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Chapter 8: Exceeding Expectations

Previously: "I'm ready as soon as you are." She smirked.

"One..." I started.

"Two..." She went.

"Three!" I was ready to pounce when I was overwhelmed by Lissa's emotions.

I was in Lissa's head for like 10 seconds. Only enough to see Eddie get attacked by someone. I gasped and felt someone jump on me. I slammed out of Lissa's head and into my own.

I noticed a body over me and sighed. Cathy. She had jumped me when I was in Lissa's head. I kicked her off and stood up. She came at me again but I held my arms up in surrendor.

"Wait. I need to check on Lissa."

"Lissa who?" Cathy sneered.

"Vasilisa Dragomir. Shes in trouble, just give me a minute." I jumped in Lissa and saw that Eddie was fighting... Stan. Damn, it was just a field experience fight. I sighed and left her head.

"...are you doing?" Cathy was about an inch away from my face. I winced.

"Can I have some personal space?" I tried to shove her but she blocked me.

"What the hell were you doing? Spacing out?"

"No, I was in Lissa's head. We're bonded." I said this to confuse her and I was surprised to not see confusion on her face. She knew what being bonded meant? The novice in me became extremely suspicios.

"Yeah. Right. Your so frigging pathetic Hathaway, You don't want to fight me, so you make up some type of bull shit-"

"Watch your language, Miss Damora." I hadn't even noticed Anthony entering the room but there he was arms crossed and a weird expression on his face.

"Sorry Headmaster Drozdov." Cathy replied automatically, even though she was still glaring at me.

"What's your problem? I don't even know you. First you acted like a bitch in the banquet hall, and now you claim that my marks are fake. Are you insane?"

"You are so full of your self-" Anthony caught off her whining.

"They're real."

"What?" Cathy and I said together.

"Rose's marks are real. She saved 3 Moroi and a Dhampir from being killed by Strigoi and she fought and killed when her school was attacked." I felt a pang go through me when he mentioned the spokane accident. "And Princess Vasilisa Dragomir and Rose are bonded like Saint Vladimir and his guardian Anna."

I smirked at Cathy. "There you go."

"Whatever, can we fight now?" She rolled her eyes.

"Actually," Anthony interrupted. "If you don't mind, Rose, would you mind coming with me?"

"Sure." I shrugged, I eyed Cathy as we walked out. "We'll continue this later."

"As long as you don't cry when I kick the shit out of you."

"Good luck trying kicking the shit out of me without breaking a nail. Then we'll see who'll be crying." I heard a few giggles from our audience. I gave them a quick smile and walked behind Anthony as he left the gym.

"You know, It's not very smart of you to antagonize Catherine like that."

"Why? Don't you think I could take her?" I gave him a haughty look.

"How should I know Rose? I've never seen you fight and Catherine is well known for her skills."

"Well if you would have walked in five minutes earlier, you would have seen me pin down that Jacob guy."

"Jacob? You mean Jacob Soles?" Disbelief was written all over his face.

"I guess."

"Huh. Two days here and you've already exceeded my expectations."

"Didn't you read my files or whatever? I'm not exactly a straight A student in academics but in Physical contact stuff, Im pretty much top of the class."

"Well, your schools grading is a lot different than this schools."

"Different how?" We turned a corner.

"St. Vladimirs is a less... advanced than Madisons Academy."

"Oh. I didn't know that."

"Not many people do." He shook his head. "Only very elite students are admitted into Madisons."

"Huh, and Alberta thought I'd be elite-enough to come here?"

"Exactly."

"She has a lot more faith in me than I thought she did." I stated. "So what did you want to talk to me about?"

"I wanted to show you the student your tutoring."

"Oh. Who is he?"

"A sophmore, he's very behind on his combat techniques."

"Hold on, He?"

"Yes, he's a young man. Is that a problem?"

"Well let's just say that I'm not very good in teacher/student relationships."

"Thats too bad. You chose tutoring and so you will tutor Jason."

"I don't see why I cant tutor a girl."

"You can't tutor a girl because there aren't any girls."

"But..." I couldn't think of another excuse. "Damn."

"Why?"

"Because, I'm not good at teacher/student relationships. My luck is shitty." He ignored my cursing but laughed.

"One day Rose, I will understand you."

"Lets hope not." We arrived at a classroom in the Sophmore wing. Anthony walked in and asked a pretty Moroi if he could borrow Jason. She agreed and I heard some shuffling as Jason got out of his seat. Out came a scrawny looking kid with red hair. I was surprised to see the lack of muscle on him. Dhampirs were known for their strength. Jason stared at me.

"Hey Jason, I'm Rose. I'll be your tutor."