7. Together Again

Rose's point of view.

Fighting Viktoria had been a lot fun. She started of very slow and her attacks were way too obvious but when she got in a lucky punch and I'd kicked her a little bit too hard she got better.

She mimicked me when I got into fight mode and even though I don't think she completely mastered that skill yet she was doing a good job.

After I got warmed up a little bit I started attacking her and she was able to defend herself fairly good. I kept going at it for a little bit and when I got bored I decided to show off just a little bit. I turned to lock eyes with Dimitri and kicked Viktoria down without taking my eyes off him. I had the pleasure to see his eyes grow wide and I turned around to keep Viktoria down.

When Viktoria seemed to be fine I wanted to fight someone with a little bit more skill. Viktoria would be an awesome guardian and there was going to be a day that she could beat me but that day was far away. So I walked up to the mat again and when nobody offered to join me I went to get Pavel.

Pavel fought better and he was much harder to beat. We both took some punches but when he hit me right on the cheek he really ticked me off. So I punched him right on his nose and I felt the bone crunch, Oksana could heal that no problem but it must have hurt. When I wanted to finish the fight and kick him to the ground he grabbed my leg and I decided to use a kick I made up a while ago during a training session with my mother. He went down quickly and I kept him there.

Oksana healed us both just like I knew she would and everybody came to tell me what an awesome move that was. Off course my mom didn't say anything, she'd already seen me do it before and she's learned how to do it herself.

That's why I decided to have one last fight with her. Viktoria had been a nice warm up and fighting with Pavel wasn't bad either but if I really wanted to prove myself I had to take her on too.

The fight with her was a lot harder, I was getting tired and she was a lot stronger that most people I knew. She was able to get me down a couple of times but she never kept me there. My mom fought nasty and she actually pulled my hair ones but I got her eventually.

It was getting late and we decided that it was time to get some sleep. I hadn't told Dimitri about the scene I threw when they wanted to give his room to anybody else and when he asked about it I was a little bit ashamed. Something as stupid as a room didn't really matter but when he was gone it was the only thing left and I couldn't lose that last part.

Luckily Dimitri knew me very well and he understood why I did that.

When I wanted to follow Viktoria to my room Alberta told me to come back with them. I did what she told me and when we reached Dimitri's room I was just about to ask why I had to come with them when Alberta stopped and started to speak.

"What I'm doing here is completely wrong off me and I expect you two to never speak of this again. Make sure you stop by my office in the morning and behave yourself tonight." She turned around and walked away.

I was watching her walk away when it suddenly hit me. She brought me here so I could stay with Dimitri tonight. Okay that was totally weird but I sure as hell wasn't going to complain about it.

I looked at Dimitri and saw the look in his eyes. He opened the door and as soon as I was inside he lifted me up and started kissing me. He kicked the door close and brought me to his bed.

He never stopped kissing me and when he put me down his hands were all over me. He grabbed my hair with one hand and the other slipped under my shirt. When I started to unbutton his shirt he moaned and helped me out of my top.

I didn't have the patience to open the rest of the buttons so I just ripped it open. I let out a chuckle and he pushed me back down. I could see his eyes burning and I knew that I looked exactly the same. I missed him so much I wasn't going to wait any longer.

I dug my nails into his back and he let out another moan. That was one of the best moments in my life. I had waited so long for him and I had thought about the cabin every day. Being with him now was worth the waiting a million times over.

We stayed in bed and talked for a while. I wanted to ask what he and Adrian had talked about and he told me that he was going to live at court and go back to school. I should have known Adrian would do anything to get out of working and apparently he thought that dropping in on Lissa classes would be a good idea.

I rather liked the fact that he was going to be following some lasses with me, I hoped he would be in the classes Christian was going to follow because I really didn't want to be stuck in some boring class watching those two make out.

I told Dimitri that Lissa would let me pick out 2 classes, I decided that I wanted to follow Biology since I'd always done okay during animal behavior class. I wasn't sure what else I wanted to follow but I was seriously thinking about learning to speak Russian. It was so goddamn sexy when Dimitri spoke in Russian and I wanted to be able to understand him when he did. I was going to ask Lissa if that was an option she learned the basics at the Academy but I didn't think she would mind going over them again for me.

Dimitri wanted to know more about being shadow kissed so I told him everything I could think off.

"Well first off you will be feeling Adrian's emotions from now on but you should have noticed that by now. You can also be pulled into his mind if he's feeling strong emotions but you already noticed that..." I trailed off "Hey why did you get pulled into his head anyway? I didn't notice anything wrong with him." I looked at him and I saw a grin cross his face

"Viktoria had been flirting with him and he liked it, a lot. Then he started thinking about you and a shock off jealousy pulled me in his head. But when he locked eyes with Viktoria everything was fine. It was weird; it reminded me so much off the way you make me feel when I look at you. I'm not sure how long it will take but he's going to be fine eventually."

I smiled at him; he was dealing so well with everything that had happened. I could see that there was some sadness and a little bit off guilt in his eyes but it was overlapped by a huge chunk of happiness. Well I never expected him to be fine right away, I hadn't been sure he would keep his memory but when I found out he knew what had happened I understood where the sadness was coming from.

"Are you going to be okay? I can see that you're hurting and I think I understand why. You don't have to talk to me if you're not ready but I want you to know I will listen and I won't judge you." I knew he would talk eventually and pushing him really didn't help but I had to let him know that he could tell me anything.

"Yes Roza... I'm going to be fine. I really don't want to talk about it yet but you'll be the first to know when I do. I'm just so glad you're here with me I don't want to talk about something so sad. And I know you won't judge me, it wasn't me I know that but the memories are just... well it's a lot to deal with. Now tell me more about being shadow-kissed I want to know everything."

