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Chapter 8:

Rose POV:

I couldn't help myself, and so I made discrete movements towards Tasha's room to see what was inside. I probably shouldn't have but I couldn't help it. I needed to know. Before giving up, I caught a glimpse of a shirtless figure. The person was built and tanned, but it was definitely a guy.

"Tasha I really would love to come with you, but I kind of have to go. I'll see you tomorrow ok?" said Dimitri, trying hard to get away from Tasha. Right as he was walking away, the shirtless guy came out of Tasha's room. He looked like he had just taken a shower.

"Hey, what's his deal" he asked, while putting an arm around Tasha's shoulder. She squirmed at her face went ghost white. "Was he bothering you Tash?" he asked staring daggers at Dimitri, who had just realized that there was a male presence behind him. When he turned around he looked from the guy to Tasha, and then back again. I could see a million questions rush through his mind.

I probably shouldn't have been there, but I felt like whatever was going to happen was not going to be pretty. I needed to be here in case Dimitri needed my help. As I looked at him longer, I saw his facial expression change from incomprehension to anger. He looked like he was ready to take on an army of swordsmen. I backed up slowly and hoped that nobody would notice if I left, but Dimitri's eyes were on mine, no longer angry but asking for help, almost pleading. Then suddenly out of nowhere he made his way to the guy holding Tasha, and pinned him to the wall with only one hand around the guy's neck. I gasped feeling scared at the situation I found in front of me.

"Did you sleep with her? Did you f*cking sleep with her, Eddie?" growled Dimitri. There were no words to describe his voice. It was no longer the sweet velvety Russian accent I loved. This was a cold and vicious voice that sent chills down my spine. Had he been directing this tone to me, I would have melted, but this guy just stood there looked at Dimitri with no fear in his eyes whatsoever.

"Yes Dimitri, I slept with her." He said calmly "I only did what I did because I knew she was unhappy with you. Have you any idea how many times she has come to me crying and wondering what she did wrong?" asked the guy, or Eddie, as Dimitri had called him. "You never cared for her like I did, and you never tried as hard as I did, you just landed her, because you're you, Dimitri. You don't freaking deserve her! So I had to resort to last minute measure," yelled Eddie, with anger and passion in his eyes.

I looked over at Tasha who was contemplating her next move. What came next was completely unexpected. She landed on the floor crying and weeping. Her whole face turned red and tears streamed down her milky skin.

"I'm sorry Dimitri, I tried to stop it, but he had a gun, and threatened to kill you if I didn't give in to him" let out Tasha. I looked over at Eddie with terrified eyes and could tell he was thinking hard. That what he had mean by resorting to last measure? He wouldn't meet Dimitri's eyes anymore, and I saw his hand gradually move to his right-hand side pocket.

"Is this true Eddie?" Demanded Dimitri, looking horrified and shifting his gaze to where Eddie's hand was traveling. "Who the hell do you think you are? You were my best friend, and you think you can go around taking advantage of women like that?" Before he was even done talking, he had sucker punched Eddie in the face and had started beating him up.

"Dimitri!" yelled Tasha "Stop it please, just please call security please!" she pleaded at the horrid scene that was unfolding right in front of her eyes. It was obvious that she hadn't expected the brawl, but knew that it would attract attention. He didn't listen to her. He kept beating him up, throwing a punch everywhere and anywhere. I couldn't watch anymore and so made my way to Dimitri and held on to his shoulder.

"Dimitri! Please" I said barely a whisper, but I knew he heard me, because the next second, his eyes were locked on mine and I was caught short on air. "Let him go, please" I begged. I hated seeing him like this. I always thought that he was in control of everything, but I knew now that it wasn't true. He fought to stay in control; he lost his temper, quicker that Adrian got drunk.

He was still staring at me. I looked away, because the intensity was too much for me to handle. He let go of Eddie, who ran for his life out of the dorm. Instead of looking over at Tasha, he looked at me, as if grateful that I was here. At once his guard went up again and he moved to Tasha, who had a horrified look of shock on her face. She was still crying, and I could honestly not know how much of what she had said what true, but the next moment, Dimitri had grabbed hold of her and had pulled her in for an embrace. He helped her get to her feet and started walking her to her room. A minute or so later he came out, I guesses that he put her to bed.

