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Chapter 3:
The rest of the afternoon passed in a blur. Eddie and I teamed up to guard our moroi.
Actually, it seemed to be pretty efficient to team up with someone you knew, loved and trust. Well it was a different kind of love of course.
The kind of love I had for Dimitri was dangerous, full of passion. The kind of love that would put Lissa's life in danger.
What Eddie and I shared was based on mutual trust and knowledge. We didn't need to talk to understand each other.
We stopped an attack just before dinner of 3 'strigoi' and we kicked their asses so efficiently that some people who assisted to the scene cheered at the end.
Of course it wasn't any high ranked Guardians as Stan or Dimitri but we managed pretty well. Totally in synch!
I was now standing in the little bathroom in Christian bedroom changing into my PJs. I was pretty lucky that Christian, still seen as a Strigoi wannabe, was rejected by the rest of the students. He had the privilege to have a room for himself and even had the EXTREME privilege to have a private bathroom (if you could call this hole a bathroom). I set up my toiletry products in the little space Christian made for my stuff and it made me smile.
He could play the total 'I-don't-give-a-shit' badass but I knew that he cared and loved all of us he was just too cocky to acknowledge the fact. I was sure of that because I was just the same. We could totally team up to promote the sarcastic smartass teenager attitude through America!
When I walked out of the bathroom I could see that Christian made me a little 'bed' on the floor beside his. He put two blankets on the floor to use as mattress and a pretty big duvet on top of it.
I looked at it and smiled, as that was exactly the kind of thing I had in mind when I thought about Christian sweetness.
Christian was in his bed reading when he looked up.
"Thanks." I said smiling pointing to the floor; "That's sweet of you" I said sincerely.
"Yeah whatever, its no biggy, I don't want my guardian to break her back and then to give me shit about it!" He said turning smug as I suspected he hated to be associated to the adjective 'sweet ' in any way unless Lissa was involved. But I knew that he did appreciate the gesture.
Christian finally scrutinized me and burst into a laugher.
"You…You look like a moron!" he said pointing at my PJs. "So much for the badass half psycho guardian!!" he added as tears of laugher filed up his eyes.
I looked at myself and couldn't help but laugh with him. I was wearing my flannel PJs which was both soft and warm but it was true that the patterns was ridiculous but it was a present from Lissa. I was pretty sure she bought it to have a good laugh but they were so fantastic to wear.
The PJs were baby pink and there were flying rabbits all over it. Flying Rabbits with Roses in their little paws.
After our laugher started to calm down I sat on my bed and shook my head.
"Well we can't say you look that smart yourself fire boy!" I said pointing at his clothing.
He was wearing black boxers that were clashing with his white legs and a long sleeves ivory tee shirt where it was written "Emo boy, keep the drama for your Lissa"
"Hey you bought me that shirt!" He said pretending to be hurt.
"I know!" I said with a wink. "A special order online! But I never dreamt you would wear it!" I added sincerely.
"I didn't intend to but…" He blushed slightly. "I tried it on you know, and it was so warm, soft, and cuddly…" He said trailing off.
"See…" I said with a grin. "Just like me! We're the geeks in PJs!!" I added finally sliding under the duvet.
"There is no one else on the planet I'd rather be the geek in PJs with" he said with sarcasm putting his book aside and turning off the light.
"Love you too." I said turning on my side, my back to him.
He sighed. "Goodnight Rose.".
I was starting to drift into sleep when Christian talked again.
"Ummm Rose?" He asked sheepishly.
"Hmmm." I simply said shocked by his discomfort. That was so not Christian.
"Is there anything between you and Ivashkov?" He finally asked.
My eyes shot open and I could feel my cheeks turn crimson and I was pretty happy that it was dark and that I had my back at him.
"Well not that I know of really" I said trying to pretend I was making fun of him. "What would give you such a delusional idea?" I added as my heart beat faster.
Calm down Rose! It's not a crime anyway! I thought taking a deep breath. I finally turned around to look at Christian who was staring at the ceiling.
