Hi guys I'm back!! and ready for many more posts. Sorry I have been gone there's been a lot of stuff going on but the carnival is past, feild trip and dances over with. Its almost break and its already snowing so expect more chapter more often=) thanks for the reviews and I ope for more soon.

Rose's POV

By now I was sitting at the edge of the pond and Adrian was waiting patiently in front of me. I wanted him to say something, anything to let me know that he was still with me. While away, he occasionally dream stalked me but noticed I didn't like it much and gave me space so he'd never known what happened to me. He'd never known the whole story and now it was verging on scaring him.

Adrian wasn't known for his silence, actually quite the opposite, especially around me. Or any pretty girl at that, but I'd become his obsession after the ski trip and still he would not leave. I used to want to get rid of him, now I wanted nothing for him to hug me, to comfort me, and tell me everything was going to be alright because I was already crying again and I needed someone to help me get through this again.

I wiped the tears from my eyes as I stood and faced the pond again. I didn't dare let a sound escape my throat, which made more tears fall, oh well. I didn't hear him move but only second later I felt him behind me. The smell of cloves washed over the back of my neck and his hands softly touched my shoulders. Usually and encounter like this with Adrian was him implying more but now he realized I needed my friend. "I'm sorry Roza." It took me a moment to realize that it wasn't Adrian who whispered those words. He never called me Roza, he wouldn't dare call me what Dimitri had called me. So when I looked up across the pond I should have been so surprised to see a transparent, almost weeping, Dimitri staring back at me.

So startled I had jumped and as my foot slipped and screamed and crashed into the pond. My head hit the bank on the way in and it hurt a lot but I stayed conscience, enough. I swam up towards the light, but the light wasn't coming from the surface, it was coming from the bottom- a light put at the bottom to light the water. I was running out of air due to my lack of readiness of the fall and had to swim up fast. The pond was deeper than your average fish pool and before I made any real accomplishment in getting out a fair figure had wrapped around me and with a lot of force pulled me to the surface.

I coughed and breathed deeply and Adrian yanked me to the stone edge. The water was quite cold, even during this time of year, so we made an effort to get out as fast as we could. I crawled into the grass and he dragged himself ahead to reach his jacket and shirt lying on the ground. He stuttered back to me and wrapped his clothes around me. And I couldn't help but marvel at his lightly paled chest as he pulled me to him. He was a moroi but he was still strong and spent enough time in the gym to keep up with me now a days. It was kind hot how he jumped into save me like that and- Whoa! Rose, get a hold of yourself. Whoa! Get together now, come on. Focus Rosy, focus.

"Are you alright little dhampir? You seemed to have hit your head pretty hard, it not bleeding though," he blew out in one breath.

I choked on air and sniffled a few times before replying, "I'm okay. Thanks Adrian." I sucked in deep breaths to steady myself. I even snuck a look to the outer edge of the pond, no Dimitri. I sighed with relief.

"Mind letting me in on why you fell into the pond like a ditzy blond?" He asked me. The man I used to love is stalking me! The man I killed!

"He's back Adrian. His ghost is here, following me, torturing me. He's been dead for almost a month and his spirit has been lost for much longer. Hwy won't he just leave me alone," I sobbed. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and cried into his neck. His arms snaked around my waist and held me there as he whispered in my ear. I didn't make out what he said but it still comforted me for him to be there next to me.

It wasn't much longer that we both decided that a change of clothes and a shower would be smart. Since I had nowhere to go yet I went back to his apartment in the guest housing. He left his door unlocked, how many people were really going to go in there? We sat together on the couch for a minute until Alberta pushed open the door. "Hello Rose, Lord Ishkov. I thought you would be here, we finally found your things in storage. Bring 'em in boys," she ordered. A few of the school guardians came in carrying at least two boxes each and set them on the floor of Adrian's apartment. "Your room is another situation, however. We still need to do some moving around, but you will have it in the next forty-eight hours, I promise. Until then you are welcome to find another place to live. Obviously Lord Ishkov doesn't mind your things being here and has given you his couch. The princess might also be happy to let you use her room as well. I will leave you to figure things out, good day."

Alberta and the other guardians quickly let themselves out and I settled more calm into Adrian's couch. "She's right, you are welcome to stay here, but I would not subject you to a horrid couch. You can sleep in my bed, I will take the couch if you wish." Such a gentleman. And for once he wasn't insisting on sleeping with me every minute he was around. It was kind.

