Ok here we are again after another...what is it 3 years this time? I'm promising nothing as far as updating goes as clearly I cannot be trusted to stick to a deadline. Anyone who is still with me thank you SO much and I am really really sorry, its taken so long. I won't abandon it though, I promise :P We might hit double digit chapters this year even!
I am currently looking for a beta to help catch the little mistakes I miss and also to advise me a little on writing a lemon scene because I've never written one before. Just to clarify, by lemon I do NOT mean girl on girl! :P I'm hoping we might hit 100 reviews for the first time ever, which would be great so every review will be cherished.
This chapter is also dedicated to Roseclary93 for being the BEST reviewer ever and reviewing every chapter even though I am total hell for updating when I say I will. Thanks hun!
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I woke up the following morning feeling so tired, it was as if I hadn't slept at all. Which in all honesty I probably hadn't. I had spent the whole night lying there grinning like a Cheshire cat, thinking of Dimitri and what I was pretty sure would've happened if Alberta hadn't interrupted us.
I knew I was in for one Hell of an interrogation when Lissa got hold of me. There was no way I would get away with sneaking in through her window in the middle of the night having just snuck out of my mentors bedroom and not giving her any details.
Sighing, I looked at the clock and realised I was going to be late for Animal Behaviour. I rolled out of bed and started getting ready for the day.
Despite it being one of my favourite classes I barely heard a word said, I was so busy fielding frantically whispered questions from Lissa.
"ROSE!" She hissed as quietly as she could manage while still conveying exactly how much she was dying to know.
"TELL me, will you?! Did anything...you know...HAPPEN?"
"No!" I hissed back, trying to sound appalled at the very thought.
"Well...almost."
Lissa let out a squeal loud enough to attract half the classes attention and earn us a glare from the teacher, who was yet another substitute. Half the staff seemed to be ill at the moment. None of them seemed to be teaching the subjects they were supposed to be teaching.
Lissa quickly composed herself and waited until the lesson was underway again before whispering
"I KNEW it! You are telling me more! Later." The last was quickly added as we received a second warning glare and offer to share with the class, what we found so important.
4th period couldn't come around soon enough and when we all changed into workout clothes and sat around the gym mats for demonstration, I found myself looking forward to seeing Dimitri.
As we waited for him to show up I realised that a couple of my classmates were whispering amongst themselves off to my left. I grinned at them, about to ask what the joke was. Then as they looked uncomfortable and glanced away it hit me that they were talking about me.
I felt a burning anger in the pit of my belly and forced myself not to say anything or walk out. Looking back towards the door, I saw Dimitri standing there watching them with a frown.
He strode onto the mat and immediately began a lecture on a new type of throw he would be teaching us.
Half an hour later the ones who had been whispering were wincing instead as a result of a particularly vicious lesson on landing correctly. He was supposed to be teaching everyone how to throw an opponent from a difficult angle but certain students seemed to be doing more flying through the air and crashing to the mat than doing the actual throwing.
I wasn't too inclined to believe that Aiden, one of my worst tormentors, missing the mat and hitting the floor instead was entirely accidental either. Part of me wondered if Dimitri was enjoying this a bit too much. Another part of me was cheering every time I saw one of them go slamming into the mat.
I hesitated for a moment at the end of the lesson, feeling inexplicably shy now that we were alone for the first time since last night. The knot in my stomach loosened a little as he offered me a sheepish grin.
"Sleep okay?" His question was so innocuous, yet at the same time so totally loaded that I couldn't help myself and burst out laughing. He blinked in surprise for a second before joining in as he apparently realised how it had sounded.
It took us both a few minutes and several false stops to calm down and when he finally stopped chuckling he leaned back against the desk and regarded me. Ironically enough he looked more relaxed than he had in weeks and I wondered if I looked the same.
"What did you tell Lissa?" He asked after a moment. I grimaced slightly.
"Not enough, apparently. She knows, kind of, no details or anything but she still keeps asking me all these questions. We should use her as an interrogator."
He laughed a little and shook his head.
"Well I have good news for you anyway. Our lessons are being reinstated. We'll be supervised obviously but we can start your training again tomorrow."
My head shot up from where I had absolutely not been scoping out the fit of his jeans and I felt my jaw drop slightly.
"Are you serious?"
"There is one condition."
"I knew it!"
"You have to go to weekly sessions with Laura until she's satisfied that our relationship is completely innocent. Apparently she thinks that we're forming an unhealthy attachment and wants to nip it in the bud before it goes any further." He was smiling a little and I had to laugh at how stupidly late this intervention was coming.
"See you in the morning then, Comrade."
