Rose goes out with Adrian to catch up and have a drink at an almost exclusive Moroi club (Dhampirs discouraged from going there, normally only blood whores) Dimitri isn't happy about it BOTH POV

RPOV

"Remind me again where you're going" Dimitri asked me from the bed where he was sitting reading another western

"Out"

"Where"

"To have fun"

"That's not what I asked" He put a bookmark in and placed her book on the bedside table

"I'm going to a club, okay?" I looked in the mirror, I looked good in my knee length red and black dress and my hair down, I just had to decide on the shoes

"With who?" I had been dreading this question

"Just a friend"

"Roza" he used that amazingly soft voice and let his accent become more pronounced; Dimitri knew that had almost the same effect on me as Lissa's compulsion "What is your friends name?" his voice made me weak at the knees; I turned away from my shoe collecting to face him before saying

"Adrian, I'm going out with Adrian" Dimitri's smile dropped and his guardian mask fell in to place but there was no denying the anger in his eyes

"Why?"

"Dimitri we are trying to get back our friendship, I can assure you he has no interest in me romantically" he didn't look to convinced, I walked over and sat at the foot of the bed facing him "He is with Sydney now and he is very happy, we are nothing more than friends"

"I know Adrian's type" his mask was slipping slightly "They never settle down they may say they have one girl but they will always be looking for the next" he wasn't even attempting to hide the anger in his voice now, I stood up

"Adrian has changed, I thought you two were getting along better now" I went back to picking shoes, I was down to two pairs; Beautiful black heels from hell or gorgeous ruby red stilettos.

"We are but that doesn't mean I want you going out and getting drunk with him, god only knows what he might compel you to do"

"Enough" I looked back to him "He won't compel me to do anything and I am not getting drunk we are going to talk that's all okay" I picked up the black heels and put the stilettos away before sitting on the bed "There is no need to be jealous or worried I will be just fine" I assured him as I put on my heels

"I'm not jealous" I walked around the bed to his side

"Of course you're not" I kissed his cheek "I'm gonna have my phone on me so you can call me if you get worried okay?" He nodded

"Can you at least tell me what club you're going to?" I sighed before reluctantly answering

"Blood Moon"

"Rose" Dimitri exclaimed

"I know, I know but I wanted somewhere close to here and somewhere where there will be lots of people"

"Lots of Moroi men who would happily compel a young Dhampir woman in to doing whatever they wish" He muttered bitterly

"You know that's not going to happen" I grabbed my bag and jacket "I have a high resistance to compulsion and if any one tries anything I will beat the crap put of them okay?" I gave him a quick kiss on the lips before picking up my keys and turning to leave "I will be back before one thirty and I have my keys so lock up before you go to bed" I could practically feel his sadness behind me "Oh and Dimitri" I turned to see him look up at me "I love you"

"I love you too Roza, be safe"

"Always my love" and with that I turned and left for my night with Adrian.

DPOV

Roza had left. I couldn't deny I felt a little sad, angry and alone, Rose had friends of course but I didn't like the fact she was having a night out with Adrian. I was more accepting of him now what he had cleaned up his act and I must admit now he was with Sydney he was much more stable and all around better person. The reason I had such a problem with her going out with him was that he had been there for her when I couldn't be, when I was Strigoi; he had been there for her and loved her when I couldn't and that hurt. I decided that I couldn't keep sitting there thinking about the past all night so I picked up my book and read another few chapters. When I looked up again to check the time I was surprised to find that just over two hours had passed, where I had been caught up in my book I hadn't thought to call Roza and make sure that everything was going okay. I put down my book and grabbed my phone quickly calling Rose's number, it was then I heard Rose's ring tone coming from her bedside table

"Oh no" I muttered before cutting off the phone. I moved over to the other side of the bed and picked up her phone "Damn it Roza"

RPOV

I stood in the club with Adrian; we had been talking for the last two hours about everything; His relationship with Sydney, being bonded to Jill, How his art was going and how he wished things had ended better between us. Everything was going well until he looked over to the bar

"You want another drink?"

