A/N: Another long-ish chapter for all you lovelies! I'm already working of the chapter 18 if that tells you guys anything! (: No more waiting! And yea I guess the pace is picking up now, which means that Rose's feelings are picking up and the next chapter I'm sure you'll be surprised!

BTW , the reference about Christopher Nolan was too good to past on! That man is my idol! (: Oh and hey they started filming Vampire Academy today! OMG OMG OMG! Is anyone else feeling it as much as me! I can't wait! (:

RozaRocks: I added a small Dimitri POV because I know you want to see what's going on in that Russian god's head.

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I always looked forward to 5th period every day because this was the time when I got to see Dimitri. Yea, I know that I spent time with him at home but that just didn't seem like enough. If I could, I would spend every waking moment at his side.

The last couple of weeks Dimitri had been teaching self-defense in every one of his PE classes and I knew the reason why: me.

But I also knew that he was doing it for the other girls in his classes. He didn't want them to go through the same type of shit I went through. I respected him so much for that.

"Comrade can I eat lunch here with you today?" I asked Dimitri after class was over.

"You know you can always eat lunch with me Roza. Is there something wrong though? Are people giving you a hard time again?" I saw the worry grow in his eyes and I knew it pained him when he heard people talking about me. But he knew, as a psychologist major, that it was human nature to judge and talk stuff about other people, mostly at my age.

"Oh no that's not it. It's just that I share lunch only with Christian and he has wanted to sit with this girl he started talking to, but her friends don't like me so he always sits with me and I feel bad"

I saw the glint in his eyes, the one that he gave me whenever I told him how other people didn't like me. "Oh I see. Well don't worry those girls are missing out on a great conversation with an magnificent lady"

It was small compliments like this that made my heart flutter and my bond with him grow. He made my confidence boost. Something I never had before.

"Hey, I was thinking that we could go shopping this weekend. Eddie, you, Tasha, Christian and I" he said as he called Jimmy Johns to deliver some subs for us to have for lunch.

"Yea but I don't see why Christian and Tasha have to come" in reality, I loved Tasha and all. But I knew she appreciated Dimitri a bit too much and it made me more jealous than it should. I didn't like the way she would stare at him or the fact that she tried everything to touch him. And I certainly didn't like it when Dimitri wanted to hang out with her, not that he had ever expressed such feelings, other than now.

"Well, for your Prom dress. I mean I think it would be better to have a woman's judgment." He gave me a small curious smile, wondering for sure what had caused my distress of Tasha.

"Oh yea it's fine. Sorry I'm just very weird today."

"It's alright." Dimitri smiled once again and placed the order in the receiver.

We had small conversation over the weekend and he kept trying to reassure me about Mason and the camping trip.

The bell sounded and signaled that my time was over with Dimitri so I stood up and gathered my stuff.

"Hey Rose are you staying after today?" Dimitri stood up with me.

"Umm no. Now that prom is coming, almost everyone is spending time planning for it and I was just too late to volunteer for the Prom committee." I smiled at him while I finished my drink and threw it in his trash can.

"Well good, I was hoping we could catch a movie today. Just you and me, if that's okay? Mason and Eddie wanted to go to their friend's house and I talked to the parents and agreed." He looked sheepish at his declaration and I thought maybe it was because he didn't ask me before he agreed to let them go, but it was all fine I knew he had their best interest at heart.

"That's sounds great Dimitri, I can't wait" I wanted to give him another kiss on the cheek, but I refrained myself from it. I couldn't do it at school. Although I would really love to put my lips next to his smooth shaven flesh, with the faint smell of his after shave.

I shouldn't be feeling like this, not after all I have experienced with Viktor but I couldn't help it. I knew Dimitri would never do to me what Viktor did. And somehow I thought if Dimitri touched me, it would erase Viktor's disgusting touch.

I looked at him once more and walked out of the room, clearing all thoughts of his touch out of my mind.

I headed to my Psychology class. Before I got to my seat I was confronted by the cover of Chanel though. Or should I say Vasilisa Dragomir. With her fair skin and jade eyes, she was the definition of beauty. However that didn't mean shit, I still didn't like her. I knew she was one of the full-of-themselves bitches that spread rumors about me.

"What can I do for you blondie? Or did you just forget how to move your legs?" Harsh I know, but she deserved it.

"Oh Hathaway, you kill me with your humor." I doubted that.

