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Previously in Worth Everything:
"Hi. I'm Rosemarie Hathaway, but I go by Rose. It's not nice to meet me." I shook his extended hand. I peered out the door but looked at him when I realized the coast was clear. "Let me get some things straight with you. I am a bullied nerd with bad reputation, so tomorrow get here on time so you won't have to be seen with me around anyone. You're new and I don't want your senior year to be awful, and being seen with me will just be the start of it." His eyes widened at me being so straightforward. "Get here on time." were the last things I said before exiting the room and out the front doors of the building.
(3rd POV at Dimitri's house the night before he went to school and had that huge conversation with Rose.
It's kind of sad... Just a warning. ;])
"So, Dimka, are you ready for high school?" Dimitri nodded, forking the last of some kind of pasta into his mouth. It was tasteless to him anyway.
"Goodnight, Lina. I'll see you in the morning." Karolina nodded as Dimitri hugged and kissed her forehead.
As he walked down the hallway, the floors creaked in protest but they didn't block the sound of soft crying coming from Viktoria's room, growing stronger the closer he got.
He knocked twice but she didn't answer.
"Vika?" Dimitri walked in and nearly froze, but he couldn't afford to do something like that.
"What do you think you're doing?" he hissed, snatching the knife out of her hand. She only had two cuts on her left wrist and the bleeding wasn't awful.
"Get up." She didn't move.
"Viktoria Evelina Belikova, get up off the floor right now!" He hated raising his voice at her, or anybody, but it nearly broke his heart into two when he had to yell at his sisters. She scrambled up, the tears pouring from her eyes faster than before.
He grabbed some of her undergarments, a t-shirt, and some shorts for her from her drawers and motioned for her to get out of the room. She did and he lightly grabbed her arm, pulling her towards the upstairs bathroom.
Her shoulders shook as she covered her face with her hands, but he made her sit down on the side of the bathtub as he grabbed one red towel and a stress ball from the closet. He handed her the ball and wet the towel.
"Your arm." he told her, holding his hand out. Dimitri dabbed the cuts, her grip tightening on the ball as he did so.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you, but you can't keep doing this, Viktoria." Dimitri said, running his fingers over the other scars. The faded ones.
"I want to distract myself from it. It hurts too much." she said in a small voice.
"Vika," Dimitri squeezed his eyes shut, his heart thundering in pain. "Do you think that we don't feel the same way? We miss them too, but they're not coming back." his voice broke towards the end, but he shook his head to clear the morbid thoughts and visual images.
"Take a shower and head to bed. If you're up to it, we'll still go to school for everything, but if you aren't, I'll just go myself. I love you." he told her, doing the same he had with Karolina, hugging her and kissing her forehead.
"I love you too..." she replied, her head hanging.
(Now just regular Dimitri POV, right after their conversation.)
I walked to my room, which was the master's bedroom. It was a six-bedroom house with three regular rooms, two rooms larger than a regular room but smaller than the master's, and then there was the master bedroom. I didn't want it because it was so big, but Karolina and Sonya forced me to take it.
Sonya had one of the second largest ones since she had a baby on the way.
Karolina had Zoya and Paul, who both got their own rooms, but she had the other second largest one. Viktoria took one of the smaller rooms. I didn't want the master's bedroom... It felt weird. I was the second to last in the age difference, ranging from oldest to youngest, but they made me take it anyway.
We had moved here after babushka and mama had passed away, needing a fresh start. We owned training centers all over the world, and until she had passed away, mama ran it. Karolina was now taking over since I had no clue on how to run the businesses, Sonya had some ideas but she had gone back to college, and Vika was too young. I had turned eighteen in June, whereas Vika's sixteenth birthday was still a few months away.
Tomorrow, Viktoria and I would be a day away from going to yet another school. This will be our fourth one, and my third job. I applied for a job at the YMCA as a swim instructor along with being a lifeguard, but the lifeguard portion of it would mainly be my top priority, as I had been told, because people were apparently trying to get some more swimming in before school had actually started teaching lessons. The weather here was surprisingly warm for Montana, and swimming in the heat didn't sound so bad.
