For the true hero isn't measured threw the size of the muscles, but by the strength of their heart
When we walked into prom, to say I was amazed would be an understatement. What I expected to look like some kids party was more like the set of a movie. The room was done in all deep reds and blacks, with sectioned booths running along one wall, and tables scattered near the back. Hanging in at least 2 different spots on the ceiling where chandeliers, only they had white feathers around the tops of them. On the corner there was a DJ, and across from the booths was a table with all kinds of snacks and a huge punch bowl.
"Wow, this is amazing!" Lissa said from next to me, than grabbed Christian as she, along with everyone else in our group surged to the dance floor and started dancing. Rather than go and dance myself I took Dimitri's arm and walked to a booth on the side of the room and slide in, holding the back of my dress so it didn't rip.
Once we were both seated, he took my hand and started playing with my hands, than brought it to his lips. "You really look amazing." He said smiling and I just rolled my eyes, but inside I felt butterflies. He was the only man to ever make me feel that way, and I loved it.
"No thanks to you. They tortured me and you let them." I said pouting playfully. I did have some fun, but I wouldn't tell him that. "They had mud mask" I shudder, and he laughs and then leans over and runs his hand over my cheek.
"Well, it was worth it. Your skin is like silk." When he said that, I narrowed my eyes and was about to respond when Lissa, Christian, Mason, Hollie, Jill and Eddie all piled into the booth. Good thing I was big huh?
After that, talk just started flowing freely, until one of the 'chaperones' brought over a glass that looked like champagne flute, but we all knew that it really was just sparkling apple cider. Either way we all took one.
Feeling sentimental, I called for a toast. "Save all your cheeky comments losers." I warned before starting. "I want to say thank you all, for sticking by me though all the ups and downs that most teen shouldn't have to deal with. You all are more family to me than I have ever had and I cannot tell you how grateful I am for that. I love you guys; I don't know what I would do without you. So to good friends" by the time I was done, Liss looked like she had tears in her eyes but we all clicked glasses with a choirs of good friends.
"Now that Rosie is done being such a sentimental sap, can we dance now?" Christian asks laughing, even though I could tell that my little speech affected him. With a laugh we all got up from the booth and made our way to the dance floor.
For the next couple hours we all just danced and acted like fools, at 10, they let us take our masks off and when we all did, we tossed them in the air like they were our graduation caps, laughing the whole time, we even took dozens of prom pictures, and snapped dozens of them with mine and lissa's digital cameras.
It was nearly 11:30 and I was in Dimitri's arms dancing to some slow song and feeling the happiest I can remember. I never wanted to leave his arms, and that's when I realized, I was in love with him again. I knew I had been falling again but I didn't realize that I was all the way there again. So I told him. "Dimitri, I love you." than kissed him.
We were in the middle of kissing when by some miracle I heard the DJ saying that he had been ask to play a song.
Forgive me my little flower princess
For crushing your delicateness
Forgive me, if you could forgive me
Forgive me my little flower princess
For selfishness
Forgive me, forgive me
Well I know there is no way to repay you
Whatever it takes I will try to
The rest of my life I will thank you (thank you, thank you)
My little...
If you'll forgive me my little flower princess
Never too late unless you can't forgive...
Time is on our side
Let's not waste another minute
'Cause I love you my little friend
I really love you
Give me just one more chance
And I'll show you - take up the dance
Where we left off
The rest of our life is the...my little
(I'm home)
"That song went out to 'Little Flower' who ever that is." The DJ said before playing some fast paced song.
Oh my god, he is here. I don't think anyone else noticed the song or the shout out, but I put on a fake smile and leaned over and kissed Dimitri "hey, I'm going to go to the bathroom." I told him, and squeezed his hand. "I love you." I had to make sure he knew that, since I knew that as soon as I walked out of the hotel that I would see HIM, and there was a chance I would never see Liss or Eddie, or Mason or Dimitri again.
Inside I was shaking, but on the outside I looked and acted cool as a cucumber. I would not show this bastard fear.
