Chapter fifteen: Instructing and Shopping
Liss was right about one thing. People were kind of awed by me after seeing me take down the moroi girl of a one inch iron bar. After lunch I met up with Dimitri and we went to the Gym, after we send out the novice to run a few warm up laps, we chanced into some workout clothes. When I saw that I didn't bring my top in here I walked out to where I left mine and Dimitri's bag outside the locker room. I was (in my sports bra and running pants) literally holding my bag upside-down and shaking it in search for my tank top.
"Mother fucker son of orospu. Where in the effen fuck is that shittass top!" With that I threw the bag on the ground. "Salak Sikkafa!"
"Roza?" I spun around, I hadn't hear him come out. He stood in the doorway and a whole bunch of novices stood behind a few teachers at the end of the gym. They looked kind of shocked. "Everything alright? I just heard an entire English and Turkish dictionary of Swearwords being called off."
"A, I got way more where that came from and B; I can't find my shittass top."
"And you are surprised that I don't want to teach you how to swear in Russian?"
"Common Comrade. If you'd teach me I could swear in three different languages at the same time. That not only would be amazing. But it also means that the receiving end would not understand everything and not be so offended, while I can fully express myself."
"I've known you for too long, to still fall for Rose-logic, Roza."
Damn
"Whatever. Okay you bunch. line up." Quickly the novices scurried in a few lines.
Dimitri started explaining in Russian what would happen today. Practically the same as in St-Vladimir's. They could ask what they want. And we would give them pointers on the fights they had whit each other.
"Guardian Hathaway, could you teach us the move you used to bring that Moroi girl dawn."
"Sure I can, If you are able to do cartwheels and summersault on a one inch bar, you pretty much can do that move and there is nothing much to teach you. Just work on you balance and think outside the box, you'll get there."
They started to pair up and where sparring with each other. Only a few male novices came up flirting with me. I told them go politely, if that didn't work, I fliped them over and told him if he couldn't take me in a fight, he definitely couldn't handle me anywhere else. Dimitri was not so happy with the male attention I got. Hey, It could have been a lot worse considering my work out attire, or better lack of it. Besides, There wasn't a shortlist of female attention for him. It was actually funny, because he hated girls who were constant squalling and chirping. One them actually maneged to fake-sprain her ankle. Too bad for her, I was the one attending to it. I was helping out one of the novices to change her stand to help her balance out, when Lissa came running in.
"Rose, you have to come see this."
"Where is the fire Liss?" I asked jokingly
"Better who's on fire."
"What?"
"Calm down, not that literally." I saw what she meant when I was outside. The moroi students were standing in four large circles. One for each element. They were holding up circles of their element in a defense position.
"Congratulations Sparky. This is awesome."
"Wow I just got a complement from THE Rose Hathaway."
"Yeah well, better enjoy it. It will be a long time till you get another. Damn It's fucking cold out here."
"Maybe you should were more clothes. It's almost winter and you're standing here in you bra. Why are you only wearing that?" Lissa asked
"Couldn't find my top, and I wasn't really planning to come outside."
"Only you Rose."
"Excuse me?" I heard Dimitri say. I turned around to see what the problem was. He was looking at a novice.
"What's the problem?"
"He was saying that now that the Moroi can protect themselves, they don't need us anymore to protect them."
"Oh really? Would you like to test that? Christian which of these student is most developed?"
"That would be Vital over there. He is an Earth user, can throw some decent rocks and make some small earthquakes."
"Seriously? I hate earthquakes. They make you feel like you're walking on jelly. And I only like jelly when I can eat it. Anyway, You" I pointed at the novices "have a new charge for the next five minutes. And you Vital? You are very allowed to protect yourself." The Novice went over to stand next to Vital. "Vital do you trust your magic enough or do you want a teacher at your assistance for if anything goes wrong?"
"Euh Rose?" Lissa said;"Vital is kind of as good with earth as Christian in with fire, but what are you planning that can go wrong?"
"Oh I wasn't planning anything that can hurt Vital, I was talking about his step-in guardian to do something stupid. One last thing. Vital you okay with this?"
