This is set after Shadow Kiss, but while the strigoi attack still happened, Dimitri wasn't changed, and got out of the cave in one piece. However, Lissa and Christian never got back together after her reunion with Aaron, and instead Lissa is now scouting around for nice guys. A possible match of her with someone like Eddie in store? (Strange, yes, but I think it could work..) I'm a big Dimitri-lover, but I do have a soft spot for Christian- with the way I feel, it's like I could easily be a long lost twin of his.. if only he wasn't fictional. xD. Anyway, please read and review. This is my first ever fanfic, so I'll apologise now for any mistakes. I own nothing, sadly, though I do want to try and buy Dimitri off Richelle Mead. :P It's a work in process, is all I'll say, and let me know whether you think I should continue it or not. Thank youu :)
"Get out of my way, Firecrotch. I really don't feel like seeing you right now." I snapped at him, having opened my door to his charming face which was definitely not a good way to start any girl's day. As he opened his mouth to speak, I slammed the door of my room shut behind me and stormed past him to the gym, wrapped up in my thoughts.
Christian was left stood there, his mouth hanging open. I allowed myself a small smirk at finally managing to surprise him in our battle of wits, even though that had to be one of my worst supposedly 'witty' comments to him of all time.
"Rose?" A voice drew me out of my thoughts as I entered the gym, a strangely familiar one.. "Ro-ose..?" The voice asked again, sounding slightly more worried as I didn't reply.
"Huh?" I looked up, startled, then calmed down quickly as I realised it was only my mentor, Dimitri.
Happy to say, Dimitri and I had sorted things out between us, and we were merely friends now. Yes, we were still slightly closer than a normal student and mentor would be, but it was strictly friendship at most, and more like a brother-sister relationship than anything else. After the cave attack, when I had been focusing on killing every strigoi I set eyes on, I realised I couldn't keep tearing myself apart over Dimitri while I had a duty to the Moroi around us, something that he had been trying to explain to me all along, something which I only really got once I had fought strigoi while defending Moroi. Yes, I had fought strigoi before, but not so much in a planned and well-structured attack as in the caves, when it wasn't just for personal survival, but the prevention of any attack on others. It had brought me a new perspective to life in general and the role we, as dhampirs, had.
I wasn't being a complete nun now, just not back to the old Hathaway style that got me 'mistaken' for a blood-whore many times. I'd tried to date Adrian... with failure. His stalker-like ways that had haunted me previous to accepting his offer of going out had obviously affected his sanity as he was way too possessive over any contact I had with the male species. Therefore not right for yours truly.
Back to the Dimitri factor, I had 'strongly advised' him i.e. pinned him on the ground (one of the only times I've ever been able to do so) until he agreed to ask Tasha out. No matter how much I dreaded the thought of actually seeing them together, once they started dating, I discovered Tasha wasn't quite as bad as the picture of her portrayed in my mind. She was actually quite a kick, helping me terrorize Christian as much as she could. I could count her as a close friend now.
However, all that meant was that now, for the moment at least, Rose Hathaway was single. Nothing many of the guys in the school took lightly anymore. Especially after I had kicked some strigoi-butt and proven that I wasn't just a pretty blood-whore. All I can say was Jesse had to go straight to visit Dr Olendzki when he found out what happened in the caves with my numerous strigoi kills after he started choking on his lunch.. Hah. Sweet revenge..
"ROSE!" Dimitri's stern use of my name brought me out of my daydreaming yet again and back into the cold gym where, unfortunately for me, central heating hadn't been discovered yet.
"Sorry.. I was just thinking about Jesse.."
Dimitri looked confused as to why I'd be thinking about him after my hours of moaning about the very same guy during training. I noticed a hint of suspicion in his gaze as he debated whether or not I'd returned to my former 'blood-whore' ways around guys.
".. choking on his food." I finished, smirking.
"Ah.." Dimitri chuckled, the warm sound breaking through his guardian mask as the suspicion faded. "That makes sense as to why the famous Rose Hathaway was looking like it was Christmas morning."
"Yup, sure does." I confirmed, smirking again. I really needed to stop that, a part of my mind said. Obviously hanging out with Christian so much was getting to me- my smirking was more and more frequent, and more like Christian than me. In fact, my whole style of sarcasm had a new touch to it that was more like him. Therefore it contained less swearing.. which although irritating to me, Kirova and Dimitri didn't mind so much. I let out a smile at the thought of Kirova actually being pleased with me for something.
"Rose, seriously, get your head into gear." Dimitri scolded me lightly, sounding concerned. I seemed to really be having problems with focusing today. Damn. Today was the day Kirova and Alberta had an important announcement to make as well. Alberta had said they had one, anyway.. Crap. Important, and letting me know in advance was never good when it was school related.. Now my good mood decided to make itself scarce. Great. Just when I needed it the most.
I know in the past I've included a lot of '...' in my writing, which you guys obviously wouldn't have seen, but I'm trying to sort it out here, meaning my punctuation may be erratic at times. :P But please, bear with me. :) I've tried to get into Rose's head, and keep Dimitri, well.. Dimitri-like. xD But as I said, it's my first ever fanfic.. So please give me the chance to really get the characters down before anyone complains it doesn't sound enough like them of something suddenly. :P This may not seem like it's going anywhere yet, and I'm just putting the finishing touches to my storyline, but, y'know.. The best ideas are made up along the way, or so I think. Or that could just be because I'm the most unorganised person on this planet, xD. Hope you enjoyed the start. :)