Chapter One
Camp Exciting and Interesting; AKA Camp For Troubled Teens
Summary: Rose is stranded in a camp all summer. She calls Lissa, Mia, Eddie, Mason; all her friends to come and join her. To her luck, everyone is avaliable, and they meet her there. The camp may seem fun and such, but terrible things can happen there; things that may bring out the worst in some people. Rose meets a new face, Dimitri Belikov. He hates camps just as much as Rose does, and is super hot and fun. Fun, laughs, drama, intimacy. Tons of things can happen in one summer, belive me.
Packing is a biiiitch!
"Dammit!" I shouted and slammed the door closed. In anger and rage, I threw a picture frame at the door. The glass shattered, and it fell to the ground. I puffed air in and out of my lungs. God was I fucking pissed right now! My mom just banished me to some freaking camp! I mean seriously? How old does she think I am? Five? Or does she just want to get rid of me? I'm sure she could give a shit about anything I do. In fact, I could run away and become a crack-whore for all she cared. Only when I got caught and put into the newspaper that her friends read would she feel something, and that was sorry, sorry that she had me. I was a mistake, and I knew it.
I walked to the door and picked up the picture frame that I had threw at random. It was an old, old picture of Lissa and I. We both looked so happy; our arms were around each other's necks and we were wearing matching bikinis. We looked like real sisters, except I was darker and had a more developed body. I turned around and looked through all the pictures I kept hung up on my walls. Nearly every inch of my walls were covered in corkboard, and what wasn't had some picture, magazine page, or photograph covering it.
Not one picture had my mother in it.
My father had disappeared before I was born, and I knew that really disturbed her, but honestly, she needs to get over that bastard. Who gives a damn anyway? Has she even noticed that it's been seventeen years, and she has a teenaged daughter? Probably not. She's just so Goddamned selfish. On my sixteenth birthday; the most important day in my life so far, she didn't show up. Do you even know how heartbroken I was? She couldn't be there for one day in my whole life?
But that was the way things were in my life. My mom had to work day and night. We had plenty, more than enough in fact, but that didn't stop her from working. It was irritable and time consuming, but nevertheless, I'm sure working was much better than spending time with your love deprived daughter.
I picked up my phone from it's charger next to my new Mac computer. I went on speed dial and called (who else?) Lissa. She picked up on the second ring.
"Hey," I said a little to depressed sounding.
"Hi Rosie, what's wrong?" Lissa asked, obviously double tasking. Most likely painting her nails.
"My mom already signed me up to do some stupid camp-"
"Woah, woah, woah, let me stop you there," Christian said, coming onto the line.
"Hey Pyro," I said and smirked. Christian is Lissa's boyfriend. They're together probably 24/7. Ridiculous and annoying, I know. But he knew about all the struggles I had with my mom, and he understood and knew not to make fun of me about it.
"A camp? Are you serious?" Christian asked and laughed. "You're kidding, please, this is too much, even for you Rose," he said and continued hysterically laughing.
"I'm dead fuckin' serious, Chris," I said and cleared my voice. "She's insane! She can't handle me so she opts out to putting me in a damn day care," I said and Christian laughed even more.
Lissa took the phone from him now. "Rose, if it helps, I'll go too," she said sweetly and I heard her close the nail paint jar. "Send me an email description of the place," she said. Christian went silent.
"You're not really going to go with her are you? I mean that's all summer," Christian said quietly to Lissa, but I could still hear her.
"Shut up, dumbass," I said to Christian. "Lissa makes decisions for herself," I said and went on my computer. I opened the page and googled the camp. I found the link and then went onto my Yahoo account. Yahoo Messenger activated and I entered the link to the page and sent it to Lissa. I heard the 'bing' noise from her computer on the other side of the line.
"Dude, I wouldn't go to a camp if it was the last thing on earth," Christian said and then paused. "Wait, I mean, if I would either die or go to a camp, I would rather die," he said and snickered. I rolled my eyes.
"God, you're annoying," I muttered and Christian mocked me in a high voice. The little prick, I thought. I felt a vein pop, but I ignored him. For Lissa's sake. I swear.
"Oh, wow, Rose," Lissa said suddenly. I listened. "'A camp for teenagers ages thirteen through eighteen; lots of sports and activities included; a dorm room, three meals plus snacks-"
"You got me at meals," I said, and Christian and Lissa laughed.
