RPOV
We sat down with them, Lissa next to Christian, me next to Adrian. "Hey little dhampir," he said.
"Hey," I replied.
"So I was wondering…" Adrian started.
"Never gonna happen," I answered, cutting him off. Adrian grinned.
"Playing hard to get, I see," he said.
"I'm not playing. You're just not getting any of this," I said, gesturing to my body that all the perverted guys here seemed to drool over. Okay, not all of them are perverted. Eddie, for example – ever since Mason died, he has been like a big brother to me.
Mason. He was killed a few weeks back, when he, Eddie, Mia, Christian and I were captured by Strigoi. Everyone had got out, but me. Mason came back to rescue me and ended up having his neck broken. In a rage, I managed to exterminate his killers. I am now the only novice in school with two molnija marks. Everyone thinks they're badges of glory, but they are not. They are reminders of what Mason went through. Just thinking of them, made the back of my neck itchy. I reached up and touched the little marks.
"Rose? Rose?" Lissa called.
"Huh? What?" I asked, coming back to reality. Lissa looked at me with sympathetic eyes.
"All of us are going to get together tonight in my room and watch a movie. Wanna come?" Lissa said. I didn't want to, but Lissa was going to take 'no' for an answer.
"I'll come, Liss," I sighed. She smiled at me.
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Later that night
"So what movie are we going to watch?" Lissa asked.
"Anything," we all answered.
"Okay. We have 2012, Under the Mountain and Zombieland," Lissa said.
"Can we watch 2012? I haven't seen it," I asked.
"Sure. We're watching 2012 everyone," Lissa announced. There was a chorus of "Okays" and "Whatever"
Throughout the whole movie, I was consumed by my thoughts. Once it over, we all went our separate ways. I walked back to my dorm room and collapsed on the bed.
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Next morning
I woke up in my clothes from yesterday, my hair in a munted ponytail and bad breath. I turned on the shower and get undressed. I spent a good 15 minutes in there, before I got out to choose my outfit for training. I chose loose track pants, a singlet and a hoodie. I laced up my black chucks and ran to the Gym, hoping I wasn't late. I ran into the Gym, to see Dimitri setting up. I sighed in relief. "What's on the agenda today Comrade?" I asked.
"Running, then weights and maybe combat," he answered, not looking at me. Oh, so that's how it's going to be? Act like yesterday never happened. Ugh! I stretched and went outside to the track. I started my 16 laps.
