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Love Ever After

Chapter Two

It was now the end of January and we had started the field experience a week ago. I was disappointed when I wasn't assigned to Lissa but to Christian. I got over it quickly though because Lissa and I would still be together and Eddie was guarding her.

My schedule had changed a little because of the field experience but not much. Since I was stay in Christians room now Monday through Saturday I would have to get up earlier for morning practice. I sill had practice at the end of every day. And because I only had midday (night) practices on Sundays, I was given plenty of tests during the day.

The best one and the scariest one, which in the end got me in a lot of trouble happened two days ago.

Flashback

We left the class in lighter moods. Things had grown friendlier between us, and I decided that I could handle the next six weeks protecting him.

He and Lissa were going to meet in the library to study— or pretend to study— but he had to stop by his dorm first. So I followed him across the quad, back into the winter air that had grown chillier since sunset seven hours ago. The snow on the paths, which had turned slushy in the sun, had now frozen up and made walking treacherous.

Along the way, we were joined by Brandon Lazar, a Moroi who lived in Christian's hall. Brandon could barely contain himself, recapping a fight he'd witnessed in his math class. We listened to his rendition, all of us laughing at the thought of Alberta sneaking in through the window.

"Hey, she might be old, but she could take on almost any of us," I told them. I gave Brandon a puzzled look. He had bruises and red splotches on his face. He also had a few weird welts near his ear. "What happened to you? Have you been fighting guardians too?"

His smile promptly disappeared, and he looked away from me. "Nah, just fell."

"Come on," I said. Moroi might not train to fight like dhampir's did, but they got in brawls with each other just as often as anyone else. I tried to think of any Moroi he might have a conflict with. For the most part, Brandon was pretty likeable.

"That's the lamest, most unoriginal excuse in the world."

"It's true," he said, still avoiding my eyes.

"If someone's screwing with you, I can give you a few pointers."

He turned back to me, locking eyes. "Just let it go." He wasn't hostile or anything, but there was a firm note in his voice. It was almost like he believed saying the words alone would make me obey him.

I chuckled. "What are you trying to do? Compel me—"

Suddenly, I saw movement on my left. A slight shadow blending in with the dark shapes of a cluster of snowy pine trees—but moving just enough to catch my attention. Stan's face emerged from the darkness as he sprang toward us.

Another test.

Adrenaline shot through me just as strongly as if a real Strigoi were approaching.

I reacted instantly, reaching out to grab both Brandon and Christian. That was always the first move, to throw my own life before theirs. I jerked the two guys to a halt and turned toward my attacker, reaching for my stake in order to defend the Moroi—

And that's when he appeared.

Andre.

He stood several feet in front of me, off to Stan's right, looking just as he had the last time I saw him. But he was translucent, shimmering, sad.

The hair on the back of my neck stood up. I froze, unable to move or finish going

for my stake. I forgot about what I'd been doing and completely lost track of the people and commotion around me. The world slowed down, everything fading around me. There was only Andre—that ghostly, shimmering Andre who glowed in the dark and seemed like he so badly wanted to tell me something. The same feeling of helplessness I'd experienced in Spokane returned to me.

My stomach turned cold and hollow. I could do nothing except stand there, wondering what he was trying to say.

He lifted one translucent hand and pointed off toward the other side of campus, but I didn't know what it meant. There was so much over there, and it wasn't clear what he was pointing at. I shook my head, not understanding but desperately wishing I could.

The sorrow on his face seemed to grow. Suddenly, something slammed into my shoulder, and I stumbled forward. The world suddenly started up again, snapping me out of the dreamy state I'd just been in. I only barely managed to throw out my hands in time to stop myself from hitting the ground. I looked up and saw Stan standing over me.

"Hathaway!" he barked. "What are you doing?" I blinked, still trying to shake off the weirdness of seeing Andre again. I felt sluggish and dazed. I looked into Stan's angry face and then glanced over at where Andre had been. He was gone.

I turned my attention back to Stan and realized what had happened. In my distraction, I'd completely spaced while he'd staged his attack. He now had one arm around Christian's neck and one around Brandon's. He wasn't hurting them, but his point was made.

"If I had been a Strigoi," he growled, "these two would be dead."

End Flashback

In the end I had a 'hearing' you could say. I was given community service on my one day off. Sucked but it was better than being removed from the field experience and not graduating.

Dimitri had a concern look on his face and came towards me as I was leaving, but instead of talking to him I ran.

