The next day I was again sitting with Roza praying for her to wake up when all of a sudden her fingers twitched and her eyes fluttered. I thought I imagined it but when she groaned I knew she was waking up.
"Roza, I know you can hear me. It's time to wake up. I need you to wake up."
This time she managed to open her eyes. She looked around and saw that she was in the medical centre.
"Roza. Roza don't scare me like that again. I was so worried. How are you feeling? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Why were you worried? Who are you? Where's Lissa? Is she okay?"
When she said that I felt my heart break slightly. I wondered if she had amnesia or whether she was just messing around.
"Roza, don't you remember me? I'm Dimitri Belikov. I bought you and the princess back to the academy a couple of months ago. I've been training you. I love you."
Whoa! I didn't expect that. Her eyes went as wide as golf balls bugging out of her head when I told her I loved her. SO maybe she wasn't messing around.
While she was having her mental rant, I had been moving closer to her. When she finally noticed I was leaning towards her and the next thing I knew I was kissing her. The kiss was earth shattering. It felt as if she and the kiss was the only thing in the world.
As sudden as the kiss started it ended. It only ended when we heard a gasp. I turned around and saw Mia standing there in shock. She was looking at me like I was crazy. Why would she think I was crazy? I was just kissing Roza, my sexy badass student.
Then as soon as that thought crossed my mind I realised what was wrong with that picture. I was kissing Roza. Roza, my student. She looked at me and saw that I had my guardian mask on.
"Mia, it isn't what it looks like."
"Well, please enlighten me as to what is going on because all I saw was you kissing your seven year older mentor."
Well right about now would be where she should tell the truth but she's Rose Hathaway and she doesn't go down without a fight. So she decided to lie. Like usual. She's a very good liar when she wants to be. I'm the only person who can tell when she's lying.
"I wasn't kissing Dimitri. We were having a very intense conversation and I happened to be leaning forward. It may have looked like we were kissing but we weren't."
At this point in time she chose to look over at me and saw that I had my guardian mask up. Although I had my mask up I had amusement and scorn in my eyes. She looked back at Mia and saw that she didn't believe her at all.
"I don't believe you. I know you and I know that you were lying. You were kissing Belikov and I want to know why."
As she was about to speak I cut her off. Usually I don't stop her from talking. She was wondering what I had to say.
"Mia, Rose was kissing me and I was kissing her. We love each other and I don't care what anyone thinks anymore. I almost lost her. When she passed out and started spasming, I was so scared. I thought I was going to lose you Rose. I love you and never want to lose you."
"Dimitri. What happened back in Spokane? Why don't I remember anything? Did everyone get out ok? Why are you here Mia?"
When she finished talking, she noticed Mia and I looking at each other. Then I turned to her and spoke.
"Roza. When we got to Spokane and found you in that house, you were standing over Mason. You almost attacked us with a sword. You didn't but when you dropped it, you collapsed on the floor. I rushed to you and then you started talking but passed out mid sentence. You started having a seizure or something and your skull was cracked. Then you went freezing cold and unresponsive. You died." By this time I was close to tears. "Roza we brought you back but you've been in a coma for two months now. I was so worried. So was your mother."
"Why was I standing over Mason? Is he alright?"
"Roza, I'm sorry. Mason had his neck snapped."
"Rose, he went back for you. He thought you would have died if he didn't. When he died, you went crazy. It was like you were possessed or something. You cut both Strigoi's head off."
"Roza, I know it's a lot to take in but-"
"Get out."
"Rose, it's going to be al-"
"Get out! I don't want you here! It's your fault he is dead. If you had stopped him from returning he would still be alive. GET OUT!"
Mia looked frightened. She ran out the door as fast as she could but I stayed. In fact I started edging closer to her.
"Didn't you hear me? I told you to leave."
"Roza it's going to be fine. I'm here for you. It's alright to feel this way. It's not your fault he died."
She must have zoned out or something because when she looked up and saw me looking at her worried. She didn't want to talk or see anyone at the moment so she rolled over so her back was facing me.
"Roza, please. I'm here to help. Let me help you get through this. Talk to me. Please, don't shut me out."
"Dimitri, please. I know you're here and want to help but you can't. Please just leave. I need some space. Please just leave."
"Roza, I will leave you be for now but I will be back in the morning to check on you. If you need anything please don't hesitate to call or come and see me. I'm not going to leave you. Oh...if you were wondering, I told Tasha that I couldn't take her offer, not when someone else already has my heart." With that I left.
