Hey guys! Here's chapter three. Sorry if took so long! Hope you enjoy!
~Celeste

Chapter Three

I found Lissa in the church attic, sitting in the window seat. I wonder where Christian is. Lissa must have heard me because she turned around and looked at me. I knew that I hurt her. I could see that I did too. I saw that she had been crying, her eyes where red and swollen, she also had tears coming down her cheeks. I started to walk towards her.

"Stop…why…didn't …you…tell…me?" She asked through her sobs.

"Liss, I'm sorry."

"Do...you...not…trust me?" She asked.

"Of course I do!"

"Then…why?" She was still crying.

"Liss, I'm so sorry. I know I should have told you where I was going and why. But…but, I didn't want you to worry about me. I could let you do that, you have your whole life ahead of you and I didn't want you risk going with me on some death mission. I know I hurt you when I left but I'm here, but I did it to protect you. I love you, Lissa; you're like a sister to me. You have to understand that what I did I needed to do it. I had to." I said. There were tears in my eyes, I blinked them away.

Lissa wasn't crying anymore, all the darkness in her vanished. She looked at me with compassion and acceptance. She wanted to know what happened, but didn't ask. She knew when I was ready to talk, I would come to her. She got up and walked over to me. She gave me a hug. And, together, we went to her dorm to hang out for the rest of the day (night for humans).

We were flipping through the channels on the TV in the commons. Christian, Adrian, and Eddie were going to come up and hang out with us. There was nothing good on.

"So, your mom came to talk to me today." Lissa said.

"Yea, I know. I saw. You sort of sucked me into your head." I said with a smile on my face. "Are you scared of her or something?" I asked.

"Rose, do you really have to ask that? She's a great guardian and all but, she still scares me." Lissa answered.

"Yea. She has that effect on people. Did you see the guys when I told you them that Abe Mazur was my dad?" I asked her.

"I know! There eyes were so big." She said

"Priceless!" We were both laughing.

I knew Lissa wanted to ask me something, so I stopped laughing and looked at her. She knew that I sensed her emotions. She stopped laughing too and looked at me.

"What do you want to ask me?" I asked her.

"Does she know?" she asked me.

"What?"

"About you and…and the car accident." She said.

We were both quiet. We haven't talked about the accident since we ran away. Only very few knew about me and Lissa. Lissa and I share a bond. It only works one way at the moment but, we are working together along with Adrian on improving our bond. I'm 'shadow kiss' which means that I died once and was then brought back to life. Weird? Yea, I know.

"No."

"Are you going to tell her?" She asked.

I thought about telling my mom after the accident. She saw the doctor reports. She should have also known that there was no way that I could have survived. It was impossible for me to because of where I was sitting. But she never asked. She acted as if it never happened. And little does she know – one day I'm going to lose it. I was already seeing ghost. I mean how crazier can I get?

"Yea, when it's the right time. There's a lot I have to tell her. There's a lot that I need to tell you. But I'm not ready to yet." I said.

"You can tell me when ever you're ready, no rush." She said. This is one of the many things that I love about Lissa. She was always supportive and there for you in the long run.

"Thanks."

"You're Welcome." She said with a smile on her face. "I wonder what's taking the guys so long to get here?" She asked.

"I know." It was weird, they were never late.

"Should we go and see if they forgot or something?" She asked me as she was getting up.

"Yea, they're probably in Christian or Adrian's room." I answered.

As we were walking outside, I saw someone or something run by us. Lissa didn't seem scared, but I don't think she saw anything. I have no idea what is going on.

"Lissa, let's hurry. It's cold out here." I said. It wasn't as cold as it usually is, but I didn't want to scare her. I have no idea what I saw, but I don't think it could be anything good.

"Rose-" Lissa started to say.

But, before she could say anything else, I pulled her behind me into a protective stance. There was a person wearing all black and the attacked. Through the bond, I could tell that she was scared and a little worried, but was then was overtaken by excitement and happiness. And, that's when it all hit me; I remembered what was going on. It was the field experience. Before I had to time to think, I reacted to one of their attacks.

I was fighting Alberta; I had no idea how I was going to 'kill' her. I had no stake. But then I remembered what Dimitri told me, could I make a weapon out of anything? As I was fighting I looked around. There were branches on the ground. I guess I could use that. At least if I were fighting real Strigoi then using the branches as a stake would slow them down.

I worked my way over to the branches. Both, Alberta and I, were taking and receiving punches and kicks. She was good! And then I made my move, I faked punched her and kicked her in her stomach. She flew back and landed hard, I grabbed the branch by my foot. Before she could get up, I staked her.

I didn't realize that we had a crowd watching us. There were both Guardians and students. I 'killed' Alberta. I can't believe that. I did it. I also had a lot of questions to ask her. I still have no idea what the hell is going on.

"Excellent job, Rose." Alberta said while she was getting up.

"Thanks!" I said breathing hard.

"Here you go." She walked over to me and handed me a stake. Really? Doesn't she think that that would have helped if I had it in the beginning? Whatever. I have in now, that's all that matters.

"Way to go Rose!" Lissa yelled happily. I could tell through the bond, she was really happy and glad for me. She was so excited; I couldn't help but smile and laugh a little. I could also tell that she planned for this to happen. Well! I'll have to talk to her later on about this.

"My Little Dhampir! Congrats!" I looked up to see Adrian standing by Christian and Eddie. They all had huge grins on their faces. I knew something was going on. I could just tell.

"Thank you, Adrian." I said. Then I turned my attention to Alberta.

"Hey, Albe- Guardian Petrov, can you please tell me what's going on?" I asked.

"Yes. Well, Rose, since you re-enrolled to St. Vlad's, you are still required to participate in the field experience." She answered.

"Oh." It was all I could say. I was still taking everything in. Just staring off into space. Thinking.

"Rose?" Lissa asked. I looked at her and everyone. There were five sets of eyes on me.

"Sorry! I was just thinking. That's all. Just taking all this in."

"Yea, I know it's a lot to take in." Alberta said.

"Guardian Petrov, who is Christina Guardian, since I've been gone?" I asked.

"Zach Smith, he and his friend, Ryan Morgan, were guarding the same Moroi."

"So who do I guard, now?"

"Christian Ozera. Zach will go back to his Moroi."

"Ok." I was hoping to get someone else. I guess that's not going to happen. So, I'm stuck with Christian for-

"How many weeks are left?" I was only gone a little less than a month.

"About two and a half weeks."

Ugh! I was so not looking forward to this. But that doesn't matter – They come first.

"Ok. When do I start?"

"Today."

"What no break?" I asked jokingly

"Nope!" Christian answered, popping the 'p'. He had a huge grin on his face.

"Well this is going to be a long two weeks." I stated.

"Two in a half weeks." Adrian answered.

I glared at him. All he did was laugh.

"Oh, Little Dhampir."

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