"You know, it really doesn't look that bad, Rose," Lissa said and I heard typing. Christian gasped.
"You're not signing up, are you?" Christian asked worriedly.
"Of course I am," Lissa said and giggled. "If Rose is going, I'll go too."
"Awe Liss you're such a good friend," I said. Christian was steaming on the other side. I could tell he was pissed off. Lissa chose me over him. Haha, the poor bastard. "She loves me more," I said, pouring salt into Christians wounds. He growled.
"Sign me up too," he said suddenly. I don't know about Lissa, but my eyes widened dramatically.
"Hey, Christian..." I said casually, "what was that about you rather dying than going to some camp?" I asked and snickered. Lissa giggled.
"Well, if Lissa's going," Christian said, and I almost saw him doing that annoying nonchalant shrug he does, "then I'm going too." My eye twitched. Great.
"Well seriously, Rose. Think about it, if we got a ton more people to go, this place could be a ton of fun," Lissa said. "I mean it's for kids our ages, and who knows? There might be a ton of hot guys there?"
"Hey!" Christian yelled. Lissa giggled, and I heard the sound of kissing. Ew.
"You're the hottest guy I know," Lissa said suggestively, and I knew it was time for my leave.
"Alright I'm going to leave before everything gets pretty steamy," I said and instantly hung up. Whew, that was close.
I looked down at my phone in my hands. I went back to my speed dial list. Mason, Eddie, Mia... some of my really good friends from school. I refrained from calling the annoying friends that hung out with me, like Camille, Natalie; Lissa's cousin, or Jesse, who had an insane obsession of me.
"Hey, Mase," I said.
Mason chuckled. "Hey, Rose. What's up?" he asked.
"Up for a summer camp?" I asked and was hopeful.
"Sure," he said. "Not doing anything else I don't think, how long is it?"
"Month or two?"
"I'm game," Mason said. I didn't have to be there to know he was excited. I knew he liked me, but I didn't acknowledge it much. I liked him more as a friend rather than as something more, and I think he understood that.
Next recipient, Eddie Castile.
He picked up on the fourth ring. "Sup, Rose?" he asked and I laughed.
"Hey Eddie, what are you doing this summer?" I asked.
"Absolutely nothing. What do you have in mind?" he asked in return.
"Summer camp," I said, and Eddie laughed his head off.
"You're kidding!"
"Dead serious," I told him the same thing I told Christian earlier.
He contemplated it. "Alright, send me the sign up page," he said and I smiled.
"Sure thing!"
I called Mia, and she agreed to coming as well. That made six of us now.
I laid in bed that night, hoping the best for the camp next week, but knowing the worst would most likely happen. Camps are so unpredictable like that. That's probably the biggest reason why I hate them.
One Week Later
I loaded my shit into my car. I was picking up Christian and Lissa in about five due minutes, but they knew me to be late, so they weren't expecting me that early. I had two huge Nike duffle bags, and they took up almost all the room. Let me tell you, I never leave my house unprepared. I drove off then. My mom wasn't there to even see me off. Surprise, surprise.
I drove to Lissa's house, which wasn't too far away, only two and a half miles away. I learned that because my freshman year of high school, I was sneaking out every night to go to her house. Lissa and Christian were waiting outside when I approached with my car. Christian had a bored facial expression, where Lissa's was one of joy.
They climbed in, after having trouble stuffing their stuff into the back. Lissa sat up front with me, and I made Christian go in the back seat. He complained like an annoying little child, but my loud music drowned him out. Lissa giggled at my antics.
After an hour on the road, we all started to get antsy. "I need to get out of this damn car!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and it was still barely audible due to the loudness of my music. Lissa turned down the music considerably.
"I'm with her," Christian said and took a bite of an apple. He was sprawled out on my three back seats and looking at a map. "I think we're almost there, I mean, it says we're around... I don't know," he finally admitted. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and threw it at Christian, and it hit him in his face. Score one for Rose! He growled but looked at the maps on my phone. "Ooh. I see now. Yeah, 'nother half hour," he said and Lissa and I groaned.
