Okay, after much confusion over how to operate fanfiction (don't laugh, I am new at this) the real second chapter has been posted!
DISCLAIMER - Even in the second chapter, I STILL don't own VA
I was having a nice dream, something about a long-forgotten training session with Rose, when my snooze was rudely interrupted
"GUESS WHO BROUGHT DONUTS!" called A Voice
It was answered by a scream of delight and the bang of a door being opened with too much force. At this point, I was forced to accept that sleep was impossible.
I pulled myself from the comfy, double-stuffed designer couch, which made my bed at home look rather humble. I'd had one of my best sleeps in quite a while last night – now off to find the person who interrupted it. As a turned the corner into the living room, I discovered the culprit, and bringer of food, Rose's boyfriend.
Michael was nice enough, but he did not deserve Roza. He was up himself, and honestly, I even preferred Ivashkov to him. I tried to turn back, but he had seen me already-
"What are you doing here Belikov?" Though he hid it under fake niceties, his tone obviously said 'Back off, this is my territory.' Of course, this did nothing but earn him a scowl from Rose, who caught the real meaning just as clearly as I did.
"I am back on business, but due to circumstances out of my control, I was left homeless last night, Rose was kind enough to over me the couch." I would have liked to say that Rose offered me half of her bed, but that may not have gone down so well.
In response, Michael just nodded, his face calculating, and Rose ushered him to the kitchen before he could start a fight over nothing. I wandered why she put up with him, but a little voice in the back of my head already knew the answer. He wouldn't leave her like Adrian and I had, though Adrian was much less culpable than I. For one, he gave her a plenty of notice that he was returning to college and, only after they realized that they couldn't sustain a long distance relationship, did they decide to part on amicable terms. Michael was nice (to her at least), in a good financial state and a well-known figure who could help repair her damaged reputation. He was sensible, if jealous at times, devoted and, most importantly, for the first time in awhile, Rose was dating someone and no one had any objections about it.
While I was contemplating how much better he was, my empty stomach decided to get my attention, in the form of a loud gurgle. I unfroze from where I was standing and mustered up the courage to eat breakfast with Rose and Michael, until I heard them giggling; it seemed I was going hungry this morning.
Gone out to see old friends , will be back to talk to John
D-
Satisfied with my note, I left the apartment, not sure where my mindless dawdling would lead me to.
Rose's POV
"Okay, I will call you later, I promise!"
I said with fake enthusiasm as I shut the door on Mike. He was so annoying! Prancing around like I was his girlfriend and he owned me, worst of all, people had started believing him. Still, just one more pain-staking month of being his friend and I would become Lissa's guardian. I knew that I was already one of the most likely candidates and by the thirtieth of June, when she would officially be assigned replacement guardians for dear Serena and Grant, I would make sure I was the obvious choice. One more month, I could do that.
Deep down, I knew that I was becoming obsessive; I thought, lived and breathed work. I wasn't sure what else to do though, Lissa was always busy with politician-y things, Eddie was in Alaska with his new charge, Adrian was at college and Dimitri... Dimitri flew halfway around the world to get away from me. So I threw myself into my work, pushing and pulling my way to the top, doing anything to be assigned to my best friend. As I was reflecting, I found Dimitri's note, reminding me of another dilemma I had to face.
I wasn't sure what I thought about Dimitri being back. He made it very obvious that he didn't love or want me, but with us living under the same roof, I felt I should at least attempt to repair our shattered friendship. We hadn't spoken since he returned but tonight, I promised I would attempt to change that.
So far, I am still introducing the story, I promise the chapter will soon start getting longer and more meaningful.
Please feel free to leave comments on how I can improve my writing and/or ideas if you feel like it
Thank you for reading
mParis