Twenty—Interruptions
Prompt – Tremble
Description – Alberta shows up to supervise a training session
POV – Rose
Word Count: 360
Why Alberta had chosen today of all days to drop by the gym and monitor her progress was a mystery to Rose—she was just glad they'd heard her in time. Dimitri, in a rare show of affection, had been on the verge of kissing her. His lips—those soft, wonderful lips that she fantasized about so often—had been so close that she'd actually felt his warm breath on her face.
That is, until the squeaking of the large double doors interrupted them.
Dimitri's reaction to the sound had been instantaneous. He'd jumped away from her, putting a good two feet of space between them, and now he stood watching as the older woman approached them, as calm and unruffled as ever. Rose, on the other hand, was the exact opposite. She stood there trying to still her frantic breathing, her heart racing and her body tingling, longing for the kiss that now—damn Alberta to hell—wouldn't be delivered.
At first, she thought that her mentor, with his never faltering control was completely unaffected by the interruption, and it hurt. She realized exactly how wrong her assumptions were as soon as they began sparring. The air around them seemed heavy and tense, and the feeling only grew with each movement they made during the long, drawn out battle. When he finally wrestled her down to the mat and pinned her in place by collapsing the full length of his oh so sexy body against hers, she caught his staring at her lips, and his eyes were full of hunger. And when she felt his body tremble where it pressed against her own, she couldn't contain a small, self-satisfied smirk, because that shivering movement betrayed the fact that he, too, mourned the interruption.
Pulling himself away, Dimitri stood, extending a hand and helping her to her feet. When he held her hand for a split second longer than was absolutely necessary, Rose realized that maybe, just maybe, she'd still get that kiss before the day was over.
Now she just had to figure out how in the hell to get rid of Alberta so the lip lock could commence.
