Hey there you lovely people! Thanks so much for all of your amazing reviews, and here's to everyone who requested Valentine's day oneshots!

Ok, so this chapter is dedicated to a very special lady who has a really awesome story on here called Running to Nowhere! VaGypsy, happy birthday my girl! I hope you're having a great one and that this chapter only adds to your joy!

Summary: Defensive magic classes in California takes the guys away from their ladies for days, but when Christian nor Dimitri doesn't reach out on Valentine's day, Rose and Lissa take comfort in each other as they set out to have an all-girl's day, but Rose is doing it for more than just to spend time with her best friend. Can the guys make it up to their girls? And what is Rose's other reasons? Read to find out and drop me some reviews!

Oh yeah, this isn't edited, and I don't own VA!

Roses are red, violets are blue. No matter where I may be, your heart will always be with me.

"Unbelievable, that's what he is! How could he even do this to me? To us?" I clutched desperately to the fading clutches that sleep had around me, really I did, but of course my best efforts weren't enough. It didn't help that I could hear Lissa's angry voice outside my door.

"Rose!" She yelled, breaking my concentration, and my eyes snapped open. "Are you even listening to me?" I pulled the pillow back over my head attempting to block her out and hopefully go back to sleep, but I couldn't. Maybe it was because I spent too much time around Dimitri, not that that was a bad thing, but I'd picked up on his alertness and I was still Rose Hathaway so now, I was alert and angry.

Outside had gone silent, Lissa had no doubt retreated back to her own room or maybe my couch, but I was awake. I was wide awake and couldn't for the life of me make myself go back to sleep. It didn't help that now that I could think about other things that didn't involve going back to sleep, I was more than a little curious as to what led her to my door this early in the morning.

With a long, drawn out sigh, I dragged myself out of bed and into the bathroom. I wanted to talk to her, but I seriously had to pea and I had a very serious craving for food. Then again, food was always something I craved, well, food and Dimitri…I stopped that train of thought immediately. Instead, I focused on brushing my teeth though I kept imagining what Dimitri would do if he were here.

"Vasalisa Dragomir, you had better have a dam good reason for waking me at this god forsaken hour of the dam morning," I growled angrily. "Wait, isn't it a little early for that, Liss?" I asked when I saw the tub of ice-cream in her lap and the spoon in her hand. It didn't bother me so much that she was eating my ice-cream but more because she was eating it this early.

Her face crumpled and for a second, I thought she might cry, but she blinked and smiled though I could see that it was forced. Whatever anger I held at her for waking me vanished instantly. I sank down on the sofa beside her and shot her a questioning look.

"What's wrong?" She shook her head, but I wasn't having any of that. "Lissa?" I said challengingly.

"You don't realize what day it is do you?" I shook my head, running through the mental calendar in my head. I knew that it was certainly not her family's death anniversary, so what the hell was having this effect on her? I didn't know, and it was driving me crazy, so I sighed in defeat. Lissa, picking up on my thoughts wasted no time elaborating.

"It's Valentine's day, Rose!" She yelled, throwing her hands up in exasperation. I froze, my entire body locking up when I realized that she was in fact right.

Half a second later, I realized that she was watching me for a reaction so I slipped my guardian mask on. I couldn't let her know. "Ok, so why are you so upset?" I asked even though I already knew why. "Valentine's day is one of your favorite holidays."

"It's because Christian has yet to call or text or well, anything! I know he's busy, but seriously it only takes a minute to send a fucking message and I would think he would at the very least put a side a few minutes for us today of all days," She exclaimed angrily.

"Whoa there ok, calm down," I said. She opened her mouth, no doubt to snap at me but I didn't give her the chance. "Plus Liss, it's still early." She sighed and stuffed a spoonful of ice-cream into her mouth.

"Hey, here's an idea. How about we go get some breakfast because I'm seriously starving right now, and then we'll have an all-girls day?" She hesitated for a few seconds, making me feel bad because Lissa never had to think twice about girly things and, a 'girl's day' was usually full of girly activities. But then she nodded and smiled instantly putting me at ease.

