A/N: WHOOO! On time! Had a hell of a week but managed it, so I'm sorry if any mistakes. Hope you like it and I promise I will try to give out teasers through the week.

The Truth and Backseat Naughtiness

"So you're telling me that Avery asked you if you've seen them. Who's them?" Lissa asked as she spread out on her bed. I had waited until after dinner to fill her in on the new information I had attained.

"I don't know? She just told me 'all in good time'. What the hell is it with people and time?" I was really growing impatient, maybe I was always like this or maybe it was another pregnancy trait. I could tell you one thing though, time sucks.

"So, you have no idea?" she asked curiously.

"No but I damn well wish I did. Maybe I should go and see that Simon dude and if he won't tell me I will get Dimitri to kick it out of him." Lissa laughed quietly before sighing.

"I doubt he will say anything, Avery has probably compelled him by now." Damn I didn't think of that; normal Moroi have compulsion but it is too weak to really make a difference so they don't use it, but spirit intensifies that skill, making the compulsion barely breakable.

"Well, couldn't you…? She cut me off.

"I would but I don't know how strong she is, the younger she discovered her magic, the more she experienced she will be, making her stronger." I never thought of it that way.

"It's worth a try." I was determined to find out what it was that everyone was keeping from me, that no one could stop me now.

"Rose, you haven't thought this through. How are you going to get him on his own anyway?" a smile grew across my face as a plan began to form in my head.

"That's where you come in."

Twenty minutes later we found ourselves walking down the corridor towards Avery's dorm. I had kindly persuaded Adrian to give it to me as I told him it was to introduce Lissa to the new girl. To be honest I had a hidden agenda, if Lissa found another spirit user, which would help her discover more about her magic. And with Simon being another Shadow kissed, he can help me with mine.

I could feel Lissa's nervousness through the bond and tentatively took her hand in mine as we came to a stop in front of Avery's door. I softly knocked on the door, waiting patiently for Avery to answer. Not a minute later, the dark haired girl opened the door wide to reveal two boys, including Simon in the room behind her.

"Oh, Hey Rose. What can I do you for?" she asked as she opened the door wider to invite me in.

"Avery, I wanted to introduce you to Vasilisa. Vasilisa Dragomir, this is Avery Lazar." Lissa extended her hand towards Avery, who engulfed her in a hug, ignoring the hand she had outstretched.

"It's so nice to finally meet you, I have heard so much about you." Avery said as she released Lissa from her embrace. As if suddenly remembering that there were two other people in the room, Avery turned to them.

"Simon is my guardian and that grinning idiot is my brother Reed." Reed, who shared Avery's dark hair, instantly strung to his feet as he stumbled towards Lissa and I, his hand outstretched.

"It's so great to finally meet the last Dragomir and the most famous novice in history." Both Lissa and I took turns in shaking Reeds shaky hand before looking in Simon's direction. He didn't seem to speak to anyone other than his own circle.

I noticed Simon was watching both Lissa and I carefully, never taking his eyes off us as Avery pulled us towards the empty sofa. Upon sitting my hand automatically took rest on my ever growing stomach; I just hoped that no one noticed.

"So you're a spirit user too Lissa?" Avery asked the smile on her face growing as Lissa nodded at her. "Oh my god, this is so exciting. I have never met anyone who is also a spirit user."

"So Reed isn't…" Lissa asked.

"Oh no, it doesn't work like that. Usually it skips a generation or something like that." Avery said, looking over at Reed and flashed him a smile. "Reed is a Fire user, quite handy in battle." Reed's smile grew smug but he didn't speak; instead he turned to Simon and began to speak.

"So…How did you become shadow kissed?" Avery asked me and I instantly felt Lissa stiffen beside me.

"Erm…well, I died and Lissa healed me. And here I am." I said as I tried to cut the painful conversation short.

"How did you die?" great, she had to ask that question.

"W...When my family died. Rose was in the car and she died." Lissa said softly, her eyes trained on her hands.

"Oh, my god. I'm so sorry!" Avery timidly reached out her hand and placed it over Lissa's.

"It's ok; it was a while ago now." Lissa all but whispered, I took the sudden quietness to change the subject.

"So when did Simon die, if you don't mind me asking?" I said as I wrapped my arm around Lissa, lending her my strength.

