Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy; neither do I own the characters. But unfortunately, I own Paige and Brian :P.

Chapter 11: Forever means nothing without you

We kept driving, and driving until we reached Moscow. It was late at night and the moroi, Eli, and Eddie were about to get a crazy adrenaline rush from not sleeping in over twenty four hours. "Honey pull over." I said softly to Dimitri. He nodded. I felt some of my energy draining, and I figured that maybe a hotel is a good idea.

Dimitri pulled over to a rather big hotel in the middle of the city. I don't know what the name is, or what, all I wanted was a nice room, and maybe some energy or something to sustain it.

"Use these." Dimitri said handing me a small, white plastic case. I took it. I looked at him funny as he took out another one. He opened it and stuck his finger in it. Then he poked his eye and did it again to the other. He blinked and looked in the rear view mirror. Then he turned to me. "Why are you looking at me funny?" he asked.

I realized my mouth was hanging open and I closed it right away. The white box were contacts. Instead of his eyes being ruby red, they were the heart melting deep brown that always made my heart skip a beat.

"They look so…" I reached out to touch to touch his eyelids. "Real…Like before."

He smiled. "That's what their for." he said. He unbuckled his seat belts and climbed out of the car. I opened my little box to find that I had contacts that were the exact same color to my original color. I placed my finger on top of one and lifted it up. I was a little scared that I might poke my eye out.

Careful; careful" I mentally said to myself. My finger was only a near inch away from my eye when Christian kicked my chair in his sleep which led to me missing my eye and poking my forehead.

"Holy fucking shit!" I silently screamed. I flipped over the mirror above me. "Fuck" I muttered. I hand a really red dot in the center. Even though it was only a poke, and I was putting it gently in my eye, pyro's kick somehow gave it more force.

Luckily the contact fell on my cheek and I was able to get it in my eye. I blinked twice and made sure I could see through the chocolate colored lens. The same with the next one. Aside from the pale skin, I looked a lot like my old self. I hid my fangs in my mouth like how the moroi do. Lissa taught Dimitri and me a minute before the Paige incident.

What happened to her anyway?

I shrugged and unbuckled my seatbelts. I climbed out of the car and went to the back to help Dimitri.

"Can you go inside and get us a couple of rooms?" He asked as he brought out one bag.

I turned and walked to the hotel. "Call me if you need help." I said over my shoulder. He nodded.

I walked casually into the hotel. It wasn't too showy, but comfortable. It had a lounge with two comfortable red couches with white or beige cushions on them that faced each other ;with a small glass table in between them. The floor was shiny light brown granite and had pillars to match around. Okay, maybe a little showy. The check in desk was past the first couple of pillars and was maybe a little showy too. It was made of the same granite as the floor and pillars and had a gold lining on the edges.

The manager was a human I could tell; despite the time it was now, she looked quite perky. She had a blonde ponytail and was sucking on a lollipop. She loomed over the desk while reading maybe popstar. I could tell by the bright highlighting of the pages. She wore a white stretchy blouse and black slacks. She couldn't be older more than eighteen.

I slipped on a gold ring on my left finger when I approached her. She looked up from reading a page about Taylor Lautner. "Hi." She said with a wide perky grin. I smiled back. "Need any help?"

"Yes." I said with my leg crossed and my hand clasped on top of them. "My husband, some of our friends, our baby, and myself would like to check in."

She smiled her wide grin. I took my time to align my chakras and sucked on some of her psi-energy. She still held her grin which must mean she is super perky. She checked on her computer for a few minutes.

"Rose!" I heard behind me.

I turned over my shoulder to see Dimitri with Eli in his arms asleep and the others following with their luggage. When Christian and Adrian saw the couches, they collapsed immediately. Lissa and Eddie yawned and sat down near them. The luggage was next to them as they slept.

Dimitri made his way over to me and smiled in a funny way that didn't show off his fangs. I gave him a look as if to say. Did you get psi-energy? He nodded and I smiled.

He handed me Eli who stirred in his sleep as he took the seat next to me. "Is this your husband?" The young manager turned. She looked at Dimitri up and down and I couldn't help but want to laugh; and the thought of ringing her neck.

"Hi." Dimitri smiled at her. I could have sworn she blushed. I shot her an innocent smile that also said: He's mine bitch.

She turned her attention back to her computer then to us. "How many rooms will that be?" she asked.

"Three." I say. Lissa and Christian will want their own room, Eddie and Adrian can room together, and Dimitri and I will have our own. "Two single beds, and one two beds."

She nodded then handed us two room cards for each of us. "Cash or credit?" she asked.

I was about to say credit, but Dimitri beat me. "Cash." I looked at him with wide-eyes. He took out a wad of cash that were all hundred dollar bills. I shot him a stare. "Adrian." He whispered.

"Oh," I nodded. "I see." Surprise; surprise.

She took the money he gave and handed us the room cards. "Enjoy your stay!" she waved.

We woke up the others and gave them their cards. Eddie and Adrian rolled their eyes at each other. We went up to our rooms and said good night for now.

When Dimitri opened the door to our room I placed Eli in the middle of the bed and laid down with him. I was a little exhausted my self. Dimitri came to the other side of the bed and sat down.

"Dimitri." I said softly.

He turned to me. "Yes Roza?"

"What happened back there? With Paige I mean?" He looked down then back at me.

"She wanted to kill you." He said with a grim expression.

I rolled my eyes. "That's a surprise." I said sarcastically.

He shook his head. He took my hands in his and I sat up. "Is there more?"

He nodded. He looked up at me. "Did I ever tell you what happened before you were turned?" I nodded slightly. "Paige was the spy that worked for Nathan."

My mouth dropped. "What? But she was turned only two weeks before me, she couldn't have worked for Nathan." He shook his head.

"It turns out she has been a strigoi for five months." He rubbed circles on my hands with his thumb. "She tried to kill you."

"I thought she was going to make me a blood whore?" I asked.

He nodded. "She was going to sell you off to different strigoi men around the world." He held a dark expression. " She and Brian planned on taking you away from the academy, then made sure I never saw you again."

Ok, I'm confused. But I get what he's saying. So Paige is the spy, and she and Brian tried to sell me? That probably explains why Paige and Brian didn't really like me much.

"Why? Why did she try to keep you away from me?" I asked.

He looked up to my eyes. "She was also in love with me." I growled. That fucking bitch! She tried to make me a whore so she can have Dimitri! I'll kill her when I see her. He saw my expression and smile. He kissed me with so much love that I let go of some of my anger. At least he loved me, not her. He pulled away and continued. "I couldn't let that happen, so I went after you."

"So the real reason you turned me was so no one else could touch me?" I said a little teary. The stupid pregnancy hormones kicked in last month. I was a little hurt by what he said. Did he think I was only his? As a possession? "You think I'm only a thing to have?"

He shook his head. "No my dear Roza." He wiped away my tears that streaked down. He kissed me lightly then kissed the rest that were coming. "I changed you so we could be together." He kissed me again and I kissed back. "I want you, because I love you, I can't just live for the next millennium knowing the fact that I didn't save you from her. I promised to protect you, Roza. You're my everything. That's why I turned you. So we could have forever to each other."

"Why?" I asked now with small tears of joy even though I already know the answer.

He leaned in and kissed me with so much passion and love that made me nearly melt. He pulled away. "Living is meaningless if you aren't there." He kissed me again. "And forever means nothing without you."

I smiled on his lips and kissed him with so much passion, I nearly ripped off his shirt, if only Eli wasn't sleeping right next to us.

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