Chapter Four

The morning wind (which was night for Humans) was cold and chilling. I hated waking up at this time in the morning, but then I would go to the ends of the Earth for Scott. You know, when I look back on my relationship with my Dad, it much more stronger than it is with my Mom. I mean don't get me wrong, I loved my Mom as much as my Dad, but she hasn't been there like Dad has for me. It always made me sad about thinking about that.

Over the years of growing up I was wild and disrepectful. If it was thanks to Lissa, Dad and Scott, I wouldn't be where I am today. More in control and mature. I had finally grown up. And I loved being more in control, being more calm about everything. Living life to the fullest.

I pushed my thoughts to aside when the plane landed. I wrapped my arms around my self as I walked to the opening of the plane. A few morois walked off first, some of them on phones and others rushing to get to a meeting. Then that's when I saw him.

"Rosie!" Scott shouted as he ran down the steps. He was about the height as my waist, which wasn't that tall for a eight year old. But he was still growing and he was still cute.

I bent down and put my arms out to him as he ran into them. "Hey little guy!" I said as I hugged him.

He buried his face in my hair, "Missed you sis." He muttered.

I smiled, "Missed you too little bro." After our hug was over, I stood up and grabbed his hand. "Lets go and get your bags."

He nodded and we went over to the men who were putting the bags off the plane.

"You don't mind sharing my bed with me do you Scott?" I asked him as he unpacked his things. He was smart like that, doing stuff for himself.

He didn't want to be a guardian, he wanted to be, as he called, "someone very smart". He loved Scinence and History. I didn't blame him for not wanting to be a guardian, it's a dangerous life and I didn't want that for him. I was infact poud of him, choosing his own path instead of doing what other people tell him to do. Dad was also poud of him, saying to me once "The son he has always dreamed of." I smiled at the memory.

"It's fine," He said as he turned back to me. "I'm hungry, what are we having?"

I laughed, "Actually, how would you feel about having breakfast at Aunt Lissa's house?"

He jumped, "Yes please!"

I grabbed his hand, "Okay, let's get going."

We at Lissa's house in no time and when we got in I could see Eddie and Mason in the living room.

Me, Eddie and Mason were the "three musketeers" as we liked to call ourselves. We gotten close over what happened in Spoklane. I killed both of the Strigois that kidnapped me, Eddie, Mason, Christian and Mia. Mason wanted to stay behind and help me, but I told (or yelled as everyone else says) to get the fuck out of there. Even though at the end I had a broken arm and was in shock of it all, I survived. But afterwards was when I started seeing books and me, Eddie and Mason started to look up about Shadow Kisses. We learned since I died and brought back, it was natural for me to be seeing ghosts and other things to be a Shadow Kiss did have other side affects. During that time, Mason came to realise that nothing serious was ever going to happen between us and fell in love with a nice Moroi girl named Claire (she was a non-royal). I was happy for him.

"Whoa, it's a party in here." I commented and made Scott laughed.

The boys looked up at us and smiled, "Well we wanted to come and see little Scott here, not you Hathaway." Mason joked.

I rolled my eyes, "Haha, very funny."

Scott went over to them and punched Mason in the arm. "Don't hurt Rosie's feelings!"

"Yeah," I slapped Mason on the back of his head, "Don't hurt my feelings."

"Ow," Mason moaned rubbing both of his head and arm. "What is this? Hit Mason Day?"

Eddie laughed, "Yeah, totally."

Mason growled at Eddie, making Scott laugh.

"Scott!" Lissa called coming into the room.

"Aunty Lissa!" Scott got off the sofa and ran over to Lissa, hugging her tight.

"God I missed you Scott, your sister has been really boring without you here." She joked.

I rolled my eyes again, "Nice Lis."

Scott just laughed. "Where's Uncle Chrissy?" I laughed when he said Christian's name as "Chrissy."

