Ok so I really struggled with this chapter... I already have some of the later chapters written, but I am stuggling on joining them together. Then I finished this one went to post it and my login has been down for 3 days I thought it was fate, and it wasnt meant to be posted. But here I am posting it... if it sucks I am sorry I think the later chapters will make up for it though! Thanks for reading feel free to review!

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I fell back asleep almost immediately after Dimitri left, and when I awoke for a second I was scared thinking it was all a dream. Wondering if any of it had really happened. I grabbed a pillow and put it over my face thinking it had to be a dream. Dimitri would have never allowed us to lose control as much as we did last night. But as soon as the pillow touched my face I was hit with a wave of his aftershave. It wasn't a dream, Dimitri loved me, and last night he proved it. I felt like I was floating. I was so happy, I know it isn't 'problem solved life is great or anything' but at least knowing that he loved me meant we had hope. We would find a way to make it work. I wasn't sure how but I knew we would, we had to. It was like Dimitri said before leaving my bed last night "This changes everything", and he was right. I realized as my stomach began to growl that I hadn't even left my room yesterday to eat anything. I guess that is how true love is though, so all encompassing, the only thing I need to survive is him. He could satisfy all of my hungers.

I woke up so early I still had a couple hours before my one on one training with Dimitri so I decided to shower, and head out to grab breakfast quickly. On my way towards the cafeteria, I ran into Christian. What was he doing up so early?

He saw me then and ran over. "Where's Lissa?" he demanded

"How should I know I haven't seen her, you're the one whose hip she is permanently attached to these days" I scoffed.

"What?" he sounded pissed, shocked, and frightened all at the same time.

"I SAID I haven't seen her, are deaf or just dumb?" Wow for some reason Christian just brought out my attitude, I was happier then happy today and I was still short with him. I wonder why that is, I didn't have long to think about it because I could see the anger that was rolling off of him. " I'll kill him," he said, taking off towards the Moroi dorms. I took off after him, suddenly realizing exactly where he was headed. I was faster then he was so I passed ahead of him, hoping I would reach our destination first.

I started pounding on the door. " Lissa open this door right now!" I shouted. The door opened and there stood Adrian with his stupid annoying little grin, and I could see Lissa sitting on his bed behind him. I wanted to punch him in the face right then. I just might have too except someone else beat me to it.

Christian arrived seconds after the door opened, when he threw a punch around me and directly into Adrian's mouth I could feel the strength and fury behind it. And then all hell broke loose. Adrian hit the floor and Christian was instantly on top of him punching him harder and harder each time. Lissa was screaming for him to stop. I actually froze for a moment thinking Adrian deserved the punishment he was taking, but then I realized he wasn't fighting back and that just wasn't fair. Damn it! I started pulling at Christian trying to separate the two but he was raging like I had never seen before. I finally got him up and pushed him against the wall. Adrian stood up rubbing his head and looking a little woozy.

"You saved me my little Dhampir, I knew you would" Still smug after the beating he took unbelievable I thought to myself.

I turned to glare at him, which was a mistake because I almost lost my grip on Christian who had begun flailing his arms trying to make contact with Adrian's face again.

"Shut it Ivashkov, before I let him pummel your face some more."

" Awe Rose you wouldn't let him damage a face this pretty would you?" He was actually coming closer to us, did he have a death wish? Keeping one hand on Christian's chest I shoved Adrian back with my other hand.

" Adrian don't be an idiot, I know it will be a first for you, but try not acting like an ass" annoyance filling my voice .

Lissa came closer and grabbed Adrian's arm pulling him away a bit.

Seeing Lissa touch Adrian sent Christian over the edge, his skin literally flashed with flames and scorched my hand. I jumped back when flames touched my skin freeing Christian. He didn't attack Adrian though, he didn't even speak he just stood there staring at Lissa with her hand on Adrian's arm. The look in his eyes was murderous; he was looking at Lissa with those eyes.

When he finally spoke I barely recognized his voice he still hadn't taken his eyes off Lissa. "How could you do this? You told me you were going to see Rose, that you needed to spend some time with her. I don't even know you anymore; I would have done anything and everything for you. I would have died for you! And you lie to me for what so you can spend the night with this arrogant bastard!"

"Christian, please let me explain, I know how this looks, but I was trying to spend time with Rose. I just need you to calm down and listen I can explain everything, I …."

Christian cut her off mid-sentence "Don't! I don't want to hear anymore lies from you, you finally have become the Dragomir Princess. Take what you want, when you want it and from whomever you want to take it from. You remind me of your brother more and more each day." He spat the words at her.

"My brother was a good man, don't even act like you knew him, he was …"

"He was a selfish jerk he used anyone as a means to an end. He didn't care about anything except the Dragomir name, he abused his power and he loved it."

"Shut up you don't know anything!" Lissa cried

" I know more than you realize, I know who he really was not the saint you have painted him as since his death, and now I finally see you for who you are as well a liar and a whore."

"Christian, your starting to piss me off!" I interjected. This was getting out of hand fast, Christian fists were balled up at his sides and there were flames breathing from his hands. I understood Christian being upset, hell even I was upset to find Lissa had spent the night with Adrian and that she was using me as her excuse. Normally I would cover for her, but she was even keeping me in the dark about her relationship with Adrian, so how could I. I knew I had to do something, if Christian started using fire I didn't know if I could keep Lissa safe and that was a chance I wasn't willing to take. I didn't have time for this I had to stop it and now. I turned and swung at Christian, knocked him out cold with one punch. Three things happened simultaneously as my fist made contact with his face. The flames extinguished, Lissa rushed to his side as he hit the floor unconscious and I looked up to see Guardian Stan glaring at me. Apparently we had attracted some attention and they had sent one of the guards to investigate the commotion.

"Miss Hathaway why am I not surprised." He stood there shaking his head.

"I was protecting Lissa," I immediately snapped back, why was I always to blame this wasn't even my drama I was just trying to make sure Lissa stayed safe. That was my job, my only purpose.

Stan looked down at Lissa, as she was cradling Christian's head in her lap, he was slowly coming to. "Mr Ozera if you were threatening Miss Dragomir you are in some very serious trouble." He stated voice thick with judgment. Christian's parents had become Strigoi by choice, and everyone was secretly waiting for Christian to turn to the darkside. I felt a paing of guilt that I too thought he could hurt someone. But now looking into his eyes I realized before he even spoke that he could never hurt Lissa.

He looked me right in the eye when he spoke and said"No of course not, I would never hurt Lissa!"

"So Rose wasn't protecting you then?" Stan asked Lissa turning my attention back to him, I remember just how much Stan annoyed me.

Before Lissa could say anything Adrian stepped forward and spoke for the first time since Stan entered the room. "She was protecting me."

I whirled around to glare at Adrian and was just about to argue that I was in no way protecting Adrian, when I smelled his aftershave seep into the room. I turned and saw Dimitri standing there looking at me with those questioning eyes of his. It was amazing how much Dimitri's eyes spoke to me, and right now he was trying to understand why I would protect my stalker, the jerk that had just crossed the line from Dream Stalker to Dream Predator. Of course he had heard what Adrian said, his timing was impeccable. I looked back at Dimitri trying to tell him with my eyes that I wasn't protecting Adrian, begging him to believe me.

Stan interrupted our stare with " Ok everyone up and out, Kirova wants everyone in her office now!" I was so lost in the silent conversation that Dimitri and I were sharing that I must have missed Stan call Kirova. Great how did this day get so confusing. I had just spent the best day of my life locked in my room with my own personal Russian God and only hours later was being hauled off to the headmistress's office. Great just Great!