Different Turn Of Events
Chapter 2

Rose
It's been three days since the incident with Jesse and I still haven't told anyone what really happened even though Dimitri kept me in that room for over three hours. He didn't take me to Kirova either and I'm pretty sure that Kirova doesn't even know what happened. She has it in for me so I'm sure if she had heard I punched Royal Moroi she would have pulled me into her office by now. Lissa has been questioning me about what happened but I told her I didn't want to talk about it. She knew it was bad by what I did to Jesse, she knows how much I fancied Jesse and I wouldn't hurt him for no reason. She's been trying to guess what happened but I'm not giving anything away. I know she's upset that I haven't confided in her but I knew if I told her she would tell Dimitri or someone else because she'll see it as helping me. Everyone finding out what happened won't help me, it will just make things worse.

Since the incident I have tried my best to keep my distance from Jesse and Ralf but I have a couple of classes with them in the second half of the day. When they saw me they would smirk at me and I wanted to launch myself at both of them. I know if I did launch myself at them again then Dimitri and Lissa would not let it go until I told them what had happened. It's times like that that I wish I was a Moroi and I specialised in fire so I could burn the two of them and end them. Jesse and Ralf really think that they have gotten away with what happened to me, I was sure Ralf was in on the plan… Jesse was hot but he wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the toolbox. If Jesse and Ralf work together then maybe they could have come up with the plan together… maybe.

Word has spread around the school that I had punched Jesse but no one knew why I had done it although a couple of people heard Jesse call me a 'blood whore' there have been a lot of stories going around. A lot of people have told me they don't believe that I would've let Jesse feed off me and have sex with me and they were right… I hadn't let him. As soon as I felt his fangs I told him to stop and I wanted to leave. He made me unconscious and then he bit me and had sex with me, taking my virginity. Every time I thought about it I just felt more and more sick. I can't believe he actually did that to me. I never knew Jesse was like that, I thought he was just a flirt and we were just having harmless fun.

Since I punched Jesse everyone has been keeping a close eye on me. Especially Dimitri. I felt like I have my own guardian and I don't really like it. He's always there and just following me around like some stalker, it's creepy to be honest. I don't know how Moroi get used to this. Whenever he had the chance, Dimitri asks me about why I punched Jesse but I didn't want to tell him. Of course I wanted to tell someone to get some of the pressure off me and I wanted Jesse to be punished but I was… embarrassed by what happened. I was supposed to be a guardian and fight off Strigoi and I can't even fight off Jesse Zeklos. If people found out they would all get the wrong end of the stick and think I allowed him to do it. Jesse was a Royal and he would make sure everyone knew his side of the story.

Most of my free time now is spent in my room and I don't like answering the door to people or speaking to people. Even Lissa. I have been pretending that I wasn't in or I was about to get in the shower but I knew she didn't buy and she knew I was lying. I just need some time on my own to get over everything that happened and let it all sink in. I could then forget about everything and move on. Once everyone had forgot about it I would start planning to punish Jesse for what he did, when he was least expecting it I would strike and he would regret the day it happened and he would be sorry.

The door knocked but I didn't say anything. I just sat on my bed in silence "Rose I know you're in there" Lissa's voice said on the other side of the door but I stayed quiet "If you don't answer the door I'll get Dimitri to break it down" She told me and started knocking on the door again. I know she won't give up. I got off the bed with a sigh and opened the door for her to come in, I saw Dimitri had come with her and he would stay outside whilst Lissa came in for us to talk. I closed the door behind her and we sat down on my bed "I know you Rose. You wouldn't let something small bother you like this. I'm getting really worried Tell me what Jesse did to you and I can help you fix it" She said to me.

"No!" I exclaimed "It doesn't matter what happened and don't worry about sorting anything… when the time's right I will go and make Jesse very sorry for what happened. You and everyone else doesn't need to worry about it ok? Just carry on as normal and forget about me and my problems" I told her.

"You're my best friend, you know all of my secrets and thoughts but you won't tell me if something is bothering you… why is that fair?" She questioned.

"Fair?" I questioned "Life isn't fair Liss… nothing in life is fair" I told her.

"What happened to you?" She asked me and I found her actually studying me.

"Nothing I can't handle" I replied.

"But you're not handling it that's the problem… whatever it is he did to you has changed you. You're not yourself and you're worrying all of us" She said and a small part of me felt guilty for not telling her the truth but she had her own problems to think about and I didn't need to burden her with my issues anyway "Mason is thinking of going after Jesse and demanding to know what he did to you" She told me.

"Well tell Mason to stop being stupid" I answered.

"Look, I need to go now before the sun comes up, when I see you next I want to know what happened… I'll even get Christian to help me find a way to get you to talk if I have to" She said and got off her bed.

She opened my door and went into the hallway, she said goodbye and wrapped her arms around me in a hug. I looked up at Dimitri and saw he was staring at me intently, as if he was trying to read my mind or something. Lissa and I pulled away from the hug and said goodbye once more before the two of them started walking down the hall.

