So here is chapter 3... hope ya like it... I meant to post yesterday and didn't...sorry!

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4th of July Fun

Chapter 3

Rose's POV

Dimitri and I road back towards the beginning of the racing area in a comfortable silence. It would have been hard to talk over the sound of the waves breaking around the Sea Doo anyway and both of us were obviously thinking about what had just happened at that fishing shed.

I could tell that Dimitri was still turned on by the feeling of my almost naked breasts rubbing against his bare back as the waves rocked the Sea Doo back and forth in a soothing motion.

We pulled up at the dock beside where Eddie was looking over the lake. He was probably looking for us after we had abandoned him. He waived a little at me as he saw us driving up and helped me step off the Jet Ski. He pulled me up to stand next to him as Dimitri tied the watercraft up next to Eddie's.

"What happened to you two? You just disappeared." Eddie asked. I wasn't sure if his voice was held an accusation or just simply confusion.

I played it off, acting as though we had gotten lost. "Dimitri took a wrong turn." I shrugged, "he thought it was a short cut."

Dimitri let a small smile touch his lips. Normally he would have claimed that he had turned on purpose but he couldn't really tell Eddie that he had disappeared to have sex with me.

Obviously our escapades were more important than his male ego and that made me happy. Dimitri just shrugged "it happens."

Eddie's face finally shifted to pure confusion but didn't want to question a guardian so he didn't ask any questions. He did however turn towards me and smile, "that means that I won."

Appalled that he could just to such a conclusion, I immediately replied, "Umm…no it doesn't!" I knew it was coming and already knew what my excuse would be. "I wasn't driving and we haven't settled the terms of our bet yet so we will have to race again, just us." I looked pointedly at Dimitri who had quietly been watching my interaction with Eddie.

"Yeah fine." Eddie wined, "but you don't have a Jet Ski so how are we suppose to do that?"

I smiled my man-eater smile at Dimitri and batted my eyelashes in an exaggerated manner. He just rolled his eyes and handed me the keys. "One race. Be careful. I still want to go back out. And don't get into any trouble Rose. I know how it seems to follow you around when I am not here to steer you in the other direction."

I pouted at this reference to me always getting in trouble but agreed. "Fine." I snatched the keys and turned back to Eddie. "Okay, what's the bet going to be?"

Dimitri just shook his head and walked off towards the guardians standing further down the bank.

Eddie gave me an evil grin. "Loser has to do whatever the other one wants for a full 24 hours after we get back to campus."

"A slave?" I asked incredulously.

"Yep." was his brief reply.

"That's original. What are we? Ten?" I rolled me eyes but agreed to his terms. With that decided, we jumped on the Sea Doos and got ready to go.

"Don't get lost this time Rose. If you do, I win by default. Terms have been set, no re-dos this time."

"Fine." I shrugged but yelled "GOOOO" as I sped off before he was ready. A head start couldn't hurt.

I heard Eddie yell "CHEATER" towards me but I really didn't care.

"SUCK IT CASTILLE." I yelled back as we sped through the narrow waterways. This was one bet I wasn't about to lose.

Dimitri's POV

Rose and Eddie were apparently had some bet going on. I didn't know what the terms were but I hoped Rose won so I wouldn't have to hear her complaining for the next few days about losing to Eddie.

I shook my head and handed her the keys to the Jet Ski I had rented, praying she came back with both her and it in once piece and that she stayed out of trouble. I know that Rose staying out of trouble is nearly impossible but I could hope.

I walked towards Yuri, Ben and Stan that were standing down the bank from where Eddie and Rose were discussing their bet. I hoped that no one had noticed my disappearance as most of the guardians there were doing their own thing.

Yuri and Ben were discussing the attack that we were going to stage a little later on in the day. The novices were having a day off and there were no Moroi to worry about but we had a little test planned just to see how they would react in a real word situation that they didn't know about.

It was mean maybe but they had to expect something coming out of this little trip. I knew Rose would be fine though even though she had no idea. She was always on guard regardless of who was around.

I listened in silence as they went over the battle plan. Much like during the trials at the school, we would break into groups and randomly jump groups of novices that we came across will walking around the lake. We could attack on the land or the water even though Strigoi attacks on water were unlikely since they were inept in water but we had to prepare the novices for any possibility. A desperate Strigoi might choose to attack on water had that been their only option. Obviously they wouldn't attack during the day so we were going to wait until it was darker before starting the battle.

