I walked to the elevator, resisting the urge to run up the two flights of stairs. I would be inside my room before the elevator even reached the first floor.

He could have been more considerate and rejected me when we got back to the room. No, instead, he did in with an audience, in a fucking language that I don't know. God, I need to learn Russian. Hell, I will just to piss him off. The elevator doors opened, and I walked in it, and pushed the number of the floor my hotel room was on.

I looked down the corridor, hoping Dimitri would run down it, and come to me, telling me that I misunderstood him. Soon, though, the doors started to close, and my heart started to pound, hoping he would come. The doors closed, and the elevator moved up.

He never came. My heart broke all over again. I swallowed back tears.

What will happen now; I ignore mine and Dimitri's past relationship. My love for Dimitri has to fade. Just like his did. All Dimitri felt was sexual desire, I told myself. And it was the truth. That was what was in his eyes; desire, not love. My heart knotted up, and I knew that my heart would never be the same again. It will be forever broken. This heart, I doubt even Adrian can repair. But at least I had him, and at this around of events, I'm glad I have him. For some reason, my heart feels better when he is with me. One day, I will love him like I love Dimitri.

I got out of the elevator, over to the room 201, and opened it, shut the door, turned on the lights and went into the bathroom after I gathered my nightgown. I needed a shower since I had all the pool's chlorine on me. I used my shampoo and conditioner, the hotels doesn't smell good, nor is it healthy for your hair; makes your hair feel like straw. I got in and rinsed off the chlorine, with it the fighting chance to get Dimitri back. I am done fighting for Dimitri. He really doesn't want me, so I will give him what he wants.

I got out of the shower, dried my body and put on my nightgown (which just so happen to be one of Adrian's shirts). It went down to my mid thigh. I brushed my teeth and hair, and decided to go to bed, with wet hair. I was tired from the turn of events from the pool and the time of travel.

I shut the lights off and crawled into bed, moving the pillow sideways so that I can hug it like it's a teddy bear. I shut my eyes, and went to sleep.

I woke up to the sound of a door closing, and shot out of bed like a bullet. Dimitri's eyes went wide, looking at me with some sort of expression that my mind immediately disregarded.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

I shrugged, and turned away. "Doesn't matter anyway, just get some sleep."

He gathered some clothes and went into the bathroom, and I rolled (facing the bathroom door) over and shut my eyes. I heard the shower turn on, and I tried to keep my thoughts clean. I decided to go to Lissa, but found that she was asleep. I got out of her head and tried to go back to sleep. I don't know how long Dimitri was in the shower, but time seemed to stop as I drifted asleep.

I woke up, not opening my eyes and wanting to fall back asleep. I was warm and still tired from the day. I stretched my body and yawned, then I put my hand over my pillow…my hard pillow..? I felt my 'pillow' and found that it wasn't soft. In fact, it was rather hard. I opened my eyes, to see Dimitri's gaze on me. I didn't move, just looked at the vicinity. His arm around my waste (as if he holds me like I precious to him), my head on his chest, my body half on top of his. This would have been a beautiful moment if we were together and he loved me. With a rueful look, I got off of him and the bed.

Without a word I gathered my clothes and headed towards the bathroom.

"How did you know what I was saying last night?" Dimitri asked solemnly.

"I picked up a few things while I was in Russia; that is all you ever need to know."I said bluntly, then I shut the door to take another shower.

When I was all done, I got out and found that Dimitri was all dressed. He went inside the bathroom to brush his teeth and hair.

There was nock at the door. I looked through the peep hole, and saw it was a woman, who had a hotel uniform on, with two huge folders of paperwork in her hands. I quickly opened the door to take the folders. "Ms. Ann, here are folders that was faxed over an hour ago." She handed me the folder and I took it. "Thank you."

I shut the door, and just then Dimitri opened the door, brushing his teeth, his hair brushed and tucked behind him in a pony tail. "Houh wa thau"

I faced him, putting on my guardian face. "A hotel worker, she dropped the files Sydney sent over. Looks like I have homework to dig into."

He spit into the sink and rinsed off his tooth brush and took some water in his hands, put it in his mouth and swished then spit. He turned, "We have homework to dig into," he corrected me. Coming up to me, I handed him the thickest folder, then turned away from him, military style, and went over to the desk and turned the lamp on to read.

