Chapter 4 – waking up to a face of an angel.
Dmitri's POV
I didn't know how long I sat in the hard uncomfortable chair just watching her beautiful face or her chest move up and down in slow agonising breaths. I almost didn't notice Lissa's presence next to me and with all my train that was a bad thing. "How she doing?" she asked quietly like any loud noise would wake the sleeping angel in front of me, but it wouldn't rose had followed into a pain produced coma, meaning her body had pretty much shut itself down to try and heal her. If I moved the sheet down I knew I would see the scar of the things the mother fucker had scratched into her precious skin.
"Alright" I said not even convincing myself that was true, Lissa gave me a small smile and then the door once again opened and Tasha came in. A look appeared on her face when she looked at the unmoving Rose, and I couldn't help but think it was guilt or maybe regret. But I shook these thoughts away Tasha had told us all that she hadn't arrived at the scene until Jessie had already left. I looked back at Rose to were her eye had a big blue bruise around it, and was swollen a little meaning Jessie must have punched her pretty hard. I could help but feel that this was all my fault I was meant to protect her not because I was the reason she even came to the VA Gang not even because I was her teacher and I should have taught her how to protect herself so this would have never happened. But because I felt that it was my duty to look after her, I could hardly admit it to myself but I knew I liked her, the others had all joked that I had a crush on her but I knew that it was more then that I was starting to have strong feelings for her. And it scared me because I had never had emotions so raw, or trufully before I had always covered up my emotions so no one could ever hurt me or know my weaknesses.
I had never had a weakness before, but I knew what it was now and she was lying on the bed in front of me broken and in pain. And I felt helpless as if I had failed her in some way. Lissa sat down on the edge of the bed and took Rose's hand out of mine and looked me in the eyes and then spoke "You have to get out of here, I will stay with her" I took a breath and looked at her beautiful once again, not believe anyone would be able to ever hurt her. I nodded even though my heart was shouting at me to fight Lissa's command. But I slowly made my body rise from the chair, I tried to walk towards the door but it was like Rose was holding a part of me in her hand and the rest of my body didn't want to leave without. I sighed and turned back to her and pressed my lips to her forehead gently "I'll be back" I whispered against her skin, I said it so that if Rose was a wake we would be the only ones to hear but because she wasn't I was trying to convince myself that I would be back soon and build up the strength and courage to leave.
Finally I made it outside the door to find Christian and Abe stood there leaning against the wall opposite the door. "What?" I said wishing that my voice had come out stronger and less shaky then it had because I hate showing weakness to anyone. "We thought you would want to help plan Jessie's punishment." I nodded, desperation seemed to fly away and anger and blood lust filled its place as I followed behind Abe and Christian down the corridor to were ever we were meeting the others who would be fighting Jessie's gang when it came to Saturday night.
Lissa's POV
I took the seat that I had just made Dmitri leave take Rose's hand that he had been holding. Even though Rose and I hadn't know each other long it was as if I already thought of her as my best friend or even a sister. Even though I was looking at Rose I was aware when Tasha came closer to the bed making my blood boil with anger. "I know" I said still looking at Rose's face, trying to use a little energy to heal her even though I knew it wouldn't work the Jessie must have used something to make it so my sprit wouldn't heal Rose's wounds. "What?" whispered Tasha as she walked round the other side of Rose's bed so we were facing each other instead of her being stood behind me.
"I know that you were when it happened" I said looking up at her for the first time since she had come in to the room. And the look on her face told me what I needed to know she was there she could have stopped it. But she didn't I knew why, she like Dmitri everyone in the gang apart from Dmitri it seemed. And it was because of her jealousy that Dmitri likes or even loves Rose that she didn't save her. She was happy to watch a member of her gang die, so she could maybe get a step close to get Dmitri for herself. It almost made me physically sick to look at her.
So I looked back at the still unconscious Rose. "You won't tell them will you" I knew who the them were it was Dmitri and Abe. I almost laughed at the scared look which came across her face, I shook my head "It is not my place to tell them, it is yours" she glared at my and clenched her fists. "Why would I tell Abe that I was the reason his daughter is lying almost dead" she said crossing her arms like she was a stubborn five year old which wouldn't do as she was told.
"Because it was your fault" she shook her head "This was not my fault if anything it was hers" she pointing at Rose. I jumped off the seat walking over to her and slapped her in the face before storming out I was too angry to even be in the room with her anymore, how could she say that being torture was her fault. How is that even possible, how it be someone fault they are torture.
I passed up and down outside the room I knew most of the guys in the gang were in meeting at that moment about the fight with Jessie and his punishment for hurting Rose. In half a mind to run in and tell them all that it was Tasha's fault, because not helping Rose makes it as worse as actually doing the cutting herself, well it would in both Dmitri's and Abe's. I went to open the door deciding that I would tell them, when I realised I had just left Tasha on her own with an unconscious Rose. I raced back slamming open the door to see that Tasha had left I ran to Rose's side to see if anything had happened when I wasn't there. But I didn't see anything different, and I breathed a sigh of relief when I realised nothing was wrong Tasha must have just left and I was about to collapse back into the chair.
When Dmitri came back in looking almost scared, he walked over and I slipped out of the space in front of the chair letting him sit down next to her once more. And take her hand kissing it lightly and as if she had felt his presence her eyes started to open slowly.
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