LPOV

Dylan pulled back, his lips leaving mine. "I'm sorry." he mumbled.

I had been too stunned to kiss him back, so I had stood there like a fool. But as he moved away I suddenly wanted to kiss him back.

I grabbed his arm and pulled him to me, pressing my lips firmly against his. At first he didn't responded. But once he realized what I was doing, he leaned into the kiss. My arms snaked around his neck, my fingers burying into his hair. A sense of warmth and excitement came over me.

Pulling back for air, he grinned looking into my eyes. "I've wanted to do that since the moment you pushed me to the ground the first time we sparred."

I let out a small laugh. "You never pegged me as a submissive kinda guy."

He chuckled and leaned forward, kissing my jaw line. My head automatically tilted to the side, giving him more access. He continued to kiss my jaw, leaning closer. His hands grasped my waist, causing me to gasp with surprise.

"You two need a room?"

I pushed Dylan away slightly. "Rose. How long have you been standing there?" I asked nervously, looking between her and Dylan. He seemed to be a little less nervous then myself but I didn't think too much about it.

She simply shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Stress less. I'm here as a friend not a teacher. And, lucky for you I'm nice. I won't tell Jill about what I just saw."

Sighing with relief I relaxed. "So were you looking for me?"

"Yeah. I was hoping to see you in your room. But when you didn't show I thought I'd find you and then we could go to the commons for dinner. I'm hungry." she shrugged. "Then maybe we could have some girl time. You, me and Ivy."

I understood the hint that she didn't want Dylan around. Unlike my other friends, Rose didn't actually judge him; though she still thought he was somewhat of a bad influence. His constant tardiness for classes. His language. His attitude and the way he draws attention from people; especially girls. Rose reminded me daily that he held the worst parts of an overly confident guy.

Yet since the first day, after beating him in class, I seemed to have grown quite close to him. He would usually hang around Ivy, Andre and me even though he didn't like the others and they didn't like him. It was like I was the glue that kept our strange group together. Of course then I stopped talking to Andre and things got awkward.

Ivy and Andre had formed a friendship, but she had told me on more than one occasion that I was her best friend. So now that I wasn't talking to him, she refused to talk to him again. Apparently it's what friends do for friends. But her tolerance for Dylan only goes so far, so it gets to a point where I have to tell him to give us some space. He never questions me. All he has to do is look at Ivy, and he knows right away that it's not me asking for him to leave it's her.

So Rose was refreshing, even though she thought I could do better. But I just remind her that she was friends with Natalie Dashkov, who turned into a Strigoi for her crazy father. That seems to shut her up.

Turning to Dylan I noticed he was grinning knowingly, looking at me. "It's fine. I'll talk to you tomorrow." he said as he leaned closer.

"Actually you can't remember. You've got tutoring with Mr. Drozdov." Rose called out, stopping him from kissing me.

He turned to Rose. "Will it last the whole day?"

"Only a couple of hours." I replied for her.

Still looking at Rose, he nodded his head. "So I'm sure we can find some time tomorrow." then he looked back at me and leaned in, giving me a quick kiss. "I'll see you later Princess." and with that he walked off.

Heading towards Rose I frowned disapprovingly at her.

"What?" she asked, her voice a little too high pitched, telling me she knew exactly why I was frowning at her.

"You could have been nicer." I told her as we started for the commons.

She shrugged. "And what's the fun in that?." she grinned.

APOV

I had bumped into Rose earlier, wondering why she was in such a rush. That's when she had told me Adrian was here, and that hewanted to have a group dinner. She then invited me, though I was pretty hesitant seeing as Lily would be there.

But nonetheless, I went anyway.

"Andre, it's been so long." Adrian beamed as he opened the door to his guest apartment on school grounds.

Rolling my eyes I walked in. "It's only been a few weeks." I reminded him. He was about to close the door when a head of red hair came around the corner. "Oh yeah, this is Ivy. She's Lils' new friend. Ivy this is Adrian Ivashkov." I introduced them.

I thought it would have been a good idea to bring back up just incase Lily decides to murder me during dinner.

"It's lovely to meet you." Adrian smiled as he gestured for her to come in.

"Thank you for having me." she smiled, following me into the living room.

Adrian closed the door before joining us in the living room. "I'm sure Lily and Rose will be here soon." he noted before grabbing a drink- I was sure it would be some sort of alcoholic drink. "But until then, why don't you tell how you and Lily met." He smiled towards Ivy.

LPOV

"You're kidding me right?" I groaned as Rose continued to do my hair. "My fathers here? And my mum, Lissa and Christian will be here tomorrow?" I glared at her in the mirror. She knew I hate surprises, they all did.

She shrugged. "I'm sorry kid, but they're your parents. I have no say in the matter."

"That's the biggest load of bull I've ever heard." I mumbled, falling silent so she could finish my hair.

Once she was done, I checked out her work in the mirror. She had pulled it all to the side in a plat, letting small pieces fall. It looked elegant and classy.

I had agreed to look somewhat nice for dinner, even though I insisted my dad wouldn't mind what I wore just as long as I actually went to the dinner. Rose had just rolled her eyes and thrown a pale pink strapless dress at me. To finish of my look I threw on my leather jacket and slipped on my nude pumps.

Rose wore the designer jean Lissa had bought her for her last birthday, and the red blouse I had bought her. With black heels, hair up and makeup on, she was ready to go.

As we made our way to the guest housing, I saw Dylan walking from the commons to the male dhampir dorms.

"I'll be right back." I told Rose, before going to get my back up.

He turned to me once I reached him, a grin in place. "Evening Princess." I blushed as his hand reached out to grab mine. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"

"Rose is dragging me to a dinner with my dad, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be torture for me. So I was hoping you'd like to come along?" I asked, hopeful.

"You kiss the girl and she invites you to meet her dad." His grin widened. "And here I thought I'd scared you off."

Rolling my eyes I asked. "So are you coming or what?"

"Of course." Hiss grin turned to a smile as I laced my arm through his.

APOV

"She was amazing." Ivy told Adrian about the first when she beat Dylan. "It's like every time I see her, she does something crazier then before." Ivy was talking to Adrian about Lily, a discussion I was avoiding. I was sure he had no idea she wasn't talking to me.

"Rose, Dimitri and Eddie taught her everything she knows. It's a wonder they don't just let her graduate now." Adrian looked so prud when speaking of Lily.

"And the moment she does graduate, you'll be there trying to stop her from moving away or going for a job that puts her in danger." I noted.

He laughed. "That's true."

Just then there was a knock on the door. Adrian was out of his seat in an instant, moving to answer the door.

"Lily." the word came out as a sigh of relief, but one full of happiness and love. Adrian had always been a worried parent; with her magic and everything it made sense.

"Hi dad." I could hear Lily's voice getting closer as they neared the living room. My nerves were working up as I wondered how she would react to me being her. "I want you to meet my friend-"

"Dylan?" my nerves shattered replaced by jealousy and anger.

I almost didn't update today. I hadn't written anything and at 10 last night I realized that if I didn't update you guess would have to wait until next week (I don't get the internet on the weekends) so you're lucky I'm so nice :P

I know a lot of you want Lily to be with Andre, or Mr. Drozdov; but for now they'll be some Dylan time. I hope you don't leave me now that I've put her with him. Just remember… it may not be forever ;P

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Love and miss you all xox

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