Drabble:88
POV:Third Person
"Don't you think it's unfair?", Rose asked Dimitri, sparing him a cursory glance as she paced, probably burning a hole through the bedroom floor. Dimitri looked up from the book he'd been perusing and smiled amusedly at his girlfriend. It was evident that Rose was distressed, if her pacing and muttering-in-an-undertone were any indication, but Dimitri found the entire situation entertaining. Still, unwilling to be subjected to her famous Hathaway glare, he did his best to school his features into an expression of commiserating empathy.
Either encouraged by his expression or maybe just unable to hold it in anymore, Rose voiced her tale of woe. "I mean, the first time we met, she practically called me a liar. If that wasn't enough, after knowing me, she made me do chores for her, that while I was majorly hung-over. I'm telling you, she has issues!"
"Calm down, Roza. She was just testing you, you know that", Dimitri soothed her, getting up from his perch and enveloping her in a hug. "And she loves you, but she just likes to have her fun. She's aged, you can at least allow her that, right?"
"Screw aged, she did this on purpose!", Rose struggled out of his embrace to glare murderously at the door. "Besides whose side are you on, anyways?"
"Roza, be reasonable", Dimitri coaxed. "I'm not siding with anyone. She practically raised me. And you….well, you're my everything. Now can we please let this go and enjoy the rest of our stay here?"
Rose shifted her glare to him, even narrowed her eyes, but Dimitri stood his ground, resolute till Rose exhaled sharply and unclenched her hands from the fists they were balled into.
"Fine, I will calm down, if only you answer this truthfully", she countered. When Dimitri nodded-albeit hesitantly-she continued, "You've known Yeva for all of your life, and I've known her for sometime now. She made me, who's practically her grand-daughter-in-law, carry bricks over miles, whereas the first time she met my best friend, she hugged her. Comrade, do you really think she did it out of the goodness of her heart?"
"Did you just say grand-daughter-in-law? Without the to-be?", he asked, completely derailing the conversation.
Rose huffed, muttering about men and their short attention spans, before sparing him one final glare and then continuing her pacing, still livid over the grievous injustice she'd been dealt. Dimitri chuckled lightly, returning to the bed and his novel, looking up every now and then to watch his beautiful girlfriend pacing, enjoying this little display.
They'd come to visit Baia to unwind, along with both their charges (and half the royal guard), but it didn't look like the vacation was helping Rose de-stress…at all. But Dimitri was finding it entertaining as hell, and they'd not even been here for four hours. They'd shown up just prior to dinner-time and Olena had spent the entire evening fussing over them, piling the plates of their entourage with more food than what the community probably ate in a day, and after dinner and coffee, she'd sent everyone off to bed-the royal guard disappearing to a motel nearby. During coffee, much to Rose's dismay, Yeva had made an appearance and-behaved very civilly with everyone-even hugged the young moroi queen, which had outraged Rose, though she hadn't expressed it till she was alone with her beau. And Dimitri was not the least bit helpful!
Hours later, when Rose finally calmed down to be able to sleep, she climbed into bed beside the sleeping form of her boyfriend, who'd given up waiting an hour ago. Just as she closed her eyes, ready to put this day behind, she could have sworn she heard the cackling of the she-witch aka Yeva from downstairs. Damn that woman!
Okay, so news first. The reason I've been quite slow with updates this week is because I'd been caught up with schoolwork, work-work and sports. And yesterday, my team won the championship game in a tournament and I was declared the MVP (yay me!), but that's over now, so I'm back again and-hopefully-will update more regularly.
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