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My alarm clock had been going off for a few minutes, but I was in no condition to get up off of the bathroom floor and turn it off. I had found out a few hours ago what the funny feeling had been and had been puking my guts out ever since. I had a bad case of the stomach flu. A really bad case…

Just like I'd hoped, there was somebody knocking on my door after a little while. I wanted to answer it and get help, but I couldn't bring myself to get off the floor without the nausea getting worse. Whoever it was, they'd have to get some keys before they could help me. Maybe they would be fast and I wouldn't die first.

It must have been a Guardian, because I heard the door knob turn a minute later.

"Rose? Are you in here?" I heard a familiar voice ask.

"I'm in the bathroom," I whispered, hoarse. "I think I'm about to die." I heard a chuckle and then Dimitri was in the doorway. Even though he had laughed, he looked worried for me.

"When you weren't at practice, I thought you had skipped to spend the day with Lissa. She's sick too, but when I got to her dorm, you weren't there either. I guess you two caught the same thing."

"You're kidding? Lissa could be dying too? I have to go and check on her and the baby," I said, trying to get up, but having to fall back down again to puke. He held my hair for me.

"I think you should stay here today. Do you want me to bring you anything?"

"Can I get a Sprite? My throat is killing me."

"Sure, I'll be right back. Do you want me to tell Lissa that you are also sick?"

"Yeah. She'll be wondering why I'm not checking on her."

He nodded and walked out. I put my head against the bath tub and drifted in and out of La La Land for awhile.

I awakened to the sound of my door opening. I expected to see Dimitri again, but instead I saw Christian. How and why was he here? He walked in and put a glass of what I hoped was my Sprite on the counter of the sink.

"You look like crap," he stated. He walked out of my bathroom for a second and came back with the hair scrunchy I kept on my dresser. He tossed it to me and I pulled my hair back. He started laughing.

"You still look like crap," he said again. I glared at him.

"Is there a reason why you're here?" I asked.

"Kirova said that since you were my Guardian for that one time, I had to help you and Guardian Belikov had to help his charge. I think she just found her way to punish me. I have to wait on you hand and foot until you get better; the same with Lissa and Belikov." Well this was great, now I had to spend the day with Christian when I was sick. I didn't even like to do that when I well. Kirova was an evil woman, finding the perfect way to punish everyone.

"So is there anything you need?" he asked me sarcastically.

"You can tell me how Lissa's doing." I said, knowing that he would know.

"She looks exactly like you do, except she's in a worse mood. I thought she might rip my head off when I asked her what was wrong. It's probably better that Belikov's there. He's used to that kind of stuff with Strigoi and all."

"Are you comparing her to a Strigoi?" I asked. "She's really that bad?" Liss had never been that mad.

"Yeah, Strigoi would run and hide from her. She's not at all herself."

"Well, hers is probably morning sickness, then. I just wonder what mine could be…"

"Are you sure you're not pregnant too? Maybe it's a Shadow-Kissed thing."

"No, I don't think that-"I stopped. Maybe it was something to do with being Shadow-Kissed. It never would have been possible for it to happen before since a man and a woman were the last Shadow-Kissed people anyone had record of. And I felt everything else that she felt, why wouldn't I be able to feel this too?

"Christian you may be right about part of it. Maybe I'm just feeling everything that she feels. I do that anyway, so why would this be any different?"

"But wouldn't you have the bad mood, too?" he asked, doubtful.

"I don't know about that part. But it makes sense for the other things."

"Yeah it does. Do you think you will you be okay for a few minutes by yourself? I'm going to go tell Belikov and Liss about this." He looked at me uncertainly, like I might drop dead any second if he left me alone. I rolled my eyes.

"Go ahead, but get me something for nausea on your way back. And hand me the Sprite. I can't reach it up there."

"God, could you be any more helpless?" he asked as he handed me the Sprite. I took a sip very slowly.

As he started to walk out the door again, I said, "If I'm right about the Shadow-Kissed thing, it's your fault I'm this helpless."

"And if you're right about the Shadow-Kissed thing, this is going to get old very fast." He replied in the same tone I had used.