OMG GUYS I'M ALIVE! So sorry it has taken me so long to update. Please bear with me. I have school and work and life is just crazy. However, I finally had some inspiration to finish this story and I'm super excited to continue. I AM NOT GIVING UP ON THIS STORY!

Also, sorry if I get my past and present tenses wrong, I suck at that haha

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Academy

DPOV

On Monday morning, I woke up to the beeping of an alarm. When I went to turn it off, I realized the groaning figure in my arms. I had almost forgotten that Roza was here. "Comrade, turn that fucking alarm off before I throw it across the room," she groaned as she rolled on her stomach to bury her face in the pillow. I chuckled, knowing how much Roza hates the morning. I have always been a morning person but her, not so much. I turned the alarm off before rolling over and climbing out of bed. I stood and stretched before turning to look down at Rose. She was dressed in just my shirt and the sheets were at her waist with her arm propped under her head as she looked at me with her man eating grin.

"See something you like?" I asked, throwing her own words back at her. She just bit her bottom lip and nodded. She proceeded to get on her hands and knees and crawl towards me. She sat up on her knees and beckoned me towards her with a crook of her finger. I, having little self control when it comes to Roza, walked a couple steps forward until there were a few mere inches between us.

Roza stood up so that she was, for once, looking down at me and wrapped her arms around my neck. "Do you have to go to work today?" she asked with those big brown eyes wide and her lips in a slight pout. I was about to say 'fuck it' and stay in bed with her all day, but knew that I had to go to work. I couldn't just drop my life just to be with Roza.

"I have to go to work milaya, but I'll be back around 3:30," I said reluctantly. Seeing my reluctance, she went in for the kill.

"Please Dimitri, you can skip work just this once," she said in a soft seductive smirk as your hands wandered down my bare chest and her lips began to likely trace from my ear to my jaw. With all the self control I could muster, I grabbed her hips and took a step back.

"Roza," I all but begged, "I love you but I'm not putting my life on hold just because you are here. I have to go to work. Besides, I thought you were going to spend the day with Lissa."

She looked down as if ashamed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have expected you to drop everything. That was rude of me. Plus, you're right. I am going to spend the day with Lissa," she said still looking at her bare feet.

I brought my hand to her jaw and lifted her face so she would meet my eyes. "I know you didn't mean to be rude, and I really would love nothing more than to skip work, throw you on the bed and have my way with you all day today," I said and at that she smiled, "But, I really can't afford to miss work. Spend today with Lissa and maybe later this week you can come to work with me and meet some of the classes. You know I'm teaching self defense right now. We could spar for the students." This granted me a full blown smile and she nodded her head enthusiastically.

When Rose and I were in high school, I had loved to work out. I did martial arts as well as football. The latter I learned when I moved to America because all of the guys told me to try out since I was such a big guy. When I started dating Rose, she told me she wanted to learn self defense. I started training her in basic martial arts and eventually, she became as good, if not better than me. We used to spar all of the time and it was always a very even match, even though I am so much bigger than her. However, she's fast and being a cheerleader, she was also very flexible.

Rose hopped down from the bed and get me a light kiss on the lips. "That sounds amazing. You know, I've become quite good. I have a personal trainer back in LA. We spar all the time. I will give you a run for your money Comrade." With that she walked out of the bedroom, probably towards the kitchen to make coffee.

I thought about her words and stiffened. As happy as I was to hear that she continued her training, I didn't like that she sparred with her personal trainer. The best part about when we sparred was the sexual tension it would cause, which always led to amazing sex. Was that how it was with her personal trainer? Calm down Dimitri. Her personal trainer could be a woman, I thought. Besides, I know that Roza loves me. I have nothing to worry about.

I took a shower and got dressed in my usual slacks and button up shirt, since my first class of the day was teaching Russian. I was asked to teach a Russian language class this year seeing as I was at the school's disposal and spoke it fluently. I then packed my gym bag with basketball shorts and a St. Vladimir's t-shirt for during my gym classes. After I brushed my teeth and fixed my hair at the nape of my neck, I grabbed my bag and walked to the kitchen. Roza was trying to figure out how to work the coffee machine and was getting very frustrated as she swore and hit the side of it.

