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I'm back on FanFiction, and I was extremely excited and overwhelmed by the amount of reviews I got for chapter seven!
They were all pleasant, and surely showed how eager you all are for the story to unfold.
I am now settled into my home, and I would like to thank you all for the moving wishes!
As promised I will post two chapters of this story.
Here is chapter eight, and I will post chapter nine tomorrow.
Can't wait to read your reviews on this chapter.
Dimitri and Rose lovers, should love the ending!

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The author Richelle Mead owns the Vampire Academy universe. I Want To Experience Love is a Vampire Academy Fan Fiction story and it is not intended to infringe on any copyrights held by Richelle Mead or Razor Bill Company. Richelle Mead is the creator of the Vampire Academy characters, however this story is my original work. Copyright 2010 by xx-RedRoseBlackThorn-xx. No copying or reproduction of this work is permitted without my express written authorization.

CHAPTER EIGHT

Peaceful Talk

Tonight has been a very rough ride. All of us were anxious to go back to the Academy. Alberta explained to the others the situation and that it was just a precaution.

All of them had different views on the situation. Lissa was content to stay at the hotel for as long as needed. She felt sorry to the others who were there, but Lissa isn't the fighting type. She also knew if there was a chance of something happening to her, then her family line would be no more and making more Dragomir's was something very close to Lissa heart.

Eddie wanted to go to the Academy and help as much as possible, where he would be needed. If that meant protecting or staying with the younger Moroi, then he was their man.

Whereas Adrian didn't seem to mind what the next course of action was, as long as the plan sounded efficient and safe, he would just go with the flow. Which is some cases with him, were not the best choices to make.

Christian was another story. He wanted to go to the Academy and find out who it was and have a fight. Much like I wanted to do, but he was very out spoken about it. He was really eager to solve the problem and help bring back the victims that were taken away.

Of course I did too, there is no doubt about it, however my duty is to protect Moroi, and one Moroi in particular, and that is the last Dragomir Princess Vasilisa. So if that means I have to stay away from a fight to protect her, than that is what I'll sacrifice for her.

The hotel was nice enough to supply us duel accommodation. However it was only between two rooms and the third room was one story down.

Lissa and I got to share one of the duel rooms, while Eddie, Christian and Adrian shared the other. We were extremely excited that the guardians were a level down from us. Which meant we had some time to have fun. It would be interesting to see if Christian and Adrian would be alive by the morning, but I'm sure Eddie would do all he could do in his power to stop them from killing themselves. Even if that meant Eddie had to get stabbed - himself - in the process.

Christian was going to show Lissa some tricks with his fire, just when I heard a knock on the door. How he was suppose to do tricks with his fire - I wasn't sure, but it would have been entertaining just watching him try.

I opened the door and it was Alberta, Dimitri, and Stan.

Alberta wasn't impressed with Christian being in our room. I could tell by her face, which was pretty impressive to pull off.

"Alberta..." I trailed off. "What a pleasure."

Alberta walked through the door while Dimitri followed. She wasn't even polite enough to ask to be invited in. Nope. She just made herself welcome.

"We would like to talk to all of you before it's time to sleep, Rose." She gave me a knowing look.

Stan kept looking around on guard in the hallway and not entering the room.

I knocked on the separating door with extra enthusiasm.

"Keep in mind Rose, the guardians here would like the door to keep separating the rooms." Alberta stated and Christian smirked. He seemed to be pleased with himself.

Eddie opened the door and saw Alberta.

"There is going to be a discussion," I said. "Adrian would you mind joining us?"

Adrian was lying on the couch. He was the unlucky one to win a bed. He did offer to pay for our accommodation though. The boys should have been more polite. Oh well.

We were all in the room sitting down. Apart from Stan. I don't know what his deal is. I know he has to keep guard, but I doubt any Strigoi would come find us tonight.

Alberta stood up and spoke professionally. "Guardian Belikov and I will be keeping watch inside your rooms. Guardian Alto will remain in the hall way on alert." She saw me about to protest but cut in and spoke again. "It's to stay on the safe side. Guardian Belikov will stay in this room while I guard Lord Ozera and Ivashkov."