"Nah it's silly" he said laughing at himself. "I just….I don't know." He shook his head. "It's like…When you looked at each other at the table…Never mind." He chuckled. "I'm probably delusional" he added cocking head to look at me on the floor. "Thank you for saving my life today" he added with a grin.
I smiled. "You are very welcome fire boy. Good night Christian;" I added closing my eyes.
"Good night Rose" he said lying back in his bed.
About 5 minutes later, I dreamt and I was in the back patio of the sky resort and it was summer, the sun felt very good on my skin. I was wearing a bikini top and a pair of shorts.
I knew Adrian would be there any minute now. Only he could make me wear such a tight and tiny pair of shorts. He wanted my body and it was clear enough. At least he was not pretending to care, at least he couldn't break my heart as he didn't have it and I didn't have to feel guilty as I did with Mason because I knew that Adrian would never love me either.
It was a perfect 'agreement'. I sat on a chair closed my eyes and let the sun warm my face.
"Hey my little dhampir." Said Adrian cheerily beside my ear. I imagined he was sitting in the chair just aside of mine.
"Hey!" I said with my 'man eating' smile still keeping my eyes closed. After a little while, I felt the back of his hand gently stroking my cheek.
"Open your eyes Rose." He said softly against my ear.
His warm breath made me shiver as I slowly opened my eyes and turned my head to face him. My face only inches from his.
"Hey" he said again the voice thick with what I thought was desire.
"Hey" I said keeping my eyes on his. "How was your afternoon?"
He shrugged slightly. "Slow…I missed you." He said honestly. "Did you think about me?" He asked curiously. "Just a little?"
I smiled and decided to be as honest as he was. There was no need to pretend with him as we were not building anything and there was nothing to destroy either.
"I did actually. A lot more than I expected." I added not able to control the slight blush as I saw a smile spread across his face. "You are an exceptional kisser do you know that?" I asked honestly. "You probably have a lot of experience!" I added cheekily.
"A lot less than people give me credit for" he said all serious which surprised me "but…" he smiled again "it all depends on who you are kissing." he added with a wink making me blush again.
I was about to say something witty when he turned serious again.
"Whatever the reason why a person gave you what you were longing for…" he said confusing me. "Good or bad.…it's still good to take."
I looked at him puzzled.
He shook his head and kissed the tip of my nose. That was an affectionate gesture that startled me.
"Well I'll get out of your head now" he said with some kind of longing I couldn't comprehend in his voice. "But I'll think of you and I can't wait to see you tomorrow."
"I can't wait either" I said surprised that I did mean it and then everything started to fade and Adrian disappeared.
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It was just after breakfast, we were walking the four of us, Lissa Christian Eddie and me, to go to advance calculus that those two smarties were taking.
Even if I wasn't actually studying with them I already knew that my brain would try to escape.
Lissa was bitching Christian about making me sleep on the floor and that he could have shared his big bed with me and that we all knew we were like bro and sis!
I couldn't help but chuckle seeing the sheepish and shocked look on Christians' face. Eddie did sleep in the empty twin bed in Lissas' room so Christian couldn't really argue with Lissa.
We were about to walk into the room when a voice stopped us.
"Rose could I have a word with you?" asked Dimitri coldly. It was a question but certainly didn't sound like one.
I looked at Eddie who looked back at me.
"Mr Castile can take care of the two of them for a little while can't he?" he asked with a threatening tone which took Eddie aback for a while. This was a slip in his control.
"I…I…Guess" he said looking at me with pleading eyes saying something like 'please make him go away'.
"There won't be any attack in this room in the next hour I know the planning." He added crossing his arms on his chest.
The others must have felt the anger flinging between us too as I could feel sympathy through the bond with Lissa. I could even see it in Christian's eyes.
"Ok fine Guardian Belikov" I said nodding and winking to Eddie to let him know I was fine well it was not like he could do anything anyways.
I took a couple of steps aside and rested my back against the wall trying to look casual.
"Did you just winked at him?" Asked Dimitri in a whisper as the class room door closed.
I rolled my eyes. "Oh I'm sorry! I didn't know that winking was against school policy. Thanks for informing me" I said the voice full of sarcasm.
Dimitri put his arms on either side if me and leaned forward a bit. The corridor was deserted but it was still totally risky for him to do that.
