Drabble:54
POV:Third Person

How dare he? How dare that man? She was just 18….still a little girl. And she thought she was in love with him! Whattajoke! Still, she was young, she could be forgiven. But he should have known better….he was old enough to know better….but no, that moron didn't know any better! And if Janine wasn't wrong, things had been going on for a long time between them-including their academy days.
He was her mentor; he was supposed to teach her things….and okay, so he did teach her well-fine, exceptionally well-but somehow along the way, they fell in 'love'. What a fucking joke! Janine was royally pissed! She was gonna find the two and slap some sense into her daughter. And then, she was going to beat the living daylights out of Belikov, and enjoy every moment of it. How dare he take advantage of her baby-girl?
Janine hastened her steps, walking faster, scouring the Court for her targets. Her fists clenched and unclenched as she contemplated breaking Belikov's nose.

And then she saw them. Walking by the fountain near the western border. Wrapped up in each other. The sight of them made Janine slow down, and eventually come to a halt.

Rose, enveloped in Dimitri's duster, had her head on his shoulder and he had an arm wrapped protectively and possessively around her. Despite walking far too closely, they constantly brushed against each other. They talked together, laughing often, oblivious to the many curious (and judgmental) glances headed their way.

They both wore joyous, blissful smiles. And Rose looked so content, so at peace…..Janine had never expected to see such a look on her daughter's face. But it was there…..because of him. She had gone through a world full of pain and his life hadn't exactly been a bed of roses either. Janine remembered how Rose had been after Dimitri had been turned, how maniacally he had behaved when she'd been shot….how Rose had broken down in his arms in Spokane, how he had seemed to be more worried about her than the missing moroi. And a dozen other such interactions immediately sprang to Janine's mind. It was only fitting that after all the pain and hurt they'd been through, that they found each other-that they found this love.

Because they were in love, head over heels in it. 100%. Janine knew so. And no matter what came their way, together they could take it. For each-other, with one-another. Janine sighed, angry with herself for being logical enough to understand the situation, and began walking back the long way to guest housing, to Abe's. She needed to think, pummeling Dimitri could wait…for now.
Janine glanced back, to get one last look at her daughter. Reaching a secluded corner, Dimitri had picked her up in his arms and was spinning her around now, making her laugh, uninhabited. Rose looked so happy, laughing in the arms of her lover…Janine realized she couldn't take away this one good thing in Rose's life; she couldn't make her baby-girl unhappy, not after everything she'd been through. But he dared step out of line once, just once….and Janine would massacre him. For now, she had a hunting trip to plan. What? Just coz she'd accepted them didn't mean they needed to know! And Janine had questions for him…lots and lots of them. Questions that needed answers…

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