I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE VAMPIRE ACADEMY CHARACTERS I ONLY OWN THE PLOT!
I am not a professional author and therefore there maybe repeats of phrases, please be kind!
I'm also from Australia so my English may be different to yours and I will probably vary between American and Australian spelling!
Chapter 7; RPOV:
After I finished at the gym with Guardian Belikov I went back to my dorm and had a shower. We have our own bathrooms here at St Basils, at St Vlad's we had to go down the hall to communal showers. After I was finished freshening up, I went to find the head Guardian here at St Basils, I knocked on the door and entered and I was surprised to see Alberta.
"BERTIE" I screamed and hugged her
"Oh Rose, I missed you so much"
"What are you doing here?"
"Well, they needed a new head Guardian and Headmistress Kirova asked me to come here and I accepted"
"I'm so glad you're here"
"Me too, now, back to business. What did you need?"
"Um. I need to get my 4 Molnija's from the day we arrived" I stammered.
"Oh right, I heard about that, I didn't know you had not got them yet, I will organise tomorrow, how about after your training session with Guardian Belikov?"
"Thanks Bertie" I smiled, gave her a hug, and made my way to Lissa, we are Skyping Vikki today!
When I got to Lissa's I did our secret knock, she opened the door with a 'Lissa squeal' and gave me a hug.
"Hey" I laughed
"Hey, you ready to go?"
"Yeah, let's go"
We went to the library and Skyped Vikki, she told us that she is looking into coming back to St Basils and that she knows two teachers. She's going to talk to her mom today and then she will let us know. We also talked about some girly things you know like Lissa totally has the hots for Christian and that my mentor is so hot but off limits. We had a great chat, and we miss her so much and hopefully she would be here soon. Lissa and I went off to lunch and we met Christian there. He's a nice guy and I like that Lissa is having an interest in him he's way better than her ex-Aaron from Vlads. Major Ew. I told her I would see her later and bid farewell, I then made my way back to my room.
Later that day I got a message from Vikki saying that she would be here within 6 months to a year, she was going to finish at her school and come back after.
It had been a couple months and my dorm room is still boring because I had not decorated it, I didn't have anything else to do, so I decided it was about time to make my room more homely, I went on my laptop and ordered some stuff from my room. How do I have money you ask? Well thanks to my dad Mr Mazur or as some people know him "zmey". I was able to order anything I wanted. Bought a new mattress, some light grey sheets, 4 pillows, 2 pillowcases dark grey and 2 light grey. Doona cover dark grey with a light pink throw over. I ordered a pink chair with wooden legs. A light grey ottoman. A white desk with wooden legs and a black office chair. I also ordered a black rug for the floor and white chested drawers. I also bought some other homey things. While I was at it, I also ordered some clothes online, I bought some long-sleeved crop tops, leggings, sports bras, trainers, shirts in general and some bike shorts. I also ordered a heap of everyday clothes. Once I was done, I texted Lissa and she said she would do the same.
Lissa and Christian have been together for a while now and I'm glad she's met him, he's good for her. It was 5pm which is morning for vamp time, and I was already at the gym. I arrived only a few minutes after Dimitri. A couple months ago he told me to stop calling him 'Guardian Belikov'.
He told me to stretch and get ready for some jogging and then we would be doing sprints. Then he would be putting me through a cardio-based workout. Bring it on Belikov
He ran with me, we ended up running 10km, and then we went straight into sprints, we did ten 100m sprints and then we had a rest, we went back inside the gym and started our workout.
Circuit:
30 burpees
50 weighted squats
20 walking lunges
1 minute plank
20 scissor kicks
20 jackknives
15 push ups
15 chin ups
Repeat x3
"Good work Rose, you killed that"
"Thanks, would you like to spar?"
"Yeah. I'll just set up the mats"
I helped him set up the mats, we sparred for a little while both pinning each other several times, then he pins me to the ground. His hands are holding my forearms against the mat, he's straddling me and we're both breathing heavy, I see his eyes flicker to my chest watching it rise and fall. His eyes darken as if lust has taken over, I don't dare to move not wanting to ruin this moment. Suddenly he pulls up, his guardian mask back in place.
"Rose go clean up and will I pack up the gym"
"Dimitri are you okay?"
"Rose, go"
I left the gym very confused, what was with the hot and cold jeez.
I made my way to back to my dorm and had a shower, then I made my way to Alberta's office to get my molnija marks, it's hard to let go sometimes, they were people too. I know their soul is already gone but it doesn't make it any easier. After I received my newest molnija mark I went back to my room and took off my shirt, I turned around and looked at my back in the mirror, almost half my back is full of molnija marks. I've been on a lot of "camps". Arthur was my mentor outside on the run, he took me to what he called camps I'd call them hunts but whatever the technical term is, doesn't matter. I went on several and killed anywhere between 15-25 each time. I put on a long-sleeved shirt and went for a walk. I made my way to a lake, there was a cabin nearby it's quite cute, looks cosy from the outside. I sat on some rocks and looked out at the water, it was about 7am. I let the pain and emotions of all those I had killed and let it flow out through my eyes. What I didn't expect was to feel a hand on my shoulder, it startled me.
