Wow. Thank so much for all the reviews and ideas. I will write a huge thank you at the bottom of this chapter because I know you all just want me to get on with it and start reading. Here it is the last chapter!

I do not own VA, only this plot and Vlad.

After getting dressed and ready we ended up going into town. There were cute little stores and boutiques everywhere. It was like a small little town trapped in time. We browsed in every store, looking at small trinkets and buying souvenirs.

Dimitri and I walked in the back. Holding hands but always looking. Even though we were on duty, it felt nice to be like this with him, considering this would probably be our last time like this for a while. I didn't miss the smiles and looks he would give me every few minutes, I would just shake my head and smile. I was so in love.

Alberta took the lead and the rest stood in the center, including Eddie. I noticed Lissa and Tasha walking close together. Wonder what they were talking about?

"Guys, I'm getting hungry" I whined.

"When aren't you hungry?" Christian piped in.

"Who asked you fireball?"

"Roza…" Dimitri warned.

"Well he started it" I frowned.

"I can help finish it" Adrian turned around and looked at me suggestively. I couldn't help but notice Dimitri stiffen beside me. I squeezed his hand, trying to calm him.

"Yes let's go eat something" Lissa agreed.

We headed to a small restaurant right there in town. We managed to get the patio area, which was just perfect because it was secluded and would give us a chance to talk in privacy.

We ordered our food and waited until it arrived. I couldn't help but notice Lissa Sitting next to Tasha. What was up with them?

"So guys, looks like we got to get packing tonight. We are leaving the day after tomorrow, right after new years." I said. I noticed the tinge of sadness in my voice. Dimitri gave my hand a squeeze and I looked at him and smiled. Lissa on the other hand didn't seem to care anymore.

"Ah, so back to the old grind huh?" Christian said.

"Looks that way, you don't sound too bothered, you're gonna have twice the work when we get back. I hear you got a few more students in your class" I saw Christian frown slightly. The school had given him a job teaching offensive magic, and there were quite a few Moroi students there that were very eager to learn.

"And we get to go back to training and teaching young students how to be great guardians" Vlad said with an amused expression.

"I don't need any more training" I said

"As I recall from our last sparring session, it seems that you do need more training, your left side is still weak." He smirked. I simply glared at him.

"Humph" was my brilliant response.

"As for the students, I greatly enjoy that" I said.

"Yea, making them run laps every morning until their lungs burst. Poor kids, they barely have any energy when they get to me to start combat training" Vlad responded.

"Hey! My lungs never burst, right comrade?"

"No they didn't" he chuckled. "Are you getting back at them for all the laps I made you run?" he inquired.

"No… I just think that your training methods were good, so they should learn like I did" I smiled. He shook his head, but I could see an emotion in his eyes, jealousy? Maybe longing?

"Bet you can't wait to get back to the academy huh Alberta?" I smirked at her.

"Yes and no…" she said hesitantly.

"Really…"

"Yes, I wanna go back, and not really because then I have to deal with you." She gave me a knowing look.

"Me?" I said in fake shock.

"Yea you" she said sarcastically. "Sometime I don't know whose worse, the students or you. And you already graduated!" She stated.

"I'm not that bad."

"Really? Like messing with Christian and his classes, or you playing pranks on Adrian." She raised her eyebrow at me.

"Oh, that doesn't count; they deserve it, and its fun. Besides you can't do anything about it, as long as I don't break any rules" I gave her an evil smile.

"Hmmm, maybe if I put more students in your class, that will keep you busy and out of trouble."

"That sounds great, then she'll leave me alone. I actually have real work to do at the academy" Fire boy said.

"Oh really, like lighting your fingers on fire? Wow, easy job, were do I sign up?" he glared at me.

"Guys, stop" Lissa said exasperated.

"Come one Roza, let it go" Dimitri placed an arm on my shoulder.

Our food arrived a few minutes later and we all started eating. Boy it was good. Then again any food was good.

Liss got up a few minutes later and said she needed to go to the restroom.

"I do too" Tasha said. I started to get up but Alberta stopped me.

