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Inside I'm Soaring: Chapter 3
We arrived at the airport and while the boys handled checking our luggage, we went inside to get food for everyone. I picked up several slices of pizza and Lissa grabbed salads and a plate of pasta. We walked back, and all went to wait in the terminal.
"So Dimitri, found out who you're guarding yet?" Christian asked.
"No, they said they would tell me my assignment when we get there."
"Now boarding flight 4545 (that's the flight I'm on right now… I think.)" The lady at the stand called. "Firstclass only." We walked over to the doors where they scanned our passes. Adrian had pulled a few strings with our seats, so now we got to relax in the really spacious seats.
But just as we walked through the doors onto the airplane, the nausous feeling hit me. "Dimitri!" I yelled, and he saw the look on my face. Eddie noticed too, and rushed to get in front of Lissa, Christian and Adrian. "Get on the plane. I've got it." I called, and they rushed through the door. I slowly backed up, searching the small hallway. The red fabric lining the walls reminded me of their blood red eyes, which freaked me out, like they were watching, so I backed up into the plane. Good thing we were the last ones to get on, so I closed the door behind me, locking it just like it said on the scratched sticker, gaining a glare from the flight attendant. The feeling left as soon as I closed the door.
Dinitri had a concerned look on his face, and he pulled me into a hug. "Nothing?"
"I didn't see anything, but there defiantely was one."
Lissa's confusion and worry flowed through the bond. "Strigoi." I told her, and she sank into her seat next to Christian.
For a second it looked like she had fainted, but then she spoke. "Rose, I want you to be careful. You too Dimitri, and you Eddie. If anything happened… " She had just come off her pills, and was still waiting for her powers. It was a constant worry for her "I'm not strong enough yet."
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"Vasilisa Dragomir." Lissa said to the guard. "Christian Ozera, Adrian Ivaskov, and our guardians." She leaned out the window of the car as she spoke.
"Go ahead princess." He opened the gate, "Oh and they told me to tell you are in house number 42."
"Thank you sir."
I drove up the long lane towards the royal court and parked in front of the house labeled 42. It looked like all the others. Brick and dark wood accents. Lissa climbed out and ran up the few stairs. I followed her, and we ran into the house. And man, was it a house. Lissa and I ran around, looking at every aspect. There was a full dining room with a huge table and the kitchen had the shiniest appliances I had ever seen. There were two bedrooms on the first floor, and three on the second.
Lissa and I entered the third bedroom, and I was surprised to see a porch, with a great view of a huge pool and hot tub. I could just see myself lounging in it, and I instantly wanted this room. "Can Dimitri and I have this room?" I asked.
"Of course. It was made for you Rose. I know you love pools."
Lissa and I then went back downstairs and helped put all of our luggage in the proper rooms. I found myself in my room with Dimirti soon after.
"So Comrade, you like the view?" I asked.
"Well you do look irresistible." He said, sitting on the bed next to me and kissing my cheek.
"I meant out the window." I clarified.
"Its nice." He said, hugging me tight. "Perfect for you."
"Perfect for us." I corrected. "I've waited for this a long time Dimitri, we can be together now."
"Yes Roza, we can." He kissed my lips, and instantly kissed him back. Here I was, at the royal court, living my life the way I'd been waiting for a long time.
Our kiss was interrupted by a loud honk from outside, and a squeal from Lissa. "OH MY GOD! YOU DID NOT!!!!" She screamed. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!" I looked out the window to see Lissa in a brand new white convertible, with Christian in the passenger seat.
I grabbed Dimitri's hand. "Come on! Christian got Lissa a car!" we watched Lissa and Christian drive up and down the street for a while.
"So Miss Hathaway," Dimitri started. "What am I getting you for graduation?"
That was unexpected. "I don't need anything. My life is perfect as is. Though I am out of lip-gloss. Get me some more of that."
"Really. You don't want anything?"
"I do. The lip-gloss. My life is good here. I don't need much else right now. I have you, I'm surrounded by my friends, and I'm guarding Lissa. What else do I need?"
He muttered something, but Lissa cut him off. "Rose! Dimitri! Want a ride?"
"Oh yeah!" I pulled him off, and his odd mood was gone, and he was having fun. It was odd for him, he usually didn't open up in front of other people, but he was hiding something from me. Something important.
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