"Stop with the attitude!" He growled his nostril flaring with anger.
"But I'm not giving you attitude Guardian Belikov." I said naively. "That's just who I am."
He sighed with exasperation and removed his hands. "Follow me." He said coldly and brought me in the area behind the picnic tables, hidden from the public eyes.
I stayed a bit farther away of him then I'd liked to, but it was for the best.
He turned around to face me and leaned on the tree trunk.
"I waited for you this morning but you didn't show up for training!" He said with an accusatory tone.
I shot my eyebrows up in surprise as I didn't expect that question.
"Oh! Well…" I crossed my arms on my chest. "That's pretty simple and disputable in public areas." I shook my head. "I have an assignment that is a 24/6 assignment and I only have 24 hours per day so… I can't fit the training sessions in sorry! But I promise if mother nature can add one or more hours I'll fit you in." I said proud on how sure my voice sounded because I actually thanked god or whatever for that. Seeing Dimitri was breaking my heart each time, making me feel cheap and too human.
"I need to see Kirova about that." He said nodding in approval as if he was relieve to hear this justification.
"Well if you'll excuse me" I said turning around. "I have some place to be."
"Stop!" He shouted so furiously that it made the birds fly away with fear.
I jumped almost 10 feet in the air. "Holly Shit!" I shouted turning around with a hand on my chest. "Are you mental?" I asked with wide eyes.
"Probably…" he grumbled. "But you owe me some respect. I'm your instructor!" He said pointing at me "and you should stop with this Rose Hathaway smartass attitude that is only good to pout when things don't go her way." He said proud of his argumentation.
Oh Bitch you didn't say that! I thought as anger filled me. I snorted. "Look whose talking!" I said crossing my arms on my chest imitating his position.
Dimitri shook his head. "You're acting like a child Rose! Right now you're not even 4th grade!"
"Well but I'm a child no?" I asked evilly. "You said so yourself! "
"I didn't mean it, it was- "
"Of course you didn't!" I said with a snort. "You always regret what you say and what you do!" I said in such a way that we both knew what I was talking about. "You see things differently depending on your mood. I'm a child most of the time but I'm not a child when you have your tongue down my throat huh?" I asked rhetorically.
Dimitri paled. He took two quick steps and wrapped an arm around my waist, I tried to free myself but he tightened his embrace.
"Don't hate me please" he said sounding so sad that I stopped moving and looked at him.
His mask of calm was down and I could see both longing and pain in his eyes and hear it in his voice. "You'll understand…. One day you'll understand" he said cupping my cheek with his free hand. "But please Roza don't act like that… Don't hate me! I can't live with the idea of you ignoring me, not caring about me, with you hating me."
It took all the inner strength I had not to kiss him right on the spot but he was not telling me that he cared about me that he wanted me.
"But we can't be together?" I asked looking at him.
He rested his forehead against mine and closed his eyes.
"No we can't" he whispered.
In this instant I heard someone cleared his throat and Dimitri let go of me straight away.
It was Adrian in a clearly disapproving position. I saw something quickly cross his face. It was both pain and jealousy I presumed but it was gone too fast to be sure.
Dimitri nodded to Adrian and looked at me.
"I need to see Kirova" he said but his eyes was expressing the warning that I needed to shut Adrian up. "Remember what I said Rose" he added leaving in direction of the administration building.
"I wanted to see you." Said Adrian with a shrug "well I guess the happy couple fight didn't last long. Back together then? Well I'm happy for you" he said turning around ready to go.
I ran after him.
"Wait!" I said putting a hand on his shoulder to stop him. "It's not what you think." I said with a small smile.
Adrian raised an eyebrow in disbelieve.
"Well I know how it looked but we aren't back together I swear and…" I took a step back . "And I don't owe you anything anyways!" I said frowning "I... You knew how I felt, still feel about him." Plus how can you get back with someone you weren't with in the first place? I asked to myself.
He smiled but didn't say a word. He walked to me quickly pecked me on the lips. "I'll see you later my Rose" He said before turning around and leaving me frozen and probably looking like a moron in the middle of the path.