R&R
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Running through a forest, Roma gasped for breath as trees sped past her in a blur.

"I have…to escape…from-"

Tripping over a rock, Roma fell hard on the ground.

Something growled as a dark shadow loomed over her. She looked up at it with fearful eyes.

"No…"

The shadow lunged towards her, stretching out its long, shadowy claws.

"Noooo!"

Roma jerked awake, covered in sweat, blind once more. Her body shaking, Roma sat up from her couch, grabbing her covers and swiping the sweat from her forehead.

It was still night, Roma knew by how the air was colder than usually. She was pretty sure she didn't want to fall asleep again. She drew her knees against her breast, trembling, not because of the cold, but because of the fear that something was watching her.

Roma's heart beat fast as she remembers her horrifying nightmare.

"Don't be such a big baby," she whispered, "It was just…" she gulped, "a dream…"

Roma shook her head, it felt so real. Like the shadow was actually chasing her and slicing her apart.

"I wish Father was still here…" Roma murmured as she lay back down on her couch, still having no desire to go back to sleep.

Darren paced around his room, growling loudly to himself.

"Damn it, Damn it!"

With a sudden rush of pure anger, the young prince lashed out with his lethal claws, cutting five deep lines into the stone wall.

Roma has been dodging him for three days already, only coming near him when they had training.

"Of course you had to look at her boobs and ruin her trust for you, you son of a bitch, that's not the way-"

"Sire?" a soft voice sounded at his door.

"Roma?"

Standing there was Roma, looking unsure of herself. Shame drove away Darren's anger.

"Roma…"

The vampire woman shifted from foot to foot, trying to find something to say to her teacher. Darren just stood there, not looking at Roma, seeming suddenly interested in his feet. This girl made him feel so weak and nervous.

He lifted his head to see Roma take a small step forward, then another, and then stop. She let out a sigh, "Sire, we need to talk."

Darren gulped and nodded, he knew this was coming, "Yes, we need to."

Roma sighed again, "What happened a few days ago…"

"Hey, you know I didn't mean too. That's why when you're naked you should cover yourself up." He said, adding "or at least don't thrust your boobs in people's faces."

Roma acted like she didn't hear.

"Oh, how is my fault men obsess over breast?" she spat, her milky eyes narrowing.

"I didn't say it was your fault!" said Darren, taken aback, "I just said that you shouldn't be so showy with your tits!"

Roma tossed up her hands, "Showy!? How the hell am I showy? It was your fault you were looking at them in the first place!" she knew she shouldn't be arguing with the young prince, but she couldn't help it.

"Well, it's hard not to stare-"

"It's not hard, sire."

"How would you know? You can't see!" Darren snapped, not liking where this conversation was turning. Seeing the hurt on Roma's face, he regretted what he said, "Roma, I didn't mean to…"

"Yes you did, you always say that all the time. Just because I can't see doesn't mean I don't know sexual desires of men and women, sire."

"I…"

"Sire, why can't you like me for who I am? I can't help the way I'm made, neither can you. Why don't you want to be my friend? Or a least get along with me?" Roma blinked away frustrated tears, glaring at her teacher.

Darren had nothing to say. He bit his lip and looked down again. Never in his long years had Darren been riddled speechless by a woman.

"What's wrong with me?"

There was a moment of silence, then Darren broke it, "Roma, there is nothing wrong with you. I just never had a…apprentice before…I always expected my first to be, you know, a boy." He admitted honestly, a grimace on his handsome face.

Roma snorted, "So is being a girl a problem?"

Darren let out a frustrated growl, "No, Roma..."

"Are you saying that blind girl students shouldn't get a chance to shine?"

He didn't say anything. Roma's eyes fell and the tears came again, "So that's it, huh? A stupid male thing that says that they are always going to be better and women don't deserve anything good, right?"

Darren gritted his teeth, glaring at her with menacing green eyes "Get out of here Roma."

Roma felt her shoulders slump and a lump form in her throat, "Fine." she turned around and left Darren's room with tears coursing down her cheeks.

A/N: Aww, poor Roma, I feel bad for her (though I was the one who wrote her heartbreak...)
Anyway, review!