"Dimitri" I said and quickly wiped my eyes.
"Roza, are you okay?"
"Roza?" I asked
"It's your name here, in Russia"
"Oh"
"Why are you crying?"
I looked up at him.
"Just mourning the loss of the Strigoi I killed, they were people once, and I know it's better this way and they would want this, but it doesn't make it any easier."
"How many have you killed?"
"Enough" I whispered, it's not that I didn't want him to know I just didn't want to talk about it, the events in which they occurred. I continued speaking,
"Some are a reminder of what an incredibly terrifying world we live in, that the ones I love could have died if I wasn't there and almost did die when I was there. It's my duty but it's also a very scary thing to carry with you always, never letting your guard down" I said
"I understand" he spoke "you're very strong Roza. Way ahead of anyone at this age, it's magnificent"
I tilt my head towards the sky. Loving the feeling of the sun on my face. "The sun, I've missed it".
"The little sacrifices we make" he said barely audible, I turned to look at him
"And the big ones" I stated, he nodded and tucked some hair behind my ear. We looked at each other for a little bit longer and then he looked away, looking across the lake.
"Would you like to go to the gym?" I asked Dimitri,
"Of course," he replied
We made our way to the gym lucky I was already in leggings and joggers, I only had a sports bra on underneath my shirt but that's okay I can just take it off, hopefully Dimitri won't mind, I'd been contemplating taking off my shirt because then he would see all my marks, I was the youngest dhampir to have this many marks. I was also the only novice to have any molnija marks. We both sat down on the gym floor and started stretching, once we were warmed up, I took my shirt off facing him, his eyes widened and then he put his guardian mask back on, still a bit scared for him to see my back so maybe I can just stay front on.
"Want to set a challenge" he said cheekily
"Oh yeah, what kind of challenge would that be" I asked
"Who can do the most chin ups?" He wiggles his eyebrows
"You're on" I pointed at him, "you're up first" I said giggling
I'd never seen him so playful always the serious guardian. It's nice seeing him comfortable. I almost caught myself drooling over the man in front of me doing chin ups as sweat shined off his skin. Making me jump when he landed back on the ground.
"42" he said out of breath, wow 42, there's no way I'm beating that!
I made my way to the pull up bar, when I felt hands on my back, Dimitri was tracing my marks with his fingertips.
"Wow, how many... Roza" he whispered I barely heard. On the end of his fingertips, I could feel sparks, almost making me pull away but not wanting him to stop touching my back. I looked over my shoulder and our eyes met, I could see admiration and awe in his eyes like he couldn't quite believe what he was seeing, I turned away looking at the ground. I felt embarrassed, one should not be in awe, not when I felt so guilty. I felt him move from behind me to stand in front of me, his hand lifting my chin, so I was looking into his eyes. I had not wanted to admit this but over the past couple months of being here getting to know Dimitri, I've just fell more in love with him, and I swear right now I could see love in his eyes. We've had a couple close calls where he's almost kissed me and then would snap out of it and give me the whole, we can't be together speech. And then for the next week or two he would be serious and show no emotion. He was leaning down to kiss me, and I was expecting him to pull away, but his lips met mine and it was a slow kiss, putting so many feelings into it, not a passionate I want to rip your clothes off kiss. I felt everything he had wanted to show me in the last couple months when he said we couldn't, and I understood but this kiss was everything I had been dreaming about. He pulled away suddenly, and here it comes.
"Roza, I'm sorry we can't. I could lose my job and you; you're going to become Lissa's guardian This is for the best, I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that, it was a mistake".
He basically sprinted out of the gymnasium. I felt my heart shatter. I felt like I was going to throw up. I was so angry, I did as many chin ups as I could I didn't count, I then set up the dummies in a circle and started attacking them, I could feel my hands bruised and torn to shreds, I had too much Adrenalin to care. I packed away the dummies and set out to the track, I kept running until I couldn't anymore. I fell to the ground crying; I didn't want to feel this pain anymore. I laid down in the grass looking at the sky, I knew curfew was soon. I decided to stay out here a little longer. Eventually I had to go back inside because I had to find my shirt and wash the blood off my hands. When I looked down at them, they were so purple and swollen, but they didn't feel as bad as my heart. I went back into the gym and put my shirt on, I will not be taking it off again that's for sure. I wash my hands and go to Lissa's. When I got there, I did our secret knock and she opened the door all excited but when she saw me, she knew something was wrong and as soon as she said my name, I just fell apart in her arms.