"Dima?" Viktoria appeared in my doorway with her hair wet but brushed, cradling her arm.
"You need me to wrap it?" I asked, getting up from my spot on the bed. She nodded.
"Let me change into my pajamas and go wait downstairs in the kitchen." she nodded again and left. I threw on a black t-shirt and some white basketball shorts, brushing my teeth in the adjoining bathroom before heading down, but I was stopped in the hallway.
"Dima?" I turned around to see Sonya, leaning against her doorframe with one hand on her swollen stomach.
"Yes?"
"I heard you yelling at her... Was she starting up again?" I nodded, running a hand through my hair.
"I just hope she isn't like she was before... I hope she isn't picked on. She'll try to kill herself again."
"I know. Watch over her at school as best as you can since Karolina or me won't be there. If anyone lays one hand on her, you beat the crap out of them. I'm giving you my permission." I didn't like fighting either, but no one messed with my family or friends.
"I will." We smiled at each other and bid one another a good night before I went downstairs.
(The following morning- aka the day he meets Rose. Still Dimitri POV.)
I awoke to a call, but it was an unknown number.
"Hello?" I answered, trying to keep a yawn from escaping.
"Hello, is this Dimitri Belikov?"
"This is he, may I ask who this is?"
"I am Ellen Kirova, Headmistress of Saint Vladimir's. I was calling to let you know that you do not need to pick up your schedules until later today because I will be out of the school on a meeting, and will not be back until school ends, which is around three or so. I'd like to speak to you personally about you and your sister's records, but if three o' clock is too-"
"We'll be there. Or just me. Viktoria is feeling... Sick."
"Alright, that is fine. I will see you this afternoon, Mr. Belikov. Goodbye."
"Goodbye." I hung up, sighing, and went to go check up on Viktoria.
"Hit harder."
"I am!" she bit out, punching the bag again.
"No, you're not. I want to see that bag swing."
"It won't move!"
"Then make it move! You need to motivate yourself, but you aren't. You say you need more motivation, and you've got it from all of us, but the main problem is is that you don't believe you can do it- when you can!" hers eyes turned cold and she stopped, yanking off the gloves before throwing them at me.
"Viktoria-"
"Don't 'Viktoria' me! Just leave me alone!" She glared at all of us before stomping up the basement stairs.
"Don't worry, Dimka. She'll come around." Karolina grunted, from her spot in the corner where she was doing bench presses.
"No, she won't, and you know it. I want you guys to be safe and be able to defend yourself, but when she's in danger, she's not going to be able to fight back or protect herself."
"He's right, Lina." Sonya paused. "I've been really wanting to talk to you all about this... but I was thinking that we could install some cameras in Vika's room."
"No." I immediately told her.
"Why not?"
"Because we're invading her privacy like that."
"What about last night? What if she really killed herself? She's been close to it, and we didn't even know until we heard her fall. She's becoming quieter and sneakier about it and before we know it, we're going to walk in and see her dead hanging from the ceiling with her arms slashed open!" She was close to tears as she rubbed her face.
"Dimitri, she has a point..." Karolina spoke again, standing up.
"Fine… but I say only up until she can be trusted. Once she earns our trust, the cameras are gone without a trace." Sonya looked like she was considering it while Karolina stood there watching the exchange between us on Viktoria's behalf. Sonya sighed.
"Okay. But in two days, when she's at school with you, I'm going to have someone come and install some cameras."
"Deal. I guess we're done for the day… in an hour I have to go and pick up our schedules… I'll see you both later." They both nodded as I turned and went up the stairs, heading straight for my room so I could take a shower.
"It says here that you and your sister have been transferred here from St. Basil's?"
"Yes."
