disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy, the characters, or the song "Never Alone" by Barlowgirl. Enjoy.

First fanfic, don't hate me.

LPOV

In the past two weeks my life has changed dramatically. Two weeks ago I lost Guardian Belikov as my sanctioned guardian because he chose to take my boyfriend's Aunt Tasha's offer to be her guardian. But he acted strangely about it, as if he were sad about. But what was even stranger was how my best friend, Rose acted after he left.

She became really depressed and refused to see anyone or come out of her room. At first I thought it was a delayed reaction to the death of a fallen friend, Mason Ashford.

So a week ago I thought I would go and talk to her and that is when both of their behaviors made sense to me and everything changed.

-----Flashback-----

"I'm really worried about rose." I said. I was in the attic of the school's chapel with my boyfriend, Christian. I was telling him how weird Rose has been acting lately and how I've been really worried about her.

"Maybe she's just upset about Mason,…" he said,"… Out of all of us, she went through the most. It would make sense that she would take it the hardest."

"You're probably right. By the way, how are you doing?" I said. Christian was with Rose when Mason died along with Eddie Castile and Mia Rinaldi. I saw how shaken up he was afterwards and I also later found out how he was the reason they all managed to escape in the first place.

"I'm fine but I'm nowhere near as bad as Rose is now. But I also had you to help me get through it." He told me while whispering the last part in my ear and pulling me tightly to him. God I love him. Then he said something that shocked me although it really shouldn't have. "You should go talk to her. She could really use someone right now."

"But won't you be lonely?"

"Yeah, but she needs you right now. I'll still see you later tonight, right?"

"Definitely. Thank you for understanding. You are so amazing. I love you."

"Oh I know I'm amazing and I love you too. Now go talk to Rose." I know he cares about her just like I do. Ever since Spokane, they've become closer, in a brother/sister kind of way. I then left the chapel in search of Rose for a friend to friend talk, something that we haven't had in a long time with everything going on.

Just as I was about halfway to the novice dorms and Rose's room, I passed a few of the classrooms. And as I passed the old music room I heard something that I haven't heard in a really long time, Rose singing and playing the piano. I remember her doing it all the time before the car accident that killed her and my family. After that, she said she never wanted to sing again because there were far more important things to do like protect me, according to her. But she always had an amazing voice and I loved to hear her sing so I slowly opened the door to hear her. When I did I saw she was singing something she wrote, so I listened. It started out slow and it sounded beautiful so I got my phone out to record it knowing this might be the last time I hear her sing. I recorded her as I just stood there and listened to her sing.

I waited for you today
But you didn't show
No no no
I needed You today
So where did You go?
You told me to call
Said You'd be there
And though I haven't seen You
Are You still there?

I cried out with no reply
And I can't feel You by my side
So I'll hold tight to what I know
You're here and I"m never alone

And though I cannot see You
And I can't explain why
Such a deep, deep reassurance, yeah
You've placed in my life

We cannot separate
You're part of me
And though You're invisible
I'll trust the unseen

I cried out with no reply
And I can't feel You by my side
So I'll hold tight to what I know
You're here and I'm never alone

We cannot separate
You're part of me
And though You're invisible
I'll trust the unseen

I cried out with no reply
And I can't feel You by my side
So I'll hold tight to what I know
You're here and I'm never alone

When she finished, I noticed she was crying so I wanted to go comfort her and as I got closer to her I heard her say under her breathe, "Dimitri, why did you have to leave me, I thought you said you loved me, you promised to never leave me."

I stood there shocked and speechless which must have tipped her off through the bond because she turned around and just stared at me wide eyed. Then she broke the silence.

"How much did you hear?"

"Everything" It was the only thing I could say.

"Lissa please don't be mad at me for not telling you. I know I should have told you about Dimitri, but I couldn't. Please understand, I can't lose you too. Please, please don't leave me."

She just fell to the ground and put her hands over her face and cried harder. I've rarely ever seen Rose cry and when she did, she was always really upset and I was the only one who could help her. Despite how I felt at that moment, I knew my friend needed me, so I went and hugged her. She wrapped her arms around me and clung to me as if I was going to disappear at any minute. She just cried into my shoulder for what felt like forever saying things like, "Why did he have to leave me?", "Why does it have to hurt so bad?", and "Was it my fault?"

"No! No it was not your fault!" I said.

"Then why did he leave?"

I didn't know what to say, so I just said, "Because he must have just been afraid of how awesome you are." It was the only thing that I could say at a time like this, I was still in shock. But then I heard her laugh, which is something I haven't heard her do in a long time. She then looked up at me with puffy red eyes and whispered a thank you.

"That's what I'm here for, but you and I really need to talk."

"Yeah but don't you have plans with Christian."

"Yes I do but I can cancel. Right now you need me and we really need to talk. No more putting this off."

"Okay, thanks Liss."

We then started heading up to Rose's room where we could get more privacy. On our way there, I texted Christian to let him know I couldn't see him tonight. I had a feeling this talk might take all night. At first he was disappointed because he was hoping to get some, such a guy. But then he realized that Rose needed me and said he loved me and wished me luck. That's my guy.

When we finally got to her room she went straight for her bed while I locked the door making sure no one would disturb us. I then sat on the edge of the bed thinking of how to start. Then I decided to just get straight to the point. I asked when it all started and what all happened between them and she told me the complete and total truth knowing that that was exactly what I wanted.

She told me everything starting with their training sessions to stolen kisses, how she hated Tasha, which explained why she acted that way towards her, and got all the way to how she used Mason and felt responsible for his death. She then broke down after that and I tried my best to try and comfort her by telling her that is wasn't her fault. That Mason died because it was Mason's decision to go back in the house.

And I'm glad he did because if it wasn't for him and Mia, Rose may not be with me right now. But I didn't tell her that.

After a few more hours I felt her breathing even out which meant she was sleeping. As I watched her sleep I started to take everything in and then I knew what I had to do. Before I thought that she was upset because of Mason's death and that the only thing I could do was let her grieve. I felt so helpless. But now knowing what the cause of my friend's depression was really. I knew what I had to do. I was going to make a plan to get Dimitri back for Rose because I remember the way he looked the day he left. He looked pained and upset like he was losing something he greatly loved and now I know that that thing was Rose. I knew that he must miss Rose the way she missed him and I was going to help bring them back to each other.

-----End Flashback-----

It's been a week since that night. I'm now near the school's landing strip awaiting Dimitri's arrival.

After that night, I called Dimitri and told him about Rose. About how she's been locked away in her room refusing to see anyone and how she refused to eat. He asked if she was alright and I told him how the only reason she's still alive was because Alberta's been force feeding her. Just from his tone I could tell that he was hurt knowing that he was putting her through that. He seemed to right it off as being concerned for his student but after I told him that she told me about them he let me know how truly sorry he was for leaving her. He said that the only reason he left was because he thought he was protecting her. But I could tell that he's been hurting just as much as her. I knew that he loved her. He said he didn't want to be away from her anymore so he would try to get a flight to the academy as soon as possible.

And from what I've heard around school, I know that Rose needs this. I've heard rumors from the other female novices who say they've heard Rose screaming in her sleep at night. It hurts me to know that she's in such pain. But I thought that Dimitri's coming to the academy would be a great surprise for her. And I can't wait to let him hear the song she wrote for him because I want him to understand just how badly he hurt her. I want her to be happy but I most definitely didn't want to be responsible for hurting her more. So before he even gets close to her, I want to make sure he doesn't hurt her again.