I woke up the next morning feeling sore but wonderful, it was like the ache in my body was telling everyone that I was Dimitri's. I loved the feeling of it. When I opened my eyes I found that I was all alone in bed and when I looked around the room it was empty as well. At first fear shot through me, had Dimitri left me? I quickly pushed that thought aside I knew he would never do that. He was probably in the shower or on the phone somewhere.

I decided that I would take this time to check in on Lissa.

"Princess the headmistress would like to see you." Said the schools secretary.

"Okay." She replied.

She headed to Kirova's office wondering what she would want. Going in she saw a man who neither of us recognized.

"Headmistress you asked to see me?" Lissa asked.

"Ah yes Vasilisa, please have a seat. I would like to introduce you to Mr. Lazar. He will be taking over as headmaster and I will be stepping down and will be teaching." Kirova said.

I wondered if this was happening because of the attack. It wasn't her fault but apparently someone thought it was. I kinda felt bad for her.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Lazar. How can I help?" Lissa asked always the polite royal she was.

"It's nice to finally meet you as well I have heard so much about you." Mr. Lazar said. "We have asked you here to see if you would mind taking some time to help my daughter get to know the place. She and my son are getting settled in at the moment but Ms. Kirova said you would be the perfect choice to help show my Avery around."

"Of course whatever I can do to help." Lissa replied, but inwardly wanted nothing to do with the girl she had yet to meet. She already had me and enough other friends she didn't want anyone else.

"Roza!" I was suddenly scared back into my hotel room Dimitri's face in front of my wide chocolate eyes concerned. He obviously had been trying to get me back for a while now.

"Hey comrade." I said smiling up at him.

"Hey sleepy, you need to get up and ready we need to get going soon. Is everything okay with Lissa?"

"Yep some new guy is taking over for Kirova so she was being introduced. Where were you? I woke up and you were gone."

Dimitri grinned "I was getting coffee and I also got you some donuts." He held the bag up for me to see.

I smiled widely and tried to grab the bag while sitting up.

"Nope! Get ready you can have them in the car." Dimitri laughed pecking me on the lips while holding my donuts hostage. I grumbled about how he was a mean Russian under my breath but got up knowing he was only doing this because he knew I wouldn't get up without bribery.

Soon enough we were on the road and I had my donuts.

It was an eight hour drive and I found myself getting more and more nervous as we got closer and closer. I was silent most of the way and I could tell Dimitri was concerned about me. He kept glancing at me every few minutes and I knew I needed to say something to reassure him that I was fine but I was just too nervous. I kept thinking about his family and how I was nowhere near good enough for him. Not only could loving me ruin his life but I was young and most wouldn't believe I really was in this relationship for life.

I saw him looking at me yet again and as I looked at the clock I realized we were only about a half an hour away, when suddenly the car came to a stop on the side of the road. I looked over to see him studying me.

"Roza, they will love you. You have no reason to worry." I started to answer him when he cut me off.

"They are very open minded here it's not like home. They won't care that you're my student or that you are so much younger. The only thing they will care about is that I'm happy. And I am more than happy that I have found my other half. So calm down and don't worry they will love you just as much as I do."

"Are you sure I mean being with me could harm you in so many ways."

"That doesn't matter and you have given me you and because of that even if something were to happen I don't care as long as I have you and they will feel the same."

Before I could reply he reached over and pulled me onto his lap and kissed me. Silencing any other protests I had. We sat there for a few minutes just making out before he pulled away and sat me back on my seat.

"Now don't worry about anything, you ready?" He asked.

I nodded and said, "Let's get this over with."

He laughed and started driving again. I still wasn't sure but I didn't really have a choice but to trust him.

Sooner than I would have liked we drove into his small home town and pulled up next to a small house. It was exactly what I had imagined it would look like and when I looked over at Dimitri he had a huge smile on his face. I could tell how excited he was to see his family again. So I decided to man up and get this over with. No matter what happened next I knew he was by my side. So we got out of the car and started up the sidewalk.