When I walked back into the house after mine and Adrian's fight Dimitri was sitting on the couch looking uncomfortable. I blushed realizing that he must have heard what Adrian and I had been saying, or rather, shouting.

"You heard." I said, it wasn't a question.

"Hard not to." He said, just as uncomfortable as I was right now. "You know you didn't have to do that, Roza."

"Yeah, I did actually."

"But…if he makes you happy," This is why I loved Dimitri. He always thought of others before he though of himself. And to think that he had accused me of this same problem!

"I just…I can't be any help to Lissa if I am too worried about my own problems. Finding Lissa's brother or sister is way more important then making sure Adrian has his Daily Dose of Girlfriend. It wouldn't have lasted much longer anyway."

"Why couldn't it have?" I really appreciated his concern for me, but I would like it a little more if it didn't sound like he was trying to change my mind about Adrian. That was just hurtful. I would stick to my vow of helping him whether or not he wanted me in "that way" but that didn't mean that his words were going to just roll off me.

"Because he's a Moroi." I said with a shrug, as if that explained everything. "And anyway he started talking about stuff that…I would have rather been left unsaid."

"Like what?" Ugh, damn Dimitri…I was being cryptic for a reason!

"I don't know, like…like marriage and stuff." We didn't really discuss it, but his subtle comments had left me pretty uncomfortable. I was a guardian; I could never picture leaving that life to be someone's housewife. And then kids would come after that; I don't even like kids! They just sit there and stare at you with their tiny eyes and you have to wipe their butts and noses and stuff. It was just plain disgusting.

Dimitri looked shocked that the infamous Adrian would even think about getting so serious. I felt another pang of guilt when I thought about how much Adrian had changed for me. I hadn't exactly been the easiest girlfriend. But he had stuck with me through it all; why-I-should-be-your-boyfriend essays, no illegal substances, grandmaster plans to save your ex boyfriend who you may or may not still have feelings for.

Dimitri must have seen the tortured expression on my face because he let it drop. A knock on the door made both of us turn around and look. My heart was pumping so fast I wouldn't doubt that Dimitri could here it, my stomach rolled; who could that be? What if it was someone from court; Guardians coming to take me back? Only this time it would be ten times worse because not only would I be in trouble but so would everyone else I cared about. I walked slowly toward the door only to be stopped by Dimitri. I felt bad making him open it because I was too scared, but I honestly didn't even think I could move my legs right now.

The knocking became more insistent and then just as Dimitri was about to open it the door flew off its hinges and would have landed on Dimitri had he not moved out of the way so fast.

There in the door way was all five feet of my badass mother and she looked like she was going to kill someone; me most likely.

I almost wish it had been the Guardians.