"You're always starving Rose," She said as she stood with the tub of ice-cream. I rolled my eyes in protest, but half a second later when she turned to walk away with the ice-cream, I contradicted myself making Lissa nearly fall over with laughter.

"It's not funny," I exclaimed. "It's chocolate chip, Liss." I continued by way of explanation. "Plus it's mine!" That accomplished nothing except for making her laugh harder. She handed the ice-cream over and disappeared out the door. I walked out and stood in the doorway until I saw her go into her room even though I didn't really have to. There were other guardians stationed outside her door though they were hidden in the shadows, but I knew they would make themselves very visible if the need arose.

Suite was a better way to describe Lissa and Christian's place. I mean she was the queen after all, and it was because of the power she held that Dimitri and I was able to have housing just opposite to her and Christian's rather than in the smaller les opulent living quarters that the other guardians had to endure. That was soon changing, though, because Lissa might be queen, but deep down she was still my Lissa. The Lissa who was passionate about equality for all including the dhampirs, and the Lissa who was more than a little excited to have moroi and dhampir fighting side by side to combat the strigoi.

I didn't know how long I sat there just munching on the ice-cream and staring off into space while I tried not to think about Dimitri who was miles away in a newly built academy for moroi and dhampir novices located in California. It wasn't easy though, and by the time I managed to drag myself off the couch, I couldn't help the sadness that gripped me. Suddenly, I didn't want to go out so much anymore, but I couldn't do that to Lissa. She needed me today and Christian needed me to distract her, so I couldn't really call her up and say that I wasn't coming along. Plus, I'd been the one to suggest this stupid trip in the first place.

"Rose," Lissa sing songed sometime later, well at least one of us was perky. "Are you ready?"

"In a minute." I called back as I swept my long, dark hair up into a bun. I would usually jump at the chance to leave it down or go for a more stylish up do, but my mood had darkened considerably since thinking of Dimitri and how far away he was earlier, and along with it was every attempt to put effort into my appearance.

I slipped on my shoes, a pair of cute but sensible flats that would allow me to kick ass if I needed to though I highly doubted it, swung my purse onto my shoulder, checked for my stake and back up stake, gave myself a once over and then opened the door for Lissa. Her gaze swept over my outfit and she shook her head.

"What's with all the black?" She asked seriously. Now it was my turn to shake my head.

"Doesn't matter," I said. "Now let's go." I should've known I was not going to get away that easily.

"No, not until you tell me what's wrong. I can tell that something's eating you up, you know Rose." And then she pouted and batted her eyes and I was done for.

"It's nothing. I'm fine, I just miss Dimitri." Her gaze softened and she pulled me into a hug. I didn't resist and instead wrapped my own arms around her slender body.

"You mind if I find you a more, I don't know, colourful shirt to wear?" She asked and, knowing that I wasn't going to win this fight, I consented.

A 'more colourful shirt' turned out to be a glittery red halter dress that hugged my upper body showing off the swells of my breasts and accentuating my waist and hips. The skirt flared to a little past my knees where the dress ended. I knew she was going to demand that I wore heels and put my foot down immediately. I didn't know why, but Lissa didn't push it. She did however insist on changing my hair though I had no idea why. It wasn't like we were meeting the queen of England or Dimitri for that matter.

"There, that's perfect!" She squealed some time later. When I looked at myself in the mirror, I couldn't help but agree. My hair was twisted up into a French twist, but some was curled and left down to frame my face.

"You don't look so bad yourself, your majesty." That earned me a glare. But when I bowed lowly, she smacked my arm. Happy giggles bubbling out of our mouths, we locked up and left the house.

Our girl's day began at the spa where we got massages and manicures. We stopped by to see Rhonda, but not for a reading, thankfully. I couldn't help but notice how perfect all the red in her room seemed to look today as Lissa and I chatted with her for a while.

