I do not own any of the characters that I use. Yet. Thank you to all of

those

who have reviewed. The more I get the faster I write. Special thanks to my

beta .Roza.4E. I also want to say that yes I do realize that

Lissa

isn't a big part of my stories. I will fix that soon-ish. And just to give

you guys an idea of how far along I am. I've already written the scene

where

Rose's heart gets broken. That's 11 pages away.

A week later my nose was almost completely healed (A/N: yes I know it takes

longer than that) I was back to participating in class and operation Mr.D

(Mason, Rose, Dimitri) was in full swing.

Apparently my favorite queen would be coming for a visit soon and Lissa had

found some huge dress sale at a mall near the academy. Due too some issues

with the court guardians the queen could only be here for a few hours. This

personally was fine with me. The real party would start as soon as she left.

I was sitting in studies of animal behavior when Mase asked me if I could

come to his dorm later that night. Through our bond I could already tell

that

Lissa was going to meet Christian tonight so I said sure. We were going to

meet at 8.

Four hours later I was getting ready to meet Mason. Lissa and I were both

getting dressed. She was so happy that I was getting to be my old self

again.

She even put me in the skimpiest outfit I own (without looking like a slut)

saying "I know it's your favorite."

I was wearing a faded black Rolling Stones halter top with some jean shorts.

The top didn't even reach my bellybutton. Lissa must have been really

happy.

I knocked on the door to Mason and Eddie's room. Mason opened the door

and

I swear he was drooling. "Keep your tongue in your mouth Ashford."

"Oh sorry Rose, I thought you wanted my tongue in your mouth." I

playfully punched

him in the shoulder and went into his room. I plopped myself right into

Mason's lap to watch TV. These frequent meetings had turned into a little

more than us watching TV though.

Lately it seemed that we spent more time making out, just begging to get

caught after curfew. It was a true show as to how crappy security was around

here that we never got caught. I would have hoped that our guardians weren't

that slack.

As I went to leave that night, I noticed that Dimitri would be coming down

this hallway at any second. I spun around and whispered in Mason's ear

"Showtime". Without hesitation he pulled me in for a kiss.

I felt my back press against the wall. Mason's lips were soft but

passionate at the same

time. I felt his lips open against mine. Oh my gosh. I would never get used

to kissing Mason. It was always amazing. Of course I didn't feel what I

would have with Dimitri, but what I did feel was enough of a sensory

overload

on its own.

Mason moved his hands from my shoulders to my waist. I could hear footsteps

coming and I knew Mason could too. He pressed the length of his body over

mine. Making me feel very, very hot. I moaned and moved my hands from his hair

to underneath his shirt, tracing his muscles.

His hands slipped under my shirt – all of a sudden Mason was yanked away

from me.

Without thinking I threw a roundabout kick towards his attacker. I felt my

foot collide with a larger body and heard an "Oof!" I looked down to

ready

myself to fight and what I saw scared the crap out of me.

There was a 6 foot 5; Russian god sprawled out on the floor of the hallway.

Crap. Dimitri had a furious expression on his face- wait a minute- I disabled

Dimitri! YES!

Finally! Wahoo! 2 points for Rose.

I stepped over to Mason and asked him if he was okay. I felt Dimitri grab my

arm and pull me away from Mason. "Gosh! Rough much?"

"You two do realize it's after hours, and females have separate dorms for

a reason?"

"Yes Guardian Belikov" we replied.

"Rose, come with me." Dimitri said. I kissed Mason on the cheek and

followed Dimitri. He sat on his bed and I went to sit across from him."

Rose, what are you doing?"

"Being the best person that you'll let me be" I replied.

"Roza-"he began in a stressed voice

"No! You can't call me that! I'm not your Roza anymore. I'm with

Mason now. I can't do this not now. I'm sorry you had to see us like that

but what did you expect. You can't control who I kiss. You don't have a

claim on something you don't want." I shielded my eyes and looked at the

ground.

I know it was a low blow. There was no doubt that Dimitri wanted me. I could

feel the hurt and guilt flowing from him. I would never forget his hurt

expression when he caught Mason and me. "Roz-" he tried again.

"I'm sorry for being out after hours guardian Belikov. It won't happen

again."

I turned to leave. As I shut the door I swear I heard a deep sigh from the

room. Looked like my plan was going perfectly