Ahh. School is finally out and I am free! Anyways here is chapter 11. The chapters keep uploading wrong. This one is new.

I felt myself being sucked into one of the oh so familiar dreams; Adrian's. This time we were standing by the lake in the woods. I was standing right on the edge of the water. "Adrian!" I screamed. "Just come out." I don't really know why he tried to hide because you could always tell when it was him.

I heard movement in the trees. Instead of it being Adrian it was Lissa. She had a huge smile on her face. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. "YOU DREAMWALKED!" I screamed as I tackled her to the ground. We both were just on the ground laughing. "I can't believe you actually did it!" I told her happily. "Yeah, I don't know why I couldn't do it before. I just never fully understood what Adrian meant when he was explaining it," she told me. I smiled at her. "What if you can do it when I'm awake like how I can do it," I pondered out loud. She pursed her lips thinking. "I don't know but we can try!"

"This is so much better when you come into my dreams than Adrian," I told her while laughing. She smiled at me. "Well I have to go to sleep now so I am going to leave you to your other dreams. Love ya Rose," she told me while reaching over to give me a hug. "Love you too Liss," I said back. Next thing I knew my mind went black and I was asleep peacefully again.

I woke up earlier than I expected. I guess maybe because it was my birthday! I rolled over so I was straddling Dimitri. I started to play the drums on his chest to wake him up. When he opened his eyes I had a huge smile on my face. "It's my birthday!" I screamed feeling the need to tell him. He just laughed and gave me a half smile. "Yes. You're finally 18," he sighed. I smiled again. I could now officially be with Dimitri.

"We have to get ready for my birthday dinner," I told him. It had to be early so that human restaurants would be open. I grabbed my dress and was about to head over to Lissa's to get ready. I quickly went over to Dimitri to kiss him goodbye. "Love you," I said giving him a quick peck on the lips. He smiled and said "love you too."

I was about to walk out the door when Dimitri called my name. I turned back to him. "Yeah?" I asked. "We should set up a meeting with Kirova to figure out where you're going to stay after graduation," he explained. "I always assumed I would be living with you," I told him confused. "Well yes but they have bigger rooms for guardians that stay together," he continued explaining to me. I nodded. "Alright, can you see if you can set it up for tomorrow?" I asked. He nodded. We said goodbye again and I walked out of my room.

I made it to Lissa's room in a few minutes. I knocked on her door. She answered the door completely ready to go to dinner. "You're done getting ready Liss?" I asked her shocked. She nodded. "I need to spend the rest of the time getting you ready," she explained.

About an hour later we were both completely dressed and ready to go. We also made it to the gates five minutes early which was probably a first for me. We were waiting for Dimitri and Adrian. Eddie, Christian and Tasha were already here. I was just hoping Tasha would be nice tonight.

After another minute I saw Dimitri walking towards us. When he saw me he looked surprised. Probably because I was early. He walked up to me and pulled me into an embrace. He bent down to whisper in my ear. "I was looking forward to having to drag you out of your room but you ruined it," he told me jokingly. "I was being responsible comrade," I explained. He raised one eyebrow and looked at me. He leaned down to my ear again. "By the way, you look absolutely beautiful," he told me completely honestly. I stepped back to pose for him. "You like?" I asked and he nodded.

"Alright, come on guys lets go," I heard someone say. It was Adrian. I hadn't even noticed him come up to the group. All the guardians that were coming with us had arrived. We all piled into one van and drove off. "So, who has presents for me?" I asked to no one in particular. Everyone in the car started laughing. "Typical Rose," I heard Christian say. I turned and glared at him. That only made him laugh harder.

"Well…" I said. Tasha gave me her present first. It was a small wooden box with a rose carved out of the top. It was beautiful. I traced over the rose with my finger. "It's beautiful. Thank you Tasha," I told her. She smiled. "You're welcome. When I was your age I used to keep my jewelry in it," she explained.

Adrian gave me a '1 Free Healing' ticket. I just stared at him. He shrugged his shoulders and turned to face away from me. Next was Alberta. She gave me a stake. Instead of the normal silver handle, it had a gold one. On the handle was an engraved rose. There was also a quote engraved on it, "But he that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose." I turned toward her and thanked her. She just smiled at me.

It was then Lissa's turn. She gave me a red heart pendant with a metal design going over the front and back. "It keeps the darkness away," she told me. I gave her a hug. "This is great Liss. Thank you." I turned to Christian who just shrugged. I glared at him for a second then turned to Dimitri. He just smiled. "Let's wait until the restaurant for mine," he said. I heard Lissa giggle. Did she know what it was? I just nodded my head.

A few minutes later we turned into the restaurant parking lot. Some of the guardians got out and checked to make sure there were no strigoi near. Once it was clear guardians took their positions and we went inside to get our table.

We all sat down and a few minutes later a waiter came to take our drink orders. After he left I turned towards Dimitri hoping I would get my present now. He shook his head and leaned to whisper in my ear. "Wait until our food order has been taken," he chuckled. I was starting to get impatient.

After what seemed like a long time the waiter came back and took our orders. I tried to wait patiently for him to leave. Once he left Dimitri stood up. I was about to yell at him and tell him he couldn't leave until he gave me my present when I noticed that he was on one knee right beside me. I stared at him in complete and utter shock.

He was smiling up at me with a small black box in his hand.

"Rose, will you marry me?" he asked me. I had just been asked the most important question in the world and the first thing I said was "this better be a good ring," before he opened the box.

Settled in the box was a platinum ring. It had a huge round cut diamond in the center with 5 smaller stones on each side. It was beautiful. I was out of words to express how I felt at that moment. I couldn't find my voice anyways so I just nodded. I jumped up, put the ring on my finger and kissed me.

When we finally pulled away I whispered in his ear "good job. It's perfect." He smiled obviously proud of himself. This was the best birthday gift I could ever imagine. We both sat back down at the table glowing with happiness.

I looked over at Liss. She looked ecstatic over what just happened. She had to have known. Dimitri wouldn't have done this without talking to her. As if she could read my mind she nodded.

Wait a minute. 'Liss? Are you hearing this?' I said in my mind. She just smiled.

So I plan to now have a lot more time to write hopefully. So review please :) Necklace and ring pictures are on my profile. Sorry about the chapters.