A/N: I know it has been a while since I last updated, but I've written an extra long chapter to make up for it. It might be a while till I next update because I'm busy, I get writers block easily and I have another story on the go. Please enjoy this. ^_^
Chapter 7
Dimitri POV
As soon as we had come back from training, Rose had gone straight to her room. She hadn't come out, not even for food. I couldn't sleep last night so I had ended up putting the TV on and watching some mindless comedy, which wasn't actually funny and half the time I didn't know what was going on. I kept thinking about Rose, and about the training session.
I knew what Roses feelings were towards me and I knew what may happen if we did have a relationship and they found out about it, but I still wish I hadn't moved yesterday when that stupid timer went off.
I decided to make some breakfast for the both of us. Bacon butties sounded good today, Rose adored them. If she didn't come out of her room at the smell then I would take it to her to make sure she's alright.
I put the bacon in the pan to fry while I put the bread in the toaster. As I put the butties together I added a big squirt of ketchup. I then cut them in half. Rose still hadn't come out of her room yet.
I placed the butties on the table then went to knock on her door. There was no reply but I could hear movement inside. "Rose! There is a bacon butty out here for you." I shouted through the door. I heard a muffled 'oww' in response through the door. "Are you alright?" I asked once again shouting so that she could hear me on the other side. The door then opened and Rose stepped out almost running into me.
"Yeah, everything's fine." She said in a slightly higher pitch than normal. "Shall we go into the kitchen?" She then moved away from me and walked towards the food.
I walked in to find a half of her first sandwich gone already. She must have been hungry as she had trained hard and then not eaten; I had given her extra bacon and two butties to make up for this. I sat down and started to eat my own butty.
"This is good!" She muffled with food in her mouth. She then put down the sandwich she was in progress of eating and spoke. "I've been thinking," She started; this was going to be good . . . not. "Now that I'm all better, I should move back into my own apartment. I've already started packing; I'll be gone by lunch." She didn't wait for me to reply; she just got up and took her butty back into her room.
I didn't want her to go. It was probably for the best, but I still didn't want her to go.
Rose POV
I closed the door to my room . . . NO it's Dimitri's room. I had to think of this place as Dimitri's not as mine anymore. I slid down the door and sat there to finish my butty, letting a few tears escape my eyes. I didn't want leave but it for the best; I didn't want my heart to be broken all over again, by the same man again and again. Living in his house constantly would only do this again and again.
I got back to packing my things up, which Eddie had been so kind to drop off a couple of months ago.
OOO
I looked at the clock; it now said 11:00. It had now been an hour since I had told Dimitri that I was leaving. I had just finished putting the room back to order for him. I stiffed the two bags I had to the door.
"Are you leaving already?" He asked as I passed him in the living room.
"Yes. I need to get settled back into my apartment." I replied. I then turned to go out of the door, I didn't want a big fuss made, but Dimitri then said something which made me stop in my tracks.
"Please don't go." He was so quiet I only just heard him say it. I couldn't think. I had to leave, I had to go. But I didn't really want to deep down, and now he was saying that he didn't want me to go either. NO! I had to go, I had to.
"I've got to." I told him quietly. I then whizzed out of the door before he could say anything else.
OOO
I got a takeaway in for dinner, not wanting to cook. Dimitri had called earlier, arranging a time to train tomorrow. I then skipped lunch feeling ill from the thought of having to face him after the incident this morning. I was making myself eat this time even though I wasn't hungry. Pizza seemed the easiest option; I ordered my favourite toppings – Spicy Beef Sizzler – and some cookie dough pudding with a bottle of coke. Junk food seemed like a remedy for what I was feeling at the moment. I was used to being around him all the time, that now it seemed weird without him. I missed him but I knew it was for the best.
I switched on some mindless TV programme which I only ever watched when I wanted to forget about things. It wasn't a great programme, but tonight it seemed to be really funny.
When it was over and all the food was gone I went to bed. I plugged my iPod into the stereo player and put some calming music on, as I tried to lose myself in sleep.
Dimitri POV
The phone call I had made earlier to arrange a time for training tomorrow was a bit tense. So much so that I skipped lunch in a dazed state. I listened to music, trying not to think. All my thoughts would go back to her. The house now seemed empty without her. I'd lived for so long on my own now, I'd forgotten how lonely it could be. I turned the TV on to add some extra noise. I then forced myself to eat dinner even though I wasn't hungry.
I decided to get pizza after looking at my collection of takeaway leaflets. I wasn't in the mood to cook. I ordered my favourite topping – Spicy Beef Sizzler – and a coke to go with it.
I slept on the sofa not being able to sleep in my own bed, I had gotten used to sleeping there. I just couldn't sleep so I ended up watching the TV; somehow I managed to fall asleep . . . eventually.
OOO
The next morning I woke up feeling groggy. I looked to the clock and saw that it was only half an hour till the time I was to meet Rose for our training session. I was suddenly awake and leaped into action. I was out of the door in 10 minutes and down at the HQ just in time to meet Rose outside the building.
