Chapter 3
When I woke up, I felt really warm and toasty. Suddenly, I realized that I was trapped in someone's arms. Correction, Dimitri's arms. He was holding me in some kind of embrace. His face looked really calm and not tensed up at all when he was sleeping. I liked this side of him, but I needed to go to the bathroom. When I poked him in the chest, he woke up. He opened his eyes.
"Good morning, Roza"He said as he kissed me good morning.
"Morning Comrade." I replied. "Sorry, Comrade. But I have to go to the bathroom." I replied, smiling at him..
"Take a shower too, Roza. We're leaving at nine." He said as I snuck a peek at the clock. 8:32pm.
"No problem Comrade." I answered.
"This place is huge!" I exclaimed as we got out of the taxi. Saint Basil's had to be a at least twice the size of Saint Vlads. It was made out of stone, like a towering fortress that would of looked intimidating, save the fact that a couple of Dhampir girls dressed in hot pink skimpy outfits were talking in the front yard. That totally ruined the picture.
"Wait. If we are staying here, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Teaching your gym class. They needed a new teacher considering the last one was recently killed by a Strigoi." He replied sadly, as a Guardian approached us.
"Dimitri!" The Guardian said, as he walked over and they hugged, or more like shaked hands and patted each other on the back. "I'm Guardian Westfall, and I'm the director here." He said, addressing me.
"He's kind of like Headmistress Kirova and Alberta, but both of them mushed into the same job. He's pretty important." Dimitri explained, as Guardian Westfall put his hand out to shake mine.
"You must be Rosemarie Hathaway, correct?" He asked.
"Yeah. But call me Rose." I replied.
"Classes will be starting in a hour, so please make yourself at home at your dorm. Here is your schedule, and I'll ask one of the girls over there to take you to the dorm." Guardian Westfall said. "Fawn!" He called, and one of the girls dressed in hot pink turned her head around and started walking towards Guardian Westfall, with one of the girls following her. This Fawn girl was a pretty blond haired girl with hair just below her chest. She had blue eyes, that immediately focused on Dimitri. Here we go again. Another Tasha. She had enough makeup that she looked like an owl when she looked at Dimitri. The other girl which I now recognized as Victoria, but she wasn't wearing one of the hot pink outfits, or any makeup. Thank God.
"Rose!" Victoria shouted and launched herself at me.
"Hi Victoria." I replied.
"Fawn, can you show Rose the Dhampir dorm?" Guardian Westfall asked her.
"Sure." She replied. She was still looking at Dimitri, who was looking at me. She immediately turned her attention to me and gave me the I hate you look and started walking, motioning me to follow her.
"Victoria, is that your brother?" Fawn asked as soon as Dimitri and Guardian Westfall were out of sight. When Victoria nodded, she squealed and replied
"God, He's hot!" Victoria and I shared a knowing look. I told her after dinner last night that Dimitri and I were together, and she told me that she was happy for us.
"Anyways, Rose, did Guardian Westfall give you the keys to your room?" Victoria asked, as we entered a building that was plain on the outside, but as soon as you walked in, you knew this cost a lot of money. There was luxury everywhere. An expensive looking lounge, glass chandeliers, carpet stairways...If the Dhampirs dorms were like this, I wonder how the Moroni buildings looked like. After all, in St. Vlads, the Moroi always had better dorms than the Dhampirs.
"I sleep in this room." Victoria told me and pointed to a room across from mine. "Fawn lives over there." She continued, while pointing down the hall to her right, about 8 rooms away. "Call us if you need us, Rose." She smiled and opened her door. "Wait." Victoria said and stopped. She went into her room and poked around for a few minutes. "Here. Give me your schedule." She continued once she ushered me in. I gave her my schedule and she compared mine with hers. "Great! We have the same schedules!" She said happily when she finished. Fawn was still in the hallway, poking her head in after a few minutes.
"Come on, slowpokes. We haven't actually been to Rose's room yet." She reminded us, as I unlocked the door to my room and stepped inside. The interior was pretty decent. With white walls, wooden floor, a bed, a desk with a chair, a walk-in closet, a bathroom, and a tall bookshelf.
"Thanks for showing me around." I said after I explored my living space.
After they left my room, with Fawn talking excitedly about Dimitri to Victoria, while Victoria herself looked bored. I looked down at my schedule.
1st Period Advanced Guardian Combat Techniques
2nd Period Bodyguard Theory and Personal Protection 3
3rd Period Weight Training and Conditioning
4th Period Senior Language Arts (Novices)
-Lunch -
5th Period Moroi Culture 4
6th Period Slavic Art
7th Period Animal Behavior and Physiology
8th Period Pre-calculus
Ugh. The same schedule as the one in St. Vlads, just in a different order. I am totally looking forward to my first day of school at St. Basils.