And so we sat in a car for another half hour. It's only thirty minutes, but damn, it feels like forever. Lissa passed out in the last five minutes, so I had to drive alone and listen to my quiet music, because I didn't want to wake her up. I'm such a good friend... eh.
I realized after a while that I was driving in a circle. Christian noticed right after I did. "Rose, we passed that sign twice already," he said slowly, as if I was mentally retarded.
"Yeah, no shit you whore," I said, obviously not meaning to call him that, but hey, when I'm mad, I have diarrhea of the mouth. "Maybe I don't want to go to this camp! Maybe I want to drive around in circles so that we can be late and maybe not even show up? God I hate my life!" I screamed and Lissa shot up.
"What's wrong!" she asked worriedly.
"Rose just had a melt down, it's fine," Christian said from the back seat, and I swear if he were next to me, I would tear his ear off.
"Yeah, no big deal, Rose just had a little melt down, no need to worry," I said, placing my hands in the air. I quickly put them back on the steering wheel for balance of the car. Lissa laughed and I sighed.
"Take a right here," Christian said and I did as so. We went onto a road that at first looked deserted, but then started to look more and more familiar. Why did I have to look at that annoying ass brochure? "These must be the dorms," Christian said and Lissa nodded.
"Wow they're pretty," Lissa complemented. They were, in fact. They looked more like a penthouse to be exact. "Look there's the administration building," she said.
I snorted. "Screw that, we're going home," I said as I turned the steering wheel abruptly. Lissa caught my hand before I could make a full circle, and she looked me in the eyes.
"Rose," she said slowly, and I was starting to see the reason in her eyes.
"Dammit, fine," I said and drove into a parking space. I went into the back of the car where all the stuff was, but Lissa stopped me.
"Let's just go check in first," she said and I shrugged. Fine with me, I didn't want to carry those bags anyway. Christian and Lissa walked into the building hand and hand, and I followed with my hands in my pockets. The heat was killing me already and I haven't been here five minutes.
I walked in, and first noticed Mason's red hair. "Mase!" I screamed, and was about to run when I noticed how pissed he looked. "What's up?" I asked and Mia rolled her eyes next to him.
"We've been sitting here," Mia paused for dramatic effects, "for an hour and a half. Why are you guys so late?" she asked.
Christian spoke for me. "Rose was having some issues..."
"Screw you, Chris," I said and rolled my eyes. "We got lost," I lied.
Of course, Lissa was there for me. "Yeah, things got confusing, so we accidentally took a detour," she said and smiled, changing everyone's mind about me. "But yeah, she did have some issues," Lissa said and laughed. I glared at her.
"Traitor," I muttered, and Eddie stood up.
"Well at least we're all here, finally," he said and came over and gave me a hug and a reassuring smile. I knew Eddie was on my side. "Let's go tell that Kirova lady that we're all here," he said and I stopped him.
"Why did you have to wait for me? I mean, us," I corrected myself.
"We needed to be in a group of six, so we had to wait for you guys," Mason said and I nodded.
"Makes sense if Mason said it," I said and winked at him. He blushed and we all went into Kirova's office where Eddie told us to go once we were all there. Eddie knocked on the door and waited to be called in. God, he was such a good kid. I sometimes wondered why he hung out with me.
"Come in," a woman, Kirova, said. Eddie opened the door and we all walked in. She looked us all over. "Okay, since your whole party is here, I suppose you all can go to your dorm now, here is your room cards, don't give them to others," she warned and passed us all one. "There will be another one waiting for you in the lobby, you will share a room with him. Don't do anything stupid; have fun kids," she said with a warm smile, and we all smile excitedly in return.
Maybe this place would be fun? Nah.
We walked over to our supposed dorm and brought all our stuff. I had a bag on each shoulder, and everyone mostly had only one bag, except for Christian, Mia, and I. Why Christian brought so much stuff... I dunno.
We sat in the near deserted lobby for our last member. When he was going to decide to show up, the world will never know.
"Geez, we're being forced to wait so much today," Mason complained.
"Yeah, my ass hurts," Mia complained. I smirked.
"For what reasons?" I asked deviously. Everyone laughed. Mia gasped and threw a pillow from her chair at me. She laughed then too.
After talking for about five more minutes, a guy finally showed up. Oh hot damn, a fine guy. "Are you the guys that were late? I'm Dimitri," he said and I nearly drooled.
