whoo! Long time no see guys! Another chapter down, countless others to come! I'm not sure how long this story is going to be, but I do know that it is going to be longer than Clarity or Four little words, as i have way more idea's for this one! Clarity was originally going to only be really short, like 5 chapters, but i have been getting more ideas for it :D

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ROSE POV

"Excuse me Princess, Headmistress Kirova needs to speak with Rose"

Lissa shot me a look "Why? I haven't done anything wrong!" I exclaimed.

"I'm sure it is nothing bad Rose" he assured me, dragging me away from my place next to Lissa in my Animal behavior class, with a quick word to my teacher he walked me to the witches office, taking the back passages that only the staff and a select number of lavish troublemakers knew of.

"Do you know why she wants to see me?" I asked Dimitri, things where going great between us, we where pretty brilliant at sneaking around, and had got even more daring at it, he had begun to drag me into small alleyways and gaps between buildings whilst I was on the way to class, claiming that he couldn't wait until training to be with me and kiss me. I'll admit, when I first got together with Comrade, I had never expected him to be any kind of romantic or sappy, but I had been wrong, he said that he felt bad that he couldn't give me what we both wanted, to be able to take our relationship public and to be accepted, and to make up for that he would bring me flowers randomly, sometimes he would bring then by hand and others he with would have them sent to me in the middle of class or lunch.

"Sorry, I haven't been told" he brushed a loose piece if hair back into his pony tail, clearly giving away that he was lying, I gave a slight 'Humph' indicating that I knew he was bullshitting me, he gave me a slight side glance, but otherwise said nothing.

"Headmistress Kirova will see you now" Lady Dashkov said to Dimitri as we approached her desk. Lady Dashkov was one of the few royals I knew who actually worked instead of sitting back on their family's fortune and watching it grow in carefully picked investments. Albeit, unlike other royals who did actually work, she didn't pick an easy job , I mean come on, she is the secretary for Kirova. That in its self must be torture in its self.

"Rosemarie, it is lovely to see you." Kirova greeted "thank you for bring Rose here in such short notice, Guardian Belikov."

"I hope you don't mind me asking, why the hell am I here?" Dimitri cut me a look, but Kirova simply smiled, she was immune to my smart ass ways by now, in fact I am pretty sure she got used to my behavior after she understood why I did it, it used to be because I had figured out that when I got in trouble my mother would actually take time out of her day to pay attention to me, even if it was being angry at me, now I just did it because it was fun.

"Of course Novice Hathaway" I loved being called that, it was a law passed under the title decree a few years ago, because Novices where kicking up a stink about how we got no recognition when we had to call all Moroi royals by their title, whether they where in school still or not, you can see where we where all coming from though, it sucked meeting a Moroi royal and being all 'hello Lord Conta' and have only your last name thrown at you, even if you where the same age. "It has come to my attention, that even though you helped with a major break through on the Massacre a few months back that killed Arthur Schoenberg, you never officially got to take your qualifier, because of this, Guardian Belikov will be taking you to a facility to sit it, you will be leaving after dinner and will stay in a hotel for two nights, returning to the academy late in the Moroi day Friday, you will be leaving after dinner, here is your itinerary and bookings. Oh-I almost forgot Guardian Belikov, you will be picking up your family from the airport on your way back to the academy, they will be arriving at 6pm. You are dismissed"

Dimitri and I walked out of there in a daze, I was going to be taking my qualifier. Fuck. And Dimitri's family would be coming to visit, double fuck. And I would be arriving an hour before the Dragomir's annual 'Happy birthday Rose' dinner, they held one for every member of the family, and I faintly remember crying at my first one, I had been six, only knowing Lissa for five months, and the Dragomir's even less. I had attended both Lissa and Erik's, and not yet knowing that Andre's birthday wasn't until October, Lissa had tricked me into thinking that it was his we would be attending. I hadn't suspected a thing as I hadn't told them when my birthday was, as not wanting them to feel obliged, but apparently Erik had asked Alberta for my birthday and had thrown me one. This year they where holding it a month early, as Andre had college and Erik and Rhea would be in England for a banquet with the royal family over there. Yup, good ole Queen Elizabeth the something was part of the Moroi family, Badica's I believed.

"I will meet you at your room tonight. Take the rest of the day off to pack, Lissa is excused also, as I believe she has your dress for Friday?" I nodded.