"Oh yess!"
"Damn you are a mini earth Sparky. Just as crazy. Okay get Raedy"
I ran up to him and he started to throw rocks. I avoided them and kicked a few back in the direction of the novice who was looking like he wanted to do nothing more than to hide behind Vital. I have to say kicking rocks kind of hurt, those were troubles for latter. When one of the rocks hit him in the stomach he seemed to wake up and took a fighting stands slightly in front of him and became walking up to me. Suddenly the ground beneath me was starting to shake. Remember what I said about walking on jelly, well apparently I remembered correctly. I had a hard time keeping my balance, but I could handle, that novice on the other hand. He could as well be drunk. So when I got a hit on him he lost his balance and fell down, he directly got up but I was already past him. Vital tried on last ting by loosening up the stones in front of him but I saw that one coming. I broke my leg once on that stunt when Victor was after Lissa, it was not happening again. So yes I got my hand on him and positioned my mouth next to his neck, looked to the Novice and said.
"You just got your charge killed by your stupidity." The novice knotted ashamed and went back to the group. "You Vital are one hell of earth user, I think I broke my foot on those rocks of yours. Maybe not broke, but there definitely is something not right in there." This brought me to an idea.
"Hey Liss, I'm sorry I don't think I will be able to wear heels, something in my foot is not right because of kicking those rocks."
"Then I'll heal it, you won't be going in flats under a dress to that reunion."
"I was thinking more like not wearing a dress at all, that would spare us the dangeroussy of a shopping trip too."
"Oh no! We are going shopping Rose. You promised last time we would go shopping again." Vikka stepped in
"Yes we are going shopping Rose whether you want to or not. Don't worry Viktoria."
"Comrade, Your sister is backing up with my best friend to torture me. Help?"
"Actually, I'm with them on this one."
"Dimitri Belikov..."
"Sorry Roza. You can't hold it against me that I want to make every guy on that reunion jealous that I got you, and they never will. That and you'll love it that you'll be more beautiful then any ex girlfriend of mine." He said very quite to me. Using my logic to his advantage.
I spun around "Ex? Any Ex? You better start elaborating Comrade?"
"Don't worry Roza, you're the one for me." He turned around and left with Christian. I was boiling.
"Did he just say ex?" Lissa said.
"He did. We need to read that file their maybe will something in there about a girl. Or even better, Vikka! Who are Dimitri's exes."
"Huh?" She looked confused
"Calm dawn Rose, He loves you."
"Yeah well, after Tasha I kind of got weary about exes."
"Oh? Well shopping will ease your mind. Let's go."
"And how will shopping for a dress to empress his exes with, ease my mind of his exes?"
"Oh right, well than our company will?"
"I'm so not looking forward to this."
We where almost at the mall and I had been questioning Dimitri about 'exes' all the way there. The people in the car were probably planning to rip my head off by now. The only response I got was things like 'You're cute when you're jealous' and 'They are no match for you' As if that was going to help. The best of all was, when we arrived, Mister Sneaky and Sparky went off by their self saying they had some personal shopping to do.
"What do you think they went to do. I mean what do they have to be so sneaky about. Ever since we arrived in Russia, they have been running of together and getting sneaky and it has been to times we walked into a room and they stopped all conversation. Lissa?"
"I don't know Rose, but I do know that Dimitri loves you very much, he would never hurt you. Whatever he is doing, you will love it."
"Has Christian said something to you?"
"No, he hasn't"
"Then who says it is Dimitri planning something?"
"Because that's what you have been saying all day."
"I have because if even if it is Christian who is planning something, Dimitri knows about it and is probably helping him. Their for, he is planning something."
"Of course Rose, let's concentrate on the dresses. Like that one over there!"
"Oh Rose you would be so beautiful in that one" Victoria gave the dress the blessing.
"Guys that's a prom dress, I mean that thing is huge. I'm pretty sure the dress code was cocktail and not evening."