He looked to be around 6'7'', and his skin was so tan. He had shaggy dark hair that was long in a sense, but not too long. He had dark brown eyes and his whole face looked proportioned. And to top it off, he had the sexiest body. He wore a black V-neck shirt and a cream coloured cargo shorts... I thought for a moment that I was drooling.
"Yeah, it's all his fault," I said and pointed at Christian who threw his hands up in confusion.
"Hey, it wasn't me that was having trouble getting your act together, Rose," Christian countered and crossed his arms. Lissa put a reassuring hand on his arm and he calmed down.
"It was him," I whispered to the new hot kid, and jutted my thumb in Christian's direction, who happened to not be listening so he couldn't deny it.
Dimitri rose a perfectly angled eyebrow at me, but then smiled. "Alright, I'm in your group now too," he said and we all got up and grabbed our stuff and walked behind him down a hall and into an elevator. It was silent in there, and Dimitri sighed and broke the silence. "We're pretty lucky, we get the top floor," he asked.
"Look, Dimitri, you don't have to talk to us like we're two year olds," I said and Mason nodded.
"Yeah, as long as there's alcohol in there we're good," he said and we bumped knuckles. Mia crossed her arms and smirked. I knew she was thinking the same thing. Dimitri nearly snorted.
Eddie leaned against the wall and accidentally knocked me against Dimitri. I, being as small as I am, flew into his hard and toned chest, and Dimitri caught me with his muscular arms. I couldn't help the blush coming on as I pulled myself from his grip. I turned away to hide my burning cheeks.
We got off the elevator and lugged all our stuff to our new rooms. I was surprised when Dimitri picked up one of my bags (the heavier one) and walked out with it. He carried it like it was a feather on the palm of his hand. The doors looked pretty much like the way it would look out side of a penthouse door, or apartment door; except there were two right next to each other.
"Alright," Dimitri said. "It's boys to the left, and girls to the right," he said as he pointed either way when saying the genders. Eddie, Mason, and Christian filed to the left.
"Hey Christian, what are you doing? The girls is over here," I said and snickered. Christian ground his teeth and glared at me. Lissa sent him a calming look and he turned the other way. Dimitri placed a hand on my shoulder and I looked up at him.
"Easy," he said and I rolled my eyes. Like I was going to let him tell me what to do. I mean, he may be hot, but that won't change my mind. I could probably rival his hotness anyway.
We went into our respective rooms and shut the door behind us. There was a living room, a kitchen, two bathrooms, and one big room that had three beds in it. To top it off, it was pretty spacious. I am impressed. I called the bed closest to the window, and Lissa took hers next to mine, and Mia took the one on the far wall. We all loaded our clothes into the closest and dressers we were allowed. In no time, the room looked like home. Although I knew it wasn't.
We left and saw Dimitri talking with the guys in the hall. Lissa slid into Christian's arms on sight, and I would have thought it was cute if Christian wasn't so annoying. Dimitri eyed me, and I noticed him so I looked up at him. We met eyes, but then we both quickly looked away. Weird.
"I want to go swimming!" Mia cried.
"Ew, hell no. I hate swimming," I retorted.
"That's just 'cause you don't know how," Christian said matter-of-a-factly. The asshole.
I was about to give him the finger when Lissa grabbed both my hands and held them in hers. "Calm down, Rose. He's my boyfriend, remember? You said you wouldn't hurt any of my boyfriends, remember?" she said slowly as if I was retarded.
My eye twitched. "But he's so obnoxious! I want to castrate him!"
"Oooh, big words, Rose," Christian taunted with a smug grin on his face.
I couldn't contain my mouth now. "Fuck you!" I hollered and tried to grab him, but Lissa squeezed my hand.
"Okay guys, let's decide on something before hell breaks loose," Lissa said in an irritated voice.
"There are swim lessons, you know," Dimitri offered.
I glared at him. "I don't need swim lessons! I know how to swim already!" I yelled.
"Sure you do," Mia said and rolled her eyes. "Kay, what about a sport? Football anyone?" she asked.
"Basketball or I'm not going," Mason said with a huge grin on his face and we all agreed. We set off to the basketball courts on the far side of the campus, and to our surprise, there wasn't anyone there. There would be soon, I knew. People can't resist watching Rose Hathaway kick ass in any sports.
