Chapter 12.

I sat up in bed and screamed bloody murder.

I looked around and realized I was only in my room. Only a dream. It's only a dream.

I flopped back down on my bed and groaned as I tried to slow down my heart beat. I rolled on my side and closed my eyes hoping for a dreamless sleep.

"Rose? Are you ok," Lissa asked while knocking on my door. "I'm fine. Just go back to sleep. Sorry for waking you."

I heard her shuffle down the hall to her and Christian's room. I sighed again as I shoved my face into the pillow. I thought about the past night.

It brought a smile to my face to think about being with Dimitri in Outback. And the goodnight kiss. I guess you could call it a date. But it wasn't really planned. I mentally shook my head. I had thought about this too much in the past few hours.

I forced my mind back to when I got home and how happy and excited Lissa was when I got home. It was actually funny how happy she was. She just kept jumping around and around screaming. Christian was happy too, of course.

I was so thrilled for them. I was glad at least something was going right for them. Now I just need to stop waking them up every night, I silently thought as I fell back asleep into, hopefully, nothingness.

-LAN-

My alarm went off, waking me up with a jump. I slowly got up out of bed and climbed into the shower. The hot water woke me up along with my excitement to get to school to see Dimitri.

I think this is one of the first times I was excited to get to school.

I scrubbed myself repeatedly to make sure I was clean and shampooed my hair with my favorite shampoo. I turned the water off, wrapped a towel around myself, and sprinted over to my closet.

After finding my favorite red shirt, black skinny jeans, and black converse and putting them on, I raced down the stairs for breakfast.

I could already smell Christian's blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes. I raced into the kitchen with a big smile on my face.

"Whoa. Did someone have a goodnight," exclaimed Christian from behind the counter where he was cooking the pancakes. I stuck my tongue out at him, but I wasn't going to let him ruin my good mood.

I went over and hugged Lissa and told them good morning as I sat down at the table. "Why are you in a good mood," asked Lissa. I smiled at her and said, "I'm just happy for you guys." I wasn't lying. I didn't tell the whole reason I was happy but it was part of it.

Talking about Christian proposing brought a smile and a dreamy look on Lissa's face. "I wish you could have been here, Rose. It was so beautiful and-and-and I can't explain it."

"I'm glad you're happy Liss. And as much as I hate to admit it, you to Christian," I said the last part with a grimace. They both smiled at me, well Christian smirked.

I choked down my food quickly so Lissa could drop me off at the school.

-LAN-

I couldn't wait for lunch. I just kept bouncing around in my seat. Mason kept staring at me the whole morning with a small smile on his face. When I would look over at him it would instantly disappear, and he would look away.

In the back of my head I could tell that I did feel bad for him. But I just couldn't concentrate and that made me feel worse.

Finally when the bell rang for the end of the period before lunch, I raced out the door and headed toward the café.

I quickly grabbed my lunch and sat down at the usual table. Eddie was already here, and I said a distracted hello and looked around for Dimitri.

I kept looking around for him until I finally spotted him walking into the café. He looked like he was looking for someone. It took me a second to realize it was me he was looking for.

He quickly came over to the table and said, "Hey there beautiful." I gave him a quick grin and got mesmerized by his eyes as he swooped down and gave me a lingering kiss.

I jumped startled. I didn't think he would kiss me in public but that weirdness quickly turned to happiness and a twinge of embarrassment as I continued to kiss him. I pushed away the last emotion. I shouldn't feel embarrassment about being kiss by a hot guy.

I slowly wrapped my arms around his neck and put my hands in his hair. He growled softly in his throat so I could only hear it. I kissed him with more intensity.

My sluggish brain didn't hear all the whooping and cat calls we were getting until Dimitri pulled away to stare into my eyes, and fully take the seat next to me.

I cheeks felt warm from the kiss and a twinge of embarrassment…..again.

I smiled at him and quickly looked down at my food. I could see Eddie was smiling his face off along with a few others of the people who normally sit at the table. I blushed again. I hadn't even noticed they had sat down.

I looked at everyone at the table and was glad Mason wasn't there. I don't think I wanted to see the disappointment and sadness on his face again.

Lunch went fast after that. Dimitri and I didn't really talk just kept stealing quick glances at each other and making googly eyes at each other.

Whenever one of the guys at the table would catch us staring they would snicker and look at each other and shake their heads. I think at one point I even heard someone mutter, "Yeah, they are soooo goners."

School went quickly. Whenever Dimitri and I would see each other, we would be caught starting at each other.

The final bell of the day went off and I quickly existed and headed to the front of the school for Lissa to pick me up.

I stood at the curb and looked around to see if I could see her.

"How about I take you home," whispered a voice I was coming to love. I turned around and wrapped my arms around his neck and whispered, "Hmmmm. I think I would love that," before capturing kiss mouth is a kiss.

It was the lunch room all over again. I put my hands in his hair and deepened the kiss. Well I started to before the beeping of a car horn startled me and made me turn around.

I turned around to see a grinning Lissa stretched out in the front seat. "Do you need a ride home or are you to busy," she teased. I blushed again.

"Actually we were going to go out for a little bit if that's ok with you."

"Yeah, that's fine. Just please stay in populated areas. Ok," Lissa said and gave me and Dimitri a stern look.

"Yes mother," I answered back with an eye roll. "Rose, I'm serious. Promise me you'll stay in populated areas."

Before I could answer back Dimitri said, "I'll keep her safe and have her back by 8." Lissa smiled and winked at me before pulling out of the parking lot.

"So where are we going since I thought you were only driving me home," I said with a smile. He shrugged his shoulders. "I decided to milk it a little. There's a place I want to show you." He grabbed my hand and we started to head to his car.

I sighed dreamily. If only this day would never end.

Hey everyone! I know it's been a couple months since I updated. I don't really have much of an excuse, but I want to tell you I'll be updating more often since school work has been pretty light lately, so I'll hopefully have more time to update. Thank you for everyone who reviewed the last chapter. And if you think I'm dragging this out a little too much, I just want to tell you I'll be picking everything up in the next few chapters.

I also have a question. Do you want Rose and Dimitri's relationship to go smoothly or do you want me to throw in a few minor fights to make things a little more interesting? Answer back and…..REVIEW!

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