"Hello Guardian Belikov." I watched Dimitri intently as I spoke, smirking on the inside as he flinched at my use of his guardian name. With my guardian mask on, I walked on past him, but before I could reach the door his arm shot out to grab mine, effectively shooting an electric shot up my arm.
"Are you okay Rose?" Do you really want that answer Dimitri? I stood still for over a minute before sighing, shrugging my arm out of his grasp and sauntering out of the gym, towards my second home, the infirmary.
"Good afternoon Rose." The doctor didn't even seem surprised as I lifted my bloody hands onto the table. "Get into a fight with a brick wall early today?" I laughed a little, trying not tense as she realigned the bones in my hands. A few minutes later, with bandaged hands and a bruised ego, I stepped out into the late night air, letting the wind wrap me in its cold embrace.
"Guardian Castile," I said winking at Eddie as I passed him on my way to my room, finally.
"Don't forget your shift starts soon Rose! I need sleep too!" Eddie called after me. I waved with my back turned, letting him know I'd be there. As soon as I reached my door, a sigh of relief flooded my system and I stepped through, throwing my coat on the chair near the door and threw my body onto the bed.
"I'll just sleep for a few minutes…" I whispered closing my eyes for the first time in over a day.
A mist covered my feet and the trees surrounding me as I stepped quietly, dodging the leaves around me. I perched myself on the ground crouching into a defensive position, listening for any noises. To my left there were howls of pain. I ran in that direction. What I found scared me more than the first time I had seen it.
Dimitri stood swatting at the ghosts that were slowly surrounding him as I, well the other me, ran off towards a bridge.
"Oh god… not this…" I whispered stuck where I was, watching Dimitri struggle to go after me. A few seconds later he did just that and sped off in the direction the other me had gone. Slowly I made my way to the bridge watching as Dimitri begged me not to jump, another pang in my chest as he caught me before I could fall.
"I will always love you…" I whispered along with my other self as she plunged the stake into Dimitri's heart.
"That's what I was supposed to say…" A tear slid down my face, watching as Dimitri's body fell backward into a black abyss.
I awoke to swift knocking at the door and someone calling my name. I quickly sprang from my bed, wiping the fresh tears from my face, before swinging my door open.
"Rose I heard…" Dimitri stood a foot away from me, his after shave hitting me like a brick wall, crushing every barrier I had as I sprang forward into his arms. " Rose. Roza what's wrong? What happened? Is the princess okay?" It's always about her. I grimaced, stepping back. They come first. I reminded myself.
"Sorry, bad dream." I whispered reaching to close my door. His foot stepped in the doorway effectively ruining that idea.
"Tell me." I slowly lifted my gaze to his and smiled as I saw no red tint covering up his gorgeous brown eyes. "Please Roza."
"I-I uh." At that precise moment Eddie came running up to my door, glaring at me, well actually more at Dimitri than anything else. "I have to go guardian Belikov, my shift is just starting. Sorry Eddie, I fell asleep."
"It's okay Rose. If you excuse us Guardian Belikov," Eddie growled the last part, using Dimitri's recently changed title. "I need to escort Rose to her post."
"No need Edison-"
"Guardian Castile." Dimitri nodded, silently apologizing.
"Guardian Castile I too am about to start my shift," no, please dear god no. "I'll escort Rose, save you a trip." Eddie looked over at me apologizing with his eyes as he nodded at Dimitri and walked past us.
"Shall we?" Dimitri asked taking the door from my grasp.
"I need to change." Gah and shower. "And shower, I haven't been to my room… lately."
"I'll wait." Great, just great. "My rooms right across from yours. Knock when you're ready." Oh, it just keeps getting better and better.
"Okay," I whispered closing my door before letting out a strangled scream.
"Rose? Rose are you okay?" Lissa's thought projected into my mind.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just learned some interesting news."
"And?"
"Good ole Guardian Belikov's room is across from mine. He heard me screaming in my sleep."
"Why were you screaming in your sleep exactly?" She asked fear for me overpowering any other of her emotions.
"We'll talk later. I need to shower, so Guardian Belikov and I can start our shift…" She gasped."Yeah I'm just this lucky."
"I'm sorry Rose," She paused. "Come by after your shift?"
"It'll be late Liss." She scoffed at the thought. Time had never stopped me before.
"I'll wait."
Before I could respond I was pulled back into my mind. Damn moroi. I scowled at the picture of Lissa and me next to my bed before turning on the shower, letting it warm up as I set out new clothes.
After showering, for more than what was necessary, the water was just too comforting to leave. I changed and opened my door. I covered my mouth as I saw Tasha and Dimitri talking, quite animatedly, in his door way. Making sure neither noticed me I pushed my ear towards the slit in the door, trying to hear what they were saying, to no avail. Growling, I opened my door more, letting my presence be known.
"You ready Rose?" Dimitri asked looking past Tasha.
"If you need to stay a bit longer and continue this I'm more than capable of walking by myself Guardian Belikov." Tasha looked surprised at what I had called Dimitri and gave me a questioning look.
"You don't let your old student call you by your first name Dimka?" A small growl escaped my mouth, too low for Tasha to hear. Dimitri gave me a look, the one that told me to cool it. "Even after she saved you?" I flinched at that and started walking away.
"It was nice seeing you Tasha," I whispered, trying to keep the tears from flowing. Damn, what's happening to me? I'm turning into a crying little baby.
Sorry I know the chapters have been a little short, and this one isn't really my favorite! But oh well! So thank you everyone for reading and reviewing:) You all made my day! I just had to update before my SAT class started! Don't worry XxDeadlyBlackRosexX I will make sure there is another "next" button soon:) Message me any suggestions or questions! I'll respond to all:) Even if it's just a simple hi;)
ANYWAY:) Hope you all have a wonderiferious day! Peace off.
~Bri
DISCLAIMER: I don't know about you but I cannot wait until the bloodline series! I dont even care if Rose and Dimitri aren't in it! (well that's a lie) I just want to read it:) Ah! Anyway so I don't own any of this, I wish I did! But i don't:(
Dimitri: "Were you really going to attack all of us? Doing that…protecting her like that—it was very brave. Stupid, but still brave. Why did you even try it?"
Rose: "Because I'm her guardian."
-I think that is when I fell in love?:)