"Okay, the teams will be girls vs. boys," Christian said.
"No way! That's not fair, you guys get giganto!" I said, meaning Dimitri. I was annoyed that they would get such a great advantage.
"What Rose? Do you want me on your team?" Dimitri asked with a smug smile on his face. I was about to nod and say so, but to cover it up, I furrowed my eyebrows and shook my head.
"Hell no, but boys against girls is a bad match up, and not to mention sexist," I said with my hands on my hips, and Lissa and Mia nodded in agreement.
"Fine," Christian said. "Mia, Lissa, Dimitri and I, versus you, Eddie, and Mason," he faired.
"Good enough," I said and Eddie and Mason walked over to join me. I knew for a fact that Mason and Eddie were both pros at basketball, and with me, we would be unstoppable. Lissa, Christian and Mia were really nothing compared to us now... though they had Dimitri on their team, and he was the tallest guy I knew that was our age. He had a matured air about him, though, which was odd.
Eddie, Mason, and I shot a few hoops before our big match up was going to happen. Neither of us missed a single shot. Pretty badass, I know.
"A'right y'all. I want a clean fight-" Christian started to say in his annoying fake country accent, but I cut him off.
"Shut up and cut to the chase," I said quickly and he sighed.
"Losing team has to buy lunch for the winning team."
"Agreed," I said and it was set. Dimitri, Lissa, Mia, and Christian all stood on the far side of the court while Eddie, Mason, and I stood on our side. I went up to the middle to try and get the ball, but I was against Dimitri. I threw my hands up in the air. "Okay, you guys are really making fun of me," I said and put my hands on my hips. Mia and Christian were full out laughing, and even Lissa was giggling. I glared up at Dimitri. "Just because I'm shorter than you-"
"By more than a full foot," Dimitri cut me off, a sexy smirk on his face.
I glared; "Yes, by more than a full foot, that doesn't mean I'm going to let you get the ball," I said and pointed a finger at his chest and jabbed it. Sadly, it only met his mid-stomach, and that's where my head was. Great. "I hate you," I added.
"I'm sure you do," he said and chuckled.
I stuck my tongue out at him. "Okay, I'm going to throw the ball up in the air now, so stop flirting," Christian said annoyed. When he had both our attentions, he threw it up in the air. While Dimitri was about to leap up into the air to smack the ball, I used my secret weapon, and punched him in his pride. He doubled over and held his crotch as if it would help, but sadly, we all knew it wouldn't.
I then jumped and grabbed the ball and started dribbling down the court. Mason and Eddie cheered me on from behind, and quickly caught up with me. I dodged Lissa easily, and threw the ball to Eddie, who jumped into the air and slam dunked the ball. I screamed in delight and walked back to the center of the court where Dimitri still stood, on his knees. I patted him on the back.
"Your loss," I said as he stood up and stretched out his back.
"That was unfair," he said and pretended he still wasn't hurting.
"Well isn't life a bitch?" I said and smiled suddenly, one of my innocent smiles. "Let the best woman win," I said and winked. He smirked and shook his head.
"You are just amazing," he said sarcastically, and I giggled a Lissa sounding giggle.
"I know," I said and Christian threw the ball up in the air. I pretended to be about to punch him in the nuts again, and he completely and totally flinched. I laughed at him and caught the ball in the air once again. I passed it to Mason who took the ball and started dribbling down the court. Dimitri watched me. "Well? You don't want to let your team down do you?" I asked sweetly, and heard the swish of pure net.
"This isn't over, Rose," he said and I rose an eyebrow. I was wondering how he knew my name, we hadn't been properly introduced yet. He must have just heard one of the guys saying it, I supposed.
"We'll see," I said, and an annoyed Christian went to throw the ball up in the air. Dimitri and I stood ready to get it. It would be a little (a lot) unfair if I hurt him again, so I let him get the ball when he jumped. It was like nothing to him, since he was so damn tall, so he caught it and started dribbling. Eddie and Mason were on him the second he crossed the last quarter line of the court. Dimitri got past them, however, and shot and made it.
He started walking over smugly and I just glared. "It's on," I said determinedly.
