Redemption
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Chapter Seven
"So, what do you want to talk about?" I asked, leaning against the stone cold pillar and giving him a small smile which was the best I could muster up.
"I think you know exactly what I want to talk about" He scoffed, folding his arms across his chest, his fine, brown eyebrows raised at me. "How about why did you even tell Lissa in the first place that we kissed?"
"Dimitri, she's my best friend" I started. "We share everything with each other and, at that point, I needed someone talk to about what had happened because I couldn't get my head around it and Lissa is always the one who can make me feel better about bad situations."
"Why can't you have just tried to tell someone who you can trust?" He asked. My eyes widened at his words. Was he for real?
"I trust Lissa with my own life!" I snapped, crossing my arms and taking on a posture very similar to his. "She trusts her brother and I can't blame her for that or expect anything less than that."
"You should have spoken to me about it instead of Lissa" Dimitri argued. "After all, I was the one who you kissed and I was trustworthy. The worst thing about all of this is that you don't even realise that you shouldn't have told her."
"What do you mean I should have spoken to you" I asked, disbelief becoming clear in my voice. "You tore out of that goddamn house before I even got a chance to utter a word. You made it crystal clear that I was the last person you wanted to talk to"
"You just had to give me time and then I would have been more comfortable with talking about it" He said. "I'm not used to awkward situations like this and I had just told you about my sister. Excuse me if my reaction wasn't up to your standards."
"Look, Dimitri, so what if Andre knows?" I asked. "He's your friend and he won't betray your trust if you just tell him how you feel. He won't ruin your reputation by telling the school that you kissed the pathetic new girl."
"Oh, don't even try to make me feel bad" He hissed. "There is no way that I'm in the wrong here and there is no possible way that the reason that I don't want people finding out is because you're the new girl. You're a hell of a lot less pathetic than half the girls here, but you just don't know when to shut your mouth."
"Hey, I do know when to shut my mouth" I snapped. "I just like my opinions to be heard and you're a fine one to talk about that." He simply stared for a few seconds without blinking before whirling around and storming off. In the few days I had known Dimitri, I had never thought he was a coward.
I didn't feel up to screaming and shouting after him, so I set off to find Lissa. I couldn't tell if it was because I wanted to shout at her for telling Andre that I had kissed Dimitri or because I really just wanted a friend to be with.
She stood at the other side of the bridge, her eyes holding fear and worry making it clear to me that she had been told by Andre that I was going to be looking for her and that I wasn't going to be in a good mood. As soon as her eyes rested on mine, she gave me a gentle smile and beckoned me to her.
"What do you think you're doing telling Andre about things that I told you in confidence?" I asked, my voice becoming a hoarse whisper. "I've just had to defend you to Dimitri and now he's mad at me again. You're not making it very easy for me to get him to stop hating you."
"I'm sorry, Rose" She apologised, taking my hand as if that was going to please me. "I really didn't expect Andre to even talk about it ever again. He wouldn't stop bothering me about it and I really thought that telling him would be the best choice."
"You still shouldn't have done it" I grumbled, beginning to really need my best friend to just tell me that everything is going to be okay. "You're lucky that I'm upset right now." Lissa gave me a look of horror at the fact that I was upset before wrapping her arms around me in a friendly way.
"I'm guessing that Dimitri isn't very happy" Lissa sighed. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
"No, it's not your fault" I retorted. "Dimitri's always been a moron. Look at him" I turned her around, so she could see down to the bottom of the courtyard where Dimitri was stalking away.
"Man, he does not look happy at all" Lissa whined. "I'm sure he'll realise that he's being an idiot soon enough and then he'll be sucking it up to you soon enough."
"It doesn't matter if soon he wants to start sucking it up to me because it'll only be a matter of days until he deems it an appropriate time to start arguing with me again." I explained, hanging my head in utter annoyance. It seemed as though there was never going to be a way to get out of these continuous arguments with Dimitri. My life at this school was going to be a vicious circle when it came to that antsy, teenage boy.
"He'll realise that you're the one that he loves and then he'll come crawling back for good" Lissa assured. I was just about to nod and agree with her when I really realised what she was saying.
"Lissa, what the hell are you even talking about?" I asked, my eyes going wide. "There is no possible way that Dimitri loves me. I'm starting to believe that he thinks I'm his worst enemy."
