RPOV

I felt so much better after I talked to Mason. I may not love him as much as I loved Dimitri, but, I knew I would just in time. Mason and I went through so much together and we understood each other better. My thought was interrupted when Dimitri came into the bathroom. I stayed still, even when he came to sit next to me. When he sat down, he began to wrap his arm around me. Surprisingly, now when he touched me I didn't feel the static electricity anymore or the need for him to touch me more. I shrugged off his arm and I heard him sigh loud and I knew he meant for me to hear it.

"Rose, why are you so distant?"
"I told you, I am now with Mason."
"What about when you held my hand for over an hour?"
"Well what about when you kissed me and pretended it meant nothing and just pushed me off you?"
"So now we are going to play that game?"
"What game?"
"What you are doing right now. Turning my own words against me."

I didn't answer him. I just stared at the ceiling more. After about an hour, I stood up and went to sleep on the couch. Once I sat on it, I went into a deep sleep. I woke up to see my head on Dimitri's lap and him stroking hair. I pulled away from him and he looked at me with a hurt expression. I couldn't believe it, he called me a child so many time and he said that we can't have anything together because were both going to guard the same person.

"Guardian Belikov, may I ask what are you doing?"

I think my question caught him off guard. He gave me a questioning look and said,

"Guardian Belikov?"
"Yeah, I thought that is what they called you. Unless you changed your name to something else when I was asleep."
"Rose, since when do you refer to me as guardian Belikov?"
"Since now."

For a second hurt washed all over his face, then his perfect mask went back on.

"Well, if that is the way you see it Rose, them so it be."
"I guess."

He got up and went by the bed and said in a harsh tone,

"Be ready at 7:00 PM. That is when we leave. Understood?"
"Understood, guardian Belikov"

I glanced at the clock and it was 4:00 PM. I got up and then I looked up at him and said,

"What am I supposed to eat?"
"Oh, well you can always call room service or you can wait till we board the jet and get back to the academy."
"Who else is going to be on the jet?"
"Us and guardian Alto and Mr. Ashford"

That seemed to make my day. I was going to see Mason in less than 3 hours.

"So are you going to call or wait?"
"I will wait."

He looked at me and then turned around. He went to his bag and got one of his western novels. When I glanced back at the clock I found out that only 5 minutes went by. This was going to be long; especially that Dimitri was ignoring me and reading his novel. So, I just sat on the couch and turned on the TV. I flipped through the channels until I found a movie channel. I didn't concentrate on the movie and after 2 minutes into it, I dozed off.

"Hathaway." I heard someone shout.
"Yes?"
"I thought I told you to be ready by 7:00 PM to leave."
"Oh sorry, I just dozed off."
"Well when we get back to the academy we will talk about it."

When we got downstairs we checked out. I was looking at a painting in the lobby that caught my attention when I heard Dimitri snap at.

"Let's go. They won't wait for you while you daydream."
"Sorry."

We got into the car and then he drove us down to the airport where we landed. I saw another car pull in and then I saw Mason getting out. I ran towards him and hugged him.

"I missed you." He said
"I missed you too so much."

That seemed to make him smile. We walked towards the jet hand in hand. When we got in we took a seat next to each other, after we sat he put and arm around me and I leaned into his chest. He smelled great, heck, he felt great.

A minute later I heard someone clear their throat. Mason and I looked up to see Dimitri looking at us.

"Follow me Rose."

I didn't understand what he was doing though. I just shrugged to Mason and gave him a quick sweet kiss on the cheek.

"Yes?"
"Nothing, you are going to sit here."
"But, why can't I sit with Mason?"
"Because I said so and because I am your mentor."
"Yes, guardian Belikov."

I got in the seat and he sat next to me. He didn't acknowledge me but I caught him often enough looking at me. After 4 long hours we finally landed in the academy. I stood up fast eager to go to Mason. But. My hopes were short lived when Dimitri put his hand on my shoulder and me to wait.

I followed his instructions.

"You are to walk with me Rose. To the headmistress's office."

I didn't argue with him, I just followed. Suddenly, it clicked in. He wasn't going to take Tasha's offer. Instead, he was going to stay here and torture me and I take me away from Mason every chance he could get.

We arrived at the Kirova's office. She just down and told us that we will continue our trainings as planned and that I will be receiving my marks for the kills in 2 weeks.

When we were dismissed I quickly went to Mason and held his hand in mine. He looked at me and said,

"Wow, the first novice in the school to receive her marks before she graduates"

I smiled at this and I turned so I could kiss him. The kiss was sweet and nice but it was short lived when Dimitri cleared his throat.

"Rose, meet me tomorrow at 6:00 PM so your trainings can start."

I gave him a nod and he walked away.

"Look Mase, I have to go and get some sleep seems like I have training early"
"Ok, I love you"
"Love you too"

He gave me a quick peck on my lips before we went our separate ways.

As I entered my room I just sat down on the bed and the last thought I had before drifting off to sleep that it was going to be a long day tomorrow and it was just the beginning.

That night I didn't dream at all. When my alarm clock rang I got up fast, not wanting to give Dimitri and excuse to nag me about being late for practice.

As I entered the gym, I saw him sitting in a chair. He had training pants on and a training shirt that emphasized the muscles that he had. He looked up at me and said,

"Go run 16 laps around the track and then when you come back we will discuss you punishment"
"My punishment for what? For being with another boy after you pushed me away?"

Before I knew it he was gripping my arms so hard that I knew there was going to a bruise there afterwards. The look on his face was savage and I knew that him gripping my arms like that was only the beginning. I knew that there was more to come now and afterwards. He slammed me to the ground while he was on top of me. Something hit my cheek fast.

"Go run now"

Without saying another word I turned around and ran. When I was running by the dorms I took a quick glimpse of my face, There was this huge red mark on my cheek that wasn't going to go away anytime soon.