SO sorry i haven't updated in over a month! I've BEEN so busy since summer started with my birthday and everything. plus i had writers block -_- hope you enjoy!

"We meet again, Roza. Ready to be awakened?"

"No, Dimitri. I don't want to be Strigoi".

"You still have no choice, Roza".

"Yes I do, and I choose no".

"And what if I bite you anyways? What if I suck the life out of you? You can't stop me".

Damnit. He was right, I had no weapons to defend myself. I took a big sigh.

"As you see, I'm right as always Roza. You can't deny me. You've never been able to".

He was right. I'm a failure, tears swelled up in my eyes.

"Dimitri...please...don't kill me...I'm begging you", the words came out in a quiet whisper.

"I'm sorry Roza, I have no choice. We belong together. We deserve a happy ever after".

Tears ran down my face as he leaned in, fangs bared. I took a deep breath and felt his cool breath on my neck. His fangs grazed my skin, taking my breath away.

He laughed softly, "See Roza? You can't deny me. You want me to bite you. You want to feel the high of a Strigoi bite".

"No I don't".

"Stubborn,stubborn Roza. You do. If you didn't, your breath wouldn't have been taken away from my fangs on your skin. You're a blood whore. Admit it. You want me to bite you, badly."

I shut my eyes, wake up Rose. Wake up..

I opened my eyes, I felt no one beside me. I sat up quickly, feeling around for Dimitri. After what seemed like hours, he came into the apartment.

"Where were you?"

"I went to go eat. It's noon".

"Oh..".

"Yeah. You should get ready".

I nodded, getting up and going to the bathroom. As i passed the mirror, I saw a brief glance of my hair. I groaned.

"You okay in there?"

"Did you not see my hair?"

"Oh I did, but I'm nice enough to not say a word."

I smiled, oh how I love him. I washed my hair in the sink, hoping to get it untangled and presentable.

"So what's on the agenda today?"

"Lissa has a meeting out of the Court, so we have to travel a ways."

"Lovely", I dried my hair and put on a bit of makeup. I hurried to the closet to get my guardian clothes.

"Your hair looks better."

"Thank you", I turned around and hugged him.

"Don't mention it."

I got my clothes and shoes on, and we headed out to the vans.

"You two will be riding with Queen Dragomir and King Ozera", we nodded and I sat in the middle with Liss, Dimitir with Christian in the back.

"So what kind of meeting do we have today?", I said, drinking a bottled water.

"A meeting to confirm that you and Dimitri can get married, even though you both are my guardians.

I choked on my water, "WHAT?"

"Don't the two of you want to get married?"

"Yeah, but not real soon in to the future!"

"Well this will be a long process, so don't worry. It's not like I'm having you guys get married at the end of the week."

I took in a deep breath, "How long have you been planning to do this?"

'"Ever since I became Queen."
"And you weren't going to tell us?"

"Dimitri knows, I was going to tell you before we got there. But you kind of rushed it."

"Why am I last to know?"

"I thought you'd be happy about it."

"I am, but it's still a huge surprise."

"I'm sorry Rose."

"Don't be, it's fine. I'm happy about it, trust me."

I forced a smile, and she smiled back at me. But I heard her voice in my head, saying "We'll talk more later".

I took another big drink, and looked out the window. Another two hours in this boring van. Another two hours and a roomful of people will be discussing my future marriage. Oh joy.

I got out of the van and looked up at the building that looked about twenty stories high. I took a deep breath, You can handle this Rose. You kill Strigoi for a living, don't let some lousy meeting intimidate you. A big hand took mine. I looked up in to Dimitri's eyes. He was smiling, but it didn't reach his eyes. He's as nervous as me, I thought. I gave his hand a squeeze and we let go, walking up to the building.

"Why are there more guardians today?", I whispered to Lissa.

"You and Dimitri will be sitting with us, not guarding us. We're not going to talk about your guys' future marriage and disinclude you guys. It involves you both too."

I smiled, "Thank you."

"Anything for my best friend."

We went up to the fourth floor, down a hallway and in to a conference room. We took our seats immediatly.

"Goodmorning, Mr. Belikov and Ms. Hathaway."

"Goodmorning, sir."

He slapped his hands together, "Alright, lets get this show on the road. Vasilisa, you wanted to know if your guardians could get married, am I correct?"

"Yes sir."

"Alright. Well, I looked in to the book with every single rule made in the vampire society, and there's no rule that says they can't. But, if one fails to guard you and guards their partner, they'll be divorced and re-assigned to a different Royal. Understood?"

Dimitri and I both said "Yes sir", at the same time.

"Good. When do you plan on having this wedding?"

"Actually, they haven't spoke to each other about it, sir. I called you on my own without them knowing and I asked without their permission."

"Well, then they'll have to discuss it then get back to me on my business cell", he handed Dimitri a business card.

"We will, thank you sir."

"You're quite welcome."

We all shook hands with him and walked out and back to the vans.

"You two can sit in the other van and discuss the matter and we will sit with Lissa and Christian."

"Thank you, Mykchel, but we'll discuss it when we get home."

"Alright", we turned and walked away.

