Disclaimer: I own none of these characters. They all belong to Richelle Mead unless not mentioned in the Vampire Academy Books :)

I would like to thank one of my friends "Rosemarie Hathaway" for the inspiration for this chapter.

RPOV

The warm water drizzled evenly over my skin; it relived some of the tension in my back and neck. I didn't really have time to acknowledge the good the water was doing for my aching muscles. All I could think about was the image of Dimitri's face when Mason kissed me. The memory kept playing over and over again. After shampooing my hair and washing off the sweat, i tried to collect myself as best as i could. I looked over to my digital radio that Dimitri bought me for my birthday. It was 8:00pm. Had 2 hours passed already? It was only half an hour until classes, everyone would be gathered in the cafeteria and feeding room. Speaking of food, i felt hungry but had no desire to eat any of the sweets in my gym bag. I all of a sudden had a sickening feeling in my stomach. "How could i think of food at a time like this?" I said to myself. Then there was a knock at the door. "Rose, can i come in?" It was Lissa voice. My best friend since kindergarten after the teacher made me spell my name and i called her a bitch.

"Rose?" she repeated sounding worried.

"Uh yeah Lissa I'm here just, just hold on a sec." I said hastily. I couldn't really speak it was one of those moments after a traumatic event when you are speechless. I quickly put on my dressing gown and tried to look as cheery as possible. At that moment i opened the door.

"Hey Lissa sorry, I'm just running late and..." I could barely get the last few words out before she spoke.

"Rose what happened to you?" Shit! Oh how did i not think she knew that something was up? She knew me too well. Why didn't i just pretend i wasn't there? I could sense through the bond that she knew something was wrong. She could see it. My eyes were still really bloodshot. At this point i was shaking.

"Rose? What's wrong? Rose? You're scaring me!" She began to say, she looked horrified.

I couldn't speak. It's like i didn't have a voice. I was beginning to shake more and more violently. In a split second everything went black. I swear i heard Lissa scream.

I woke up in the clinic. How did i get there? I didn't remember much; just that i opened the door and was talking to Lissa. "Rose thank god your ok, i was so worried, when i was talking to you, you... you had no expression, your face was blank, and your eyes were beginning to roll back..."

"Lissa?" I was still confused

"Yes Rose?" she asked

"How did i get here? I mean... I don't know"

"Well when you collapsed, i was scared and i screamed and... Dimitri heard me... he came running, he brought you here... I told him what happened, well what i knew that happened... He just said you must have been tired... i told him your eyes were bloodshot and you were shaking... he seemed like he knew why."

"Lissa I..." I was interrupted. The sound of a throat being cleared. It was Mason.

"I leave you to shower and you pass out? Maybe next time i should join you." Good ol' Mason. Just like him to come at the right time so i didn't have to explain why i was crying. That i loved my instructor. That i didn't really love Mason the way i loved Dimitri. Like Mason was just a substitute.

"I think i overtrained. 6 laps and defence training was too much, i was probably tired." Lissa didn't buy my story completely but it gave her some sort of closure. She still wanted to know why i was crying. She decided not to push it further.

"So you're fine?" Yeah thanks for being concerned guys.

"It's ok, we love you" They said in unison i laughed. Then it happened. Dimitri and Doctor what's her name came in. I didn't care, my focus was on Dimitri.

"Mason, Lissa, you can return to class, we just want to have a word with Rose" The doctor said politely. Mason groaned and Lissa smiled.

"See you soon" Mason said and Lissa decided to communicate through the bond. "I don't know what you're hiding but i want details. I wish this bond went both ways. But you know you can tell me anything. Talk to you later." I gave Lissa a weird look, Dimitri noticed just as they turned and left.

"Rose. What happened to you?" Dr Olendzki. Dimitri just stared down at me. I suddenly felt self-conscious.

"I don't know, i felt dizzy and feinted, that's all" I lied being as convincingly as possible. Dimitri didn't buy it. He spoke.

"Vasilisa spoke to me, she said you two were speaking, she said you had really bloodshot eyes and were trembling. Could you explain that?" Shit, he was playing me on, he knew why my eyes were bloodshot. I decided to keep my reply short and sweet.

"Nope." I said with a blank face

"Nothing at all?" Dr Olendzki asked still confused.

"Nope, i was just overworked from training" i concluded.

"Ok, well, I'll take note of you're progress for the next few hours, then you can leave."

"Okey Dokey" I turned and faced the opposite direction than them and shut my eyes. I only heard one set of feet leave the room. I knew he would still be here.

"Comrade I'm fine, leave me." I said politely this time, still not facing him.

"Don't call me that" he sat at the end of the bed. I heard him sigh "Rose, i know you are lying, what really happened in your room?"

"I told you, i blacked out. I felt dizzy."

"Roza..." He sighed, my heart melted. He was good at that. I felt him get up. He didn't move, i knew he was just staring at me. I decide to face him. I opened my eyes. He was looking at me.

"Dim..." I couldn't finish his name.

"Cya later Roza" he said as he turned. I had to face myself.

"Dimitri, I'm sorry, i didn't know he would do that, I love you, i always will." I just let everything out. He stopped for a brief moment and then continued walking. I heard him mutterer something in Russian. "Ya tebyA lyublyU" i knew what that one meant. I lightly whispered "I love you too Dimka."

Clarification for the last paragraph. in the last few sentences appeared to be a little unclear. What happened was Dimitri decided to leave. Rose then tells him 'sorry' for what happened in the gym with mason and was also sorry about that night in her room. Dimitri stops when she says it and says 'I love you' in Russian. Rose understands what he said and whispers 'I love you too Dimka' . Hopefully that clarifies it more for you. Hope that clears things up :)