I'm sorry for the late update; I've been really busy dealing with Military Deployment. Anyways! Thank You for your reviews! I want to address a question by ChickRockGuitar:This is going to be a Rose/Dimitri story. There are going to be scenes that include Rose and Adrian but that is because I can't just drop him. :)

Just a future warning I've read a couple of LS fan fictions and in them Rose and Dimitri get back together in the first three chapters. I just want to say that is not going to happen in LiS. It's going to be a slow process. Trust me they will. In the prologue it was a part of a very long, heartfelt conversation between the two and it will happen deeper in the story. I just want to stay are realistic to the books so to say.

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Loving is Sacrificing

Chapter 2

Lissa's POV

I sat there in horror as the court voted whether or not there was enough evidence to go to trial. My entire body froze with fear; my best friend was being accused of murdering the Queen. Anyone who knew Rose would know she would never truly hurt her. Rosemarie Hathaway is all about protecting my kind, Moroi. One minute Rose could be yelling and calling Queen Tatiana every name in the book; but if in the next moment there were Strigoi surrounding them she would protect the Queen with her life. That's the kind of woman Rose just is.

She doesn't go around killing Moroi, Dhampir or humans because she didn't get her way. Rose is an extraordinary guardian, and does not deserve to have false accusations thrown at her.

To top it off, there was her true love, Dimitri having nothing to do with her. The grief, guilt and horror are always in his eyes but when he see's Rose...it's like he just had a knife shoved through his heart.

I honestly believe he loves her with is entire being. I cannot imagine what Rose is going through. If the roles were switched to Christian and I, it would result with me doing something as drastic as cutting myself. How Rose has not hurt herself is an incredible feat, in my eyes. She has always been so much stronger than me though.

She never gives up, no matter what the dilemma is. Countless numbers of times she has risked her life to save mine; she's risked her love life for me, she's risked her reputation for me. All this time, I've been blind as to what Rose was really giving up for me. I have to find a way to return everything that she has done for me; I have to save my best friend.

"Lissa, baby. Everyone has left the room." I glanced up into the love of my life's eyes and completely lost it. I started crying and sobbing uncontrollably. Christian's arms wrapped around me tightly and rocked me soothingly. He rested his head on mine and I could feel the wetness from his tears too.

Rose was like a sister him. Though they had their moments, they both knew they loved each other in a sibling way. At first they could never be in the same room together and now they poke fun of each other. But here he was crying for Rose, comforting me. If it weren't for Christian I would've totally lost it.

Those few weeks without him were miserable. Every breath, every word and every heartbeat hurt when we were apart. As he began to teach me how to fight, our attraction grew only stronger. Seeing him take action was a huge turn on. At every practice, our bodies would become tangled in a mess or pressed together making it hard to resist one another; like magnets with their push and pull.

When we were captured, I realized life is short and I wanted to spend it with Christian. As I watched him protect me with his life and shield me, I fell deeper in love. All our stupid mistakes seemed to disappear. All that mattered was him; if I was going to die, I wanted to spend my last moments with him... I heard knocking in the background; I gently tried to pull away from Christian. Only… he wasn't with me. I shot up frantically searching for him as I took in my surroundings. I must have fallen asleep because one minute, Christian and I are sitting down crying and in the next I'm on my bed.

"Christian? Are you here?" I got up quickly from my bed and walked towards the living room, my heart beating at a frantic pace. I sighed in relief when I saw Christian at the door talking to someone.

"Lissa! You're up. I'm sorry I didn't wake you. You just looked so peaceful." I smiled at his thoughtfulness. From the doorway I heard someone clear their throat, as if reminding him that they were, in fact, still standing there.

"Oh! Sorry Adrian. Now that Lissa's awake you may come in." Christian opened the door to reveal a very sleep deprived, depressed and yet very determined looking Adrian. He quickly rushed in the room and closed the door.

"I just visited Rose!" His words shocked me.

"Wait. You've visited Rose? They're allowing her visitors?" I asked with hope.

"Well, I um… you see... I forced them to let me see her... If you know what I mean." He said sheepishly.

"Oh." I slumped down onto the love seat. I could easily use compulsion on the guards and force them to let me see Rose, but a thought occurred to me. "Wait...What did you guys talk about? It must be important if you came straight here."

Adrian sat down, "Would you guys happen to have some vodka? I think we might be here awhile." Christian walked over to the liquor cabinet and retrieved some vodka for Adrian.

"Okay, now spill." Adrian opened his mouth to speak when a sudden knock interrupted him. Agitated, I got up and walked to the door. I tried my best to slap on a smile as I opened the door, wondering who it could be.

"Dimitri!" I nearly gasped in surprise. "Please, come in. I really think you should hear this."

Sorry! I know it's short and there is a small cliffy! But this was the best place to end it and I didn't know when I was going to be able to write again. I hope you liked it! I really enjoyed writing this chapter in Lissa's POV. Whose POV would you like to be next? Do you want to know what's going on with Rose or be Dimitri and hear Adrian's plan? Review to have Dimitri knock on your door, hehe

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