"Well, long story short, he died in battle and I couldn't let him just die protecting me." Avery said as she turned to face Simon and gently placed her other hand over his. I can understand how she felt; if Lissa's and my places were reversed I would have done the same.

"So you two are close?" Lissa asked, watching them closely.

"Of course, we are bound. Simon knows me better than I know myself." She stated, flashing him another smile. Suddenly Avery's expression changed as she tilted her head to the side as she continued to look at me, causing a slight annoyance to stir in my stomach at the way her eyes bored into me.

"Your aura is as black as Simon's but yours has some sort of purple glow to it. I've never seen anything like it." She mused as she continued to look at me. I turned away to look at Lissa, her face showing no emotions.

"I don't know I can't read auras." Lissa said, shrugging; Avery didn't look convinced but she shrugged it off.

"I think it's time to go, it's getting late and we need our sleep." I announced standing, pulling Lissa up with me and made our way towards the door.

After a quick hug goodbye, Lissa and I made our way towards her dorm. I hated that I didn't have the opportunity to speak to Simon; to be honest I thought he would be standing outside the door instead of being inside her room sipping tea.

I was determined to find out what was this big secret that I knew nothing was going to stop me, I will corner him if I needed too. I hated knowing that there was something I needed to 'find myself' but not having a single clue what I'm looking for.

I crawled into bed, not caring to brush my teeth or have a quick shower. I just wanted to sleep; maybe new ideas will come to me in my sleep.

Loud knocking woke both Lissa and I from our sleep, of course, me, being a morning person, not, growled at the knocker and turned over. But always the cheerful Lissa was already up and wrapping herself in her blue dressing gown as she made her way to the door.

"Hey, Um... Are you busy today?" a quiet voice said through the crack in the door. I knew who it was immediately and at this early in the morning I will have kicked his arse.

"Erm, Adrian, its Sunday. We'll probably be going to church." Lissa answered as she turned her head back to face me, checking I was now awake.

"Oh, right, church. I was just wanted to know if you and baby momma in there wanted to go shopping. You see, Avery doesn't have any clothes that aren't for the cold weather of Alaska so I arranged for her and a few friends to go shopping." Well, that's nice of him but it wasn't like I needed anything, not yet anyway.

"Erm, whose going?" Lissa sounded just like me, nervous. We didn't know a thing about this Avery or her family apart from her father is a well known headmaster. Why should we walk into the lions den in the dark? Sure she has some information I want but that doesn't mean I want to be best friends with the nosey mare.

"Well, Christian will go if you are, which means, Mason and Mr Russian will be going. Then there's Avery, Simon and reed of course. And me, plus an extra guardian because of the amount of Moroi." Dimitri was going? Well, I guess I'm in although sneaking around wasn't how I liked to spend my outings, I guess it would do.

"Sure, just keep Mason from Rose and Dimitri from Mason." Lissa ordered her voice full of amusement. She said her goodbyes before turning to face my excited smile. I haven't spent a lot of time with my sexy Russian so I would grab what ever time I could.

Quickly, so to not make everybody wait longer, we got hurried to get changed. For me I applied little make up and curled my unruly hair before I did anything, in which time Lissa had totally finished. So I grabbed my skinny jeans and my pretty blue blouse and followed her out of the door.

Of course I loved the look on Dimitri's face as his eyes hungrily racked over my body, causing me to blush and drag my eyes away from him. Thankfully the blouse was new and slightly bigger so it easily hid my baby bump that everyday seemed to get bigger, much to Lissa's delight, meaning more internet shopping for designer maternity clothing.

As we made our way I noticed Reed's excited expression, Simon's hidden one and Mason's nervous one as his eyes continued to dash in Dimitri's direction ever few seconds. Adrian elbowed Dimitri in the side, warning him to relax as it had suddenly become evident to anyone who was looking at him. Of course this amused Alberta who was standing by the SUV, watching Dimitri's face with a grin on hers.

After our hello's we began to make our way into the van, which led to arguments of who would sit wear. Lissa wanted to sit with Christian and Adrian wanted to sit with Avery but Simon and Reed wanted to sit with her but there was only one spare seat next to her. I, of course wanted to sit with Dimitri but was going to be put with Mason which caused me to growl and kick a fuss.

"I can't sit with him." I moaned at Lissa. "You know I can't."