"I'll go" she said and I nodded.

They were there for a bit too long and I was starting to get worried. Lissa had blocked me out.

"I'm going to go see what's taking so long" I said and stood up. But just as I did, Lissa strolled up with Tasha, both with interesting looks on their faces. Almost like contained excitement.

"Everything ok?" I said hesitantly.

"Yea, perfect" Lissa smiled back. Tasha went and sat next to Vlad and I smiled at them both, which they returned. Besides the fact that we were leaving in a day or so, everything seemed perfect. Vlad with Tasha, Me and Dimitri, Liss and Fire crotch, Adrian… well, Adrian will be Adrian… he was currently on his phone again… wonder who she was? I couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

"Everything seems perfect" I said with a smile.

"So it seems that way" Liss said with a twinkle in her eye. I didn't miss the look Vlad gave Tasha.

"Ahem" Dimitri cleared his throat, bringing everybody out of their own trance. We all looked at him expectantly. All of a sudden he looked nervous. Well, he brought the spot light on himself.

"Talking about everything being perfect, I would like to take this chance to hopefully make it truly perfect" he said looking at everyone.

"Ok, spill it" I smiled wondering what he had to say. He got up and reached in his pocket and turned to me, pulling out a small velvet box. Oh no, oh my god, is he…?

He got down on one knee in front of me and I heard Lissa gasp loudly. I could only imagine what my face looked like, hopefully my mouth was closed.

"Close your mouth Roza, flies might get in" he said with a smirk. Damn, it was open!

"Roza, since the first time I saw you, I knew you were the one. Everyone saw a rebellious, loud mouth, sarcastic trouble maker while I saw quite the opposite. Well I did see those things" I smacked him playfully.

"But I also saw the responsible, dedicated, caring, compassionate side of you, and I knew I wanted all of it. You are my other half, my soul mate. I cannot imagine my life without you. You are my everything. I know I messed up when I left, but I swearI will never stop making it up to you." I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes at his words.

"Someone once told me 'A rarity as this should be held on to forever, and never let it go'. Roza you are rare, a one of a kind. So I intend to do just that, hold on to you forever and never let go. Rosemarie Hathaway, will you marry me?"

I was dumb founded, speechless, shocked, I was so many things. But I knew the answer to his question since the first time I saw him.

"Yes" I said and gave him a 100 watt smile.

"Yes?" he seemed like he was unsure.

"Yes!" He took the ring from the box and placed it on the third finger of my left hand. He smiled at me then quickly took me in his arms.

"Thank you, I love you so much Roza" he said and he squeezed me so tight that I could almost hear my ribs cracking. But at that moment I could care less.

"I love you too Comrade" I said and crushed my lips to his. We stayed like that for a while until I was shocked by a screaming Liss.

"Oh my god!" Lissa yelled and came over to hug us.

"Congratulations guys!" she continued.

"Congratulations Dimka" Tasha came over and gave him a hug and then me.

Vlad followed soon after and took me into a big embrace.

"Congratulation Rose, you deserve it" he said into my ear. I hadn't noticed we were still hugging till Dimitri clear his throat.

"Sorry, congratulations Dimitri" Vlad said and extended his hand out to him.

"Thank you" Dimitri said a little stiffly but took his hand. I squeezed his hand and gave him a look.

"Be nice…" I whispered. He took a deep breath and nodded.

Eddie, Alberta, Adrian and even Fire boy came and gave us hugs. After all the excitement was done it was time to leave.

We paid the bill and headed home. Dimitri and I couldn't help but have huge smile on our faces.

"I can't believe I'm getting married" I whispered to Dimitri. He looked down and smiled at me. One of his rare smiles.

"We're getting married" he corrected.

"I like the sound of that" I told him.

"Me too" he smiled and kissed me softly.

We made it home a few minutes later and we all met up in the living room.

"Ok guys, we should go pack, we're leaving right after we celebrate tomorrow. It's better if we travel right before sunrise. It will lessen the chance of attacks." I said. Vlad agreed.