I dropped my back and walked up behind her, wrapping my arms around her waist. She sighed and instantly relaxed into me. "You know hitting it is not going to magically make it turn on and make coffee out of nonexistent coffee grounds and water," I said as I dragged my lips lightly down her neck.

She huffed and turned around. "Fine Comrade, you can do it yourself. I was just trying to be a good girlfr…" she faded on the last word.

I felt my heart stutter. Was she about to say girlfriend? Did she just refer to herself as my girlfriend? "A good what Roza?" I asked quietly, praying I hadn't imagined it. I put my arms on the counter on either side of her and pressed my body against hers so she couldn't escape or avoid the question.

"Look, we both know what I was about to say. It was accidental but it is something I know you want to talk about and I do too, but not right now okay? I just want to enjoy what we have right now before we label anything or figure out where to go from here. Its going to change everything that happens from now on and I just don't want to go there yet. Give me a few more days without thinking about the future, okay?" She said as she looked at me pleadingly. She was right, I did want to talk about it but I knew that once we did, things would get complicated. I could wait and enjoy this time with her for a few more days.

I nodded my head and bent my head to catch her lips with my own. The kiss started sweet and was filled with relief before it quickly became passionate. After a couple of minutes, she pushed me away. "You are the one that said you have to go to work so you aren't allowed to get me all hot and bothered and then leave. Now, make yourself some coffee and get your sexy ass to work," she said before walking away from me and completing her statement with a slap on my ass.

I chuckled and made the coffee. I filled my travel mug and grabbed my bag. I walked over to the couch where Roza was and set my stuff on the coffee table in front it. She was sitting with her feet under her as she switched on the television. I kneeled in front of her, putting my hands on her knees, as she smiled and set down the remote. "Have fun with Lissa today. I'll be back around 3:30." I leaned forward to give her a quick kiss. "I love you," I said before standing up.

"I love you too," she said as she smiled up at me. I smiled back and grabbed my stuff as I walked to the door.

Grabbing my keys and phone, I opened the door to leave. "Oh," I said before I could fully get out the door, "And don't try to cook. I'd like my apartment building to still be standing when I return." She gave me a sarcastic laugh and I chuckled before closing the door and walking to my car.

Once I got to the school, I walked to the office to check my mailbox and check in with the office secretary before walking to my classroom. The classroom was the closest to the gym, for which I was thankful for. Once I got there, I put my bag and coffee down before writing a few things on the board. I still had about 15 minutes until class started so I decided to visit Christian.

I got to Christians class room, which was more like a lab since he taught chemistry. He was putting out different items like petri dishes and Bunsen burners on each of the tables as I walked in. "What are your students going to blow up today?" I asked with a slight smile on my face. Roza was definitely not wrong in calling him 'Sparky'.

"Actually," he said, "We are heating mercury thiocyanate. Nothing is going to blow up but we do have to use fire." He turned around and gave me a grin. I had no idea what 'mercury thiocyanate' was but I decided not to ask. He was the chemist, not me. "So," he said as he walked to stand in front of me, "How was your night?"

I rolled my eyes, something I definitely picked up from Roza. "We were tired and went to bed. Then this morning we woke up, I got dressed, she attempted to make coffee, and I left."

"Only about 2 days in and you already stopped having sex. Man, that is rough. I wasn't expecting you at work today. She already driving you crazy?" he asked with a smirk. I knew he was kidding. He and Rose fought like siblings but they genuinely cared for one another.

"Trust me I wanted to, but I wanted to show her that I'm not going to just put my life on hold just because she is here. I love her and I want her to stay but I also want her to know what she is getting into if she does," I said and he nodded in understanding. "She accidently called herself my girlfriend today," I added on as an afterthought.

"What are we, in middle school? You guys love each other, why wouldn't she call herself that?"

