Hello my Lovely readers!!!! Here it is!!! As you guys already know, I'm going on a trip for a month - so less updates! I still feel horrible. I'll try my absolute hardest to keep updating, but I don't know how much internet access I get. My goal is to finish this story before September though.

This chapter is dedicated to "Dimitri's Wife" and all the other Dimitri lover's out there. I just missed him so much! Well, enjoy :)

Disclaimer: Story belongs to Richelle Mead :)

Chapter 4

He twirled a lock of my hair and I leaned into him more.

"I just miss her soo much! I know I'll see her in three weeks, but I'm worried!" I let out a sigh and closed my eyes. "I mean, she just got back from Spokane and is probably still traumatized! What was Tatiana thinking!?!"

"She'll be fine!" Christian tried to calm me "You and I both know that she can take care of herself!"

Christian and I were sitting on a bench. Classes were done for the day and there was nothing to do. Rose usually thought of something fun to pass the time.

"Hey," Christian said softly, "Why don't we go to the church...."

I giggled and stood up. If there was one thing that could make me stop worrying about Rose, it was Christian....

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I woke up with the sunlight in my eyes.

"Ew, ew, ew." I muttered. I couldn't believe that I got sucked into Lisa's head again. I was scarred for life!!

After I got ready for school I went downstairs to look for some breakfast.

I felt almost girly today, wearing a cute, green baby doll t-shirt, denim shorts, and flats that matched my shirt. When I had first got here, I had dressed in sweats and runner in case I had to run away from strigoi, but I soon got more confident and just dressed in the designer clothes that were in my closet.

"There's something suspicious about this town," I heard my Mom say in the kitchen "I don't know what it is yet, but I'll figure it out."

When I walked into the kitchen I thought that I was dreaming. He was right there. Just standing there, like he was always there or something. I felt numb all over, I couldn't move, couldn't talk. I took in his tall, muscular frame. His dark, silk-like hair and his broad shoulders.

They must have noticed me because Dimitri suddenly turned around to face me. I looked up at his face and it felt like I could finally breath again. The world seemed to right itself and I felt alive again.

Dimitri smiled at me and I knew that he was thinking the same thing.

"Good morning Rose." He smiled.

Did I mention that he has the most beautiful smile in the world? Kids didn't just call him a Greek god for no reason!

"Hi." I mumbled.

I went and sat down beside him on a stool and pulled out some cereal. I started munching and my Mom headed off to work.

"So, what's up comrade?" I asked.

"I'm just here for a weekly report." He answered "Have you noticed anything suspicious? Guardian Hathaway told me about finding the two bodies"

"Ya..." I muttered. "I don't really get to notice much, since I'm in school all day...."

"Rose, what are you getting at?" He asked, getting straight to the point.

"Dimitri, why do I have to go to school? It's completely useless and a waste of time!"

"Roza," He said in a soft, sexy Russian voice "You and I both know that you're here to see if our kind can live in the human world."

"Ya, ya" I muttered again.

We just sat there for a minute, neither one of us saying anything.

"I have something for you, Roza" He pulled a palm-sized box out of his duster and handed it to me.

I looked at him questioningly and then opened the box.

Inside was the most beautiful necklace I had ever seen. It was made of silver and the pendent looked like an icicle the size of my pinky... only it wasn't.

I looked at it closely and realized that it was a stake.

I'd never seen anything like it before. It was beautiful.

"To keep you safe." Dimitri whispered.

I looked up at him and my vision began to blur. Without thinking, I jumped up and hugged him, burying my face in his neck. At first he just stood there, shocked, but then he slowly wrapped his arms around me. We stood there like that, neither one of us saying anything.

He slowly pulled away and gently took the necklace from my hands and put it on me.

"You look beautiful Roza." He said in a husky voice.

"Thank you." I murmured "Where did you get it?"

"It was made specially for you." Dimitri smiled.

Before I could say anything, Eddie came running down the stairs wearing yesterday's clothes and his hair sticking up at odd angles.

"Rose, why didn't you wake me up! We're gonna be late!!"

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"Whoa. That's sick."

I turned around to find the gang staring at me. We were in PE class and we were standing around, waiting for the rest of the class to get changed.

"What?" I asked Mark, who had spoken.

Instead of answering me, he grabbed my head and turned me around again, so that my back was to them.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I asked again, losing patience.

I felt several fingers graze the back of my neck and realized that my hair was up. Crap!! My molija marks!!

"What does it stand for?" Hunter asked.

"Uh... it's....um..." Great Rose, what a brilliant time to be stupid.

"It's something the women in our family get when they reach a certain age." Eddie said smoothly, almost like he was bored, "Our Mom has a few too."

"That's awesome!" Lena squealed "I wish my family had some cool tradition like that."

"No you don't!" I laughed after giving Eddie a silent thank you. "It hurts like a bitch."

"Alright class!" The teacher, Mr. Aiden yelled. "Three laps around the track! Go!"

There was a collection of grunts and then everyone started running.

At first, I tried running somewhere in the middle of the group, but it was just so slow!! I was used to running 4 miles in 20 minutes. This was torture! So I moved to the front of the group until I was a good 5 meters in front of the best runner in the class. It was still too slow for my taste, but it was better than before. I heard a pair of feet behind me and soon Eddie came up beside me.

"Too slow for you too?" I asked, not even out of breath.

"This is torture! I was running beside this one guy and he was panting like a dog. It was horrible!" Eddie raised his voice slightly to make it sound extra dramatic. I laughed like an obnoxious 5-year-old.

We ended up lapping some people and finished way before everyone else.

Mr. Aiden walked up to where we were stretching, looking completely dumbstruck.

"How did you guys do that! Not only did you both beat my best runner, he's still running!!"

Mr. Aiden looked so confused that I just had to laugh. It really was hilarious! Kodak moment!

"We used to go to a private school for the Athletes, sir." Eddie answered, always being polite. Except that his shoulders were shaking so hard from laughing.

"Huh." Mr. Aiden muttered, walking away. "School for the Athletes."

"You guys said you were fit! Not super freaks!" Mark panted, followed by an equally exhausted Lena and Hunter.

"How much did you run at your old school Rose?" Lena asked

"4 miles in the morning and 6 miles in the evening." I answered. It sounded human... kinda.

"Super freaks." I heard Mark whisper again.

I was gonna tell him how much of a freak he was when Hunter interrupted me.

"Hey Rose, that guy over there's staring at you. Do you know him or something?" I turned around and saw Dimitri sitting lazily on the bleachers, looking down at me.

Our eyes locked and my heart speed up like crazy. More than it did when I was running! He was just so perfect.

"Wow, he's a babe." Lena breathed.

"You think so?" I waved up at him and he nodded his head at me.

"He's.... my.... uh-" Great, had I become permanently stupid?

"He's our cousin." Eddie said.

"Ya, he's our cousin from Russia. He's just visiting."

"Well, why is he here?" Hunter asked again. He was starting to get annoyed.

"I'll go ask him." I ran up to the bleachers and sat down on the bench in front of him. I felt everyone's eyes on me.

"What are you doing here?"

"You were running too fast." He said, ignoring my question.

"Me and Eddie told everyone we went to a school for the athletes." I said defensively.

"Don't mess this up Rose, you don't want to give the Queen a reason to not make you Lissa's guardian." And with that he stood up and left.

I sat there, dumbfounded. What was he supposed to mean by that? Was the Queen watching me? Waiting for me to mess up? Probably.

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