Hello! Thanks to everybody who reviewed. Now... About Johnson, I think I'll make him an Adrian. Around 6 of you said he should fall in love with her but ALL of you said Rose should be with Dimitri. Okay, I'm throwing Adrian's surprise in here but I'm not totally happy with it, it isn't that funny. I own nothing but Johnson. Oh, and this chapter was VERY influenced, almost inspired by the Fray's song, Little House. I think it sums up Rose in this story pretty well. Check it out!

RPOV

I woke up in a pool of blood. Well, kind of. I was in the bathtub which had blood in it. My blood. The memories flooded back, Dimitri leaving, Johnson, me cutting myself. I felt the darkness, building slowly. I was going to snap, and soon. I looked at the clock. It was early, three, and I didn't have to go down but I got dressed in workout clothes and headed for the gym. I felt kind of numb inside, but I had a feeling that wouldn't last long. As I settled into the regular rhythm of punching and kicking the dummies, that traitorous little voice whispered to me. He left you, he doesn't want you, doesn't love you. I gritted my teeth and punched harder, trying to push the darkness out. It wasn't working. I heard a voice by my ear. "What are you doing? You don't have to be here until 6." Johnson. I looked up and I swear he winced. I guess I looked about half as bad as I felt. He appraised me, looking concerned, almost. I studied him right back. He was tall, almost 6'4 with middling build, not Mr Muscles, but not skinny either. Strands of blond hair fell into eyes that were grey as the sky outside.

"Guardian Johnson, I can be here whenever I want." My tone was so icy I was surprised icicles weren't growing on his eyebrows. He looked thoughtful, distracted by something.

"Blake." He said. I raised my eyebrows, since I was incapable of raising one.

"My name, call me Blake. Johnson makes me feel like a crusty old man." He said. He actually tried to crack a joke. That in itself made me smile. He wouldn't be laughing for much longer. Not after I finished with him, at least.

BPOV

I walked to the gym; I'd get in a little practice before I had to deal with my student, the menace to society. I could see why. As I entered I saw her, Rose, by the punching bags. She was beating it mercilessly.

"What are you doing? You don't have to be here until 6." I asked. She looked up and I flinched. Her face was drawn and hard. Her eyes were a darker brown than yesterday and I took in her features. Dark hair, tanned skin, curves everywhere and brown eyes. Almost like chocolate, really. But it was what I saw underneath which worried me. There was an agonized look to her, like something had hurt her badly.

"Guardian Johnson, I can be here whenever I want" she said icily. Ouch. I think she doesn't like me. Which of course is impossible, I am extremely loveable. Sometimes.

"Blake." I say. I like my name. It's manly and awesome. It conjures up an image of a stunningly handsome guy who's really badass. I am all of those things, so Blake suits me well. She raises her eyebrows at me. Oh, right.

"My name, Blake. Johnson makes me feel like a crusty old man." I say. She smiles, but it's not a nice smile. It's kind of an evil one, which makes me feel nervous. I sober up by thinking of the kills I have performed, and by thinking of Kayla. That always works. Rose is still staring at me. Her eyes are now pitch black, soulless. And honestly? I'm terrified of her. She advances, cocking her head. Her voice, when she speaks, is devoid of emotion. Strigoi-like.

" Blake. I know you're teaching me. But today, I 'm taking charge. And if you're lucky, you'll beg for mercy and I will accept. But I get the feeling you're not lucky today." She hisses. Wow, she's scary. The darkness, I realise. This is not good. My line of thought is cut off as she punches me in the nose. She's so strong and as she pins me to the floor I can't move her. She punches me again. I think she's broken my nose. She reaches for my throat and squeezes hard. I can't breathe.

"Rose..." I wheeze

"Stop it! You have to pay! Your fault!" she screams but she slackens her hold. She punches my face again before standing up and grabbing my collar. She slams me against the wall, face impassive.

"Rose, this isn't normal, this isn't you. Please stop it; you're going to kill me." I manage to say, and I really think she's going to kill me. She draws back her hand but lets it fall and she drops me. She sinks to her knees.

"That's what he said. This isn't me. Isn't me. But he's not here is he? He's gone." She murmurs to herself. I pull myself off the floor. Aside from a broken nose and some wicked bruises I'm fine.

