~ This story was previously called 'A Way to Fix Everything' but has now been changed to 'Lost and Forgotten'. The storyline is the same just a different title and summary. ~

Hey Everyone! I am soooooooooo sorry I haven't updated in ages! I made this chapter extra-long to say sorry. Enjoy and MERRY CHRISTMAS! R&R

I felt a pair of arms holding me as I slept and my head on someone's shoulder. I looked up to see Dimitri's beautiful dark brown eyes staring at me with fascination. It took me a while to realize that we were no longer on the plane, but in a car. As I looked out the window I could see bright, colourful lights flashing by.

"We're here. We're in L.A

I looked over at Lissa to see her curled up in Christian's arms asleep. Eddie was driving with Adrian sitting shotgun. Eventually my eyes wandered back to my Russian God, they always get there in the end. Somehow he had managed to hold me while I slept and still position a western novel just so, so he could still read. There's Comrade for you.

His eyes drifted from his book when he caught me looking at him. He had a curious look on his face.
"What?" he asked. "Do I have something on my face?"
He started wiping his face, trying to get off whatever was on it, but of course, there was nothing.
"No, I'm just enjoying the view." I replied with a smile. I tilted my head up to kiss him and he leaned in to meet me half way. Suddenly the car swerved sharply and I all but fell onto Dimitri. His arms automatically went out to catch me and wrapped protectively around me, his book long forgotten. Christian had done the same to Lissa and I saw that she had been jolted awake as the car swerved. I could feel confusion through the bond and fear for everyone in the car. Memories of the crash that had killed her family flashed through her mind and she began to panic, she didn't want to lose anyone again, especially not me or Christian.
I tilted my head enough to see out the windshield and saw us heading straight for a building. This is not going to end well. Dimitri must have noticed the same thing I had because his arms tightened around me.

Then we stopped. The car jolted at the abruptness of our stop and we were all flung forward in our seats and then back because of our seatbelts. I could hear people outside the car surrounding us, trying to see if anyone was hurt. But my eyes were on Lissa. She seemed confused but also curious. The thoughts that had being running through her mind before we stopped were along the lines of 'Please don't let us crash. Let the car stop. Please make the car stop.' When the car did stop, she was surprised that her thoughts had come true.
"Roza, Roza are you alright?" the frantic voice that belonged to Dimitri jerked me out of my daze. He was looking at me with such concern and love I thought he might start crying.
"I'm fine Dimitri, just a little shaken up but I'm okay. I think we have some bigger problems than whether or not I'm alright."

By now there was a flock of people around the car trying to figure out what had happened and why we hadn't moved out of the car yet.
"Is everyone okay?" I called out to the others in the car.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Eddie called back. "But I think Adrian in unconscious."
I looked over to see Adrian with his head against his seatbelt, asleep. He seemed unhurt to me so instead I turned my gaze over to Christian and Lissa, to make sure they were alright.
"We're fine over here Rose." Christian said, still holding Lissa close to him.
I moved over to the door to get out of the car and Dimitri followed me. It felt nice to be out in the fresh air after being cooped up on a plane then in a car. Then I noticed it. It was dark meaning it was the Moroi day but the Human night. A pair of red eyes stood out in the crowd.
"Dimitri," I began. "Get Lissa, Christian and Adrian back in the car. Swap seats with Eddie and get them all to the hotel, now!"
His face showed confusion but he noticed the seriousness in my voice, he knew I had sensed danger.
"Get in the car. We're going, and I'm not leaving without you." His face was hard and determined so I knew I had no choice arguing with him. We walked back over to the car as to not make it seem like anything was wrong, and noticed Adrian and Eddie had moved to our previous seats. Eddie, being the guardian he is, must have noticed something was wrong and told Adrian to move. Dimitri sat in the driver's seat while I sat shotgun in Adrian's former seating arrangement. As soon as I closed my door we were off. The people around the car started screaming and running, trying to make room for the speeding car threatening to kill them. Dimitri was focused on getting us to The Luxur (we decided to stay somewhere familiar)and did not stop the car until we were safely in the hotel's parking lot. We ushered everyone inside with the Moroi in the middle, me in front with Eddie and Dimitri covering the rear of the group. Once inside Lissa and I's hotel room (each room had one Moroi, one Dhampir) everyone collapsed on any comfortable piece of furniture they could find.
"Okay," Christian finally said while flopping into an arm chair. "What the hell was that about?"
Everyone was looking at me, waiting for an answer.
"I saw a Strigoi standing a few metres from the car. Well, technically I only saw the eyes but that was enough for Me."
"Oh great," Christian said sarcastically while getting up off his chair. "So you're telling me that you made us speed down the road, almost kill some people and run to 'safety' because you saw red eyes?"
I looked at him with surprise. Did he not want me to save his life?
"Yes that's exactly what I'm saying but excuse me for looking out for my friends and trying to get out of a bad situation before anyone was in danger." I found myself yelling at him. I don't remember standing up, but I was.
"You don't even know if it was a Strigoi. It could have been some random person wearing red contacts for goodness sake. There are some weird people in L.A."
"Oh, I'm so sorry I didn't take a proper look and give the 'person' more time to attack. Did you want to be attacked and get in a fight in the middle of a human street crowded with humans?"
Before he could answer me Lissa interrupted.
"Rose is right" she said, barely audible. She was staring at nothing in particular but was fully focused on what we had been saying. "She was trying to protect us, trying to keep us safe." By now she had stood up and was walking towards me. "And she did a great job" she placed her hand on my shoulder and I smiled at her to say thank you. It was Dimitri's turn to speak now. He was surprisingly calm considering someone had been verbally attacking his girlfriend. I felt the tiniest bit of anger at that.
"Okay, I think it's time we got some sleep. It's going to be a long day tomorrow."
With that everyone dispersed to their rooms. Christian gave Lissa a kiss before walking out, which left Lissa, Dimitri and I still in the room. Lissa had gone to take a shower before bed so that left Dimitri and I with some alone time. I was back to sitting on my bed and patted the spot next to me, signalling him to sit down, which he did. He turned to look at me and took my hands in his.
"I am so proud of you. You noticed danger before even I did and acted immediately." He brought each of my hands to his lips and kissed them before turning his attention back to my face. I took my hands away from his and put my arms around his neck. My lips were on his in a matter of seconds but before things could go any further, Lissa walked out of the bathroom.
"Whoa, guys. Rose I know you hate being in my head when I'm with Christian but does that really mean I have to witness this first hand?"
We both started laughing and he gave me another kiss before leaving.