Lissa laughed too. "He's gone somewhere for a while, but he'll be back soon."

"Until then, you got to put up with me" Adrian said, walking into the room.

"Uncle Andy!" Normally Adrian doesn't like anyone calling him "Andy" but he makes acception for Scott.

"Little Dhampir." He greeted me and then hugged Scott, "Little Nerd." He said to Scott.

"Don't call him that." I said to Adrian, going over to him.

"Don't worry sis, I don't mind." He said, pulling away from Adrian.

"Sorry Little Dhampir," He said giving me a hug.

"Rose," Lissa said as me and Adrian broke our hug. "Could you help us out in the kitchen?"

I nodded, "Be good Scott." I said in a firm voice.

"Will do Rosie," Scott said sitting inbetween Mason and Eddie again.

"Hey, how come he gets to call you Rosie and we don't?" Eddie asked.

"Because he's cute and your not." Me, Lissa and Adrian laughed at this and went into the kitchen.

"Okay, can you two wash the dishes please so there is enough when Mia and Chrisitan arrive." Lissa said.

We both nodded, "Sure thing Lis." Both me and Adrian went over ot the slink, "Okay, I'll wash, you wipe."

"Deal." Adrian agreed and we went to work.

A few minutes of silence, Adrian spoke. "Rose, I need to talk to you."

Something in his voice made me look at him. "What is it?"

Adrian struggled, "I don't know who else to talk to a about this..." He trailed off.

"Adrian, what is it?" I knew this was serious by the way he was talking.

He opened his mouth to talk but then someone stopped him.

"Hey!" Mia shouted coming into the kitchen. Both me and Adrian turned to her and Mia smiled when she saw Adrian.

She came over to us and wrapped her arms around Adrian's waist, "Morning honey," Adrian said as he wrapped his arms around Mia, but could see a bit of hestation.

"Morning," She mumbled and turned to me, "Hey Rose, I have to say everytime I see Scott he gets smarter."

I laughed, "Yeah, he's like that."

Mia pulled herself away from Adrian and said, "I'll see you in a minute, okay?"

Adrian nodded and Mia left. Just then Mason came into the kitchen and turned to Lissa. "Hey Lis, do you mind if Claire comes to breakfast, we both have something we want to tell you."

Lissa nodded, "Of course, tell her to come right over."

Mason nodded and left.

I then turned to Adrian and asked, "What is it you wanted to tell me?"

He shook his head, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter." I knew it was something important by the tone of this voice but I didn't push it.

When breakfast was set up, everyone was at the table. I was between Eddie and Scott and opposite the happy couple Mason and Claire. Everyone was chatting to each other, having a good time.

"Ugh, everyone, could you shut up for a minute, me and Claire have something to tell you." Everyone went silent and waited.

Claire smiled with nerves and exictment. "I'm pregnant!"

That's when the screams kicked in.

I didn't scream because I wasn't that kind of girl, but that didn't stop Mia and Lissa.

I saw Scott next to me block his ears. "Make it stop." He whispered.

"Girls!" I shouted as well as laughing as I stood up, putting my hands up towards them. "Calm down otherwsie you will make Scott deaf."

"They'll make us all deaf." Eddie muttered beside me and the screams stopped

I sat back down with a grin on my face, "Congrats Daddy," I said to Mason.

Mason smiled, "Thanks Big Sister." He commented.

I rolled my eyes.

"How far are you?" Lissa asked.

"Almost a month." Claire said, tucking her raven black hair behind her ear.

"Well we're all happy for you two." Lissa said.

"Agreed, it couldn't happen to any other dervesing couple." I said.

"Thanks Rose." Claire said.

We ate in silence after that for a couple of minutes.

"Oh, I have something I want to tell you all. Well, mainly you Rose." Lissa said.

I snapped my head to her. "What is it?"

She smiled, "Your my head Guardian!" She squealed.

That's when Mason and Eddie choked on their food, both in shock by what was said.

