A week went by and I walked around like I was this 'Little Miss Sunshine'. No one and nothing stood in my way. I was chatty and I was happy. Lissa and I had spent almost all of our time together to find out where we wanted to go when we were there, and what we wanted to do. Even though the summer was still far away, we couldn't shut up about it.

"What happened to you? Who are you, and what have you done with Rose?" My smile got even brighter "Well, Mr. Movie star, if you would mind your own business and watch some new movies that came out after I was born, I could go back to my daydream about my perfect upcoming summer." I looked Mason straight in the eyes and dared him to say something back. "Movie star? Ha, I wished." Mason looked at me with a doubt in his eyes, but he did finish his sentence. "Perhaps I should watch some other movies, but it would be a lot more fun to watch them with you, Hathaway." Even though I could've known this one was coming, I wasn't prepared to say something back yet. Mason was one of my best friends, and he was kind of cute in a goofy way, but was I attracted to him? No, not even close.

It was quite a relieve when Alberta walked in to start the class, so I didn't need to answer right away. We needed to do some basic training we just started on. Meredith – one of the few other girls in my class – asked me to partner up with her. We fought for a little while until Alberta told us class was over and we could continue minding our own business.

That was one thing I liked about her. Although she was a guardian, she still understood how students thought, what they were going through and what their priorities were. Alberta was so much more than just a guardian. She was a teacher, a guardian and a mother to me. She was the one who laid here hand on my shoulder and told me I'd be fine. She was the one who cared for me. She was the one who looked out for me. She had been there almost all my life. And my mom… she didn't.

I felt how my nails pushing through the skin of my hand. I turned back to reality and Alberta was right in front of me. "Rose, can I speak with you for a moment?" Her voice was very soft, but I could see some concern in her eyes. I walked with here to here office – which was about fifteen minutes from the gym – still in my gym clothes. When we arrived she pointed to the chair in front of me. "Take a seat." I did what she said, and I sat down. "I saw your request to leave the school for the summer." Alberta took a break to find the right words. I couldn't hold it anymore
"I know I just had a pretty good work out and stuff, but the sweat that drips slowly down to this chair is not from those exercises. Please, just tell me what is wrong with it."
"Well, even though I'd absolutely love it to give you the approval, I'm afraid that Headmistress Kirova has a different opinion about that." Of course, Headmistress Kirova didn't approve anything I did. "What? Is this my punishment for having a Moroi best friend? Is this the thing she is going to get back at me for not liking me? What is this about? What is this for kind of bullshit!"
"Rose, please stay calm. I don't know what this is about…"
"I've been almost my whole life at this academy. I barely know what the outside looks like! How could I ever be a proper guardian if I can't even imagine what kind of life I'd have if I lived outside these gates?"
"Rose, I promise you, I'll fight for you. I'll do everything in my power to make sure you can finally have a real taste of what life is outside the gates, what a family would be and what freedom means. I just need you to promise me to keep calm for a while. You can't be caught after curfew or hit someone in the face because you don't like her. Just stay low until I get the approval okay? Can you do that for me?"
"Yes, I guess so. But not being caught doesn't mean I can't do it anymore right? It means I just need to be smart enough to just, well, not get caught."
Alberta started to laugh. "Just go, you need to get a shower and I need to dry that chair."
I laugh as well. Who knew that Alberta would become the witty one.

I walked out of the office and I got to my dorm. After I finally reached the fourth floor I jumped into the shower, and got ready for dinner. I took a blouse and some skinny jeans, did my make-up and I headed to the cafeteria for dinner.

"Rose, wait for me." I saw Lissa jogging towards me and I opened my arms so I could hug her right away. "How is my princess today?" Lissa laughed. "O, shut up. We both know that I'm not a princess. I just have some royal blood running through my veins."
"I bet Strigoi would love to have a sip of that. So be careful with it little sister."
Lissa and I turned around at the exact same time. Andre Dragomir stood right behind us, together with is group of friends. Among them was Ethan Badica, one of the hottest guys in the entire school. Lissa and Andre continued their conversation a little while I was checking out Ethan. He was tall – Like all the Moroi guys – But he had a little more muscle than others. His stunning blue eyes were even prettier with is brown hair which was also kind of unusual. He winked at me. I smiled back. At that moment I got back to reality and overheard how Ethan asked Andre if he wouldn't invite his sister and her lovely friend. I wanted to dream away again when I heard the lovely part, but I was too curious what Andre would say.

It wasn't a secret I was always in for a party. The moroi from my age weren't afraid to ask me. They knew I'd be there making the party even more epic, and I wasn't too bad to look at. I was actually kind of a lust object for them. With my curves – which no one of the moroi girls had –, my thin – which was darker because my dad was some guy from a place far away from here, no clue where that place was though – and my long black hair, I was kind of pretty. And apparently, even older guys seemed to notice it.

"I don't think she would come." Andre waited for back-up from Lissa, but Lissa seemed to stare at something interesting. When I focused I saw it wasn't a something, it was a someone. He was the same age as us, but he was talking to one of the older guys in Andre's group. He was blond and he was quite handsome – not my type, but Lissa seemed to find him her type – and he had some similarities to the guy he was talking to. My guess was that it was his older brother. I focused on what he was saying, and I overheard something the older guy was saying to the younger one. "… would be fun to have someone of your own age there..." I did math and I came to a conclusion.

"We will take it in consideration. I bet your parties aren't even that epic." Andre's face turned a little red. "Of course, Hathaway needs to open her big mouth. You know what? My parties aren't epic, they are legendary, and you should come and watch yourself to know what I'm talking about."
I laughed. "Well, sounds like a proper invite to me. Where is this party and when will it starts?"

Authors Note:
Hey guys,
So, my second part already. I hope you like it. How do you guys think Rose was before she got shadow kissed? Do you think this is a little how she'd been? Please tell if you have anything to say to me about it. I'd really like it to read what your thoughts are about my story. Is there anything I need to write in it before she gets into the accident? Not that that will be next week, but I'm working towards it.

Thank you so much for reading!

Disclaimer:
I don't own anything from the VA series.