"Rose go ahead and pack first, I have a few calls to make. Including calling the academy and getting everything ready for our arrival" Alberta said.

"Ok, thanks"

We all headed up to our rooms and I couldn't help but notice Dimitri following right behind me.

"Mind if I help?" he said as he sat on my bed right next to my suit case.

"No, of course not" I smiled.

I pulled my clothes from the drawers and tossed them on the bed so we could fold them.

We folded in silence and placed shirts and jeans inside the suitcase. I noticed Dimitri stopped folding and was just staring at a shirt.

"Like that shirt Comrade?" I pointed towards the shirt in his hands

"Hmm? No- I mean yea. Its nice." He mumbled.

"Dimitri, what's wrong?" I said, grabbing the shirt from his hand and sitting on his lap.

"Nothing, it's just that…" I knew what he was thinking about, the same thing I am. I'm leaving.

"Comrade, it's going to be ok. We will see each other soon. I promise. Do you think I want to be away from you now that we're engaged and getting married?" I said trying to lighten up his mood. He looked up and smiled.

"I know, but can you blame me? I'm going to miss you." He stroked my cheek.

"And I'll miss you. Now come on, I need to hurry because I'm sure Alberta wants to pack her things too and we need to get to bed. No sleep tomorrow for us, we're driving."

"Will you spend the night with me? I wan to sleep with my fiancée in my arms." He said with a smile. I loved the way that sounded.

"Of course, I want to sleep with my fiancée too" I smirked. I gave him a small kiss and hopped off his lap to continue packing my stuff.

As we were walking out Adrian stopped us.

"Congratulations again guys." He said

"Thank you" we both responded.

"Are you done packing?"

"Yea, we just finished. We were about to head down and tell everyone we were calling it quits." I said.

"Oh, well Liss and Christian are already in there room, and so is Eddie. Alberta is still on the phone and I have no clue where Tasha and Vlad are" he shrugged.

"Ah, ok, thanks. Were going to go to bed, we have a long day tomorrow"

"You guys are sleeping on the couch again?"

"Um yea?" I said hesitantly.

"Take my room. Everything is already packed, so I won't be needing anything from there"

"What?"

"Come on Little Dhampir; don't make this any more awkward. You know you wanna spend your last night there. Well not last, but you know what I mean." He said exasperated.

"Adrian-" before I could refuse, Dimitri cut me off.

"Thank you Ivashkov"

"No problem Belikov" Adrian walked around us and gave Dimitri a pat on the back. Guess he was staying on the couch.

"Dimitri-"

"Roza, I want to spent the night properly with you, and I know you do too, besides he offered"

"Come on" I said and pulled him towards Adrian's room.

As soon as Dimitri and I crossed the threshold, he had me pinned on the door. I could feel his breath on my neck and his hands on my hips. I wrapped my arms around his neck as he trailed kisses up my neck and up my jaw.

"Roza…" he whispered against my lips.

"Yes Comrade" I had knotted my finger through his hair.

"I want to make love to you" He bit my bottom lip. God I wanted him so bad.

"Yes… me too" I said and trailed my hands to the hem of his shirt. Slowly I started lifting his shirt over his abs, his chest, and finally over his head. I tossed it to the side, not caring where it landed. He did the same to mine but continued to undress me completely. So there I stood, clad in my birthday suit and I heard his slight intake of breath and he looked up and down my body.

"See something you like Comrade?" I smirked at him while I unbuttoned and unzipped his pants and then they dropped.

"No Roza, I see something I love" He led me towards the bed. He kissed me so passionately that I didn't even notice that we were already on the bed and he was lying on top of me.

"I love you Roza" he gazed in my eyes. I could see all the love he possessed for me.

"And I love you Dimitri" I returned the looked with many more emotions in them.

For the next few hours we showed each other just how much we loved each other.

"I can't believe were getting married" I said as I lay on his chest after our passionate love making.

"Are you trying to go back on it?" Dimitri asked as he stroked my back in a loving motion.

"No, of course not. I want to be with you forever, it's just… I never thought I would" I smiled up at him.

