Chapter 4 – DPOV – Dimitri point of view

I wake up and I'm so exhausted since I worked out last night. Stupid mom; making me move schools in the middle of the year I think as I get ready for my "first" day of my new school. I head down stairs and grab a granola bar and head to my car. First I go to the office to get my schedule from the assistant. The whole day goes by pretty fast and I meet this dude named Dylan. It turns out I have 3 classes with him 5th, 8th, and 10th period.

Dylan and I go to 10th period together and sit down. A couple minutes later this girl walks in. She is fucking cute. She heads straight towards us and sits down on the other side of Dylan. She got her notebook out and not even two second later Dylan says "Hey Rose this is my new friend Dimitri," He introduces us. She turns in her seat to look at us

"Um hi," she says I just nod.

I'm still staring at her (Gezz stalker much lolz jk;)) as she says "hey Dylan who was that girl you were talking to after 1st period?" She asked her eyes full of curiosity. Does she like me? Wonder as I wait for Dylan to respond to her. -Wait what am I thinking, I barely know her. - It was a long wait before he mumbled something I couldn't make out. "What?" She pushes.

"My girlfriend," He says a little louder. "She's your girlfriend? But she's so…"She paused trying to find the right word.

"So stuck up," She finished bluntly. Dylan just stared at her, she looks a little guilty. Just when I think she is going to say something class started. Even thought I wasn't paying attention, because my mind was full of thoughts of her. I wonder if she has a boy friend. If she does will she dump him for me? Silly questions of course but a guy can hope-Yea a guy who barely knows her I thought bitterly.

The bell ringed and I followed Dylan to his locker, since I don't have yet. Even though my body was moving I'm still thinking about her oddly enough. Dylan snapped out of it as he handed me a paper.

"What's this for?" I ask. "You seemed out of it in class," He explained. I look down at his notes for the class. "Thanks sorry I was thinking about-" I was cut off before I finished. Rose comes and pushes me out of the way and slides me a look that says "Don't take it personally I just need to get you ass out the way."

I just shrug and walk way. I'm waiting at my car wondering what they are talking about. I wait about a good thirty minutes before he finally comes.

"The good king finally graces me with his presence." I say sarcastically. "Sorry got caught up talking to Rose," He said apologetically. "It's all good. So what were you talking about?" I said before I could stop myself from asking.

"What wanna know if we were talking about you?" He jokes. "Hell yea!" I joke back. "No we didn't talk about you." He answers seriously. I tried to hide my disappointment but apparently I don't do a great job of it. Because he says "Some body has a crush huh?" he teased. Heat rose to my cheeks as he said that.

"Don't worry I won't tell," He said causing me to let out a breath I hadn't realized I had been holding in. "But," He continued, "Don't count on getting her attention." He warned. I gave him a confused look, not really comprehending what he said. "She has a boyfriend," He clarified. I sighed disappointed again.

Then again I could still flirt with her. "What?" Dylan asked I bet seeing the resolve in my eyes. "Well even though see has a boyfriend it doesn't mean I can't flirt with her." I stated mischievously.

"At a boy that's just what I was expecting you to say," He said approvingly. I rolled m eyes but said nothing. "If you want I could tell you something," He says mysteriously. I curious as can be asked "What?"

"Well if you must know Rose works at a shop on Tenth and Tennyson," He said to me. "Okay then," I said shortly back. Then I quickly dropped off Dylan and made my way to Rose's shop. As I made my way in I immediately sought her out. This was pretty easy considering she was just sitting behind the cashier reading a book. (Ha Rose is actually reading.) She looked up to see who came in and surprise fell over her face.

"So this is where you work eh?" I asked halfheartedly. "I own the place," She shot back. I raised my eyebrow at her she rolled her eyes "My mom owns it," She stated. Ah Ha! The truth I thought satisfied. "So your moms into all this spiritual stuff?" I asked. "No my grandma is," She stated. "Then why-" She cut me off. "Why do you want to know?" She asked suspiciously. Did she have a secret? I thought.

I then realized she was still waiting for an answer. So I just shrugged, she sighed. Humph? I wonder what was wrong with her. I was about to ask her something when the store door opened. I saw her look at the man intensely. I asked what was wrong but she just said she was fine.

That's just when the guy came up. "Are you in charge?" He asked. "Do you need help?" She answered him with a question of her own. "Do you have anything about the black rose?" He asked curiously with a hint of -what was it? – Smugness as she stiffened to what he'd said. "We don't any black roses!" She hissed. What was up with that?

"Oh what a pity I'll just have to look elsewhere," His voice was dripping with mock disappointment. Rose didn't say anything as he walked out, but there was some kind of determination that shown in her eyes. I asked if she okay but again she said she was fine. We spent the rest of the next 2 hours or so talking about school and our families, but never once did the recent event come up.