Rose's POV (Again!)
"Hey!" Lissa greeted me, pulling me into a hug. I glanced over at Dimitri and Christian, and stifled a laugh. Lissa looked over too, and grinned at me. The two just awkwardly shifted their gaze from one thing to another. Delighted to crank up the excitement, "Hello, Guardian Belikov," Lissa welcomed him.
Dimitri swept her a slight bow - quite similar to the one when he had first found us - and muttered, "Hello, Your Highness."
Lissa gave him a look, and complained, "It's just Lissa."
"Oh, look over there, Dimitri," I said sarcastically, glancing at Christian. When he glanced up, I added, "Is that your charge over there? Maybe you should say hello."
Dimitri stiffened up, giving me a glare, which I just sweetly smiled to. He sighed, but then quickly shifted back to Guardian mode.
"Hello, Lor-" he quickly stopped, covering his words, "Christian."
Christian gave a twitch of a smile, and quickly replied, "Hello, Belikov."
Dimitri turned back slightly to face Lissa. "I grant that you slept well?" Lissa merely nodded as a reply, but Dimitri pressed on, with a hint of hope in his voice - that he thought he might be able to get out of shopping - "And you're ready to go shopping?"
Lissa gave me a quickly glance, and I gave her a slight nod, and we said in unison, "We're always ready to go shopping!"
Dimitri sighed. "Let's go, then."
We all piled into the single SUV, surrounded by the Royal Guard. I guess I should mention who that was - well, Eddie was one of them - after I was appointed Head of the Guardian Council and Lissa was made Queen - well, we were able to pull some strings and put him on standby their until he found someone as his charge. It also happened to have Serena as well. Another person worth mentioning is Vincent Schoenberg, who was a distinctive blood relative of Arthur Schoenberg. Arthur's student, Tamara, was also surprisingly moved. But I had seen her fight - and she was rather good, I had to say. Valentino Mancini, from Italy was also a brilliant Guardian. And, there are a couple of others, but you'll meet them later.