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"Hello Rose." Adrian said, coming out from behind a cherry blossom tree.

"Hi Adrian."

"I guess I just couldn't stay away, huh?" I could see the pain in his eyes as he said that. He was still hurting over me leaving and I hated that, believe me.

"I'm happy about that." I told him honestly. Even though I had chose Dimitri I still loved Adrian, I always will just in a different way than I do Dimitri.

"Did you find him?" Adrian asked, ignoring what I said.

"Yes, I did. I'm at his house in Russia right now."

"Are you two coming back to the Academy?" He asked.

"Yes and I am also bringing a new friend that I met in Poland." I told him.

"Oh, who's that?"

"Her name is Imber."

"Hmmm." That was the only acknowledgement he gave me. I waited a moment to see if anything else was going to come, but he didn't say a word.

"Adrian, please don't do this."

"Do what?"

"Act like this. I never meant to make you hate me. I don't want you to." I told him.

"I don't hate you Rose. I could never hate you." He told me and it was a relief.

"Then why are you acting like you do?" I asked.

"Because you hurt me, Rose. What did you expect? For me to be all happy and like 'Whatever Rose, I'm good' well that isn't going to happen. Damn it Rose, you kind of broke my heart."

"Adrian I'm sorry I… I want us to be able to talk to eachother like we used to. Just because I chose Dimitri it doesn't mean I don't still love you. I do." I told him.

"I know that Rose, but you love him more and I don't know if I will be able to deal with that when I see the two of you together back here at the Academy."

"What is that supposed to mean? You're going to leave the Academy?" I asked, tears welling in my eyes.

"I don't know Rose. I'll try to stay for you, but I'm in love with you and I don't want to have to see you with some other guy every day."

"But, can't we just be friends. I don't want to completely lose you, I don't know if I will be able to handle that." I told him and I really don't think I could handle him not being around every day. I mean even though he isn't around here in Russia, I knew I would be able to see him when I got back, but what if he leaves.

"I don't want to completely lose you either, Rose, obviously, but I need you to be with me not him and the fact that you chose him and no know that you can have him? It kills me, you don't even know how bad it hurts. I always thought people were exaggerating when they talked about how bad it hurts to lose the one person you love most, but now I know that it really does hurt that bad." He told me in a pained voice. I had never seen Adrian so serious and I could tell he was really hurting and I hated to be the cause of that pain and it hurt me that he was feeling like that and that I had no clue how to heal him.

"Adrian, I'm sorry, but I—"

"It's not your fault Rose, you can't choose who you fall in love with. No matter how much I wish that was possible." I had absolutely no idea what I could say to that. "Okay this is getting to mushy for me, I'm gonna go now. Bye, Rose."

"Bye, Adrian." I got out just before the dream and Adrian faded away.

I didn't dream anything then, there was just a bunch of black nothingness. I woke up soon after Adrian's dream faded away. I looked at the clock and saw that it was only two in the morning. It was too early to get up, but there was no way I was going to be able to get back to sleep; I had too much on my mind.

I hadn't realized that Adrian was that hurt. I knew it hurt him when I left, but I never thought it was that bad. I wanted to make it better, but I didn't know how to. I feel like the only way he would stop hurting was if I chose to take him back, but I couldn't do that, not when I was in love with Dimitri. It wouldn't be fair to any of us.

I decided that instead of getting down on myself about Adrian any more than I already was I would go over to Dimitri's bedroom. Even if he was asleep I would still feel better just being near him for a while. That was one of the great things about him, he didn't have to do or say anything to make me feel better, all he had to do was be close to me.

I tried to sneak into his room as quietly as I could, but he still woke up. It's gotta be those damn ninja guardian skills of his.

"Rose?" He asked as I closed his door.

"Hi." I said.

"Is there something wrong?"

"No, I didn't even mean to wake you up, sorry. I just couldn't sleep so I was just going to come in here and sit until you woke up." I told him.

"Well come here." He said, making room for me on his bed. He didn't have to tell me twice. I went right over and laid down next to him. It definitely made me forget about Adrian's dream…mostly.

Right as I settled myself next to him he leaned over me, cupped my face with his hands and kissed me. And it wasn't just a quick kiss like earlier either, it was filled with love and longing. I had been wanting to kiss him like this for what seemed like forever, even though he had only been away from me for a little while.

When he finally let me go and started to pull away from me I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him right back to me. He let out a little laugh and then kissed me right back, he'd been missing me too.

"I missed you." I said, breaking the kiss.

"I wish I could say I missed you too, but I can't. How I forgot you is beyond me, but I did."

"It's okay. I know you would have missed me if you had been able to." I said.

"I definitely would have." He said smiling. I didn't get to see him smile that often, but when he did I loved it.

"What do you think people will say when we get back to the Academy? Won't they find it weird that I disappeared and then randomly came back with you? They'll figure us out." I said to him.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to deal with that as best as we can." He said.

"I guess." I said. We stopped talking after that. We didn't need to say anything more, we just needed to be near one another.

DPOV

I was so happy to be back with my Roza. No scratch that, I was ecstatic. Of course I didn't remember her until just before she found me, but now that I have her, I realize how I could never live another day without her.

I'm watching her sleep right now and I have never seen her look so serene. She has nothing to worry her in her sleep I guess, but so many things in real life that do. If I could change that I would. If I could see her so peaceful like this every day I would change the world, but that's impossible. That's my heart talking not my head. I wish I could do that for her though; get rid of all her worries and troubles. She has already gone through more hardships in her almost eighteen year old life than most sixty year olds have.

The bad thing is, I caused one of those hardships. I had no right to fall in love with her, sure she loves me back, but if I had controlled myself she wouldn't have had to choose between Adrian and me. Of course I am happy that she apparently chose me, but she went through a lot of heartbreak to get to the point of choosing and she shouldn't have gone through that. She already has more than enough things to deal with, but at least now I can help her through every other hard time she will meet. If I have any say in it she will never get hurt again.

I don't know if it is possible to keep her from getting hurt right now though because when we get back to the Academy everyone will be talking about Rose. Also something was bothering her when she came into my room earlier too. She said it was nothing, but I could tell she was lying. I will definitely have to figure out what that was about.

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