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Chapter Three…
We walked in a comfortable silence - something that I didn't manage to achieve very often. When we reached my room, he sat on my bed while I rushed around my messy room looking for something to train in. Seeing as though I couldn't find the leggings I had been after, I grabbed some short shorts and a tank top. I disappeared into my bathroom to change.
When I reappeared in my new clothes Dimitri's eyes widened slightly, but he didn't show any other signs of appreciation for my outfit. For some reason, that disappointed me slightly. "Come on. Let's get going." I suggested. We both ran down to the gym at a steady pace.
I decided not to bother with laps today, because we had already run a fair distance. I showed him some weights to lift, then press ups. He complied without complaint and set to it. I settled down on some mats which we piled in the corner and watched him work. His muscles rippled as he lifted the weight, and I couldn't help but ogle him. Luckily he didn't notice, that could have been awkward.
I felt the familiar pull a few seconds later, as I entered Lissa's head. She was sat with Christian. They were talking about me. "Rose really needs to get a boyfriend." She complained. "I mean Mason and Adrian are practically drooling over her!"
Christian chuckled. "She obviously isn't interested in them Liss. She could have had them ages ago if she was. She's happy at the moment, she doesn't need a boyfriend to complicate her life."
I smiled. Good old Christian sticking up for me. Lissa still looked and felt disappointed. She thought I needed to have fun and loosen up a little. It was true, I hadn't had a boyfriend for years. I just didn't need one. My job and my friends were plenty for me to live happily. Besides, if I ever did find someone who I genuinely loved, there was a high chance I couldn't be with them anyway. They would have a different charge or a different life completely. I was stuffed either way.
Christian chuckled, looking at Lissa, I knew that look in his eyes from previous experiences like these. "What do you need to worry about Rose's boyfriends for anyway? You've got me." Lissa giggled as he moved closer towards her.
Thankfully, I didn't get to see how the rest of the scene played out because I was brought back to reality by Dimitri leaning in and shaking my shoulders. "Rose?" He asked, realising I was back. "What happened, you were spaced out really bad."
He was still right in front of my face and my breathing hitched slight, going unnoticed my Dimitri. I could see the concern showing in his eyes and face. It was nice to know he cared, which was weird. Normally I wouldn't care whether or not somebody I had barely known a day cared about me, but somehow, Dimitri was different.
"Sorry." I smiled at him. I opened my mouth then paused, I was about to say I was in Lissa's head, but I knew he wouldn't have a clue what I was talking about. However, I felt I could trust him. So I told him the truth. "Sit down." I ordered.
He sat down gracefully opposite me. I wondered how he managed to be so elegant yet so tall. I was no way near a graceful as him and I was a foot smaller. He looked puzzled as to why I needed him to sit down to explain why I was zoned out for so long. "Do you know about me and the princess?" I asked him.
He shook his head. "Isn't she your charge?" He asked.
"She's not just my charge." I contradicted him. "She's my best friend. But there more to it than that." I paused. "Were bonded."
He raised an eyebrow. "What does that mean exactly?" He asked. I could tell he believed what I was telling him, he was just unsure of the details.
"It means I can feel her emotions. Sometimes she pulls me into her head unconsciously. It's like I'm sitting in her skin. I can feel, hear and see everything she does."
Realisation flooded his face. "That's what happened to you just then." He worked out. "How did it happen?" He asked cautiously. He didn't want to push it, but wanted to know.
I smiled slightly. "You know that all of Lissa's family died in a car crash when we were fifteen?" I asked him.
He nodded. "Weren't you in the car as well?" He asked.
"Yes. Well, turns out I died also." I told him. He face showed a mixture of shock and confusion. Before he could ask, I carried on. "Lissa unknowingly brought me back to life. She had specialized in Spirit, which meant that she could heal people. It forged the bond between us." I explained.
Although Lissa was open with he Spirit ability, we still kept the bond a secret mostly. The fact Lissa had specialized in a practically unheard of element was one thing, but a psychic bond was something completely different. People didn't question Spirit as much, because it was found in more than one person, but we still hadn't found another two people with a bond.
"That's amazing." He smiled at me. "So what was happening while you were in her head this time then?"
I smirked. "She was talking to Christian."
"Tasha's cousin? That's her boyfriend, right?" He checked.
I nodded. "She was complaining that I need to get a boyfriend."
Dimitri chuckled. "I bet its weird being talked about, when they don't know your listening."
