This chapter is mostly a filler to get the story going, and tomorrow's chapter is going to be too. Although tomorrow you guys get to meet Dimitri! ;) . So let's get this going. Things are going to get intense in chapter 3, I have it in very good authority. Hehe. Also all the character's will be like in the books except for Rose's family. And Rose is going to be a bit out of character, take school for instance, she will care about her schooling unlike in the book where she only really cared about Lissa. Also Lissa might not play a major part in the story, here they haven't yet met. But we'll see as the story progresses.
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Chapter 1
It was Monday today. Two days after Viktor had beaten me; my face looked like a cat had jumped in it and used it as a litter box. There were scratches everywhere and a black spot covered my eye. I felt like shit.
I wanted to do anything but go to school where everyone would assume that I got into a fight because of my already fucked up reputation but I knew that I couldn't miss any more days, unless I wanted to get kicked out.
Mason. My twelve year old brother came knocking on my door, and not waiting for a response entered as he owned the place.
"Hey Rosey. How are you? I brought you some cookies so you can feel better." He said. It broke my heart to see him do such a gesture for me. He had been the only one that had stuck through thick and thin with me. Whenever he saw me down, he was the one there picking me up and giving me the strength to get back up and fight.
"I'm great baby. I think you should eat those cookies though, I'm not hungry" Actually I was starving but knowing Janine probably have only given him those cookies for breakfast and that was all he was getting.
I admired my brother's face—his fire red hair and soft brown eyes, he looked a lot like Janine—and I envy him because of the innocence that he still had. Mine was taken from me around his age.
I broke my gaze from his eyes because I knew it wasn't his fault. What had happen to me was all Viktor.
I went back to getting ready for school and tried by best to cover all my injuries with the cheap make-up I owned.
I was ready by the time that I had to take Eddie and Mason to the bus stop. I grabbed my book bag and keys and existed out of our crappy apartment with one of my brothers at each side. Mason was his smiley self, he was happy to finally go back to school and see his friends. His smile brightens my mood. However, Eddie was more reserved and I wondered what was going through his mind. He never opened up to me, the only person he did was Janine.
"Goodbye boys. Be good. I'll be here in the afternoon. Love you" I said as I kissed each of their cheeks and they entered the bus.
My bus didn't arrive until twenty more minutes so I walked around trying to think about anything else but my empty stomach.
However, there was not anything else I could focus on but the thought of those cookies Mason's held in his hand.
Although there was a thought in the back of mind that threatened to consumed me, the darkness.
At the moment when those evil thoughts were coming to my mind, I heard the bus coming and I ran to catch it. Lucky that Christian Ozera had been there to tell the bus driver to wait for me.
Ozera, or as I liked to call him "Sparky" was probably my one and only friend. Therefore, making him my best friend.
He had had a hard life just like I did with abusive parents, but now he was living with his Aunt Tasha, which is how we met. Tasha was my neighbor.
"De nada Chica, what would you do witho… what the hell happen? Was it Viktor. No fucking way, we need to do something about it Rose, it's going too far" Christian's piercing gaze blazed.
"I can't do anything Chris. I can't be away from my brothers. What if they send us to different places and it turns out to be worse? Huh? What the fuck am I supposed to do then? I need them close to protect them" I hesitated; I didn't want to give too much away on what I was thinking on doing.
"I will have this under control. I just need some time and some planning. Trust me." I tried avoiding his eyes in case he wanted to push further, I couldn't lie to him.
"Okay Rose, but whatever you need I'm here for you. Whatever. And whenever you want you know I can take care of Eddie and Mason, Tasha doesn't mind them being there. She loves them."
I felt my eyes getting watery; no one had ever cared about us. Yet here was Christian willing to do anything. This is what I best friend was like.
"Rose, I swear you better not cry. I don't like that shit. You're going to mess up your beautiful make up too"
We both laughed. Although, there was no humor in our voices.
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