It had been two years since I left the Academy. I tried to forget about him. Adrian came back to the Court and was teaching Lissa about spirit while his Aunt wasn't watching. Lissa, Christian and Adrian had this party to go to tonight which meant Eddie and I had to go. I didn't mind the parties so much now as long I was with Lissa I was happy.
I was in my room fixing my things for tonight and Lissa came in.
"Hey I found this great dress for you to wear!" She said while skipping over to me. She took it out of the bag. It was red, strapless and backless.
"Lissa I can't it'll ruin my reputation." She had a begging face.
"Please for me and if people talk bad then I'll never make you wear it again."
"Fine."
"Go put it on." I walked over to the bathroom and put on the dress; it moulded my curves perfectly and showed cleavage. It was amazing, it was made for me. I walked out and Lissa face went from excited to stunned.
"W-O-W," she dragged out "I didn't know it would look that good. If I did I would have worn it." She came over to me and hugged me. "Now let's curl your hair, you haven't done that in a long time." Lissa got my curling tongs out. I sat on a chair and she started curling my hair. About half an hour later she was done, she then moved on to makeup. My eyes shadow was blue which complimented the dress and my lips stick made my lips look plush and kissable. I straightened Lissa's hair and I did her makeup. We were opposites with the hair today. I laughed and grabbed my bag which had my stake in it.
Lissa and I left the room and went over to the party hall. I stepped in and people were dancing and conversing. I went with Lissa over to where Christians was standing. I was on high alert because I always was at parties. I looked around assessing the party and then turned back to Lissa and Christian. Christian had a microphone in one hand and was looking deep in to Lissa's eyes. What was he doing?
"Can I have everybody's attention please?" Everyone turned to the middle of the dance floor where Christian was with one knee on the floor looking up to Lissa. "Lissa I love you and I want to be with you until my heart stops beating." He stopped and pulled a little box out of his pocket and opened it. There was a ring in the box. It was a silver ring with a diamond on it. "Vasilisa Dragomir would you do me the proud honour of becoming my wife."
She nodded "Yes." He stood up and kissed her. He pulled back, pulled the ring out of the box and put it on her second last finger on her left hand. She kissed him again and I started to clap and everyone followed suit. Some were even roaring and whistling. Lissa pulled away and I went up to them to congratulate them.
"Didn't see that coming." I said surprised.
"I know right." I pulled her hand up to look at her ring. It suited her so well and fit perfectly.
"Wow, its beautiful just like you." I said to her. She blushed lightly.
"Thanks." I pulled her into a hug. I pulled away and focused on someone behind me. It couldn't be. I started breathing heavily. "Rose, Rose." Lissa started shaking me. "What's wrong?" she was so concerned and I could feel her concern flooded to me through the bond. I pulled away from her grip and left the reception. I ran outside. I knew I should have stayed to guard her but, I need to get away. I couldn't stand seeing him again. I sat down on a chair outside. I kept an eye on Lissa to make sure she was okay.
"Are you okay, Rose?" Eddie asked. He came and sat next to me.
"Um . . . just needed a breather it was getting crowded in there."
"Rose don't lie to me. You don't run away from anything. What's wrong?"
"I . . . I'm fine. I'll be in there soon. Go keep an eye on your charge and on mine please." He left without another word, but I knew if I didn't go back in soon the party would come out to check on me and I didn't want that.
"Shouldn't you be protecting your own charge instead of getting other people to do it?"
"Who are you to tell me how to guard the princess?" I want to stand and yell but I didn't want him to see me. From what I could tell he couldn't recognise me.
"Are you guarding Vasilisa? You should be in there not out here." He said in shock. That was my last straw. I stood up fuming by now.
"Yeah and who are you to tell me about guarding. You should be protecting Natasha, should you not?" I yelled at him. Dimitri was shocked to see me. Recognition covered his face. He realised who I was.
"Rose," was the only word that escaped his lips. Oh those lips I shouldn't be looking at them. I pulled myself out of my reverie and mentally kicked myself for looking at his lips. His eyes were roaming my body from head to toe. Was he checking me out? He stepped toward me.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realise it was you."
"Of course you didn't. I'm quite shocked you recognised me since you left without a good bye." I said my words full of acid and sarcasm. I turned around, not wanting to talk to him anymore and went inside to find Lissa and apologize.
I saw her by a table getting some food. "Lissa." I called out. She turned and looked at me a little upset. "I'm sorry, it wasn't you–."
"I know, he's here. Don't worry. If you want you can go." She interrupted.
'No, I'm your guardian and if that entails seeing him, once in a while then so be it."
"Oh, Rose I'm so happy about your self-control because, I thought you should know that Tasha is staying at the court for my wedding." I couldn't see anything anymore. Everything went black.
When I came around, I opened my eyes, and focused on the person in front of me. It was Lissa and Adrian. "Rose." They both said in unison and with a sigh of relief. I felt warm hands on my back I was leaning on someone's chest. I sat up and saw who had been holding me. It was Dimitri, I flinched and stood up.
"I'm fine. " I said to Lissa and Adrian.
"Rose, you just collapsed. You don't know how worried I was. Are you sure? Maybe we should leave."
"No, I'm fine. When have I ever hidden something from you? If it happens again I promise we'll see the court doctor and I'll go back to my dorm." I reassured her.
The rest of the night I had people checking up on me and Eddie hardly let me keep an eye on Lissa.
At the end of the party we went back to our dorms. Lissa and Christian shared a dorm which was next to mine. Eddie was in his own dorm on the other side of the happy couple and I was on the other side. Mine was a bigger room that could fit two people but I had it to myself and there was only one king size bed in the room. I said goodnight to Eddie and congratulated the happy couple again before going to my dorm.
I was in the shower when someone knocked on my door. It was late. Who would want to see me at this time? I put a towel on and opened the door. There stood a matron of the court with Dimitri Belikov behind her.
A/N: Cliff hanger. You'll have to wait until the next chapter to see what Dimitri wants. Hope you like it. Review and enjoy the next chapter. Thanks, love you all.