Rose POV

I watched Adrian disappear away from me, and I fought my way through the crowd to where Mason sat, glaring straight ahead.

"Mase, what's wrong?" I asked him, he looked pretty pissed off.

"What's wrong?" He asked, still glaring at the wall, "I saw you and Ivashkov together, that's what's wrong. I thought we were together, but I guess i got it wrong, huh?"

"What? No, that was just a friend hug! Dimitri made me a little upset, and well, Adrian was comforting me," I told him, willing him to understand and forgive me. I really didn't need this right now.

He looked at me with those dark eyes, "Rose, please tell me you're not lying."

"I'm not, Mase, I swear. I've known you since forever and you're an amazing kisser, I love you, Adrian's just a friend," I told him. Truthfully, I didn't think of Adrian as anything more then a friend. I was drunk last night, I doubt that he actually took me seriously. Plus, it's not like I've ever kissed him before.

He sighed, "Alright, we'll hang out later though, because I have to check out what's going on," He told me and pecked my cheek. I nodded and went out the door. When I was about to head for my room, I heard someone call above the frenzy crowd.

"Rose! What!" Dimitri called and was instantly next to me.

I stiffened, I missed my talks with him alone, but this wasn't something I wanted to talk about right now.

"Shouldn't you be in there protecting your girl friend?" I asked him icily.

He was shocked for a moment, then his mask was in place, "Tasha can take care of herself."

"Yeah, cause she's such a friggin' bad ass, I get that. But I just thought that since you're going to be leaving with her, you should be protecting her. Well, like I just assumed that because you guys are probably already having sex," I told him, fingering my hair in between my two fingers. I knew what I said wasn't completely true, especially the last line. But I was pretty damn pissed off and upset. And when that happened, I get pissed.

He was silent, and I saw the anger difuse instantly. I wondered why.

"You don't know anything about me and Tasha," He told me, just as harshly.

"Are you sure about that? I know that you chose her over me and hurt me pretty bad. So I know what kind of guy you finally are, Guardian Belikov," I finished, using his formal name. Something I never use unless I was talking to some other Guardian.

He was silent again. I was getting pretty good at this, I thought.

"Rose, you're too young to think about all this. You wouldn't understand if I even had the time to explain it all to you. You're acting like such a child that I'm shocked that you even passed most of your classes," He shot me.

I doubled over, feeling the wind knocked out of me. I couldn't breathe again, and I was sure that I looked pretty bad. When I looked into his eyes, I saw a flicker of regret, of pain that he had hurt me again. He didn't want to, but then the small speck of emotion was gone.

"Little Dhampir!" Adrian called, jogging towards us. I instantly composed myself.

"If you're busy, I could come another time," He said, eyeing Dimitri with flat green eyes.

I looked at Dimitri and saw him shake his head ever so slightly, his eyes blazing out the word "no." But I wanted to hurt him just as much as he had been hurting me these days. I decided to accept the offer.

"I'm not busy," I slid my arm through his and shot over my shoulder, "Good-bye Guardian Belikov."

Dimitri POV

I watched Rose slink away from me again. I realized that she's been doing that a lot lately. It was all my fault, I had pushed her away when I accepted Tasha's offer. I was blinded with furry then, but now I realize how big a mistake that really was. I love Rose and only Rose, and that'll never change. But I couldn't back out now. I had given my word to protect Tasha, and my word was stronger then steel.

Why can't you just make an acception just this once for Rose? That voice said in my head. I shook it away, I wasn't sure why.

I watched her go away with Adrian, furry building in me. I wanted that Moroi's head on a stake so bad that it was starting to scare me. I didn't want Rose getting hurt by him, and I had a bad feeling that he would hurt her. I walked into the gym in the resort, and starting pumping iron.

1...2...3....4......5, I counted how many time I pushed the bar up, letting myself see Ivashkov dead each time.

"Dimka, what are you doing in here?" Tasha asked, coming to sit by me.