"Thank you Rose," he said quietly, avoiding my gaze. "I… I don't know what happened, but you saved me from making a very big mistake." He whispered.

"No," I stammered "You would have done it yourself, or Tasha would have helped" I said, not liking the attention that I was getting. "And to be completely honest, I shouldn't have witnessed this. It was not my place to be" I said slowly avoiding his mesmerizing brown eyes.

"Yeah, about that, could you… uh not tell anyone about this. I don't want to see it coming out," he said awkwardly.

"Yeah, totally, I'll just… uh I have to go check on Adrian" I said and made my way to my room. "I'll see you tomorrow, in class" I said with a fake smile. I could not have made a genuine one even if I had wanted to. I was still in shock.

We said our goodbyes and I went into my room. I saw Adrian who had just finished his shower and was only wearing his jeans. His hair was wet and I realized that it brought out his green eyes. His chest was breathtaking, he may not work out when I'm around but I knew that he maintained his six-pack with care. I was able to appreciate him even more because his chest wasn't hairy. I liked it that way, because it brought out his lean build.

I smiled at him and went to grab a night suit. I quickly went into the bathroom and changed into a red tank top and a pair or black shorts. I brushed my teeth and combed my hair, then made my way out of the bathroom, to find Adrian lounged on my bed.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked looking at Adrian. "Get out of my bed!" I scream-whispered, scarred that I might wake Lissa up. All he did was smirk at me and scooted over on the bed, and then tapped the free area.

"Fine," I snapped "But I kick, in my sleep, so be warned that if you find yourself on the floor in the morning, its not my fault." I said with a knowing smile. I lay down on the bed next to him, and made a show of taking most of the blanket. He only chuckled and took all the hard-to-get stunts I pulled past him. I sighed in defeat, and scooted closer to him, placing my arm over his chest. Within a few moments I was blown into a peaceful oblivion.

Adrian POV:

I woke up with Rose in my arms, lets just say that I could definitely get used to the feeling. I loved the way she smelled and felt against my bare chest. She may not fit perfectly into my arms, but her slow and deep breathing kept me mesmerized at the thought of what she had said to me yesterday. She had wanted to be my girlfriend. Or had given me the chance to prove myself worthy of her. I wasn't, and I knew it. I couldn't possibly accept her, because everything that she meant to me, every feeling I had of her, was meant nothing to her. She didn't read the same things into a touch. For me they were my whole world.

I still felt irritated that Dimitri had to come and get me, but deep down inside, I felt at peace knowing that there was no way that she was going to choose him. He had hurt her without even knowing it, and now I could see in her eyes that all he was to her was a friend. And not even an important friend. Just an acquaintance, from God knows how long ago. With that thought still running in my head, I felt sleep crest again, with her in my arms, I held her fragile body against mine, praying that the moment would last. Soon my breathing became as steady as hers and my eyes could no longer stay awake, so I gave up and let sleep take over me.

When I next woke up, Rose was gone, I assumed that she was in class. Looking over to her bedside table I saw that it was almost noon. Hurriedly, I got out of bed and got dressed. I figured that Rose would not appreciate it if she found me snooping around her room, but I couldn't help but stare at the photograph that was settles right next to the alarm clock. It was a picture of Rose, Lissa and me from our trip to Disneyland. We all looked so happy, Rose with her mysterious beauty, and Lissa with her sweet loveliness. I closed my eyes, and wished for that time to return, knowing very well that that would not happen. It was stupid, but I did it anyway. When I was ready, I left, making my way to the car. I sat down in it, and then remembered that I had three more hours to kill before Rose was done with school. I decided to make my way to the beach and drove aimlessly.

Rose POV:

This morning had been really awkward. Firstly, when I woke up, it was to find a smirking Lissa look at me and then at Adrian. I hadn't realized that he was still there. Of course, he was still there, but I couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that last night had actually happened. I had witnessed Dimitri's anger for the first time, and then Adrian's drunk talk. I had looked over at Lissa and had mouthed: "What?". Her reply had been a smile that soon disappeared, she had tapped her watch to try and tell me that I was late. I climbed out of bed slowly, in fear of waking Adrian. Truly it was out of fear that he might start talking.

