I sat straight up in bed, looking around for any threat. I looked down and realized that there was no blood on my stomach. I pressed my fingers to my stomach and it didn't hurt. It was a dream, just a dream. It felt so real though, there was no I could have had that much pain… unless it was a spirit dream.

I got out of bed and hurriedly dressed in my clothes from the other day, grabbing Dimitri's keys as I walked out the door. Once I was outside I got in the car and took off towards the airport. One of the good things about being Lissa's guardian specific was not having to pay for trips back to court.

I reached in my pocket to grab my cell phone only to realize I hadn't grabbed it in my rush to get here. I'd have to call Dimitri when I landed to let him know I was ok. He was probably going to be pissed that I'd left but I had to make sure she was still here. Still locked up, still guarded, to make sure Lissa was still safe from her.

I raced out of the plane ahead of everyone else that'd been on the plane and ran to Court. A few guardians acknowledged me but didn't say anything. I slowed my pace and walked down to Tasha's cell.

My heart was hammering in my chest at this point. I didn't know what would be worse. Finding her gone or seeing her. I walked until I met her cell and looked in. She was there staring at the ceiling. She turned to me and growled, exposing her fangs.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she got up from the cell and tried to draw fire into her hands but the guards had given her something so she couldn't use her magic. Thank God.

I just stared seeing that she was still here was giving me a lot of comfort know Lissa was safe. I turned to leave and head back to the school when I heard her growl.

"What do you want, Rose?" she had gotten closer to the bars now and I met her eyes.

"I wanted to make sure you were still here." I crossed my arms over my chest and heard someone coming down.

"Guardian Hathaway." I couldn't remember the guardian's name but he handed me a phone and I knew how it was automatically.

"Hathaway." I spoke into the phone.

"What are you thinking? Leaving in the middle of the night without a word! You scared the hell out of us. Are you okay?" Lissa's frantic voice made me smile slightly. She had such motherly instincts sometime and they caused her to over react at points in her life.

"Liss, I'm fine. I just had to run out for a few." I looked over to Tasha who had sat down at this point. "I just forgot something here at court."

"You couldn't have left a note or something? Or let someone know? You know, like your boyfriend?" she had a disapproving tone in her voice.

"I'll be back soon, OK? Bye." I hung up before she could say anything else and handed the phone back to the guardian. After he left I turned back to Tasha.

"Why won't you let him be happy?" that caught me off guard a little.

"Dimitri is happy. He's just not with you." She scoffed at that.

"I know that, but you and I both know I could give him more than you can." I glared at her and her smile brightened.

"I know. If he wants kids then I'll be ok with that. I know I can't give him that. But right now, the only thing you could give him is losing his respect as a guardian and a life on the run." Her smile fell as she looked at me. "I love him. I want him to be happy. You just want him." I turned on my heel and left after that.

The trip back had me even more worried than when I'd left. What if Dimitri really did change his mind? I would do anything to make him happy, but a baby? That was something that couldn't happen between us. Ever.

The plane finally landed and I walked back to the car to see that they were all there. Lissa and Christian stood arm in arm and Dimitri had a calm composure but his eyes spoke volumes.

"Hey. I know you're mad. But this was something that just couldn't wait." I told them Lissa looked openly shocked, Christian was pissed because Lissa had been worried, Dimitri just arched an eyebrow.

"What did you forget?" Lissa spoke after a moment of silence.

"I had to make sure Tasha was still here." I admitted and their faces changed from worry to anger.

"What?! Rose!" Lissa screeched and I walked and got in the car, slamming the door.

We drove home in complete silence Lissa and Christian walked back to their dorm and I followed Dimitri into ours.

"Look I know you're pissed but-"

"What the hell did you expect? Me to be ok that you ran off, without a warning, to the person who has tried to kill you twice?" he cut me off and walked over to me pinning me between him and the wall hands on either side of my shoulders.

"I know. I forgot my phone and last I checked I'm still a free woman. I don't have to tell you where I am at all times of the fucking day!" I was mad now. He glared but listened this time. "You don't have to keep up with me every second of the day. You are my boyfriend! You're supposed to trust me and in case you have forgotten, I can take care of myself!" I was breathing heavy and my throat stung from screaming at him and I saw his expression change.

I was ready for him to scream back to walk off and leave, but what I didn't expect was for him to kiss me. I put my hands in his hair and he moved one of his hands to my hair and the other to my lower back.

When we finally pulled back he looked in my eyes and said "I know you can. It's one of the many reasons I love you." I kissed him again and pulled him back to our room.

After about an hour we laid there together, still joined and he pulled me close.

"Why did you go see Tasha?" he asked when I'd finally caught my breath.

"I had a nightmare last night and had to see she was still there." He kissed me lightly and turned so that I was laying on his chest, his heartbeat comforting right now.

"Rose, she's not going to hurt you again. She's not getting out of there. Even if she did we'd know soon." He put his hands in my hair and I looked up at him.

"I know but I had to make sure. I couldn't sleep until I did." He kissed my cheek and pushed the hair out of my face. "I promise, I'll leave a note next time." I grinned at him.

"There is not going to be a next time, Roza." The old nickname had me wanting him again and leaned up and kissed him again.

"What makes you so sure?" I asked and put my hands on either side of his face so we were at eye level.

"Because we start training at 8:00 pm sharp." He grinned as I groaned. I kissed him once more before laying down and resting the dream still in the back of my mind.

***Hmmm... Looks like Tasha's back in our story. wonder what she's got up her sleeve. R&R to find out :)