Disclaimer: I own none of these characters. They all belong to Richelle Mead unless not mentioned in the Vampire Academy Books :)

RPOV

The next morning i got up as usual. I decided not to have a shower; I'd probably get sweaty from all of the "extra" work he was most likely going to give me after last night.

"Last night" i repeated to myself with a mournful sigh. I shouldn't have done it. I wish i could have said i was sorry, i wish i could have said I'm only dating Mason as a substitute to you. I just wish... I was in his arms, the way he held me that one night in the cabin after being under Victors lust spell. Oh how I missed that.

By this time i was out of my room and into the cafeteria. There was hardly a line as it was only the crack of 'dawn' in the vampire world. Light was supposed to chase away the nightmares. Except my world woke up to more increasing darkness like it was creeping up on us, to foreshadow our doom. I then saw a massive tray of doughnuts, strudels, tarts and other various treats. I was kind of late so i grabbed a few serviettes and wrapped the sugary deliciousness into them, pretty much threw everything into my gym bag, except for 2 doughnuts i scoffed down and ran towards the gym. As i ran, i pictured 2 things. Either an empty gym or... Dimitri sitting on a mat, reading a western novel. I was hoping for the second picture.

Well I arrived at the gym. Not to find it empty... It wasn't exactly full either. Dimitri was there. He was in his usual guardian black outfit with his Gorgeous black duster over his lap. No Western novel in sight, i chucked down my gym bag and walked over to him. He didn't look disappointed or anything, he had a blank expression on his face.

"Dimitri I.."

"Get dressed" he said harshly

"But..." I started saying but he cut me off.

"Rose, you're late enough as it is. Hurry up and get dressed, you have a lot of work to do"

I didn't like the way he said "YOU have a lot of work to do. Well clearly he was mad at me. If i were him i would be too. He was my teacher and i was his student. But it felt more than that between us sometimes. I sighed and headed towards the change rooms. I took a few minutes to get ready, i looked in the grubby gym mirror and i realised that i looked awful. Dark circles around my eyes, which were a violently bloodshot, i had red blotches down my cheeks, i couldn't be bothered covering it up with makeup so i just washed my face and rinsed my eyes. I searched for my towel with blurry eyes and dried off. I sighed again, pulled my hair into a rough ponytail and went to meet Dimitri.

Dimitri was standing when i got out.

"So, Comrade, what do you want me to do today?" i said with as much enthusiasm as i could.

"Don't call me that, do a 5 lap warm up around the track" He said, he appeared to be calmer.

I felt playful "Aww come on, after last night i thought you would have lifted it by now, make it 10"

"Rose, i said warm up not wear yourself out" he had a playful smile coming off his lips

"Fine. Pfft ill do 6 without breaking a sweat" I said with pride.

Dimitri said nothing and pulled a western novel out of no-where and headed towards the chair. I knew not to push it any further. He must have known i felt bad. He wouldn't have almost smiled.

The rest of practice was a breeze. 6 laps was pushing it. 5 was tiring. We practised Strigoi defence techniques. It was fun. I felt like we were getting up to where we use to be.

"Dimitri" A familiar voice called from the door. "Haven't you been a naughty boy"

OH SHIT!

"You've been making Rose over do it a bit again haven't you? I mean making her run 6 laps! Come on! Alberta and Stan wouldn't even make us do that!"

It was Mason. My dear friend/boyfriend. I froze up, remembering the last night's dream. Dimitri seemed to notice, so did Mason.

"Rose, Rose are you OK! Snap out of it." I was Dimitri. Mason just seemed to have been clicking his fingers in front of my face.

"Sorry guys, just spaced out." Dimitri's eyes were full of concern, he knew what happened.

Mason took my hand "Sure. Rose since when do you space out? Belikov's just got you working to hard. Lets go, if that's all right with him."

I looked at Dimitri "Come on Comrade, let me go, I've worked my ass off and you know it."

"OK, go." Dimitri said plainly

"Sweet" Mason and i said in unison and out of nowhere he kissed me. He kissed me. In front of Dimitri! Mason's eyes were closed. I looked over to where Dimitri was standing. He looked hurt. I pulled away. "Mase, i have to go get my things, I'll be back in a second"

I got to the bathroom, looked in the mirror again. My eyes weren't as red and there were no more blotches. I still had the dark circles... I quickly got my bag, and headed out. Dimitri was, what looked like to be in the store room, tidying up, i swear, i saw a tear leak from his right eye, he wiped it with one finger. Was i dreaming? Dimitri looked at me then looked away, in that second i shot him a Rose styled "I'm sorry Dimitri, I love you please forgive me look" When he turned away he punched the massive stack of mats. I stood there for a second longer and walked to Mason.

"You OK?" He asked unsure of what my reaction would be.

"Yeah, I think so, i just feel like i'm missing something..." I was missing something. Dimitri's heart and at this point. I'd shattered it into billions of tiny pieces that would take billions of years to repair. But my years were numbered.

"Uhhh a shower? No offence Rose but you stink PHEW" he said with a proud grin

"Yeah, umm Mason ill meet you in class. I'll have a shower" I said smiling to cover my hurt.

"Ok don't miss me to much." He said, looking kind of disappointed. Maybe he was waiting for me to invite him to my room. I didn't feel like it. Not because i was sort of using him. Because of what was about to happen.

"I won't" I let out a chuckle.

I ran off to my room, slamming the door behind me. I grabbed my pillow, put it over my face and screamed. I dropped the pillow and started punching it. My eyes were tearing up. After i let that out, i went into the bathroom, stripped, turned on the shower, got in and burst out into tears. Not only tears for me. Tears for Dimitri.