Hey, I'm back with a new story. I've had this kicking around for a while now, and I'm putting it up now in a fit of VAddiction!
In case you don't know, all the main cast has now been released. EeeEeeEee! The full cast list will be at the bottom of this chapter.

Inspired by Back to December by Taylor Swift.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

"Christian!"
Oh. Shit. I knew that voice.

"Aunt Tasha!"

I ducked through the crowd, hiding in a corner where I hoped no one would see me, but where, unfortunately, I could still hear the exchange going on.

Since when did Rose Hathaway run and hide, you might be wondering. Well, ever since the love of my life and previous mentor Dimitri Belikov upped and left to guard one of my best friends' aunt. Yes, I now classed Christian as that. He had been supportive after everything that had happened, though that didn't mean we didn't still annoy the hell out of each other. Maybe our improved relationship was down to the fact that I no longer took the piss out of him every opportunity I got.

I had changed, the fire that had always burned so bright within me had dimmed to just an ember, like the glow of a candle before it is put out completely. Despite this, I tried not to let it show too much, as it had upset Lissa to see me as I had been in the first few weeks, and she had to come first.

After Spokane, Dimitri decided that it was his fault that for everything that had happened. He said that he shouldn't have told me the information about Spokane, that I was his weakness and that clouded his judgement, meaning he could not guard Lissa when I was present.

So he had left me to go and guard Tasha, with my 'blessing'. Part of me regretted what I had said to him at the ski lodge, but the rest of me was happy that he was happy. That's what you get for loving someone unconditionally. I had tried to hate him at first, but it was impossible. It was simply impossible for my heart to register that emotion towards him, when he had hurt me to ultimately keep me and Lissa safe.
They come first. I'd told her the truth about us, and though she'd been upset that I hadn't told her before, her guilt at being the thing to come between us outweighed any anger she might have felt.

Tasha's laugh broke me out of my thoughts, and I turned to face them. They were moving away from me, finally, but I was curious as to what they were saying. Just because I had to hide at my own graduation party, didn't mean I had to be kept out of the loop. I saw Lissa making her was over to Tasha and her boyfriend, and slipped into her head.

"Lissa! You look stunning." Tasha said, pulling Lissa into a hug.

"So do you Tasha. I'm so glad you could make it."

"What, miss my 3 favourite people's graduation party? That was never an option. Speaking of, where is Rose? I must congratulate her on that amazing Trial!"

Firstly, I was one of her favourite people. WTF? She certainly wasn't mine. Second, she had seen my Trial? But that meant that...

"So, Tasha, where's Dimitri?" asked Christian, scanning the room.

"Oh, he's here somewhere. He was looking for Rose. He wanted to tell her how amazing she was with that stunt on the bridge. I mean, he was her mentor, after all."

Ouch. That was obviously all I was to him, a former student. Lissa was thinking the same thing, and she looked for me quickly, checking to see if Dimitri had caught up with me yet. She saw me standing in the corner, and was about to come over; when she sensed someone walk up behind her.

"Dimka, did you find her?"

Ah, shit.
Lissa spun round, nearly bumping into Dimitri's chest. He put a hand out to the the strangest thing happened. I was used to experiencing contact and emotion through Lissa, and it was like when she was with Christian, but in reverse. Through Lissa's mind, I could feel Christian's touches sending tingles through her skin, and knew how it made her feel. But in my mind, I was always sort of detached from it, like I was remembering a feeling. As Dimitri's skin came into contact with Lissa's, I felt fire burn, but Lissa noticed nothing. I realised that it was my own body, that I was currently not residing in, that felt the fire and electricity.

Lissa looked up into Dimitri's eyes, and I saw a brief shock in them before he composed himself. He had felt the electricity too, from touching Lissa, and was staring straight into her eyes. For a second, I felt mad with jealousy, but as I stared into those pools of chocolate brown, I felt the anger fade away, replaced by an intense longing. He was looking through her eyes, straight into my soul.

There was an awkward silence between the group, until Christian broke it.
"So, did you find Rose?"
Dimitri snapped out of the daze, and replied that he hadn't been able to find me. As luck would have it, Stan walked past at that moment.

"You're looking for Hathaway? She's over there, in that corner." He pointed to my general direction, and through Lissa's eyes, I saw the edge of my red dress showing round the corner. Stan continued.
"She looks kinda spaced out, probably on drugs or something. Trust her to take a party too far." With that, he walked off. How I hated that man.

Tasha spoke first. "Well, let's go and say hi, then, shall we?"

A message from Lissa came through the bond. Rose, get out of here now. Dimitri and Tasha are coming your way. Leave through the door on your left, quickly."

I didn't need to be told twice. Keeping close to the wall, I stepped out the door and disappeared into the cold night.

I stayed out there for about an hour, watching my graduation party through my best friend's eyes, since mine were currently occupied with tears. Eventually, I saw myself through Lissa's eyes as she stepped through the back door and made her way over to the bench where I was sitting, knees tucked up under my chin, arms wrapped around them as if I could somehow hold myself together.
Just before I came back into my own head, I noticed that fortunately, my makeup hadn't smudged too badly. At least something was working in my favour tonight.

"Rose. I know you saw everything. I'm so sorry."

"S'not your fault." I mumbled, and she sat down beside me, stroking my back. I rested my head on her shoulder, and she wrapped her arms around me. After a little while, she pulled away and looked me in the eye.

"Come on, Rose. Let's go watch the karaoke." I shook my head.

"It will be fun. We can sing something if you like."

I laughed bitterly. If I sang something now, it would be something so depressing people would slit their wrists half way through my performance.

"Eddie dared Christian and Adrian to sing 'call me maybe' as a duet."

I cracked. "Well, that will be funny. But I just don't want to walk in there, have someone sing a romantic song, and see Dimitri and Tasha eating each other's faces off."

She looked at me with pity. "I doubt they will. I mean, they've been here 3 hours, and we haven't seen anything like that yet. You of all people should know how secretive about that sort of thing he is." She regretted the words as soon as they were out of her mouth.
"I'm sorry, Rose-"

"It's ok, really." I forced a smile. I didn't want pity; it was bad enough I could feel it through the bond without it being openly displayed.

"And anyway, if they do start, I'll ask Mia to drop a load of freezing water on their head."

I laughed, and then stood up. "Mia's here? I didn't realise."

"Yeah, let's go see her and say hi whilst we request her services."

Thanks for reading. Please review :D

Here it is- the full cast! ! !

Rose- Zoey Deutch
Lissa- Lucy Fry
Dimitri- Danila Kozlovsky
Christian- Dominic Sherwood
Mason- Cameron Monaghen
Mia- Sami Gayle
Jesse- Ashley Charles
Natalie- Sarah Hyland
Victor- Gabriel Byrne
Tatiana- Joely Richardson
Sonya- Claire Foy
Kirova- Olga Kurylenko

PS. Well done to Denmark for winning Eurovision. Emmelie De Forest was amazing, and her song was beautiful :D (She reminded me of Lissa, and would make an awesome fangirl addition to the VA ranks. Did you hear that squeal when she won? :P) I loved her dress as well :)
Everyone was great this year, it was a really high standard of music :D

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