so i have to apologize for my last chapter. I forgot about Christian but i came u with a great excuse you see, i fell and hit my head and got Christian amnesia. And then i hit it again and remembered him so here it is. In that part of the book, he was off in the woods setting Ralf and Jesse on fire because they suck and he was bored. He didnt hear about what happened until much later and then he was really pissed and decided to go set Stan Alto on fire because he is a crappy guardian. so yeah...that's what he was doing while Lissa was in pain in the clinic! Hope you like it!

and enjoy chapter 11!

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Chapter 11-

Over the next several weeks I did train harder and study harder than I ever thought possible. Not only was I training with Dimitri and Rose before and after school, but I was training on my own after they left. I had put myself on a strict diet did weekly weigh ins with Stan…Guardian Alto. I ignored a lot of the rumors and comments made to or about me. I really didn't care. I had my group of friends and I was happy, for the most part. I was still extremely behind the rest of my guardian classes and I was not happy about that, but as much as I was training I was making some progress. I was also not happy with the fact that I had history with a bunch of first graders. That was pretty embarrassing. I now understand what lower campus meant on my schedule. I also understand why I was there. Apparently, the history classes at this school are not the history of the world, but the history of the Moroi and Dhampirs. It was actually turning out to be one of my favorite classes and an easy A. The kids thought it was pretty neat that I was human and training to guard them.

Adrian had become one of my best friends. Apparently that shocked the hell out of the rest of my friends. He basically annoyed everyone, but he was a hell of a lot of fun. Lissa and Rose were best friends and I had found out all about their bond. And get this; they do talk to each other without words. It's part of the bond. I thought it was the neatest thing. In the rare moments that I had a little extra time I would watch Lissa and Adrian practice spirit together. It always amazed me. Of course, I found out a few nights ago what Rose was talking about when she accused Adrian of stalking her dreams. It really is annoying. I want to smack Christian half the time, but he's pretty awesome too. He hates Adrian and they fight all the time. It's quite amusing. All in all, thins were good. I talked to my parents nearly every day and they couldn't have been happier for me. My mom was even happy she let me go. She said that she could hear in my voice that I was happy and that was the best and most important thing in the world for her. I missed them dearly, but Thanksgiving was only a few months away and I would be seeing them then.

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I had my IPod blaring to my work out mix and taking my twenty laps. Yes, I was up to five miles. A pretty good feat in my book, when someone fell into step with me. Checking my watch it was only five in the afternoon. Way too early for anyone to be up. I looked up and saw Eddie running next to me. I turned my music off and smiled. "Hey Eddie, what are you doing up so early?"

"Couldn't sleep. Hope you don't me joining you." I shook my head and kept running. I knew Eddie from my training classes, but he and I hadn't ever really talked. He was really close to Lissa and Rose, but never really gave me the time of day. I didn't mind, I mean to each their own, right?

I finished my laps in record time and smiled to myself. Tomorrow I would push it up to six miles. Eddie stopped next to me and patted me on the back. "Great job Sam. I think that was your best yet."

"Yeah, it is, thanks Eddie." I started to walk back in the gym when he cleared his throat and stopped walking. I turned to look at him and smiled. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, I was kind of wondering if you wanted to take a quick walk and we could talk." He looked at the ground the entire time shuffling his feet. It was not the norm that I was aware of for Eddie.

"Yeah sure, I have a little while." I walked next to him and he headed in the direction of the trail that looped around campus. He stayed quiet for a while. I figured that he was trying to gather his thoughts so I let him be until he was ready. A few minutes later he stopped at a bench and asked for me to sit down. I was actually getting a little concerned about him.

"Sam, I am really sorry, that I haven't been the most accepting person towards you. I was not sure of the idea of having humans on campus or training to protect the Moroi. Out of the three that were asked to come and train, you are the only one who stayed. And not only did you stay, but you work harder than any novice in this school. You prove yourself every day that you want this and actually care about this. And well, I want us to be friends. I want you to forgive me for how I have acted." He stood in front of me with his hands shoved into his pockets staring at the ground. I sat there for a moment processing what he had just said. I hadn't even though twice about the fact he might not like me. It didn't bother me, but I really appreciated him actually talking to me about how he felt. Definitely not a guy move.

