I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE ACADEMY OR ANY OF THE CHARACTER!

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Also, I am so so so sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I have just been really busy with school and everything and tried to, but had to write it in portions – as I was busy - which is why it took so long. This may happen for the next few chapters, but I am almost finished the story. I'm thinking around 18-20 chapters!

Also if you guys have any ideas, don't hesitate to say some as they could be good! But I'm not going to do anything with an evil Tasha or anything. I'm actually not going to even have Tasha in here and I don't feel like she'll be needed. I'm focusing more on Dimitri and Rose, so you have probably also noticed that Adrian and Christian aren't in it as much anymore.

Chapter 14

I smiled at him and patted my hand on the ground next to him, gesturing him to come and sit next to me. He took his hands out of his pockets and followed what I motioned. When he sat down, he crossed his legs and leaned his left hand onto his left knee and opened it up, giving me the impression that he wanted to hold my hand. I did that and we sat there, staring into each other's eyes, holding hands. We didn't need words to interpret what we were thinking. Our presence made us both happy.

"What are we going to do?" I asked after a few moments – almost whispering. Scared that if I said it too loud, he would hear the hurt and sadness in my voice.

He knew what I was talking about immediately and responded calmly, "I don't know," he moved his gaze towards the forest ahead, "I want to tell everyone the way I feel about you, I do. But we can't. Not yet."

"And how do you feel about me Dimitri?" I teased and smiled.

He returned the smile and looked at me. He kissed my hand before answering, "Words can't really explain how I feel about you...I guess you could say that I can't stop thinking about you. I've tried. But I can't. It's hard to resist you Roza. I never knew how much I needed you until I transferred. As soon as I heard about what had happened to you...I ...I knew I had to come back...I love you Roza" he finished off by kissing me softly on the lips.

When he broke away, I bit my lip and smiled, "I love you too Dimitri." I wanted to cry at that very moment. I wanted to scream with joy. I wanted to run to Lissa and tell her everything. Tell her that I had found the one. I wanted to do everything with Dimitri. I wanted to run away this very moment. I wanted to marry him. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. Then a question hit me and I asked Dimitri, "Oh, but wait. What about Avery? Did they replace you?"

"No," he asked and bowed his head, "No. I'm still her guardian Rose. I couldn't escape that. She is attending the Academy and I am going to be guarding her here." He gave me an apologetic smile

"Hey. Dimitri it's ok. I'm fine with it. As long as I have you here with me," I held his hand again and wrapped it with both of my hands, "I will be happy." I gave him a smile and he returned it. He moved around and pulled me closer to him so that I was leaning on him and his hands were wrapped around me.

After moments of a comfortable silence, he told me, "I have to meet with Alberta now to discuss everything. I should be going so that I am not late."

I moved away from him to let him stand up, "Yeh that's ok. We can meet up later?" I asked

He held out a hand to help me stand up. I grabbed it and he pulled me up to a standing position, "yes we will Roza," he cupped my face in his hands and gave me two kisses, the first on the lips, and the second on my forehead. I smiled and our eyes locked for a few seconds before he grabbed my hand and we started to walk back to the Academy.

When we were closer to the Academy, we let go of eachother and walked in acting like we were just student and teacher having a conversation. We were soon interrupted by an excited Lissa who called out my name from halfway across the corridor. I smiled at Dimitri and said goodbye before walking over and meeting Lissa halfway.

"So how is everything?" she asked eagerly

I smiled heavily and replied, "Good. Really good. Everything is perfect."

"Yeh from what I could tell, you guys seem like a match made in heaven," I punched her lightly on the elbow for the clichéd response. "But hey, don't get angry, but I kind of saw you in your head when he came to you just before. At the cabin," I looked at her disappointed but she reassured me, "But don't worry. I only wanted to see where you were and when I saw that, I immediately got out...well...almost straight away." She laughed and I punched her playfully again

"Ok so spill then, what did you want to tell me?"

"Well," she chuckled, "I actually came to tell you that I spoke to Kivora and she has allowed us to go shopping tomorrow for the dance next week..."

She stood there waiting for me to respond, "Oh. I uh...I actually forgot about the dance" I laughed awkwardly. Lissa obviously saw this as a serious matter but I assured her, "But count me in. This should be fun. I can't wait!" I said. She squealed lightly before giving me a hug and running off to meet Christian. She thanked me again in my head and I just laughed at her.

The next day a small group of us travelled to go shopping for our dresses for the dance. Our group considered of me, Lissa and Alexis – apparently Lissa and Alexis had actually gotten to become good friends while Adrian and she were dating, and never really lost the friendship. I didn't really have a problem with it, she actually surprised me by not being as boring as I remembered her – I guess she was just shy. Two guardians: Marcus and Paul tagged along to guard Lissa and Alexis, as well as Dimitri. When I heard that Dimitri was coming, a rush of excitement rushed over me, but I shook it out and reminded myself that we couldn't let anyone know and this would be strictly business. Yet, I couldn't help but imagine things that I wish would happen. Like that I would be trying a dress on, and he comes into my dressing room and we start making out – total turn on. But I knew that wouldn't happen. I could only dream.

When we got to the shopping centre – human hours of course – we didn't hesitate to get right into it and start our shopping straight away. Both Lissa and Alexis came from rich families and so they went on a shopping spree. It was me who didn't buy anything, despite Lissa offering to buy me things, but I rejected. Earlier, when we had gone shopping, I did let Lissa buy me things and I had fun, but that's also when I fell off the bench and blacked out. And so this time, I was on a guardian-only mission.