It had been nearly an hour later when we were all tied up. Everyone, especially Christian, was sweating now, we were all working pretty hard. It was fifty-one to fifty-one. "Okay, you guys, I guess we can all agree that we're all tired of this damn game, and the next score is the winner."
I looked at Dimitri. "There is no way in hell that I'm buying you lunch," I said and he smiled and shook his head.
"I'm going to want everything on the menu, and you're going to buy every single item," he said and his smile turned into an evil smirk. I breathed out loudly and smirked.
"I'm throwing the ball now," Christian said tiredly and threw it up extra far into the air. Dimitri was going to jump into the air, but yet again I pulled another surprise. I grabbed his arms and pulled him back down, so the ball bounced next to us, and I dived for it. I nearly tripped, but caught hold of it and ran down the court. Eddie and Mason were besides me in record time. I passed the ball through the air to Mason, but Dimitri caught intercepted it and caught it.
He stopped, and the ground squeaked like it did on any other basketball court. He turned in a sudden movement and faced my sides basket. My eyes widened in realization; he was going to shoot from all the way over here. It was a high stake, but Dimitri went for it anyway. He held his hands up by his face and let go, and it was suddenly flying through the air. I watched in slow motion as the ball flew from Dimitri's hands, and hit the backboard and right into the hoop.
"Shit," I cursed under my breath. Mia and Lissa screamed their high pitched screams in delight. My eye was twitching. "Fuck," I cussed again. Dimitri turned to me with a smug look.
"Lunch?" he asked and I raked my head for excuses.
Uhh... Excuses... what excuses do I have? Oh! "Did I mention I'm broke?" I asked no one in particular.
"Rose, you have like five credit cards," Lissa told everyone.
Goddamn it, I'm screwed. I had nothing to say, I had been beat, and this was the first time. It was kind of hard to take. Christian gave me a smug look and wrapped his arm around Lissa's waist and walked off with Lissa and Mia.
Mason and Eddie gaped at Dimitri and ran up to him. "Woah-dude! How did you do that?" asked Eddie.
"Yeah, show us!" Mason added. Dimitri looked at them and smiled. He shook his head.
"Maybe another time, I have some gloating to do," he said and the two shrugged it off and headed the way the others had went. I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Dimitri was now approaching me. Just great. He wrapped his arm around my neck and pulled me to his sweaty body. "So? How did I do?" he asked.
"You did horrible, in fact, you were a disgrace to all basketball players," I said and rolled my eyes. I pushed his body away from mine, but internally, I knew I wanted him as close as possible.
"You were impressed, admit it," he pressed on and I gritted my teeth. I really didn't want to have to admit defeat here.
I twirled around and looked at him square in the eye. "I was awestruck by your magnificence," I said sarcastically. "You're just so amazing, Dimitri," I continued to say.
He pulled me in under his arm and smirked. "That's better than nothing," he said and we walked out. I heard someone call my name, so I pushed out of his grip and turned in the direction.
"We want pizza, Rose!" Lissa called. I rolled my eyes and glanced at Dimitri.
"Pizza sounds good," he said and chuckled.
"Fuck my life," I muttered and we walked over to the little restaurant where the others were. We all went in and sat down in a booth and waited for a waitress to arrive.
"Hey, this is a camp, why do we have to pay for our selves? Isn't it already pre-paid?" Mason asked, annoyed.
"It is, but other then the scheduled three meals a day, the other snacks you have to pay for," a woman said as she passed out menus. She smiled down at us. "How are you kids today? My name is Karen," she said.
"Awesome," Mia said, "we're going to look at the menu first," she continued to say and Karen nodded.
"Alright, wave me over when you need me," she said and we all nodded.
Dimitri looked at his menu and put a finger on his cheek. "Hmm, I wonder. Which is the most expensive?" he asked no one in particular. He looked through it, and finally his eyes lit up. "Double-double combo. That sounds good," he said and gave me a smug smile. Rrg, the bastard.
I took the menu out of his hands and looked at the said item of food. Twenty bucks for one piece of pizza? Damn. "Do you even like anchovies, olives, and onions?" I asked critically.
"Nope, but if it costs a lot for you, it'll make me happy," he said and I glared at him. Everyone laughed. Everyone else decided on what they wanted, Karen came back over. We all went around and told her our orders, and she turned to Dimitri, who was last.
