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Ring Ring Ring....ugh who would dare wake me up on a saturday! i answered my cell phone and Lissa screached through the other end "ROSE GET OVER HERE NOW! WE HAVE TO GET READY FOR GRADUATION." Crap! that was today wasnt it? i sighed and told Lissa i would be there in twenty minutes. I hopped into the shower and thought about everything.

First off, today was graduation! woot woot! I would finally be going to the upper campus, which meant i only have four more years until me and Lissa are out of this place. Graduation at the intermediate wasnt nearly as big of a deal as it is at the upper campus, but it was still important. There is a little ceremony, and then theres a dance for all of us....Which Dimitri was taking me to.

Ahh Dimitri. I could not stop thinking about him, it was like he completely took over my mind. I couldnt believe how much i fell for him. This is the first time i have ever felt this way about anyone. I mean sure ive had crushes, but this wasnt a "omigoodnes he is so hot!" kind of thing, this was like an actual "I like you for who you are, and your hotness is just the icing on the cake" kind of thing.

I still felt really bad about Mason, but i dont regret kissing DImitri at all. I truly do no want to lose Mason as a friend, he really does mean a lot to me, just not the way I meant to him. After the talk with him last night, which took three hours, I am confident that he will be my friend again, and move on, at least that's what i hoped. I hopped out of the shower, and threw on jeans and a t-shirt because i already knew lissa was going to spend hours on getting me ready. Yay fun-not.

On my way there, i saw Mason sulking around with Eddie. Mason saw me and gave me the look of death. Eddie looked at me and gave me a small smile...well at least he would stay my friend. I made it to Lissa's door, and when i knocked, she opened it and dragged me in. I sat down on the couch while she rummaged through her closet to pull out a really pretty dress, it was SO me! it was a red dress that went down to right above my knee. The waist band was filled with cute little black gems. The heels were gorgeous and sleek and black. She had also bought me an adorable black handbag.

Typically a person would yell at her best friend for buying her so much expensive stuff- well dont worry i did, her parents just told me not to worry about it, because i was basicaly their other daughter, hence why i stopped caring. I looked over at Lissa who was holding out her dress, which was perfect for her. It was light pink and went to her kneees. it had sparkles all over the top and it flowed out at the bottom. she matched with cute little silver heels. It of course was not my style, but it was a match made in heaven for her.

"Go put that on, and then we can do each other's make up and hair." lissa demanded. I stood up grabbing the dress with me and walked into the bathroom. i figured it would be good to not mess with Lissa today, she seemed to be on a mission to make sure we looked fabulous. I got the dress on and it looked even more amazing on then off. I walked out of the bathroom and could say the same thing about Lissa's dress on her. "Your First." Lissa said as she guided me to a chair.

I closed my eyes letting Lissa play Barbie with me. I was day dreaming about Dimitri when Lissa broke my haze. "You can open your eyes now." she said excitedly. I did as she said and my jaw dropped open. My hair was curled in a elegant sophisticated kind of way. My makeup looked perfect. It wasnt too much, and it wasnt too little, just right, like goldilocks and her porridge. I jumped up and gave Liss a huge hug. She laughed and said "Im glad you like it." she said proud of herself for pleasing me so thoroughly.

Now it was my turn to make Lissa beautiful. Lissa sat in the chair and closed her eyes, no doubt thinking about Christian. I was nowhere near as good as Lissa at doing this kind of thing, but i think i did justice. I used very light makeup, because she was beautiful without it. I straightened her platinum blonde hair and pulled the front back to give it a look elegance. She opened her eyes and looked into the mirror. she squealed and jumped up and gave me a hug.

"Christian is going to have a hard time not drooling when he sees you." I teased her. "Oh his face will be nothing compared to Dimitri's. Its going to be hilarious seeing the big bad russian speechless." She teased back. I was actually really worried about how Dimitri was going to think i looked. I have never, ever felt self consious around a guy before, and now one person changes that. I must really like him. Then we heard a knock on the door. EEP it was them!

lissa grabbed her camera to take a picture of their faces for when they see us. she waggled her eyebrows at me before opening the door. once she opened up and we started posing for them. Lissa quickly took a pictue of their faces, and then i actually looked at the boys.

Christians mouth was hanging open staring at Lissa, making her giggle. then i looked at my god and gasped. he. looked. absolutely. HOT. He was wearing a tux and a tie that matched my dress perfectly. i looked into his eyes and noticed he was checking me out head to toe. I laughed and said "see something you like, comrade?" he looked me in the eye and said "actaully i do." Then Lissa ruined the moment by yelling "PICTURES!" All three of us groaned, and then Christian took a step forward and said "lets get this over with." Lissa handed me the camera. it was really hard to concentrate on taking a good picture of them with having Dimitri's arm around my waist. When i finally got a good picture, Lissa took a few pictures of us and we walked to the ceremony all together.

When we got to the auditorium Christian and Lissa had to go sit with all the other moroi. You could tell how uncomfortable some people were having to sit next to Christian. I could understand if their discomfort was from his snarky attitude, but they barely knew him, so i knew they uncomfortable because his parents had willingly turned themselves strigoi.

Dimitri and i walked over to the other dhampirs. I sat next to Eddie, and i saw Mason on his other side, not hiding his scowl from me. i smiled a small smile to try and break the tension. Just then Kirova's voice broke out, saving me from the awkward situation. "This is a very important day for our young moroi and dhampirs..." and thats when i blanked out, i had heard all this stuff before, and Dimitri could probably tell i wasnt paying any attention and he would warn me when they started the name calling.

I started thinking about the last four years. I remember the first day of school when i first met Dimitri and instantly felt connected to him right away. Over the years i began to fall for him harder and harder everytime i was around him. I knew i was begining to fall in love with him. I know I know i sound like every other lovesick teenager, but Dimitri was different. It was like he was a part of me now, and now we were going out! My love for him didnt lessen my love for Lissa at all though, it was like my heart grew twice the size it has always been, and he just filled the extra space.

I started looking around the room to see what adults were here. I really wished that Dimitri's family could have come, but since he was going to Russia for the summer to see the- CRAP! hes leaving in two days for the rest of the summer! how could i have forgotten?! UGH. i think Dimitri sensed me tense up and whispered in my ear "Whats wrong Roza?" what was i supposed to tell him? i didnt want him to think i would die a little inside while he was gone-which was going to happen. i just leaned my head against his shoulder and smelled his scent. He looked me in the eyes and he said "It will only be for two months." this just proved our connection, we could tell what each other were thinking just by looking into each other's eyes.

I sighed at looked down and said "I know, i'll just miss you." he looked at me and lifted my chin up and said "We'll talk about this after the ceremony." i nodded my head and blanked out again. I started to look around again and i saw a woman with piercing blue eyes- just like Christians eyes and then i noticed the long scar on her face. This must be Christians Aunt Tasha. She was the one who saved him when his parents tried to kidnap him so they could turn him into a strigoi when he was older. Even with the scar she looked beautiful. i would have to talk to her later. Then i looked around some more and i saw someone i recongnized. my heart stopped and my jaw dropped open.