THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER! I hope it's okay. I might write a sequel, but I need some ideas first lol. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed it really helped! Thankyou guys so much! LOVE ALEX X

Chapter Twenty-One…

When I woke up, I went to go and have a shower. I put on a t-shirt and some jeans. What shall I do today, I wondered. Then I realised I didn't really have much choice in what I did today. Today was graduation. I wasn't sure how to feel about this still. But I didn't have a choice in it, so I might as well try and be happy about it. Lissa was up, so I decided to go and see her. It was mid-morning, so graduation was in about 4 hours.

I went to Lissa's room and knocked on her door. She was dressed as well, and looked wide awake. "Eventually!" She said when she saw it was me at the door. "We need to start getting ready, it's only four hours until the ceremony and we need to look perfect!" She was really excited at the chance to dress up, and the fact we were finally graduating.

Her excitement finally inspired me, and I told her I would run back to my room to fetch my dress. I returned quickly and we went to work at beautifying ourselves. Me and Lissa always did each others hair for occasions like this, and I did Lissa's first. I straightened her hair and then let if flow down her back. I added a few waves in here and there to give it some texture. It looked amazing on her.

Now it was my turn. I closed my eyes as Lissa fiddled with my long brown hair which looked black. "Your done." Lissa told me about an hour later. I had better be good for how long it took. I have a numb bum and everything! I opened my eyes and stared at my reflection in the mirror gob smacked. My hair was curled, but half of it was tied up in the middle of the back so that it flowed down my back. The rest was cascaded around my shoulders. It looked beautiful.

"Wow Liss. It looks amazing!" I said hugging her. Hair had taken us about two hours, so we had another two hours to finish off. We needed to do make up, nails and put on our dressed.

I put on some eyeliner and mascara, while Lissa put on mascara and eye shadow. I painted my nails red, and Lissa did hers lilac. They matched our dresses perfectly. We pulled on our shoes, and were ready. Five minutes early! Quite an achievement for me and Lissa!

We were meeting everybody in the hall seen as though the ceremony was going to be there, before the big dance which was the after party. We walked down to the gym and took our seats. I was next to Eddie. I couldn't help but wonder who Eddie was going to be assigned to. I had really hoped he was going to be assigned to someone at the Royal Court, but seen as though we weren't going there anymore, I didn't know what was going to happen.

The ceremony went as following. First the Moroi graduates were called up to receive there Diploma's. Then the novices who would be guarding that Moroi would be called up, where they would receive there promise mark and stake. I already had the stake that Eddie had bought me for my birthday, so this one would be a spare. Also any guardians that were being assigned to the Moroi who were graduating would be called up to take the guardian oath. The Moroi students were called up in alphabetical order, so I totally zoned out, only listening for Lissa or Eddie's name. It was Lissa's name who I heard first, so I paid attention.

"Vasilissa Dragomir." Kirova began. "You will be guarded by Rosemarie Hathaway and Edison Castile." There was a round of applause, and me and Eddie went up to get our promise marks, stakes and read our oaths. I was over the moon that Eddie was guarding Lissa with me. It meant that we really would all be together. There was only one thing that was bothering me. Why hadn't Dimitri's name been called with Lissa's? He was already her sanctioned guardian, but it still should have been called. I frowned thinking about it.

I zoned out again after my moment of glory, until I heard Christian's name being called. "Christian Ozera." Kirova began. "You will be guarded by Dimitri Belikov." So that was why he hadn't been called for Lissa. Because he wasn't Lissa's guardian anymore. I understand why he had transferred to Christian. He still didn't like the idea of us both being Lissa's guardians, even if we were going to be staying at the Academy most of the time. I was happy nonetheless. Now I really was sure we could all be together. The words that Kirova had just spoken proved it. I was ecstatic.

It was time for the big graduation dance now. I walked out of the gym to the cafeteria which had been transformed into quite a nice venue. Once I was in, I began my search for Dimitri. I found him stood against one of the walls with his guardian mask on. I went over to him.

"Wow, Roza, you look amazing." He said as his eyes roamed over my body. I smiled.

"Not looking to bad yourself." I said smirking. It was true. He looked hot. He had a black suit on and he looked even more godlike than normal.

"Why didn't you tell me about being re-assigned to Christian?" I asked him.

"I wanted it to be a surprise." He said looking at me.

Before I had time to respond, I heard Alberta yell above everyone. "Teacher Student Dance!" She shouted.

I smiled. "Come on Comrade. It's our time to shine." I said pulling him onto the dance floor. It was a slow song playing. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I put mine around his neck. We began to sway softly to the music. I noticed lots of the guardians dancing with novices around the room. I laughed when I saw Alberta and Eddie. "I never knew you could dance." I told Dimitri.

"Ahh. There are lots of things you don't know about me." He said wistfully.

"Well, I wouldn't mind getting to know more of you." I said winking. He flashed me a grin.

We carried on dancing in silence after that. Just getting lost in each others eyes. When the song reached a finish everyone else left there partners rather quickly. Me and Dimitri still stood gazing at each other. It was time for everyone to know, I finally decided. Dimitri nodded, and began to lean down, I tilted my head up, and my lips met his.

As soon as our lips met, gasps and whispers erupted around the room. I couldn't care less what everyone else thought. Dimitri was mine, and there was no one who could take that away from me anymore. What we were doing was legal now. We were still kissing when I heard clapping. My eyes drifted from Dimitri's to look around the room. People were clapping us. Then I heard whoops and wolf whistles. I pulled away and laughed. Right now I was happy, and I wanted it to stay this way forever.