I am extremely sorry for such a long break between chapters. Life got in the way of writing for a while, but now everyhting is better and I hope to be aable to keep updating regularly. A big THANK YOU to everyone who has reviewed so far, and especially to those who have revied recently, because you were what pushed me to get back on top of this story.
Rose
"What did you remember?" Lissa practically jumped from her seat with excitement. It took a lot of effort not to let the bond pull me into her head. I glanced at Dimitri and he gave a slight nod of his head.
"I remembered Jesse torturing you," I told her and everyone else. This brief memory opened up so many doors in my head but I still couldn't reach anything past it. "I remembered that it was his fault the wards were weak and the strigoi attacked the school." My words hung in the air of the room. Everyone clearly remembered what I was talking about and it showed on their faces.
"How did it happen?" Adrian clarified, "The memory."
I tried to remember what brought the memory up, "I found a part of an old fence and I got angry." I glance at the faces around me. All of them in deep thought.
"A fence made you angry?" Christian asked in a sarcastic tone and I ignored his comment, but only because I it was true, I had gotten angry looking at the fence
"It was the darkness," Dimitri said. "It makes sense, Lissa used a lot of spirit bringing Rose back, Rose must have taken it away without knowing it."
I felt the guilt wash over Lissa as she realized that the darkness had leaked to me. I couldn't bare her feeling guilty for no reason, so I reached out and took her hand. I might not remember anything else yet, but I remembered fighting for her safety. "Liss, I don't blame you, it's the least I can do since you saved me again." She gave me a sad smile but I knew the guilt was only quelled for a little while.
"This is good right?" Jill said from where she stood next to Eddie. "This means that your memories will come back on their own." I glanced at her. She had a very innocent look to her. It's hard to believe that she died too.
Dimitri
Maybe Jill is right and Rose's memory will come back on its own, but what if it doesn't? I don't know what I would do without her.
I shouldn't think like that. She remembered something. The pieces will probably fall right into place soon and everything will go back to normal.
"You two need to change if we're going to keep up the appearance that nothing is wrong." Eddie interrupted my thoughts. It was true, Rose and I were still not dressed for the dinner. Rose and I left the others to change.
"If we're going to keep up this charade, you should learn how to guard Lissa." I decided to pass off my earlier idea as Rose needing to be able to protect Lissa. It would be easier if she wasn't worried about remembering and she really does need to be able to protect Lissa.
I glanced at Rose out of the corner of my eye. She looked as if she was thinking along the same lines as I was. I bet that after remembering someone torturing Lissa, Rose will want to make sure that never happens again.
"Okay," Rose replied.
"But first we've got to go to the dinner." We were standing outside Rose's door. I wish that I could hold her again. Ever since I held her by the broken fence, my arms have ached to have her back. "Wear your hair up."
Rose
"Wear your hair up," Dimitri told me. There was an intensity in the way he was looking at me, it made something in my chest flutter. It was similar to the last time.
Dimitri headed further down the hallway and I opened the door to my room. When I was inside, I pulled out the black suit and white blouse that Dimitri had said was what Guardians wore to formal events. I changed into it, the fabric clung to the curves of my body perfectly. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, these are my clothes.
I pulled my hair into a bun. I had to admit, I did like the way it looked. Maybe all female Guardians wore their hair up. I noted that with my hair up, the marks on the back of my neck showed. If they counted the number of kills I had, then I guess showing that off was pretty common.
I left my room and headed back to Lissa's room. I stopped outside the door. I had no idea what to expect at this dinner. From the way that everyone else was dressed, it had to be a big deal.
"Rose?" I turned to find Dimitri coming back up the hallway.
I know it was short, but the next chapter will be better. (I'll be writing all day and late into the night)
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