After that, we found ourselves in one of Court's many cafes. People stopped and stared as we entered, because this was apparently no place for her majesty the queen to be eating. It was a buffet style place, and apparently, no one wanted to see Lissa serve herself. People seriously got out of their chairs more than a little eagerly all in the hopes of serving the queen. Unfortunately for them, Lissa politely declined like I knew she would. These moroi were no friends of hers, no these were the ones who constantly opposed her and tried their damnest to give her a hard time. She might be the queen of the moroi world, but she did have a pretty good head on her shoulders.

"You want to go somewhere else?" I asked seeing the uncomfortable way she was moving around. She hesitated for a few seconds and that was all the response I needed. I walked over to a table that held disposable plates, cups and forks and took a few.

"Come on, we can eat somewhere else." I said as I helped her fill the plates and cups. Lissa's face lit up at that, and in that moment I was able to forget that I missed Dimitri. Well, maybe forget was too strong of a word, push it on the back burner was more like it.

Once we'd paid for our breakfast, Lissa and I took our food and went outside. We found ourselves sitting at one of court's many fountains, but this one wasn't just a fountain. This one was the one Dimitri had proposed by, the one Christian had proposed to Lissa by, and the one Lissa and I always came to when we wanted to get away from all the drama that living among vampires and half vampires brought with it. It was a bit out of the way, and provided the perfect distraction with it's thick cover of trees. It was perfect, and we spent the whole time chatting about trivial things.

By the time I realized what time it was, we'd been sitting there for hours. Shit. We had to go right now if I wanted Lissa to be ready in time. It wouldn't be that easy to convince her to dress up though, of that I was certain because just like me, she knew her guy wasn't here. So really what was the point of dressing up in the first place? Then, I got it.

"Dam, look at the time! You want me to give you a makeover, Liss?" I asked, smiling slightly. Lissa turned to stare at me with her eyebrows raised.

"Wait, so what I'm hearing is, that you, Rose Hathaway badass guardian, wants to give me a makeover?" I rolled my eyes, but I knew why she was asking.

"That's exactly what you're hearing. Now, you want one or not?" She flashed me a bright smile that made her look radiant and angelic before she stood and ran off toward palace housing.

"Geez, wait up, Liss!" I called as I took off after her. I caught up easily, and we drew quite the crowd. But they went away quite quickly when Lissa fixed them all with a look.

"Come on, milady, the bath awaits." Lissa giggled and lifted her feet from the bubbling, warm water she'd been soaking them in. Not wanting her to slip and break something, I walked beside her as I led her into the steamy bathroom. Multiple candles were lit, filling the air with the smells of Jasmin, lily and lavender. Flower petals were scattered all over in there to, and Lissa was giving me a weird look as she hesitated while pulling the tie on her robe loose. I rolled my eyes.

"Go on already, Liss. We don't have all night." Her eyes swept over my face again, and I was careful not to give anything away. Not finding anything, she gave up and stepped into the tub. She let out a contented sigh, and I took that as my cue to leave the room, closing the door behind me as I went.

Some time later, I told her it was time to get out and get dressed. I knew she was starting to get suspicious and I was honestly starting to lose my cool. I didn't know how much longer I could keep this charade up. Hell, I wanted to go lock myself in my bedroom and drown myself in ice-cream and cry myself to sleep.

"Oh my god Rose, that's beautiful!" Lissa squealed suddenly from behind me. I turned, startled and then realized that she was staring at the red and gold strapless dress laid out on the bed.

"Glad you like it," I said. "Cause it's yours. Now put it on." Lissa's eyes went wide in amazement and disbelief. A gentle push from me sent her taking a hesitant step forward, and the moment she stood in front of the bed, she gently ran her fingers over the glittering fabric.

"W-why would I put this on, Rose? I'm not even going anywhere!" I rolled my eyes.

"Just put it on, Liss. Don't ask any questions." To my amazement, she obeyed and slipped the dress on.

