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Disclaimer: Richelle Mead owns Vampire Academy... I only own the plot and any extra characters.
Chapter 1 – New Friends
"Rose, wake up already!"
I heard my brother Christian banging on my door. I was hoping if I ignored him long enough he would go away. Doesn't look like that's happening.
"Rose come on you swore you'd help me clean up for tonight!"
I opened my eyes and thought about it. I was hung-over, I didn't want to even move, but I did promise I'd help him with his friend's welcome home party. Some guy he went to school with named Dimitri had joined the marines when they graduated. I never knew any of his high school friends because I lived with my aunty in New Jersey most of high school. She died just after I graduated. I didn't have anywhere else to go apart from here to Christian. Our mum left us when he was 16 and I was 14, my dad died when I was 9, and he has a different dad to me so I couldn't depend on him.
"I'm up Christian ok. I'm up!" I yelled at him, sitting up on my bed.
"Finally, it's already 1:30 and people are going to start coming at 3:30 for the BBQ and drinks."
I didn't say anything back; I just went into my bathroom and shut the door. After my shower I went downstairs and started cleaning the kitchen. Christian came in from outside and got a bottle of water from the fridge.
"So, who is coming tonight?" I asked him, wiping down the kitchen counter.
"Mostly just some old friends," Christian said smiling to himself. "Well they're more than old friends. We were all really close. You know after Mom left us and you had to live with your aunty, 'cause u had nowhere else to go, they sort of became my family. My dad was too busy with his new family to even notice me. Lissa and Andre's mom and dad kind of adopted me and Dimitri."
I don't think I had ever seen Christian so excited to see anyone like this before.
"So you all hung out a lot I guess? What happened?" I asked him, taking the water from him and taking a drink.
"Well, Lissa moved to New York for college to become a lawyer and has lived there all along. Then Andre went to college in England to become a doctor. I was going to join the Marines with Dimitri, but changed my mind last minute. I guess we all just grew apart. We all called each other now and then and I sometimes wrote to Dimitri, but that's about it."
"You were going to join the Marines?" I kind of laughed. I could totally picture Christian as a Marine. He used to play war in our backyard. I remember because he used to hold me captive. Sometimes he would pretend I was the bad guy so he had a reason to playfully shoot me without getting in trouble by our mum
"Yeah I was. Why is that funny, punk?" Christian playfully punched me.
"Why didn't you go?"
He looked at me for a minute then answered.
"Remember the night you called me crying because you missed your Aunty Alberta after she had died, and how you said you wanted to live here so you had someone you could turn to?"
I stared at him as he explained to me his decision.
"That night, Dimitri was at my house and we started to talk. We decided my baby sister needed me more than my country did."
I was dumb founded. That was six years ago. I never thought Christian would give up something that big for me. If he was destined for something, it was the military.
"Chris I had no idea," I couldn't even speak I was in such shock.
"That was the point, Rose. I knew if I told you, you wouldn't come here and the truth is, I was only going 'cause I didn't want to be alone. It's all good; don't sweat it. I have a great life here."
He gave me a big hug. "Come on Rosie, we've still got a lot to do," he said, grabbing my hand and dragging me to the living room.
"I swear if you call me 'Rosie' again I will happily beat the crap out of you." I playfully threatened.
"You know what the sad thing is?" He said, laughing, "I know you're not kidding"
"Damn straight." I replied with a smile on my face. We went back to work after that. Me cleaning the kitchen, bathroom, my room and front entrance of the house, while Christian cleaned his room, lounge room, spare rooms and the backyard.
"Finally, we're done. Can I go get ready now?" I asked Christian, throwing my gloves away.
"Yeah, I'm gonna jump in the shower too. They should be showing up soon so try your hardest not to take 3 hours to get ready!"
I flipped him off and ran up the stairs, laughing. I was about done getting ready when I heard the doorbell ring. I looked in the mirror, proud of my appearance, and made my way downstairs. There was a tall angel-like girl with platinum blonde hair, jade green eyes and creamy white porcelain skin eyes smiling and hugging Christian and a guy who could be her twin with dirty blonde hair and the same green eyes and pale skin as the girl standing next to her talking to Christian. I stood on the bottom step watching them. Christian saw me and waved me over.
"Hey guys, this is my sister Rosemarie. Rosemarie this is Vasilissa and her brother Andre." I went to shake Vasilissa's hand when she pulled me in for a hug. For someone so petite and fragile she had a strong hard grip.
"Oh Rosemarie, Christian used to talk about you all the time," she said in my ear, squeezing me. I laughed and hugged her back. Christian didn't really talk too much about them. I remember hearing their names from time to time, but that's it.
"It's nice to finally meet you guys too. You can call me Rose."
She smiled at me and said, "And you can call me Lissa." Before letting go of me so I could shake Andre's hand
"Hello Rose. It's nice to meet you."
Andre's voice was very smooth and deep. I bet he got girls left and right.
"So Chris, where is Dimitri at?" Andre asked Christian as we walked into the living room.
"I don't know. He always gets lost. You know what he's like. Wanna help me with the grill real quick?" Christian slid open the patio glass door. Andre followed.