"I just wanted to know if you would like to hang out sometime? I mean maybe during the weekends we could go catch a movie or go to get some macaroons?" Her smile seemed genuine but there had to be a trick behind all of this.

"What do you want Vasilisa—"

"Lissa, please"

"Yea sure, Lissa. You don't like me, your friends certainly don't. So what do you want out of me?"

She sighed, "It's not that I don't like you. But I have to follow the crowd, I'm sure you understand. However, after meeting Christian I know I can't be part of his life unless I'm civil with you. And now I could care less about the popular crowd, I only want Christian." I was glad that she felt that way towards Christian, fucking Sparky had been chasing her for a long time now but I didn't want anything to do with her.

"Hey yea I get it, but being civil is completely different than hanging out together. I'm not sure that I want to hang out with you, no offense"

"None taken" she whispered but by the look of her face I knew she was offended. Oh my god, seriously? Bitch talks shit about me and spread rumors and takes offense when I tell her I don't want to hang out with her? Wow. But of course I had to be the bigger person.

"Okay I guess I could make time to get to know each other. How about this weekend you go shopping with me, Christian and a couple of other people?"

Her eyes sparkle and she clapped her hands, jumping up and down. Oh god what have I done?

"That's great! I need to get some things too. Oh I can't wait" I doubted that she needed to get anything that she didn't already have but I didn't say anything.

She scribbled her number on a piece of paper and handed it to me.

"Text me!" With that she finally moved out of my way and class started.

Psychology had become a fascinated subject for me, not only because it gave me a better insight to the function of human beings but also because it gave me something more to talk about with Dimitri.

Mikhail Tanner walked into the classroom. He was young for a teacher, around Dimitri's age. And he was also very good looking, not as much of a looker as Dimitri but still.

"Class settle down, settle down. As you all know, the end is coming near and I just wanted to do something fun. So I decided we could start we the concept of dreams and what other way to start it than to watch Inception." He had a smiled on his face as if he expected everyone to know what he was talking about and be over the moon about it. I didn't have an idea but that was because I don't watch films.

The class was silent.

"You kids have to be kidding me right? Inception? The movie made by ? One of the most magnificent directors of this century? He directed Batman!"

The class all let out an "OHHHHHHHH" but I knew Mr. Tanner was still pissed off we didn't know who Nolan was.

We started watching Inception and by the end of the class period I didn't want to get out of my chair. The film explored the concept of mind manipulation and dreams and it was so damn interesting that I didn't want to take my eyes off it. Too bad class only lasted one hour.

"Oh my god that movie made my head hurt! I have no idea what it is about!" Camille Conta whined. I was going to retort with something like "because of that small brain you have" but I stayed quiet, I didn't even know how she was in AP Psychology in the first place.

By the end of the day, I was more than excited to go home and go out to the movies with Dimitri. I know it wasn't a date but I liked to fool myself into thinking it was one.

Dimitri's POV

Roza, oh god I was so glad that she was finally living with me. I know that it doesn't make the pain go away from those awful years that he had taken advantage of her but I saw that she was leaving the past behind.

I didn't want to push her to talk to another professional yet, but I knew she was going to have to. For now, it was enough though. And maybe I would be enough to take all her fear away. I really did hope so. I wanted to be the one to help Rose from whatever she suffered.

My cell phone ranged as I was packing my stuff to head home.

"Belikov speaking" I answer

"Hey Dimka." My mother's velvet voice came through the receiver.

"Mama! How are you" I switched to Russian then.

My mother knew of the situation with Rose. Well she didn't know every specific detail, as I was not entitled of spilling out Rose's business but she knew enough. She called me on a daily basis to check out how I was doing, asking whether Roza and her brothers were okay. Although she didn't know, or even speakto her, I knew my mother had grown fond of her through me.

"I'll talk to you later Mama, tell the girls I say hello and that hopefully you guys get to come down soon. I love you"

"Take care Dimitri, I love you too son. I'm so proud of you." I smiled at the praise my mother gave me. She had raised me the right way.

I drove home and took around twenty minutes to get there. Rose was already home because I had seen Adrian's Porsche pull out to the freeway as I was going off.

I was a major film fanatic and lately I had been lacking catching a film, so I thought it would be good for Rose and I to catch one.

And maybe I just wanted to take her out and pretend that we were a couple dating, my subconscious added. I would be lying if I said that I disagreed.