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RPOV

Chapter 2

I ended up walking around the campus for a long time. After that I ended up a bench that was almost concealed by trees. At first I just sat there, staring off into space as memories of Dimitri and I went through my head like a real movie being played. After that the tears came. They came and they didn't stop. They just rolled down my cheeks as I wept absolutely silently. Finally, sleep pulled me into its dark abyss as I passed out on the literally freezing hard bench.

When I woke up however, I was in my room, under the covers although I still felt cold. Robotically I got up and walked into the adjoining washroom. Not daring to look at my reflection in the mirror, I just stripped and stepped into the hot shower.

The tears broke out again on their own will, pouring down my cheeks with the water.

Had I made the wrong decision? Had I been selfish? How could I blame Dimitri's duty for keeping us apart because wasn't it mine too? Hadn't me guarding Lissa here taken me away from my relationship too? What had I just done?

After the longest shower I had ever taken, I stepped out and accidentally saw myself in the river. My eyes were red from crying and there were dark circles under them. Sighing loudly I walked into my room and put on some clothes, and then finally I gathered up some courage to go out of my room and face Lissa.

As I expected, she was on a barstool at the breakfast bar, leaning over some papers. She looked up when I came in but didn't say anything till I had a cup of coffee in my hand and was seated on the stool next to her. Then she turned.

I spoke up first. "So, where's Christian?" I asked. Unsurprisingly, my voice was pretty hoarse.

She raised an eyebrow at my use of Christian's full real name instead of some nickname. "He's still sleeping. We got in pretty late. Took quite a while to find you."

I could sense that she wanted to say more. A lot more. "Just get it over with Liss."

And she did. "Oh my god Rose! Do you have any idea how worried I was? You were out sleeping on a wet bench in the snow and your lips were blue. Do you know how much you scared me? All I heard was you screaming and then something crashing and then you just bolted before I could even talk to you."

She was nearly breathless and flustered at the end.

"Liss, I-I broke up with Dimitri." And then again the tears came on full flow.

I just sat there sobbing in my best friend's arms as she told me it will all be okay. Finally after a long time, I trudged back to my room and dove under the covers.

I woke up disoriented later by somebody coming into my room and putting something on my bedside table. A second later the mattress dipped as somebody sat next to me.

"Hey Rose, I know you're awake." I heard Christian say.

Christian, talking to me when I was sensitive? I actually wanted to look up to see if pigs were flying.

I sat up and leaned against my headboard and Christian switched on the lamp on my bedside table. Once the room was dimly lit I could see compassion on his face. Shit. There was also a plate of lasagne on the table.

"What do you want Chritstian?"

He took a deep breath before speaking. "Look Rose, I just want you to listen. Just don't interrupt for once. Please just listen. For the past six months I have literally been living with Dimitri and I know for a fact that Dimitri works like crazy. He's always on the move with me or at court for emergencies. He goes for days without proper sleep. I also know for a fact that he misses you like crazy. I no I'm not in a place to tell you if you're right or wrong but don't just leave him because he's the best thing that ever happened to you."

Wow. Christian standing up for Dimitri. Those two must have developed a friendship. "He misses me? He misses me?! Well he definitely does not show it very well. I have seen thrice Christian! Three times in six months! Surely he has some time off!" I was yelling by the end.

He scoffs and gets up. "Trust me, whatever free time he has, he spends with you."

"Whatever, Christian, just get out!" I say in exasperation.

He walks to the door but pauses on the door. "I knew there was no point in this because you wouldn't listen but I tried anyway. You have to make a relationship work Rose; you have to work for it. And what you both have done now, you've given up. Anyways, I cooked, eat something."

With that he left but he his words spun in my mind. You've given up. You've given up. But anyway I swallowed the lasagne, not focusing on the taste. After that I began work on of my assignments that were due on Monday.

DPOV

I cannot describe how I felt after Rose's call. I wanted to calm her down, tell her that soon we would spend some time together and reconnect, try to make our relationship better because I couldn't bear to live without her. Instead I had panicked when she said we were done and yelled at her, making it worse.

I didn't know what to feel anymore. I didn't know what to do anymore. I was numb. I had lost Rose. My Milaya. My Roza. Well not mine anymore.

So after her call, I did the only thing I could do. I worked even more because I knew as soon I went home and I was alone I wouldn't be able to handle it. Handle myself. And I didn't want to damage my apartment.

I couldn't even imagine a life for myself that Rose wasn't a part of. We had been together for less than a year but she owned my heart. And one was thing was clear to me, she would always own it.

Sighing, I looked at the wall clock on the opposite wall and seeing that my break was over I walked back into the room where, for the past 30 hours, I had interrogating a human who was directly involved with a Strigoi attack on one of the neighbouring academies.

The man's name was Alec Brown and he was the most infuriating son of a bitch I had ever interrogated. He was snide, overconfident and cocky but I wasn't having any of his shit today.

My fist connected with his face again and I had the sick satisfaction of hearing a crack and seeing blood spurt out of his mouth. But all he did was smile.

"I am going to ask you one last time, who compelled you?!"

He just smiled a bloody smile at me again and I kicked his ribs, hearing another crack. Yes, so I was a little more harsh than usual but under the circumstances I couldn't help it.

"WHO COMPELLED YOU?!" I roared at him.

Nothing. Frustrated, I turned around to leave the interrogation cell to go find something to suffocate him with.

But turning around him was the biggest mistake I ever made.

RPOV

I was typing away on my laptop on a psychology assignment when suddenly Lissa burst into my room making my head snap up. Her face was etched with concern and panic literally radiated from her.

"Rose get up and pack some clothes. Quick! We're going to Court." She all but shouted at me.

I got up and walked toward her cautiously. "Liss, what's wrong? What's going on?" I ask uncertainly.

She takes a deep breath and gives me life changing answer. "Dimitri has been shot in the chest. They don't know if he's going to make it through the night."