A/N: Hey there to everyone that has read the first chapter I know it was really short but it was my first tester I wanted to see what everyone thought before I moved on. If you liked it good I'm glad! I'll keep writing and making them longer if I get more reviews.

I couldn't help but fidget in math. Everyone stared at me like I was a ghost, risen from the dead. I know I'd been gone for two weeks, but my father and my lover died. They didn't know about Dimitri, but it wasn't like I couldn't grieve for my mentor. Stan made a coughing noise and Lissa jabbed my side making me look up. "Having a rough day back ?" I gasped softly. "N-no Stan... Sorry." I'd been caught day dreaming and I wasn't my snarky self. Who knew Rose Hathaway could be civil to Stan?

"Please pay attention." Stan grumbled and continued with his lesson.

The rest of the day went on in a blur. I couldn't concentrate and in result got a black eye and bruised arms from my training classes. My body ached and my feet hurt, but I couldn't complain it was a good ache. Until my stomach started doing somersaults. I hated having to empty my stomach into the nearest trash, but I felt someone hold my hair back and rub my back.

"Little dhampire, you should go back to your room." The feeling of Adrian was slightly comforting but I couldn't let him think I'd budge on the dating subject. "Adrian, you really shouldn't tell me what to do or you might get hurt." He smiled at my snarkiness, probably glad to have some of the old Rose back.

"You wouldn't hurt a pretty face like this now would you?" I looked up at him. He was wearing his crooked smile, and the smell of cloves lingered around him. By the looks of his hair he hadn't taken a shower in, well it was hard to gauge, but it'd been a while. I couldn't help but to smile back and roll my eyes.

For the second time today someone had won what they wanted out of me. As Adrian realized he'd won his smile dropped slightly. He was studying me now, no doubt looking at my aura. "Something is different about you Rose. I can't seem to put my finger on it..." he trailed off like he normally does when giving me encrypted information.

I tossed my hair and gave my best I don't know what you're talking about pose before throwing the one of a kind rose comment. "Maybe you're just imagining it, you are after all high and drunk. Or maybe my awesomeness just got awesomer." I shrugged my shoulders and he just grinned at me. But he was still looking at me strange and I sighed. Both him and Lissa had said something today about this and I wanted to know what.

"Alright Adrian spill, what do you see so different about me today?" He seemed surprised that I would humor him on this one. Giving me a once over he nodded to himself. "I'll tell you if you invite me to your room." My mouth gaped open like a fish and Adrian wiggled his eyebrows.

I couldn't believe he would that to me. Irrationally I turned around and started heading for my room. I could hear the footsteps that followed behind me and it took all my self control not to turn and slap him. Wait Rose has self control? I laughed to myself at that one. Then I felt it, the rolling of nausea with the dreadful feeling of darkness. My eyes darted around and I shoved Adrian behind me.

If there was a Stragoi around, even if I wanted I couldn't put Adrian in danger. I motioned him to follow me as I started walking my body on edge. Adrian must of understood for he followed me as I walked us carefully towards my dorm. I always had my stake with me, so I kept my hand on its hilt.

As I heard it jump out of the bush I shoved it to the ground using all of my strength. Even with how sore and out of practice I was, the element of surprise and my instincts took over. I streaked the stragoi and watched him lay there unmoving. The nausea faded away as the life left it's body. I took my stake cleaned it off and looked Adrian dead in the eye.

I nodded to him and led him to my dorm room. He stayed surprisingly quiet on our way there, so I took the chance to call headmistress Kirova. She picked up on the first ring. "Its Hathaway. I just killed a stragoi by the bathrooms on the west side of campus. I don't think there are anymore but you needed to know." I paused, listening to her get a few guardians together before acknowledging me with a few short words and hanging up.

As we got to my room and safely inside, I felt like I wanted to both break down and keep my face on. So instead of dwelling on the fact that I'd just killed another stragoi on my first day back, I pushed Adrian about what he meant.

"Adrian no getting away with not telling me, you made it to my room now spill." Running a hand through his greasy hair, he sat on the couch. We watched each other as I waited for him to get his mind together. "Your aura is different, it has a glow to it. Not a happy glow just something... Extra. I can't put my finger on it. You're very depressed even though you hide it, and I would normally just see that, the grey and black... But you have an underlying tone that I can't describe. Its just... Different."

That was helpful. I knew I was depressed and that I was a given. What about the underlying tone he didn't understand. All I knew was that my stomach as if telling me something, did the familiar flip flop as bile rose in my throat. I made it to the restroom fast enough to empty my breakfast in the toilet. While Adrian was holding my hair back he sighed and rubbed my back. He wanted to know what was wrong as much as I did.

APOV

I couldn't help but feel sorry for Rose, most dhampires didn't get sick, and when they did it normally went away within the hour. To be sick this long was a worry. Maybe classes had been too hard on her. I sighed as I watched her aura seeing how dark it was.

Thinking I could do something I put my hands on her shoulders and healed the dark feeling I felt in her. Most of what I did only took the darkness from Lissas magic away, and I hoped a little of her pain over Dimitri away.

I respected her privacy when she stood and asked me kindly for Rose, to leave. Honoring her request in a way I stepped out of the restroom and pretended to go. I was too worried to leave. So I sat on her couch and looked out the window taking out a cloved cigarette.

Before I could light it Rose walked out and cleared her throat and when I didn't look up continuing to light the cigarette she scoffed. "What the hell do you think you're doing? Get out of my room if you're going to smoke!" I gave a grin and received a slap. I acted like I was hurt grabbing my cheek. "How could you slap a precious being like myself?" She just pointed to the door and reluctantly I nodded and walked out.

After getting kicked out of Roses room I went to do research on her aura. Almost nothing came up but I did find one thing.

"When one conceives, their aura may shift." And that was all there was. And that was all I needed. Rose was about to get a wake up call to life, I didn't have a plan as to when I would tell her, it would need to be soon.

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