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DPOV
I was sitting in the academy infirmary with Lissa and Rose. Rose, who was still unconscious lying motionless in the bed. I should have helped her. We should have fought as a team, not separately. Maybe this wouldn't have happened.
"Dimitri?" Lissa asked, "Can you tell me what happened?" She kept asking me this. I was too busy talking to the doctors and nurses earlier to answer her the 20 times she asked.
So now that we are finally free of the doctors and nurses. I guess I should explain.
I told her how as soon as we got to our post, strigoi started attacking. Rose and I both had our hands full, but we were managing. For a little while. More and more strigoi kept coming at us. One caught Rose of guard and bit her neck while pinning her to the ground. I guess she didn't notice because she got right back up and continued to fight. She even seemed puzzled when she began moving lethargically. This gave the strigoi and opening, he sunk his fangs into her arm and she couldn't defend herself any longer. She was losing blood too fast. With her luck, she stumbled back, the strigoi falling on top of her. Her stake just happened to be in the perfect position. The strigoi was to distracted from drinking her blood to notice he was about to impale himself on her stake when he landed on top of her.
I wish I could have helped her, but I was beginning to have trouble fighting off the 6 strigoi around me. Luckily dhampirs at near posts noticed the commotion and came over to help. There were only 20 strigoi, but they had decided to just come over the west wall, which was why we were having so much trouble. Eventually we managed to finish them off and a couple hours later, the academy was deemed safe. Except for Rose.
She had lost so much blood. I had lost count of the transfusions. But finally she was stable. Safe, for now. The doctors said they weren't sure when she would wake up. When ever her body had adjusted to the new blood.
Lissa had also asked me about the other night… she almost got as mad as Rose. Almost. Once she had finished ranting, I was finally able to explain the situation.
"Fae is… controlling. We were together for 7 months. She was nice enough, but as our relationship developed she became… different. She was rude too other girls she didn't like, she would make a weekly schedule for me that I had to follow, and would freak out if I had to change my plans. We just grew apart. To be honest I can't even remember why I started going out with her. Right after I broke up with her, she told everyone we were still together. And she acted like we were. She would text me, make plans for us to go out, come by my room, even though I constantly repeated that we were not together. She is getting better, but she still has completely given up yet. Which is what Rose witnessed the other night.
Once I finished the story Lissa was ready with questions.
"So you and Fae aren't together? At all? And you don't have any feelings for her?
"No we aren't together. At all. And the only person I have feelings for is Rose. She… she makes me feel different. But I'm really going to have to turn on the charm to get her to change her mind about me." I smirk at Lissa and she rolls her eyes.
"Well lucky for you I believe you. And I will try to help. She's being smiling more, and the things she says about you…" she stops abrubtly. Clearly that is one of those girl secrets where they can't say anything to anyone.
"Thanks, I appreciate it. I just hope she wakes up soon." I say as Lissa nods and yawns.
"I'll be right back. I'm going to go get a sandwich, do you want one?"
"Nah, I'm good." I say as she looks from Rose to me, smiles, and leaves.
I sit back in my chair and admire Rose. She's beautiful, even lying in a hospital bed battered and bruised. I haven't been able to take my eyes of her since the moment I saw her. Maybe I was a player. But I don't want to be a player anymore. I just want to be with her. No one has ever made me feel this way. I just wish she knew it.
I can't believe I saved her. I hadn't known how much blood she had lost. But it was enough to stop her heart. I wanted to save her, she deserved to live. I had only known her for a little over a week, but I knew I wanted more time with her.
So maybe I was selfish.
Maybe I was caught up in the moment.
Maybe that's why I decided to use my spirit healing to bring her back to life.
WHAT? A dhampir with spirit….. hmmm.
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