Christian and Adrian exchanged glares.

"That would cramp my style Guardian Petrov," Adrian said smugly. Christian snickered in response.

"I will be seated in the corner Lord Ivashkov. There is no debating about it." She shot him a warning glare.

I was extremely pleased that Dimitri would be in my room. Dimitri being in the room made me feel better. I didn't think we were fighting anymore, so it should be peaceful.

Lissa was tucked into bed, while I finished in the bathroom. Dimitri was sitting by the door when I walked to bed.

"Rose..." Lissa trailed off in thought.

"Yes, Liss." I turned my body to look at her in bed.

She didn't continue what she was going to say for a while.

"Do you think – what's happening out there?" She sounded frightened.

"Out where?" I could feel her questioning the world and she thought it was weird that the Academy wasn't as safe as it is meant to be.

"Out in the real world," she barely whispered.

I didn't want to lie to her. Going out of the Academy gates would most defiantly be a new challenge, but not one we haven't experienced before. Before I would answer her I looked up at Dimitri. I couldn't see much with only a lamp on near the bed, but I could see he was waiting for my answer, just as much as she was.

"I'm not sure," I said. I wasn't lying to her. "All we know is," I took a breath. "humans help the Strigoi. It's more dangerous out there, yes, but just remember... you are going to have two kick ass guardians beside you every steps of the way." I looked at her smiling. "We would never let anything happen to you."

I could feel through the bond that she was relaxing a little and believed that Dimitri and I would be able to defend her. She had a large amount of faith in Dimitri and me.

Her face slowly turned into a frown. "What about Christian?"

"He will have guardians. Well a guardian at least," I tried to smile.

"What if they don't give him any... like Tasha? What if they leave him defenseless?" She was feeling so scared at the moment. The love she carried for Christian was so passionate and strong. She wanted no less than the best guardians out there for him.

The mentioning of Tasha did hit me hard. I knew she didn't know not to bring it up, and it was not my place or time to bring up crap about me now. This was Lissa time and Lissa time only.

"There is no way they will not give Christian a guardian when we graduate," I shrugged. "Christian is not defenseless. He is one of the most skilled Moroi I have seen in a long time. Maybe even the only one. "

She smiled. "He is amazing isn't he," she smiled like a school girl in love.

"Don't make me gag now," I joked.

I heard footsteps and looked over at Dimitri, who was doing a round of our room. Moving the curtain a tad over to look out the windows, I followed him with my eyes all the way around, until he stepped beside Lissa on her bed.

"There is no need to be worried Princess," he smiled a reassuring smile. "Perhaps it's time to get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a big day."

Lissa smiled back and replied, "I'm very lucky to have you." She turned her head towards me. "To have both of you."

I smiled a tight smile and said goodnight.

She didn't have any idea about what was going on between Dimitri and I. To be honest, I don't know what's happening between us either. It's not that I couldn't trust her with the secret, it's just something I couldn't talk about easily. Not when Lissa has enough going on in her life at the moment. She didn't need my drama as well.

I tossed and turned in bed for a good while, before sighing and realizing I wasn't going to get to sleep any time soon. I was wide awake.

I turned to look at Lissa. She was fast asleep. I looked around the room for Dimitri. He was nowhere in sight either. Wasn't he supposed to be on look out?

I looked once more around the room. My eyes locked at the door towards my left. It led to a private veranda to our room. I had a good suspicion Dimitri would be outside.

I tip toed out of bed, hoping I wouldn't walk on any squeaky floorboards. Not long after I got up, my eyes adjusted to the night with my Dhampir eye sight.

I slowly pushed the sliding door open and a gush of wind sent me chills throughout my body. I stepped outside. Dimitri was sitting on a chair looking out at the town. I knew he heard the door open, but he pretended not to notice.

I looked out at the town. The lights made it look spectacular. The one thing I missed about coming back to the Academy - I never got to look out at night and experience the night-life.

I was silly enough to forget to grab a jacket before I came outside. Dimitri didn't look bothered by the weather at all.