"Hi" She said awkwardly. "Shall we go in now?" I nodded and lead the way inside to our reserved training room. I had managed to get the big one in which she could run around in. I was going to give her laps first.
As she walked into the room after getting changed I didn't look up from my book. "You're going to so your stretches and then run 50 laps around the room first." I told her. She may have nodded at me but I didn't really see.
As she was running I would take the occasional peek from my book to watch her. She was building up her stamina quickly and she looked so beautiful when her body was working like that. NO! I shouldn't be thinking like that. I quickly turned my attention back to my book and didn't look up again until she came and stood in front of me.
"Finished your laps then?" She nodded and waited for me to tell her what to do next. She had actually finished those laps quicker than I had intended. "Give me 50 press ups, then take a small break and then give me another 50." These would help her build up her stamina and give me a bit more time before I would have to interact with her closely.
"I could do all 100 in one go if you would like." She said flatly.
"I'm not so sure and we are building up your stamina. You can't just go straight to where you were before. 50, break, 50 is how you will give it to me." She huffed before walking away and starting her press ups.
When she had finished her first 50 she came over to me and I handed her a bottle of water without looking up from my book. "Can you at least put that book away for my break?" She asked me. I suppose it was quite rude to just leave her alone on her brake.
I marked my place and put it down beside me as Rose plonked herself next to me. "How did you find that?" I was talking about training so we couldn't travel to other areas that I wasn't comfortable talking about yet.
"It was alright, and I do actually need a brake now. You were right; I need to build up my stamina before going back to where I was."
"And that is why I'm the teacher and you are the student."
"I thought we had moved a bit from that level. I thought we were more equal, like training partners now."
"Yes, but I still know more about this stuff than you. Therefore that still puts me above you by a few notches. Also I'm the one who is still setting out how the training sessions go. I think that makes me more of a trainer."
"Fine, you are my trainer and training partner. But I will go nowhere near you still being the teacher." I laughed at that.
We didn't speak for a few minutes, Rose drinking from her bottle and me staring at the other side of the room. "About last night . . ." Rose started.
"Forgotten already. I think it might be time to get back to those exercises. After the push ups you could go straight on to doing 25 star jumps and then 20 wall to wall laps." She just nodded and got on to do the work I had set for her. I picked up my book and started reading again.
About 20 minutes later Rose came over huffing and puffing. I looked up from my book, she looked a bit worn. Maybe I should let her take a proper break. "Take a break now. I expect you to meet me back here in 15 minutes." I then got up and left the room, leaving her a little stunned.
OOO
I walked back into the room after the allotted time I had given her. She was not there yet, as I had expected. I sat down and was about to open my book when she walked in.
"So what did you do in your 'break'?" she even used the inverted comers. I suppose I hadn't actually done anything yet.
"There were some things I had to see to." I said being very vague. "What did you do?" I asked being polite.
"I went to see Lisa." She said simply, while shrugging her shoulders.
"Give me 10 room laps, then 10 press ups, then 10 star jumps, and the 10 wall to wall laps." I settled back into my book as she gave me a clod stare and then set about the work I had set her.
When she was finished she came over and gave a look as though to say 'Can I do some fighting now?' I passed her another bottle of water for her to drink. "When you feel ready enough to, give me 20 of each."
"Are you trying to kill me?" She almost shouted at me. I looked up from my book. "No, these exercises are good for your stamina. You have to give an all rounded look to training, you don't focus in one area, and you do little bits in all areas."
"But I've been doing this stamina building thing for ages now." She argued against me.
"And we have this room booked all day." I simply replied before going back to my book. She scowled at me before going to the tasks I had set for her.
When she had finished I shouted over to her. "Take a break for 5 minutes." She retrieved her water then went to the changing rooms. It seemed she was mad at me.
OOO
After 10 minutes she walked back in. I had left her to calm down properly. While she had been out, I had brought the mats out. She put her things sown in a pile and then walked over to the mats to stretch again. As soon as she had finished stretching I pounced on her, it only took her a second to realise what I had done. It was the whole 'your attacker will not wait until you are ready for him, so you must always be ready for him – or her (as Rose had kindly pointed out)' lesson. I wanted to make sure that she did actually remember some of my lessons from all of those years ago.
She attacked back with some fury and almost took me aback for a second. Soon enough we were in an intense fight.
We had several fights and we were now even in who had won the most today. We were in the middle of our intensest fight today. She had really improved. I made one small mistake, being slightly distracted by how much she had improved by, and she had me down. I was pinned on the floor in a position I couldn't recover from.
"I win!" She yelled gleefully jumping up. The little timer in my pocket decided to go off then. We started to pack away the equipment.
"It's getting late." I commented as we were putting away the last mat. "Would you like to come over to mine for dinner?" Why the hell did I just ask that? That was so stupid.
"That would be nice." Rose replied while I was having my internal debate. My brain froze; she had just accepted my invitation. "I'll go clean up, and then I'll meet you out front." She walked away to the changing rooms, leaving me stunned.
It took a minute for what had just happened to sink in. I then grabbed my stuff and went to the front of the building to give the key for the room back and to meet Rose.