I laughed. "Yes it is. You don't want to know some of the conversations I have heard mistakenly."
Dimitri looked amused. "So why did she think you need a boyfriend, I mean, you seem perfectly happy right now."
"Because I haven't had a boyfriend for ages. She says I need to loosen up and stop taking my job so seriously." I informed him.
"The whole reason she is alive is because you take your job seriously. Doesn't she know how much you give up to do your job?" He spoke without thinking. He looked slightly embarrassed when he'd finished, knowing he'd just insulted my best friend.
I smiled slightly. "No she doesn't. None of them do. All the Moroi take us for granted whether they realise it or not. When Kirova tried to throw you out of the school, she even took us for granted then. She didn't realise how much we need every guardian we can get. I know you're going to be really good, but she just thinks of you as another Dhampir."
Dimitri smiled sadly. "Thanks for saving me by the way."
I chuckled. "Its nothing. You really could be good you know."
He grinned when I gave him the compliment. I hadn't really said many positive things to him so far. "Maybe if you taught me how to actually fight I could." He teased, but I could sense the underlying seriousness in it.
I thought about it for a moment. He really did want to learn, and I did want to teach him. After considering it for a few minutes, I had made my decision. "Look Dimitri. I can teach you how to fight. But, you need to get your stamina up. If I teach you, we need more training time."
He nodded. "I think it would be you who has a problem with that not me." He joked. Then he turned serious. "But seriously, if your willing to do that for me, I want to learn."
I smiled. "I know you do, which is why I will teach you. But, I'm warning you, you will be tired a lot. And I won't go easy on you. You saw what I did to Mason when I fought him."
Dimitri chuckled. "I know you won't."
"What happened after Lissa said you needed a man then?" He asked.
I laughed. "She said that I should get with Mason or Adrian because they both like me." I sighed.
Dimitri regarded me closely. "But you just don't like them like that. You just want to be their friend." He guessed.
I nodded, genuinely surprised he had worked that out about me. "Yeah. Its hard. I know they both want to be with me, but I know even if I gave them a chance, nothing would come out of it and I don't want to give them false hope."
"I know the feeling." He muttered.
"With Tasha." I stated rather than asked.
He looked slightly surprised I had guessed this. "Yeah. She is my best friend, but it's hard when she looks at me with such love and I know I will never feel like that back. When I left, I didn't want her to come with me. Mainly because I didn't want to put her in danger, but also because I didn't want to have that awkward feeling that she seems to bring sometimes."
I sighed. "Why are our lives so messed up." I asked rhetorically.
He chuckled. "At least I know I'm not the only one who has these problems."
As we sat there in our comfortable silence, I noticed what time it was. We had completely wasted most of training. I chuckled. "We should get going. Training is finished. We'll start an hour earlier in the morning, and add and hour on in the afternoon." I offered.
Dimitri nodded. "Sounds great." He smiled before we both stood up and walked in our different directions.
I decided to go and see Liss, now she was finished with Christian. I didn't bother knocking on the door, knowing she was alone. "Hey Liss." I smiled.
"Hey Rose. What's up?" She asked.
"Nothing. I just thought I would come and see you now training is over. And by the way, I don't need a boyfriend."
She looked half shocked and half amused at the fact I knew what she had been talking about earlier. "But Rose you haven't had a boyfriend for ages." She whined.
"I don't need one Liss. I have you and all my friends. I don't need a boyfriend to make my life complete." I reasoned.
She still wasn't convinced. "How was training?" She asked, changing the subject.
I laughed. "Good. I've added some more time onto it though."
Liss looked at me. "How much extra time?"
"An hour before in the morning and another hour in the afternoon."
Liss looked shocked. "Holy crap!" She exclaimed. "Do you want him to die of exhaustion."
I laughed at her. She had no idea how much stamina a dhampir had compared to her. "He wants to know how to fight, so I'm going to teach him. First he needs to build his stamina, but if I add time on then he can run and do weights for half, and I can teach him to fight the other half." I smiled.
Lissa giggled. "Your going to have to get up even earlier."
I chuckled. "I don't know if I'm going to manage it."
"Me neither." She agreed. I swat her arm playfully.
We sat and talked about random things for a while until I had a shift. I knew I would be even more tired now, still having shifts and teaching Dimitri for even longer - but it was worth it. I wanted Dimitri to be the best, and he needed this to do that. I smiled thinking about how sore he was going to be tomorrow.