"I know but for her, it's a big deal. Right now we are in a no-strings-attached relationship that actually has too many strings to count but we are avoiding them for now. Calling herself my girlfriend means this is long term and we haven't even talked about what is going to happen after this week. I know that the longer we keep this up the harder it will be, but I just want to be able to enjoy being with her before reality comes crashing down and we start to fight about the future." I have been friends with Christian for a long time, but this is the most I have ever opened up to him. I open up to Lissa quite a bit because I know she understands what I am going through since she goes through the same thing with Rose.

Christian furrows his brow and shakes his head. "I don't know man. I get what you are saying but I think you should talk and get it out of the way so she can either stay or leave. If she stays, you'll be happy but if she leaves, well these last few days will be a terrible reminder of what you lost and the more days there are to remember, the harder it will be." I was about to protest when he held up a hand. "However," he continued, "Her being here for Lissa's baby shower is good for the both of them and I want Lissa to be happy. If you talk to Rose before the shower and she decides to leave, she will leave Lissa too and I don't want that just yet. So, talk to her after the shower."

I nodded and just then, the bell rang. Students began to pile in from the halls and I waved to Christian and walked back to my classroom.

My mind kept wandering throughout first period, so I decided to finish the lecture early and let the students work on their homework assignments for the rest of the hour. I sat at my desk, daydreaming about Roza when I heard a voice speak. "Mr. Belikov?" I looked up to see Ashley, one of my brightest students, standing in front of my desk with a paper in her shaking hands. Ashley was a sweet girl, with light brownish blonde hair that was always braided and big glasses. She wore beat up jeans and a plain green t-shirt. She was a very fidgety and nervous girl, but she was extremely smart and always very respectful to me and all of the other teachers. "I have the assignment finished. May I turn it in?" I nodded and took the paper. She was about to turn around to sit back down when she looked back at me. She took a deep breath and approached closer to my desk.

"Yes Ashley?" I asked concerned. She looked even more nervous than usual.

Leaning forward a bit she asked in a low voice, "Are you really dating Rose Hathaway?" I was taken aback by her question for a few reasons. First being that I wondered how she found out I was with Rose, the other reason being that I couldn't believe that Ashley would be the one to ask such a personal question.

"Why would you think that?" I asked, hiding all of my emotions away.

"I saw the video of you kissing her after her performance on YouTube. You also seem really distracted today but also a lot happier than I've ever seen you. I just figured maybe the rumors were true and you guys were dating." I was shocked. Not only was this girl extremely observant, she was speaking the absolute truth. Worried about my silence, she quickly reverted back to her shy self. "Nevermind, it's none of my business. I shouldn't have asked, sorry."

"Ashley, wait," I said before she could bolt back to her seat. She turned back to me with surprise. "How many people think that Rose and I are dating?"

"Well, I don't know. Everyone saw the video. Some people said you were just a crazed fan and you tried to molest her or something. Most people though just assume you're dating," she replied sheepishly.

"And what do you think?" I asked.

"Well, I don't…um…I don't know." She looked astounded that someone actually asked what she thought. "I guess I think that you guys have a history together, seeing as you both graduated from here and you seem to be around the same age. I think that she's the reason why you always seem sad but now that she's back, you are happy because you have a second chance," she said more confidently than I have ever seen her.

I took a deep breath to hold back my gasp of shock. Talk about hitting the nail on the head. "You know Ashley; you are a little too good at observing people. You should be a therapist," I said, giving her a small smile. She lightly laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "You're 100% correct, but try to keep it to yourself okay?" I asked, not seeing a point in hiding it from her.

"I can promise I have no friends to tell," she said sadly. She gave me a small smile before turning and walking back to her seat. I looked around to see if anyone noticed our conversation but everyone was busy conversing with other people. Ashley really did walk around unnoticed by everyone. It made me a little angry that such a sweet and smart girl could be overlooked so easily just because she was shy and didn't dress the trendiest.

The bell rang again and I gathered my stuff to go to the locker room to change for my gym class. As I walked to the gym, I felt someone walk up next to me. I turned my head to the right and smiled.

"Tasha."

Tasha is in the house! Hehehehe What did you think of Ashley? What was Rose thinking during this chapter? I'M SO EXCITED TO BE BACK! I cannot guarantee that I will update soon but I will try!

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