I didn't want to tell him or anyone else for that matter what really happened and I could tell by the look in his eyes he didn't buy my excuse.

I was worried what people would think about me, they would assume I had gone crazy and maybe I have, who knows? But I also couldn't bare the thought of coming clean, especially to Lissa.

She lost everything in that wreck, except me and that was pure. . . I'd like to say luck but really it was just spirit. If she knew I saw Andre I just don't know how she would take it.

The look in his eyes, his face; he was so sad. I missed him, and seeing him again scared me.

After running from Dimitri and the hearing I went to my room and changed into a pair of yoga pants, a hot pink sports bra, and hoodie. I grabbed a bottle of water and took off on in a jog to the gym.

No one was there when I opened the door. So I went to the mats and decided on sit ups. I didn't do them often because I ran so much and I was toned as it was but today I didn't want to run, not right now at least.

I did a hundred and fifty before stopping and went to the punching bag. After about twenty minutes someone came in.

I didn't bother to turn around and looking, I had a pretty good guess who it would be.

I had my way with the punching bag for a while longer but I got tired with. So I sat right where I was and took the tape off my hands and examined the damaged that was done. They we're already showing blisters pretty good, I knew they would be worse by tomorrow, maybe even hours later.

Dimitri walked over to me and gave me my bottle of water.

"Thanks" I said.

"Will you tell me what that was all about?" I don't know what the punching bag did but I'm sure you got your revenge on it." He said with a small laugh.

I didn't think it was that funny.

"Nothing, I just wanted a change to my work out today is all." I said taking another sip of water.

"Well I actually came to find you so we can talk."

I looked at him. "About what" I asked.

"I'm leaving tomorrow, to go to court for a few days."

Dimitri was sitting beside me now, his mask was down and there a glint to his eyes I couldn't place.

I cleared my throat. "What for"

He had an uneasy look on his face. "There's a trail that starts in a few days, I have to go along with a few other guards from court."

"Oh, well okay" I said. "What about practice, will I still train or do I wait for you to return?"

"Why don't you wait till I return, Emil and Steven are going with me and between Alberta working, Stan teaching, and the rest working and keeping an eye on things, it would be best to wait I think."

I nod my head "Okay."

I did some leg stretches and then stood up along with Dimitri.

"Let's spar" He said.

We walked over to the mats in silence. I took off my hoodie, now down to pants and a sports bra and got in a fighting position.

I lunged first this time and he blocked taking over easily. I don't know what was with me recently I guess it was from the whole 'I saw Andre" thing but I wasn't up to game and constantly distracted which pissed me off.

We went five rounds and three of the five he won. I was still lying under him after our last round. Breathing heavy and covered in sweat just like him. Dimitri had one hand above my head on the mat and the other on my side. I was watching him with amazement as his eyes drank in the image of my body.

And then without showing any warning he leaned in and kissed me heavy and deep. He pulled away when we both needed breathe, making our breathing heavier. I looked up in his eyes and then I kissed him back.

We rolled over and I was now on top straddling him. He was sitting up now and one hand in my hair the other on side a little lower than my hip.

I lifted Dimitri's shirt over head and took it off, he didn't try to stop me. When he brought his lips back to my body it wasn't to my mouth. He trailed kisses from my neck to my collar bone. I couldn't help the moan escape my lips.

Without breaking away, he picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I could feel a bulge in the front of his pants. He carried me off to the side of the gym, opened a door went in and shut it.

I looked around to notice it was our teacher's office for our tanning class. Dimitri brought his lips back to mine and kissed me again, whilst sitting me down on the bare desk. I kicked off my shoes, they we're kind of annoying me.

Dimitri broke apart to get a good look at me. "Are you sure about this Roza?"

I nod my head. "Positive."

He smiled and kicked off his own shoes. As he kissed me he lifted up my sports bra and took it off. Make a trail with his tongue from my lips down to my right breast in his mouth and cupped the other with a hand. A soft moan escaped me again.

He came back up and I kissed him deep and heavy, while undoing his pants. I pulled them down with my hand and kicked them off.

He was now standing only wearing a pair of white boxer briefs, which did him justice with his rock hard body. A Calvin Klein model had nothing on him.

I got off the desk and walked closer to him. I started kissing my way from his chest down and when I got to his underwear line I pulled them down using my hands as I kissed along his hips. I found a sensitive spot right beside his right hip bone and sucked on it causing him to moan my Russian name.

