Ok, so I know I haven't written a story in a really, really long time but I recently got a bit of inspiration so I'm writing again. I hope you guys like it :)

I do not own any o the characters from the VA novels. I only own the storyline and any new characters.

Chapter 1

I never thought I would get this chance. It was nearly the weekend and I had both Thursday and Friday off thanks to Liss.

I nearly had a heart attack when she came crashing into my room just as I was pulling my shirt on for training. The door came crashing open and I jumped about a foot in the air.

I pulled my shirt down the rest of the way as Lissa came rushing into the room. "oh my god rose you'll never guess what I just did!' she gushed.

I quickly regained my balance and composure. Before I even got the chance to hear anything straight from her head she burst out with the news. "I convinced Kirova to let us go shopping and spend tomorrow getting ready for the ball!"

I stared at her for a few moments in complete astonishment. 'What?!' I managed to get out.

Lissa rolled her eyes 'we get to go shopping Rose! Kirova says you still have to do your extra training with Guardian Belikov but you don't have to go to class for two whole days!'

I finally comprehended what she was saying and jumped up and down laughing and shrieking like idiots. 'oh my god Lissa how on earth did you manage that?!' I could see clearly in her head how she had pleaded with Kirova to let us have the two days off.

To my surprise Dimitri had been there too and helped convince Kirova that I deserved a break and that I could use the Shopping trip as a training exercise. 'I just brought up a good case and then when Guardian Belikov put a word in she agreed!'

Lissa was so proud of herself I couldn't help the grin that spread across my face. I also felt a little surprised that Dimitri had helped Lissa convince the Headmistress. What happened to Training hard to become the best guardian I can? I dismissed that thought when I spotted the time.

I said goodbye to Lissa and ran to the GYM as fast s I could only to find it was empty. I waited outside for about ten minutes before heading to the staff area. I asked the receptionist if she had seen him only to be disappointed.

I began to leave until she got up from her desk and walked down the corridor and through one of the doors that lined it. I quickly darted around the desk and went through the filing cabinet behind it. I found the forms that listed the rooms that all of the teachers and guardians slept in and slipped the one with Dimitri's name on it into my pocket and left as quickly as I could without running.

'Rose!' I heard my name called out from behind me in a strict voice. I swore under my breath and turned to face the receptionist with an innocent expression. 'Yes?' I asked, 'you left your water bottle on the desk' she said. I sighed in relief and thanked her smiling all apologetically.

I grabbed my water bottle and scuttle out into the open air and breathed a sigh of relief. I made my way to the Building that the Guardians slept in and pulled out the piece of paper. It was formatted in the exact same way as the novice dorms so I hoped beyond hope that it would have the same layout of corridors.

Once I knew what room he was in I packed the form back into the inside pocket of my jacket so that nobody would spot it. When I entered the building and asked the lady at the front desk if she had seen Dimitri, with the same result as before, I snuck around to the side where, with luck, there would be a window in the same spot as on the novice dorms.

When I found none and had no luck further down I decided to check the opposite side. Sure enough there was a window on the exact opposite side. I checked to see that nobody was watching and opened it carefully.

Unlike in our dorms the window was soundless and I managed to slip inside easily. I checked the numbers on the doors and made my way quickly towards where Dimitri's room should be. When I arrived at his door I was at a slight loss for what to do. As I stood there wondering what to do I heard footsteps coming around the end of the corridor.

My heart jumped, without thinking I checked the door and discovered it wasn't locked. I slipped inside quickly and shut the door behind me. I waited for the footsteps to pass and sighed in relief. I sagged against the door and waited a few more moments just in case.

'Rose?' My heart leapt into my throat and a small squeal escaped my lips as I spun around. I had completely forgotten where I was. Dimitri was lying in his bed fast asleep. I looked around to see where the voice had come from.

There was nobody around. I was at even more of a loss now than I was when I was outside the room. I moved closer to the bed and Dimitri mumbled my name again quietly and rolled over.

My heart was racing and melting at the same time. I wanted so badly to run my hands through his hair and wake him up but instead I went to the small dresser in the corner. I tore a piece of paper out of one of the note pads and wrote a note on it. "Dimitri. You're late for training. I marked the time that was showing on his bedside clock and slipped back out to the door after listening for anyone outside.

Once I had shut the door I stuck the note on the hook that was there. I then Knocked and ran for it. My heart was pounding by the time I had eased myself out of the window. I snuck back to the main footpath and walked as naturally as I could back to the GYM. While I was waiting for Dimitri to arrive I began running laps around the tracks.

I figured Dimitri would only make me run laps before anything fun in any case so I may as well get it out of the way. When I passed the gate for what felt like the gazilionth time Dimitri joined me and ran alongside me.

I sped up to show him that I was frustrated at him for being late. He made me run another three laps before he told me to stretch and head inside. I was grateful because the clouds where building up and I could feel the odd spot of water land on my exposed skin. We made it inside just as it started to rain in earnest.

'So what do I get out of you being late?' I asked, glancing up at Dimitri. He looked at me, confused. 'Excuse me?' he asked. 'Well if I'm late I have to do extra laps or stay late, so what do you have to do, since you slept in?' I asked, stretching out my quads.

How do you know I'm late because I slept in, I could have had a meeting', Dimitri said and I paled.

'Just a guess', I said, turning towards my bag to pull out my boxing mitts. I heard Dimitri move somewhere behind me and when I looked back at him he was considerably closer than he had been before. My stomach did a small somersault as he fixed me with a capturing and questioning stare. I gulped

Ok, so it has no smut or lemons and its not much yet but this is as much as I could do between my homework and stuff.

So I hope you guys liked it.

Please Review otherwise I might lose inspiration to continue. I will have more angst and highly likely at least one lemon later on and a whole lot of high tension moments between Dimitri and Rose.

RxR