"Hey, Mykchel?", I grabbed his shoulder.

"Yes, Rose?"

"Mind trading? I'm so wiped out from a dream I had last night."

"Sure, no problem."

"Thank you", he nodded and we went to the vans.

I layed in the back and Victoria was in the middle seats. I slowly drifted off to sleep.

I was looking at myself. We both had a shocked look on our faces, but after a few minutes I realized I was looking in to a mirror. I laughed softly.

"Ready Rose?"

"Lissa? Ready for what?"

"Your wedding silly!"

"What wedding? Who am I getting married to?"

"Adrian, duh!"

"ADRIAN?"

"Yeah, are you okay? How do you not remember you're getting married right now?"

I looked down at myself, I had on a white flowing wedding gown. What the hell?

"Rose, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just a little dizzy", I said, going out of the room and peaking into the sanctuary. Oh my God, so many people were here.

"I'm still shocked about Belikov", I heard Mykchel say to Victoria.

"Oh I know. They were so in love. It's a tragedy that he died."

My heart stopped at died. I ran back in to the room.

"SINCE WHEN DID DIMITRI DIE?"

"He just died a few months ago Rose. You don't remember?"

"No!"

"Are you sure you're okay? You're really pale."

"This isn't real, this isn't real. Wake up Rose."

"What are you talking about?"

"Wake up, wake up, wake up", I slowly drifted away, everything turning cloudy.

"Rose, Rose, are you okay?", Dimitri was shaking me out of my dream.

"What are you doing in this van? You should be with Mykchel in the other van."

"We stopped, we're at the Court. You were yelling my name, what happened in your dream?"

"I'll tell you in the apartment", I said as his picked me up, carrying me inside.

"So what happened Rose?", he said as he set me down on the bed.

"In my dream, I 'woke up' in one of the rooms in the church. And Lissa came in asking if I was ready to get married to Adrian."

Dimitri's face had stayed the same, "Go on".

"And apparently you had died a few months before then."

The look on his face was pure shock.

"Are you okay Dimitri?"

"Yeah, that's just shocking."

"Tell me about it."

He dragged his fingers through my hair, putting some behind my ear. "Well how about we go get something to eat so you can get it off your mind. Plus, we have a wedding to talk about."

"Good idea."

I got out of my guardian clothes and in to a cute red dress that went down to my knees and matching red heels. I put my hair in to a bun with a few pieces of hair kept out, and fixed my makeup. When I came out of the bathroom, Dimitri was in dress pants and a cute button down shirt.

"Very handsome, Dimitri."

"Very beautiful, Rose. As always."

I smiled and kissed him. The kiss was slow at first, then it grew and grew until we were out of breath when we broke apart.

"Ready to go?"

"Yep", I took his hand and we walked to a restaurant a little ways away.

"This is real fancy Dimitri, you sure we can afford it?"

"Of course, we're the King and Queen's guardians", he smiled.

"Very true", I smiled back and we got a table in the back.

"What would you guys like to a drink?"

"Water for the two of us, please."

She left to get our drinks, "So since when does Rose Hathaway drink water?"

"Since she wanted to stay fit."

"I think you're lying", he smiled. "I think you want to stay slim so you can find a nice wedding gown."

"Not true! Okay maybe it is a little, but still. I wanted water."

"Here's your waters. Ready to order food yet?"

"Not quite. We'll need a few more minutes."

"So, this wedding business. When do you want to have a wedding?"

I looked at him, "Really? We just decide? No romantic proposal? No nothing? Just a decision?"

"Rose..."

"All my life i've fantasized on how i'll be proposed to. And when I've found the right guy, he doesn't propose. All he does is treat it like some decision, nothing important."

"Rose...let me finish."

"Fine."

"Why should I propose if we both know it'll happen anyways?"

I was shocked, "Are you serious Dimitri? No proposal, no story to tell? All I can say is, 'Oh all that happened is we agreed to have our wedding at _ and at _ and _ people are invited?"

"Why does a proposal matter Rose?"

"Because I've always wanted it! And it'd mean a lot to me!".

"You're overreacting, Roza."

"No I'm not! You're being insensitive!"

"How?"

"You don't care if I want to be proposed to or not. It's all your decision."

"It's your decision too."

"If it's also my decision, then propose to me."

"I can't."

"Fine", I got up and walked out.

"Rose!"

"No! Leave me alone!", I took off my heels and ran to the apartment, locking the door.

I got out a few bags and started packing up some things, calling Lissa.

"Hello?"

"Lissa, can I have a new room for a while?"

"Why, what's wrong?"

"Dimitri."

"What happened?"

"He refused to propose to me, said he couldn't."

"Are you sure you're not overreacting a little Rose?"

"Are you serious? YOU got proposed to, why can't I?"

No answer.

"Hello?"

No answer again.I looked at the phone, she was still connected to me.

"I have a room, as long as this is temporary."

"Of course."

"Alright."

"Thanks Liss."

"No problem. It's room 124."

We hung up and I went down to her room for the key, then I walked down to the room. I unlocked the door and set my stuff on the bed. Do I really want to do this?