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Chapter 13
Lissa calls me and tells me she really wants to see me. I assume she felt my feelings last night. I guess I should tell her what happened. Its not like Alex is going to be able to hide his nose. Lissa can heal him, but she would still want to know what happend. I dont even know if Alex would let me offer to have Lissa to heal him. I have never seen him so angry and hurt. I know those feelings well, I dont wish anyone to feel them, and to know I caused it is even worse. I put on some old ratty looking cotton capris, and an over sized tshirt. I pull my hair up in a pony tail and don't even bother to look at myself in the mirror. I dressed like my mood. Crappy!
I knock on her door. She yells for me to come in. I open the door and her room is filled with balloons. I can't even see her.
"Lissa, what is going on? Where are you?" I ask her, swipping balloons so I can enter.
"Are you serious, Did you forget? There is no way you forgot!" I hear her voice, but still can't find her.
"Lissa, seriously what is going on? What would possess you to fill your room with balloons?" I am getting aggervated. I fill the static working on my hair.
"Rosemarie Hathaway, How could you have forgotten your own birthday?" She steps out of the massive balloons, and is wearing a birthday hat.
"Oh my God, it is my birthday. I completely forgot." I surprised myself.
"Well, please tell me you are not getting all boring on me. I am starting to not like this new and improved responsible Rose." she says jokingly. "I want my sarcastic, outspoken, blunt, larger than life Rose back. Not Guardian Hathaway." She says this while putting on a birthday day hat on my head.
"I am working on finding a middle Rose." I said.
She opens the door and lets some of the balloons out the room so we can move around and actually see eachother.
"Lissa, who helped you do all this?" I ask curious.
"Adrian, Christian, Mia and Eddie. We stayed up most the night tying string around the balloons. You should have seen our hair, when we walked out." she smiles. "I have your gift, let me get it for you."
"Lissa you didn't have to get me anything."
"Now where would the fun be in that, and you I know you are going to love it."
She hands me a blue box from Tiffany's. I open it and pull out the most beautiful charm bracelet. She has picked all kinds of charms that represent our relationship. There is one for when she first invited me to sleep at her house. We went ice skating. It's a charm of an ice skate. The second one is a little ballet slipper. We took dance together when we were little. There is one more it's an angel.
"Well, since you are now officially my guaridian. It only seems fair to get your a guaridan angel pin."
A tear falls down my face. I put my arms around her neck. "Rose, what's wrong? I didn't mean to upset you. I am sorry, I thought this would make you happy."
I continue to sob. "Lissa, my life is a mess."
"Rose, did something happen last night?" she ask while rubbing my back.
She must have been really busy getting ready for my surprise, to not feel my emotions. I pull away and we sit on her bed.
"Well let's see, I have managed to break Alex's, Dimtri's and my heart all in the same night." I say trying to breathe through sobs. "Oh, and let me not forget that Dimitri broke Alex's nose."
"What? Why? I have never seen Dimitri like that. What did you do Rose?" She asks accusingly.
"Me, What did I do? I didn't do anything. I went to dinner with Alex. He walked me back to my dorm. He kissed me goodnight and I went into my room. The next thing I hear is Dimitri screaming at Alex telling him that I am his. "His Roza" and if he touches me again he will kill him." Lissa can't believe what I am saying.
"Rose, I can't imagine Dimitri losing all sense of rationalization like that over a kiss. I mean I understand he might have been hurt, or upset, but to just simply lose control like that, he must have been completely destraught." She looks away from me and whispers. "Poor Dimitri."
"ARE YOU SERIOUS? Poor DImitri. Alex is the one with the broken nose. I can't believe he acted like that." I was raising my voice at her.
"Rose, don't you see? Dimitri lost himself last night. Everything he has ever been taught, everything that has been drilled in him since he was younger, wasted. He lost control last night, control of his feelings for you. Something brought him to that breaking point. I can't imagine how he must feel. Don't get me wrong, I like Alex. I think he is a great guy, but he is not Dimitri, and no matter how hard you try to get over him, you won't be able to. He owns a piece of your heart. He always will."
I sit here and let the words she says sink in. I really hadn't given Dimitri's actions any thought. I was so worried about Alex, and I thought Dimitri was acting like a jealous Ass. What would have made him lose himself like that. He has always been emotionless, expressionless and controlled. It was one of the reasons, I fell in love with him. It drove me nuts sometimes, that I could never figure out what he was thinking. I have no idea what I am going to do about this situation, and then I remember the other bombshell that was dropped on my doorstep this morning.
