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Dimitri's P.O.V

"You, you were there too! You're dead!"

Rose was backing away until she could no further, she was looking at a tall moroi. He looked shocked. I had just walked into the room with Lissa as she had said this to him. I was confused.

"What's going on?" Rose looked at me and then ran over to me, I found this a little strange but after everything she had been through I was the first kind person she had come across.

"Dimitri, he was there with me, he was taken too!" She pointed at the moroi that was standing there and looked panicked. "They killed him!" I took a step towards the moroi.

"Who are you?" he looked up at me, he may be tall but he still had to look up at me.

"I'm Adrian Ivashkov." He said this to me and then moved his attention onto Rose. " You remember me? I compelled everyone else who knew that I was there to forget, after everything that happened I couldn't deal with everyone asking me what happened all the time. When I stood up for you they took me out of the room we where in and locked the door, I couldn't get back into you, they went to kill me and I panicked and I compelled them but it only lasted a couple of seconds, enough for me to get out of the building, luckily it was daylight. That was the day I realized I'm actually a spirit user." Lissa gasped, I had told her my theory about her being a spirit user while we were walking around the grounds. He ran his hands through his hair and I saw sadness in his eyes. "I wanted to come back so badly to get you out but I couldn't remember for the life of me where it was, I got so angry at myself when I thought about all of the things they were doing to you and all of the things they would do to you when you were old enough unless they got tired of you." Adrian had tears in his eyes now but he pushed them back and breathed heavily as if to compose himself. Janine looked at Adrian with anger.

"Why didn't you ever tell me what happened to you! You knew I had lost my daughter to strigoi!" I moved a little closer to Adrian just in case Janine lashed out. He looked pained.

"You never went into detail about what happened though. I didn't know that your daughter was taken like me until last night! Even then I didn't know that it was going to be Rose! Of all the kids that were taken I was so protective over her, I kept her as safe as I possibly could." He looked like he was living it all over again. Rose was crying as she made her way to him.

"You did things to make then hurt you when you saw them coming to me a lot, I always told you not to but you did it anyway." He looked down at her with caring eyes.

"I kept you alive while I could." There was a lot more said and then when the conversation died down Lissa took her chance.

"you're a spirit user?" he looked up surprised that she had asked.

"yep, when did you realise you were one too?" her eyes went wide and she gasped.

"I don't know if I am one. How do you know if you are?" He turned his body to her and smiled.

"You are definitely a spirit user I can see it in your aura, but it's a little hazy around the edges, kinda like Rose's except that hers has a dark haze around it, I have never seen an aura like either of these before." I didn't have a clue what he was talking about, this was all new to me. Lissa looked confused.

"Aura? What's that?" Adrian laughed, not harshly but as if to say she had a lot to learn.

"Ok I'm gonna help you understand this as much as possible." As they plunged into conversation about Spirit, Janine made her way over to me.

"Dimitri I was wondering if you could accompany me and Rose while I take her to buy some things that she needs, she can't go around in clothes that are way too small for her. I wouldn't ask it's just that the last time I took her shopping, well you know what happened and it would be nice knowing I have back up if I need it." I pondered this for a few seconds and then Looked at Lissa, she was deep in conversation with Adrian.

"Lissa, will you be ok if I accompany Janine and Rose for a little trip?" she tore herself away from the conversation and nodded. She got up and Adrian followed I assumed they were going to his room to carry on talking. Rose stood up and looked at me and Janine.

"Where are we going?" I pulled on my duster and picked up my keys while Janine told Rose where we were headed.

After we arrived back at the academy Rose followed me back to my room, she had kept me in her sights the entire time we were shopping. We were both loaded with bags and boxes full of new clothes and things that she needed, she never seemed that interested in anything she saw but Janine was adamant that she wasn't leaving with hardly anything so after a few hours and a small fortune spent here we were. She dropped her bags by the couch and flopped down onto it groaning. She looked up as Janine came into the room loaded with yet more bags. Rose just sighed.

"Was all this really necessary?" Janine dropped the bags and closed the door.

"Of course honey, you need all this stuff." Rose rolled her eyes. "Rose, it's late I think it's time we left Dimitri alone. Come on grab your things." Rose looked up, clearly confused.

"What do you mean?" Janine walked into the middle of the room.

"Well now I'm here you can stay in my room with me honey. So come on lets go, thank you for today Dimitri." she picked up her bags and I told her it was no trouble. I looked over at Rose and she seemed shocked.

"What? No, I can't, please don't take me away!" She got up and moved to the furthest corner in the room from the door. Janine looked hurt.

"I'm not taking you away, we will still be at the academy, you will just be in a different room, with me." Janine looked to me for help, I looked at Rose and I was surprised to see that she had slid down the wall bringing her knees up to her chest and she was shaking her head, her fair covering her face. "Rose, I'm your mother I'm not going to hurt you, I'm going to keep you safe you don't have to worry." Rose was rocking herself now, I took a few steps closer to her putting myself in front of the armchair. I sat down on the edge of it and watched her closely.

"No, no, no, no. Don't take me, please, just leave me alone, I don't feel safe, please!" Rose was just rambling now, it was scary to see her like this. Janine walked towards her swiftly which just made Rose worse she shied away put out her hands as if stopping an attacker.

"No! please, please don't hurt me! Please stop! Please!" I was beginning to worry and then I had a thought.