I rushed to the bathroom, and took the quickest shower I had ever taken. Obviously the water was freezing. I assumed that Lissa had used up all the warm water. When I was done I ran to my cupboard and pulled out any pair of jeans out. Ironically, they were the black ones that Adrian had badgered me about. I sighed and put them on; I wasn't exactly scared that Adrian would see me. He was out cold. I looked for a nice shirt, to wear for my first day of college. Finally I picked out a white-collar shirt that went right above my knees, so I decided to wear a belt on the shirt. I jumped around trying to put on my heels. Now that my parents weren't around I could wear what I wanted, and I was going to make the most of it. Quickly I applied some mascara, and a bit of lip-gloss.

When I was done, both Lissa and I made a run for it. We were the two awkward, yet stunningly opposite girls running to get to a class, that they didn't know the whereabouts of.

"Lissa, where the hell am I going?" I yelled as we ran to a big building. It was a stone structure and didn't look like much. The inside was a different story entirely. It was beautifully furnished, and it truly did not look like a school. More like a castle.

"This used to be a palace inhabited by a very important ruler." Lissa explained, when she saw my wonder. Figures, I thought.

"So… What class do you have first?" I asked her confused. She had never told me what she was here to learn. I mean this was a musical theater college. "Wait what are you planning on doing?" I looked at her questioningly. Lissa couldn't sing.

"I am going to major in dance." She said simply. Of course, how had I not thought of that before? She was an amazing dancer. She knew them all, from ballet to the tango.

"I can't believe I didn't see it sooner. Im sorry, I guess I can be kinda self involved sometimes." I said apologetically.

"Are you kidding? Who do you think you got that from?" she asked smiling. I loved her for that. No matter how much I messed up, she had a heart of gold that always forgave me.

"Alrighty then, where to next?" I asked her

"Drama, of course!" she yelled at me. "I took your schedule and made sure that every compulsory class, we had together," she said sweetly. That was Lissa, making sure she didn't lose her best friend. I hugged her and we headed to Drama.

When we reached the classroom, I noticed a vast stage. This wasn't an ordinary class; it was like a mini auditorium. I smiled thinking that this was going to be my life for the next four years.

"Good morning" I heard a deep velvety accented voice say from behind me. I turned around to find Dimitri looking right at me. I smiled.

"Hey, how are you?" I asked wondering how he was copping with last night's drama.

"I'm fine I guess. Had a ruff time sleeping though." He said honestly. "Ah Lissa, good morning! I haven't seen you in so long," he said with a surprisingly striking smile.

"Dimitri! Oh my God, what are you doing here? Hell, you go here to don't you?" she said babbling. She went to him and hugged him. Lissa was a sweetheart and absolutely beautiful, even a half blind person could tell that. Yet it wasn't just her looks that attracted people to her. She was the nicest person on the planet. She also knew everyone, and everyone loved her. I smiled, remembering that Dimitri and Lissa had always been friendly.

"HAHA yeah I was really shocked to see Rose a few days ago. She mentioned you were here." He said kindly, but he wasn't looking at Lissa when he said this, he was looking right at me. I shifted the foot I was leaning on and looked around uncomfortably.

"Alright then, Hello class!" said a sweet voice from behind me. "Will you all settle down? Thank you, now who can tell me why there are not chairs in this classroom?" asked the teacher.

"Because in drama class we always have to be warmed up for any kind of performance, and siting makes you lazy." Said a girl from the back of the class.

"Precisely! Thank you Mia. Now if everybody will make a circle and hold hands." As soon as she said this everyone giggled. "Yes, yes I know we are not in preschool, but I do know that the boys are dying to hold these lovely girls hands." She said with a sweet voice. I automatically liked her. She knew how to joke around and was very nice and easygoing.

We all did as she asked, and I ended up between Dimitri and Lissa. I held on to Lissa's hand with ease, but when I looked over to Dimtitri, our eyes locked, and we extended our hand to each other. When our hands met, I felt a spark that sent chills down my whole body. I looked away hurriedly, and thought of anything but his hand against mine.

"Now I would like everyone of you to introduce yourselves to use, by giving your full name and the thing that brings you most joy in life" Said the teacher. "Oh silly me, I'll demonstrate. My name is Ms. Kirova and I would rather you call me plain Kirova, no titles in this room. The thing that gives me most joy in life is being on stage in front of a full house audience. I am an actress. Now your turn, honey" She smiled at the girl standing next to her. I realized that it was the same girl that had answered he question.

