I woke up in the middle of the day feeling extremely uncomfortable. The spot my leg with the ice pack was left a cold, wet spot on the sheets and my back was sore. I kicked the melted ice pack off the bed, and that was enough to wake Dimitri up as well. "It's the middle of the night Roza. Why are you up?" I knew our quick triggers where good, but at that moment I wished he would have been able to sleep through a fire alarm.

"I'm not you are." I remembered all of the recent times I didn't tell him the truth, and decided before he could chastise me I just told him. "I'm just uncomfortable. I'll go to sleep again eventually don't worry." I felt him shift in bed. I rolled over to face him. He was stacking all of the pillows behind him. He sat up and leaned back slightly. Dimitri made a patting motion on his lap. He crawled over and he hoisted me on top of him. He held me as if I was a two year old, but for some reason it felt intimate.

To my surprise I fell asleep faster than I had in weeks. When I woke up the sun was about to start setting. Dimitri was still sleeping, so I was going to sit still for a while so he could rest. Instead I nearly fell off the bed when I heard a knock on the door. Dimitri instantly shot up. He stared at the door. "Belikov, let me in so I can see my daughter. I did not come all this way for a diner in the middle of nowhere." I exhaled in relief immediately recognizing my fathers accent. When Dimitri opened the door, it was strange how I was instantly excited to see the man.

When I got up to hug him, I was pleasantly surprised to find my ankle didn't hurt at all. He greeted me and was friendly, but he went right to business. "Well let's get on the road, I'll drive." Dimitri and I shared nervous glances.

"I think it would look better if, as 'your guardian', I drove." My father quickly agreed and I was relieved. "I'm sure you have plenty of things to talk to Rose about, so I get everyone packed and you can talk." I rolled my eyes.

"I can help!" I crossed my arms "and I'm sure the old man just wants to tell me about Lissa. I don't want think about her right now. I can't or her emotions will get me stuck in her head." The men looked at me in shock. I thought back to when Lissa first saved me. When her family passed away I was upset because they treated me like family. However I didn't know how to control the bond very well, so ever time Lissa would get upset I would be instantly sucked in. It was pretty awful, I was mostly in bed for a few weeks because I was scared of falling or something happening when I couldn't control one of the episodes.

Now because of my situation and unpredictable hormones, my emotional mind set is fragile to say the least. All of Lissa's heartbreak is so strong and a lack of wards to keep ghosts away is making being myself hard.

My father looked for once uncomfortable and Dimitri had the look of pain he always had when I acted like this. I stepped toward my father. "Listen old man, you won't mention anything about Lissa, her baby, her status, nothing, because I will happily turn myself in so I don't have to have someone else dumping guilt into my mind. Got it?" It was clear he was more used to giving rather than receiving threats. He turned to Dimitri,and pointed at me.

"She's been like this the whole time she's been with you?" Dimitri simply laughed a little before beginning packing suitcases. I crossed my arms in a huff, but my belly got in the way and I had to reconfigure them, this made Dimitri laugh a little more.

"Hey, you did this to me." I sat down on the bed. "So where are your things old man." His head popped up as if he just realized something. He hurried outside before hauling a large suitcase into the RV, it was bigger than all of the bags we already had and was made of some bright teal fabric, complete with some gold tassels and embroidered designs. Before I could even offer help again, Dimitri already had everything in the RV away. "Ugh I'm going to go back to sleep, or at least try." Once again Dimitri gave me that look, but I brushed it off and directed his attention to the steering wheel.

When we were close to the campus gates Dimitri pulled over. I surprisingly drifted off as soon as we where moving, so he came to wake me. "Roza, baby it's time to wake up, you have to hide." I yawned.

"Baby?" It was a pet name he never used on me. He kisses my forehead and took my hand.

"Yes, baby, you have to wait in the bathroom till I come to get you." He was using his soothing voice. He knew before I did that sitting in there would freak me out. After this incident in Spokane, I got claustrophobic when I felt trapped. He took my hand and lead me to the bathroom. I lowered myself onto the pillows laid down onto the two by two space in the floor. Dimitri knelt in front of me and handed me a blanket. He kissed me before closing the door.

My father said something on the lines of "you baby her to much" and either Dimitri ignored him or responded quietly because I didn't hear him say anything.

After pulling the blanket around me, the RV lurched forward. I while later we stopped, and Dimitri and my father began speaking to someone. Soon we where driving again for a brief while. This time when we stopped no one said anything. The bathroom door opened and I looked up to Dimitri. He had an odd look on his face. I took his hand and carefully I stood up. My legs wobbled a little. "Thank you." I stepped forward and hugged him. It was a little awkward with my round belly in between us, but I felt safe again.

As soon as we stepped out the RV I recognized the garage that was under the guardian dorms, it was half full of black vans. I remembered coming down here once before when Victor had kidnapped Lissa. Dimitri hurried through the lot, when we got on the elevator he pressed the third floor button. I leaned against him, not only because I felt tired still, but because I was scared when the doors open someone would be waiting and see me.

The doors opened at the lobby, which was surprisingly empty and my father got out. He waved goodbye but kept it brief. When we got to the third floor, we were lucky no one was in the hall. Dimitri sped over to the door of his old room, and opened it with his old key. He ushered me in before nearly slamming the door behind us.

The room still smelled like him, after months of being empty, his aftershave stained the furniture with its smell. I sniffed in as I looked around. It was like a larger version of the RV, bedroom/living area, a small kitchenette, and a bathroom. Only this one wasn't on wheels. For the first time in months I lay on the bed felling relaxed. The constant dull headache I had from being outside the wards was gone, and I felt control over myself, mostly.

Dimitri joined me on the bed and for a while we relaxed as the sun finished setting. We had a day at most until someone came looking for Dimitri, so we decided to make the most of it. I don't think my desires could have been kept at bay much longer anyways. Bring pregnant is just horrible...sometimes.

After we had spent sometime in bed, taking care of each other, Dimitri got up and started to get ready for the 'day'. It was pitch black so I new the school day probably just started less than an hour ago. I didn't both getting up, because I worst going anywhere and I had nothing to do. "I come back as early as I can." He smiled. "But please, no stunts." Stay here, and don't answer the door, and don't make a lot of noise." I rolled my eyes.

"What could I possibly do." It was rhetorical but he answered anyways.

"I've learned to not underestimate you." He threw on his duster, planted a kiss on my cheek and then hurried out the door. A while later I finally got up and peered out my window. I could barely see the quad, but made sure to hide mostly behind incase anyone looked over here. Somehow I managed to find a face I recognized. Jill.

She was pulling a large suitcase toward the Moroi dorm and she was all alone. I felt bad, I remember my first year at the academy didn't exactly bring back fond memories. She was so sweet and bubbly when I met her last year. She definitely grew up a little, over the summer. Even from fifty feet away she looked like she was starting to grow into herself. I also seen guardian's and other instructors I used to have milling around. It was really just perfect timing everyone was getting ready to leave for winter break.

I crawled back into bed and looked around. I had to ask Dimitri why the room was completely furnished when he got back, but just most of my time was spent at the time, I fell asleep.

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