JAR OF HEARTS
~~*~~*~~*~~*~~CHAPTER 9~~*~~*~~*~~*~~
Dimitri
I woke up and looked into familiar eyes. I couldn't work out how I knew them, just did. This has been happening for... Well since the day Yeva told me about Rose, this same routine of staring into familiar, yet unfamiliar eyes when I wake up.
"Dimitri" a females voice purred seductively, I tried looking for the owner of the voice, but the room was dark, I'd heard this voice a few times during my stay here, yet I had never seen this persons face.
"What do you want with me?" I seethed "you've had me here for ages, and yet you haven't done anything with me." I say annoyed.
"It's not you I want Dimka, you are just a means to an end." the voice said cackling. I didn't understand, how would I help them?
"Who do you want then?" I asked.
"That is for me to know and you never to find out," I the male voice whispered.
Rose
"Stay here, Rose!" My mother shouted, I tried to protest but I was held back by sparky. I broke down into tears after that. Why was everything falling apart?
Eventually I fell asleep, with no word about what was happening outside. I know I should have been awake looking after Lissa and sparky, but I knew Eddie would take care of them and sparky could just set strigoi on fire.
I was startled awake by an earthquake; well technically it was someone shaking me, but it felt like an earthquake.
"What?" I growled; it was Tasha.
"I'm sorry Rose, but I'd like to talk to you?" She asked. I nodded and sat up.
"What do you want to talk about?" Asked, kindly, I mean sure Tasha was in love with the love of my life, but who wouldn't be?
"Ummm, Dimitri..." She trailed of and I took a breath, I nodded and she continued.
"I don't love Dimitri the way you think I do. Yes, I once did; but not anymore and to be honest if I had known what I know now about you and him, I would have marched his arse right back here the second I cold of, but I didn't and for that I'm sorry. You see from the second that man meet me at the airport twelve weeks ago, he was a wreck, he kept to himself and when I tried asking him about it he said that he had done something horrible, he had done one of the worst things a man could do for a women, I knew he wouldn't hit a women, so I didn't understand but now I do," she took a deep breath, and continued
"and for that I'm sorry. I would never have let him come be my guardian if I knew that he had left the love of his life, because she was his student, but left her pregnant as well; I would have killed him, I still might. You see Rose, I've realized something since then, I don't love Dimitri the way I thought I did, he is my friend, not my lover , not anything, I hope you accept my apology and that one day we can get along; I mean we are practically family." She said looking at me smiling. I looked into her crystal blue eyes and I knew she was telling the truth.
"Thanks for that Tasha, but you see Dimitri doesn't love me, he told me himself. He told me that he never did love me that he used me as a plaything and any love he had for me was gone, he said the four most painful words ever; love fades, mine has. I almost killed myself because of him, and the only reason I am going after him, is so I can tell my son or daughter that I didn't sit round and let their father be killed, that even though I went after him he still left me, because that is what will happen, he will leave. I am only just getting over the pain of having my heartbroken at eighteen, I can't do this again, and I don't think I can love him the same way. This is my life now and he isn't a part of it." I take a deep breath and she puts her hand in mine." I said I wanted to laugh through the tears staining my cheeks; I sounded so old!
"I understand, I just thought you would want to know that he does love you and I don't think he means the things he said." She said smiling, I surprised myself and leaned over and hugged her.
"I'm glad you are not a bitch" I said smiling and laughing; she laughed and smirked back.
She gasped, "Me a bitch?" She said with a playful shock horror expression, I chuckled at her expense and shrugged. We sat there talking for ages, eventually, Alberta and my mother returned, both covered in blood. I ran to their aid immediately. I inspected them for any cuts, but apart from a few bruises, they were fine. The blood wasn't theirs.
"You guys ok?" I screamed with worry. They both nodded. "How many?" I asked cautiously I wasn't sure what I meant, did I mean how many strigoi or how many did we lose? I wasn't so sure; I guess I was curious about both.
"There were about seventy strigoi, and we lost three guardians, and two novices and four Moroi" she said sadly. I grimaced as did everyone else in the room; it made me think of the trip.
