Chapter Twenty-Six

Previously

Lissa mock laughed. "Jesus Christ! Ever since you've come here," she began, but paused to sniffle. "Things haven't been going very smooth. It's hard for me to say this because I'm not normally so mad, but frankly St. Vladimir's was just fine without you. And suddenly when you appear, everything has been jumbled; and to sum it up, I'm blaming it on you." Her words were like sharp icicles hitting me square in the face.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "W-what?" I asked, my voice breaking.

Christian looked down at the ground, his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes glassy. Lissa wrapped a protective arm around her boyfriend and then turned to me, more and more tears streaming down her face. "Christian's aunt Tasha, as you know, has just been exiled from St. Vladimir's campus. And it's all your fault!"

Currently (Rose POV)

"I'm sorry...?" I said, confused as I sat down beside her. I smiled stiffly, furrowing my eyebrows at her. "But… I think I heard you wrong. What was that?" I asked, raising a brow at her tear-streaked face.

Lissa scoffed. "You're kidding right? You've caused so much trouble for everyone here, and it seems like you don't even care."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Is this really my best friend talking to me?" I asked her, confused out of my mind. "Is this Lissa Dragomir, the girl I grew up with, the girl that I confided in, trusted, and loved? The girl I called my sister?" I paused and just stared at her. At this, Lissa began to cry harder.

She inhaled a deep breath. "I've come to realize that it was an incredibly stupid idea to ask you to come back here," she said, looking at the floor, as if this meant nothing to her to say this.

"What the hell? What's become of our friendship? Does it seriously mean nothing in the slightest to you? Are you really that cold of a person?" I demanded. I scoffed, not believing what I was hearing. "I guess I really don't know you as well as I thought, then," I said, glaring daggers at Lissa. She cringed under my heavy stare, looking mildly uncomfortable.

Christian looked in between the two of us before standing up. His hand was still intertwined with Lissa's, but he slid his fingers out. "I'll come back to you later. I don't want to get in the middle of this." he said, looking wary.

I watched as he walked across the room to put his shoes back on and grab his coat. Then I turned back to Lissa as I heard the slam of the door.

Lissa leaned in close, gritting her teeth at me while pointing to my face. "Tasha was the last family Christian had and you just had to go and get rid of her, didn't you? It almost seems as if you don't care at all about those around you."

"Are you fucking kidding me? Tasha terrorized Dimitri and me, and you're saying that I need to go? Have you gone insane?" I growled.

"Do I look insane?" Lissa asked, pointing to her face swirling her finger in a circle. Insane? No. Outraged nearly beyond words? Possibly...

At this I just rolled my eyes. "I'm sure Christian is adult enough to understand that attacking as well as hurting people with magic is wrong, and that she shouldn't be around other people when she plans on doing horrific things to them!" I all but shouted.

"You don't understand family loyalties because you never had yours," she said with an icy stare that could've, honestly, been shut down by the intensity of mine.

"What the fuck? You don't understand family loyalties because, um, your whole clan is dead!" I said, not feeling the slightest amount of remorse from my words. I guess that was a pretty low blow, but I was seeing red; I was like an enraged animal that can't be contained by anyone or anything. In fact, I was pretty surprised that I hadn't lost my control and hurt her or something already. I guess Dimitri really did come in handy; calming me down, that is.

Lissa gasped, holding her trembling hand over her mouth. Her eyes turned to slits. "You bitch!" she screamed. The scream was so loud that the people down the hall could have probably heard it.

I raised an eyebrow at her seething figure. "Honestly, if you wanted to see a bitch, just go look in the mirror. This is seriously ridiculous." I stood up from my spot on the bed opposite of Lissa's. I turned to leave, but I looked back at her one last time. "Come and talk to me when you've got your head back on straight," I said, walking towards the door backwards shaking my head. "This is seriously stupid. I want my best friend back." And with one disgusted look and last cold glare, I left.

After I slammed the door, I made sure to check on her. Looking at her through our bond, I could see that she was seriously letting out the waterworks. Jeez, shouldn't I be the one crying? It feels like our little fight was so foolish, because, I mean seriously? It's almost like she was just looking for a reason to be mad at me.

