A/N
First of all I'm really sorry about updating soo late. I had a lot going on but hopefully thats over now. So this is the new chapter:

When I woke up I couldn't tell where I was or what had happened. A few seconds later, rubbing my eyes, I sat up and it all came back to me.

"You're awake." I turned my head to see Tasha sitting on her desk chair.

"Yeah. What happened after I passed out?"

"Your brother sneaked you back into your room and Lissa stayed with you, the whole night."

Thank God that Ed had been there or they would have brought me probably to the infirmary.

"Where is Liss now?"

"Went for a coffee…. Look you shouldn't take it personally, you know?"

My face turned into one of confusion,

"Ehh not really. What do you mean?"

"Dimitri. I'm sure you hate him right now, but he's not that bad of a guy."

I didn't even hate him. He just did as I told him to do, I was just angry at myself that I hadn't given him a real fight.

"How can you tell?"

"We had been good friends a while ago."

I nodded, I didn't ask about what happened. She would tell me when she was ready and I didn't need her to get miffed again, like when I had asked about her scar.

"I don't really hate him." She smiled for a moment until the door went open slowly.

Lissa peeked in,

"Oh Rose you are awake. That's great, I was really worried about you."

"I'm fine but you didn't bring a hot chocolate or something, did you? I'm not one of a coffee drinker."

She looked panicked,

"Oh no. I didn't know that. I'm so sorry. I will go again." I laughed at her horrified expression.

"Liss, slow down. It's fine. I will just get up and go for breakfast. I'm kind of starving anyways."

"You can join Chris and me if you want."

"Yeah just wait a sec." I got up and searched through the mountains of clothes already building on my side of the room. Tasha left the room a few seconds later and Lissa turned thoughtful,

"Rose?"

I turned around to look at her because of her sudden serious tone of voice, when she continued,

"Thank you for yesterday."

"Sure everytime." we smiled at each other.

"Christian trained pretty hard to protect me though I don't think he's ready yet to fight against Dimitri." I had to laugh at that,

"And I am?"

"Rose even though no one else around here knows what you are capable of, I remember that you already trained when we were kids."

my face fell. I didn't think about those times. I never told her about Mason because we weren't that close, more like cousins living in distance and seeing each other one time in two years, if even. We stood there in silence for a few seconds until I went through the things she said before.

"Why did Christian just start his training? You guys are together for years now."

"But now it's different. A year ago when… when…"

My eyes widened, when I understood what she was trying to say and I rushed over as her eyes started to water.

"Oh Liss. I'm so sorry." Me rubbing her back while hugging calmed her down after a while. Mary had told Eddie and me about the car crush. Both her parents and her brother died in it. Andre had been a year older than her and probably able to fight.

"They never tried to hurt us because of dad." I looked questioning at her teary face,

"He had been headmaster…" nodding and hugging her again I got up.

Getting dressed, I finished with putting my hair up into a bun while walking to the door, Liss on my tail.

We picked up Chris and Mia on the way. Mia was also on her way for the cafeteria so she just joined us.

Walking through the food line I picked up everything that had a certain amount of sugar.

Back at the table Mia smirked at me,

"Damn girl, don't think you will be able to handle him by getting weight."

"Just hungry. I'm gonna beat him even without extra weight."

"Let it go Rose. You shouldn't have fought against him in the first place." Christian stared at me, an angry glint in his eyes.

"Oh don't get yourself worked up so much, just because I protected your girlfriend instead of you." He huffed,

"Next time stay out of it. It's not like you're good at it." now he got a weak point.

"Alright, you don't have to watch next time, but I will kick his ass and show everyone around not to mess with me."

"Right, because you will definitely stand a chance against him. Saw your skills yesterday, can't lose with those."

"Shut it, you have no idea what you're talking about!" I was crunching and almost liked Tasha a little more because her brother really was an asshole.

Why was Liss with him again?

"And you have no idea what you're messing with. I trained for months and can't beat him, so don't waste your breath."

"Yeah? Just watch me!" I spat at him.

"Rose, you don't have to do..." Liss wanted to hold me down, I had stuffed the last doughnut into my mouth and was on my way to rush off.

I brushed her off while walking with fast strides outside, shouting back.

"Don't worry."

I went straight to Eddie's room and knocked, still not really calm.

"Rose, what's going on?" he wasn't even changed, rubbing his eyes and looking confused at me.

"I need to fight against Dimitri again. You need to train me."

"What? No! Have you forgotten..." I interrupted him, because I knew he would say that before he even started his sentence.

"No! Of course not. But what do you think is going to happen, if everybody around here sees just a weak girl in me? Christian already thinks I am, I mean look at him, he's barely half of a portion himself." I crossed my arms to underline my certainty.