"So Rose, Christian tells me you do martial arts." she said following me into the kitchen. I started to cut up lettuce.
"Yeah. Although it's more free fighting not choreographed moves or anything. It would become handy if I were to get into trouble while working at the club or whenever. Plus it's fun and I enjoy it." I looked at her and smiled.
"Yeah he told me you work at his club as a bartender. He also said you dance there as well." She looked at me with a smirk on her face.
I laughed. Jasper told everyone I danced there. It took him almost a year of begging and pleading to get me to dance at his club. And once I did, people started to ask for me so I started to dance there every week. I do it for business, people like live performances. I'm not as great as most people say but if it helps bring in the cash then so be it.
"Yeah, just for fun though." I got kind of shy. "You know he dances with me every now and then on the stage?"
I tried getting the spotlight off of me.
"WHAT? REALLY?" Lissa gasped out in shock. "He never told me that! I never even knew he could dance!"
"Well he does. He is really good too. You should come by sometime and watch."
Maybe I shouldn't have invited her. There was probably a reason he didn't tell her. We both looked over at the backyard because Christian and Andre were both laughing really hard. I walked out and Jasper was holding his phone out - someone on speaker was freaking out.
"What the hell Chris? Your Directions suck! I'm so frigging lost! Where are you taking me, man?"
The guy on the phone had a deep voice with a faint Russian accent that made my knees shake it was that sexy.
Andre took the phone from Christian. "Dude you're a marine. How are you lost on civilian land? Aren't you trained to not get lost?" Andre said, trying to stifle a laugh.
"Screw you Andre." He cleared his throat " Ok. Now I'm on Chapel Street. Where do I go?"
I could hear the guy on the phone trying not to laugh. I went back inside and finished getting everything ready.
About five minutes later, someone walked in the house and yelled out: "HI HONEYS I'M HOME!" He was saying it in a really high pitched girly voice which made me laugh.
Christian and everyone else were still in the backyard and didn't hear him. I walked around the corner, trying to swallow my laughs.
His face dropped. "GOD! Am I seriously in the wrong house? Screw it you're a beauty anyway. What's your name? I'm fresh from Iraq, I'm single, and looking for some fun!"
I laughed nervously. He was definitely hot. His muscles looked like they wanted to rip through his shirt. Ok, maybe I wanted them to. And GOSH he was tall! He would probably be around 6'7 which would put my mere 5'7 to shame. You could tell by how he talked he was a marine. I could also pick up his accent more strongly now.
"What's up Dimitri?" Christian and his friends came though from the kitchen, laughing. Dimitri grabbed Lissa first in a tight hug and swung her around.
"I thought I walked into the wrong house. Is that your girl Chris? She is sex on legs!"
My breathing stopped and my face turned bright red. I looked at the floor, trying to hide my face from view.
"Fuck you man. That's Rosemarie, my sister!" Christian said, annoyed.
"Oh! Hey Rosemarie, I'm Dimitri." he waved at me.
I smiled and waved back. He had long brown hair that was about shoulder length but he had it tied at the nape of his neck. I stood there in awe, taking in his face. His dark brown eyes seemed to twinkle while he was talking to my brother and his friends. They must be really close. His face was god-like and he had a strong, square jaw. I haven't been this attracted to a guy in a long time. They were all standing around in the kitchen talking and catching up. I looked away from him before anyone noticed I was staring. Two more people walked up to the door – a tall man and woman with blonde hair. He had the same green eyes as Lissa and Andre and was muscular but not overly. The woman next to him also had blonde hair but had icy blur eyes. Her blonde hair came down mid back in gentle waves and made her face heart shaped because of the way the hair bent around it.
Lissa turned around a squealed, "Mum, Dad! I'm so glad you're here!" She hugged them both. Everyone took turns hugging. I went back into the kitchen trying to keep myself busy. Christian came in the kitchen with the couple.
"Rose, this is Eric and Rhea Dragomir. They are Vasilissa and Andre's parents." I shook their hands.
"It's nice to meet you," I said, feeling a little out of place.
"We're so glad to meet you Rose," Eric said after shaking my hand.
"Man, I'm starving. Is the food done yet?" Dimitri's voice echoed out.
"Dimitri, dear, do you have to yell out everything?" Rhea chastised him.
"Sorry Rhea, bad habit." Dimitri said sitting down on one of the breakfast bar stools.
"The food should be done soon." Christian yelled from outside.
Everyone was sitting around talking, catching up. They were recalling everything they did together and the trouble they got into. I actually learned a lot about Christian by listening to their stories and was shocked by some of the things they said he did in high school. When everyone was done eating, Lissa and Rhea helped me clean up while the guys sat outside drinking.
"You guys should go outside and catch up. I can finish in here. It's almost done anyway," I said as sweetly as possible. The truth is I felt kind of awkward not knowing anything about them when they seemed to know everything about me. They insisted on finishing with me. I kept trying to sneak peeks at Dimitri. Even though I had just met him, I felt drawn to him and found him incredibly interesting.
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