A little bit stronger
I awoke to the chilling breeze blowing in my slightly opened window, coming in from the east side of Court. I was at court because after Dimitri decided he didn't love me anymore I tried to move on. Or at least try my best to not care. I felt to do that fully I needed to leave Saint Vladimir's. Anyways, I had gone on to become one of the best ranked guardians in guardian recorded history, Getting Lissa as my charge.
I glanced over at my silver alarm clock, which had red numbers blinking 12:00 repeatedly. I snatched my cell phone off the bedside table and checked the time. 10:00 pm "DAMN IT!" I yelled. "There must have been a power outage." I thought to myself. I ran to the bathroom to get ready for work. I had to lead the guardians in a new security plan for the center wing, where Queen Vasilissa resided. I grabbed my hairbrush and before beginning to brush my hair I began to feel the first pang of regret, sadness, and heartbreak set in for the day because I looked at myself in the mirror. I began running the hairbrush through my shoulder length brown hair. I had cut it the night of "Love fades… and mine has." That was a few years ago. I remember because it was also the exact day we had 1 month left before graduation.
Another pang of sadness wrenched through my heart and soul just thinking about the night. I bent down over the sink and washed my streaky make-up off. I had cried myself to sleep the night before, and forgot to take my make-up off. After that I brushed my teeth, then I quickly stroked over some mascara onto my bleary eyes, then some concealer to hide the bags from tossing and turning all night.
I called my second in charge, who was probably already leading them. "Hathaway! Where the hell are you?" Eddie Castile blurted into the phone. Yes. Eddie was the second-best guardian. He toughened up on the outside, but on the inside he was still a big softie. "There was a power outage last night. My alarm got reset, and I woke up late. Meet you at the main building?" I replied. "Okay. Be there in 10." He said as he hung up. I grabbed some guardian clothes, a white button down, with a black blazer, and some black pants. I got dressed and began to drive to the main building. I couldn't be depressed when I showed up, so I turned on the radio to distract myself. Knowing my luck, it was a sad love song. Dear John by Taylor Swift. It's sad I know the names of all her songs, but hey, I am a girl. I began singing to the lyrics that were on when I turned it on, but suddenly realized what the song was about.
You paint me a blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game but you changed the rules everyday
Wondering' which version of you I might get on the phone
Tonight
Well I stopped picking up and this song is to let you know why
Dear john I see it all now that you're gone
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with?
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
should have known...
I turned the radio off and it turned out I was at the main building, where I saw all the guardians waiting for me. "Alright, so here's how the new security plan will work." I went into all the details and pointed out some new areas on a small map. I noticed Eddie looking at me with concern, and the rest of the guardians in a state of awe. I wiped my eyes only to realize I was crying again. Eddie pulled me aside and told the guardians to study the plan because we were going to practice it next. "Rose, what happened? There's something wrong. Nothing makes Rose fucking Hathaway cry." Wow. I'm a badass. But sadly, I was a ball of mush and the only thing that happened was I cried even harder and Eddie engulfed me into a hug. "Him again?" he questioned. Damn. He knows me so well. I sniffled a little and wiped my eyes. "Yeah. Sad song in the car made me think about it. Let's just get back to work. Thanks Eddie." I stated and hugged him a little more. There was a novice, about 6 standing behind him in awe. I kneeled down to her and said "What's your name honey?" I may be badass, but kids are adorable. I mean, Come ON. "I'm Jenna. Hey is that guardian your boyfriend? Guardians and guardians aren't supposed to be together!" She questioned. I laughed "He's not my boyfriend, but he's one of my best friends." I replied happily. "Doesn't he have Cooties though? Aren't you going to catch them!" She exclaimed. I laughed for a while. "No Jen, he doesn't. Anyways, I need to go, but maybe we can talk some other time." "Okay Bye best friend!" She said, and happily trotted away.
I walked back over to Eddie and the other guardians with a smile on my face. "Now, let's get down to business. Group A, you circle around the right. Group B, you circle around the left. Group C, you just walk down the middle. Eddie and I are on patrol of the front and back doors. Go."
I received an urgent call from Lissa, "Liss, I'm kind of busy right now. What do you need?" I answered quickly. "I need you here. IMMEDIATELY. GO." She instructed. I was halfway there when I saw…him. Dimitri was here.
A/N: Thank you so much for reading! It was just an idea I had that popped into my head. I used to be a DxR girl, but I'm slowly beginning to like RxA. They're so cute! But I started this awhile ago and I'm not sure whether to make it DimitrixRose or RosexAdrian... hmm. They're both so CUTE! :) Constructive Critisism is greatly appreciated. I have another chapter ready but I want to know if you guys are actually interested in this before I update... Sorry. I know I hate it when people do that but I'm not sure I should waste my time on this if nobodys gonna read it. If anybody reviews I'll post the next chapter. I accept Anonymous reviews as well, to make it easier on you! :) Thanks for reading!
-Taylor Skye -