"My name is Mia Rinaldi and…" I zoned out so I didn't hear what she had to say. I wondered where Adrian could be right about now. I looked at my watch and realized that it was almost noon. Noon was about when Adrian usually woke up. I assumed he would be making his way to yet another bar.

Just as I was thinking, I got a nudge from Lissa. I understood immediately that it was my turn to speak. What had she been asking me to say about myself again? Oh right, what brang most joy to my life.

"My Name is Rosemarie Mazur Hathaway and…" My voice trailed off suddenly, and I realized that I love music but it wasn't the sole joy in my life. Adrian and Lissa were. I would trade music for them any day. I didn't know whether I should share this with the class, but figured that honesty was indeed the best policy. "My greatest joy in life, is spending time with my two favorite people in the world" I smiled at Lissa as I said this, and she understood perfectly well that the other person was Adrian.

"My name is Dimitri Belikov, and the greatest joy of my life is knowing that no matter how hard life gets, I have you to pull me back on track." He said it as if he were whispering a prayer. He looked directly at me when he said this, and it made me blush, I couldn't help it. I shifted my gaze to the rest of the class and hoped that no one had caught his little confession. Obviously the rest of the class was half bored to death, but I saw the teacher give a small hidden smile when she looked at Dimitri and me. I could instantly tell what was going through her mind, and I wasn't sure Tasha would like it.

I quickly looked around the class to see if she was there, but thank goodness, she wasn't. That would have been a disaster. I don't even know why I was so concerned. Its not like I had said it. That had been Dimitri.

When class was finally over, my thoughts were no longer on Dimitri, but how I had managed to stand through a painfully long introduction to drama class. It had lasted almost two hours, because Kirova was going through our entire syllabus for the semester.

"Liss? What class do we have next? And do we get a break in between?" I asked all whiney. It wasn't usually my thing to do that, but in special cases I couldn't help it. I looked over at Lissa hopefully and all she did was shrug and smile. I knew she was trying to be a smarty, so I jumped on her back and had a mini war with her over the schedule. I won of course. Smiling in knowing defeat she walked on.

"Dance?" I asked. "You signed me up for freaking dance? Lissa you know how hard u suck!" I whined some more.

Suddenly out of nowhere Dimitri was at my side, looking over my schedule.

"Hey! We have dance together. Well actually its kind of tango dancing. There are three dance classes, and look we have all three of them together." He said happily. Three dance classes? I was going to kill Lissa. I looked over to her so I could shoot daggers at her, but she had disappeared. Great, I made a mental note to stab her later.

"Oh right, dancing… not my thing. I think I'm going to drop those and stick to all the music classes." I said apologetically looking to find the registration office.

"Oh, but you are already signed up for all the music classes. It's dance or art, your pick. But I'm pretty damn sure you still got some moves to bring to the table don't you Hathaway." He joked, and I was pretty sure that was the first time I had felt so easy around him. He was the love of my high school life, but in college, right now, he felt like a guy friend whom I felt I could really talk to. I sighed and nodded.

"All right, but there is no way I'm partnering with you for this, I'll kick you butt" I said playfully.

"Oh I do not think so, weren't you the one who just said that you sucked at dancing?" he countered, and I could tell we both were enjoying this a little too much. "Anyways I have been doing dance for years, hoping that it could get me into this school, so what makes you think I'd partner up with you?" he asked his eyes narrowing in a victorious kind of way.

I was at loss of words and couldn't think up a response. Thankfully the bell saved me a few seconds later. We stood there looking intently into each other's eyes. After a few brief moments we realized that the halls around us were empty, so we made a run for it. I didn't know where I was going and so at a turning when I was going in one direction, Dimitri quickly held my hand and rushed me into the opposite direction. Even after he had fixed my mistake, he kept a firm grip on my hand, and I felt a fluttery feeling pass all through me.

What was I thinking? I had just figure that I wanted to be Dimitri's friend, nothing more. All that had been high school. This was college, but then why did he still make me feel so fluttery? I didn't know, but I figured what the hell? If this is going to happen, I'm not going to stop it.

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