I helped her zip it and then instructed her to sit so I could do her hair. It didn't take long because the dress came with a red and gold tiara so I just curled her locks and left them to fall down her shoulders. If I thought she looked pretty with her hair like that, then she was beautiful when I set the tiara atop her head. Lissa refused the makeup and instead put some lip gloss on before I handed her a golden locket and pair of earrings. That coupled with her engagement ring were the only pieces of jewelry she wore.

"Ok, come on." I said once she'd slipped on her heels and grabbed her purse. Lissa stared at me, confused and I had to tug her hand so she would walk.

The moment the door opened and she realized who was standing there, Lissa froze. I expected her to run straight into Christian's awaiting arms, and she did, but it took a few minutes well before she snapped out of her shock. The moment she did, she ran at him and he wasted no time lifting her into the air and kissing her senseless.

"I'll just be going now…" I said, feeling my heart ache violently. The sound of my voice seemed to snap them out of their haze and they pulled away from each other.

"Thank you, Rose. Both for getting me ready for this and for helping me get through today." Lissa said jumping down from Christian's arms and tackling me in a huge hug. I returned it trying not to cry. Seeing them so cute and loving was sending my emotions into over drive. It only made me miss Dimitri more and, now that I thought about it, I realized he hadn't called me either today.

"Yeah Rosie, thank you." Christian said and all I could manage was a nod before I turned and went across the hall to my own apartment.

The moment I opened the door, I knew something was different. Well, I was instantly alerted by the rose petals scattered in my living room. Looking at them closer, I realized that they formed a trail, a trail that led straight to my bedroom. I didn't want to believe it, but my traitorous heart started beating erratically in my chest.

Hesitantly, I followed them and realized that the trail continued through the bedroom and all the way into the bathroom. Once there, I froze and stared completely dumbstruck. Candles were lit in there, the smell of lilacs and lavender mixing and mingling with the coconut wafting from the bubbly water. There were various heart shaped chocolates scattered around to, but all of my attention was fixed in the tub where my Russian sat, his tanned, muscular body nearly hidden in the suds from the bath.

"Aren't you going to join me Roza?" His accented voice wrapped around me making me completely incapable of moving even if I wanted to.

That was apparently too much for Dimitri. He stood, brushing off the suds until I could make out his body fully. My eyes as if they had minds of their own swept over him from head to toe, and I couldn't breathe. He closed the small distance that separated us, and in the blink of an eye he was standing there in front of me.

"C-comrade," I said breathlessly. Dimitri's lips curved into a sinfully sweet smile moments before he pressed them to mine in a kiss that stole my breath and would've knocked me over if his arms hadn't wrapped around my waist.

I responded instantly, and the next thing I knew Dimitri was undoing the strap of my dress and slipping it down my body. Everywhere his fingers grazed, sparks ignited filling me with animalistic passion. He took his time slipping my bra off and even longer taking my panties off.

I was 2 seconds away from just demanding that he took me already, but Dimitri wrapped his lips around one of my nipples while his hands worked the other one. Desperate for friction, I pressed myself against him. He let out a moan before lifting me into his arms and carrying me into the tub.

"I need you," I said breathlessly. Thankfully, maybe because we'd been apart for a week and then some, he was all too eager to oblige.

The moment our bodies came together was perfect. It was like we were two parts of the same puzzle incomplete without the other and now in this moment, we'd found each other and had no plans of letting go again. It was needless to say that we didn't dare stray too far from each other for the rest of that night. Even when we had dinner which Dimitri made might I add, I was sitting in his lap and he fed me my dessert. It was incredible though I hadn't been expecting him to come back because when I'd talked to him the day before he said he wasn't going to be able to make it. I was glad he had, and we showed each other just how glad we were to be back in each other's arms way into the night.

Sooo, liked? Let me know, guys! Sorry I didn't really go into much detail there with the lemon, I was pressed for time! Don't worry; I'll give you a proper Valentine's Day oneshot sometime in the possibly near future though I can't say when that'll be. I'm busy with school but I'll do my best to do at least 2 more between now and Valentine's day! Drop me some reviews, won't you?

Review lovelies, and you'll have the surprise of your life when Dimitri shows up at your house on Valentine's day...

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Roza