"And you are going to be moved into senior classes and she will be a sophomore…"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Alright. Here is your schedule, and here is hers." I read through mine which was on top, and then Viktoria's. (I'm not a senior in high school and I'm not a sophomore either, so please forgive me if I get any of this wrong, along with the formatting. I did some research but nothing good came out of it…)
Belikov, A. Dimitri
AP Physics- Teacher: Stan Alto- First Period
AP Calculus- Teacher: Mary Meissner- Second Period
EN1- French III- Teacher: Mark Nagy- Third Period
AP English Literature- Teacher: Sonya Karp- Fourth Period
EN2- Creative Writing- Teacher: Mikhail Tanner- Fifth Period
AP History- Teacher: Stan Alto- Sixth Period
EN3- Gym- Teacher: Arthur Schoenberg and Sydney Sage- Seventh Period
"Do I have Mr. Alto twice?" I asked, my eyes flicking back and forth between period one and seven.
"Yes, a teacher quit and we haven't found anyone to fill her spot, so we had Mr. Alto take another class." I nodded, my eyes scanning over Viktoria's just briefly, not bothering to check the teachers.
Belikov, E. Viktoria
Algebra II- First Period
AP Biology- Second Period
AP English- Third Period
EN1- Art- Fourth Period
AP European History- Fifth Period
EN2- Health Science- Sixth Period
EN3- Spanish II- Seventh Period
"Has anyone given you a tour of Saint Vladimir's?" I shook my head and almost answered but she stood and excused herself.
Over the intercom I didn't hear her voice but someone else's ask for a "Rosemarie Hathaway" to come down to the office. When she reentered the room, she went straight to her seat and sat back down.
"I know a student who will do so, and she'll be here any minute…" I didn't turn my head when the person arrived.
"Rosemarie, sit." She did as she was told and I heard her sit down in the chair next to me.
"He's new to our school from Russia, and since you know this school like the back of your hand, I expect you to politely show him around the building tomorrow and to his classes tomorrow morning, an hour before school starts."
"But Jillian-" I could hear the worry in her voice.
"Can come with you. I know she won't be a nuisance. I have already spoken to Alberta and she said she will come to get Jill a little before her classes start so you won't be late for any of your classes." The girl must've responded as I heard Ms. Kirova continue on.
"Alright, the bell will ring any minute, so I suggest you two give your introductions and I will go do the daily announcements." I nodded ant turned to face the girl beside me.
"Hello, I'm Dimitri Belikov. It's nice to meet you." I was instantly taken by surprise when I saw her. Long, dark brown hair flowed down, passing her mid-back. Wide brown eyes were above her perfect nose, covered in long and dark eyelashes. Her lips full, and a deep shade of pink. Sun-kissed skin that covered her small, curvy body. She was absolutely beautiful.
"Hi. I'm Rosemarie Hathaway, but I go by Rose. It's not nice to meet me." My eyebrows furrowed in confusion but she shook my extended hand anyway. She looked out the door. "Let me get some things straight with you. I am a bullied nerd with bad reputation, so tomorrow get here on time so you won't have to be seen with me around anyone. You're new and I don't want your senior year to be awful, and being seen with me will just be the start of it."
Was she kidding? I was shocked at her being so straightforward, but a strange urge to protect her came out of nowhere. "Get here on time." were the last things she said before exiting the room and out the front doors of the building.
I slumped in my seat, stunned at the least. Before I knew it, the headmistress was back in here.
"Where did Rose go?"
"Ah, she said she had to leave…"
She nodded. "Will your sister be here tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Good. You are free to go." I nodded and left, the shock still swimming around in my body.
(The next morning… Day #1 of school for him and Viktoria!)
"Viktoria, wake up." she groaned.
"Wake up." I nudged her again, but she gave me the bird and crawled under the covers. I shook my head and went back to my room and grabbed my air horn. A handy little thing it was.
I smirked and blew the horn, making her jump right out of bed.
"Get ready. Today's our first day and we have to be there earlier so we know where our classes are." I nudged her leg as she groaned again. "Come on… Wakey wakey eggs n' bakey. Rise and shine. It's a new day!" I walked over and yanked her curtains open to see the sun shining in brightly. She climbed out of bed and smacked my arm, while muttering a string of curse words as she tiredly went around, grabbing her things she'd need to get ready.
"Stop cursing and just get ready, Grumpy." She rolled her eyes and left her bedroom.
I had already showered and ate breakfast so I sat down on the couch, watching the news.
(Rose POV, the same morning before they meet up at school.)
