Dimitri entered the gym only minutes after I had. "Long time no see, Comrade." Dimitri shook his head before he finally stopped walking in front of me.
"Come on, time for laps." Our run was quite but peaceful. It finally gave me time to relax and destress. I could tell the run had the same affect on Dimitri. The further we ran the freer we became. The only reason we really stopped was because we knew if we continued we would be too tired to spar.
I ended up winning one sparing match, and Dimitri the other. We were about to do a third and final match, but my phone started to ring from across the gym. I walked over to the bleachers and grabbed it, slightly surprised to see that it was my mother calling me. I quickly answered it and pressed it to my ear. "Hello?"
"Hello Rosemarie, how are you?" I knew my mother wanted to build a better relationship with me, yet I still found it odd that she would be calling me.
"I'm alright."
"Are you really? Your father told me about Victor. He and I both agreed that we will be coming to the academy. I don't like anything that that man might have planned." I slightly smiled, it was nice to know that my mom actually really did care about me and love me.
"Well, I am a bit of a nervous wreck. But I'm coping. It would be a nice distraction to have you and Baba here. When will you arrive?" At this point, Dimitri was now sitting in front of me on the bleachers watching me talk on the phone.
"We'll be there sometime tomorrow."
"Good, I miss you guys."
"We miss you too, I have to go but be carful and stay out of trouble."
"Pffft, when do I ever get in trouble?" I asked in mock innocence. Dimitri rolled his yes at me. I could hear my mother sign on the other side of the line.
"Goodbye Rosemarie."
"Bye mom." I hung up and sat down beside Dimitri. "My parents will be coming sometime tomorrow."
"Good to hear, it's times like these that you need your family." I nodded my head in agreement.
"Speaking of family, we should skype yours soon. Keep them updated. Maybe Yeva has more information for us?"
"How about after training this evening? I'll come by your room and we can see them then." I nodded my head.
"Sounds good to me." We both grabbed our things and after a quick kiss we went our separate ways. I had to get cleaned up to go eat breakfast in the café with my friends while Dimitri went to get ready for his next guard watch around the wards. Once I got down to the café and sat down with my food I could see that I was the last of my group to arrive, as per usual. Lissa and Christian were quietly whispering. When they realized I was at the table they both looked over at me with concerned looks. We all had an unspoken agreement that we wouldn't share the news about Victor with anyone. God knows what the students here would do with that piece of gossip.
Everyone went about their regular schedule. Myself and Lissa included. There were a couple times where I could see one or two guardians walking behind us to or from class. Lissa was clueless to them, but I knew that they were the extra guardians Kirova was talking about assigning Lissa.
After what felt like the longest day ever, it was finally time for my afternoon training with Dimitri. I smiled when I walked into the gym and saw him sitting down on the floor. He looked up from his book when he heard me walk in. "How was your day?" I shrugged my shoulders.
"Boring, although I did notice those extra guardians Kirova was talking about following Lissa around today." He nodded his head.
"Good to hear." He paused to put his book away before making his way to the outside gym doors. I silently followed him as I knew that he was planning on us doing laps. "We'll do laps, then instead of sparing I figured I'd show you some new moves."
"Okay." Our run went by quickly. At this point I had built my stamina up so much that I felt like I could have continued to run and almost didn't want to stop, however I did really like the sound of learning some new moves so I followed through on Dimitri's plan. When we got back to the gym he was quick to get started on the new moves. He ended up showing me a different kind of high kick than the one I knew, one that would be good for smaller opponents rather larger ones, different 'fake' moves I could do, as well as a couple other moves. I knew it would take awhile to really master them but I did feel better with the knowledge that I had some new moves up my sleeve. Once Dimitri had his bag packed up he spoke up.
"I'll come by your room sometime just after curfew."
"I'll be waiting." I wanted to lean over and kiss him, but I instead reached over and squeezed his hand before I left. Ever since that time Alberta walked in on Dimitri and I kissing in the gym we've tried to be more carful.
It was now a half hour past curfew and Dimitri had yet to arrive to my room. I grabbed my laptop and got skype up and ready but didn't press call yet. After a minute or so more I could hear someone knocking on my door. I walked over and opened it and looked up at Dimitri. "Hey there Comrade." I opened my door wider so he could easily walk in. He sat down on my bed where my laptop sat and opened his arms up for me. I quickly sat down and leaned my back against his chest as his arms circled around me.
"Sorry I was late, I got held up."
"It's not a problem." I reached over and pressed the call button. Not long after the screen popped up with all the Belikova women.
"Dimika! Roza!" They shouted happily.
"Hello!" He said back happily.
"What's got the two of you calling?" Asked Karo.
"Well, some things have been going on here at the academy and we wanted to keep you in the loop." Dimitri took the lead of things as we spoke with his family.
"What kind of things?" Asked Olena nervously.
"Well, Victor has escaped. He's made contact with Rose to warn us that he's coming after both her and Princess Vasalisa." I could see everyone gasp and shake their heads on the screen.
"Oh dear. You guys better stay safe. I want constant updates!"
"We'll keep you updateded mama, don't worry." I could see Yeva standing in the back behind all the other women.
"Yeva," I said. She took a few steps and came closer to the camera. "Is there anything else that you can tell us?" She sighed.
"Yes, I've seen a bit more since we last spoke. I need the two of you to stay together. There are dangers coming your way. But if you stay together, I believe it may all work out in the end." I nodded my head.
"Thank you Yeva." We chatted for a bit longer before we ended the call. Once I shut down my laptop and set it off to the side I turned to Dimitri. "How do you feel after hearing what Yeva had to say?" His hold on my tightened and he bent his head lower, to where he rested it in the crook of my neck.
"I feel as though I need to protect you and stay with you now more than ever."
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