"About that, there are some other events were going to while you're of duty in the coming months. One of those requires a ball gown." Lissa said sheepishly.
Oh no. Breath in, Breath out, Breath in, Breath out
"Good I'll sit here. You can just go out and look for dresses, but the first one that comes to me whit something any shade of pink or white or anything in-between is not to be spoken to in a week. And you better make sure I'm able to fight and move it!" I shouted after they left with a battalion of guardians after them.
Not 15 min later they came back with not one but two sales lady's. This trip was turning into a nightmare. One human, the other not so much. Lissa switched fron Russian to English so I could understand what The sales Lady's were suppose to find for me.
"So we are going to need three different styles of dresses for her. The first one can be a bit of a party dress, you know short, festive. but please keep it elegant. The second one is a bit more formal it can be short, but I would like to see something longer as well. This one may be sexy. For the last one we are going to need a ball gown type of dress, you the big type that would make an entrance-"
"Okay I'm cutting you of right there. Why do I need a frycking ball gown?"
"You'll see. Also, None of them will be black, you wear enough of that already. And she need matching underwear and shoos with them. Do you have any demands about them?"
"Oh yes. No pink, no white, not anything in between. Not tight around the legs I'm going need to be able to move in them. I'm sure you understand what I mean." I said to the moroi sales lady. "And Lastly. You better enjoy this because you are not dragging me of again anytime soon. Oh, and about the underwear part? Have fun in that department." I said smirking. The sales lady's ran (the moroi one after a quick bow towards Lissa) and someone else came into this dressing room (that could have functioned as a hotel room) with coffee, thee and an arrangement of cookies and snacks. Sexy underwear and food? Maybe this wasn't so bad after all.
That mood was crushed however when the sales ladies started to bring in dresses, correction piles of them.
"Is there anything left is a store here?"
"Calm down Rose, Vika start distracting her. Good were going to start with the short festive ones."
"So Rose? You scared everyone in Baia when Dennis returned without you."
"I probably did, It wasn't like I had a change to say goodbye. You guys thought I died right?"
"Well at first we did, but then after graduation there is always this motivational speech for the lower years, to train to become a guardians. It always a bit more focused on the girls because there is a very low rate of female guardians graduating here. They said that that year the highest graduation score ever was received by a girl on an alternated course. I hoped they were talking about you, I hadn't seen Oskana then, so I asked and they sowed the entire thing on video to us. That's one of reasons everyone on school was so in awe of you. Of course because you were trained by my brother, they expected me to be as good. So thank you for that!"
"Well I'm sorry for people expecting you to be awesome." Lissa handed me the first dress. It was this different shades of blue mid thigh, one shoulder dress. "So, have you heard anything from Rolan?"
"Nope, thank you for that by the way." I had the dress on and stepped outside." Vika's face crushed. "That's a no. Btw, I can see your stake strapped to your leg under need the fabric." Lissa turned around holding a foul greenish dress with a fluffy skirt and roses covering one shoulder. "Don't even think about it Lissa. I'll slice that thing trough with my throwing knives before that touches my body!"
"Have a little fate dear. I was just tossing this one. That one you have on too btw. Here try this one on." It was this red sparkly bustier whit an a-line skirt starting a few inches under my breasts. So I did. "How are you and Nicolai doing?"
"Well he is still my friend."
"Ow come on Victoria Belikova, give the guy a change!"
"I know, but I don't want him to feel like the second best, even though he isn't and what if we don't work out, then I lost of a friend." I stepped out again.
"The only part I heard, is he not being the second best."
"Euh yeah, I maybe might of have started to get feelings for him? That dress is perfect!" She tried to change the subject.
"When did that happen!?"
"Well you did put it on."
"You know I wasn't talking about the dress. Spill your beans, little sister of mine."
"When he kept defending me for not being a blood whore and that I wasn't involved in some business with Zmey. Why did he help you anyway, Zmey is a dangerous man. I mean I did make you be in debt with him right, because if you are, of course you are, that man doesn't do anything for free. I'm taking it over the debt for-"
"Hold it" I cut her off. "The catch was that I would return to the Academy and graduate."
