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DPOV

I felt her lips on mine, and they were so soft. They felt like rose pedals, I felt my stomach turning in anticipation. My hands were roaming her body, searching for the hem of her clothes..

BEEP

BEEP

BEEP

I woke with a start and the excitement and adrenaline still coursing through my body. I stayed in bed waiting for my 'excitement' to settle. I don't know why I feel this way about her, but I don't want to leave her alone.

I was late for class this morning.

"Belikov!" Stan yelled. "Nice of you to join us. Are you taking lessons from Ms. Hathaway over here?" I chanced a glance at her and my stomach turned. I smirked and gave a shrug. Stan didn't seem to appreciate that. "Well you can go with with Ms. Hathaway and you can both be partners on the upcoming project."

I had to force back a smile and Rose seemed to be feeling the opposite. She let out scoff and a look of irritation crossed her face. He continued class and was talking about what is going to happen with the group work.

"Okay, now that we all our groups," Stan shot a look of irritation to Rose and I, "we can get started."

Rose sighed, "This is the packet." She slid it towards me and I took it while I brushed my fingertips on hers. She pulled her fingers away quickly. It was about near and far guarding.

"So, it looks like we are going to have to demonstrate how well we will work together as guardians."

RING

Class was over, and before I knew it, Rose was up and gone. Seriously? We had to work together, and I'm not going to fail this class.

All morning I tried talking to her but somehow she found a way to get away.

After dinner I ran into Christian, and he told me Rose and Lissa were in the library so I made my way there. I finally caught sight of Rose and Lissa sitting in a back table talking. Liss had books piled high next to her and Rose was...well She was pretending to do some work.

I could hear them talking, "..well Rose, you've got to work with him. You can't afford to fail this class. It's a requirement for graduation."

"Whatever." She rolled her eyes. "Stan should have given me Eddie. We always work well together."

"Well, Rose, you're not going to have a friend be part of your guard duties. Sometimes you might have to work with someone you don't know or like. Life isn't fair."

Rose stayed quiet, "yeah, well..I'm stubborn." She got up and went to the shelves in the back. I followed her quietly and watched for a moment. I studied her face, her body, and the way she..well just the way she was. She was beautiful.

I rounded the corner and blocked her only way out.

"Speak of the devil." She whispered without looking at me. "You need something?" She said as she looked at me.

"Yes, I need you to work with me so we can get this project done." I took a step closer. "We need to get along for us to get a good grade." She kept ignoring me. "Did I do something to offend you?" I had to know. Was it the attempted kiss. Should I apologize? Cause I'm not sorry about it.

She didn't say anything, and tried to walk away but I blocked her way.

"Move" she demanded.

I didn't move.

"If you move, we can start the project in a while."

So, I moved out of her way.

"Meet me here in an hour."

With that she walked out of sight and I get to see her in a while.

I rushed up to my dorm and got the stuff ready for the class and made sure I looked my best.

I was early down to the library and Rose was not in sight. I hoped she showed up, i was already craving her presence.

Five minutes later Rose was showing up with Eddie and Mason flanked behind her. They were all laughing and she had a beautiful smile. She looked at me and her smile fell.

They all said good bye to each other, and the boys went to the computer lab.

"Let's get this over with." She said as she sat down.

We started our work and she spoke as little as possible.

"This isn't going to work if you don't talk to me." I sighed and put the paper down.

"I think this is going well." She had her attitude lacing her words.

"It's no

"I think we're doing just fine."

"If we're to get a good grade, we're going to have to get along. If we can't then when it comes to the actually guarding part of the grade then we're going to fail."

She let it trail off after that.

We worked in silence for a little longer.

"We need to get Guarding Fundamentals: Near and Far."

We made our way to the shelf and our bodies would brush against each other and I could she her shiver once in a while. Was her body reacting the same way mine does to her? I hoped so. As I moved around her I would let my hands and body grace her body, seeing how far I could take it.

She would move around me trying not to make any contact but I'd find a reason for our bodies to brush.

Rose turned around and stared at me, "Keep touching me and I'll beat your ass." She looked cute in her menacing 5 foot 4 stance.

I bent down to her eye level smirking, "Don't lie, I see the way you move along with me."

I wound a strand of her hair around my fingers, and it felt so soft. I wanted to run my fingers through it.

She squared her eyes, and stood a little straighter, "no I don't. Cut your shit."

That's when I noticed the book on the shelf next to her head. I leaned in a little closer, bringing my face closer to hers. Rose pressed herself closer to the book shelf but I could still hear her breath getting shallow and faster.

"I found the book." I whispered in her ear and walked back to the desk we were working on.