"No thanks, I'm good"

"You know just cause I'm only having one doesn't mean you have to limit yourself too" He gave me one of his most charming smiles "You have tomorrow off, kick back and enjoy yourself a little, you're not a guardian twenty four seven"

"Actually I am, I may not be on duty but I am always a guardian"

"Guardian or not you should still have another drink" he looked over to the bar

"No thank you" I repeated "I would rather stay sober enough to have a good night that I'm going to remember tomorrow morning"

"Hey, don't look now but I think there is a guy that is just your type over by the bar"

"Don't be ridiculous, I'm with Dimitri" I reminded him "I'm not going to look at other guys"

"There's no harm in looking as long as you don't touch" He looked over again "But seriously you may wanna have a look" I sighed and turned around to look at this guy and was very surprised to find that he actually was kinda cute, In fact he was exactly like Dimitri. From what I could see he was wearing a plain white shirt and black jeans, what Dimitri usually threw on when we went out "What did I tell you little Dhampir, he even had the same long hair" Adrian's voice came from behind me but I was barely listening, he was right the guy had long hair exactly like Dimitri's

"Excuse me a moment" I began walking towards the bar, Adrian following close behind

"Hey I thought I said look but no touching"

"It won't matter if I touch as long as it is…" I trailed off as I got to the guy's side, because it wasn't just a guy "Dimitri"

"Roza" He turned to me

"What are you doing here?"

"I was just…"

"Spying on me, checking up on me, making sure I wasn't cheating?"

"No I…"

"Do you seriously not trust me Dimitri?"

"Roza I…"

"No Dimitri" I was practically yelling now but I didn't care "You can't even let me have a night out without coming after me and watching me, that's why you wanted to know where I was going so you could follow me"

"It's not like that"

"Sure, you know what forget it" I turned back to Adrian "It's been good seeing you Adrian but I think I'm gonna call it a night"

"But…"

"I'm sorry Adrian, I really am but I'm not in a socializing mood anymore" I gave him a quick hug and said "See you again soon" before turning on my heel, roughly brushing past Dimitri and leaving.

DPOV

I watched as Roza practically ran out of the club

"You've really blown it this time Belikov" Adrian finished the last of his drink

"Yeah" I muttered

"What were you doing checking up on her anyway? You know she is faithful to you, she would stake me if I tried anything with her" he put his glass down "Not that I would try anything, I'm with Sydney, you know that"

"I wasn't checking up on her" I ignored the statement about him not wanting to try anything with Rose, to be honest I felt awful for thinking that he wasn't faithful to Sydney. He had changed so much in the last few years, he was almost unrecognizable.

"Sure looks that way"

"I'm telling you I wasn't" I had to control my voice to keep me from growling at him

"Well then you better go and explain what you were doing because right now you have a furious Hathaway on your hands" he gave a small chuckle before adding "Boy, I do not envy you right now"

"Wanna swap places?" I ask, only half joking

"Not a chance, now go fix this" Adrian turned and walked away, I knew he was right I knew I had to fix this.

RPOV

I was pissed, beyond pissed I don't think there was even a word to describe my fury. I had started running home the moment I had left the club; it was only ten minutes away from my house, half way there I had taken off my heels and run bare foot the rest of the way. The moment I got in I locked the door half hoping that Dimitri had forgotten his keys and that he would be locked out, I walked in to the bedroom my anger was slowly turning in to pain and sadness at the fact that Dimitri didn't trust me. I dumped my heels by the bedroom door and striped off my dress before choosing my most comfortable pyjamas from the draw and putting them on. As I wiped off my make-up I could feel tears rolling down my cheeks, why? Why would he not trust me? I mean yeah sure Adrian was my ex but I had no romantic feelings for him anymore, I loved him in the friend kind of way nothing more. Why could Dimitri not see that? I brushed the hairspray out of my hair and tied it back in a single braid. I sat at the edge of the bed and wiped the remaining tears away before getting in and turning out the light. I lay there in the dark unable to sleep because of the thoughts spinning around in my head. How could Dimitri not trust me? We spent nearly every day of our lives together protecting royal Moroi, I tried my hardest to kill him when he was Strigoi was that not enough to make him trust me? Maybe he trusted me with his life but not his heart but hadn't I proven time and time again that I love him and only him? With every answer I came up with it bought two more questions with it and with every question my anger was rising again.

