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"Lissa, Lissa! Calm down! All your happy is giving me a headache" I don't think I could handle much more of this, my birthday, MY birthday was yesterday and Lissa is still bouncing from the high.

"Sorry Rose but your 18!" Lissa screamed. This girl may be my best friend but someone may find her body in a ditch somewhere. I get that she cares but she dragged me to a surprise party last night

and wouldn't let me leave until gone one in the morning. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't of minded but she knew I had to go to an extra early training session with Dimitri this morning and I've

had about 4 hours sleep. Anyone who knows me knows that I have to have at least 7 hours sleep to even come close to being perky in the mornings. I think Dimitri realised I'd not had much sleep so he

went easy on me for once.

Eighteen, finally. Apart from the whole student teacher thing, we are completely legal although we both know we can't put Lissa in danger, which is why Dimitri is trying to get transferred to guard

Christian. Now we're legal and have figured out a way to be together and not put anyone in danger - we've planned to tell Lissa, Christian and Eddie about our relationship tonight. Adrian already

knows but no doubt he'll want to try and find out all the juicy details.

"Lissa, come to my room tonight after dinner - around... 6. Oh and bring Firetard with you" She agreed with slight hesitation and left to get to maths on time. Nerd. Confusion and anticipation rolled through the bond while I wandered into class hoping to find Eddie. I scanned the room; of course, he was there early, and I repeat... Nerd. He was chatting to Meredith, looking up and catching my eye he smiled and beckoned me over.

"Hey Eddie, meet me at my room at 6 there's something we need to talk about." I was met with pretty much the same reaction I received from Liss. He knew that this was serious and not one of our catching up sessions. It was weird, apart from Lissa, Eddies Opinion mattered to me most. After losing Mason me and Eddie seemed to bond and our friendship has gotten so much closer. He's like a brother to me and disapproval concerning my relationship would wound me on a level almost on par to if Lissa rejected my relationship with Dimitri.

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Classes rolled by pretty quickly after that as I zoned out whenever I could and in no time at all dinner was finishing and the nerves were starting to get to me. I was sat in my room with Dimitri. Different questions kept flooding into my brain. What would their reactions be? Would they be angry of upset that I didn't tell them sooner?

I was so lost in my musings that I didn't notice Dimitri had started to talk to me until he waved a hand in front of my face. He was leaning against the door with an amused smile on his perfect face.

'What does he find so funny?' I thought to myself. My face obviously displayed my confusion as his low accented voice travelled through the silence.

"You're cute when you're thinking, now what are you so worried about?" I sighed and reached out for Dimitri. He came and sat next to me on the bed and that overwhelming feeling of trust that I always felt around him allowed me to spill my thoughts to him.

"I'm scared about what they'll think of our relationship - what if they hate me for not telling them?" Voicing my fears made me feel slightly better and it felt like a weight was lifted from my chest,

although up until now I didn't realise how insecure I really felt about all of this. I love Dimitri with my hole heart and nothing will change that but i really hoped my friends would accept our relationship.

Dimitri wrapped an arm around me and pulled me to him. "We don't have to tell them, it's not too late to back out."

I sighed again, something I seemed to be doing a lot of recently. "No, no. I want them to know and besides," I looked at my alarm clock, "It's nearly time."

Dimitri nodded and pulled me in to a kiss. His soft, warm lips collided with mine. This kiss conveyed the love we felt for each other and it felt as though he was telling me that everything was going to

be okay and I hoped it would be. It was kisses like these that I lived for.

A knock on the door broke us apart - I got up and answered the door.

Eddie and Adrian stood there waiting patiently, well Eddie was waiting patiently. Adrian was tapping his foot in a decidedly inpatient manner. Adrian spotted that Dimitri was in the room and started

laughing and, as he walked into the room, sent me a sly wink.

"Aaahh, you're making the big announcement I see, well good luck with that" Adrian called out before flopping onto the bed beside Dimitri and proceeded to poke Dimitri's arm in an attempt to get a reaction out of him.

"Oh hi Guardian Belikov, are you here to hear the announcement as well?" Eddie greeted Dimitri as he walked into the room, Adrian burst out laughing again.

