out the world.

When they arrived at court, Rose was in a slightly better mood. Listening to the music had helped to calm her mood significantly. The sooner I get all of these meetings out of the way, the better. She fell into step with Lissa as they walked toward Lissa and Christian's royal suite to give Lissa a chance to change before the infuriatingly long meetings scheduled for that night. As Lissa hung her bag in the hallway, Rose grabbed a can of Coke from the fridge. Lissa walked into the large kitchen holding a printed shopping bag. 'Whatcha got there Liss?' Rose asked intrigued, even in a foul mood she was always interested in shopping. Lissa didn't respond, instead choosing to thrust the bag into Rose's chest. 'Go try it on! We don't have much time!' Rose shook her head, going along with whatever weird plan Lissa had. She reached the closest of the 4 bathrooms in the house and locked the door behind her. Finally, she took the opportunity to look in the bag. What she saw made bright colours and memories flash behind her eyes. She pulled out a sleek black dress and some shiny black heels. This dress was almost an exact copy for the one she had worn to the dance back at St Vladimir's. She pulled the dress on and, pushing down the feelings of nostalgia and confusion, slipped on the shoes. Walking down the hallway to the lounge where she knew Lissa would be, she pondered about Lissa's intentions. What could be the reason for this? Rose had learnt by now not to question whatever weird whims Lissa had, to just go along with them. She arrived in the lounge and found Lissa on the phone. 'Yeah, okay. Right I have to go now, bye.' Rose did a small twirl for Lissa. 'So, any particular reason, or did you just feel like testing if your credit card actually has a limit?' Lissa smiled at her with a knowing twinkle in her eye. 'I saw it online and I knew that I just needed to buy it for you. Also, you can just go straight home. I'm really tired so I cancelled them and rescheduled them for tomorrow.' This just confused Rose further but she was grateful for break. Rose headed back towards the bathroom but Lissa stopped her. 'Just head on home, don't worry about your stuff, you can pick it up tomorrow.' Okay, now Rose was really confused but carried on nonetheless and after grabbing her jacket, walked out of Lissa's house and around the back to where her and Dimitri's house was.

After punching in the digits that made up the ridiculously long code for their home security system, Rose headed on inside. All the lights were off but she could see a light coming from the dining room. This immediately brought her guard up. She proceeded soundlessly through the kitchen towards the dining room and gasped. What she saw was not an enemy, not a strigoi. Instead what she saw was her boyfriend sat at the table with flowers, beautiful scented candles and a silver covered dish. 'What are you doing here?' she asked still marvelling at the scene in front of her 'I thought you and Christian weren't coming back this weekend...' Dimitri smiled at her, that rare smile that made her feel so special, like she was privy to something no-one else was. 'Yes, that's what I told Lissa to tell you. But that doesn't mean it's true...' Only then did he look her up and down. Rose saw his whole attitude when he looked at her outfit. She no longer felt tired. In fact, this was the most awake she'd felt in forever. She chuckled to herself and sat down opposite him, stared at his features being lit up by the candles. He reached over and took the lid off the silver tray and Rose was surprised for the umpteenth time that day. It was pepperoni and pineapple pizza with extra cheese. 'Did I tell you just how much I love you Comrade?' she gazed over lovingly at him 'I love you too Roza.'

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