"I'm glad you said yes"

"What would you have done if I said no?" I tried to do that eyebrow thing he did.

"I don't know… nothing, I guess, I would have still been with you, maybe I would have tried again in the future." He said thoughtfully. I smiled at that. He still would have stayed.

"I love you" I said and kissed his chest lightly. I felt his arms tightened around me protectively.

"We'll have to plan the wedding you know" I told him.

"Mmmm, yes, we will have to get together soon then." He started tracing patterns on my back.

"I think I can come back down in a month?" I gave him a small smile.

"A month?" he said sadly.

"I know, but I just can't leave again that quickly, I have students, and Liss. But we will talk on the phone and plan it that way"

"Yea, I guess"

"You still want to right?" I was suddenly worried that this arrangement wouldn't work for him.

"Of course I do Roza; I want you to be mine forever. And the sooner we get married the better"

"Eager much?"

"Yes, the sooner we get married the sooner you get to be with me, permanently. We will have to figure out where we will be living."

"Wait, you mean you haven't figured that out" I lifted myself on my elbow to look him right in the eyes. My expression was serious.

"Um, no… not exactly" he seem a little worried and unsure.

"Geeze, relax Comrade, I'm just messing with you" I shoved him playfully on his shoulder and started laughing.

"Roza…" he said menacingly and flipped us over so that he was hovering over me.

"What Comrade?" I said innocently.

"Your lucky I love you so much" he said and kissed me deeply. I didn't need any encouragement. And for the second time tonight we made love.

Reluctantly we got up a few hours later. So much for sleep. We got dressed after a shower and headed for the door. As we exited we bumped into Vlad who was walking right out of Tasha's room looking a little flustered.

"Good night?" he asked a little shyly. Bet he hadn't thought he would be caught leaving Tasha's room.

"Why yes, it was very good. And you?" I raised my eye brown and looked behind him at Tasha's door.

"Uh… yes, thanks" he said and rubbed the back of his head.

"Don't worry about it Vlad" I said and went over to hug him "I'm glad you're happy" I whisper to him. He nodded. Dimitri cleared his throat behind me.

"Good morning Guardian Ivanov" Dimitri said with a small smile.

"Please call me Vladimir" He stretched his hand.

"Dimitri" He said and took his hand.

"I'll see you guys down stairs" Vlad said and walked to his room.

"Thank you" I told Dimitri.

"For what?"

"For being nice to Vlad, it does mean a lot."

"Well he is going to be working with you, and I don't want any tension just because of me." he smiled. I placed a kiss on his lips and went down stairs.

We made it down stair and everyone was there. Lissa was working on Dinner, considering it was almost new years (Moroi time- its 9pm or so).

"Hey guys, you packed already Rose?" Lissa asked.

"Yea it's all ready. We'll be on our way shortly after midnight." I responded.

"Ok good."

We ended up having Dinner at 11 just before new years. And at 11:55pm we all headed into the living room to do the count down.

"Well guys another year is going by and while I will miss it, I can't say that I'm sad. I'm looking forward to a new year and a new beginning" I said and everyone cheered, clinking our glasses of champagne. I looked at Dimitri and smiled, he returned it.

"To a new beginning" we all said and started the count down.

"10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1! Happy new year!" we all said. We started giving each other hugs and wishing each other luck in the future. I saved the last hug for Dimitri.

"To our new beginning Roza, I love you"

"I can't wait, I love you too Comrade" We hugged and he touched his lips to mine. It was slow, and sweet, but mostly full of love. When we broke apart our expressions were full of love, longing, sadness and so much more. I didn't want to part, but we were going to be leaving very soon. I refused to separate myself from him just yet. I was going to be as close to him as possible until the last minute. Dimitri had the same idea because his grip on me tightened. Lissa broke our trance.

"Speaking of new beginnings, I have an announcement. Well Tasha does actually." We

all turned to look at Liss who had a mischievous look on her and then on Tasha who had

A similar expression.

"Well Lissa and I called the academy yesterday because I was looking for a change of scenery and I wanted to spend more time with Christian…" Ok, I thought to myself and… She saw all expressions and continued.