When I pulled them down to his feet and he stepped out. He grabbed my face gently and pulled me up. Moving his hands down to my hips he slid of my yoga pants, leaving me in nothing but a pair of light pink lace string bikini panties.

"Roza, you are beautiful." He said taken in my body.

He kissed me again this time making his way down my body. When he got to my panty line he bit down on the top and pulled them down with his teeth. He kissed his way up my thigh, to my hip, up stomach, across my breast, to my neck, back to my mouth.

He picked me up and carried me back to the desk. We kissed each other hard and passionate.

This was it, I was finely going to give him, the man I loved my virginity, my all. When he pulled away again, he looked at me to make sure I was sure about this. My only response was a nod of the head.

"Lay back" He said.

I realized the position from reading The Cosmo Kama Sutra. I kept up with it when A daring writer and her boyfriend went public and wrote about doing all seventy seven positions in seventy seven days. Had to admit, it gave me bit of an imagination.

Apparently having my whole body on display would be a major turn on for him, the thought of him being turned on because of me, only added to my own turn on.

So I laid back and Dimitri pulled himself as close to me as possible, positioning himself for entrance, with both hands on the side of my legs/hips area.

"It's going to hurt for a minute" He warned me.

"I'm ready" I whispered.

Just as he was about to, the door opened.

You have seriously got to be kidding me I thought. Dimitri jumped and spun around blocking me. I sat up and covered my chest with my hands.

"Well, well Dimka. Aren't we naughty?" Tasha said.

At the realization of who it was, Dimitri's shoulders seemed to relax, that was weird.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I was looking for you. I saw you shirt on the mats and picked it up. I was going to leave but then I heard you." She smiled. "And so here I am."

She tossed the shirt to him. "Sorry I interrupted Rose." She told me, turned and left shutting the door behind her.

"What the hell was that about?" I asked jumping off the desk. "It was like she expected to find us here, doing this."

I was furious. Dimitri came to me, put his arms on my shoulders. "I don't know. I was expecting her to come here, much less find us doing this." He told me

I pulled on my panties and then my pants.

"Roza, slow down" He said pulling me in his arms.

"Dimitri what if she tells someone? We need to go." He gave me a slight nod and kissed me softly one last time.

When we finished pulling on all our clothes and shoes we walked out of the office and back to the mats. I picked up my water and started walking to the door with Dimitri beside me holding me other hand.

When we got to the door he held my hand and pulled me to a stop. "I'm sorry Rose, that wasn't how I wanted it to happen."

"Don't worry about it." I smiled at him. "It didn't happen anyways. Maybe when you come back we can pick up and make things right." I kissed his cheek.

"Maybe" He said. "I don't want to plan on it, it's not something that should be planed. It should be done in the right moment."

I just nod my head to him. "I'll see you later Comrade and with that we went our separate ways.

The next day

I slept in for the first time since I came back to the academy and I have to say it felt great. I hopped in the shower and took my time getting ready. I decided today I wanted to wear a black three/fourth sleeve turtle neck shirt that fit to my curves nicely, a pair of black skinny jeans, and a grey cardigan with a wide black belt and flat healed grey boots that came below the knee.

I looked hot and I knew it. Winter wasn't my favorite season but I did enjoy dressing up in all the layers.

I looked at the clock and I still had an extra ten minutes. So I decided to call Mason. I had been putting him off between training with Dimitri, guarding Christian, seeing ghost, and spending time with my friends here.

I knew he was probably not happy with me but hey I had a good excuse, one I wasn't going to use but it was good.

I picked up my blackberry and typed in the first few numbers, his popped up and I pressed send.

Ring. . . Ring. . . Ring. . . Ring. . . Ring. . .

"Hey this is Mason, leave a message."

Groan (mentally) "Hey Mase, I just wanted to call and catch up with my best friend. I hope you're doing well. I miss you, call me back." I hung up the phone, well that sucks.

Still nine more minutes. "Oh well" I shrugged to myself. I picked up my duffle I packed last night and went to Christian's room.

Knock. . . Knock. . . Knock. . .

Christian answered as he was pulling his leather jacket Lissa had bought him with my help. I loved that Jacket. A) It had Christian written all over it. B) I really wanted it for myself but hey I'm a chick we don't get away with wearing stuff like that and pulling it off as good. C) She wanted to get him a white winter coat instead with the wide neck and six row buttons. Which was not him at all and would have made him looked whipped like he is but I saved his ass. With a kickass jacket he loves.

"I really love that damn jacket, makes me want to be a guy for about three seconds." I said.