"And why is that Rose?" Dimitri said from behind me in his guardian voice, even though I knew as well as he did that he too wanted to sit with me.

"Because..." Crap, I couldn't tell him if Mason still wanted to live and Mason could tell that as my eyes flashed to his worried ones.

"Rose?" Dimitri prompted obviously curious to why I didn't answer. I dropped my head to hide from his eyes so he wouldn't know I was lying.

"Nothing, no reason." I said before turning and taking my seat in the back of the van.

"Hey, Guardian Belikov, you sit next to Rose and I'll sit with Simon. Reed can sit with Adrian and Avery." I sighed, thankful that Mason had decided to keep his distance.

"See, wasn't that hard, now get you butts in the van." Alberta called from the driver's seat. Without another word everybody else filled into the van, taking their seats accordingly; Dimitri took his seat next to me, taking my hand and flashing me a cheeky grin.

As soon as we started moving, I was struck by a headache, painful but not one I couldn't ignore. I tried my best to calm myself and keep my mind off the aching in my head but nothing seemed to help. Thankfully with my Russian god next to me, I turned and tried to focus on his features, happy when I felt the pain numb.

Out of no where he shuffled down in his seat, pulling me down with him as he leaned in a captured my lips with his. I found it extremely hard not to groan in pleasure as we made the long desired contact. But he didn't stop there; his hand took hold of my thigh as it slowly began to inch upwards, stroking soft circles up as he went, causing me to quietly whimper.

At that second my phone vibrated in the pocket Dimitri's hand had stopped against. Without hesitation he plunged his hand into my pocket and pulled out my phone, sliding it up and laughing at the message. When he faced it towards me, I couldn't contain my laughter at the words that covered the screen.

Quit it, heard and seen enough thanks, thought you were being mentor and student! Act like it before I explode. L X

Poor Lissa; she has been struggling with her newly opened power, popping into my head when she least wanted too and it seems that she's still trying to control it. Although I could help her with it, she was determined to do this on her own only to complain constantly when her control faltered.

At the sound of our laughter, Adrian, Avery, Reed and Simon, turned around to face us; Adrian's eyebrow raising as he read our aura's before shaking his head and sitting back in his seat. The other three however looked at us curiously, Avery's face being the most confused. I could only imagine what our auras must look like; lust, desire, love. Quickly I tuned my eyes away from hers and looked back at my phone; pretending to be engrossed in something until her eyes turned away and she went back to talking with Adrian.

Dimitri and I stayed quietly for while before we decided it was safe to talk without being the centre of attention. Although I knew what he was going to ask, I also knew that I didn't want anyone in this van to see how he will react.

"So, Mason?" He quietly asked, his hand still holding mine, but tightened slightly in encouragement.

"It's nothing; we've just had a falling out." I muttered in reply, suddenly finding the blacked out windows interesting.

"About?" he pried.

"Nothing, trust me Dimitri." Pleading with him to stop but knowing he wouldn't.

"Come on Rosa, Something had got to have happened to you to react like that."

"Later, ok!" I told him as I turned to face him, my eyes pleading with him.

"Rosa, ya tebya lyublyu, you can tell me anything." I nodded and lent my head on his shoulder.

"I know, and I promise later. Ya tebya lyublyu tozhe." I muttered and placed a soft kiss on his hand.

To be honest, I dreaded telling him but I knew I couldn't lie to him, especially if someone found out and told him the wrong story, it could end up badly. But knowing his reaction, I was scared that one, he'll lose his job and two, he would do some damage to Mason for touching what's his.

"Finally, we're here." Avery called though the van, her voice full of excitement.

Reluctantly, Dimitri and I let go of each other's hands as I stood to make my way out of the van, to receive a sneaky slap on my arse from Dimitri. God he was such a tease when he was sexually deprived.

Once everybody was out the van and with their charge, we made our way towards the shopping mall, Avery, Lissa and I linked together as Avery dragged us through the entrance and towards the first shore she saw. Being apart from Dimitri I felt the headache return, increasing in intensity, and making it harder to keep my eyes open. This caused my enthusiasm to sink as I tried to numb the pain, but I kept my mouth shut and a smile on my face as I tried to pretend everything was fine, like any guardian would.

