*Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead does!*

Rose's POV

The next weeks passed quickly and before I knew it, there were only two weeks left of school. Dimitri and I never talked about my brief spurt of craziness in the airport. I don't think he realized that I was actually going crazy in that moment. It was like my mind had gone on auto-pilot and every thought that went through my head came out of my mouth. I never have mastered filtering my thoughts, but this was bad, even for me. I don't know what came over me, but whatever it was, hasn't happened since.

I spent almost every night in Dimitri's room. It was the best feeling in the world to wake up in his arms. I got more time in the mornings with him, because he had cut out my morning training. Senior novices were spending so much time preparing for their trials and Dimitri wanted to give them more gym space to practice. My trainings with Dimitri were going great. Somehow we managed to focus only on my workouts during training. I had gotten to the point where I was beating Dimitri more than he was beating me, which was an amazing feat. I couldn't wait until next year. Dimitri promised that he would start training me with a stake when we came back in the fall.

He insisted the reason he hadn't started training me was because I wasn't ready. I could see through his façade though. He wanted an excuse to keep training me. Because I hadn't even touched a stake much less used it, I will need a lot of practice to catch up to the novices, or at least that's what Dimitri told Stan.

Lissa had been here this past weekend and we had just dropped her off at the airport. It was sticky and hot out so Dimitri had insisted on taking another shower when we got back to the Academy.

I was sitting on Dimitri's bed waiting for him to come out of the shower when his phone started ringing. I looked at it and saw Lissa's name. I was confused as to why she was calling. She should be on a plane right now.

"Hey Liss!" I said into the phone.

"Hey Rose!" Lissa said excitedly.

"What's up?" I asked. I wondered what was going on. She sounded so excited.

"I found it!" Lissa practically squealed.

I was confused. Had she lost something? "Found what?" I asked her.

"The perfect apartment! For us to rent during the summer!" Lissa exclaimed. I briefly remembered our last conversation when Lissa said she was going to look for something. She had been extremely excited when I came up with the idea to live together during the summer.

"Wait Liss, how did you find an apartment? Dimitri and I dropped you off at the airport," I asked her confused.

"I didn't actually board the plane. I switched to a later flight. I looked for apartments near the airport, so I would be able to walk back easily and then I found it. It's so perfect Rose. Perfect for you and Dimitri and me and Christian," Lissa said happily.

"That's great Liss! Did you ask Christian yet?" I asked her uncertainly. I certainly hadn't even mentioned it to Dimitri. I had no idea how to even start.

"No. I was going to call him once I talked to you. I mentioned it to him and he seemed excited about it though," Lissa told me. "The apartment is magical. There are two big rooms and the living room has a beach theme. We have a balcony that looks out towards these mountains. It's amazing and it's here in Montana so if Dimitri has work to do at the Academy he would be able to drive there and back easily."

"That sounds great Liss," I told her sincerely. I heard Dimitri turn the water off. "Liss! How do I asked him about this?" I asked her panicked.

"I don't know," Lissa admitted in a small voice. "I wish I could help you Rose, but you have nothing to be worried about. I know he is going to say yes. He loves you."

I wish I could be reassured by Lissa's words, but I couldn't. I was so scared that Dimitri wouldn't want to spend his summer with some teenagers. He would probably want to spend it with people his own age. Girls his own age.

I shook my head to clear it just as Dimitri walked out of the bathroom. He was only in a towel and let me tell you, that didn't do much to help clear my head.

"I gotta go Liss. I'll call you later," I promised her.

"Good luck!" She said to me. I closed Dimitri's phone and grinned at him.

"Hey Comrade. Nice look for you, but I think you would look better without the towel," I joked.

He tried to hide his smile, but I saw it. "What did Lissa want?" He asked curiously. I looked at him nervously. Might as well come right out and say it.

"Well, she decided not to fly home yet. Instead she was looking into an apartment for me and her to share," I told him. "I can't really go home for the summer."

"Oh. Did she find anything?" Dimitri asked.

I nodded. "She said it's this apartment near the airport. It sounds pretty amazing," I admitted.

"That's great," Dimitri said with a smile.

"She's going to ask Christian to live with us," I told him hesitantly.

"Are you alright with that?" Dimitri asked surprised.

"Yeah," I told him honestly. "She really cares about Christian and I know he cares about her." She loves him, but I wasn't about to tell Dimitri that. Christian had told Lissa he loved her this past weekend and Lissa had been ecstatic.

"Well, as long as you're okay with it," Dimitri said.

It's now or never. I took a deep breath. "Would you like to live with us too?" I asked, not looking at him. I braced myself for his no. What I wasn't anticipating was the silence. The silence dragged on and on. I felt like I was going to explode. I was too scared to look at his face. "You know what? This was a dumb idea. Forget I asked about it. I should've known you wouldn't want to spend your summer with a group of teenagers. Don't worry about it."

I stood up and started to walk towards the door. Just as I was about to open the door, warm arms wrapped around me. "I do," he whispered in my ear.

I turned to him confused. "You do?" I asked uncertainly.

"I do want to live with you. I was just surprised. I hadn't expected you to actually ask me to live with you. Of course I want to live with you. I don't care if we're surrounded by toddlers, as long as we're together," he told me sincerely.

I grinned at him. "You sure?" I asked him.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," he promised me.

I grinned at him and leaned up towards him. I pressed my lips to his. He pulled back after a couple of seconds.

"Roza, I have to ask you a question now," he told me nervously.

"Ask away," I told him.

"I am going to Russia for two weeks to visit my family. Would you like to go with me?" He asked me. "I really want you to meet my family."