So I know I told some of you I'd be updating yesterday and I'm really sorry about that, but better late than never right?

Anyway, I have also had people ask me about lemons. In regards to that, I have decided to include one in the next chapter and that will be written by dpower as I'm a little young for that stuff. Next time I update, I will be putting up two chapters, one a lemon for older audiences and the second for those who don't want to read that stuff so you all still have something to read! Yay!

Ok, hope you enjoy this chapter, the final confrontation! :D

~Angeliqa

DPOV

He stared at the retreating figure of the woman he so dearly loved. He watched her step back from him and run out those glass doors towards the cool night air, taking the most vital piece of his living being away with her.

His heart.

The moment he saw her from the shadows of those trees he knew there was something special about her, he never thought back then that Rose would make such a huge impact on his life. Slipping his head in his hands he reflected on all those moments they shared at the academy, their happy days. He mentally snorted; even their happy days were not so joyful after all. They were always hiding and sneaking about, never allowed the privilege of having an open relationship. But between all that, there was also the Victor, Spokane and Mason as well as the strigoi attack which finally brought it all down.

It seemed their lives would never be without drama.

With his eyes shut, pressed against the warm surface of his palms, he felt a hand rest itself against his shoulder.

"She'll come around Dimitri." Lissa said in her soothing voice. "Nothing can keep you two apart for long, not even her stubbornness. Give her time."

He couldn't stay in the room much longer; he needed to be out in the open air. Standing up, he gave a nod to everyone and cast a final glance at the dark figures looming beyond the glass doors.

"Please give Rose my gratitude for this splendid evening." He said, resorting to his guardian mask and polite, formal manner. It was what he knew, his old standby. When all else fails, go with the stoic guardian façade.

As quickly as he could, his legs took him out of the room, leaving behind a room of concerned acquaintances and the love of his life. Wounding his way through corridors and rooms, he eventually found his way outside to the night's dark complexion, sprinkled with the dust of fairies that shimmered proudly. The ghostly eye of the moon drifted through its sea of midnight blue. How easy it would be to sit there at night, overlooking the beauty of the world, doing nothing at all. No drama, just peace.

He slowed to a comfortable jog, coming to a stop beside the gleaming surface of the pond, smooth and untouched. Behind him, stood the cabin, waiting, always waiting. A soft rustling was heard as he gazed out, beyond the pond and he turned around fast, and on alert, expecting the worst from the situation.

However, his body relaxed as his mind recognised the figure standing in front of him. It was none other the great Rose Hathaway.

"Rose, what are you doing here?"

"Well, as the host with a guest running off before the night has ended you can't help but be the slightest bit concerned, you know?" she replied, attempting to raise an eyebrow, however failing and resorting to a frown instead. He chuckled at her attempt at raising an eyebrow.

Same old Rose.

It suddenly became very quiet between them. A silence of unsaid words, of thoughts and feelings that had been bottled up for so long, took over. He sensed her come a step closer and he tensed, wondering what she was going to do.

"Relax Comrade, I'm not going to do anything." Shock flittered across his expression as he registered the old nickname, despite the fact that didn't like it too much, he had truly missed it.

"So what are you really doing here Rose?" he could sense there was an ulterior motive for coming to find him, just like he could sense everything else. There was never a real need for words and such; they could read each other as clear as day. It had always been like that.

"I uh…wanted to come apologise." An apology huh..?

"I've realised that I have been a bit harsh on you lately…" she began.

"A bit?" I asked, raising a questioning eyebrow.

"Ok, I have been really harsh on you. Better?"

"Much." He replied, a small smile gracing his features.

"I'm so sorry, you didn't deserve any of it and—"

"Stop." He couldn't stand her apology any more. It wasn't true. He did deserve it, he deserved it all. Sure he had forgiven himself for the crimes he committed as a strigoi but that did not excuse what he said in his restored dhampir state. His words had pushed her away and although his actions had done what was intended which was to save the woman he loved from himself, they had not prevented the pain she had suffered, the pain she now continued to endure.

"I don't deserve an apology, I don't deserve anything from you or the world for that matter. I shouldn't be allowed the privilege of happiness, I shouldn't even be alive."

"Dimitri, don't talk like tha—"

"No, you don't talk like that!" he snapped. "You have been nothing but generous and kind to me, going half way around the world to save my damn soul and what do you get in return?"

He rubbed his face and ran a hand through his brown hair, which he had left out for the dinner, framing his strong jaw line.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lose it like that. I'm sorry I pushed you away, I'm sorry for everything!" he finally exclaimed. "I know I don't deserve you Rose, but I can't live without you. You are the sole reason I am standing here today, I have been searching and searching for you for the past three years, every day I live without you by my side is another long day of torturing agony. You have no idea what I've been feeling, Rose, I need you. Please take me back." By the end, his voice was only a mere whisper, another soft breeze joining the rest that had collected in the night air.

She had been stunned speechless. It seemed his words had dumped her on the shores of silence, however she soon recovered and opened those luscious lips to speak.

He braced himself for what was to come.

RPOV

It was one of those uniquely rare moments when Rose Hathaway was rendered speechless.

Her mind froze with the shock resulting from Dimitri's momentous speech. However, she quickly recovered and a sorrowful wave crashed into her, as she saw Dimitri brace himself for her next words. It seemed he was expecting the worst, with the amount of refusals she had handed out to him, like detention slips. Her mind overflowed with guilt at the mere observation.

"Dimitri." His body stiffened. "You have absolutely no clue how badly I want to jump into your arms, into you this very moment. That's all I've been wanting to do since the day you walked through those gates of my school. No, that's all I have been thinking about since that day I left court, even though you hurt me so much. But what holds me, what anchors me to the seabed here is these chains of fear. "she watched as his face filled with emotional pain, with his own internal agony.

"I felt as if my heart had been wrenched from its warm spot in my chest and grinded and crushed to a pulp, when you were turned, but then to have that pain amplified when you claimed you no longer loved me. Well, let's just say my heart has been broken twice, I honestly don't know if I can handle such affliction and torment a third time."

"Rose, I won't ever leave you again. Please understand that. Do yo not realise I can't function correctly without you? If you don't trust me now, maybe you will in time. All I need is one chance. One chance to prove myself, you don't need to accept tonight, we can start as acquaintances again, just let back in your life somehow."

"Don't you understand?" she yelled. "If I let you in, I won't have a choice but to trust you again, to love you like before, perhaps more infinitely so. The slightest touch would have me running back into your arms, that's how much of an effect you have on me, that's how much you control me." He stared at her lovingly in silence as the next words flowed mellifluously out of her mouth.

"That's how much I love you."

Faster than any strigoi could move, he was standing in front of her, smashing his lips upon hers with a fiery urgency full of passion and unconditional love. His strong arms wrapped around her thin waist, securing her to her rightful spot with him as her arms twirled through those beautiful brown locks. At long last, they broke apart, foreheads touching and gasping for air.

"I love you." She managed to say, once their breathing slowed to a comfortable state.

"As I love you, my Roza." And with another quick kiss that promised many more to come, he swept her up into his muscular arms and carried her back to her apartment , with an urgency like none other.

They had been apart for long enough, it was a miracle they could stand another second away from each other. It had been too long.

Far too long.

Hope you enjoyed that! There are probably only a couple of chapters left for this story. I'm not sure if I'll do or if you want a sequel for this, I'll see how many reviews or messages I get regarding that.

Now, I'm hoping to get at least 250 reviews before the next chapter so about 15 reviews, that's not too much I hope so... REVIEW! Please... :3

~Angeliqa