Okay so i think i have found a way around this little glitch after some work. anyway here is the promised chapter.

The Hathaway-Ozera treaty.

I stood in the middle of the quad staring at the ground. trying to put together all the pieces of this messed up puzzle. But I couldn't the only thing I knew was that Dimitri was coming back. Why couldn't I make my mind work past that? Why didn't I know exactly how I felt about it?

"Rose?" christian said touching my arm. The contact made me jump but I was kind of glad I had the company.

"oh sorry christian" I said still lost in thought.

"Rose" he said my name almost like he was scared to continue.

"what else is wrong?" I asked. Prompting him to finish.

"I know" he said. About what? I just looked at him like he was crazy. "about you an belikov, I am not sure how anyone could have not seen it" he answered as if he heard my thoughts. " I don't know how I didn't see it." he added almost beating himself up.

This was honestly the last thing I had wanted to hear. But I couldn't bring my voice to work. To say the words that I wish I could at least utter. The appropriate question would have been; how? but no matter how I tried I just looked like a fish. Opening and closing my mouth.

"Don't worry I didn't realize until after he left, it was like everything good in you left with him." christian said. I had never heard him talk so seriously even in the middle of the whole Spokane thing. "well what little bit of good you had in you" he said trying to lighten the mood.

the huge grin on his face told me that I was still just standing there with a dumbfounded look plastering my face.

"do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

I took a deep breath before I spoke. "if you knew why didn't you stop her?" I asked getting angry. When Lissa said that it was a surprise I could sense that she was the one the contacted them. And told them it would be a good idea to come for a visit.

"I tried but she was convinced that this was what you needed to cheer up. And I had a feeling that if that was what she thought then she had no clue how you actually felt about Dimitri." he said.

It was silent for a minute while I processed everything he had just said. I needed to sit down, this was all to much, finding out that Dimitri was coming back and then finding out that christian knew how I felt, well that was more than I wanted to acknowledge. And I couldn't even hold on to my anger.

Christian patiently sat down on the bench beside me and draped his coat around my shoulders.

"I mean really what is it with you and coats Rose you know if you keep it up you might be the first dhampir to catch pneumonia and die from it." he laughed breaking the silence.

"well what about you? now your coat less" I said glad of the subject change.

"I am a fire user rose I can just heat myself up, the coat is just for show, people would look at me like I was crazy if I just walked around in basketball shorts and a wife beater."

"awe sparky I will always think your weird you don't have to put on a show for me." I joked wrapping the coat around me tighter.

"I'm flattered really." he said. "but seriously rose, if you feel like you need to talk you can talk to me."

"then what will become of this love hate relationship that I love so much?" I asked sarcastically.

"well let's just say we are on the love stage, after belikov leaves we can go back to hating each other."

"a truce? Hmmm…I could do that" I said nudging him with my shoulder not really wanting to take my arms out of this jacket.

"yeah a truce." he said.

So D-day is when? this Monday?" I asked already knowing and dreading the answer.

"no not exactly, assignments are Monday, meaning he'll have to get here a day or two earlier" he said voicing my earlier thoughts.

"meaning he's here?" I asked.

"yes"

"great so avoiding him will be my goal."

"why would you want to?"

"he's with your aunt because we where doing what was best for us, and now he is back. We never actually fell out of love with each other." I said being truthful.

"I know"

"how exactly?" I asked. I hadn't been able to ask when he first told me he knew.

"the day he left, everyone was looking for you and I came to the gym"

"and found me"

"you where out of it, you cried and passed out and cried some more. It was bad." he said.

"gee don't try and spare my feelings." I joked.

"I am your friend so I will always try tell you the truth." he said.

"thank you" I said smiling. "so I suppose you read his letter?"

"yeah, but I wasn't going to say anything. Why haven't you told Lissa you two are best friends" he asked looking at me with a curious eyes.

"you know as well as I do that she would blame herself for that, which is why we aren't going to tell her that I am upset that she invited them. Okay?"

"okay just promise me that you will tell her eventually"

"I will I just need time." I said.

It got quiet but it seemed that we both enjoyed it. Before this I hadn't known him to be so gentle with me. I hadn't really given him reason to, I am sure in everyone else's eyes I was the dare devil immature dhampir that handled her feelings with her fists. Lissa relied on christian to be the strong one. I had watched as he did this for her on many occasions. I had never expected the day when he would know something she didn't or even a day when he cared. He surprised me further by pulling me into a hug. He held me for a while snuggling his face in my hair. Part of me wanted to push him away but I realized he was just being a friend and I hugged harder. Burying my face in his chest and crying.

"it's okay rose I promise that you will be okay. You are the strongest out of all of us and that's why I know that you will make it through this" he mumbled into my hair. He smelled like the ocean and a summer breeze. It was intoxicating and before I could help myself I found my lips on his. The kiss was simple and would have been innocent if it had not been for the fact that we where both involved.

Even through that though it felt right, this one innocent kiss meant more to me than any of the most comforting words anyone could utter. I also knew that if one of us didn't pull away this could lead to something that I was sure neither one of us was ready for.

"thank you sparky" I said breaking the embrace and changing the tone.

"anytime Little ms. Bad ass" he said smirking but there was something behind his eyes that told me that we would never be going back to hating each other. I knew we would try but it would be in vain we where friends and there was just no going back.

okay again i am soooo...sorry i couldn't update i hope this made up for it. please read and review.