Sorry this took so long! I've been really busy. Thanks to all of my reviewers. You make me smile every time I read the reviews. 107! That's the most I've ever had on any story! Thanks for staying with this story! For the people who want more romance drama: Don't worry, its coming… eventually. I'm having fun with this right now, and I'm playing around with other things too.

Chapter 25

"Luke! I know you can run faster than that. You're a guardian, so move your ass!" He didn't seem to go faster.

He finally got back with the empty sponge, tossing it to the small Moroi girl who was next in line. She seemed to cower away from him. I couldn't help but laugh. She filled the sponge with water and ran to the pitcher, she passed it off to me when she got back.

I know, stupid game right. But it's a lot of fun because you have an excuse to spray people with a hose. I handed the sponge off to some freshman, and she ran. "Our bucket is almost out of water." I said. I grabbed the hose to refill it.

I twisted the knob, and whoops! The hose sprayed all over Adrian, who was watching and laughing as people slipped in the mud, and Lissa, who was trying to encourage them. They both turned their glares on me. Adrian ran over and grabbed the hose out of my hands, Lissa right behind him. He sprayed me, and I tried to pull Lissa in front of me. We were all cracking up at this point, and had attracted the stares of several lower school kids. Lissa grabbed the hose and sprayed Adrian, who pulled me close and pressed his lips to mine.

"Hathaway! Ivashkov!" I heard Alberta yell. I turned, expecting to be yelled at for kissing Adrian in public. Adrian didn't move his arm from around my waist as I turned slightly to see her. "Congrats." She smiled knowingly. The wedding. Sydney must have told. I pulled my hand with the ring into my chest, trying to hide it.

"What do you mean?" I asked. "She's not supposed to know." I hissed to Adrian.

He rubbed my back soothingly. "It'll be fine." He murmured.

Alberta got up to us, and pulled my hand toward her, gesturing to the ring. "On your engagement." She admired the ring. "It's beautiful."

"Thanks." I replied, confused at how she was so calm about this. Most people would be astounded. Royal Moroi and Dampirs never got married. Well almost never.

Alberta was suddenly distracted. "Zeklos!" About twenty people looked over. "Jesse!" She clarified. "Stop harassing Meredith!" She ran off to control them.

"Ok." Dimitri stood in front of the whole school with a bullhorn. "It is time for the tug of war." Everyone cheered. The sound was deafening. "First up…" Dimitri looked down at his clipboard, "we have the seniors, red against white." He looked back up, and I could see his eyes focus on me. My clothes were wet, causing them to cling to my body, and my hair was down, in the way I knew he loved. I pushed my hair back from my face, giving him an obvious look at my ring glinting in the sun. His face turned, if possible, more stony and stoic. I grabbed Adrian's hand and pulled him after me and toward the rope that several people were already crowding around.

We all grabbed the rope, and soon we were tugging against the white team. Adrian and I both had the end and were pulling really hard. With a sudden lurch, I fell backward and onto the ground. We pulled the rope far from the few people on the white team remaining. Yes! We won! The whole red team erupted in cheers.

A little while later, Kirova announced the students who would be against the teachers and guardians. "The top students are Rose Hathaway, Edison Castile, Vasilisa Dragomir…" She listed about thirty-five more names from all of the grades.

A Moroi teacher who was not opposing us called the start and we started pulling. The Rope bit into my hands, but I kept pulling. A little discomfort wasn't too bad. The Moroi weren't doing too well though. "Come on guys! We can do this!" Someone yelled. Lissa's hands slipped a little, but she quickly regained her grip and we continued backward slowly. Dimitri. All I could see in my head was Dimitri. I needed to beat him. I pulled with everything I had, and we started to move backward. Everyone wanted to beat the teachers who had handed out punishments, severe assignments or who were just plain annoying. And before I knew it, several of the teachers had lost their grip and let go of the rope. We pulled harder. And it was over. We won.

Ten minutes later, Adrian, Lissa, Christian, Eddie, and I all sat in the middle of the field together while the teachers counted up the results. "Good job everyone!" Kirova said. "The results were very close." She went on for a while, but finally got to it. "The scores for spirit and the game have been combined for a total score. The winning team is excused from classes tomorrow. The white team has 347 points, and the red team has…" She paused for a moment. "369 points!"

"Rose." Adrian moaned into my lips. "Oh god, Rose." His hands ran through my hair and across the back of my neck, feeling the tattoos that marked the skin there.

This felt so right. I could stay with him forever. He pulled up for air, and I saw his eyes rack over my body. It seemed like the only words he could form were what he said next. "I love you." I traced his muscles down to his waist, where I unbuttoned his jeans and pulled them down. My hands skirted around his boxers, not touching anything he wanted me to, but kissing his chest. He rolled so that I was under him. "Tease." He murmured, doing the same thing back to me. He pinned my arms behind my back somehow and his hands caressed my thighs, stomach, and legs, not giving me anything I wanted.

"Oh come on Adrian!" I said, frustrated at his slow pace. He kissed his way up to my mouth, still not touching any part of me that would ease the feeling of wanting inside me.

"Patience is a virtue." He said softly, kissing me again before I could respond.

"You know I'm not patient." H whispered to him.

"That's one of the things I love about you." He kissed me again, and I knew that there wasn't any teasing anymore.

Ok, so if you like Adrian and Rose together I really hope you vote in my poll for the sequel, because they might break up if the majority of people want it. So review, then vote!