"What would you like?" she asked with a smile.
"Well, I-"
"He doesn't want anything-he's on a diet," I covered for him, and he rose an eyebrow at me. Oh my God, that is so sexy, but I pushed it out of my head.
"No I-"
"Seriously, he's too embarrassed to admit it, but he is," I reassured Karen, and she nodded unsure, but nevertheless smiled and walked into the back.
"What the hell, Rose!" Dimitri asked, angered. Everyone had to stifle their laughter. Christian couldn't quite do it, however, and belted out laughing.
"Dimitri? I didn't know you were on a diet!" he said, still laughing, and everyone joined him.
"Come on, Dimitri," I said with my man eating smile. "You're too fat," I said and winked at him. He seemed to melt; he looked the other way and a blush tinted his cheeks. To tell the truth, he was really fit. He had sexy abs and nice legs. Mouthwatering, indeed.
Karen came back with our food five minutes later, and placed a pate of pizza in front of everyone but Dimitri. He gave me a critical glance and rested his chin in his hand.
"Awe," I cooed, "Dimitri's sad," I said and giggled. He looked over and me and the corners of his lips curled up and he smiled a little. I held the pizza in his direction; "Open your mouth!" I said as if I were speaking to a child. He did so, and I placed the pizza in his mouth. He bit it and chewed, and I couldn't help but notice how adorable and vulnerable he was. He smiled at me, and I nearly fainted.
"Dimitri is that you?" a feminine voice asked. Dimitri turned around and looked at the girl. He accidentally spit out all the food in his mouth upon looking at her. He held a hand over his mouth. She screamed and looked down at her top; there was regurgitated food all down her front. She starred at Dimitri with her mouth open.
"Tasha!" Dimitri yelled. "Oh my God-I'm sorry!" he apologized immediately. "I don't know why that happened!" he said. It happened because obviously, Dimitri, you didn't want to see her.
"Tasha?" Christian asked. Lissa perked up.
"Oh Tasha! It's nice to see you!" Lissa said excitedly.
Said Tasha smiled innocently at Christian and Lissa, but then her smile became suggestive when she turned to Dimitri. I furrowed my eyebrows. I already knew what this chick wanted, and the only thing I knew about her was her first name.
"What are you doing here?" Dimitri asked. Tasha didn't reply, she just stood there awkwardly, and made it look awkward so that everyone noticed. "Oh, here, why don't you sit down," he said and scooted down the booth. I had to too since I was sitting on the other side of him. I rolled my eyes and sipped some of my soda through a straw.
"Well, it was pretty last minute; Christian said something about it, and you did too... briefly," Tasha said. "I wanted to try it out since I knew you were going," she said and gave him another one of her seductive smiles. It didn't seem to be working on him, however, I noticed because he kept glancing my way. Dimitri's body completely blocked me, so Tasha couldn't get a good look at me.
"Oh, everyone, Tasha is my cousin, Tasha, this is Eddie, Mason, Lissa; as you know," Lissa smile and waved, "Mia and Rose," he said. Weird how he finished with me. I had my elbows on the table and I was leaning forward, whereas Dimitri was leaning back giving Tasha a full profile of me.
She starred at me. She didn't have the manner to politely look away so it didn't make it obvious she was watching me-or better yet: gawking at me. She wouldn't look away. It was as if she was looking into me; learning my likes and dislikes. I waved at her, closer to her face so she would cut it the fuck out.
"Hi there," I said with a half smile. I turned back to my drink and took a sip, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw her roll her eyes in mock disgust. I will not make the first move, I told myself. If she wants to go, she's taking the first step, because I will not stoop to that level. So I ignored it.
She completely ignored me as well, not even saying hi in return. What. A. Jealous. Bitch. I could laugh at how stupid she was acting. "So, maybe you want to hang out later?" Tasha asked Dimitri, leaning really close.
"Uh, sorry, Tasha... I mean, I didn't have anything in mind-" Dimitri was saying, but Tasha cut him off.
"Great! You can hang out with Annie, and Elise, and Alice, and I, and we can go watch movies, and-"
"I don't think he's interested," I said, not caring if I was cutting her off. Dimitri turned to me and gave me a look of thanks, but Tasha pushed him out of the way.