DPOV

Adrian and I left the club together as we left his phone buzzed

"Hello" He answered "Hey Syd" the look in his eyes when he heard answered could only be described as one thing, love. "Yeah, actually Rose has gone home" I looked at him waiting to see what his explanation would be "She didn't feel so good" I mouthed 'thank you' to him, he simply nodded before saying "Yeah I will be home in fifteen minutes" he paused listening, a small smile crossed his lips "Can't wait, see you soon" the smile grew "Love you too, Bye" he hung up

"Thank you" I said again

"No problem, What goes on between you and Rose is your business" He put his phone away "If you choose to bring people in to it that's your choice but I'm not going to spread gossip about you two and make this argument bigger than it needs to be" I just stood there in an almost stunned silence, He really had grown up "Anyway I have to get home, I hope everything turns out okay Belikov"

"So do I" I mumbled "Night Adrian" I watched as he turned and started to walk at a fast pace towards his house. I sighed and turned to the guard at the club entrance "Have you seen a Dhampir girl here tonight?" It wasn't till I had said it out loud that I realized that it was a stupid question, of course he had

"I've seen some, why?"

"I'm looking for one that ran out of here about five minutes ago, brown hair, red and black dress with black heels"

"Oh yeah she ran that way" he indicated back towards me and roses place then he whistled "Wouldn't mind some of that blood whore" I stopped and turned to him

"What did you say?"

"I said I wouldn't mind so of that bl…" I grabbed him and threw him against the wall pinning him there his feet not touching the ground

"That woman you just called a blood whore" I spat the words out as though they were poison "is Queen Vasilisa's personal guardian" I saw his face pale slightly at that "she is one of the bravest, strongest and most talented guardians in the world" I paused letting that sink in before adding "And she is also my girlfriend" before he had a chance to react I dropped him he only just managed to stay on his feet but before he could do anything else I punched him in the face, I was pretty sure I had broken his nose "Consider that a warning, next time you won't get off so lightly"

"Unhh" he groaned holding his nose, without another word I turned and ran as fast as I could back to the house. When I got there I found the door was locked and I was thankful I had remembered to take my key. I got inside and relocked the door before walking to the bedroom and calling out softly

"Roza?"

RPOV

"Roza?" Dimitri's voice came from the doorway interrupting my thoughts

"Get out"

"Roza" he came in to the room

"Don't" I was not even going to bother with him

"Roza please let me explain" I sat up, I could only just make out his silhouette in the dark

"Let you explain what? Hmm? How you don't trust me? How you feel the need to check up on me when I go out? Tell me Dimitri how many other times have you done that?"

"Never becau…"

"Oh so it's just because I was with Adrian?" I slammed my fist on the bed "What is your problem with him? Why do you hate him so much? Why do you… you know what forget it"

"Roza" he tried again

"Just get out you can sleep on the couch"

"Roza you haven't even given me a chance to explain" He turned on the lamp on his bedside table almost blinding me with the sudden unexpected light

"You don't need to explain" I laid down again "It's oh so clear that you don't trust me"

"I do trust you Roza I was just…"

"Checking up on me" I finished his sentence

"No" he climbed on to the bed "I was just…"

"Get off the bed"

"Trying to"

"Get off the bed Dimitri"

"Give you your"