I was too, but I didn't go that far.

I looked at Lissa with a shocked expression. "But...What...I thought the Queen didn't want me to be your Head Guardian."

She nodded, "She didn't at first, but then she's seen how much you have matured over the years and decided you would be good for the job."

I was shocked, "Well...tell her I said thank you."

"What does a Head Guardian do anyway?" Mia asked.

"They take charge of their Moroi's other guardians and they only look after their Moroi. They don't have to go on duty like the others do." I told Mia.

"So, your Mason, Eddie, Fred and Jamie's boss now?" Christian asked and I nodded. "Oh guys, I feel sorry for you."

"It's also a good thing now that's Scott's here and he doesn't have to come here when you have to go on duty." Lissa commented.

I took a slip of my drink, "Actaully, could you look after him tomorrow night?" I asked.

Lissa raised an eyebrow, "Why? What are you doing on Wednesday night?"

I bit my lip and looked down.

Realisation came to Lissa, "Oh my god. It's the guy isn't it!"

"Who? Dimitr?" Adrian asked.

"Who's Dimitri?" Christian asked.

"A guy that Rose met in a bar." Lissa told everyone.

"Awww, that's so romantic." Claire said.

I laughed, "We're just friends." I said, trying to keep a straight face.

"Yeah right Rose!" Lissa said.

I glared at her, "I hate you sometimes."

"I know." Lissa sang.

After having breakfast at Lissa's, me and Scott went out to the river, not far from where the wards protection ended.

"Rosie?" Scott asked as we sat at the edge of the river.

"Yeah?" I said.

"Is Dad in trouble?" I could see Scott was confused about being here and so was I. I would normally get a better warning, and this was out of character, even for Dad.

I sighed, "I don't know mate."

He looked onto the river, "I know I shouldn't be worried but you know...he's our Dad and he does worry me." He sounded more like a twenty year old than a eight year old.

I smiled sadly at him, "You know, worries are like water." I said putting my hand in the river.

"Water?" Scott questioned.

I nodded, "You hang onto it as long as you can for no reason, making it worst each second."

"How do we get rid of it." He asked.

"Now that's the easy part," I said putting both hands in the water and gathering water up in my palms. I lifted my hands up, "Once you have ahold of it, you let it slip away." I let the water in my hands go back into the water.

"Just like that?" Scott asked, in disbelief.

I smiled at him, "Just like that."

He copied what I did five times before looking back up to me, with a bright smile.

"It worked," He muttered. "Thank you Rosie." He said, hugging my waist.

I patted his head, "It's okay bro."

When we got back to my apartment, I said, "What movie do you want to watch?" I asked. Any time he came over to stay he and I would always watch movies.

"Hold on, I got some in my bag." Scott said, running into my bedroom.

He came back with a DVD in his hands. He gave it to me and I read the title and laughed, "Angels & Demons?" I looked at him, "Aren't you a bit too young for this?"

He nodded, "Yeah but it's my favourite film and I love it."

"Does Dad know you have this?" I asked.

He slowly shook his head.

"Don't worry, as long as he doesn't know won't hurt him." I said as I gave him back the DVD, "Go and put it on then."

Scott grinned and ran to the TV while I went into the small kitchen and made some popcorn.

When I got back into the room, Scott was ready on the sofa with a blanket and was ready to press play.

I sat down next to him and he snuggled up to me while pressing play.

After the film ended, Scott was asleep at my side. I smiled at him and slowly carried him to the bed. I quicky changed him into his PJs and put him to bed. I kissed him on the forehead before I went to the bathroom.

I had a quick shower and got changed into a tank top and shorts.

I went back to bed next to Scott and went fast to sleep.

What did you think guys? Do you like little Scott (or as Adrian calls him Little Nerd)? What about Mason still being alive? What did you think Adrian was going to tell Rose? And what do you think about the up coming date? let me know :D x