Sighing, he leaned at the doorframe watching me with a worried expression. He knew me, so he wasn't going to argue about something I had already made my mind about.

"I will help you under one condition." I raised my brows, waiting for him to continue.

"You won't fight him until I say you're ready to."

I gulped and stared at him for a while to see if he would give in some more, he didn't.

"Fine… When do we start?"

"Meet me in the gym in half an hour."

"Thanks Ed. I'll be on time."

I promised while rushing away again.

On my way out I ran into Ivan, he grinned at me after looking around.

But before he could say something I spoke up,

"Do you know where Dimitri is right now?"

he raised his brows and studied me for a second.

"In his room, I guess."

"Well and where is that?"

"You shouldn't do that Rose. You're a pretty girl they won't hurt you unless you're giving them a reason so don't try to prove yourself." I was surprised for a moment that he knew what I wanted to do but was also annoyed that he didn't tell me his room number.

"I already made my decision so just tell me where to find him." He sighed,

"On the first floor, the last one on the left."

I nodded and headed off.

"Rose, I'm sorry…" Dimitri started, when he opened his door, and I just stood there staring at his change of features when he saw me. But I quickly recovered and cut him off,

"I challenge you." I crossed my arms, waiting for a response, while Dimitri didn't seem to get my intentions.

"Rose, listen. I didn't want to fight you. I'm sorry for doing it, but you didn't give me a chance to refuse."

I snorted, "Yeah and you shouldn't try to refuse again, cause we both know it won't work."

He pinched the bridge of his nose and mumbled something.

"Let me think about it." He started to close the door and I reached out to stop it while gritting my teeth.

"Don't you dare leave me like that."

His surprise at my change of voice was clear in his face before it changed back to a serious expression.

"Alright I will do it, if you stay away from trouble until then." He smirked at me and I was more confused than ever.

"Why do you care?" he probably didn't want me to notice that it caught him off guard, but I did.

"Well, I already told you that I know how good of a fighter you are and I want to protect my people from you. So if you would excuse me." he gave my hand that still holded onto the door a pointed look and I moved back a step.

"Have a nice day." I nodded a little dumbfounded by his professional way.

I didn't make it in time to the gym but Eddie let it slip, he already knew me.

We began with training some basics, I mostly remembered, but hadn't done in years. After two hours I felt like I never stopped fighting, my body still knew how to move, though my muscles weren't used to it anymore. But they would, soon.

I was determined to do this. Hell, if I wouldn't have wanted to, I had to. There was no way I would let anyone fight for me and get hurt in the process. I didn't think bad about Lissa for being vulnerable, she was a different story, because I had already learned how to fight, I just needed to refresh my training. She would have to learn it all over from the beginning, which is why I wanted to be able to protect her, too. It wasn't fair that she had to care about this after losing her family.

On my way back to my dorm Alberta stopped me,

"Rose, you have to pick up your school uniforms. Ms Sage has them stored, she is waiting for you in her office."

So I went back outside and to the administration building, not being able to find her I launched myself into a chair in the hall, waiting.

After a few minutes the front door went open and a girl came in, panting, totally breathless.

"Hi..you ha..ve to be … Rose. Sorry… give me a sec."

I laughed and waited until she was able to talk again. She was a few years younger than me but tall for her age. With her platinum hair and green eyes she reminded me a lot of Lissa, even her voice was in a similar high pitched tone.

When she calmed down she smiled shyly at me,

"Sorry, I had to run all the way from my mums place to get here in time. She just called me to wait here for you and I got so excited that I almost forgot the keys, so I had to run back and…"

"Woah slow down. It's fine you're not late. But what exactly are you here for?"

she let out a breath she was holding after I interrupted her rambling.

"Oh yeah right. I'm Jill, Ms. Sage is mum, so I'm here for the clothes."

That made sense,

"And why again have you been so excited?" I asked her while she went over to open a door in the back of the hall.

"I heard all about you." Her eyes shone when she looked at me again.

"Ehh…? And what exactly?"

"How you stood up for Lissa, against that jerk Belikov. You inspired me to start training, I do not want to end up like Lissa."

She told me proudly, looking at me like I was her hero.

I gulped not really knowing how to respond, when she spoke up again.

"Just look for your size, these are just some spare uniforms, but I think mum will order some new ones for you tomorrow."

I nodded and went through the shelves in search for something that wasn't either fiver numbers to big or looked like worn over a thousand times.

Eddie came, while I was just leaving, and Jill's attention for me was gone. Just by looking at him, she blushed, which was totally understandable, he definitely was a handsome guy. I waved them before leaving the building.

A/N So Jill is Sydneys daughter...I know it's kind of weird but I will get into that later.