"It's a beautiful sight," I whispered. "I miss it. Lissa and I would look out at the stars all the time. We would even stare out the window every night before bed, for hours just talking. It was peaceful."

Dimitri turned his head to look at me. He didn't say anything for a long time, finally he said, "Not nearly as beautiful as you."

I blushed and shook my head, while turning to look at the town again. "Sometimes I feel I'm not beautiful enough."

I knew guys thought I was hot and had a good body, but those guys are not Dimitri and with him I felt like I had a lot to prove. Not in my personally, because I can be myself. However with recent events between the two of us - it makes me wonder if most of the times he backs down because he realizes he can have better.

I didn't hear him move off the chair or walk towards me before I felt his arms come around my waist. The smell of his aftershave hit me with a big gust of wind. I shivered in response.

I felt his lips whisper in my ear, "You're the most beautiful person I have ever met." I couldn't help but smile. He always knew how to make me feel good. Just hearing those words come from Dimitri's mouth, made me relax and gave me reassurance.

He stood holding me around my waist while I took in the sights a bit more. I started to giggle and I felt him tense around me. I knew that meant he didn't know what was funny about the moment.

I turned around in his embrace and said, "You always use your ninja skills and surprise me every time you turn up without me hearing you."

He didn't even smile. He moved a strand of hair away from my face and tucked it behind my ear. I couldn't help but notice an emotion in his eyes. I couldn't tell what it was but it wasn't love.

"You couldn't sleep?" he asked.

"Not a chance in hell."

"You must be freezing Rose. Lets' get you inside." He grabbed my hand.

"No." He stopped and turned around to look at me. "I don't want to go inside. I want to be out here. With you," I whined.

He frowned and caressed my face. "Let me give you my duster."

"I don't want you to get cold."

"Don't be silly Rose." He pulled me towards the chairs and took off his duster.

I was sitting across from Dimitri looking at him. He was a god. He was my god. He seemed to be concentrating on something out in the distance.

My feet were starting to get pretty cold. I also forgot to put shoes on. I started to move my feet up and down his leg. He was relatively warm compared to the weather outside. He didn't respond to my movements, so I moved my right foot higher towards his thigh. Bingo. I got his attention.

He quickly turned his head towards me and held my foot. "What do you think you're doing?" His face looked livid but his tone was soft.

"What does it look like I'm doing Comrade?"

He lifted his eyebrow.

"You weren't paying attention to me. So I had to get it somehow," I shrugged.

"By using your foot?" A small smile played on his lips.

"I could have used something else."

He shook his head and looked down at my foot.

"You can let me go now," I said teasingly.

He let go and said, "It's time you should rest."

I could feel the anger boiling up inside me. Why did he do this? I pulled the duster off me and threw it at his face. I stormed off to the sliding door, when a hand on my arm pulled me back.

"Let go of me! You made it pretty clear," I hissed.

He looked at me baffled, "Made what clear?"

"Don't look at me like I'm some child making up assumptions." I tried pulling out of his grip but he was holding on tight.

"Rose what are you talking about?"

"You're doing it again Dimitri. One minute you want me and the next you're treating me like a child."

He let go of me and looked me in the eyes. "Roza, I'm trying to look out for you."

The way he looked at me couldn't make me stay angry at him for long. "Don't. I can look after myself. I've changed. I'm not like I used to be."

He was still looking into my eyes when he said, "I know you have." He turned away and walked to the other side of the veranda. His back was towards me, so I couldn't tell the expression on his face, but I had an idea that it wasn't joyful.

I walked toward him, and placed my hand on his upper arm. "I have you to thank for that."

He didn't reply and didn't look at me.

I grabbed the duster he left on the chair and walked back over. "Will you sit with me?"

He turned round and smiled. I took that as a yes and pulled him to the seats once again. I pushed him down and sat on his lap.

"I hope you don't mind, but I thought we could share," I smiled an amusing smile and draped the duster over us both.

Dimitri wrapped his arms around me and I sighed into his neck. "Does the attack at the Academy mean the novice test will be delayed?" I asked.