I retired to the bathroom for a quick shower and returned to find Lissa sitting on her bed reading the letters from the Queen. I went to sit next to her and she was quick to turn her attention to the events that occurred today.
"You know when the car just stopped?" she asked.
"Yeah," I said uneasily. "What about it?"
She looked uncomfortable and wasn't keeping eye contact with me.
"Well, I think, maybe…" she paused and took a deep breath before continuing. "I think I did it."
"Did what?" I asked confused. I waited for her to tell me what she did but she just stared at me. Then it clicked. "You mean you think you stopped the car?"
She simply nodded and waited for my reaction but to be honest I didn't really know how to react. When I didn't say anything, she continued.
"I know it sounds crazy but when I saw we were heading to a building, I just kept saying in my head that the car won't crash and it will stop before we hit the building, over and over again. I didn't notice till after we stopped that I was trying to use compulsion on the car. I know, I know it sounds stupid but it got me thinking that maybe I didn't use compulsion but I just willed the car to stop, so it did."

Neither of us said anything for a minute while I tried to make sense of everything. Then I had a thought.
"So, you kind of said 'car stop' in your head and it did right?" I asked. She nodded, wondering where I was going with this.
"Okay now I know this sounds crazy but I want you to focus on that lamp over there. Do the same thing you did when you wanted the car to stop but instead make the lamp come over to the bed."
She looked at me like I was insane but she did what I asked. I could feel her concentrating completely on the lamp and saying in her head 'lamp come to the bed. Fly across the room and land on the bed' she kept saying this over and over and I felt her subconsciously using a little bit of magic. Then the most unexpected thing happened. The lamp started floating. Lissa was so surprised that she almost lost concentration but she quickly recovered and focused on bringing the lamp to us. Soon enough the lamp was sitting on the bed with us and we hadn't moved.
"Oh. My. Gosh." Lissa exclaimed. "What was that? How the hell did I do that?"
I didn't answer her straight away because I was deep in thought.
"Liss," I finally said. "I think you just used telekinesis."
"No way! This is awesome! I can't believe I have another power." She screamed.
"Don't get too excited Liss. You know you still need a lot of practice." I know, I sound like such a downer. "Let's get some sleep and we can tell everyone in the morning."
She unhappily agreed, still keyed up after our discovery, and turned off the light. I slipped under the covers and felt myself drifting to sleep almost immediately, into an Adrian dream.

Well there you go guys! I hope it was worth the wait! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL, A GOOD NIGHT! R&R

~Rosie~ (P.S. That is not my real name) :)