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Okay so here it is, the chapter you've all been waiting for. The goodbye and the hello...hehehe I hope you enjoy.

35

Staring at a door won't change what's behind it. I stood there staring at that accursed door for ten minutes with Dimitri and Lissa standing at my side.

An announcement over the loud speaker told me that my plane would be boarding shortly. A way to happy woman wearing a stewardess uniform opened the door to let me see a gloomy hallway.

Lissa turns to me with her thoughts going haywire. She tries to smile, "Rose," she says in a cracked voice.

I just drag her into a hug, "It's going to be fine, this will be completely straightened out in a few weeks and I'll be back here guarding you."

She nods, tears stream down her face, "Yeah."

"Well you sound so convincing," I say trying not to break down. I don't break easily but being so mad and everything else I was wearing down.

She steps back and wipes her eyes, "No, just think of this as a vacation. I mean when you're my Guardian again you'll be stuck with me forever, I'm sure you'll look back at this one day thinking how much you'd love to be rid of me again."

"Lissa," I say exasperated.

She smiles and I can see by her thoughts that she's thinking of ways like that to describe it to herself.

Christian walks towards us now and snakes his arm around Lissa's waist. "Well if it means anything I might miss you."

"Aw Christian, you're going to miss me?" I ask with a huge grin.

He rolls his eyes, "I said might."

I give him a hug and he stiffens, after a second he pats me on the back. "Okay, okay, you can stop now," he mutters.

I pull away from him and wipe an imaginary tear from my eye, "Oh Christian I just don't know how I'm going to live without you."

"I'm sure it will be taxing you might not even be able to handle it."

I punch him lightly.

He rolls his eyes again, "Go get on the plane to your mystery person."

Lissa's mind catches at Christian's words.

"They really didn't tell you who you're assigned to?"

I exchange a glance with Dimitri, "No just that I meet him at the airport when I land."

"Well it's a he at least you know that part," Christian points out.

All three of us glare at him.

"Well do you know anyone in Ireland?" Christian asks Dimitri and Lissa, "I can't think of anyone."

"I know dhampirs but no Moroi that live there," Dimitri says shrugging.

"I don't know anyone other than people from school that used to go there on vacation," Lissa says tugging Christian's arm around her.

"Well great," I mutter blowing a piece of hair out of my eyes.

I glare over at the door and the woman. She just smiles and waves like she wants to be my best friend.

"I think I need to go," I say glancing down at my new watch. Lissa had given it to me while we were driving over.

I hug Lissa one more time and she and Christian stay while Dimitri walks me over to the door.

He tugs me into a hug. I put my arms around his neck and breathe in the scent of him. I close my eyes and bury my head in his chest. "Tell me this won't last," I ask him.

"It won't, everything will be fixed soon, I promise."

He surprises me by pulling back he puts his hand in his pocket and takes out a box with just a red ribbon.

"What is that?" I ask eyeing it suspiciously.

He laughs, "It's something I've wanted to give you for awhile now."

I take it noting that it's not as light as I thought it was going to be.

I take one end of the ribbon and pull, I lift the lid. A intricately carved wood box is sitting inside a mess of tissue paper. I take it out and Dimitri takes the ribbon and box from me. I trace the designs, roses, with my fingers. I look up at him and he smiles. This smile is rare, it's the one I only get when I've done something that surprises him.

"Open it Roza," he says huskily.

I lift the lid and my breathing stops. I stare into the box then back at Dimitri then back to the box.

A necklace sits there. Three roses all rubies with silver stems making it into a crescent moon shape. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

I looked back at him speechless.

"I know you don't like the whole rose theme but this has been in my family for a very long time."

"Dimitri I love it," I say picking up the silver chain. He helps me put it on. "I love you," I say staring at him.

"I love you," he says kissing me lightly on the lips.

"Miss you need to board now," the overly happy lady says walking over to us. I look around noticing that Lissa is watching me with a huge grin on her face while Christian stands looking at something over his shoulder.

I also notice that the other people who had been standing around waiting to board were gone.

I lean up and kiss him one last time.

"I promise you that as soon as I can I'll be back to you," I say.

He nods, "I know."

I reluctantly let my hand slide from his. I wave one last time to Lissa and I hand the woman my ticket. I take a deep breath and walk through the dingy hall and to the plane where I get to sit in a window seat next to an overly perfumed woman who kept blabbering to someone across the aisle.

I closed my eyes and concentrated on not killing anyone.

And to keep that last image of the airport away from my thoughts. Of seeing what Christian had been staring at, the lone figure leaning against the row of telephones.

Adrian.

I woke up a few hours later as the captain announced that we needed to put on our seatbelts for landing.

I felt my adrenaline spike as I realized I was getting closer to finding out the mystery behind my new assignment.

The screen at the front of the plane was telling us all about Aerfort Bhaile Atha Cliath. When we landed I stayed in my seat till I had to get off.

The captain and co captain said goodbye in a cheery farewell along with the stewardess from before. I huffed my goodbye and walked off the plane.

Dublin was five hours ahead of me so when I got off the plane to see the afternoon sun I was mildly surprised. I looked at a clock on the wall, it was almost four in the afternoon.

I scanned the airport looking for something or someone that was supposed to show me to where I was going.

"Rosemarie Hathaway?" a cool voice asked from behind me.

I turned to see a tall but broad dark haired man. If I hadn't recognized the stance of the two men standing beside him I would have thought there was a chance for him being a dhampir.

"Yes," I looking him over. He was a Moroi, I could see that but he was different, he looked just as threatening as the Guardians at his side.

He smiles as he looks at me and hold his hand out, "Abe Mazur."

Cue the dramatic music huh? Hehehehe well sorry to disappoint the people who thought it was going to be Dimitri's dad but I just thought this would be an interesting thing to happen. So review and tell me what you think. Thanks for reading, review!