Okay so this is a short chapter but I really wanted to get it out there.

The reason I'm doing this is because I go back to school tomorrow and I won't be able to update for a while, so many assignments that need doing.

If I get up to 280 reviews then I might update sooner.

I'll try my best. R&R!

"I'm Lissa Dragomir and this is my fiancé Christian Ozera." I would never get used to Lissa calling Christian her fiancé.

"It's nice to meet you guys." Viktoria said to Lissa and Christian, smiling. After that everyone pretty much circled around the fireplace. Christian sat at the end then it went Lissa, Viktoria, me, Tasha and Dimitri. Tasha and I were engrossed in random conversation; she had a great personality that I had been too blind to see before.

"Would you like something to drink Rose?" Tasha was definitely a teenager at heart.

"Sure." She stood and headed over to the small kitchen and my eyes met Dimitri's. He only gave me a slight shake of his head and I smiled innocently at him. Tasha returned then, handing me a raspberry vodka cruiser. Yum.

Christian moved from Lissa so that he could sit in front of Tasha and join in on our conversation since Lissa and Vika were just talking about clothes and what not. "Well Christian. You never did tell me about the attack on the school." She raised an eyebrow.

Christian looked like he had just gotten caught stealing a cookie. "Well Strigoi got past the wards, obviously. I was at the chapel and I ran into Rose. She had left her post to find me; if she hadn't then I would have died." He punched me lightly in the arm and I pretended that it hurt.

"You're not supposed to hurt your saviour. If anything you should be waiting on me..." I was thoughtful about this and Christian just scoffed, continuing on with the story.

"If you were at the chapel then you would have been safe..." Tasha murmured confused.

"Yes but I left. Rose knew where I was, don't ask how. I think she was stalking me." I laughed at that.

"You wish. Lissa told me, well not in so many words..." I said, pointing to my head.

"Anyway. I had left and Rose was really paranoid and almost staked me right there." I laughed again but didn't interrupt. "Then she told me to go back inside and about the Strigoi. We were about to head back but she told me to duck so I did." Christian looked at me with a weird expression. "It was like she could sense the Strigoi a few seconds before they came."

I smirked, not many people knew about my Strigoi nausea. "There was two Strigoi and she managed to kill one but before she could pull her stake out the other had her pinned. I panicked when I saw it's fangs on her neck and burnt it to a crisp." He smiled, proudly at that. "I convinced Rose to let me fight, she called it suicide but let me do it nonetheless."

"Something I never thought we would be doing in unison..." I admitted, "I always kind of assumed that I would be the one staking you someday. You annoy the shit out of me." Christian smirked and Tasha laughed.

"That's amazing." Tasha murmured. The whole time Dimitri had stayed extremely quiet. "So, what about you Dimka? I'm sure you did something heroic..."

"Not quite." He admitted, looking at me. "Rose saved my life too."

Tasha looked back at me but I was still eyeing Dimitri, intently. "Rose is quite the heroine." She complimented.

"Hm." I said, finally looking away from Dimitri to the floor.

"How did she save your life?" She asked Dimitri, by now Lissa and Viktoria were listening in. When I looked up I noticed everyone staring at Dimitri but he just watched the fire.

"I had an unfortunate run in with a Strigoi. Rose ran back and tackled it whilst her mother staked. After that they dragged me back to the Academy." That was the vague version.

*flashback*

"What are you doing, Rose? More are coming." It was Stan.

"He's in there!" I screamed, straining as hard as I could. Stan was caught off guard by my scream and faltered, just enough for me to run back towards the cave and the Strigoi.

"Rose, we have to get out of here!" My mother yelled as she ran past me. She abruptly turned and followed my sprint towards the cave, "Rose!"

"Dimitri's in there! We have to go back for him! We can't leave him!" I yelled, hysterically. My mother caught up to me, stake poised as we reached the grips of the Strigoi. There were about five but the fact that we caught two of them off guard had helped. My mother staked another one which left two of them.

Dimitri was now in view. The Strigoi was still leaning over him, lips at his neck. Something inside of me snapped and I had my Strigoi dead in a matter of seconds, running towards the blonde one that had threatened Lissa and had his hands on Dimitri. An animalistic growl escaped my lips as I jumped him, causing both of us to roll along the floor but before he could recover my mother was straddling him with a stake in its heart.