I had just started to ask when we were going to start the attack when Guardian Taylor came walking back up towards us. I called most of the other guardians by their first name as we were both colleagues and friends to some extent but I didn't like this guy so I was always formal with him.

"Belikov." He called, walking right up to me.

"Guardian Taylor." I replied, not wanting to speak with him. I had just turned back around to speak with Yuri when Taylor just had to start something.

"So Belikov, I couldn't help but noticed that you disappeared with your "student" for a while. What were the two of you doing?" I noticed that he put emphasis on the word student as if he was accusing me of something.

Granted, I was sleeping with my student but it wasn't like I was some creepy old guy taking advantage of a young girl. I really was in love with Rose and we were going to be together after her graduation. She was eighteen so it wasn't even technically illegal, just maybe frowned upon. Which was why we were waiting till I was no longer a guardian at the school and she was no longer a student. We knew people would still dislike the idea but we really didn't care. They would get over it.

I decided to take the high road with Taylor and act as though his words were not important. "We went to check on Guardian McGuire's fishing shed as he asked me to do." I stated with my guardian mask firmly in place and turned back to Yuri and Ben for the third time. This time the pair of them along with Stan were staring at the interaction between Guardian Taylor and myself.

"I saw you up the canal a little ways. You looked awfully cozy. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that maybe you were sleeping with her. Which, like I said, she is eighteen. Get it from her while you can right? Just funny how you are telling me to respect her when you aren't. I have heard the stories about her though; the name Hathaway is pretty much synonymous with promiscuity. I probably have a good chance with her even if you are sleeping with her. I might just have to speak with her when she gets back."

I was surprised he was bating me, especially with an audience, but at the time I didn't care. I was pissed off. I saw red. If anything could push my control more than Rose it would be someone speaking badly about her. Before anyone else could react I punched him in the face. I heard a cracking sound and blood sprayed his shirt. "If you ever talk about her that way again, a broken nose will be the least of your worries."

I turned in the opposite direction and walked off. That little punk had talked trash about my Roza. I knew I should have just ignored him but I couldn't help it. This was one of those times where I couldn't have kept control even if I had wanted to. He was just lucky that all I had done was break his nose. The asshole could have gotten beaten to a pulp.

As I walked beside the lake, I noticed that Guardian Greekbrook was walking up to me. By this time I had calmed down slightly and she stopped placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Are you okay Dimitri?" she did honestly look concerned and I didn't want to be rude to her like I was earlier.

"I'm fine Guardian Greenbrook." I called her by her formal name for one reason, Rose. If I was on a first name basis with the woman, Rose would get pissed. Not that I wouldn't be friends with people simply because my girlfriend didn't like it but I honestly didn't see the point in becoming friends with this woman.

I knew Rose was jealous of her. She was the only female guardian at the school who was under 40 years old and I knew she liked me but I wasn't into her at all. She had only been at the school for a month and a half. I was going to be leaving in another week to go to court. I would keep things polite and professional so as to not make any more complications.

"Please, call me Madison. We do work together." She replied as she smiled up at me. She was about three inches shorter than Rose and I really had to strain my neck to look down at her petite form.

"I don't mean to be rude but I won't work for the school after next week, so I don't really see the need. I like to keep things professional at work."

"But we aren't at work right now. If you are so interested in keeping things professional then why did you punch Brad in the nose?"

"Guardian Taylor was saying some derogatory things about my student and I will not stand for it. It was inappropriate and he deserved much worse."

"He is rather rude. The first week at the academy he invited himself into my room and attempted to become better acquainted. He doesn't seem to accept no for an answer. I for one was glad to see you punch him." She smiled and squeezed my shoulder where her hand still laid.

I had wanted to remove it and was just about to when I looked up to see a huge wave of water engulf Guardian Greenbook. Fortunately for me, she took the brunt of the water and shielded me from getting soaked.

I looked past a soaking wet guardian whose blonde hair was sticking to her shocked face to see a very pissed off looking Rose sitting atop the Jet Ski looking directly at me.

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