"Can I borrow your phone? Mine is flat." He nodded and handed me his phone, he had an old broken down flip phone for ages until Lissa noticed and demanded that he upgraded, Dimitri, wanting to hold onto his beloved phone had kindly refused, but Lissa being Lissa had ignored him and brought him a Samsung galaxy. He still had troubles with it. My comrade was many things, but good with technology he was not.

I opened up Lissa's contact, and sent her a quick message, telling her to meet me in my room. Dimitri went to get her, as he decided that a text I wrote from his phone didn't count as written permission. Rolling my eyes I walked to my room, adding an extra sway to my hips as I walked away, I could feel his eyes burning into my back as I left.

Less than ten minutes later, Lissa walked into my room where I was sitting in front of my wardrobe, attempting to pack my stuff, she had a dress bag in hand as well as a small shoe box. Silently she placed the items into my bag as I threw an assortment of jeans and workout clothes into my bag, along with my toiletries. I had also snuck a pack of those glow in the dark condoms in there when she wasn't looking, you never what might happen, Zen master Dimitri may just be up for experimenting.

"You'll be fine" Lissa said, noticing my nervous glances at the clock every five seconds.

"It's not that, I know I will be fine for my qualifier, it is Friday I'm worried about"

"Your birthday dinner?"

"No. Dimitri's family is coming here, we're picking them up on the way back to the academy." Lissa's eyes widened, recalling when she had introduced Christian to her family for the first time. It had been at Christmas, and they had known that we where hanging out with Christian, but they didn't know that Lissa was dating him. So imagine their surprise when they walked into the room we where practicing spirit in and found the two of them snogging with me and Adrian glaring and begging them to stop and get a room.

"Do they know about the two of you?" I shook my head.

"As far as they know I am his student and that he is possibly gay" Lissa let out a giggle.

"Why gay?"

"Because apparently he never brought a girl home to meet them, it was that or asexual. But he worked out too much for that, so they went with gay" Lissa giggled again, she may be my best friend, but I knew that it was slightly uncomfortable for her to know that I was with an older guy, especially one who was also her guardian, even if it wouldn't be for much longer, the paper work was still being run through.

"Really Rose?!" She exclaimed, pulling out the condoms and panties from my bag, I shrugged, laughing as she recoiled from my bag, throwing the items in my direction.

"Come on, you'll be late." And with that she grabbed my bag, shoving the 'unmentionables' into it before stalking out of my door.

When we arrived at the garage to find Dimitri leaning against a Subaru Liberty. I let out a sound of relief, thank god it wasn't a bloody Honda.

"Hey Comrade, how are we going to pick your family up in this thing, there is five seats and nine of us."

"We're swapping cars at your qualifier, it has ten seats, so we will be fine." I nodded and hugged Lissa good-bye.

"Good luck" She said, it took me a moment to realize that she was directing it towards Dimitri and not me. He raised his eyebrow.

"I'll need it" he smirked at me, before pulling me to him and kissing my forehead, risky considering that we where in the academy's garage, where any guardians or visiting Moroi could walk in at any moment, and the guardians manning the entry's and security room could easily spot us, but Dimitri was too exited about seeing his family to care, or maybe it was the idea of being alone in a hotel room with me that made him happy, who new when it came to him.

The drive to the hotel we where staying at took several hours, as it was on the other side of Missoula, we would have to drive an extra hour to reach the house where I would be tested. But that wasn't until tomorrow.

"You're going to be fine, Roza" Dimitri said, as though he was reading my mind. It was surreal how we both seemed to know what was going on in each others heads.

"Promise?" I asked in a small voice.

"I promise." he replied.

Slipping into Lissa's head, I found her attentively reviewing her noted for Moroi history. Christian was sitting opposite her looking bored, his math text-book open to a random page as he doodled on a text-book. There was no graffiti on the library tables, that was reserved for the bathroom walls and classroom tables, especially Stan's.

Dimitri had booked two rooms, not that the other would be used. We had no qualms in sharing a room, let alone a bed. We where together after all. But the school didn't know that. And since Dimitri was both a 'teacher' and a male, he had to book two. Luckily the school was paying for them, other wise he'd be very out-of-pocket. The hotel wasn't five-star, but it wasn't a five dollar motel either.

I was nervous about tomorrow, my last qualifier hadn't exactly turned out well, but all of my bad thoughts drifted away as Dimitri's lips met mine.

Okay, I know this was a bit short, but they will get longer/better :)

love you all! xx!

P.s, Who has seen the VA movie? I still have to wait three weeks :'(