"Well it seems that more students were added to Christians offensive magic class, and they asked me if I would help them out and be a teacher there. I said yes" I noticed the smirk Tasha gave Vlad. He smiled back.

"Wow Aunt Tasha, I can't believe you're coming with us, and helping me. It's going to be great" Christian said and gave her a hug.

"Dimitri? You haven't said anything; I thought you would be happy too?" Tasha said tentatively looking our way. I'm sure we were both still in shock.

"I'm sorry, I guess… I guess I'm still in shock. You're serious? Were going to the academy too?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes, that is if you can pack quickly, I already packed last night" she gave us a sheepish smile. Alberta stepped forward at that moment.

"I wanted to tell you yesterday, but they wanted me to keep it a secret for now" Alberta said and pointed towards Liss and Tasha.

"Kirova asked me to offer you a job at the academy. If you accept, you will be teaching with Rose, looks like she is getting more students in her class. She'll need all the help she can get."

Dimitri turned to me and held my hands. His eyes showed so many emotions at that moment, but mostly they showed love.

"I can't believe I'm going to be with you" he whispered to me.

"Me either" he took my face in his hands and kissed me fiercely. We both showed each other how we felt in that kiss and how relieved we were that we will finally get our happily ever after. It was cut short but some clearing of throats and gagging noises.

"So it that a yes?" Alberta asked.

"Yes" he answered with a big smile.

"So hurry and go pack" he nodded and quickly headed upstairs to get his things. I felt so elated and happy, nothing could ruin this moment.

While he was getting his stuff we were all talking about how all this was arranged without our knowledge.

Apparently Liss had called the Academy about job openings and they told her about the offensive class. She then asked Tasha if she would do it, and she agreed to it eagerly. I'm sure her new found interest in Vlad had persuaded her decision.

Knowing this, Alberta called the Academy to make arrangement for our new guest and asked Kirova if Dimitri could have a permanent position there too. Considering that she was thinking of adding more students to my class, she figured Dimitri could help me out and be a teacher too.

"Thank you so much everyone, you have no idea how much this means to Dimitri and I." I said sincerely. They all nodded.

"Thank you Tasha" I went over to her and gave her a hug.

"You're welcome Rose, but it wasn't only me, it was all Lissa's idea. And I have my reasons for doing it too" she smiled at me then looked at Vlad. I gave her a knowing look then walked to Liss.

"You are the best friend… Sister that anyone could ever have. Thank you Liss, I love you" I said and gave her a big hug.

"It's the least I could do. But seriously, did you think I would let you live without Dimitri now that you got him back. You guys were nuts. If you weren't going to fix it then I was." She shook her head and gave me a grin.

"You're the best Liss"

"I know" she winked.

Dimitri walked down a few minutes later with his luggage and placed it next to ours. We loaded all our bags into the cars. Tasha was going to be ridding with Vlad, no surprise there, and the rest of us in the van.

"Shot gun" Adrian yelled and proceeded to get to the passenger side.

"Not a chance Ivashkov" Dimitri pulled him back and got in. Adrian frowned but stepped back.

"Looks like you're sitting with me again Adrian" Alberta said, trying to taunt him. Adrian on the other hand gave her a grin.

"I hope you're ready for me Alberta" he winked at her. She just shook her head and moved over.

I turned on the car and looked back at the house that had changed everything. Dimitri noticed and grabbed my hand, making me look at him.

"Ready?" I ask him.

"To our new beginning" he said and smiled.

I thought back to the day I came here. Dimitri was the last person I ever wanted to see. But it seemed that fate had another plan. I realized then that there was no escaping it; he and I were always meant to be. And while we may have some obstacles in the future, right now everything was as it should be, and this was our beginning.

"That sounds perfect" I said, and drove towards our new life.

Soooo….. That was it. I REALLY hope I didn't disappoint with my ending. It literally took me 4 days to write this chapter because I didn't want it to end. But here it was. There will be an epilogue very soon, hopefully in two days or so…

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