More Strigoi appeared and I ran towards Dimitri. He was still alive, still warm, tanned and breathing. My mother appeared with her stake missing. "Where's your stake?" I asked

"I didn't have time to get it." She panted. I handed her mine and she went on defence as I hauled Dimitri into the fading sunlight.

"Thank you Mum."

*end of flashback*

That day had bought my mother and I closer and I knew she suspected something between Dimitri and I. Honestly, what student would go back for their teacher? If that was Stan I would have probably left him there. I know that sounds cruel and heartless but we were supposed to retreat.

"Rose?" Lissa said with concern.

"Huh?"

"You did that weird thing you do when you're thinking hard..."

I laughed, "What thing?"

"Glare at some innocent piece of furniture." Lissa smiled.

I walked over to the chair I had been staring at and stroked it, "I am so sorry for glaring at you, Mr. Chair." Lissa, Vika and Tasha laughed.

"I always knew she was crazy." Christian confirmed, I flipped him off before plonking down on the chair.

"Let's watch a movie!" Viktoria exclaimed. I groaned, I had just sat down and now I had to move. Dimitri walked over to me and picked me up.

"Woah." I said at the unexpectedness of it.

"You were thinking of that day." He whispered to me so the others wouldn't hear. I sighed and nodded, "Me too." As he sat me down someone flicked off the lights so he kissed my cheek. No one saw which was good.

I was still in my heels so I slipped them off and jumped on the couch between Lissa and Viktoria. Christian appeared with some popcorn and handed it to Liss, sitting on the floor in front of her. Tasha sat on an arm chair beside the couch and Dimitri sat in front of Viktoria, across from Christian. I watched the screen in silence, "What are we watching?" I finally asked, annoyed at all the previews.

"Titanic." Lissa announced, smug.

"No!" I said loudly, crawling off the couch and towards the TV. Lissa laughed at my reaction.

"Okay Rose fine. We'll watch something else." Lissa got up and walked past my crawling figure. I lied on my stomach, too tired to get up. She changed the movie, holding up the cover before playing so that we knew if everyone agreed. Lissa had picked Funny People, the one with Adam Sandler in it.

I crawled over to Dimitri and sat between him and Christian on the floor. Halfway through the movie Christian started to throw popcorn at me. "What the hell?" I exclaimed. Everyone looked at us. I grabbed Lissa's popcorn bowl, still full. I smiled evilly at Christian before tipping the whole bowl on his head.

He protested but I just retorted about how he shouldn't throw food at people. "Karma," I stated simply when he kept complaining. He shut up eventually and I was surprised to see that the movie had finished. Throughout the movie I had drunk two vodka cruisers and snuck Viktoria half of one although Dimitri noticed, he always does.

The rest of the night was spent on catching up with my friends, drinking and just having a good time. A well needed rest after everything I've been through for these last couple of days.

"What are the sleeping arrangements?" Viktoria asked. She was a little bit tipsy, like me.

"Lissa and Christian are on the bed." Tasha said. Lissa had passed out a while ago; it was four in the morning after all. Dimitri had carried her to the bed and Christian fell asleep beside her not long after. "You and Dimitri can have the mattress." She said to Vika, pointing at the double mattress on the floor. "Rose you can have the couch, unless you want to sleep in the bed with Lissa."

"Um no. Especially not if Christian is there..." I shuddered, "That's okay Tasha. You can have the couch; I'll just sleep on the floor somewhere."

"Oh no—"

"Really, it's okay. I'm used to sleeping on hard surfaces." I shrugged and she reluctantly let me. Dimitri handed me a pillow and a blanket to make a bed out of. I smiled and thanked him. After a moment it was lights out. I was almost asleep when the growing sound of Christians snore filled the room.

I groaned and heard someone giggle. When I sat up I realised it was Viktoria. She smiled at me and patted the spot between her and Dimitri. I crawled onto their bed, "Thank you." I whispered. Dimitri's back was facing me so I faced Vika instead. Mine and Dimitri's backs brushed together and I curled into a ball, covering my ear with the pillow. Finally I was able to block out the sound of Christian and sleep consumed me...