I sighed, "Trying to forget someone," I told her truthfully.

She nodded, "Can I ask who?"

I shrugged, "No one really, it's just------

"It's Rose, isn't it?" She asked.

I sighed, there was no use arguing with someone who's known you since you were five, so I gave up and nodded.

"So I'm not the only one worried," She told me, "She looked so...strange, so hurt, and Christian told me that she never acted that way, which worries me."

I nodded, 6....7.....8... "She usually dosen't show any emotions at all, just keeps it all in, only when she can't take it anymore does she let it out. Which is almost never."

9...10....11..12....13.....14...15...16...17...18....

Then, the gym doors swung open.

Rose POV

I walked into the gym, I decided to ditch Adrian when he led me to a Moroi indoor spa. Don't get me wrong, I like being pampered, but no way was I going to get naked with only a towel and let some guy massage me with Adrian watching. He started laughing when I told him that, and he let me go. Now, I wish that I had stayed. I was staring at Tasha's face, inches away from Dimitri's. It made me want to throw up.

I walked to the opposite end of the mat and decided to go change first, and went into the bathroom, changing into a sports bra and shorts. I stuffed my clothes into my gym bag and went back outside. I saw Dimitri eyeing me up, his eyes going wide. The sports bra was pretty low cut and the shorts, well, let's just say that if any guy from my school saw me in this, they would seriously faint at my feet begging for a blowjob.

I walked to the mat again and threw my body into the air, doing a 360 degree turn and landing gracefully on my feet. I bent into a cartwheel, and then into about mulitple roundoffs ending at the beam. This gym was practically built for a gymnast. I flipped onto the beam, walking a few steps, doing a mid air split and then flipping backwards into a perfect handstand, holding it there. I saw Dimitri and Tasha eyeing me in wonder. I winked at them and gave them a sexy smile, mostly directed at Dimitri. I got back down on my feet, and did three more round offs on the beam before landing in a double arabian. The trick was almost impossible to pull off if you didn't work at it.

I wiped the sweat off my face and laned against the bar, grabbing a bottle of water off the floor. I directed my gaze at the door, hopping for anyone to come in. I was disappointed. No one came in, which mean that it was super awkward in here. I wondered if it was too late to accept Adrian's spa offer.

"Rose, where did you learn to do that?" Tasha asked in wonder.

"Gymnastics coaching,"I told her. I had started since I was about 4, and trained up until I was 15.

"That double Arabian was flawless," Dimitri breathed.

I scoffed, "I'm suprised you know what it is," I shot at him. I bent back so that my hands rested on the beam. As easily as if I were a part of the bar, I pushed myself onto the beam using only my hands, and saw the world upside down again.

"Actually, my sister used to take gymnastics. She could never land it," Dimitri told me, his voice soft.

His tone shocked me and I almost lost my balance. My right hand slipped from under me, and I heard movement, but I caught my left hand on the bar, grasping it, the blood rushing to my head. I saw Dimitri beside me.

"Rose, fall into me, it's safer that way," He told me.

I shook my head, tears coming into my eyes. It was hard supporting all my body weight with only one hand. I felt it wavering, and my head felt like it would blow.

"Please, trust me," He told me.

I hesitated before finally directing my body to fall into his awaiting arms. I fell into them, and he cradled me there. I missed being held like that, no one could make me feel like he did. My heart beat began to quicken.

"I messed up," I mumbled, not looking at him.

"Not really, that was really good," He told me. Coming from him, that was as much of a praise that you would get. And he didn't hand it out every day.

"Thanks," I said, and he set me on my feet.

"I agree, Rose, that was a perfect gymnasts routine," Tasha said.

"Thanks," I said again, embarrassed.

I walked out of the gym, leaving Dimitri and Tasha there. The part of my heart that had been ice last night had finally melted, and I felt it beating again, which was a miracle. I realized that he was the only one that could have that kind of affect on me. He was special. He trully was my one and only love.