*Back In Maine*
*Sera's POV*
Jackie and I were packing and getting ready to go to Russia. I had just got off the phone with Dimitri. "Dimitri just called, he said we were more then welcome to stay with them for a while." Jackie stared at me blankly. "But we'll be sharing a room. Tasha's nephew will be there too. And Dimitri said he's your type."
"What's his name?"
"He wouldn't tell me his first name. But his last name is Ozera."
"Oh. Well, lets go finish packing."
"Okay."
Jackie and I finished packing, got our plane tickets, and headed to Russia. It was a long flight. Three days. When we got there we were so happy to be off the plane. I ran up to my brother in the airport; "Dimka! Oh, how I missed you!" Then to Tasha "Tasha it's lovely to see you! Dimka told me that you were having twins. Congratulations! Oh! Where's your nephew? I want Rose to meet him.
"Sera, you just called me Rose..."
"No I didn't Jackie." I turned toward Dimka. "Her brains been a little messed up since Brad died."
"My brain has not been messed up. I'm just a little upset."
"Sera, Tasha's nephew is at the house. He's kind of depressed since he lost his girlfriend three months ago." Dimka said.
"Oh! That's terrible! Maybe he and Jackie can wallow together."
Tasha spoke up now. "I don't want Jackie to be sad this whole trip. It's supposed to make her feel better. I can already tell they have a lot in common. They'll get along great! Oh, and Sera, I heard that you were looking for someone to hook up with. I have the perfect person for you."
"What's his name?"
"Adrian Ivashkov"
"How old is he?"
"Twenty-one."
"What does he look like?"
"He's got blonde hair and he's really tall. He has baby blue eyes and a wonderful personality."
"Does he live here in Russia?"
"Yes. But he wasn't born here."
"Does he speak Russian?"
"Some. I'll invite him over for dinner for you."
"Thank you Tasha!"
"You're welcome."
That was the end of conversation until we got to the Belikov house. Tasha called out for her nephew; "Christian! Come down stairs please! Jackie and Sera are here to meet you!"
*Jackie's POV*
"I'll be right down!"
His voice. I'd heard it before. It was angelic. I stared at the stairs in longing. I don't know how long I stared. Someone snapped their fingers in my face.
"Jackie? Are you okay?"
I snapped out of my haze. "Huh? Oh. Yeah. Where's Christian?"
"Right here," His voice said; startling me. I turned around and there he was. He was hot! He reached his finger out and wiped some drool off my chin. I instantly blushed 10 shades of red. He laughed. Oh, how I loved his laugh.
"Rose?"
"Don't start that again Christian. That's Jackie" Tasha said.
"Do I know you?" I asked him.
"Do I look familiar?"
"Yeah." It was then that I realized this was Christian Ozera. My boyfriend. My Chris. I ran and jumped into his arms, and he stiffened at first, but relaxed when he realized who I was. Rosemarie Hathway. His Girlfriend. "I missed you baby."
"I missed you too. You are never sneaking out again."
"I won't. I promise."
Rose turned around to look at Sera, but instead she saw her best friend Lissa. "Lissa!" She gasped. "How did you get here?"
"I had to pretend to be Sera. Me, Guardian Belikov, and Tasha were the only ones that knew you were Rose. They forbid us from telling Christian" She had a grim look on her face.
"For three months Christian didn't know if I was even still alive? That's horrible! Where's Kirova? She's going down."
"Kirova died Rose. She was murdered. So was Tatiana." It was Christian who said this. WAIT! Tatiana died? And so did Kirova?
"Rose, we can't let you go back to the Academy. You're not even suppsed to know who we are." Lissa stated. She was looking really pale.
"Is Lissa really going to hook up with Adrian?" I got a feeling in my stomach, and next thing I knew, everything went black. The last thing I heard was Lissa.
"Rose!"