"Only for a few days. When we head back to the Academy it will be hostile. Some of the students are shaken up. We want to give everyone a few days to recover."

"Are we safe there?"

"Yes, there are extra precautions. A few more guardians will be arriving at the Academy within a couple of days, just to be on the safe side." He hugged me tighter.

Was I a moron for feeling scared? I knew I could take care of myself and Lissa, but since starting at the Academy, we have been brought up on the idea the Academy was one of the safest places to stay at, and now the wards have been broken into.

I moved away from his chest to look at his face. "I'm scared," I barely whispered.

He pushed me towards him and his lips were in sync with mine. He started kissing me slowly, but it increased as I started to moan. My hands were placed around his neck and I was trying to pull him closer. He started sucking on my bottom lip and I moaned louder.

We broke away unwilling. He made me have butterflies in my stomach.

He pecked me on the lips and said, "You don't have to be." I knew exactly what he meant. I told him I was scared and he kissed me with passion and love, to show me he won't let anything happen to me.

I reached up and kissed his neck, letting it linger for a few seconds before slowly getting up. I let my voice go down, trying my best at being seductive. "Thank you," I replied simply.

I was about to go back inside when his hand instantly grabbed my wrist and pulled me back down on top of him. His mouth bent down and kissed several spots on my neck before releasing me slightly.

"It's only fair I get to kiss you back," he whispered against my lips.

I gave him my best man eating smile and said, "I want you so much."

He leaned in and kissed me for the second time tonight. I wasn't objecting because I have wanted this for a long time. It was the first time in ages he didn't pull away from me, and I wasn't going to waste the opportunity.

His lips were in sync with my own perfectly. His arms wrapped around my body to pull me closer to him. It wasn't long after that I felt his tongue search across my bottom lip for access inside my mouth. I've never kissed someone like that before, and I was frightened that I would embarrass myself. I've made out with boys but not with tongue. It never came up before to use tongue. I opened my mouth as Dimitri wanted and I allowed our tongues to dance with one another before I had to pull away for breath.

I had a huge smile on my face, while I was thinking about my first experience with Dimitri. He was looking at me with what I could tell was desire.

I was now straddling him on the seat. I didn't feel the cold air on my body anymore, all I could feel was heat. It was the heat that had been built up between the two of us.

We were smiling at each other for what seemed like forever. Then I let out a sigh.

He started to rub my back. "What's wrong beautiful?" he asked.

"This isn't going to last for much longer." I looked up at the sky. I was starting to see more stars which meant it was nearly time to go back to bed before Lissa or the others woke up.

He twisted me around and pulled me against him once again. His lips softly placed butterfly kisses just below my ear, and I pulled away before he could get any lower.

He looked up at me with curiosity.

"I don't want the night - the morning to get any better," I admitted.

"That's a line I haven't heard from a girl before," he teased.

"Very funny, Comrade," I sighed. "I don't want it to get better because soon it will have to stop and I don't know if I will be able to."

He seemed distressed by this, so I ran my fingers down his perfectly sculptured chest and kissed his cheek.

I stood up to leave and took off his duster. His left arm wrapped around under my waist as his right hand began tracing my thigh. I shuddered and blushed madly as he pulled me closer to him. I wanted so much to not let this end, but once again we were getting out of hand and it was getting harder and harder for me to be able to walk away.

"Dimitri..." I moaned.

"Give me a kiss goodnight," he pouted. It was so out of his character, but I wasn't complaining.

"I already gave you a kiss goodnight." I playfully punched his arm and he pretended that it hurt.

"No you didn't. That was a kiss to show affection." He tried to pull me closer to him but I dodged his several attempts. I ended up running around the veranda, before he caught me.

"Oh Comrade, I didn't know there were different kisses, between showing affection and a goodnight kiss, I purred against his ear.

"I'll show you," he whispered onto my lips.

Before I could say another come back, his lips were on mine. The kiss was slow and fervent. I felt the yearning rise as I wanted to be with him more. The kiss finished and we stared into each other's eyes with our foreheads together. That morning I learnt the goodnight kiss. It was similar to the goodbye kiss but not exactly the same.