OH MY GOODNESS! Thank you sooo much for the reviews! They really lifted my "spirits"-hehe. Get it?

Anyhoo, here is the 3rd chapter. Enjoy….again.

RPOV

Oh, no. We were totally screwed. I saw the scrutinizing look in Kirova's eyes, the look of rage in my mother's, and Dimitri…I could tell he was nervous by the way he sat, tense on the edge of his seat. He showed no fear, but I could see it in him as well as I could see that his hair was brown.

"How long have you been attracted to Miss Hathaway?" Kirova asked him.

"A couple of months," Dimitri answered, "since we brought her and the Princess back to the Academy."

She turned to me. "Miss Hathaway?"

"Around the same time," I held my head high, trying my hardest to be like Dimitri, show no emotion. Just like I had when I testified against Victor Dashkov.

"Miss Hathaway," Kirova paused to take a breath, but before she could speak my mother cut in.

"Did you sleep with him?" she burst out. My eyes widened. Kirova jumped a little in her chair, and I thought I saw Dimitri blush.

"Um, thank you, Guardian Hathaway," Kirova mumbled, a bit flustered. "But, if you please…"

"Of course , Headmistress," My mother nodded. "I apologize."

"Alright, I think we both need to know the answer to that question." She said. I was shocked. "Guardian Belikov, did you have sex with Rose Hathaway?"

He took a deep breath before answering. "Yes." My mother let out a hiss, clenching her fists.

"Were you forced to?"

"No."

"Hathaway," Kirova looked at me. "Did you have sex with Guardian Belikov?"

"Yes, I did."

"Did he force you?"

"No, he did not."

I refused to look anywhere but at the scrape in the wood on Kirova's desk. I heard her sigh. I could tell she didn't think we were so, um, serious.

DPOV

I was going to die. I knew it. Though I wasn't looking , I could feel Janine's eyes on me, piercing me, burning me. After I lived through a Strigoi attack, she was going to kill me.

"Headmistress Kirova, if I could please say something, to both of you." I looked at Kirova and Janine. "I love Rose with all my heart, and I would never ever hurt her."

I don't think Kirova was ready to her that. She looked taken aback, and even more so when Rose spoke.

"I feel the same," she said. "I love Dim- Guardian Belikov very much. I understand what this means but I am prepared for whatever come with it. We both are."

"But you are so young, Rosemarie!" Janine exploded. "You're barely eighteen! How old is he? Twenty-four! Don't devote your self to love when it is only going to come back and slap you in the face."

We both stared at her, and I knew it was coming. I almost smiled as the real Rose Hathaway sprang up.

"ExCUSE me?" she yelled. "Just because you screwed up and got knocked up doesn't mean the same will happen to me?"

Janine was livid. "I will not be spoken to that way Rosemarie." I shot Rose a look, begging her not to continue.

"She has a point, Guardian Hathaway." We all looked at the Headmistress. "I am not saying she is correct, I am saying she has a point. I think we should give them a chance."

Janine stormed out, not able to listen for another second.

"Guardian Belikov, Miss Hathaway, it is obvious that you love each other. I will allow that." Hope seared in my chest. "But, given that you two are still mentor-and-student, this cannot go public until graduation. What you do behind closed doors is no concern of mine."

"Thank you, Headmistress. You have been very generous." I said.

"I know," she mumbled, rubbing her temples. "Dismissed."

Rose stood, and I followed her out the door. The minute the door closed behind us, she grabbed my hand and pulled me to her room.

She locked the door.