Disclaimer: I don't anything from Vampire Academy, just the characters I have created and the plot.
Yaritza's POV
"He dies," I said, my voice cracking.
The pain in my eyes was too hard for anyone not to see. I loved Dimitri, to death, and didn't want to loose him for anything. It hurt me, and no one would understand what I would feel if I lost him. Maybe Rose would understand because she had lost him once, and Rose had witnessed and killed Dimitri, so her version of loosing Dimitri was much more worse than mine version would be if I lost him, if he died. I could see that Rose really worried over him, too, just like I did. After all, he had been her first love. And, he had been my first real love and the father of my kids.
Dimitri gave me a half sad smile and came to stand next to me. "It's going to be okay, sweetheart. I will find someone that will do my rings. And, plus, remember that she said we all had stages. Maybe I am on stage three."
Artell Givar was the lady that did Dimitri's Spirit induced rings. Like Dimitri had mentioned, everyone had stages. Stages were…the name said it all. There were four stages to that whole Stage Theory. Stage 1: Where you need frequent rings every week in order to retain from becoming Strigoi again. Stage 2: Where every once and a while you had to get a new ring. Stage 3: Where every few years you got a new ring. Stage 4: Was when you didn't need a ring at all, just the presence of a Spirit User.
Rose was still included in the conversation but her face had a faraway look to it.
Dimitri wiped a tear that had fallen out of my eye. I looked at him with pain-filled eyes, the eyes that only him, and only him, couldn't resist. "Yeah, but what if you aren't even at stage two? You see how fast the magic from those rings wear out."
"Love, don't worry," he set a hand on my stomach. "Worry about this, the beautiful girl that you are going to give me and don't worry about me."
Mentioning the baby brought a smile to my face.
Rose, finally coming to her senses, began to speak. "Yes, Yaritza, don't worry. No one of us, and especially me, would ever let anything happen to Dimitri. You know how much your brother loves you, he would do anything for you. And, he is a Spirit user. He will not stop trying and neither would I."
I smiled, thought it was sad smile. "Thanks, Rose." Despite their assurances of not to worry, I couldn't help but worry. I needed Dimitri in order to keep going, I needed him to help me through everything. If he died, I would die along with him.
Rose's POV
Poor, poor Yaritza. I really felt bad for her. All I could do, was comfort her and tell her everything was going to be alright. If anything happened to Dimitri again. I would die…again. And I would need Adrian to revive me…again. When Dimitri was gone, who was going to be there for Yaritza?
That was a question I had to answer later—a question that needed to be answered…just not right now.
"Love, there is something wrong with you," Adrian said, walking into the bedroom.
I tried to change my frown off my face. "Why do you say that?" I asked, walking over to the bed where he was already lying.
I took off my dress and slipped under the covers next to him. "Dimitri and Yaritza have me worried."
He snuggled closer and wrapped his arms around me. He kissed my neck. "It's going to be alright, love, everything will work out. Every problem has a solution."
"Yeah, but every solution leads to another problem." I couldn't just stick it in my mind anymore that I was going to loose Dimitri again. Why was I worrying about Dimitri when I had Adrian? Maybe it was because I still love Dimitri no matter what. It guess its called Soul-Deep Love.
"Just sleep, love. Tomorrow is a different day."
I closed my eyes and I fell asleep. I needed all the energy I could gain because Adrian was right…tomorrow would be another day—a hellish day for both Yaritza and I.