I was about to shut the door when I noticed Lissa and Christian making their way down the hall at a ridiculously slow pace.

"Hey guys pick up the pace!" I Yelled. They grumbled as they walked into the room and I'm pretty sure I heard the word 'Bitch' from Christian.

I took a deep breath as I walked in after them, it was time.

The door shut with an ominous bang that rang into the expectant silence of my room. I looked at the faces of my friends, they were full of curiosity. However Adrian's face was - annoyingly - filled

with amusement.

I turned to Dimitri, he was compassionate and he gave me an encouraging smile. I spent this time to study his face, his deep brown eyes that I got so easily lost in, his full lips, his flawless skin

and of course his hair, his silky, shiny hair.

I turned back to my friends hoping to appear confident when really I was terrified. "Okay guys, I asked you all up here to tell you something, but I really don't know how you're going to react."

"Rose," Lissa piped up "just say it, whatever it is it can't be that bad, we're all here for you."

"It's nothing bad" I replied, oh no nothing bad at all.

"Okay, basically, its, umm, well... you see, urrrh." I can't believe I was stuttering, just say it! Just tell them! ,apparently I was more nervous than I thought I was.

"Oh for fuck's sake Rose I'll tell them! - Rose and Dimitri are in love!" Adrian yelled, he was obviously getting a bit impatient.

"Yeah, that's basically it." i finally managed to murmur.

The three of them were staring at me with shocked faces. Honestly it was starting to make me feel uncomfortable so I walked over and sat down next to Dimitri. I rested my head on his shoulder and sighed. Again. Maybe I was starting to get respiratory problems.

"Well, that went well" Dimitri commented as he pulled me close to him. I snuggled further into his side and waited for a reaction from my friends.

To my surprise it was Christian who broke the silence, with a laugh bordering on psychotic.

"I knew it, I knew it" he was repeating as he finally managed to control his laughter. "I've suspected for a while but I never said anything in case I was wrong"

Wait, did he know all along. This made me curious, I went to ask but Lissa beat me to the question.

And so Christian began this long winded explanation about the way we looked at each other and catch each other's eyes. He even commented on how I was much calmer than I used to be and when I did get angry, Dimitri was the only one capable of calming me down.

The next thing I knew Lissa's emotions hit me like a wave and she burst into tears.

"How could I have not realised? Oh God, I'm such an awful friend... I was so wrapped up in my own life that I didn't even spare a thought for you. Rose I'm so sorry!"She truly thought she was a bad friend, I could feel the guilt radiating off her. I walked over to her and pulled her into my arms, letting her cry into my shoulder while I rubbed her back soothingly.

"It's okay," I whispered into her hair, "You're not a bad friend." I just kept rambling on like that until I finally felt her calm down. I pulled back and looked into her eyes "You are the best friend anyone could ever have so don't you dare feel that way, you got me?"

Lissa nodded. She sent me a message through the bond. Do you love him? It was my turn to nod. Good, as long as you're happy and you love him I'm fine with it.I mouthed my thanks and she gave me a small smile in return.

"Guardian Belikov?" Lissa had now turned to face Dimitri.

"Yes Princess?"

"Do you love Rose?"

Dimitri looked me in the eyes as he gave his answer. "With all my heart."

"Well I think you two are the perfect couple then." Lissa finalised with a nod.

Throughout the entire conversation, Eddie was yet to recover. He was just sat there staring into space in a slightly freaky manner. I clicked in front of his face hoping it would shake out him out of his trance...

"Eddie, heeyy Eddieee, wake up Eddie, come on"

All of a sudden Eddie snapped back into reality, he looked between me and Dimitri as if he were deliberately trying ramp up the tension.

"I've thought about it and I'm happy for you Rose."

The rest of us breathed a collective sigh of relief and that was when I heard a sound, an incredibly distinct sound. One I haven't heard in a while. A sound that was ridiculously similar to the 'Crack' of apparation I used to hear just before my uncle turned up. I turned with a smile expecting to welcome him with a hug, I hadn't seen him since I was 7 but my look of joy quickly morphed into a look of confusion when it wasn't my uncle at all, it was three men I'd never seen before.

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