Here it is, the next chapter. Sorry it took longer than the others, I've been busy.

I own nothing but the plot. Enjoy!

The next morning when Dimitri woke up he got in the shower before heading to get some breakfast. As he entered the cafeteria he looked around and spotted Lissa sitting with the usual people minus one. Rose was not among the group of students or anywhere else in the room which only caused him to worry about her more. He went up to the teachers table and noticed that Stan was already there and so he went over to him telling him that he wished to speak with him after they finished eating.

Throughout the entire time he kept watching the door wishing that Rose would walk in at any moment. He would occasionally look over to Lissa and could tell that she was just as worried as he was and noticed that she also kept watching the door. By the way they were watching the door it was like they were trying to will the door to open for Rose to walk in, the more time that went by the more he realized that she wasn't going to show which bothered him even more. Surly she wasn't going to starve herself?

After breakfast Dimitri followed Stan to his classroom and closed the big oak door behind him before sitting at one of the desks. Stan stood at the front of the room looking Dimitri in the eyes, he wasn't giving anything away. When he realized that nothing was going to be said until he was sitting he walked around his desk and took a seat.

"Guardian Alto, I was just wondering where you were when Rose was attacked, why weren't you with her?" Dimitri asked without breaking the eye contact, if Stan was going to hide something then he figured that he would be the one to break.

"I was going to walk her to dinner but she said she was supposed to be meeting with someone so they could study for a test in one of the other classes. It was still before curfew so I didn't think anything of it and left to get dinner." Stan answered confidently without doing anything that would tell if he was lying.

"Did you see anyone going towards the gym as you left?"

"No, it seemed everyone was heading to dinner."

"No one saw you at dinner, they said you never showed."

"I decided that I wasn't hungry and went to my room to shower and then went to sleep. You aren't trying to imply that I did that? She is a student and I am her teacher and a Guardian, I am here to help and protect these kids not rape and hurt them. Now if you don't mind class is about to begin." He stood ad showed Dimitri to the door letting the students in for their first class of the day.

"I'm not implying anything Guardian Alto, I'm just trying to figure out who would do something like this. But if you are hiding something then you better believe that I will find out. Thank you for your time." Then Dimitri turned and walked away, he was going to try and talk to Rose or Lissa.

After breakfast Lissa went to talk with Rose determined to figure out who hurt her. She left the cafeteria giving Christian a kiss on the cheek and waving to her other friends. As she walked towards Roses building she saw Dimitri and Stan walking somewhere and she guessed that he was going to figure out why Stan wasn't with Rose. When she got to Roses door she paused for a second before knocking. She had to knock several times before Rose finally answered letting her in. She watched as Rose walked back over to her bed and sat down without looking at her so she sat in the chair by the desk.

"How are you? I mean I know your hurt but... I don't know, I need you to tell me what you're feeling." Lissa said and at first Rose just stared at her with dull eyes.

"I'm fine." Was all she said before rolling over and looking at the wall.

"Do you need anything?"

"No."

"Will you please talk to me?"

"No."

"Rose please, I know this must be terrible for you but you have to talk to someone, tell someone who did it. Please tell me, open up to me, you're my best friend and I just want to make sure you will be okay." Rose turned around and sat up quickly before answering.

"You have no idea how terrible this is or how much I hurt. It's not just the physical pain but the mental, you have no idea what I'm going through. What I went through! You want me to tell everyone who it was but you don't care about the consequences that it'll have. I don't want to do anything or see anyone, I just want to stay in here locked away from everything."

"You don't mean that, you want to be a guardian, I know you do and that means you can't stay in here for ever. Tell me who did it, tell Dimitri, tell anyone, I don't care as long as you tell someone."

"I don't want to be a guardian anymore. How am I supposed to protect someone if I can't even help myself? I can't tell anyone, I don't even want to talk to anyone especially Dimitri, keep him away."

"You don't mean that."

"I do."

"It...it wasn't Dimitri was it? I thought he was gone all day?" Roses head shot up to look at Lissa.

"No of course it wasn't him, he was gone. Maybe if he wouldn't have been gone then this wouldn't have happened." She then lowered her gaze again.

"Wait...you're not blaming him are you? Because it wasn't his fault, I sent him out to pick some things up for me."

"Then it's your fault as much as his."

"You don't mean that?"

"No, I don't. It isn't your fault or Dimitri's fault, it's mine. I brought this upon myself. If I wasn't so stupid then I could have done something to stop it, I was weak. I let him get the best of me and I don't blame him, he showed how much I would be a bad guardian. I thank him for showing me because now I wont be putting you or someone else in danger by having me as their guardian."

"Rose, it wasn't your fault. It isn't anybodies fault but his, he shouldn't have done this to you. No one should have to go through what you did. I don't ever want to hear you saying that it was your fault ever again, it wasn't. Just tell me who it was and then he can be locked up and you wont have to worry about him again." Lissa begged.

"He's probably going to came for me again and I wont be able to stop him. He'll come for me again, I know he will, they always go after their victims again." Rose started rambling more to herself than to Lissa.

"Rose, why don't you get some more rest and I'll bring you something to eat later, okay?" Lissa helped her back down and stood to leave glancing at her broken friend one last time before leaving.

When Lissa entered the hall she almost ran into Dimitri who was leaning against the wall waiting for her. She placed a finger to her lips to keep him quiet motioning for him to follow her. They didn't stop until they outside and behind one of the buildings for privacy.

"What did you find out with Guardian Alto?" She asked hoping he found something of use.

"Nothing useful, he said that she told him that she was supposed to be meeting someone so he went to leave. He at first said that he was going to dinner but when I mentioned that no one saw him there he said he decided he wasn't hungry so he went to his room instead. He said he didn't see anyone heading to the gym when he left. I think he might be lying but about what I'm not sure, it could be anything. What about Rose did you get anything out of her?" He asked and she lowered her head looking at the ground.

"Well she still refuses to tell anyone who did it but that's not really the worst part. The worst part would probably have to be that she blames herself and that she's thankful he did that to her. She said he showed her how weak she really is and so now she doesn't want to be guardian and she's afraid he's going to go after her again."

"I should go talk to her, maybe I could get more out of her."

"She doesn't want to talk to anyone, especially you. I'm sorry."

"Don't be, I understand. I'm going to talk with Alberta about putting a Guardian at her door until this person is caught so that he can't get to her." After that they said their goodbyes and went their separate ways for the day. Lissa went to class and Dimitri went to find Alberta and maybe make a call to Guardian Hathaway to let her know what is going on with her daughter.

After the meeting with Alberta, who agreed to put a guardian at Roses door, he made the call to Janine Hathaway, Roses mother. It wasn't a long call and by the end of it he felt certain they were going to catch the man who hurt Rose. Guardian Hathaway was coming to the academy for her daughter.

There it is, I hope you all enjoyed it. Please review. Thanks.