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Chapter 7

"Were you expecting someone else?" he asked a sinister edge to his cold voice.

"No, but I wasn't expecting this either." I replied. I was too shocked and a little happy at hearing his voice, and I was going to try and have a real conversation with him to see if any of the old Dimitri was still in there.

"No I suppose you wouldn't have expected me to call but I miss your voice Roza as I miss you."

"So, your 'my Dimitri' huh?" I asked quoting the note and going for a teasing tone.

"I take it you received my Roses"

"Bit of a cliché there wasn't it and don't avoid the question comrade." I knew he hated that nickname, even as a dhampir so I was using that to get a spark of the real Dimitri.

"I always was yours Roza; no one could ever take your place." He sounded sweet and genuine when he said that and it startled me a little.

"Where are you? In your note you said you'd be here soon, are you in the U.S?"

"Nice try, but I'm not giving that away."

I sighed frustrated. "Well then what can you tell me?" I was getting annoyed now.

"That I will see you sooner than you might expect" then he added, "and if Adrian Ivashkov knows what's good for him he won't touch you again" He said that in a growl.

I decided that this was going nowhere so I would piss him off. I was glutton for punishment. "What if I want him to touch me?"

"Then I will have to punish you." Told ya so!

I scoffed at that. "I don't think so! I can touch whomever I want whenever I want and it is no business of yours since you and I are not together."

All I could hear on the other end was faint but noticeable growling. "Go near him again and I will kill him."

He said that so darkly I lost all hope of ever seeing my Dimitri again, I tried to lighten the mood so I could keep him talking longer. "No need we broke up when he groped me in the corridor." I probably shouldn't have said it like that but Adrian had pissed me off, alot more than Dimitri was.

"I may have to hurt him for that."

"I can handle Adrian Ivashkov." I giggled as I realized that wasn't the first time I had said that to him.

His sigh sounded longing and pained. "I miss you dearly Rose and I cannot wait to have you back."

"Dimitri I want my answer."

That confused him, which was gratifying. "Answer to what?"

I inhaled a long breath. "If I hadn't staked you that night, would you have said it back?"

He paused momentarily. "Said what back?" I wasn't sure if he honestly didn't know what I was talking about or if he was just trying to annoy me, so I answered him.

"I love you." I said it barely above a whisper.

"Oh Roza, why would I have had to say it when it was obvious that I do love you?"

"How is it obvious?"

"I gave you a choice; no other Strigoi has ever done that. I protected you from Nathan and Galina when they wanted to rip your throat out. I saved your life on that bridge. I took out 3 Strigoi because I was terrified they would go after you. That is how obvious it is that I still love you." Okay I was getting confused now but also happy, he only had a slight cold edge to his voice now, barely noticeable, the rest of his voice was warm and filled with love and longing that I wanted to climb through the phone, wrap my arms around him and never let go.

"Thank you."

"I told you before that I would do alot to protect you Roza and I meant it, but for now I must go."

"No wait!" I yelled into the phone not wanting him to go. He sounded so much like my Dimitri that I was terrified if he hung up then it would never be like this again and he would turn back into Strigoi Dimitri, which he obviously still is, but he didn't sound cold and hateful now he sounded the same as that day outside the cabin when he told me he wanted to be with me no matter what and he was going to resign as Lissa's guardian and get re-assigned somewhere else so we could be together.

"Do not worry my love I will see you again soon enough and then we will never be apart again."

"How soon?"

He pondered this. "I will let you know."

"I love you." I said tears forming in my eyes; I wanted him to say those three words to me because if he did I knew it would be worth it all.

"I love you too Roza, always have always will."

Then he hung up.

I put my phone on my desk, walked to my bed, laid down under the covers and cried.

He still wasn't my Dimitri, but he was closer than he had been last time we spoke. He said those words so I know all of the fighting I was doing for our love would be worth it in the end.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

I woke up to the sound of someone pounding on my door.

"Rose, you missed dinner and it's time for the meeting. HURRY UP!" Eddie yelled through the door.

"Shit! I'll be right there go ahead without me I won't be far behind." I yelled through the door to him while I grabbed a hair brush to quickly go through my hair, then I tied it up into a pony tail and changed into jeans and a black tank top. I didn't bother to check my reflection, I just grabbed the note and my phone and ran to Adrian's room, little did I know I probably should have looked in a mirror.

"Oh my god what happened?!" Lissa exclaimed when I arrived.

"What are you talking about Liss?" I asked, confused. Then it hit me I had been crying. I tried to play it cool and act like I had no idea why I was crying.

"You've been crying." Adrian said tenderly while he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and kissed me on the cheek. Ok what was up with this boy?

"Oh, I must have had a said dream." I said stepping out of his embrace to sit on the couch next to Christian.

"Okay, here this is the note he sent me. No one has seen it besides me and my mum." That's how you start a meeting. I gave the note to Christian whose face betrayed nothing. He passed it to Eddie who slightly narrowed his eyes. Then Lissa read it and I could feel how sorry she felt for me through the bond but I could also see the sadness on her face. Then it was Adrian's turn. He read the note more than once each time his expression grew darker then he handed it back to me and sat on the arm of the sofa that was next to me. Now he was pissing me off, but I controlled myself, I'd yell at him when we were alone.