Marcus, Paul and Dimitri all were the far guards and I was a close guard seeing as I was Lissa and Alexis' ages and it wouldn't be noticeable. I just hope that the guardians didn't look like creepy perverts in the background.

When we entered a dress store – and might I add an expensive one – Lissa and Alexis tried on many dresses and they both found the right one. When they found theirs, they both got looking for one for me. I just trailed behind them, being on high alert, but also glancing at the dresses to see if I liked any of them. That's when I saw it. The dress of my dreams. It was red and strapless. It had black prints on it and had large ruffles at the bottom of it. It wasn't too short, but just enough to be drop dead sexy. I could just picture perfect black heels and my hair flowy and loose. It was perfect. (All dresses seen on my profile)

Lissa must have seen me eyeing the dress, because she walked straight to the rack and pulled out my size and handed it to me, "take it and try it on Rose." She demanded

I pushed it away and took a step back, holding up my hands, "Liss, no. I'm on full guard today. No trying on for me," she rolled her eyes at me.

But she didn't give up. She pushed the dress into me, causing me to grab it, "Try it on now. Don't make me ask you again Rose Hathaway." She commanded and an angry, motherly, yet joking way.

I decided to give in. I mean, I really wanted to try it on. I rolled my eyes, "Fine," and took the dress and walked over to the dressing room.

When I tried it on, I looked at myself in the mirror inside the change room, before revealing myself to everyone. When I walked out Lissa and Alexis showed massive smiles and Lissa put her hands on her hips, "Well, well, well...Rose...You look beautiful," she finished by covering her hands over her mouth. I swear this was becoming a corny movie scene.

I turned around and faced the mirror again. I smiled heavily and how much I loved this dress, when Dimitri caught my eye. He was staring at me and smiling. I smiled back at him and took that as a yes. I twirled around and faced Lissa and Alexis, "This is the one."

"You look gorgeous" replied Alexis

"I'm so getting this for you..." Lissa said excitedly

"Lissa! Are you serious?"

"Yes Rose I am! Now get back into your clothes so we can buy this damn dress," she said and pushed me back into the change rooms and shut the curtain.

After we bought my dress, we walked into a few more stores until we came into one where both Lissa and Alexis found their dresses. While they were trying their dresses on, I walked over to Dimitri and stood next to him. I looked up and him and playfully bumped into him and laughed. He turned his gaze to meet my eyes and chuckled, "Rose. You should be having fun and trying on many dresses. You don't have to worry about being so serious now. You haven't graduated yet, so you can still have fun."

I looked down, almost embarrassed for some unknown reason before admitting, "well, ever since the incident in Spokane and everything with the kidnapping, I can't help but be more careful and serious," I kept my gaze down, and from the corner of my eye, I swear I saw Dimitri's hand move towards me, but he quickly moved it. Probably realizing that he couldn't do that here. I tried to break the awkward silence, "and admit it Comrade, you just want to see me try on more dresses," I whispered and he half smiled and the comment.

At that moment, both Lissa and Alexis came out of the dressing room and showed off their dresses. They both looked beautiful! Lissa was in a long, flowy, light pink dress. And Alexis has on a white and silver, short, dress that looked too cute.

After Lissa and Alexis bought their dresses, we headed back to the academy. The car trip was pretty dull. Everyone was pretty tired as we were in human times. When we arrived back to the academy, the guardians, including Dimitri went off to the guardian dorms, while Lissa and Alexis walked to theirs and I walked to mine.

When I walked to my room, someone was sitting in front of my door. I smiled at him as his face rose and he smiled. "Long time no see Little Dhampir" Adrian said

"Same to you Adrian" I replied and he stood up as I went to open the door, "so what are you doing here? You know you aren't supposed to be here in the dorms right? Against school rules."

He chuckled and replied, "But you see Rose. I am no student am I? And so I don't have to follow the 'school' rules," he dabbed his finger on his temple. I chuckled and let him in my room and he closed it behind him. I took off my jacket and tossed it on my desk and sat on my bed and peeled off my shoes. Adrian started to stroll around the small room with his hands behind his back.

"So what brings you all the way over here? Such a long walk...surprising" I teased

He stopped and side glanced me and shoed a smile, "So the only reason I come to visit you is because I need something ay? Can't I just come to say hello?"

"You? Come to just say...hello?" I chuckled but his face expression stayed serious, "Oh...you weren't kidding." I laughed, "Sorry"

He smiled and came and sat next to me on my bed. I looked up into his eyes and smiled. I loved Adrian. But only as a friend, and it would always stay like that and he knew it.

I yawned and rubbed my eyes. "You look tired, why don't you lie down?"

"But then I'll fall asleep..."

"Yeh but you're tired Little Dhampir. Just relax and rest. You need it."

"But then I'm ruining this moment with us. You came to say hey. Going to sleep would just be a waste," I insisted, even though I desperately wanted to sleep, I felt bad.

"Just lay down ok? And we'll talk alright?" I nodded in agreement and yawned again. I layed down onto my pillow with Adrian sitting at the end of my bed.

We talked for probably about a minute or so, before I felt myself dozing off. I tried to stop myself, but it got too hard and I just let myself sleep and dreamless, yet nice sleep.