We continued this way, going to every store that sold clothes; Avery bought an item or more from each store, bouncing up and down on the spot when she found something that caught her eye. I felt sorry for the boys, although they had gone off on their own, they didn't like to stay away from us girls for too long.

Dimitri had regrettably had to stay with the boys, leaving Alberta to be my talk buddy while Lissa and Avery fussed over dresses and skirts. Although I loved Alberta, she didn't really speak much unless it was about work or battle strategies, which didn't surprise me that she wasn't either married nor have a boyfriend.

Soon the boys made another trip back to us as we made our way to the end of the mall, coming to a store I hated to go in with present company. Of course much to my distaste and the boys delight, Avery and Lissa dragged us through the doors of the lingerie store.

The thrilly colourful lace that filled the store made me blush but I sucked it up and continued through the store. Alberta had finally had enough of Adrian using the thongs as catapults when one 'accidentally' hit her on the shoulder that she tossed the boys out of the store; the disappointed look on Adrian's face was priceless.

Once Lissa and Avery had bought what they wanted the turned to leave. Avery looked at my empty arms and raised an eyebrow.

"Didn't you buy anything Rose?" she asked as she began to look around the store.

"No, have no need for any." I said simply, my eyes dashing to the door way where Dimitri was standing with the boys as Adrian whined. Avery obviously noticed my gaze because she smiled and patted my shoulder.

"If you want to bag that, then maybe you should buy some." I laughed and blushed deeper as she picked up a piece of blue lace that I was absolutely sure it wouldn't cover anything. I looked around the store and noticed Alberta's grin as she raised an eyebrow at me.

Eventually caved, even though I had tried to convince Avery that I didn't need it, she seemed relentless. As we walked out the store, I was again greeted by a raised eyebrow from Dimitri but I just gave him a man eating smile and shrugged me shoulders as I walked past him, wiggling my hips.

The ride back to the academy was quiet although entertaining as Dimitri kept trying to get a look at what I had brought, claiming he wanted to see if it was age appropriate, which of course made me laugh at him and call him a dork. But I loved being back in his company, to hold his hand and have the headache numb again like it had before. Sighing, I settled into my seat and rested my head on his chest, listening to his heart beat for the rest of the journey.

At the academy, we quietly made our way back to the dorms, taking note that students were still asleep as human day and Moroi nights worked the opposite. I noticed Simon standing back from the group, his eyes vigilant as he watched every movement around him. Seeing an opening, I trailed behind a bit until I was with Simon; he looked at me and nodded but didn't say a word. Soon the silence became too much and I burst out with my question.

"So, you're shadow kissed?" I asked casually, like I had had this conversation before although I hadn't.

"Yes." He said simply, not saying anything else.

"Is it annoying when you get sucked into Avery's head?" I asked hoping he had the same ability.

"It's helpful when she is in trouble." Not the answer I was looking for.

"I hear that. So is there anything else you can do? Can you hear her mental voice? Feel her emotions? Read her mind?" He looked at me for a moment and raised his eyebrow.

"Why are you so determined to find out about being shadow kissed?" he almost whispered as we came to a stop, leaving the other to continue walking.

"Because I want to know the effects it would have on my child." I answered. His eyes widened as he looked into my eyes. I know using my child as a reason was silly but I couldn't help but think if I was bound to Lissa, would that make my child bound too? I had so many questions and no one to answer them.

"I could not say I have heard about such an incident. All I know is that being shadow kissed binds you to the Moroi; I don't think it will bind the child. As for being shadow kissed, yes, I can feel her emotions, hear her mental voice and see the dead." Wait what?

"S...See the dead?" Surely he was kidding.

"Yes, after you see death for the first time, you begin to see it clearly. We are connected to the world of the dead." I felt my heart freeze. Connected to the world of the dead?

"I..." I didn't know what to say.

"The headache you experienced was the connection alive. The wards that protect the school block them, only when you are out of the wards will you see them." Well that explains the headache.

"Simon, come on." Reed shouted towards us, breaking the silence that had fallen. Simon turned to me and gave me a smile before we slowly made our way back towards the gang.

"Your secrets safe with me." he whispered before following Reed and Avery through the door.

Dimitri looked at me curiously before making his way towards me, but I knew I still couldn't speak. More than anything I was scared. And now I had to retell my findings to everyone else. It was going to be one hell of a long morning.