"I've made a decision, AlbertaIdontthinkyoushouldcomewithme" I said really fast, blurring the words together. Everyone looked confused.
"Come again?" Alberta said, worriedly. I looked up at my mentor, my friend, my surrogate mother, and took a deep breath.
"The schools needs you more than me, I don't think you should come with me to find Dimitri, I can't let you leave this place undefended, I will take Tasha, if she wants to come, and if my father" I sneered the word, "wants to come then he can, plus Eddie and Christian are coming, but I won't let others be put at risk, it was stupid to think of it in the first place, I'm sorry, I love that you would come with me, but I couldn't bare it if you got hurt." I said looking down to the floor. Moments later gentle arms wrapped themselves around me.
"You are right, I understand. I will stay, but I want you to take Miss Ozera with you, she can at least wield fire..." She trailed off and I held her tighter.
"Thank you" I whispered. It was then arranged and we all left to get some sleep and to pack for the trip tomorrow. Just as I was snuggling into bed, there was a knock at the door, I opened it to Alberta, and she was holding a long red velvet box.
"Rose, I know what you think of Dimitri. I am also incredibly pissed that he left you, but before he did, he left this with me and asked me to give it to you when you graduated, I practically forgot about it until now, I'm sorry." She said sadly. I took the box and she said goodnight. I closed the door and sat on my bed, box in hand.
There was a card sitting on top, and I read that first.
Dear Roza,
I'm sorry I left. You probably hate me right now. But I had to leave you with something, this is why I left. You will be an amazing, fantastic, energetic, perfect guardian. I am so proud of you, and I will love you forever. I am sorry I had to leave. I didn't want to, but so many things happened. I mean you went back in there for me; you could have got yourself killed. And I couldn't let you do that; you need to be protecting Lissa and yourself. Not me. But in saying that I love that you put yourself at risk for me, and saved me from becoming one of those red eyed monsters. I love you now and always will good luck and congratulations.
Love Dimitri
xx
The card was slowly getting soggy as I read it over and over and my tears fell harder and harder, drenching the piece of paper. I slowly put the card down and opened the long velvet box. I picked out the heavy object layered in tissue paper and unwrapped it. I found the most beautiful stake ever. Long, silver, pointy and shiny, I spun the stake in my hand and looked at every detail. The handle was intrinsically designed; four of the eight sides were covered in roses, with red stones as the centre and vines, the other four were flat and shiny, except for the writing, each different.
One side had Russian writing Это бутон любви, путем сквашивания дыхание лета, Может оказаться прекрасный цветок, когда мы встретимся. Which I was going to look up, I spun the stake round and found this side had the names of everyone I cared about; Lissa, Eddie, Alberta, Adrian, Mia, Christian (that one was surprising), Dimitri was even on there, and lastly my mother, Janine; I knew that it would serve a reminder every-time I killed a strigoi, I was doing it for the people I loved. The third side said Rosemarie Hathaway.
The fourth and final side, however was the one that bought me to tears 'love and loyalty run deeper then blood' was engraved in cursive script. I sat there holding my very personal, very beautiful stake. And it hit me. Dimitri truly did love me and I had to get him back. I sat there for ages, the tears rolling down my cheeks in sadness and happiness. I tried falling asleep, but nothing came, so I went for a run and the song demons came on through my iPod.
When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale
I wanna hide the truth
I wanna shelter you
But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
When the curtain's call
Is the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you've made
Don't want to let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't want to hide the truth
No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you goYour eyes, they shine so bright
I want to save that light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get tooclose
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide.
The next song was also an imagine dragons song, but it was most defiantly more upbeat. It pushed me to go faster, my head sweltering with thoughts. I thought about him and where he was, what trouble had he gotten himself in, as hard as it was to admit it, I needed him and I didn't want anything to happen to him, he had given me unknowingly the one thing I thought I'd never have, the one thing I thought I never wanted, well till it happened that is.. .
So this is what you meant
When you said that you were spent
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit
Right to the top
Don't hold back
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check
I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand?