"Why? I mean he wanted to help just so you could have a good future for yourself? Oh no! He wants' you as his guardian isn't it. But you're the queens, he can't take you from her, so he is going to find something else. I'm so sorry Rose."
"Okay Vikka. You calm down and let me explain everything without interrupting okay?"
"Okay. I'll shut up."
"Here Rose explain while putting this on." Lissa handed me a turquoise, complicated looking dress."
"I toughed the one I have on now was perfect?
"It is but we need at least three dresses remember?"
"Liss, I can't afford three high-class dresses. Or you let my shop in cheaper shops or I'll only have one dress."
"Oh no Rose and btw I'm paying for them."
"Oh no Liss, you're not."
"Yes I am, that an direct order, now putt on that dress and explain the family three to you're not official sister in law."
"Fine. So first of all Vikka if you ever find yourself in trouble, don't hesitate to ask Zmey for anything. The cliché that the mafia puts it's family first is very true." I said while fighting with all the straps on the dress. "And I'm going to need someone to help me with this dress. I don't see which side is up." Lissa came helping me.
"Family?" Viktoria asked.
"Yes family. Because me and Dimitri are together you automatically become family." Victoria got a more confused look on her face by the second. "You see I found my biological father and we kind of share a lot of characteristics." Lissa couldn't hold her laugh at that one.
"That's one way of putting it." She said and started laughing again when she saw viktoria's face. I was almost in the dress and there was still a lot of skin showing.
"You see my father's name is Ibrahim Mazur or as most of Russia knows him Zmey."
1..2..3 "Dimka is dating Zmey's daughter!" She shot straight up "Wait Zmey has a daughter? And what do you mean you share a lot of characteristics?"
"He's arrogant, sarcastic and likes to intimidate poeple."
"Oh, you do share a lot of characteristics! I'm so going to give this to Dimka! That by the way is the sexiest thing I've ever seen. Just a bit cold for the time of year."
I turned to the mirror. She was right. The color contrasted perfect against my skin, and while everything that needs to be covered was fully covered, almost anything else was bare. It was like wearing a covering spots bra in this light bleu color with sparkles, a miny skirt in the same and joining them whit all these straps. Then there was a full skirt that touched the floor in the back and stopped mid thigh in the front. I never had been in a dress as sexy as this and "WOW" was all I said.
"Wow indeed but, you'll be freezing in this, if you were it now. The dress however is so coming with us, but we need another for the reunion." Vikka and Lissa stated looking together with the sales lady's while I tried to get myself out of the dress without shredding it.
"Okay Rose we have something. You need to close your eyes." Lissa said, holding something behind her back. The new dress I suppose
"Why do I need to close my eyes?" I'm so not rusting this.
"Just do it please." They both had puppy eyes. Oh well who would it hurt. I close my eyes and putt my hands above my head. I felt them put on the dress on my, it felt decent enough, so that wasn't the catch. They turned me over were the mirror supposedly was and let go of me.
"You can open your eyes now." Lissa said with a small voice." So I did.
..."I'm wearing pink"
I was wearing a dress who was short in the front, about mid thigh, and long in the back. It was a strapless whit a slight sweetheart neckline, Just covering the scars the Tacha-b gave me. It was black above and just under my breast it started to go over in black lace, exposing the hot pink fabric under need it. The skirt wasn't full and was just the calm black lace falling to the floor. It actually looked kind of cute one me. But I was wearing pink!
"Actually it's fuchsia." Vikka tried.
"Come on Rose! Lets compromise.; You get to wear black and I finally get to see you wear pink. Pleeeeaaaase?"
"You really want to see me in pink now do you?" They both nodded franticly.
"Fine but only because you're paying for it."
"Good now we need one last dress." Lissa said as she pointed to the pile of garment bags. Right ball gown. When was going to need that? On the upside. When that was over I at least could get some lingerie. That was something I did like to shop for.
Here you go,
As some of you maybe already know; I've posted a new story titled: Running after my man.
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