Drabble:22
POV:Thrid Person
"Rosemarie, this is preposterous", Janine retorted, hands on her hips.
"Mom", Rose spoke in a warning tone, glaring at her. "I'm not a kid anymore"
"You got shot. You are still recovering. You are not going to get up and around."
"I'm fine", Rose huffed. "And this is boring."
"If half of what I heard is true, you've had enough excitement to last a lifetime.", Janine admonished.
"Lissa needs me", Rose tried again.
"Vasilisa doesn't need you", Janine said. "She has the entire Royal Guard at her beck and call."
"Please, Mom! This place- its like a prison."
"Which part- the lofty space or the TV?", Janine asked sarcastically. "Or maybe it's the library and music system?"
"Mom!", Rose whined.
"Absolutely not".
"Come on!"
Dimitri watched the two Hathaway women's verbal warfare, lounging against the doorframe. Both were resolute and refused to budge. After watching the verbal ping-pong match for 10 minutes, he decided to finally participate.
"Roza, your mom is right", he said, walking into the room. Both women turned towards him.
"See even your boyfriend agrees", Janine said triumphantly, looking back at her.
"Comrade?", Rose asked incredulously.
"Roza, you are still recuperating. And you need to build-up your strength", Dimitri reasoned.
"But I'm all alone, all the time. And the Court's in uproar. Liss needs me", she said petulantly.
"She visits you everyday and I've been guarding her in your lieu, so rest assured she's safe", he told her gently.
Rose would've argued again, but then thought about something else. "And Christian?", she asked tentatively.
Dimitri and Janine exchanged a look.
"He's normally in his apartment, or with Lissa", he spoke levelly. "Mikhail accompanies him when he visits her." They all knew who her was.
"I don't wanna stay here", Rose whined again, trying to shift the suddenly somber mood.
Janine was exasperated-she couldn't seem to knock any sense into her daughter. Rose was too much like her, headstrong and stubborn. Janine had been trying to reason with her for quite sometime.
"Please, Roza", Dimitri said softly, claiming her hands in his.
Janine readied herself for the verbal onslaught that Rose would surely unleash on Belikov. But Rose just glared at him, and then sighed.
"Fine", she conceded, "I'll stay".
"What?", Janine blurted out in shock, eyes bugging out.
"I'll stay in, recuperate", Rose said grumpily. "Ignore my guardian duties."
"But-but-", Janine stammered. "I said-and you-then he-"
"What now?', Rose snapped, ignoring Dimitri's stern look.
"I have been arguing with you for hours and you didn't budge. Then he just says please, and you agree?" Janine asked incredulously.
Rose and Dimitri shared a look and then smiled at the flabbergasted guardian.
"Belikov, you are a miracle worker. God bless you!", Janine said emphatically before sinking into a couch. Dimitri smirked at that, and Rose rolled her eyes.
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