I sighed. This is going to take forever. I opened the folder and read. "Eric was sending his mistress money electronically through a bank. We should find the name of the bank. And if we find the bank-"

"Then we will have a better chance at finding who the woman is." He finished.

I could feel his gaze on me, so I nodded-not look at him, but acknowledging he is right.

I wasn't sure how long we were reading, but I my stomach growled at me, telling me to feed it. I ignored it, knowing this was more important than my needs. I will eat later tonight, I promised. Hell, Chinese sounded fantastic, well, that's just me. I love Chinese food. I returned back to the task at hand.

Page after page I read, and nothing was out of the ordinary, and there was no money going to a different state or bank so far. Mr. D's salary was $300,000 a year and his removal over the money always had proof, like copies of recipes and a few thousand dollar withdraws here and there, but nothing huge.

Suddenly, I found a page with a huge withdraw. The year was 1996, in February. "Dimitri!" I yelled in excitement. "I found something. I've been watching Eric's balance and electronic withdraw and sending. He sent fifty K's to a woman in the year of '96."

"Does it give a name?"

I read. "No, but it does give an address to a certain bank that the woman withdraws money from."

"That's great, then we can work on that."

"Only one problem Dimitri."

He looked at me.

"I can break into houses, but not government property."

"Wasn't asking you to, we can ask Sydney to dig a little bit deeper."

"I doubt even the Alchemist have that power."

"Ask her, Rose." Dimitri said sternly. I wanted to tell him to go take a hike, but what other choice did we have? If I break into government property, I risk the going to jail for…practically my whole life, and to top that all off, I have no idea how to hack into a computer system that has the top of the line protection. If I can do that, then everyone better start calling me a freaking god.

On the other hand, which didn't have any better ideas or consequences, Sydney could probably get into those files of the government and know how to do it. The questions are will she do it, and will she get away with it?

"Dimitri, we are risking her career. We can't ask this of her. We are not just risking her life, we are risking her future, and her career." I shouted angrily. Doesn't he understand that we don't risk innocent lives, no matter if it is on or off the field?

He had his hard ass guardian face on, the one with steel in it that says 'don't play with me; I will kick your ass'. "You really want her to risk her career, and even her life?" I asked.

"Do it Rose, it's her choice."

"She's not going to say yes, unless if she is damn good with computer hacking." I got up and went over to a small table where I put my phone, and called Sydney. I heard the dialing tone, then the next thing I know, I heard her voice. Here goes the worst conversation with Sydney I will ever have.

"I had a feeling you would call." She said, amusement in her voice.

"How are the evil creatures treating you?"

"Like I'm royalty."She laughed. "Your boyfriend has been pampering me. I have to tell him to leave all the time. I thought he wanted to eat me at first."

Jealousy shot through me. "Excuse me? Tell him to lie off and remind him of his girlfriend, Rose. You know, a girl who can very easily over power him."

"I don't know, I kind of like it." She teased. "But I will, it is kind of creepy."

Okay, guilt pushed aside, I asked. "Dimitri and I need your help."

She went back to her business voice that I knew so well. "Knew that was coming, what with?"

"We found the bank Eric sent a great deal of money to, but we need a name. The only way we can get that name is if we hack into government proper-"

"I will see what I can do, but…"

"I know Sydney. I would never ask this of you if it wasn't important or big. I can do the little stuff on my own, but when it comes to computer stuff, I need help."

"I know how important it is." She sighed. "Give me a few hours, if not then a day. I will get back with you, hopefully with an address or a name. Where is this bank at?"

"Chemical Bank in Ann Harbor, the woman last withdrawal was in the year of '96."

"Okay, in the mean time, you and Dimitri get to Ann Harbor as quickly as you two can. If this girl is in danger, then you need to be ready."

"Thanks Sydney. I see Lissa has gotten to you?"

She laughed. "I still think she is evil, but…your right, not all of them are that evil."

"You still think I'm evil?"

She paused. "I know you're dangerous, but evil, I'm reconsidering it."

I smiled at that, and I could feel my heart glow. "I hope one day we will call each other friend."

"Maybe." She said and hung up.

I turned to Dimitri, and he was reading. "We have enough to go on, Dimitri, we need to get to Ann Arbor now. So pack your things up, because we need to leave as soon as we can. I will check us out, seeing on how I am pretty much already packed."

I just reached the door when he spoke. "Good job, Rose."

"Thanks." And I left.