"Well good thing you're not because then it probably wouldn't be my jacket."

I nodded my head in agreement. "You're probably right, anyways I just wanted to drop off my stuff and fallow you around all day of course." I said sarcastically.

He rolled his eyes. "Look Rose I know you're in love with me and enjoy looking at my ass all the time, why don't you just admit and be honest with me." He was giving me a look with puppy dog eyes and a smirk.

I smacked him in the arm. "You wish. Plus I don't date guys who wears girl jeans."

"They are not girl jean, they are pants for men." I rolled my eyes.

"You're wearing the same pants as me. They're girl jeans."

"Nope, I got them from the men's side of express."

"Whatever, men's shouldn't wear them? Don't you want kids one day?" I smiled. "Plus I bet your nuts would love to breath for a change." I laughed and he threw a snow ball at me.

"Shut up Rosemarie"

I groaned "Don't call me that." I said as I threw a snow ball back, hitting him in the right shoulder.

After throwing more snowballs and tripping Christian. We made it to the dinning hall and got in line, which was pretty long right now.

A few seconds later my phone buzzed with a text.

I pull it out and open the message bar. It was Lissa.

Running behind I was talking with Alberta. Grab me a juice and yogurt if you beat me.

I replied

Kay, what did Alberta want?

Again buzz

Don't know I'm almost there

I clicked my phone back to lock and put it in my pocket.

"Lissa is running behind, Alberta wants to talk to her." I told him.

We made it through the line. Christian grabbed two yogurts and juices. While I got three chocolate doughnuts and milk, we went to our usual table and joined Eddie who was sitting alone.

"Morning Edister" I said with a smile.

"Well hell has officially frozen over." He smiled back. "You won't be late for once, wow."

"Just cause I'm here doesn't mean I won't be late." I winked at him.

"Only you Hathaway"

I laughed. "Hey have you talked to Mason?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Not this week, he said his mom finally gave in on letting him go back to school but she wanted him to go to the closest one to home." He shrugs. "Maybe he's in class already, still sleeping, or getting used to school or something."

"Oh, I didn't know she gave in." Was all I said.

I was caught in my own down play of the past few days. Mason had called a few time, maybe more. And every time I ignored them. He called when I was in a hot make out with Dimitri, which happened to be in the middle of the night (day) for us. I had no clue why he called me so late.

I had snuck out because I couldn't sleep. Only to be caught by the one person I don't mind being caught by.

He called during practice a few times, during the "hearing", and right after I left Dimitri yesterday.

God yesterday I couldn't believe what happened. Caught by Tasha, the one person I couldn't stand but yet she hadn't said anything, or at least not yet. Probably because if she did she would get Dimitri fired.

I was suddenly pulled out of my own thoughts by a suddenly frightened Liss. I noticed were she was right away and pulled out of her mind. I jumped up and ran.

"Rose, where are you going?" Christian asked.

I ignored him and took off. Seconds later I was in front of Lissa and had her in a hug.

"Hey, look at me" I pulled her back. "What's wrong?"

She whipped the tears off her face. "Did you know?"

I looked at her confused. "Know what?"

"Dimitri, the trial?"

"Yeah, he told me yesterday." What was this about?

"So you knew and didn't tell me?" She pulled away "What kind of friend—"

I cut her off. "Lissa, I don't know why your upset. Dimitri will be back in a few days." I gave her a questioning look.

Understand crossed her eyes and she brought a hand to her mouth. "You don't know do you?"

"Know what?" I wanted to shout out of frustration.

"That the trial they all went to was for Victor."

Talk about a smack of reality to the face. Just then Christian and Eddie joined us.

"What?" Christian asked with a worried look on his face.

We snapped out of staring at each other and looked at the guys.

I didn't know what to say because I was pissed. So I was glad Lissa filled him in.

"I talked to Alberta this morning; she wanted to let me know something before rumors got started." She let out a sigh. "Their having Victors trial today."

Why didn't Dimitri tell me? He trusts me enough to sleep with me but not with this kind of information. Information I had a right to know before hand, because it happened to us. We should have gone to take the stand but no, he kept it secret and didn't tell me.

"I know" Christian said and my head snapped to him.

"You knew?" I said quietly but came out cold.

H swallowed. "Well yeah, when my Aunt said she was going to court a few day with Dimitri, I—"

"What!" I cut him off.

What the fuck. He did not just say that.

She went to court with Dimitri. Dimitri went to court with Tasha. After he tried to sleep with me, taking my virginity.