I pull the invitation out of my pocket, and hand it to Lissa. She reads it.
"Okay, I take it all back, I completely understand how you forgot it's your birthday. Rose is this even ligit? It could be a prank." She says still staring at the invite.
"Nope, I called the number. It is true. I have no idea who that man is, or why my mother is marrying him. Not to mention the fact that the wedding is in Baia. Dimitri and Alex's hometown. I feel like I am sinking and every time I almost get to the top. Someone pushes me back down." I throw myself on Lissa's pillow.
"Rose, it's not that bad. True, your love life is like an episode of Jerry Springer, and your relationship with your mother is on rocky ground, But you might get a new step dad. Oh, and dont forget about me. I'm here. Plus I dont you to have a pity party. It's your birthday today. So suck it up, we have things to do. First of all, we are all getting together for brunch." She says with the biggest grin on her face.
"When you say we?" I ask, hoping the answer isn't what I am sure it is.
"I mean everyone. Christian, Eddie, Alberta, Mia, Adrian, Alex and Dimitri. I am sorry I asked them yesterday before any of this happened. Maybe they wont show up." she says trying to make feel better about the situation.
"I guess I should go get changed." I get up and start walking to the door.
"Rose, please put a little more effort into your appearance, you are looking pretty rough, and please try and cheer up." Lisa says trying to be funny.
I turn and glare at her. "Rose, I am kidding. Happy Birthday!"
So I have less than thirty minutes to make myself presentable and adjust my attitude. I convince myself I can do it.
I walk in the room and the first thing I think is "no wonder they were up all night. They have about 100 more balloons in here."
Everyone comes up to me and wishes me a Happy Birthday. I realize Alex and Dimitri aren't here. Sadness comes over me for a minute, and then I realize Lissa looking at me. Shaking her head. Lissa got me this huge chocolate cake. We start getting the plates and forks together, but before we get to cut the cake, Dimitri walks in. I gave him a small smile to let him know whatever was going on between us, right now, it is okay. We can figure it out later, and he must have understood me.
"Happy Birthday Roza!" Dimitri says and walks over to me. He hands me a present wrapped in pink wrapping paper and a huge silver bow.
"Thanks, Dimitri." I said. "Do you want me to open it right now?" I ask, hoping his answer is yes.
What would he have bought me?
"Sure, Roza." he says. He moves back and stands next to Lissa. She gives him a smile and pats his shoulder. She must have talked to him after I left.
I begin unwrapping his gift. It's a beautiful box. It is a handpainted picture of an angel, in the background is a heart.
"I am sorry, I dont know what to say its so beautiful. Thank you" I walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Your welcome Roza. It's a Russian Lacquer box. My grandmother made it for you." he says quietly.
"What? Are you serious? Grandma , the witch?" I ask jokingly.
"Yes Grandma Yeva made it for you, I asked her to make it for you on my last visit. I just received it yesterday."
"I love it." I said. "Next time you talk to her, please tell her thank you for me." I say it sincerly.
Everyone else then gave me there gifts. I recieved a necklace from Mia, and matching earrings from Eddie. It's so cute that they went shopping together. Christian even bought me a gift.
"Don't think to much into it, Lissa made me." he says.
"Lissa can't make you do anything you don't want to do Christian." I say rolling my eyes.
"No, but she can threaten to withhold things from me." He says pouting.
Everyone started laughing. I go to open his present. It's a book. "Self Control for Dummies."
Lissa looks at him like she is dissapointed.
"Hey you told me to buy her a gift, you didn't specify what kind of gift, and besides it's something she can use, and dont' even think about not holding your deal of the bargain. I did what you asked." he says and winks at her.
"We will talk about this later Christian." She says. "Okay, time to cut the cake." Lissa says.
"Wait you are forgettin about me." Adrian says a little hurt.
"Okay, Adrian. Hurry up." Lissa says. "We are hungry."
"Here Little Dhampir its just something that I saw and made me think about you, and think about you, and think about you some more." He winks at me.
"Adrian, I am seriously scared to open it." I say. He just smiles. I open it up and if you could just about imagine the most see through low cut nightie imaginable, this would be worse than that. Some people are laughing, Eddie whistles.