"GET OFF THE BED NOW" I kicked him hard in the stomach sending him flying off the bed, I heard a bang and then a thud as he hit the floor. I waited to hear him moan and attempt to get up but there was nothing "Dimitri?" Again I waited but there was no answer "Dimitri?" I tried again when there was no answer a second time I sat up and looked over the edge of the bed to find Dimitri unconscious on the floor "Oh my God, Dimitri" all anger had disappeared as I jumped out up bed and ran to his side "Dimitri? Dimitri? Can you hear me?" I shook him lightly then checked for a pulse and found one thank goodness, now I looked more closely I could see that his chest was rising and falling he was breathing so I tried again "Dimitri? Wake up" I shook him again "Dimitri I'm sorry please wake up please" I closed my eyes trying to calm myself as I waited just listening to his breathing until I heard a groan, my eyes flew open "Dimitri?" he groaned again and opened his eyes blinking a few times

"Roza?" He blinked a few more times before asking "What happened?"

"I kicked you off the bed, I'm so sorry I" He raised a hand to stop me

"Why did you kick me off the bed?"

"We were fighting" I stopped "Wait you don't remember?" He tried to shake his head but cried out in pain "Where does it hurt?"

"Here" He pointed to the back right side of his head, that's when I understood the bang before he hit the floor he must have hit it on the bedside table

"Stay there, I think you have a concussion" I ran to the kitchen grabbed a tea towel, an ice pack and a bowl before I went back wrapping the ice pack in the tea towel as I walked "Here" I carefully lifted his head and place the ice pack on the back of his head then put the bowl on his bedside table

"Thank you"

"I don't know what you're thanking me for I'm the reason you're in pain"

"No matter, you are taking care of me now, that's what matters"

"You feel ready to sit up"

"Mhmm" I helped him to sit supporting his back with one hand while holding the ice pack in place with the other "Help me on to the bed?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes then I can lay back down" I helped him to sit on the bed but said

"I'm not sure that's such a good idea"

"Roza you know better than anyone that Dhampirs can sleep off concussions" he swung his legs up and laid down making sure his icepack was still in the right place

"It may be more serious than that" I walked around and got in the other side

"It's not, I only have a slight headache and my memory has returned I'm fine" I looked over guiltily at him

"I'm really sorry"

"Its fine Roza but now will you let me explain"

"Yes of course"

"I wasn't checking on you or spying on you, I was coming to give you your phone" I hadn't expected that

"What?"

"I spoke to the guy at the bar asking if he had seen you he was about to answer when you came over"

"But why get dressed as if you were going out then?"

"Because if you remember when you left I was in my boxer shorts, I don't think they would have let me in if I had come in them" He put his hand in to his pocket "Here" he handed me my phone

"Oh God, I can't believe I said and did all that" he chuckled "Really what would make me think that you would check up on me?"

"You know that I was a little jealous of Adrian before it's only natural that you think that I still am, that's why you thought I was spying on you"

"But there is no excuse for me kicking you off the bed"

"It's fine, you did warn me to get off and I'm sure I've done worse to you in the past" I couldn't help but laugh

"You know most people would class our relationship as abusive, we are always hitting each other and hurting each other"

"But we never really mean it and we always forgive and forget then take care of each other" he pulled me closer

"You think your heads gonna be ok?" I snuggled in to him

"It'll be alright, all the pain is gone now" he took off the ice pack and left it in the bowl I had put there earlier before turning out the light

"Good, I'm sorry about tonight" I apologized again

"It's okay Roza, Just remember to take your phone next time" I smiled and although I couldn't see it I was pretty sure he was smiling too

"I love you Dimitri"

"I love you too my Roza"

Sorry it was such a long wait but in the up side it is a longer one than the last by about 3000 words so that's good.

I also have plans for a new story called 'Nikki: Bodyguards and Assassins' a human AU Vampire Academy story I will get the out as soon as I can,

As always please review,

Lissa xXx