DIMITRI'S POV
So far Prom has been amazing, more amazing than I ever thought it could be, of course it could just be my date, but either way I was happier than I have ever been. And to top it off, Rose said she loved me. I knew that were on the road to fixing our relationship but I didn't think it would be this soon for her to love me again. The thought made me feel like a giddy school boy.
Shaking my head I walked to the table where Christian, Eddie, and Mason were all sitting. "Hey, where is Rose? Liss was looking for her." my best friend of over 8 years asks.
"She went to the bathroom; she should be back by now though." I realized it had been over 10 minutes ago that she walked away from me. Just as I was about to turn around and go look for her, I was grabbed by a blonde girl in a light blue dress. Sydney.
"Uh Dimitri can I talk to you for a minute? It's about Rose." She said her voice soft as she put her hand on her round belly. Taking a deep breath I walked with her to the doorway and looked at her expectantly. "Well, I was standing at the concierge desk getting a room, and I saw her walk out the front door. She looked like she was ready to kick someone's ass." She told me, and I sighed.
"Go find Lissa, tell her I said to call Janine or Abe. Tell her that he is here." I told her before running out of the hotel after the love of my life
I had to ask several people to find out which way she went, but when I ask my sisters friend Nicole, she was more than happy to tell me that she walked off down the street after some guy in a Fedora. Rolling my eyes at her attempt at making me jealous I ran in the direction she told me. Half way down the block I saw the swish of Rose's Dress and fallowed her.
ROSE POV
When I walked out of the hotel, I took a deep breath closing my eyes as I did. When I opened them I saw a man standing across the street in a black suit with a fedora, and under normal circumstances he would have been hot. But I knew who he was, and that knowledge made my blood run cold.
When he saw me, he nodded and started walking. After a moment I started fallowing him. I had to deal with this now. I should have told Dimitri or someone where I was going but they would have made me stay there. What they, or anyone else really, didn't realize is that I needed to face him so that I could put him behind me, so that I could move on with my life.
When I was about 2 blocks from the hotel I heard Dimitri call my name. And I closed my eyes. Please don't find me; I have to do this myself. Hearing his foot falls behind me, I turned the corner after Aydin than made a left at the fork in the alleyway. After another block and a half with no more footsteps I stopped when I saw Aydin standing there, a gun in his hand.
"Ah, Little Flower, how you have grown. Into such a beautiful woman at that. Have you missed me?" he asks, running his hand over the gun. I nearly had to laugh, guns were for wimps.
"Honestly? Not really, in fact until a couple months ago I forgot all about you." I said nonchalantly. I would NOT show him that I was afraid of him at all. I would not give him that satisfaction. So trying to act cool, I leaned down and took off my heels, sighing when I did, acting like it was some great relief, while it really was, and that's not why I took them off. I knew that I would end up fighting, and fighting in heels was just asking for a broken ankle.
"Oh Flower, that displeases me. I think someone needs to be punished." He told me, pushing off the wall he had been leaning against and walked over to me. With him this close I could smell his cologne; it was gross and over powering. When he stepped behind me, I had to close my eyes to repress a shudder.
"You know, I am not 7 anymore. I don't do punishments." I told him, than felt him press against me and run his hand over my exposed collar bone. I had enough of this. Taking a deep breath, I brought my head back as hard as I could and when he stumbled back I stepped forward and got into what could only be called my fighting stance, with my legs a little apart and bent a little.
"Oh this will not do at all Rosemarie. Not at all." He growled as he shook his head and whipped the blood from his face. I think I broke his nose. What a wimp. When he started to walk forward again, I walked to the side, I would not let him have me against a wall.
"Oh stop with the talking already, no one cares least of all me." I said before I sent a kick to his side, which he sidestepped and was able to catch my ankle. Ok so maybe not such a wimp. Kicking his ass would be fun.
With my other free leg, I jumped and kicked him again, freeing myself from him I landed on my feet, a couple inches away from a broken beer bottle. I made note of that, it could come in handy.
When he managed to pull himself up from where I had knocked him, he looked livid. Good.
