Well, I decided to continue it! After much deliberation about the plot, I finally have a solid idea and have the next chapter ready for you! Sorry for the delay, but I kinda got sick from a certain dust storm and was in bed for a while... Many thanks to everyone who reviewed, and special thanks to Lena R, who knows why she is getting special thanks.

And I only just noticed that I didn't put up a disclaimer. So here: I don't own Vampire Academy or anything to do with it. It belongs to Richelle.Lissa's POV

I sat down on the floor, and leant against the bed. I closed my eyes, trying to relax. I could feel the small amount of alcohol in my system pound around in my head, and my breathing was heavy.

That was it. I would never again listen to Adrian when he said one drink wouldn't hurt. He wouldn't understand. Just because he purposely destroys his Liver, doesn't mean that -

Chink!

I heard a glass of water being put down on the ground next to me, the ice inside clinging musically against the glass. I lifted the cup to my lips, and drank the whole cup in one gulp.

Instantly, my head stopped throbbing and I could open my eyes. I saw Rose's worried face inches away from my own, and I scrambled up onto the bed out of instinct. I saw her muscles relax into a relieved look, and I smiled guiltily.

"Adrian?" Rose guessed, already knowing the answer. I nodded sheepishly.

"But it wasn't really his fault," I defended him, my words slurring together a little. How quickly my opinions change when Rose was around...

"If I ever lay hands on that bas-"

"Calm down Rose," I patted her awkwardly on the back, and invited her to join me on the bed. She smoothed out the wrinkles in her dress, before flopping down next to me. Honestly, if those Royals put more money into education for Dhampirs instead of massive, luxurious beds in their guest rooms, we wouldn't be facing the problem that we were facing now.

"I didn't see you at the party," I stated, waiting for an explanation.

Rose hesitated slightly. "I couldn't come."

I crossed my arms over my chest sullenly, pulling a disbelieving face. Why couldn't she come? She had been waiting for that party for a while.

"Guardian business," she clarified, and I settled down a bit. If there was one thing I was sure about Rose's priorities, it was that guarding me and other Moroi came above partying. But I had missed her, and had suffered greatly for my time spent with Adrian.

"How about we spend the rest of the night together?" Rose suggested, already knowing my response. I grinned, knowing nothing of great importance was meant to happen tomorrow, and that I could sleep in as much as I wanted.

"What do you want to do?" I asked, not having anything in mind.

"Well, we chose my future before..." she started, her voice mischievous.

"Oh no. Your not going to decide my future." Her smile grew.

I gave in quickly, as she knew I would. Considering she used my exact arguments against me. Not fair. This wasn't part of the plan...

"I'll draw up the page this time," she continued excitedly, "And you give suggestions."

Okay, I think. If I can choose, I can avoid the awkward subjects. If I'm lucky.

"How about what element I would specialise in?" I ask, trying to divert the topic away from what I knew she wanted it to be. It was a pretty harmless question.

"But you've already specialised Lissa!" Argued Rose, clearly seeing through my plan.

"And it's a game! To see if I should have specialised in something else!"

Grudgingly, Rose wrote down the five elements on the paper under the word MATCH.

"And the next column can be what job I'll get in the human world!" I jump in before she can open her mouth. "I've always wanted to know what I'll get to be!"

Rose wrote down a few jobs in the column, not allowing me to see the paper of doom yet. Maybe it was meant to be a surprise. Or it was just a cheap trick to add another column to the paper while she was supposedly thinking.

It was the latter, for as she looked up, she was grinning from ear to ear. "You might not have your precious Christian for long," she said, and I gave her a fake shove. She didn't budge, obviously, but laughed at me.

She wrote down a few names, still not allowing me to see her writing.

"What about the last column?" I asked, genuinely curious.

"Dunno," she replied, twirling the pen around on her fingers. "How about we name your first kid?"

"Ok!" That seemed harmless enough. "But I get to choose the names!"

Rose nodded. She probably already knew half of what I was going to put anyway.

"I want to name one after you," I started, counting off on my fingers. She gave a small sigh that was a mix of pleasure and annoyance.

"And one after Adrian."

She snorted in mock disgust, and made a big show of wrinkling her nose as she put his name down.

"And then if its another girl I would name her Kristen."

Rose glanced up at me, surprise written all over her face.

"Well, if I do end up marrying Christian, I don't want to name a kid directly after him, would I?" I answered her unspoken question. She just shook her head in disbelief, and put the name down.

I paused, running out of names. When one hit me in the face. "Natalie."

Rose stopped doodling on the page, and looked up at me. I could tell she could feel what I was feeling through the bond, so no words were needed. She knew what Natalie meant to me, and that I would forgive her for what she did.

And she didn't look very happy about it. But as she put Natalie's name down, another name popped into my mind.

"And Andre."

This was more understandable for Rose, and I could hear her sigh as she wrote his name down. For one scared moment, I could see her bracing herself for if I said Viktor.

But even I'm not crazy.