But I realized that no, that wasn't the reason. Lissa isn't stupid, and I do still have a little faith in her that she is just going through a hard time. Either that... or... I guess Christian had grown on her during the time I had been gone, and to put it simply: I had been replaced.

It didn't bother me all that much now that I thought about it, I mean, I guess I could say that I've moved on since we were both caught in Portland, too. Hell, I've got a boyfriend seven years my senior, who happens to also be my mentor for Christ's sake! And we're in love!

As I was walking down the corridors of the third floor, I thought of a devious plan. A smirk filled my features, my mind reeling.

I ran to the closest fire alarm and took a look around. It was about ten after three in the morning, but our end of the day, on a Saturday. I imagined that most of the people in the dorm were just chilling out or something similar, so I guess this would be the best time to be an asshole.

I pulled and ran.

Ran as fast as I could, in fact. When I was on the lobby floor, I waited for the hall monitor to run past me before I made my amazing escape. I smiled, feeling better than ever. Looking through the bond once again, I could see Lissa screaming in alarm because of the sudden showers. The sprinklers in her room were spraying everywhere. Cold water hit her square in the face.

I sniggered to myself. "I'm such an ass," I said aloud to myself as I exited the building. I began to walk around casually, as if I didn't just create a freaking frenzy in the Moroi dormitory.

I walked all the way to the dhampir dorm next, wanting nothing more than to pass out on my bed. Holy crap, that sounds like so much fun right now. I opened the door to my room and proceeded in...

Only to find the sexiest person-ever on my bed. He was only casually laying there, pretty much bigger than the whole damn thing, with his arms behind his head; showing off his amazing biceps. I felt a blush fill my cheeks and in between my thighs got a bit wet with anticipation. I quickly made sure to lock the door.

"Oh... I wasn't expecting a visitor," I said, trying to contain my laughter. I dove in right next to Dimitri and snuggled up to his side. He took one arm from behind his head and wrapped it around my shoulders.

"Should I leave...?" he asked, the ghost of a smile beginning on his lips. The bastard, he knew that I didn't want him to leave!

"No!" I couldn't help but shout.

Dimitri chuckled. "Didn't think so. Hey, that reminds me, look what I happened to find..." he said, reaching over to my side table. What he brought back I was definitely not expecting.

I screamed. "You got plane tickets!" I shouted, immediately my thoughts going to anywhere but this idea. I grabbed his hand and brought it closer to my face so that I could read it better. "To Russia!" I continued to scream. "YES!"

Dimitri chuckled at me and placed a kiss on my temple. "We leave at the crack of dawn," he said, meaning probably around seven AM or so.

"Sweeeeet..." I moaned. I turned to him and smiled. He looked down at me and our lips were only inches away from one another's. "Did I ever explain to you how much I love you?" I asked, pecking his lips in the process.

Dimitri pretended to think about it. "You know... I think you have."

Naughty thoughts flooded my mind. I smirked, a smug smile playing at my lips. "Yeah... but did I ever show you how much I love you?" I asked, kissing him a little longer this time. Dimitri pushed into the kiss, sliding his tongue through my parted lips. We began to rub up against each other, as if to create friction.

"Mmm I love you," I whispered to him.

Dimitri shifted himself so that he was on top of me, just hovering there in the midst of the mind-blowing kiss. "As I love you, my Roza," he spoke gently, as if trying hard not to wake up a baby during its nap.

I raised my hips so that our lower regions were rubbing against each other. Dimitri growled, wanting all I had to offer for him. "Fuck... Dimitri," I moaned, grinding against him once again.

Dimitri groaned as well, but he paused, biting my bottom lip in between his teeth, effectively stopping our make out session. "Now isn't the time," he whispered on my lips.

"Awe, come on Dimitri we have time; I know you want too," I whispered, forcefully grabbing his hips and pulling him closer to me.

"Mmmm…" he groaned. "Damn, Roza... you know I want you." He kissed me hard on the lips.

