The weekend meant more time to spend with my friends and boyfriend. As of this moment my time was suppose to be occupied by my boyfriend, seeing as it was time for our morning training. I quickly got dressed into black sport shorts and a black tank top. I slipped on my sneakers and grabbed my bag to head down to the gym. When I arrived, I arrived a minute late, something Dimitri felt the need to point out. "Morning Comrade."

"Morning," He set his book down and looked up at me. "You're late."

"Only by a minute."

"Still late." I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. Dimitri's self control was rubbing off on me. "When you run your laps, do an extra one." I huffed in annoyance but remained silent, I made my way to the track alone, leaving Dimitri to continue his reading in the gym. Most days he ran with me, but for some reason today was not one of them. At least that's what I thought until I saw him making his way towards where I ran around the track; I was already halfway done with my laps. He easily caught up with me and we ran together in a comfortable silence. Once we were back in the gym Dimitri spoke up. "It seems like you got a good sleep."

"Yeah, luckily I didn't have any nightmares last night."

"Good. You'll tell me though if you start to get them again?" He said it like a question but I knew if=t was more like an order.

"Don't fret Comrade, I will." We then went straight into sparing. Now that I caught up on some much-needed, undisturbed sleep, I could evenly match Dimitri's moves. Finally, after what felt like forever, we called a tie. "Good work Rose." I nodded my thanks as I drank greedily from my water bottle.

"Will I see you at all before our afternoon training?"

"Probably not, I'm on duty for most of the day."

"Okay, then ill see you in training later Comrade."

"Bye Rose." I got changed and showered in my dorm room and made my way to eat breakfast in the cafeteria with my friends. Everyone was eating their breakfast other than Christian and Lissa. Christian held a cloth up to his nose while Lissa held a worried expression on her face as she checked him over.

"Why is he bleeding?" I asked as I sat across from the moroi couple. They both turned to look at me but it was Eddie who answered.

"Because he's an idiot."

"I didn't know idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose."

"I think it's a new phenomenon." Lissa cut us off before our banter could continue.

"Christian slipped and fell down the stairs earlier."

"So, Eddie was right." This got a smirk out of Eddie and a glare from both Lissa and her boyfriend.

"I'd watch what I was saying if I were you Hathaway." Christian said as he glared at me from across the table. He lit a small fire ball up in his palm to go along with his threat.

"You know Sparky, we're not all born with the ability to throw fire balls, right?"

"Yup, and that's the beauty of it. You can't fight back."

"Like hell I can't! I just don't need fire to kick your ass, I got my fists." Before he could come up with a snarky comment Lissa stopped us.

"Guys, cut it out!" I just rolled my eyes but still followed through on her wish and silently ate my breakfast.

"Do you guys want to do anything today?" Asked Lissa. Everyone looked up at her. Mia shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't think there is much to do, but I wouldn't mind hanging out with you guys." Everyone at the table nodded their head in agreement.

"How about we just hang out in my room after breakfast for the day? Watch some movies, talk, eat?" Everyone mumbled their agreements as the bell to signal the end of breakfast went off.

It felt like forever since the last time I was in Lissa's room. Ever since we got back we have been hanging out less and less. Her spending more time with Christian and I with Dimitri. We were currently sitting around and causally chatting with our friends. "Do you guys still have many photo's of when you were on the run in the human world?" Asked Mia. "I always wondered what it was like."

"Oh yeah, we have plenty of photos, that is as long as Rose didn't delete them." I shook my head.

"I didn't." I unlocked my phone and tossed it to her so she could look through my photos to show our friends pictures of our time in the human world. "I'm going to get some water while you find the pictures, they shouldn't be far back since I haven't taken many since." When I got back with a cup of water I could tell there was something off about Lissa suddenly. She had an unreadable expression on her face and she was blocking me through the bond.

"I'm sorry guys," She looked up from my phone to our group. "I totally forgot I need to study. But this was fun." We had only spent a couple hours in her room but no one complained about leaving. Just as I was about to walk out of her room Lissa pulled me back. "We need to talk." Her voice had gone colder. A tone I rarely heard her use.

"Okay," I closed her door and walked back into the middle of her room. "What's going on?"

"I saw the pictures on your phone." Instantly, I was confused.

"What pictures?"

"Pictures on your and guardian Belikov. Some were selfies of the two of you smiling. Others were of you two hugging with someone else taking the picture of you two. All in places that I don't even recognize." She was taking about the pictures of us in Russia. Ones of us in his room, ones of us outside his house that his mother took. Lissa now knew that I was dating an older dhampire who was also my teacher.

"I forgot I had those..."

"Is that seriously all you have to say?" I honestly didn't know what to say to her right now.

"Well, what do you want me to say?"

"What's going on between you two?" There was no point in lying to her now.

"We're together."

"Together like…boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Yes."

"Wow." She seemed to calm down, but not because she was any less angry, but because she had a whirlwind on emotions inside her head right now, she didn't know how to feel or what to think.

"How long has it been going on for?"

"Close to five months."

"Well…I feel like a terrible friend." Suddenly, I was confused.

"Why?"

"Because obviously, you didn't feel like you could trust me with this, and I didn't even see it. But I should have! You've changed, hell, he's even changed, and you're spending so much time with him!"

"Lissa, don't feel bad. I know I can trust you. But I just didn't want you to have to keep a secret for me. You have no idea how much I wanted to tell you about us. But if the wrong people find out, it won't be good for either of us."

"Does anyone else know?"

"Alberta and Adrian."

"Oh god, how did she take it? How did she find out?"

"Well… she caught as making out it the gym-" her face scrunched up. "What?"

"It's just I don't picture him the making out type."

"Yeah well, he is, and he's good at it." I winked at her and she laughed. It felt nice to finally tell someone about Dimitri and me. "She was cool with it. She just told us that we had to keep it under wraps until I graduate." She nodded her head.

"Well, you guys are lucky she's on your side."

"Don't I know it."

"What about Adrian, how did he find out?"

"He could tell by our auras." She nodded her head in understanding. I then thought about my father and how he knew about us as well. I cringed when I realized that I still hadn't even told Lissa that I found out who my father was. We ended up spending the rest of the day recapping everything that I've been keeping from her. I felt a weight lifted from my shoulders. Now when I needed to vent or talk about my love life I could. The only reason I left her room was because it was finally time for my afternoon training with Dimitri.

"Are you going to tell guardian Belikov that I know about you guys?"

"Dimitri." I corrected her.

"Right, sorry. I guess I'll have to start seeing him not only as a guardian but as your boyfriend as well." I laughed.

"Yup, and yup to telling Dimitri."

"Do you think he will be okay with me knowing?"

"I hope so."

When I got to the gym Dimitri was in the same position as he was earlier this morning. "Hey Comrade."

"Hello."

"So, I have something to tell you…" I trailed off as I sat down in front of him before he could stand.

"What is it?" Instead on beating around the bush I just got straight to the point.

"Lissa knows about us."

"How?"

"She saw the pictures of us on my phone. So, I ended up having to tell her."

"Did she agree to stay quite until you graduate?"

"Yeah. Although I never would have told her before I'm kind of happy that she knows now, one more person on our side that we can count on, and I don't have to lie to her anymore."

"Well then, I suppose it's good that she knows now." I nodded my head. He leaned over and gently kissed me. It was quick, but I wasn't going to complain. "Let's get on with training Rose."

How did you like that chapter? Let me know what you think! I tried to write a little less drama but still a bit so it wasn't boring. Let me know what you want to see for later chapters!