Chapter 2

Rose POV

I was slowly coming back to consciousness. I felt an uncomfortably hard surface underneath me and there was a sort of numbing sensation everywhere in my body. I found it difficult to open my eyelids but I did anyway. I first saw a bright light over my head, so I had to squint to adjust to the light, but after that I look around at my surroundings. I was in the school's infirmary; I recognized it so well with my many visits. The door cracked open a bit and I saw Dr. Olendzki peek in. When she saw my eyes open she smiled and walked in with a clipboard.

"Hello Rose, how are you feeling?" she asked warmly. She gently probed her fingers around my collarbone but stopped when I winced.

"Does that hurt?" she asked.

"A little bit," I mumbled, looking down; I didn't like showing weakness.

She nodded and wrote something down on the clipboard.

"Well Rose, do you know why you're here?"

I thought about it and the memories crashed down on me. Tasha….Dimitri leaving…he hit me!

Anger, that's all I felt. Why would he do that? I'll admit, I was running my mouth a bit, but not enough for him to hit me purposely out of anger!

"Yeah I remember," I said bitterly.

"Well Dimitri is very concerned, he looked on the brink of hysteria when he came in with you," she laughed gently. I chuckled darkly at that; probably doesn't want to loose his job, because we all know how that's more important that me.

"Now, your collarbone is broken in two areas and it will take about 9 weeks to heal completely." She said seriously, "I suggest getting a lot of rest and avoid doing any physical activities at all costs,"

"What about school?" I asked, I didn't want to be behind in my school work as shocking as that sounds.

"Don't worry, I informed all of your teachers and they will give you all the school work you will miss so you can complete them, your training as well, will be postponed." She said.

Good, at least I can get away from Dimitri.

"So I will move you back to your room and Lissa will help you get settled," she said before walking out of the door. I sighed, staring up at the ceiling.

What's going to happen now? Dimitri is leaving with Tasha, Lissa will probably be to busy with Christian and field training was coming up in 3 months. Hopefully I will be fully recovered before field training. I was so excited for field training; I got to get a taste of how a guardian works and I get to protect Lissa! I was pulled out of my thoughts when Dr. Olendzki came in with two guardians. They both carefully picked me up and carried me to a wheel chair. Dr. Olendzki wheeled me out of the room and to mine.

When we got to my room Lissa was waiting outside the door with Christian. I could feel through the bond that she was angry at Dimitri, and sympathetic for me. Dr. Olendzki helped Lissa and Christian with getting me comfortable in my bed and then she left with a good-bye. That's when Lissa let go of her anger.

"I can't believe he hurt you on purpose," She yelled, "Why did he do that Rose, why?"

"Nothing, I was just running my mouth again," I tried to soothe her but she wasn't having it.

"No Rose, I know for a fact that no matter what you said he wouldn't have gone that far as to hurt you like this."

"She's right Rose," interjected Christian, "You have a big mouth but still, for him to do that is… not expected."

I nodded, "Yeah, look I'm really tired and I would like some rest," I even yawned for effect, "I'll see you in the morning, goodnight."

Really though, I was tired to I closed my eyes and tried to sleep even in this uncomfortable, bulky neck-brace Dr. Olendzki insisted I put on. After a while, I drifted into an uncomfortable sleep.

I found myself on a gorgeous beach and the sun was high in the sky. The sounds of the waves and seagulls were very calming. I knew Adrian was going to show up soon so I just waited. I looked down at myself and found that I didn't have my neck brace on and I was dressed in a maroon bikini that had no straps on the top half. It was very cute but it would be too revealing to wear around Adrian. I sighed, knowing that I couldn't do anything about it.

I looked out at ocean and waited. I felt a pair of warm arms wrap around my waist. I jumped, startled, and turned around to see Adrian. His arms were still around my waist but it was oddly comforting and I didn't want him to let go.

"I heard about what Belikov did," anyone could see the anger on his face, "Stupid Dhampir, hitting a girl," he muttered under his breath.

I smiled at him before wiggling out of his grip, "So does everyone know about it?" I asked.

"Yeah, probably, you know how gossip travels fast" he chuckled, his bad mood already over.

"I'm getting tired of all this serious stuff, I just want to have fun for a bit," I complained. I knew that once I was Lissa's guardian, that it would be practically the end for fun and my own choices. I would have to listen to her and protect her at all costs. I mean of course I would love to be her guardian, but sometimes I think about how I wish I could have a day to be like a real teenager.

"What do you have in mind?" Adrian asked, clearly amused.

I thought about it for a moment, "Let's go swimming!" I said, excited. He laughed and grabbed my hand. We both ran at the waves and dived in. I broke the surface gasping for air and looked around for Adrian. I couldn't see him.

I was about to call out for him when I felt something brush up against my leg before pulling me under. I opened my eyes underwater and saw Adrian grinning at me before he went back up to the surface. I followed and he was laughing hard.

"You looked so scared," he laughed.

"Oh yeah, well you know what…" I didn't finish the sentence because I splashed him right in the face. That caused a water battle between us for what seemed like an hour. I was having so much fun, and it felt so good to let loose like this. I swam to shore with Adrian and we both collapsed on the shore laughing. I had laughed so much that my sides were hurting and there were tears in my eyes. We both had finally calmed down and were just watching the sunset.

"Thank you Adrian," I whispered.

"For what exactly?" he asked.

"I had a lot of fun today and you made that happen, I wish it could be like this all the time," I sighed laying my head on his shoulder.

"It was my pleasure Rose, believe it or not but being royal isn't as much fun as it's portrayed." He wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

We stayed like that for a while before I sighed and stood up.

"I probably should be waking up now," I said disappointed.

"Yeah you're right," he sighed, just as sad.

"Thanks again Adrian," I said giving him a hug.

I pulled away but Adrian didn't take his arms away. Instead he tilted his head down to my level and whispered, "Goodnight Rose," he leaned in and pressed a small, gentle kiss on my lips. Before I could react, the dream blurred and disappeared, and I woke up.

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Hey Readers,

Hope you liked this chapter because I had fun writing it! If you have read the Twilight Series, you should check out my other stories called Near to you and Vampire Hunter.

I also posted a picture of Rose's Bikini on my website and every time there is an outfit in a chapter I will post the picture on my profile!