"So he's coming here?" Eddie was the first to speak.

"Looks like it." I replied.

"When?" Christian asked.

"He didn't say." They all looked up at me in alarm and I was about to tell them about my conversation with Dimitri but decided against it, he hadn't said anything useful except that he would call me when he was close and I could pass that off as being spur of the moment and totally unexpected. "You guys read the note, all he said was soon." I said into their shocked faces.

"I guess so." Lissa mumbled but I knew she—and everyone else for that matter—knew I was hiding something.

Christian confirmed that. "Okay what else happened?"

I sighed. I hated that I couldn't keep anything from these people. Adrian took my hand entwining our fingers, I looked up at him and glared he just looked confused. What the fuck?! I wanted to scream at him but controlled myself again and told them the truth. "Dimitri called me." Was all I said.

"What! When?! How?! Why?! What did he say?!" Adrian yelled and that set me off.

"Why do you care what he said!" I yelled back at him.

"Excuse me! I don't know, maybe it's got something to do with me being your boyfriend!"

"Oh some boyfriend! Acting all sweet and then groping me in the hall AFTER I told you to back off!"

"What the fuck are you talking about?!"

"Guys, we're gonna go." Christian said as he, Lissa and Eddie left the room.

We didn't pay attention. "Oh so now you're going to act like you don't remember?! Very mature Adrian!"

"Rose. Stop. Making. Excuses!"

"Excuses what fucking excuses Adrian?! I have been honest with you since day one! But clearly you don't care about me all you want is to bang the infamous Rose Hathaway and then brag to all your Moroi buddies about how easy I am and that they should all take a ride!"

Adrian looked truly shocked at this. "Rose I would never do that to you." He said in a calmer voice which just made me angrier.

"No!? Then explain the groping in the hall Adrian!"

"What groping?" he seemed genuinely confused.

"Oh come off it! You pulled me back, slammed me against a wall and starting kissing my neck and groping my boobs while grinding into me! Don't tell me you don't remember because I will hurt you!"

Adrian looked shocked, maybe he didn't remember. "Rose I honestly don't remember doing that to you, I would never take advantage of you." He said this with such honesty and love and sorrow that my anger calmed immediately and I knew I was being stupid. Adrian had never pressured me before and normally when we got hot and heavy he'd be the one pulling back not me. I guessed what Jesse had said had gotten to him and he needed to know I was his—which I wasn't and that just made me feel awful!

"Sorry, I just, I guess it made me feel like you didn't care and to be honest I don't think I could take it if you didn't care about me even a little bit." I said to him.

"It's okay Rose you are forgiven." He said back to me with a cute and cocky grin.

I reached out and pulled him into my arms.

"So...are we back together then?" he asked when I pulled away.

"I'll let you decide" I held up a finger as he opened his mouth to speak. "Just think about everything and then tell me what you want to do, ok?"

He nodded. I walked up to him and kissed him gently on the cheek. "Come find me when you decide."

Then I left him to ponder his thoughts.

I got back to my room, had a shower, changed and went to bed. I was exhausted this drama with Dimitri and Adrian really taking its toll on me.

That night Adrian visited my dreams for the first time since we started 'dating'.

We were lying in a beautiful meadow, the sun out as always in his dreams, and our hands were lightly brushing against each other. This meadow reminded me of that book Twilight and—obviously—the meadow chapter.

"Hey little Dhampir." Adrian whispered and I looked over at him.

"Hey"

"How are you feeling?"

"Tired, you?"

"There are so many answers I could give to that."

"Pick one."

He pondered this. "Lucky, to have someone like you in my life."

I smiled. "Why are you in my dream all of a sudden?"

"You told me to come and find you when I made my decision."

"So I'm guessing you have?"

"It was the easiest decision of my life, even knowing what I know, knowing you would never choose me, I still want you."

"Are you sure?"

"Only if you are." He was so sincere I almost forgot about the hall incident.

"You know Jesse never really 'handled' me, right? I mean we made out and used to flirt alot but that's all." I still thought that it had been Jesse's words to cause that reaction.

"What?" he looked confused at this.

"What do you mean what?"

"I mean what the hell are you doing bringing Zeklos into this?" he seemed to be getting angry.

Okay I only had 3 words for this. What. The. Fuck?

First: Adrian gropes me in the hall.

Second: Dimitri calls me sounded way too much like his old self

Third: Adrian doesn't seem to remember anything.

Again I say. WHAT THE FUCK?!

"Never mind, I must have been thinking of something else."

"Okay." He said and then placing a kiss on my forehead he stood up. "I'll let you sleep alone now." And with that he was gone.

There was no way I could sleep. I had one too many thoughts floating around in my head all of them pointing to one thing.

Someone was messing with me, and if you mess with Rosemarie Hathaway you'd better watch your back.

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Chapter eight will be up on Friday as im seeing new moon on Thursday!!!!!!!!!

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