"Janine, I think that she is reliving something in her memory. If she doesn't feel comfortable leaving tonight then she is welcome to stay here again, I honestly don't mind, I have an airbed that I can use and lots of spare blankets." Janine looked at me like I had slapped her and then she relaxed.

"I hate what has become of her, I hate that she has been reduced to this. She's free from it and now she can't help but relive her time there. No wonder Adrian drinks so much. But if she feels safe here with you then it's what's best for her, I just need to give her time to come around to me again. I will see you in the morning Dimitri, if she gets any worse than this please let me know." she bent down in front of Rose and looked at her with a sad expression on her face. "Rose, honey I will see you in the morning, you're going to stay here with Dimitri. I love you so much sweetie." she stood back up and made her way to the door, waving at me as she went. I got up from my seat and picked up the bags and boxes taking them into the bedroom, it took me two trips but in the end I did it. I left Rose to calm herself down while I sorted some of her things for her. I had a spare draw so I started to fold some of the things that she had bought, I knew it was stupid as this is my room and she is only going to be here for a couple of days maximum until the academy enrols her and gets her into a dorm room but I couldn't help myself if I didn't do something I would end up asking her how she was and I didn't want to upset her any more than she already was. I picked up the next bag and dove in, not realising what was in there only to discover that it was a bag full of underwear. I looked them over, then the image of Rose earlier that morning in her bra popped into my head and I mentally shook myself. What was I doing? She's 17 I shouldn't be thinking like that. After I had finished putting a few of her things away I took her toothbrush, shampoo, conditioner and shower gel into the bathroom. I had laid a pair of pyjamas and a towel on the bed ready for her to take a shower if she wanted one. I had also put her hairbrush on the nightstand. When I went back into the living room Rose was sat on the couch, she looked up at me and smiled apologetically. I told her that I had put some of her things away and that I had prepared everything she would need for a shower.

By the time she returned I had the bed fully made up in front of the sofa so I could still see the TV if necessary. She was brushing her long hair.

"Hey comrade, nice bed" I smiled at her.

"Comrade?" she giggled, it was good to hear her laugh, I imagine it was the first time she had done it in a long, long time.

"Yeah I figured I'd give you a nickname and since I'm gonna be a guardian too someday, hopefully then we will be equals so yeah, I like it." she sat on the sofa and tucked her legs under herself.

"So do I. Rose you have been through more than anyone twice your age should even have to go through, you have had to grow up fast. What makes you think you aren't my equal now?" I sat down next to her taking a sip of my coffee.

"I meant fighting. I can fight don't get me wrong, I had to learn, I didn't have a choice, I've suffered a multitude of injuries so I have a high pain threshold, but my style is a little, out of whack. I need proper training, I have the skill I just need to use it properly." she held her arms out and I saw some of the scars that were there.

I dipped my hand into the bowl of popcorn and grabbed a handful and then passed it back to Rose. She dove off of the sofa and onto the airbed, I just laughed at her. We were watching a scary movie and she had insisted on turning out the lights.

"What?" she turned to look at me, I hadn't realised how much skin those pyjamas actually showed, they consisted of shorts and a vest top, and damn she looked good in them. I was doing it again, what was wrong with? She moved onto her sides giving me a better view of her curves and I took a deep breath.

"Nothing, you just looked funny that was all." I smiled at her, thankful that she didn't know what had just gone through my head.

"Ok, well get on down her with me comrade the views better from here and its comfier." she laid back on her stomach and put the bowl on the table next to the bed and took a sip of her Dr. Pepper before placing that back on the table too. I started to protest that the view from up here was pretty great but decided that would be highly inappropriate, I didn't know what was happening to me today, this doesn't happen to me. Ever. Instead I flopped on the bed next to her. Whenever there was a scary part we would both jump a little, I was trying to hide it but I think she noticed anyway. When it was over she turned the TV off and just lay there in the dark next to me. She started talking to me and we talked for a while, I followed the conversation even though it was a little hard concentrating when I realised how good she smelled. A couple of hours must have passed, and I felt like I knew so much more about Rose than I knew about many other people, she was an amazing person and I felt my stomach flutter which I thought was strange. I had texted Janine earlier telling her that me and Rose would come and see her since I didn't know what time Rose would be up so thankfully I would get a little extra sleep in the morning since it was so late now. She had said that was fine and that she had a couple of things to do in the morning anyway and to bring Rose in the afternoon when she was refreshed. Rose moved a little closer to me.

"Dimitri, you make me feel safe. I know that I should feel safe with my mother, but at the minute you're the only one I feel safe with, I'm sorry if I'm inconveniencing you, I just wanted you to know that. It's gonna take time for me to trust people like I trust you but I will get there." I sighed and hugged her slightly as I whispered in her ear.

"Oh Roza, you are welcome here always, I'm glad that you feel safe with me, but why do you trust me?" I felt her arm go around me deepening the hug.

"I like you calling me that. And I trust you because you saved my life, you have let me stay here and been nothing but kind to me, you came with me earlier, you keep helping me, you're so nice and I can't help but trust you Dimitri." she moved her head from mine.

"Roza." in that instant my head gave way to my heart and I pressed my lips to hers.

So there you go 3 updates in one day, you guys should feel pretty special it took me forever doing this last one. I hope you like it and please review I want to know what you guys think and its killing me because I haven't got a clue! =[ but anyway here you go this is mega long and took forever, so enjoy =]

Lisa