Soul Bound

Chapter 10

RPOV

I woke up when someone was nudging me awake. I felt warm strong hands touch my hair and slowly shake my shoulders. I looked straight up into Dimitri's warm chocolate brown eyes. I realized the position we were in. I did not fall asleep on his shoulders, did I? It was the best nap I had in ages.

I saw us go through the gates of the academy. All the students on the shopping trip had had their morning classes canceled so we could get some extra sleep. I was grateful for that. I could sleep for days. Shopping with Lissa was fun but exhausting. We left the car and were walking back to the dorms, me next to Lissa, the Guardians including Dimitri behind us.

I felt great, better than I have in a long time. I had burned off most of the darkness, leaving me feeling light. I got some much needed new stuff and I got to finally spend some quality time with my best friend.

I was feeling almost giddy. I jumped on a nearby bench and started to walk across it, acting like an acrobat. Lissa had to laugh. I was making funny faces while balancing and we were having fun, just being normal teenagers for a change.

That was until I felt the bench give way underneath me. I could feel it move but could do nothing to stop it. I fell hard and twisted my foot. I could feel the bone in my foot snapping. Oh, this was not good.

I cried out in pain, grabbing my foot in the process. Lissa was by my side in seconds, so were Natalie, Alberta, and Dimitri.

"Oh my God Rose, are you okay?" Lissa asked.

All I could do was shake my head. I didn't trust my voice. If I would answer I would definitely cry. And I refused to cry. I had worse pains than this. But it hurt like hell.

"We need to get her to the infirmary and have it checked out." Dimitri said, concern lacing his voice.

He picked me up in his arms, careful not to jostle me. Even through the pain, I could appreciate this. If I had known this was what it would take for Dimitri to hold me like this I might have broken my foot earlier. That was until he started to walk into the direction of the infirmary and my foot was being moved slightly. The pain was beginning to really put a damper on things. Lissa followed Dimitri into the infirmary.

Dr. Olendski motioned for Dimitri to place me on the bed. She was getting a nurse and some stuff to do an examination with. I already knew though, it was broken. Probably in more places than one. This would really hurt my training schedule.

I was stressing big time. When Dr. Olendski left the room Lissa walked over. Dimitri was standing in the corner watching me carefully.

"Can I have a moment alone with Rose please, Guardian Belikov." Lissa asked.

Dimitri looked at her funny then looked at me as if asking where she was going with this. I just looked back at him signaling it was okay. Sometimes we were so in sync it was eerie but handy. He reluctantly left the room. I wonder if it was because he didn't want to leave me alone or because he wanted to see if Lissa could heal me. 

Once Dimitri left, Lissa went straight to work. I was grateful, a broken foot could have cost me weeks of training. But I always worried what using her magic would do to her, to us. But I suppose I just burned the majority off. We would be okay for a while and I really couldn't have a broken foot right now. I wouldn't be any good to Lissa.

"Careful Liss, Not all the way. I still need an injury after this, or people will think I am a wuss. Just make it so it can heal in a couple of days, Okay?"

I had been really vocal about the pain on the way here. Already they would think I was a bit of a wuss for screaming when it wouldn't even appear to be broken.