"Look, Rose," Tasha said with venom. "I don't care what you think. I didn't ask you your opinion, did I?" she said with much added bitchiness. "So fuck off and let him talk for himself!" she nearly yelled. I furrowed my eyebrows.
"Wow, you're pretty classy," I said and turned away from her, and went back to my drink. I heard Tasha growl in rage and embarrassment, and the table moved when she lunged at me. Since Dimitri was between us, he caught her before she could lay a finger on me, and he put her back in her place.
"Tasha!" he said, aghast. "Yeah, I don't think it would be such a good idea if I saw you later," he said and turned away from her. She gasped one of those really annoying girly gasps that make you want to cringe and vomit all over yourself.
"Fine, whatever, choose that thing over me, I see how it is!" she shouted and walked off, but seemed to be having trouble since her heels were probably eight inches off the ground. Mia snorted and Eddie and Mason started laughing.
"Some friend you have there, Dimitri," Eddie said and Mia started laughing. Christian put his head in his hands and Lissa rubbed his back soothingly.
"I don't know what gets into her some times," Dimitri said and sighed.
"How do you know her?" Lissa asked.
"Well, we went to the same school, and we went out for a while, but I had to break up with her because she got... I don't know, just annoyingly obsessive and she wouldn't let me talk to any girl other than her. Even now, she gets like that whenever I'm around other girls," he said and raised both his brows in exasperation.
"It's hard to say that she's my cousin now," Christian sighed.
"I can see why you're related," I said and coughed awkwardly. I looked up and everyone but Dimitri was looking at me. "Just here to tell the truth," blank stares. "I'm kidding," I said and everyone relaxed. I looked down at my pizza. I hadn't even taken a bite yet, there was only that bitten off piece that was now on Tasha's clothes. I pulled my wallet our of my messenger bag styled purse and opened it up. "Eddie, Mason, this one's on me," I said and pulled out my Visa Platinum card. I put a hand on Dimitri's back. "Do you want anything?" I asked, frankly feeling like an asshole for not wanting to buy him anything.
"No, thanks Rose, but I lost my appetite," Dimitri moaned. I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well at least we share one thing in common now," I said and Dimitri chuckled. Karen swooped by and gave me the check. I didn't even look at it, I just put my card down. She came back with it, and I signed the receipt and we were off.
I pulled out my phone. It was nearing six o' clock now. "Hey what do we do now?" I asked, voicing my thoughts.
"I dunno, but it free choice," Christian said.
"We could always go swimming..." Mia said softly, and I turned to her.
"Never, ever will I go in a swimming pool," I said and crossed my arms.
"There's a beach, I checked out the whole campus," Dimitri said and everyone nodded and agreed with the idea. "And a pond," he said. A vein popped in my forehead. Fuck.
I jumped in front of everyone and started walking backwards. "How about we rent some movies and not go anywhere near water?" I asked and put my hands out. "Please?" I squeaked.
"I'm okay with either ideas," Lissa finally said, taking my side. I mentally thanked her; she was always there for me.
"I'm with Rose," Mason said, and I gave him my famous man eating smile, and he blushed in return.
"Sure, why the hell not?" Dimitri said, "we can always go to the beach tomorrow," he said and smirked evilly at me. I narrowed my eyes at him and he chuckled.
I smiled at all of them and turned so I was walking with them now, instead of walking backwards. "Movies it is," I said happily as we approached the dorm.
Waaaah! How do you feel about this? Sorry, I know I'm like writing another story and i havent finished my first three! but I really liked this idea... and its summer! haha. I'm halfway through chapter 16 in Living In Siberia and working on chapter 2 in Russian Mafia Boss. I really hope everyone will support me with this one. It's a long shot, but its supposed to be like a summer memoir of the crew. Speaking of crew... oh god my shoulders hurt. I had crewing camp all today and yesterday. It was hard because I kept on distracting myself and thinking about what I was going to write in this chapter, haha. I'm obsessed.
Kay I'm going to need a few tips on making Rose all bitchy and mean and stuff... cuz I really don't know how to act like that. I'm going to make her possessive and disrespectful, but still funny and adorable-not to mention hot. Maybe there'll be a dance in the future... hmm...
Don't forget! Review please guys! It means a lot!