Just then a knock came at the door. Dimitri closed his eyes in annoyance and reluctantly got off of me. I sent him a sad look as I got up off the bed with the help of Dimitri's arm. I took a second to stroke my thumb across his lips, showing him that I missed them already. Looking deep into his eyes I gave him a small smile.

He walked into the bathroom, because it totally wouldn't be weird if my mentor was just randomly in his student's room... alone... with the bed messed up...

I opened the door to an eager looking Alberta. "Ms. Hathaway!" she shouted in excitement. I gave her a genuine smile.

"Hi, Guardian… Alberta, what can I do for you?" I asked, leaning on the door.

Alberta gave me a funny look and pushed her way into my room. She stopped and looked around, then turned back to me. "I was actually wondering if Dimitri was in here?" she asked with a knowing smile.

I felt my cheeks heat up as if there were little flames on either side of my face. "Um... Dimitri?" I asked, unsure if I should rat him out or play dumb. "I'm uh… not sure, I don't know what you mean..." I said, swallowing awkwardly.

"Oh please, Rosemarie," she said, actually rolling her eyes at me. "His shoes are right there, the plane tickets are on your dresser, and, just being observant, it smells like him in here," Alberta said, crossing her arms over her chest. Well fuck.

I pressed my lips together in a straight, tight line. I took a nervous glance over to the bathroom, and Alberta followed my eyes. She trudged forward before I could put an arm out to stop her, and pulled the door open.

Dimitri sat on the counter, examining his nails in a bored fashion when he was found out. Alberta nearly broke the door she slammed it open so hard, and Dimitri nearly broke the ceiling he jumped so high.

"Alberta! Err-Guardian-"

"Dimitri, please, I'm not on the job. It's okay for you to call me Alberta," she said, crossing her arms over her chest. She sent me a pointed look before turning to Dimitri and giving him the same treatment.

"Alberta, Rose and I, we were just…" Dimitri tried, walking out of the bathroom.

"Dimitri, it's okay. Really," Alberta said, holding her hands out to stop his fumbling. "There's nothing to explain. I'd have to be an idiot to not understand what just went down here and I got the picture that the two of you are closer than you should be," she said with a wink.

Dimitri and I were just speechless.

"Alberta, I know this is strange because I'm a student and all, but…" I began slowly. "You're still not going to tell on us, right?" I asked, swallowing nervously.

Alberta chuckled heartily. "Oh please, Rosemarie. You think I would sell the two of you out so easily?" she asked, still laughing.

I breathed out a big breath of air that I didn't even know I had been holding. I guess Alberta isn't completely the bad-cop.

"The real reason why I knew Dimitri was here was because he didn't answer his door. I merely assumed he would be here, and what do you know?" she said cheerfully.

Dimitri raised a perfectly arched brow. "What was it that you wanted to talk to me about?" he asked cautiously.

"Oh!" she said happily. "I almost forgot. Your plane schedule got moved to four thirty, and I came to warn you that you only have... hmm..." Alberta paused to look down at her watch. I followed her gesture with my eyes. "Twenty five or so minutes."

And with that, I spun around the room like a hurricane, trying to gather my things together in order to make the flight. The next time I looked up, I noticed Alberta was already gone, and it was only Dimitri and I in here.

Dimitri watched me with meandering eyes as he sat down on my bed, his hands clasped on his lap. I was on my knees on the floor, picking up articles of clothing and placing them in my large black suitcase.

"What if I asked you..." Dimitri began slowly. "If you would live with me in Russia?"

I paused my working completely and looked up at him.

"What?" I asked, completely dumbstruck.

A small tinge of a blush formed on Dimitri's cheeks. Aww. "Well, what I'm trying to say is... How do you feel about Baia? Or wait, does St. Vladimir's Academy fulfill your needs?"

"Dimitri, Dimitri!" I said, cutting him off from continuing his rambling questions. "What do you mean?"

"Um, to put it in simpler words... Who means more to you? The Dragomir princess... or me?" he finished hurriedly.

After he finished his sentence, I profusely began to laugh my ass off. "Dimitri..." I began, trying to contain my crazed laughter. "You of course," I said, getting off the ground and padding over to Dimitri. I wrapped my arms around his neck and sat down on his lap. He welcomed me with open arms, ensnaring me around the waist.