"Jill, it's time to wake up…" I shook her left shoulder lightly.
"But Ro, it's so early…" She let her head fall back onto the pillow.
"I know, sweetie, I know. But I have to be at school early. Let's get you ready and then you can go back to sleep, okay?" She climbed out of bed, her hair all over the place. She reached for my hand and I gave it to her, walking over to bathroom.
"Brush your teeth while I get some clothes for you to wear. She nodded and rubbed at her eyes as she stepped onto her pink princess bathroom stool.
I picked out a vertical-striped, sleeveless, Polo dress and a regular white t-shirt along with some white shorts to go under it. (The dress will be on my profile if you want to see it :]) She had little white t-strap sandals I bought her a while ago to match. I grabbed two white flower clips and a white hair tie before I left her room.
Jill was sitting on the toilet, already undressed, still rubbing her face which was now red.
"Okay, come here." She walked over and I slipped on her pink princess underwear before making her lift her arms up and slipping the shirt on. I pulled on her shorts and then her dress, smoothing it out.
"You look really pretty, Rosie." she told me, playing with my bangs.
"Thank you, munchkin. You do too." I smiled and hoisted her up onto the counter, turning her so her feet sat inside the sink and her back was to me.
"Maybe my dress but my hair's a mess, Rosie." she said, staring at the reflection.
"No matter what you're wearing or how you look, I'll always think you're the prettiest girl on the planet." I kissed her cheek before brushing out her hair, apologizing every time she winced if I tugged too hard.
I pulled her hair back into a ponytail, pinning her little bangs to the side with the white flower clips.
"See? You're beautiful." I put my hands on her shoulders and she leaning into me.
"I miss them, Rosie…"
"I know, baby girl. I do too."
I stood in front of the school building with Jill sleeping in my arms. I checked my watch again. He had five minutes. As I counted down the minutes and got down to the very last one, a sleek silver Aston Martin Vantage V12 pulled into the parking lot. I nearly started laughing.
He got out of the car, but I was confused when someone else did too.
"Rose, I forgot to mention that his sister will tag along, as she is new to this school also." I nearly jumped a mile high when I turned around and saw Kirova standing in the doorway, arms behind her back.
"Alright."
"Here are their schedules." I shift Jill to one arm and she handed me the two sheets of paper.
"Okay. Thank you."
"No, thank you. Have a good day, dear." I nodded. "You too."
I turned back around and saw Dimitri and his sister, "Viktoria," it read on the paper. Yesterday, he was sitting down and I assumed he was tall, but I didn't expect him to be over six feet. He looked to be six six or six seven… I couldn't tell. But he was tall. And so was Viktoria. I considered anyone taller than me tall, but she was… she was tall.
"Follow me." I told them, heading for the door. Dimitri hopped in front of me and opened the door for us. I couldn't remember the last time somebody did that for me that wasn't a teacher.
"Thank you." I walked past and I caught the scent of a strong smell. It wasn't a bad smell; it was heavenly. I guessed it was his cologne or aftershave because goodness, it was mouthwatering.
"We'll start with freshmen flooring and then make our way up and around. Cool?" They both nodded.
I carried Jillian everywhere since she wanted to sleep. It wasn't like it was hard… she was a lightweight kid. I learned that Dimitri was in all of my classes, including lunch. By eight o'clock, parents would be dropping off their kids, buses would be arriving, and other students who can drive themselves would be showing up. It was fifteen till, so I showed them their lockers and went to my own. And guess what? Dimitri's was right next to mine.
"Hathaway!" I spun around to see Sydney running towards me in some workout clothes.
"Hey."
"Hi, Miss Sydney!" Jill giggled, waving from her spot on the floor.
"Hello, pretty girl! How have you been?"
"I have been good. How about you?"
"I've been really good. Sweetie, why don't you go to my room and color? There are some coloring books on your desk." Jill turned to me.
"Is that okay with you, Rosie?"
"Yeah. Go ahead, just be careful." She nodded, running off and disappearing into the first room on the left.
"Okay. There's a small, ah, issue."