"Okay well now we know why you got sucked into Adrian's mind let's go on to the part where you learn to avoid that. You will need to learn to keep your guard up at all times, just think about what you did when you slipped back to your own mind. I can't really tell you how to do it but you'll learn. You will get into a lot of embarrassing moments if you don't, you really don't want to know how many times I almost slept with Christian. Luckily she always pulls me in a little before hand and I've always been able to get out before it got to actual grossness but still... Lissa will teach Adrian how to make a healing charm to help you. Do you remember the ring I got from Oksana?" He nodded so I went on

"Well Lissa knows how to make them now and she's been making sure I have one with me at all times. They help me keep the ghosts away and make the shadows a lot easier. Oksana and Lissa made you 2 rings to start with and Adrian will know how to make them before you need more. You can only use them if you need to because the magic gets weaker every time you use it."

"Can they infuse anything with spirit? Could they do it on a stake?" He looked exited so I told him what I knew.

"We're not sure yet, we think it's possible but we're not sure about the effect that would have so they are researching it. My dad and Alberta have been helping them gather as much information as they can so I'm sure we'll have an answer soon."

Dimitri smiled and nodded his head "Okay that's good, what about the ghost though will they still attack me?"

"No they won't, they attacked you because they don't like living things without a soul. Some of them will try to speak to you and if there are too many it seems like your head will explode but they only attack Strigoi. Do you remember the time I told you about Lissa's family, how they had been pointing at a black hole and that I thought they needed me to come back with them?"Dimitri nodded

"I found out that that wasn't what they wanted to tell me, the black hole I saw was like a door to the Spirit World. Somehow they knew that I needed to know where it was to get you back and when you got turned Mason was the one that told me about it. I wasn't sure but when we you weren't in the cave I decided to talk to Mason and he told me about you.

What I'm mean is that the spirits you know can be very helpful but you can't assume you know what they mean unless you asked a simple yes or no question. You can take a guess of course but they can be very cryptic. Mark says it's dangerous to let your guard down enough to see the ghost and he is right off course but going crazy is still better then dying right."

Dimitri agreed with me and asked about the other things I could do.

"Well I figured out that I can talk to Lissa now. Oksana thought her how to get into my head and if I try hard enough she can hear what I think. She told me about that when I woke up from my coma sleep and when I tried it worked." He looked at me and his eyes got huge

"You mean your bond works both ways now?" He sounded very excited so I explained how it worked.

"Well not completely. First of I've never really been able to hear her thoughts unless I'm in her head. Normally I just feel her emotions but she learned how to really speak to me, it's like hearing her in my head but it only works if she wants it to work. Oksana told her that it was like opening a door to send out a message and because I'm so closely linked to her mind I can pick her message up. Lissa had to learn to get into my mind to kind off scope the place out and now she's able to pick up my messages to. It's still hard but it should get easier with some practice, the more we use it the closer we get."

"Do you think I'll be able to do that with Adrian? It comes in handy since I'm going to be his guardian." Again with the excitement he really didn't mind the bond at all.

"Yes you will, Adrian is learning the mind reading thing from Oksana too and we'll be learning from Mark. Did you know your mom and Viktoria are spending their summer at court?" He shook his head so I told him was Viktoria told me during our laps.

"My father invited them to stay at his house for the summer so Viktoria can train with us and he invited Oksana and Mark to so they can continue helping us for a little longer. My dad gave them and the rest of your family an open invitation to stay at court whenever they want to."

Dimitri hugged me tight "I take back everything I ever said about your dad. He might be a little bit creepy sometimes but when it comes to you he gets all mushy. I'll have to make sure I thank him for that. I would love to see my family again and I'm sure they would love visiting court sometime."

"Yeah I can't wait to see them again either. I think my dad wanted to thank them for taking care of me when I went to Baia. Hey do you have any idea about where you're going to live? I mean does Adrian have a house of something like that?" I had no idea where I was going to stay yet but maybe he did.

"No, Adrian said he was taking care of it and I would hear it when everything was set. Do you know what Lissa has planned?"

"No, she said exactly the same thing Adrian did but I guess we'll know soon enough." It was a little bit weird that they both said the exact same thing but I was tired and I needed to get some sleep so I kept my mouth shut.

"Yes I guess we will. Now go to sleep Roza." He kissed the top of my head and I fell asleep almost right away.

When I woke up the next morning Dimitri wasn't there, I looked around me and I started to worry when he didn't see him but then I noticed the note on the nightstand.

You've been talking about food for about an hour now

You can shower if you want to, you're clothes are in the bathroom

I'll be back when I find something to eat

x Dimitri

Okay so I had been talking about food in my sleep, I was hungry that wasn't my fault I'd hardly eaten anything the day before.

I got out of bed and went to take a shower and there when I saw my clothes I wondered how he got his hands on those. But when I was done showering and put the clothes on I realized that I'd never seen them before. The pants were simple black jeans that fitted me very nice and the top was black and hugged my body perfectly. The clothes weren't flashy or anything like that but they made me look hot as hell.

When I walked back into the room Dimitri was back. He was holding a tray of food and I walked to get some quickly. I was starving so I dug in like an idiot but I really didn't care what I looked like right then.

"Where did you get these clothes? They're not mine."

"Yes they are; I bought them for you before we left. When I saw that outfit I thought it would make you look amazing and still be comfortable enough to fight in so I had to buy it. You'll need some decent clothes anyway, if you're going to college you're not going to walk around in your guardian outfit or training clothes so now you got this to start with."

"Thank you I never thought about that but your right and as much as I love those thermo shirts this is way better." I gave him a kiss and went back to my food.

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