"Really?" Dimitri asked, his face full of happiness and love. He looked like a child on Christmas day.

"Really," I replied, placing a small and short, yet sweet kiss on his awaiting, plump lips. I pulled away and sighed, bringing one hand from around his neck to my forehead and brushing away some stray hairs. "Anyway, Lissa and I got into a fight earlier," I said truthfully.

Dimitri furrowed his eyebrows, knitting them together in thought. "What about? I thought you guys were really close..."

I cringed. "That's what I thought too. But... I guess even the best of friends can grow apart over time," I said, raising my eyebrows and sighing in exasperation. I felt sad just thinking about our falling out, but truthfully I just needed to forget about it for now. Liss would come to her senses eventually, I would just have to wait and see.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Dimitri said, taking my hand in his and bringing it to his lips. He pressed a kiss to each one of my fingers, and then held my hand gingerly to his cheek.

I blushed at his gesture. "Yeah, well... That's life, unfortunately." Dimitri looked at me with utmost compassion- so much in fact that it made me want to jump his bones. God, he was so perfect, so sweet. I leaned in and kissed him on his soft lips. "Thank you for caring so much. I love you for that."

I looked up and caught sight of the clock, shit….

We snapped out of our little moment and Dimitri breathed in. "You need to finish packing. We can't miss that flight," he said, lifting me off of him and setting me on the floor. I smiled at him, doing as told.

"Alright," I said, winking at him. He smirked in return. "Don't want to miss out on any action on the plane, eh?" I asked, laughing quietly as I kneeled down and continued jamming shit into my bag.

Dimitri chuckled along with me, shaking his head; though I could detect excitement in his eyes.

xXx

"No, no, no, please don't leave! Stupid plane! Don't leave without your most prized passenger!" I shouted out the car door window. The plane was in sight, and it looked as if it were just about to leave. Dimitri had speeded down the drive to the miniature runway.

He hurriedly parked and ran to the back of the car to grab all of our luggage. I saw Alberta standing at the foot of the stairs that led to the airplane, her arms crossed over her chest and a wary expression on her face. I cringed lightly before helping Dimitri out with our stuff and hauling ass over to her.

"What was the hold up?" Alberta asked, tapping her watch. "The plane is supposed to leave in two minutes, and if it weren't for me sticking my neck out for the two of you, this plane would have left early."

I gave Alberta the biggest brown puppy-dog eyes I could muster.

"Sorry, Ms. Petrov. It won't happen ever again! I swear!" I said, saluting her. At this, Alberta cracked a smile and patted my head.

"Let's make sure you keep that promise," she said, winking. Dimitri smirked behind me, placing his hand on my lower hip, right near my ass. Wow, if it had been anyone but Alberta with us, suspicions definitely would have been realized.

We entered the plane and put our luggage in the back of the plane. Well, it was more like a jet in terms of sizes. This time, there were other passengers. A blonde-haired female Moroi with an of Asian decent guardian. I noticed her fleeting glances at Dimitri every ten seconds... Like, seriously, if she doesn't stop gawking at him like a piece of meat, I'm going to have to knock some sense into her.

Dimitri sat down in the aisle across from the pair, but we were more in the front whereas they were in the back. Dimitri's back was to the girl, and for this I was thankful. She would look over her shoulder every once in a while, and I would happily return it with an enraged glare that Dimitri missed every time.

I turned to Dimitri the same second he turned to me. "Sucks were not alone," I whispered as quietly as I could to him; it would do us no good for the pair in the back to hear us. He only smiled in return, leaning down and placing his forehead to mine. It was better not to risk it.

"I love you," he replied in a soft voice. "So, so much," he added. I closed my eyes and rested my head on his shoulder.

"I love you more," I said before falling asleep.

xXx

This was a laaate update... sorry guys! I have a question... Does anyone watch Real World? Holllyyy shiiit Zack is so fucking hottttttt! And weirdly enough, he totally reminds me of a white version of Dimitri. haha.

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