"What? Is it about babysitting Jill?" I asked, beginning to worry. I had no one else I could get to babysit Jill!
"Yeah. I'm visiting a friend that just moved to town and I don't know how she'd feel being around them…" I mentally banged my head against the locker door. There was so much I needed to do today and I had no clue on how I would be able to do it… I guess Jill could go swimming and I could get Ian to-
"Sage?" Dimitri popped his head out from behind the locker door.
"Dimitri! Did Karolina tell you that I'm coming over today?"
"Yes. Everyone's dying to see you again." He smirked, shutting his locker door with a black binder in his hand. Sydney blushed a bright red and covered her face with her hands. "Don't you dare bring that up. It was your dog's fault. All him." Dimitri shook his head and laughed.
"I take it that you are Rose's sister's babysitter?" Sydney nodded as I looked at him out of the corner of my eye.
"She can come. I'm sure Paul and Zoya would love to hang out with her."
"Great. Well, Dimitri, it was good seeing you again and Rose, just bring her to me and I'll take her with me." An ear-piercing scream rang from Sydney's room cutting off any other words about to come out of my mouth, and in no less than a second, I dropped all my things and ran.
"Jillian!" I saw her standing on her little chair, her shoulders scrunched up. "Jill?" I asked, completely confused. She looked fine.
"S-s-sp-sp-spp-sppi-SPIDER!" I smacked my forehead and walked over to where she was, seeing no spider.
"Jill, I don't see any spider or spiders-" My leg tickled. I was wearing shorts, and when I looked down, I saw a freaking spider the size of Godzilla. Maybe I was exaggerating, but it was still huge.
"Euughhh!" I shook my leg so hard I thought it would pop off. The spider fell off and I grabbed a book off of the chalk tray, slamming it down on the insect. Laughter came from the doorway and I saw Alberta, Sydney, and Dimitri standing there with amused expressions on their faces.
I picked up the book to see the spider's leg twitching. I shuddered and grabbed a tissue off of her desk, wiping off the book and floor before throwing it away.
"I killed it…" Jill had visibly relaxed once I said that and hopped off of the chair.
"I'll see you later Jilly Bill." I hugged her.
"You too, Ro. I love you."
"I love you too." I kissed her forehead and watched her take Alberta's hand, leaving. Sydney laughed and patted my back.
"I'll see you two later." We both nodded and exited the classroom.
"Thanks for letting Jill go to your house… I'll see you around." I told him and walked off to my locker, ready for day number three of many more to come.
And see him around I did. He had to sit next to me in Stan's class, and a few others. It was exhilarating sitting next to him, but also embarrassing as he saw how others treated me. Tasha was already working on making Dimitri her boy toy, Avery was flirting with him nonstop as well as Camille, Carly, Abby, Angeline, and Meredith. Lissa just stood off to the side, being quiet. The more I had to be around him, the more I would have to see them.
"So, Rose, I heard you tried seducing Jesse in the hallway." I gritted my teeth.
"Go away, Camille."
"And if I don't want to?" Her annoying, preppy, high-pitched voice turned dark. "Listen here, you little punk." Angeline and Meredith, the two bulkiest girls of the group that weren't exactly walking sticks, threw me against the wall lockers. "No body likes you. If you try making one single move with Dimitri, I'll rip your pretty little head off your body, got it?"
"Calling my head pretty now, are we?" "Shut it." she hissed, smacking me.
"No." I bit down on my tongue when she made Angeline and Meredith drop me, kneeing me in the stomach. Carly and Abby- Lissa nowhere to be found- were laughing as I doubled over in pain.
"Is that all you got?" I asked, laughing bitterly. Her mouth made a perfect little "o" as her face turned red with anger. She punched me in the face.
"Camille, touch her one more time and see what happens." We all turned our heads towards the tall figure standing a mere five feet away.
:P like I said, it's a filler. Sucky chap but the next one should be better!
And can anyone explain the whole "Copy N' Paste" thing going on? If we can copy and paste I'd be able to update much more often since I will be going into school… Anyway, I loved the reviews and thanks for favoriting and adding me to your alerts! Thanks… until next time! Xx.
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