For the next couple minutes we went back and forth trading blows. It wasn't until he fell and landed on the back of my dress, creating a small tare where the fabric connects to the bodice that either of us spoke again. "Are you kidding me? Do you know how much this dress cost? Nearly $300 and you with your warped pedo obsession freaking ripped it. Asshole." I snapped as I kicked him off my dress and kicked him in the side.
Just as I was bringing my foot back to kick him again, a couple things happened at the same time. 1 I felt strong arms around my waist pulling me back, I heard tires squealing and doors slamming, and third, and worst of all. I heard the loud popping of a gun firing.
I expected to feel pain from the bullet, only…I didn't. I felt the arms around me loosen and heard someone behind me fall. Turning my head to see who it was, I saw a red vest and tie.
"DIMITRI!" I screamed as I dropped to my knees next to him, and pressed my hand to the wound on his chest. Behind me I could hear the sound of fighting, but I didn't care. All I cared about was the man before me. The love of my life. "Dimitri, baby. Please, don't leave me. I need you." I whispered to him as I sat on the ground and pulled him into my lap and ran my hand over his head.
I don't know how long I sat there like that, with him in my lap but before long we were surrounded by what looked like paramedics and they were taking him from me. I wouldn't let them. "No! I have to protect him" I snapped at someone, who whispered to me that they had to take him to the hospital to fix him. That snapped me out of my daze and I nodded.
The paramedics got him in the ambulance and one of them offered me a hand. They were letting me ride with him. Nodding my head I pulled myself into the back and sat by his head holding his hand and whispering to him that I loved him.
When we got to the emergency room, I was not allowed in the back with them so I walked numbly to the waiting room, only to be pulled into a hug. I was in my best friends arms, and looking around I saw everyone. Christian, Mason, Eddie, Jill, Hollie, Andre, Viktoria, Olena, Karolina, Sonya, Elizabeth, my mother and father and a dozen other people I didn't know.
Being around all these people I loved, I couldn't hold my tears and buried my face in Lissa's shoulder and cried.
*2 hours later*
It has been 2 hours, and all they would tell us is that he is still in surgery. I wish they would tell us more. I am dying here not knowing what is happening to him. But no one could get any more out of anyone, not me, not Olena, not even Abe, even after bribing and threatening the nurse's.
Most of the people that were waiting around went home, so the only ones left were Lissa Christian Eddie Mason Andre my parents and Dimitri's family and Elizabeth.
Andre Mason and Eddie had gone to get drinks for us all; when they had come back they had a change of clothes for me Liss and Viktoria since were still in our prom dresses. How could a night that was meant to be amazing, that had started out amazing, end so badly?
"What is taking so damn long?" Christian growls from next to Lissa. I wanted to know the same thing. Sighing I stood up and walked to the desk that I had been to a dozen times.
"Can you tell us anything?" I ask softly, expecting to get the line I had gotten all night. He is still in surgery; the doctor will come talk to when he is in recovery. Only this time I didn't.
"He is in recovery, the doctor should be out any moment to talk to you, and oh there she is." The overly cheery nurse told me, nodding to a blonde woman walking down the hall in a white lab coat.
"Family for Dimitri Belikov?" she ask and we all jumped up and walked over to her. "He is in recovery; lucky for him the bullet missed any and all major organs. And it was really a simple proses, or it would have been if the bullet hadn't fragmented. That's what took so long; we were removing all fragments of the bullet. He will be in here a couple days, and he is not happy about it. But he is awake and is asking for Roza." She told us and I nearly started crying again. He was going to be fine.
AN: sooo I was going to leave it at a cliff hanger, but I know everyone would yell at me, so I didn't. Sadly I think there will only be one more normal chapter and then I may do an epilog I just don't know where it will be set. So help me out here buddies. Ha-ha
Sorry I didn't go into detail about Rose kicking ass, but like I said before I am a lover not a fighter, so I don't really fight. Lol but still I hope it was ok.
The song that was in this chapter was called 'my little flower princess' by John Lennon. Ha-ha I had never heard the song before today, I just put in Google songs with little flower in the lyrics and that was one of them that came up and I think it works really well.
Anyway I am off to role-play now so send me reviews and I will…give you cookies. Ha-ha