I got up and hugged him. "Eddie, I think that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said. I had never even thought about us never talking. I just figured I wasn't the type of person you liked to hang out with. Now, if you were like Jesse and his crew or well half the student body, then I might have just kicked you in the nuts and told you to go bite yourself. And I would really like it if we could be friends."

We walked back to the gym talking about everything we could in a five minute walk. He told me a few of stories about Rose and by the time we made it to the gym I was nearly doubled over laughing. I also figured out why Stan didn't like her much. She sure seemed to like to cause trouble.

Eddie stopped in front of the gym door and smiled. "So, you want to watch a movie in my room tonight. There are going to be a few other people there too."

"Yeah, I would really like that. I'll see you at practice then." I nodded and walked into the gym. I was surprised that Dimitri wasn't there yet, so I went ahead and walked back out to the track and started running again. I was in such a good mood and not really paying attention when Rose came up to me and swatted me on the back. I missed my footing and took a dive to the ground. I landed wrong on my hand and felt and heard a ghastly cracking sound. Pain ran through my hand and arm and I screamed out. It was the worst pain I had ever felt in my life. Within a few minutes Dimitri was there helping me to the clinic. "It cannot be broken," I cried. "Dimitri, how am I supposed to train and catch up if my hand is broken?"

"It's okay, you will be fine. You are already catching up nicely and we will train harder when you are patched up." I nodded and started to fade into the darkness. I was so tired I felt like I was going to be sick. We barely made it into the clinic when I gave into my feelings and threw up into the closest garbage can. It was really gross. I slumped down on the floor and leaned my head onto the floor. The pain numbing a little as I fell into the sweet, sweet darkness.

I woke up and found myself, yet again in the med clinic. I was none too pleased about that. I knew I had missed all of my classes today and now that my hand was broken, I would not be able to train for the next six weeks while it healed. I looked around and Rose jumped up off the seat and leaned over the bed. "Sam, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to do it, I was just saying hi and you had your ear things in and I am so, so sorry Sam." I looked over and smiled at her. "Don't worry about it. I'll just have to make you get up early with me when I can train again so you can help me out." She gave me an odd look. "Why won't you be training any time soon?" Now it was my turn to give her an odd look. "Because I broke my hand. I might not be a doctor, but I don't think it takes one to see it is definitely broken." I lifted my hand to show her and to my surprise there was no pain, no swelling and best of all, no cast. "There is something pretty awesome about having two friends that can heal, you never stay hurt for long," Rose said laughing at me bending and twisting my hand.

"So, I can train tonight?" I asked getting really excited.

Rose shook her head. "Not today, but you should be good to go on Monday." I frowned a little not wanting to be out of it for three days. "Hey, you should be happy. You get a whole weekend to hang out and Eddie has been in a few times to see you. What's going on with him?" she winked. I shook my head. "Nothing, we are just friends. He took me for a walk and apologies for not be very accepting of me. I thought it was nice." Rose raised her eye brows. "Mhmm…so why has he come over three times to see you?"

"I do not know Rose, now can I get out of here?"

We walked back to the dorms in silence. Rose kept giving me freaky sidelong glances and grinning. "What time is it?" I asked. She looked at her watch. "Four thirty."

"Damn it, I was supposed to meet Eddie in his room for four. Do you think I should still go?

"Umm yeah, I think our little Eddie has a crush on you Sam." I rolled my eyes at her and walked into the dorm. "What room is he in?" I asked. Rose got one of her looks that she was up to something. "402 have fun Sam," she said waving and winking. I rolled my eyes at her and headed up to Eddies room. When I got to his door I suddenly felt really nervous. I haven't been to anyone's room other than Lissa and Roses. And definitely not a boys room. This was a whole new territory for me.