A/N: Once again, this one is almost exactly like the first with a small difference. This is one that I know is a little crazy and out there. I don't think it's very probable for Rose to do something like this but it could still be considered a possibility. Somtimes you do love somone that much.

CHAPTER 3 TOGETHER IN DEATH

I laid on Dimitri's chest with my silver stake poised under his ribcage.

It had been a long and hard year but I had finally tracked him down. The fight the insued after I confronted him had lasted a good half hour. I never would've imagined having to use everything he taught me against him. Then again, I probably would've died early on in this fight if he hadn't been my teacher.

It still broke my heart to see it had come to this. As I laid there my head was shouting, "Just do it!" but my heart was telling me I couldn't. How could I bring myself to kill the man I loved with all my heart and soul.

I knew he wouldn't be down for long. He was struggling to get up even as I fought with myself over what to do next. I didn't have much time. I knew it was either kill him or get killed by him. I knew there was no escaping him if I lost my nerve.

I thought back to the day we went to Missoula. When he told me he wanted to be killed if her was forced to become a Strigoi. I knew it was what he wanted. Yet, I still couldn't bring myself to do it. The hand holding the stack shook as he continued to his attempts to throw me off of him.

Closing my eyes, I remembered everything that we had gone through since he brought Lissa and I back to the Academy. He was my rock. He had kept me sane and whole when things just got too much for me. He never gave up on me no matter how difficult I was. There was only one way I could return the favor.

I took a deep breath and jammed the stack under his ribcage and through his heart.

I felt his body go limp under mine and I lost it. I just destroyed the man I loved and the world expected me to go on. How could that even be possible? I needed him as much as he needed me. He taught me so much about life and love. And now he lay dead, by my head. How was I supposed to get over that? What was I supposed to do now?

I thought about going back to the academy. I could take my place as Lissa's guardian. As well as keep my promise to Adrian. I thought about what it would be like to date him. It might not be so bad. He could be a gentleman at times. Yet, I couldn't imagine being with anyone else after Dimitri.

I laid my head down on his bloody chest and let the tears come. I knew I needed to get out of there. The other Strigoi would be coming soon. If I was going to die, I didn't want it to be by their hands.

I thought about death for a few moments. It would definitely be a wonderful release especially after the stress of the past couple months. My hand closed tighter around the stake that was still in Dimitri's chest.

I pulled it out and stared at it for a minute. Then, I turned it on myself.