Chapter 2
Time to come clean
I ran.
I was aware of Dimitri following me I came to the clearing in the trees that looked down across the whole academy.
A couple of seconds later Dimitri stood about a meter away from me and I stared at the ground.
"Roza?" He asked gently.
I felt his hand move under my chin and move my head to look at him. I met his beautiful face with my tear streaked face.
I decided to sit down against a tree and motioned for him to come and sit next to me.
"I suppose you want to hear my story?" I said. I knew he wanted to know but he didn't want to say anything unless I didn't want to talk about it so I took a deep breath and began.
"When I was born my mother worked for the Ivashkov's and because my mother wanted to still be a guardian. Daniella Ivashkov said that she would take care of me when my mother worked because she had always wanted a little girl. Anyway when I got older me and my best friend Adrian Ivashkov got closer and we knew everything about each other" I was stopped by Dimitri.
"Wait so you are telling me that you were best friends with Adrian Ivashkov?" he asked. I nodded.
I carried on "Any way I fell in love with him he may have been 3 years older than me but he liked me too, although around the academy we never showed it because of who he was. It was like a secret forbidden romance and I loved it. When I was 14 nearly 15 we slept together. But just before Lissa and I ran away I found out that I was pregnant and I didn't know what to do. So I talked to Adrian and he wanted to be with me and be a father to the unborn baby but I told him I was too young. So I told him I was going to have a termination and he wasn't happy with this idea at all. But he agreed that it was my decision and took me on a private matter to the royal court. I had the termination and Adrian decided to stay at court due to family matters at the time. Any way when I came back Lissa told me that she wanted to leave the academy that she was scared. So we did." I took a look at Dimitri he looked a mix of shock, disappointment, understanding and sympathetic.
"Roza I am so sorry..." he started
I held up my hand to silence him "Comrade don't worry about it this is in the past I was young and foolish and you cannot tell anyone about this because only me and Adrian know about it I haven't even told Lissa about this".
He looked shocked I tell Lissa everything but this was something I couldn't tell her.
"Have you seen Ivashkov since?" he asked. I shook my head it was true I hadn't I think his father might have found out and told him he was not to return.
Dimitri surprisingly pulled me into a hug and kissed me lightly on my forehead I thought I was going to faint.
"Thank you Dimitri I feel better now that I've told someone" I said suddenly sleepy. I started to see dark spots and I felt a strong pair of arms lift me up.
"Don't worry Roza I am here for you. I love you" he said.
I felt myself smile for the first time in a long time as sleep took me over.