I hadn't noticed how dark the atmosphere in the room had become, until Rose smiled, and the sun radiated out of her smile. She thrust the paper into my hands, and I took a look at it.

M

A

T

C

H

Element

Water

Fire

Earth

Air

Spirit

Job

Model

Actress

Psychiatrist

Doctor

Spy

Guy

Adrian

Dimitri

Christian

Jesse

Eddie

First Child

Rose

Adrian

Kristen

Natalie

Andre

I stared daggers at Rose, and if looks could kill she would be dead through the first two seconds.

"May I inquire," I say, trying to keep as straight face as possible, "Why Jesse might be on the list?"

"For a bit of variety," Rose grinned, as my anger dissipated. After all, it was only a joke. "Would you have preferred Ralf?"

"Anyway," I continue loudly, "Can you imagine me as a Spy?"

"Nope, but that's why I put it down!"

We both burst out into fits of giggles, and I tried to remember the last time we had both been so silly together. It was true that we hadn't really let go in a while, but with all the Strigoi attacks going on, and us coming of age, it was hard to find time to really be ourselves.

Thank god for this two week vacation.

"What number do you want me to count down by?" I ask, curious if she had this paper planned out like I did.

She shrugged, unknowingly answering my question. "How about four?"

I looked up at the clock, which currently read four minutes past eleven at night. I looked down at the paper, doing quick calculations. I tried to stifle a bit of a laugh, as to not give me away.

"What's so funny?" Rose asked, and I had momentarily forgotten the bond.

"Nothing," I replied, as I cross off the C in match. I go down and cross off every fourth word, until I get to my first result. I help up the list so that Rose could see the blue circle around my Job.

"Well, now we find out how good a spy you are," she laughed, looking at the crosses through the other words. "Whoever would have thought..."

I grinned, before crossing off the next word, which was Kristen. Rose should be please with that. She didn't much like that name anyway.

"And it looks like my child will be name after Adrian," I stated, circling his name. That, I didn't mind so much. It wasn't half bad an idea, no matter what Rose thought. Although, if it comes right down to it...

The next word I had to cross off was Spirit, which I had secretly hoped I would get. No such luck.

"My element is fire," I reported, a little downcast.

"Well, that means Christian is more suited for you!" She joked, trying to cheer me up. I smiled, seeing the truth in her words.

Its really funny how two seventeen year olds can take a childrens game so seriously.

"And it looks like you get to share my mansion with me!" Rose enthused, watching as I crossed off the letter H to be left with Mansion. And we both knew what this meant. That there was only one column left unfinished.

There were two contestants left – Christian, and Dimitri. I count their names slowly, already knowing the outcome. Although it was just a game, I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated as I crossed Christian's name off and circled Dimitri. I heard Rose give a little gasp of surprise.

"Well, I see this is your revenge for getting Adrian," I say good naturedly.

"Nah, If I wanted to get revenge, you would have ended up with Jesse," Rose countered, still a little shocked.

We sat in silence for a minute, each contemplating her own thoughts.

And that was when the great Idea came to me.

"Hey Rose," I started slowly, trying to think of the correct wording without making me look too suggestive.

"How about we turn our game into a little more than a game?"

Rose looked up at me questioningly, waiting for me to continue.

"You got Adrian on your list, and I got Dimitri on mine."

I waited a little for my words to sink in, before carrying on.

"So how about we both see how far we can get without actually going to far." I tried not to stumble over my words, but was clearly failing. "In a not more than friendly way."

"Wait, so you want me to-"

Rose never finished her sentence, because the door knocked, and I jumped up to answer it. I flung it open, and on the other side, stood none other than Guardian Belikov. Wanting to be a good role model for Rose, I quickly took his arm and tried to sound a little seductive.

Dimitri's POV

"Hey, Guardian Belikov," Lissa started, grabbing onto my arm. Years of experience kept the surprise off my face, but not off Rose's. I looked into her eyes, trying to figure out what was going on, when my gaze was pulled down to the small Moroi I was meant to be guarding.

"I thought, that since you are destined to be my guardian and everything," she said in a voice that sounded alien coming from her, "that we should get to know more about each other."

I didn't know what had brought on this sudden behaviour, but she was my Moroi to guard and I did have to listen to what she said, even if I didn't particularly like it. She tried to lead me into the room, but I resisted. It would take more than duty to enter that room.

"I only came with a message for Rose," I said evenly, watching as the said persons gaze never left my face. "You have a meeting tomorrow at Room 215 at seven thirty sharp. No excuses."

Suddenly alert, Roza jumped up off the bed she was lounging on, and dashed out of the room, muttering a thanks. The last I saw of her was the pained expression on her face, before she dashed away to her room to get at least some sleep that night.

And then I was pulled into Lissa's room with the door shut securely behind me.

Well, that's the end of Chapter two. I hope you liked it! And I promise the next chapter will come quicker then this one did!

And poor Dimitri - whats Lissa going to do to him...?

~Hope