"If Dimitri didn't care about you, he wouldn't be wasting his time arguing with you and then making it up to you" Lissa explained, her smile smug. "Dimitri isn't the kind of guy who goes around kissing a girl he's only known for a couple of days if he doesn't believe that anything can come of it. He's just not very good with explaining his feelings, but he does like you."
"You're crazy, Lissa" I grinned, draping my arm over her shoulder as the bell rang and everyone headed to their next lesson. "But I love you, anyway."
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The end of the day soon rolled by and I had to face Andre again. Yes, I was incredibly annoyed at him. It wasn't for the fact that he had said what he did to Dimitri, but it was because no one had pulled him up on it. I faced the heat from Dimitri and Lissa faced the heat from me. Surely it's Andre's turn now.
"Rose, before you start shouting the odds at me, I think you should let me explain" Andre said as soon as I walked near him with Lissa on my side.
"I'm not talking to you right now except to tell you that I am so aggravated with you" I snapped. "Why would you even think it was a smart move to tell Dimitri that you 'knew what our lips were doing?'"
"To be fair, Lissa is the one to blame" Andre averted. "She's the one who told me in the first place."
"Trust me, she's already had a mouthful from me" I scoffed. "You were the one who kept pestering her to tell you."
"You make a fair point, Hathaway" Andre sighed as we began to walk out of the school. "I apologise, hun" Oh, did he really think I was that stupid to let him sweet talk me into forgiving him? Ah, it may have worked when I was fourteen, but not anymore.
"Don't even go there" I sighed as we stepped out of the school gates and peered around for the car. Andre stepped out onto the road before turning back to me with a sloppy grin on his face.
"Come on, Rose, you can't stay mad-" Oh, how I wished he'd finished that sentence.
"ANDRE!" I screamed, but it was all too late. It came out of nowhere. A red Passat came flying around the corner and straight into Andre. I knew then that I would never be able to wipe the image of Andre smashing over a car hood out of my mind and never would I be able to block the sound of Andre skidding across the road from my ears.
"Oh my God, someone call an ambulance!" Lissa screeched, running straight out into the road to Andre's side. The car had skidded to a halt and the driver clambered out. He was only young, his blonde hair now ruffled, his head bleeding slightly from the impact, but his eyes were wild with fear.
"Don't just stand there, do something" I snapped, running to Lissa's side. She was sobbing her heart out and pulling Andre closer to her. "Lissa, you can't move him, you might just make it worse."
"What do I do, Rose?" She asked as the place started to fill up. So many of the boys craning their necks to see and so many of the girls hiding behind them as they wept. After all, Andre was popular.
"You've just got to wait for the ambulance to get here and then they're going to take him to the hospital and he's going to be just fine" I assured, desperately trying to keep the fear out of my voice. He looked pretty bad. His head was bleeding and his wrist was bent in a way that it certainly shouldn't be.
Before I knew it, the sirens sounded and everyone moved out of the way apart from me and Lissa. It was all just a haze to me. I couldn't quite block it all out, but I couldn't focus on anything either. I just sat there and tried to watch Lissa get in the ambulance with Andre. A hand closed around my arm and pulled me from the floor. The support was ever so welcome.
"Roza, come with me" A voice whispered in my ear, a hand snaking around my waist to help me walk away. "Rhea and Lissa will be busy in the hospital. You can spend the night at my place."
"Dimitri, is that you?" I asked. Roza sounded familiar and I was sure that it was only ever him that called me that.
"Yeah, it's me" He sighed, pulling me away from the crowds of people. "Roza, are you hurt?"
"No, I'm fine" I assured. "Dimitri, what do I do? What if Andre's not going to be okay?" He hesitated before he answered, leading me to believe that Andre not making it was a very real possibility.
"We've just got to hope that that doesn't happen" Dimitri whispered. "I can't lose my best friend. I've lost my sister and I just can't lose him." It was at that moment that I realised that what I was feeling was going to be ten times worse for Dimitri. His family was just starting to get over Viktoria's death and now there was the possibility that they would have to deal with Andre's.
"I'm sorry, Dimitri" I cried, pulling him into my arms and just letting him cling to me. I would give anything at this very moment to have Andre back and tell him that I wasn't angry with him and that I didn't really care about the fact that he had told Dimitri. I just wanted Andre back.
I'm so sorry. Don't hate me :'( Well, it was just a little more added drama. Hope you all enjoyed it, though!