"Who's he?" I ask, half hoping she'll tell me about her 'somewhat complicated personal life'. No such luck.

"I'm sorry Blake. I can't tell you. And I'm sorry for breaking your nose. It won't happen again. You had better get yourself to Dr Olendski." She stands up. "Can you tell Stan I won't be there today?" she asks. I nod, she deserves a rest.

"Rose, I'll see you at our afternoon practice session. Don't be late." I say sternly. I walk out of the gym. When I arrive an unfamiliar doctor takes one look at my face and says

"Rose. It was the darkness, wasn't it?" she tuts. I nod as she starts tending to it.

"Be careful, you never know when she'll erupt, just like her mother. I saw Guardian Belikov before he was healed the other day. Janine had knocked him unconscious and I'm fairly sure he had a bad case of internal bleeding."

"Why?"

She looks shifty. "Not sure, but Janine supervised a game in Vasilisa's room with Rose and a couple others. She stormed up to Belikov and just attacked him." she explains. Strange. I thank her and walk up to my room. I reread her file, noting she had run away for two years and Belikov had caught them. Her reports from Belikov were good; he praised her fighting skills and self control. Self control? I dug deeper, and at the very recesses of her file there was a note written by Alberta when she observed their training sessions.

Fighting skills up to scratch

Good aim

Relationship with Belikov is good. She listens to him and respects him.

Belikov too... familiar. They look like friends more than student and teacher.

Note:

Investigate relationship

Interesting. I would drag the truth out of Rose if it killed me.

APOV

I hated Rose Hathaway

Flashback

I was woken up by Stan.

"What the hell Ivashkov?" he yelled. I looked up at him, confused. He was holding up a cell phone. I hurriedly scanned the message. Shit, that was vivid.

"I... did not write that... invitation." I say, shuddering. He looks at me and jumped. The next second he lunges at me and elbows my cheek. Ow. He straddles me and raises his hand which has a silver stake. WTF? At that moment the door opens and Christian, Eddie and Lissa tumble in, along with Alberta and Kirova.

"Adrian, Kirova and Alberta want to see-"Lissa gapes at me and Stan and I realise how this looks.

Christian and Eddie are choking on their laughter and Kirova and Alberta look shocked. Kirova picks up Stan's phone off the floor and scans it with growing horror and then drops it.

"Well, we'll just, um, leave you two. But first." Christian holds up his phone and takes a photo. They back out of my room and I can hear Eddie howling with laughter outside. Stan leans his face towards mine and I think for a horrible second he's going to kiss me. But he drops his silver stake and rolls off of me.

"I expect you for detention tomorrow. Dressing up as a Strigoi is not funny, Lord Ivashkov." He says stiffly and walks out of the room without his phone. Dressing up as a Strigoi? I try to find mirror but someone has smashed them all. And disabled my water. And taken all the facecloths away. I realise I'm going to have to go out as a Strigoi. It's then I see the note on the table.

Dear Adrian

In return for ruining my life. I hope you enjoyed your surprise. It's just the beginning.

Little Dhampir

Rose. Of course. I dimly remember saying something about cradle robber. I'm in big trouble.

End of flashback

After surviving 3 more guardian attacks that day I had managed to get the water going and washed the makeup off. I then plotted my revenge. This would be fun

DPOV

I can't believe this. I'm ripped away from Roza, who looked like I'd crushed her soul, to serve Zmey. I miss her so much, it's like my heart is gone. When I arrive he greets me with

"Dimitri! It's been a long time! I'm glad Janine insisted on you being transferred! She was so stubborn I couldn't say no. I understand you've taught my daughter, Rose? You must tell me about her, and Janine too." I gape at him. I only caught two things from that.

1 Zmey is Rose's father ( makes sense actually)

And that Janine made him request me.

Ooh, bad Janine! He'll be coming back to Rose soon so never fear. And poor Blake is going to get his heart broken. I wonder what Adrian will do in revenge? And what will happen with that photo Christian took? Lissa will get a shock next chapter and secrets will be revealed! I might update again today, if I get time. But if not, probably Friday. And if not Friday, Monday

xoxox o ells