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Chapter 30

Rose pov

I heard a rustling noise from in front of my bush.

I looked up and found Dimitri there in front of me. "Rose? What are you doing here?"

Shit! Busted! I thought.

"What are you doing here?" he repeated.

"Um…" I racked my brain for a liable reason. "I lost one of my contacts." I randomly picked up some clumped-together dirt off the ground. "Here it is. Found it."

"Rose," he said bluntly, not believing me. "You don't wear contacts."

"As far as you are aware of," I said back.

"They would've told me if you were."

"Damn."

"What are you really doing here?" he asked.

Just then Alberta came over to us. Saved by the guardian.

"What's going on?" she asked Dimitri.

"Rose here decided to sneak into the meeting," he said, sighing.

"I'm the one who brought her here," Alberta told him.

"Why?" he asked her.

"She needed to know."

"How did she need to know?"

"Her future is on the line." She looked him straight in the eye. "Your future together is on the line."

Dimitri shut up after that. No matter how much he denied it, he loved me and a lot of people knew it. I just don't understand why he would always deny it.

Alberta looked at me. "I think it's best if you leave now. I don't want anyone else to know that you're here."

I nodded. "Can I come to the next meeting?"

Alberta nodded. "But only if Dimitri or I come to get you, okay?"

I nodded again.

"Go."

With that said, I left the clearing.

I headed back to Christian's first class. He wasn't in there. That's when I realized that it's now second period. I headed to his second period class.

I walked down the hall to Mr. Baxter's class. Mr. Baxter taught Physics…definitely not my niche. I tried to do an experiment in a Physics class during summer vacation one summer and it didn't work out too well. Let's just say…I wound up getting burned by acid. I learned my lesson.

I sighed mentally and walked into the class. Some people looked at me, but others didn't. They were doing partner work and the teacher was on his computer. I rolled my eyes at Mr. Baxter then looked around to find Christian. I couldn't find him.

That's strange, I thought to myself.

I went up to Mr. Baxter. "Do you know where Christian is?" I asked him.

"Oh, hi Miss Hathaway," he said. "Christian was called down to the infirmary."

"Thanks," I said, getting ready to leave.

Mr. Baxter stopped me. "He did say something about telling you to meet him there when you got done with Guardian Petrov."

I nodded. "Thanks Mr. Baxter," I said, leaving the classroom.

I wondered what he got called down for. I shrugged and went to the clinic.

I get down to the clinic and I push open the doors. I see Christian in the waiting room.

"What'd you do to injure yourself now, Sparky?" I asked lightly.

He smiled and shrugged. "I don't know." If I didn't know any better, I could've sworn he was lying to me about something.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"All I know is that they called me down for something and I have no idea why." He looked up at me and I could see his eyes rimmed in red. He'd been crying.

I automatically went over to him. "What's wrong?"

"It's Lissa," he sobbed, putting his head back in his hands.

Speaking of Lissa, I haven't felt her through the bond since last night.

"What about Liss?" I asked gently.

"She didn't show up to her classes today and they had found her in her room, blood all around her. They believe she cut herself again. She's in critical condition. They're still trying to wake her up, but they can't seem to do it."

"What?!" I exclaimed.

Just then, Dr. Olendzki walked in. She saw my face and her face fell severely.

I looked at her, tears welling up in my eyes. "Is she going to be okay?" I asked. I wanted Lissa to be okay and for everything to be fine and end up okay.

Dr. Olendzki took a deep breath. "We're still not sure. She's still in a coma and there's basically no way to wake her up. We have to wait it out to see what will happen."

I heard Christian sob.

I looked down, the tears spilling over. If I had been there, Lissa wouldn't have cut. If I had been there, Lissa would be here with us now and everything would be all fine and dandy. If I had been there, none of this would've ever happened.

I blamed myself for this, but then a thought occurred to me. "Where's Eddie?" I asked Dr. Olendzki.

"He had flown out late last night for a funeral," she told me. "His uncle perished- by the hands of a Strigoi." She looked down, probably silently praying for Eddie and his family.

I looked down, praying to God or whoever He was that Lissa would be okay, that Christian will be okay and stop crying, that Eddie will be okay, and that Eddie's family will be okay.

Why did this stuff always have to happen to me?