Chapter 3

DPOV

I texted Rose telling her I couldn't make our trainnig session. I felt bad because she was probably already at the gym, but it was only one day, she probably didn't even care. Tasha wanted me to show her around because despite being here before, and this being her 3rd week living at the academy, she still claimed she didn't properly know her way around.

I Pulled on a shirt and a pair of jeans, tied my hair into a short ponytail and headed towards Tasha's cabin.

I only had to knock once before she opened the door. Her hair was in a ponytail too, fully revealing the awful scar, left by her siblings years ago.

She smiled when she saw me. "Dimka!" She squealed and pulled me into a hug, catching me off guard. I eventually hugged back.

"Hi, Tasha," I said pulling back. "Are you ready?" She nodded eagerly and stepped out of the cabin, and locked the door behind her.

"I just wanted to thank you for doing this Dimka." she said with a tilt of her head.

"Eerm..no problem..." I answered.

"And afterwords maybe we could get some lunch, and...talk." She said as a smile crossed her face and she winked.

"Yeah...ok...I guess.." I gave a nervous chuckle. I always knew Tasha had a kind of crush on me, but she didn't usually make it this obvious.

She laughed. "Oh relax Dimka! I was only joking." she said as she placed a hand on my chest. I smiled politely and took her hand off me. Her smile faded slightly and she turned around.

"so, shall we go?" She asked her smile returning, but smaller.

"Yes. Definitely." I said with a small smile of my own.

We left the woods and went towards moroi dorms, then dhampir, then the gym, then the rest of the school. It took quite a while, and by the time we finished our tour, it was almost one `o` clock.

"So...lunch?" She asked hopefully.

"Sure. We'll go to the cafeteria." I replied and she smiled.

We walked back in silence. It was normal until Ifelt her hand trying to grasp mine. I pulled away by scratching my neck and putting my hand into my pocket. I could tell this annoyed her, but she really had to understand. I didn't like her like that. Sure I absolutely adored her as a friend, but romatically? No. Why? For alot of reasons. Rose was one of them. My gaurdian duties were another.

"What's wrong Dimka?" She asked, rubbing her hand up and down my arm.

"Nothing." I replied in my gaurdian voice. I tried to shake her hand off me, but she ignored it. I sighed quietly and we continued walking.

We were making our way towards the cafeteria, when I saw a short, dark-haired dhampir in a training outfit walking from the running field to the dhampir dorms. I was going to walk over to her and tell her she should have been in class, but when she got closer, I saw it was Rose. I walked over to her, an annoyed expression on my face. For a split second, I saw a look of agony on her face. Then she looked over to Tahsa. She looked at Her with...what? Envy? Hatred? Probably both. And me with a typical I`m-Rose-Hathaway-And-I-don't-care look. I sighed and walked over to her. She looked at me and turned in the other direction.

She didn't run, she just walked away casually. I rolled my eyes and jogged up to her. Why? Why couldn't she just follow the rules? Why did I have to mentor Rose Hathaway? And Why, why? Why? Why? Did Tasha have to like me?

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Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed! I know it was a short chapter I'm sorry. Could I ask for three reviews as thats how many I got for my first 2 chapters? I just wanted to thank all my readers and reviewers, I appreciate your support. Already working on my next chapter which will return to RPOV. Once again thank you to all of you!

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