That I'm never changing who I am
So this is where you fell
And I am left to sell
The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell
Right to the top
Don't look back
Turning the rags and giving the commodities a rain check
I don't ever wanna let you down
I don't ever wanna leave this town
'Cause after all
This city never sleeps at night
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand?
That I'm never changing who I am
This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand?
That I'm never changing who I am
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Don't you understand?
That I'm never changing who I am
I continued to run; I began to black out the songs as my head focused on anything but the lyrics. I slowly became drenched in sweat, from the sweltering heat and running; I collapsed after running nearly ten miles round the track, I veered off the track to the trees, it was getting close to two pm and the sun was high in e sky and so I fell asleep under a tree, falling into a dreamless sleep.
"ROSE?!" A panic fuelled voice yelled my name, I then. Heard my name get shouted all around me, I opened my eyes and discovered I was under the tree and it was dark. I sat up, looking for the owner of the voice. Slowly everyone came into view, they were all in different part s of the track, and I guess since my crop top was fluro orange they were able to spot me and they all came running over.
"Oh my gawd Rose, you scared me, we've been looking for you,for hours, it's nearly 2am (human time) your flight leaves in three hours." Lissa said worriedly. I just smiled at her and shrugged in good ole Rose Hathaway style.
"Sorry, I couldn't sleep-" I said and sparky cut me off,
"So you chose to sleep under a tree?" He asked, cocking his head to the side in confusion. I laughed at him before responding.
"No, I came out for a run, the heat must have gotten to me, and so I came to sit under the tree for some shade and I must have fallen asleep." I said smiling, popping the 'P' in the process. I rubbed my belly feeling hungry, it was then I remembered the baby. Crap, I'm already a bad mother.
Noticing my hand Lissa smirked "you know, I'm starting to think you want everyone to know, you do have a bit of a bump Rose, I'm not saying your fat, but when you where as much as a bra, you can tell you are getting rounder." I knew this was going to happen but it didn't stop my lip from quivering, and my eyes going wide.
"Don't worry little Dhampir, you are still beautiful" Adrian said, with one eyebrow raised, my mother slapped him, that was not surprising, its exactly what I would have done if I was standing closer to him.
I got to my feet and we left the track. As we're walking along, I got a nauseous feeling, one of the morning sickness variety and proceeded to be sick in the closest bush, unfortunately I hadn't eaten in over twelve hours and so it was only bile. Disgusting stuff I tell you.
We carried on walking and we passed a stand of chocolate donuts, as everyone continued walking, I veered to the left and went to the donuts, I ate so many, I was surprised that I didn't instantly turn into one but man they were yum. Nom nom nom, I thought as I munched on their chocolaty goodness.
A few minutes later, when I was sitting indulging in a chocolate milkshake, the others found me.
"Rose!" Lissa said looking at me with horror at what I was eating. I started laughing
"What?" I said feigning annoyance, I was pregnant, what more did she want from me.
*~*~*~* 3 hours later*~*~*~*
We are finally on the plane to Russia, to save my lover, the bane of my existence, my everything. Sitting next to Eddie, I fell asleep. The ghosts got to me whenever I left the wards and today they were severely bad, unfortunately Lissa wasn't here to help.
~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ END OF CHAPTER 9~~*~~*~~*~~*~~
Это бутон любви, путем сквашивания дыхание лета,
Может оказаться прекрасный цветок, когда мы встретимся
means
This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
Hey guys, I am so sorry for my little explosion yesterday. Thank you so much to those who reviewed, even though I kind of demanded it. I will be going on with the story. I just have to say thank you to the many people who gave suggestions for the story and I am taking these into consideration as I continue to write. I hope this chapter makes up for yesterday. I will attempt to do another chapter before Sunday. However life happens and well being a nursing student, you have like no time for anything else. But I am enjoying writing this story and my other two. By the way if you haven't read the grey wolves series by Quinn Loftis I would encourage you to do so, the first one, prince of wolves is a great book and it is a great series in general, the seventh book comes out in September 13th! Anyway have a splendid, day or night? And I will UD as soon as is humanly possible.
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