Soul Bound

Chapter 7

RPOV

I got back to my room without Lissa noticing too much. I looked down at my hands; I had two dislocated finger tips. They started to hurt. With the darkness consuming me and what happened after that I had not even noticed the pain. But I started to notice now. I pulled on them and they clicked back into place. Not fun, but at least they weren't broken. They would be sore for a few days but that would be it.

I was still in my clothes that Mia drenched earlier and I was in need of a shower.

I let the warm water cascade down my back and ease my tense muscles. I let my mind wander. First to what happened with Mia. I had to get this under control. I could not go homicidal over every little thing. This was high-school; pranks, gossip and insults were an everyday occurrence.

Then there was the issue of what happened in the gym. Dimitri. I guess I wasn't the only one who was getting affected by our training session. I entertained the idea that he was just playing along. I mean if a beautiful girl throws herself at you, you don't have to say no. But I knew Dimitri better than that. He would have stopped me and said it was inappropriate. Hell he might still say it was inappropriate. I guess it actually was. But the way he responded and looked at me just before we kissed told me something else. He was feeling this too.

And man was it amazing. I had kissed boys before, but this, this was something else. I felt him in my entire body down to my core. He was able to do what not even Lissa was able to do.

He could bring me back. His voice had pulled me back, it was like a speckle of light came through the dark abyss. Just enough for me to hold onto and pull myself towards him and out of the dark.

And then there were his hands. Oh my God his hands. The way they held my face and stroked my hair. Or how he held me in place, his big strong hands on my back. If I close my eyes I can still feel his hands on my skin, setting me on fire.

It was good I was already in the shower. I turned the water down a few degrees. This was going to be a problem. I needed to get a hold on this.

But self control had never been my strong suit.

I finished the shower and got to work on my homework. I needed something as a distraction from all the thoughts going around in my head and this seemed like a productive way. At least some teachers would be amazed that I actually did my homework for once. It took a lot longer than I wanted, my mind straying very often, but I got it done.

I went to bed completely exhausted. I was emotionally and physically drained. I touched my lips, wishing he was here with me. I drifted off to sleep, imagining his warm body pressed against mine as he had been earlier today.

On Monday morning I had training with Dimitri again. I know we got interrupted both with the explanation of what happened to me (our own foult) and getting interrupted in our make-out session (totally Lissa's foult). I also knew Dimitri had a day to think about both things. I wasn't looking forward to this.

I walked into the gym and I saw Dimitri reading a western novel on the mats, just like nothing had happened. But when he looked at me I knew this wasn't going to be easy.

"We need to talk."

Yeah there it was. The speech. I was dreading this. He was going to say that I could not be around Lissa anymore because I was too dangerous and on top of that he was going to call me a silly girl for throwing myself at him.

I stretched out my hands indicating to continue and let me have it. Better to get it over with.

"Rose I'll be here if you need me to help you with Lissa's emotions. I'll do whatever I can. But what happened yesterday can't happen again. No matter how much I might want to."