I laid back down in my bed and then turned to my side facing the door as all the memories I had of three days ago came rushing back. I no longer felt sick but I felt sad and I wanted to cry, I hadn't cried yet but I had to let it out. One tear dripped down my cheek followed by another and another until it was like a river was flowing, I couldn't stop them they just flowed freely down my face and onto my pillow making it damp but at this precise moment I didn't care.


Fourth period and I was in Dhampir fighting class. I went and found Mason who asked me if I was ok and I told him I was and that was the end of our conversation, we had our class in the Gym and as I looked up I saw Dimitri looking down at us from the little viewing area at the top of the stairs. He looked at me and I stared back for a second before turning back to Mason, we started combat training but I wasn't really with it and Mason kept getting me to the floor.

Me and Mason started battling it out again and he pinned me down to the floor by holding my wrists down and putting one knee in between my legs and everything came back "Get off me" I told him urgently and he did as I said, I got up off the floor grabbing my bag and ran out of the Gym.

I felt a hand on my arm and turned around expecting to see Mason but it was Dimitri. He looked at me worriedly and I just took my arm away from him and started walking away but he started following me "What?" I asked angrily turning around to face him.

"You're letting whatever's bothering you interfere with your training" He stated. I didn't say anything back to him "I know you wouldn't compromise your training over something that didn't matter" He told me.

"You don't know anything" I said.

"No because you won't tell me" He replied.

"And I have no intentions of telling you" I said.

"Come with me" He demanded and started walking away. I knew I had no choice but to follow him so I did and we ended up at the entrance to the woods where we had practised before "We're away from school, no teachers or students… I'm giving you a chance to tell me without anyone else finding out if that's what you're worried about" He told me.

"I can't" I replied.

"Did he tell you not to tell?" He asked.

"Dimitri I can't tell you… I know you won't keep it to yourself, you would have to tell Kirova if you knew" I said.

"That bad?" He questioned and I nodded "I saw you and Mason sparring earlier, when he pinned you down I saw your reaction and it got me thinking" He said.

"Is that a good thing to do?" I questioned.

He ignored my comment and continued speaking "I'm going to ask you this once and I want you to tell me the truth… did Jesse force himself on you?" He asked me but I didn't answer him I just looked down at the ground but that was all the confirmation that he needed "You need to tell me what happened Roza" He said softly.

"I can't because I don't want anyone to know" I told him.

"Please just tell me" He pleaded

"Dimitri I said no!" I shouted. I started walking away from him, he grabbed my arm and I turned to face him. A tear slipped down my cheek "Please just leave me alone" I begged him. He let go of my arm and I walked away from him and I went back to my dorm.

Once I got to my room I slammed the door shut. I dumped my bag on the floor and took off my shoes before climbing into bed and wrapping the covers around myself. As if that will protect me. I don't care if I get into trouble for not being in school. I just don't want to speak to anyone or see anyone right now. I don't know how I'm going to be able to keep it together until the end of the school year. I'm losing it already and I have to face Jesse every single day… how am I going to be able to do that if I can't keep it together?

Maybe St Vlads isn't for me anymore. Maybe I should just drop out and get a job in the human world and live my life that way. I can call my mom and let her know that I can't be here anymore and let her now I want to live in the human world. I've wanted to be a guardian since the second I knew what a guardian did and now I have to give that up. I can't carry on here because I will go insane if I stay here. This isn't my world anymore.

Someone started knocking on my door. I decided ignoring it but then I heard a familiar voice on the other side of the door "Roza?" Dimitri's Russian accent asked.

I got out of bed and opened the door to see Dimitri standing there on his own. I let him in the room and closed the door behind him. The two of us sat on the end of the bed but I didn't have anything to say to him. He knows that I don't want to tell him and I want everything to be kept to myself "Say what you need to say then leave" I demanded.

"I just want to make sure you're ok. I'm worried about you" He said to me.

"You don't need to be" I replied.

"Of course I do. There is obviously something very wrong and bottling things up and keeping them to yourself will not make I better" He told me.

"I've told you. I'm fine and there is nothing I want to say" I said.

"The Princess is also worried about you… at least confide in her" He suggested.

"No" I stated "Please leave" I said.

He stood from where he sat and walked towards the door "You know where I am if you wish to talk to someone… I'll always listen to you" He told me and left my room, closing the door to my room.

I wish I could tell someone but I know if I tell someone they will have to tell Kirova then news will get out what happened to me. I know that no one will believe a royal Moroi guy raped a Dhampir girl, especially with the rumours going on about me. People think I'm easy and they think I have slept with lots of people because I flirt a lot. I'll be the first to admit I flirt with guys… especially Jesse. It's no secret we flirt a lot with each other and we're known to make out with one another every once in a while. I know no one believe me.


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