"Do you want to model it for me, later?" Adrian asks. Dimitri just shakes his head. I am so glad he is back to his normal self.
I look at Adrian. "Thanks."
"Thanks, that is all I get? Do you know how much that cost? How long it took me to find the perfect one?" I at least deserve a kiss.
"Adrian, it must have been so hard to look at all kinds of linjerie and think about what I would look like in it."
"It was little dhampir, you have no idea how HARD." he laughs. I flip him off and move to the cake table.
Just as we are all starting to gather round the cake for the second time, Alex walks in.
Everyone all at once, let out a collective ouch or ooohh or Oh My God. I just looked at him, and then at Dimitri who was looking at the floor.
"Hi, Rose. I hope I am not too late. I had to go pick out your gift." he says as he walks in and gives me a tight hug picking me up off the ground. I sigh a breath of relief. He doesn't hate me.
He puts me down and hands me a small box. I begin opening the box, and everyone crowds around to see what he bought me. I look inside and there is a small folded piece of paper.
I open it and read it.
I'm sorry about last night. Please forgive me? -Alex
and underneath the note there is the most beautiful Rose.
"Sorry it took me a little while to pick the perfect one." he says staring directly at me.
"Alex, that is so sweet of you. Thank you." I hug him again and whisper in his ear. "There is nothing to forgive."
"Lissa, do you think you could heal Alex's nose?" I ask her.
"Sure." She walks over to him and put her hands on the sides of his face. The bruises under his eyes fade, and his nose looks completely back to its normal shape.
"Thanks Lissa." Alex says.
"No problem, anything Rose asks today from me she will get." She says looking at me.
"Good to know." I say. "Speaking of asking people things."
"How would you all like to go to Russia with me tomorrow?" I ask.
The room is silent. I give it a second and try again.
"People, Russia, Tomorrow, Me?" I ask again.
Lissa finally takes over. "Rose's mother is getting married tomorrow. She left Rose instructions to invite anyone she wants. Who people are the lucky chosen. Do you want to go to Baia tomorrow?"
That snapped some people out of there silence.
"Baia?" Dimitri asks. "Really?" You could tell he was excited and curious at the same time.
Alex respons made me crack a smile. "When do we leave?"
"I am not sure we would have to leave in a couple of hours. I dont really know much about it. It was all a little vague. I recieved an invitation this morning for my mom and some man named Ibrahaim Mazur. I thought it was a joke, but it's not. But you guys know how I am, too curious to sit here and wonder."
"You know what they say, Rose. Curiousity killed the cat." Christian says.
"Thank you for those Zen words of wisdom, Christian." I say sarcastically.
I look at Dimitri. He is back to clinched fists. I know I didnt' do anything this time. I decide to break this party up, so we can all pack.
"Okay, everyone get packed we will leave in two hours. Please let Alberta know. She is going to have to come and help keep an eye on Sparky."
"I'll go let her know," Eddie says.
"Eddie wait I'll come with you." Mia says.
Everyone walks out, and I walk over to Dimitri.
"Are you okay, I didn't mean to upset you, you dont have to come if you dont want to?" I ask.
"No, Roza. Of course, I want to come. Do you know anything about Abe?" He asks.
"Who is Abe?" I ask. "Oh Ibrahaim?" I started to think, I remember something the Queen once said to me about my mom and Ibrahaim. "No."
Dimitri nods his head.
"I dont know anything about him. Why do you ask?"
"Roza, he does not have a good reputation. I know your mom wants to marry him, but I think you should be careful. I am really glad I am going with you." he says.
"I'll keep my guard up Comrade...now go get packed, I'll see ya in a couple of hours." I said. We walked out and went in opposite directions.
DIMITRI'S POV
I walked out and decided I didn't need two hours to pack. So I thought I would go get a good work out in. I go grab my shorts, IPOD, and bottle of water. I walk into the gym, and the one person I have been avoiding since last night, is on the treadmill. I guess we have more in common than I thought. After everything that happened last night, I realize I have to man up and have this conversation. I jump on the treadmill next to him.
"Alex, we need to talk about Rose." Alex stopped his treadmill and looked at me...
I hope you are liking it so far. I know this wasn't one of the most exciting chapters but it explained alot. Please leave some reviews. I love hearing your thoughts...Hope to post another chapter tonight. If not definitely tomorrow.
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