I knew Dimitri was keeping something from me. I knew he needed to get whatever was bugging him off his chest, yet still he went on as if all was alright. I let it go during yesterday, as well as our morning training today. But I was hoping I could talk to him and get him to open up during our afternoon training, which I was on my way to. However, my plan was put on pause when I walked into the gym and realized that it was empty. Dimitri had yet to arrive, which was odd, since I was already a few minutes late. I sat my bag down and sat down on the bottom row of the bleachers as I waited for him. I waited a few more minutes before reaching into my bag to grab my phone to call him. But I didn't get the chance to because once I got to my contact list the gym doors opened and in walked Dimitri. "Hey Comrade, I was just about to call you. What held you up?" He walked over to me and planted a soft kiss on my forehead.
"Sorry about the wait, I just got held up with some things." He started to make his way towards the gym doors that led to the outside track but I called him back.
"Dimitri, wait." He turned around and looked at me with slight confusion.
"What is it?"
"Can you come back and sit down beside me?" He did as I asked and I began speaking again as I looked into his dark brown eyes.
"What's wrong? You're not really yourself."
"Nothing is wrong Rose."
"Dimitri, I'm not blind, something is upsetting you. You can talk to me, you know that right? I'm always here for you." He gave me a warm smile as he listened to me.
"I know Roza. And I'm glad I have that option, but I don't want to burden you."
"Dimitri, what upsets you upsets me as well. It's not a burned on me for you to talk about whatever is upsetting you. I want to be here for you and help you in any way I can." He sighed but began to talk about what has been on his mind the last couple of days.
"I know you're worried about what Victor might do to Vasalisa. And that I said I would protect the two of you with everything I can-and I will, always. But I still can't help but worry about you Roza. That man is evil, he got his own daughter to turn strigoi. And he want's you out of the way, we both know what that means." I nodded my head.
"Dead." I shook my head in hopes of clearing away the image of my body laying on the floor, unmoving and without a pulse. "Dimitri, I'll promise you right now that no matter what happens, that I'll fight with everything I have to not only protect Lissa, but myself as well, if not for me then for you. Because I don't want you to worry about me."
"Oh Roza, I always worry about you. Even when you're only a few minutes late to training, I worry. It's just I worry now more than ever because I know how endangered your life is, and I hate that I can't just take you away to somewhere safe. Because we both know Victor is not the kind of man to give up easily."
"No, he's not. But it will be okay. It will work out in the end." Dimitri stayed silent but nodded his head. "Now, let's actually go train." I got up to go walk towards the outside gym doors, but I was stopped by Dimitri's hand shooting out and grabbing hold of mine, I turned around and looked up at him. He leaned down and kissed me, I instantly kissed him back. Just as I was about to pull away from our heated kiss I heard the doors open and someone gasp. Dimitri and I both quickly jumped away from each other, but obviously not fast enough. I turned and looked towards the gym doors to see the person who had caught Dimitri and me.
It was my mother.
"Oh shit." I mumbled under my breath. "Mom…" I trailed off not really knowing what to say to her.
"Rosemarie! What in gods name is going on here?" She screeched as she shot daggers with her eyes at both Dimitri and I. Before I could answer she was already yelling again. "Guardian Belikov! I actually thought you were a good man, but obviously I was wrong seeing as I just caught you kissing my underage daughter!"
"Actually mom, I'm legal." She turned to me and glared, obviously not caring much about that piece of information. "And Dimitri is a great man, you have no idea what you're talking about! We love each other!"
"Love! Rosemarie, you don't even know what love is! As for Guardian Belikov here I'm sure he doesn't love you and is just using you. You're a child Rosemarie! The two of you don't even have anything in common! I thought I raised you better than this!"
"Mom…" I whispered not really knowing what to say. I was hurt by her words. I knew when she found out about us she wouldn't be happy, but he words really stung. Dimitri then spoke up. I could see the anger in his eyes from my mother's words. But when he spoke his tone was leveled.
"Guardian Hathaway, that's enough. Rose and I do love each other. I am absolutely not using your daughter. Rose is a wonderful woman, and that has nothing to do with you raising her, because frankly, you didn't raise her! You were never there for her! I don't care what you say about me, but you do not get to speak about Rose that way!" He leaned down and grabbed both our bags from the floor, I walked over towards Dimitri and he was quick to take my hand in his. "I think practice is cancelled for this morning Roza." With that we both walked out of the gym leaving my mother inside with an enraged and shocked expression on her face. We quickly made our way to my room. Once inside Dimitri set our bags down and we both sat down on my bed, Dimitri's arms held me tightly against his muscular body.
"I'm sorry about my mother." Dimitri shook his head.
"Don't apologize for her. She shouldn't have said those things about you."
"Or you." I pulled out my phone and quickly found my fathers name in my contacts. I pressed dial and waited for him to pick up his phone.
"Hello Kizm."
"Hey Baba. Are you still at the academy?"
"Yes, do you need something?"
"Yes, mom just found out about Dimitri and me, she saw us kissing. She was really angry. I was hoping you could track her down and calm her down, talk some sense into her. Make sure she doesn't go and try to get us in trouble."
"Oh kizm, I'm sorry to hear she reacted badly. That woman has always had quite the temper. I'll go find her and get her to calm down. Are you and Belikov alright?"
"Yeah, were okay."
"Good. I'll talk to you later kiz."
"Bye baba." With that I hung up and looked back at Dimitri. "My dad is going to calm her down."
"Good. He checked his watch. "How about we go and get some breakfast? I'll even get you a chocolate donut." I was quick to jump up and make my way towards the door. Dimitri still sat on my bed, watching me with a smile on his face.
"Well, what are you waiting for comrade? I want my donut!" He chuckled as he stood up and gently kissed my forehead.
"Let's go Roza."
Sorry for the lack of update, been really sick lately! Hope you enjoy this chapter, if you have any ideas let me know and let me know what you think of this chapter!