Jess slipped in her towel. She waited for the water to get nice and hot. She stepped in, and waited for her thoughts to take over. Guardian Belikov…he's very interesting, isn't he? But, I don't care what he says – I do not need a guardian. I can fend for myself! Nobody is ever going to try to attack me…there is no point to this. Jess sighed and let the hot water run over her. Just don't think about it. I'm sure this won't last anyway…they will see that there are more important things that he could be doing…
Feeling satisfied with herself, she got out of the shower and dried off. She put the towel and walked out of the bathroom. She wasn't paying attention to where she was going and smacked into someone. She gasped as she tightened the towel around her. "What the heck are you doing?"
The man turned around and gave her what he thinks is a sexy grin. "Looking for you babe."
"Adrian. Get out of here!" She pushed him, but he didn't budge. In fact, he looked like he was really enjoying this.
"You are really gonna fight me? Especially when all you have to cover you up is that skimpy little towel?"
Jess instinctively pulled the towel tighter once again. He has a point…that definitely is not going to happen. "Please leave."
"No."
Jess rolled her eyes. "Listen, I'm not in the mood to fight with you – just leave!"
Adrian looked like he was going to refuse, but he looked at her, and he seemed to change his mind. "Fine…just to amuse you." He casually headed out the door.
Ugh. I'm so glad that he listened to me…I'm not sure why he did, but whatever. Jess quickly got ready. She put on some jeans and a light blue tank top. She wasn't one for show. She put some gel in her hair and that was it. She knew it was supposed to be hot today, but she was invited to the movies by a guy named Mark, and they can be cold…she decided to bring a zip up hoodie, and walked out the door.
She didn't get far because as soon as she walked out the door she was stopped by Adrian and her new "Protector", Guardian Belikov. Jess interrupted what seemed to be a very intense discussion because she was being given death glares from both of them.
Adrian didn't stop looking at her either, but his expression changed to one of lust. Jess nearly gagged. Why doesn't he get the hint? She noticed that Guardian Belikov still looked really pissed, but his attention was back on Adrian.
"Well, if you two don't mind, I'm just gonna excuse myself." Jess started to head to the stairs when she felt someone on her tail. She stopped and turned around, expecting to find Adrian, but instead facing those dark intense eyes of her guardian. "Guardian Belikov, what are you doing?"
"I'm going with you." She stared at him blankly, "that is my job you know…to watch over you."
"But, Guardian Belikov, I've gone to the movies loads of times, and nothing has ever happened!"
"I'm going, and just call me Dimitri. You probably won't even notice I'm there."
"I doubt that…" Jess muttered under her breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing…Dimitri," She added on. She really liked that name, and it definitely suited him. Jess continued to walk down the stairs and almost was outside when she came to a halt. "Well…umm" She didn't know exactly how to continue, "Could you…"
"Could I what?" He genuinely was confused.
"Umm…start trailing behind?" He gave her an amused look, "Because I'm meeting this guy for the first time, and I don't want him to think that you're anything…special." She felt really embarrassed saying that, but she didn't know why. It was perfectly normal for her to be saying that.
He accepted her wish and fell back a few paces. She went outside and saw Mark waiting by his car. He was so cute with his wavy brown hair and his bright blue eyes. He was a Moroi as well. They were seeing the ten o'clock showing of a new movie. On the way there she had butterflies in her stomach, but she couldn't tell if those were from Mark or from Dimitri. Knowing that he was so close, that he would be there if anything went wrong, was oddly comforting to her, even though he is a complete stranger. Hmm…we will see how this turns out.
So...I hope you like it!! I would love to hear your thoughts, comments and any suggestions that you have! Thanks for reading!!