"Thanks, Adrian, but where am I going to put all this crap." I pointed at the stacks.

"I do have a second closet, it's bare, you may put your things in there for now, instead of the corner," he chuckled. "I do have one request though," he old smile surfaced and I was scared to even know. I waited. "Can I see your tattoos?" His grin was utterly huge and awaiting my answer. I wasn't expecting that one, really.

"Yes," I sighed and his brightened even more, if that was possible. "But not fight now." And pouted. "Let's move this stuff and then get into something warmer." I shrugged off his jacket and shirt and went for the boxes. He reluctantly followed still pouting.

"I can make you warmer," he said with a smirk. And like that the old Adrian was back. I shook my head and laughed. In two trips we got all of the boxes into his second closet. I made him go take a shower first while I went through the boxes to try and find something to wear. "You may join me if you wish," he said hopefully as he opened the bathroom door.

"When pigs fly."

"Well guess what, swine flu!" I grabbed the thing closest to my reach, a hanger, and chucked it at him. His quick reflexes shut the door and the plastic hanger hit it instead. "Ha!" he shouted when he reopened the door. But he wasn't expecting the second hanger already hurdling toward him. It smacked his chest with little force but I assumed it wasn't comfortable. "You suck," he said.

:"You wish," I said as he closed the door for the final time and I heard the water start.

Once he was out I had my turn in the shower. After I got dressed, as he waited in the living room, we left to meat the others for lunch.

Lissa, Christian, and Eddie were already at the table waiting. The twins were in line to get food. "Is it true, what Eddie told us about Guardian Maron? That whole 'executioner' thing sounded a bit out there," Christian asked.

"I am sitting right here," Eddie complained. Christian ignored him. I shrugged, I had no idea. "Well, it's true. I even called my mum and told her to e-mail me a picture someone took back then. I'll print it and show you guys later tonight, it's not like we have to be anywhere with classes out for the day."

A few other students came up to me during the lunch hour to ask me if it was true that I took down "The executioner". I answered yes every time and shook my head as they walked away. It wasn't until Ralf and Jesse decided to take their turn in pestering me that my mood when dark. "So, badass Hathaway took down Maron. Probably because she's been sleeping with him for a few months." I scoffed. "Aw come on, it's all over school already. Hathaway's got a thing for tall dark and Guardian. And Maron isn't her first prey, Belikov got a drop on that awhile back I here."

He shouldn't have said that. Anger oozing from every pore I was already on my feet with my hand curled around his throat to cut off his air. I pushed him to the ground and put my knee where it hurts. "One more word Jesse and that pretty little face of yours is gone," I threatened. I pushed off of him and stood up in one move. He shuffled back and choked for air. Ralf helped him to his feet.

"Crazy bitch," he muttered as they stumbled away. He better not forget it.

I spun and sat back at our table. "Nice going Rose, our cousin needs a little pain here and there to keep him in check," Andrew said as he glared at his (unfortunately) retreating relative.

"Tell me about it Drew," I uttered.

"He's not Drew, I am." His twin burst.

I looked them back and forth carefully before I called, "bullshit. You're Andrew, you're Damon." I pointed with each name. "Yup." Once I was completely sure.

"How is it that you can tell, when our own mother can barely keep us apart?" Damon threw in between laughs. I shrugged.

"Rose," Lissa interrupted so I looked to her. "Has anyone gotten word about the er um package yet?"

I shook my head. "No that I know. Alberta would have said something when she dropped my stuff off at Adrian's place. James didn't say anything this morning but I should probably go talk to him now. How about we uh do a movie thing later tonight, I found my collection of Bond movies in my stuff. How about it?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. "My place, seven," Adrian chimed. "I know you haven't been here long but you two are welcome as well," he added to the Zeklos boys.

"That's nice of you, but we're hanging out with Zane and Evan later, sorry."

"It's alright, I'll see you guys later then. I gotta go, bye." With that I ran off out of the building heading to the guardians housing where he would undoubtedly be now with classes out. I ignored the elevator and took the stair up and without knocking barged into his room. I really needed to learn how to be patient and knock. His bathroom door opened at the same time and steamed poured to as he emerged with only a small white towel around his waist. I gapped and felt my cheeks go red with embarrassment.

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