Chapter 1 saying my goodbye
Rose POV
I knew this day was coming, but it didn't make it any easier. I loved him with all my heart and would die for him if necessary. What I was about to do would leave both of us with broken hearts but I had to let him go. Things were harder because we were about to get married. I knew he was the love of my life but I just wasn't ready and then the other thing.. I hadn't told him, I never will. It would break him, tear his heart apart. I just wanted him to be happy.
I sighed and pulled my suitcase from under our bed. I started packing when I heard the door close. Dimitri was home and called out to me.
'Roza, are you home?' he asked. I started packing even faster now. Guilt washed over me and I wanted to cry so badly. Rose, stay strong. You need to do this for everyone's sake. I decided to take a picture with me from my nightstand. I put the photo in the suitcase and closed it. I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Dimitri opened the door. I slowly turned around to look at him. He looked at me shocked and in disbelief. I couldn't hold the tears back I built up inside of me.
'Rose? What is going on here?' He sounded more than just sad. Too late, I already broke his heart. But he couldn't know. I won't let him loose me that way. I tried to speak several times but I failed. I was still crying. I didn't know why he did it but he came closer to me. He wrapped his arms around me as a comforting gesture. It even made me more upset. I started to cry even harder. Gosh, I loved him so much. I pulled away quickly before I could rethink the whole situation. He looked at me in confusion. I took a deep breath and said what I needed to say.
'I am leaving' I said in between the sobs. I pushed him away carefully and made the distance between us bigger. If I didn't I knew he would convince me to stay. He was my only weakness. I looked at the ground.
'Roza, I don't understand. What is going on?' he said sounding so sweet 'It breaks my heart to see you like this. I love you, you know that right?'
'I.. I know. That's why I am doing this.' I grabbed my suitcase from the bed and started walking towards the door. Dimitri already stopped me before I made it to the door. He put his hand on my shoulder. If only he knew how powerful that was to me.
'Roza..' he started. Now my heart broke on the pain in his voice. I shook his hand off me and turned around to say the last thing to him.
'Don't call me that anymore, don't contact me. I still wish you the best' I said. I sped off out of the too my car. The one I got for my birthday from him. The reason why I left would have broken him even more. I started the car and drove away to my new life.
Dimitri POV
My world was shattered. She left. I love you, you know that right? I know. That's why I am leaving. The words kept replaying in my head. The pain I felt in my chest was something I never experienced in my entire life. There was hole, a big, black hole. I kept wondering why she left. I never cried over girl before but this wasn't just any girl. It was my Roza. I spent the whole day in my bed thinking about her. There had to be more. She had a secret. I heard my phone ringing and looked who it was. A part of me hoped it was Rose, but I knew I was being crazy. She wouldn't come back. It was my younger sister Victoria. I didn't pick up, instead of it I turned it off. I was thinking about Rose and how we first met. It was at college when we were both seniors.
I was walking through the hall to pick up my schedule at the receptionist. I was studying law because I wanted justice for everyone. I would graduate that year. I wasn't paying attention, or the other person didn't but I bumped into someone. A small someone. I quickly stepped back to look at the person if he/she was okay. I didn't know what I saw but she was beautiful. Just breath taking. She had brown eyes who started at me intensely. Long, brown, wavy hair. She was gorgeous. I must have looked completely stupid because I was staring at her. I quickly looked away and I blushed. I never blushed.
'I am sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going' I said apologizing to her.
'Don't worry. Me neither' she replied. After that silence fell over us. We stared at each other for a few more moments before I introduced myself.
'My name is Dimitri. And you are?' I said sticking out my hand.
'Rose. Nice to meet you.' She shook my head and when she touched me I felt a warm feeling rushing trough. She smiled and took my breath away. I tried not to look stupid and smiled back kindly. Wow, I was nervous.
'So, Dimitri where were you heading?' she asked me still smiling brightly.
'To the reception, I was picking up my schedule' I explained.
'Me too. Shall we walk together?'
'Sure. I would like that.' We started walking and I relaxed a little. I didn't know this girl but she intrigued me. I stared the conversation again.
'So what do you study?' I asked.
'Art, actually.'
'Seriously?' I asked in disbelief 'you don't seem like a type for art. As far I can see.'
'I know but I love it. It was is my passion for as long as I can remember. I shared it with my dad. So what do you do?' I heard a sad tone in her voice when she talked about her dad. There must have happened something.
'I study law.'
'Why? It's boring.'
'You think, huh? Well, I want justice for everyone and there happened something in my past.'
'Oh, I am sorry.'
'Don't be' I said waving her apology away.
'Still. You just seem too nice to get hurt.'
'Maybe I am not' I said not thinking about how wrong that sounded. As if I was a heart breaker. I wasn't. I had one girlfriend but she cheated on me. I dumped her right away.
'So did you always now you wanted to study art?' I asked leading the attention away from me.
'Yes, pretty much. The campus is beautiful this time of year.'
'I totally I agree with you' I said looking at here.
'Full of life and first year people. I love it.'
I saw we neared the reception and I felt sad about it. I liked this girl. She saw it too and we stopped. We both got or schedules and were saying goodbye.
'I guess I'll see you around' Rose said.
'Yeah, I guess.' She was about to walk away when I changed my mind about something. I could ask her to hang out and give her my number.
'Rose, wait up' I said walking over to her. She stopped and turned around.
'Yeah?'
'Would.. would you like to hang out with me sometime?' I blurted out.
'Of course. I will give you my number.' She smiled at me. She grabbed paper and pen out of her bag and wrote something down. She gave it to me. I felt myself getting warm inside again when she accidently touched me. She looked up in shock as if she felt the same. She regain herself and smiled.
'Just give me a call and we will arrange something.'
'I will do that. See you later, Rose' I said. Rose started walking. She looked over her shoulder and winked at me. I felt myself getting red. I turned around and walked to my dorm house. I knew people would be looking weird because I was grinning like an idiot.
That day changed my life completely. I knew I would fall in love with her and be with her forever. Now it seemed stupid. We were about to get married. I heard someone come in my bedroom and saw it was Vika. She immediately saw that something was wrong. She rushed to my side and wrapped her arms around me. I clang onto her. I needed this.
'Oh my. Dimitri what the hell happened? Where is Rose?' she asked. So many questions, so didn't want to answer them.
'She is gone..' I tried to get out. The realization struck even more when I said it out loud. She's gone and never coming back. This was the first time my heart was really broken.
'What? Why?' Vika asked outraged.
'I have no clue. I don't want to talk about it. Not now.'
'I get it. I will leave you. Stay strong, Dimka and if you need anything please just let me know' she demanded practically. 'I love you little, sis' I said.
'Love you too. I am going then. I will check on you tomorrow.' She hugged me one last time and after that she just left me be. I realized I never felt this empty inside. How could I get over the lost from Rose? Will I ever fall in love again?
A/N: Thank you so much for reading this! This is my second story. I couldn't wait to put it out there though I am still writing my first one but okay. Is this good enough to continue? Let me now!
