"What would you like for dinner?" I asked Dimitri.
"I don't mind you pick." I nodded "But you shouldn't be on your feet remember. Doctors orders."
"Dimitri I've been off my feet for 2 weeks now. I don't think being on them for an hour or two will make a difference." I said with a small laugh.
"It's your funeral."
His phone beeped and usually he would leave it for 5 or 10 minutes, but today he picked it up swiftly and read the text. A smile came across his face, but it quickly went away when he realised I was in the room.
"I'm going out. Christian needs me for and hour or so" he said and he grabbed his coat "I'll be back soon. Bye"
"Love you" I said, but he didn't reply instead he slammed the door. I looked out the window just in time to see him turn right. I turned the oven on and began to cook some food or myself.
Lately I had been seeing a change in him. He no longer said I love you or showed affection towards me. He was reminding me of someone. He was reminding me of me. When I had cheated on Adrian I had acted the same way to him. It was like a cold shoulder treatment, but it was never ending. Instead of having good and bad days it was just bad. We hadn't had sex in a while-two weeks to be precise. Every time I showed interest in that he would turn me away or use a silly excuse. And he hadn't said I loved you in days.
When I left Adrian I had thought I was leaving him for a better man. One who would sweep me of my feet like they do in the movies. Instead it was completely different. I thought for a week or so that it might be the guilt from being a strigoi, but he had promised he had let that go.
I could always tell when he was lying. He made a dimple in his face without realising it. If my memory was serving me correctly I had seen a dimple.
I didn't know where he was going, but I did know I could find out. I grabbed my phone from my purse and called a person I didn't want to speak to since I put his aunt in jail. Christian.
It rang 3 times before he answered.
"Hello"
"Hi Christian it's Rose."
"Rose, why are you calling me?"
"Um Dimitri just left and he said that you had said he needed to see you I was just wondering if that was true."
"Rose I think you should be asking someone else."
"Christian I know I put your aunt in jail, but she was the one who committed the crime. I didn't do anything wrong and you can't blame me for that, but I need you to be a good person and tell me the truth."
"No I did not call Dimitri. I'm currently trying to get dinner ready for Lissa, who is incredibly late."
"Thank you, Christian."
"Your welcome." He put the phone down and a small tear escaped my eye.
I grabbed my coat and ran out the door and turned right. I followed the road down until I realised I was heading in the direction of Lissa's. I decided to call Dimitri phone to see if I could hear it.
I began walking hoping I could hear it when I heard it come from behind some bushes. I pushed past some twigs and trees until I was around the edge of a small garden. I saw two people in the middle of the garden.
Lissa and Dimitri. They were to close. He looked into her eyes like she was the best thing on earth. He used to look at me like that. They were in a tight embrace when suddenly he pulled her closer to him and she kissed him. Neither pulled apart and both were kissing full of love and passion.
I couldn't believe it. My eyes must be wrong. My boyfriend can't be cheating on me- with my best friend. I felt the tears coming on, but I kept my composure and took out my phone. I took a picture of them one from my view and one zoomed up to see exactly who it was and what they were doing.
I left silently and began running home. I smashed into Adrian.
"Hey" he screamed "watch where you going" he said looking to try and find out who it was. When he saw who it was he saw I had been crying. "Rose, what's wrong?"
"Nothing" I said running off before he could say anything else.
I opened the door to my house with the spare key under the matt. I turned the oven off and ran upstairs I was chocking on my tears while shoving lots of my cloths into a bag.
I phoned the only person I felt I could trust. My mum.
"Mum." I said through my tears.
"What's wrong sweetie?"
"I need you to come get me. I'm leaving Dimitri and I don't know what to do."
"I'll be there in 5 minutes."
I closed my phone and waited for her arrival. When she arrived she told me that she would get the rest of my stuff from upstairs.
I waited in the kitchen until suddenly the front door opened.
"Hey" Dimitri said. "When's dinner going to be ready?" he asked sitting down on the dinning room table waiting for me to reply."
I heard my mum come down the stairs with all my stuff. She left to go put it in the boot of her car.
"Who's that?"
"My mum." I replied
"Ahh what's she doing here?"
She emerged in the doorway. "The cars packed are you ready to go" she said to me, but she was eviling Dimitri.
"Go wait in the car"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'll be done in a minute"
"Rose. What's going on?" he said standing up.
"Dimitri, I'm leaving you."
"What. Why?"
"I know about you and Lissa." His face told me the truth. "You really thought that you could fool me. I've been the cheater. I know exactly how they behave towards there other partner."
"Rose, you must be joking. I would never do that." There in the corner of his mouth a dimple appeared.
I reached out and touched it. "I know your lying, cause when you do a dimple appears" and there it is I said tracing where it was. He pulled me in for a hug. I smelled him. A light hint of Katy Perry's perfume- Lissa's favourite. I pushed him away.
"I can smell her on you."
"Babe you need to understand that it was a mistake. She came onto me."
I scoffed. "Was this a mistake?" I said showing him the photo of him and Lissa in the park."
"It's not how it looks. You can't leave me Rose. I love you."
"I can leave you and that's what I'm doing. And you finally say I love you. I haven't heard that in days."
I grabbed my purse and coat. "Wasn't I enough for you? Of all people you cheat on me with it had to be her." I kissed his cheek. "I love you so very very much" another tear spilled from my eye. "It's over"
I turned away from him and using all the strength I had I walked away from him. When I got in the car my mum knew not to say anything. She turned the keys in the ignition and waited to see if I would change my mind.
"Go" I said. Another tear spilled from my eye. I looked in the mirror and saw him watching me leave.
I knew that if I turned around a saw his face that I would never leave. I couldn't do that. I needed to go. He couldn't get away with it.
My mum pulled out of the drive and turned right. I saw him in the mirror and another tear came from my eye. I held my head up high. I had nothing to be ashamed of, but when we drove past the park I burst into tears.
Passing it made me realise I had made the right decision in leaving, but part of me wish I stayed. My mum continued driving and finally we arrived at her house. Standing in the driveway was Abe.
My mum took the keys out of the ignition and unlocked the doors.
"Rose, you need to get out the car."
"I can't" I had used all the strength to leave him and I couldn't get out the car. My legs refused to move.
"I will be right back sweetie." I nodded as she went and talk to Abe. She came back and went to the boot and began unloading my things. Abe opened my door and began pulling me out the car. He held me in his arms and began walking me to the house. I buried my face is his shoulder and he took me into the lounge.
He sat me on a chair that faced the window looking onto the driveway.
And as I sat here I knew I wouldn't be leaving this chair for a while.
