Helloooo people! Missed me? Because I know I missed you. All the problems with my laptop have been solved, and all my greatest fortune (this story) was still on the laptop when I opened it, so I am happy to announce that I will get back to posting! I hope you guys are as glad about it as I am, and I hope that, unlike me, you didn't forget a lot of the story so far - I guess I should go do some reading so that I don't mess up the rest of the story.
But enough of my babbling. You waited long enough for an update, and I thank you for being so patient and understanding!
Hope you enjoy the chapter, and see you in 2 weeks! <3
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Rose's POV
I am forced to pair up with Aaron and there's no way out for me. There went my nice climbing escapade. To shit.
The second I get close to him, he talks to me and I ignore him as best as I can. I can endure that, but I draw the line at the moment he touches my hand on a rock.
"If you do that one more time, I swear to god I'm undoing your safety carabiner."
"Rose. Come on. Don't make me look bad. You have to talk to me."
"Why would I?"
"I want to know you better. I want to be your friend."
"You want to know something about me? Fine. Know that if you wouldn't have had any gear to save you from this fall, I would have pushed you and I would have been glad to see you break your neck."
"What's with this attitude?"
I can't help but laugh. "You're actually asking me that? You fucker. Keep away from me, or I'll hurt you. I mean it, Aaron."
I want to move away from him, but he stops me once more. He is holding me by my upper arm now. Tightly. That will leave a bruise, enough to complement the one I already have from that pig the other day.
"What have I done to you?"
"Absolutely fucking nothing. You're a damned saint."
"You cannot keep on doing this to me. I will look bad."
"And why the fuck do you think I care?"
I try to get out of his grip, but it only gets tighter.
"Don't you dare leave."
"Watch me," I say ripping myself from him.
Dimitri's POV
I don't know what's going on between them, what they're talking about, but I can tell how anxious she is.
After her verbal exchange with Aaron, she wants to move away from him I guess, but it takes her a while to figure out a route on those false rocks. And I'd bet my money that her hands are trembling. I'm afraid that will not end well. I can only be thankful that after she moved left enough, she is now trying to descend.
Until it happens. She slips.
She is still high when she falls, and I know the cord will keep her safe so that she won't be hitting the ground. But it doesn't do its job, not fully. It doesn't rip or anything, but as the chord stops her, she dangles horizontally in the air and ends up slamming her right shoulder against the wall. Hard.
The instructors pull her down and I am the first to get to her, along with other instructors.
I take her good hand in mine and she squeezes until her knuckles turn white.
"My arm, oh, it hurts so badly. Did I break it? Is it bleeding? Is it bad?"
I take a quick look and see no blood. Of course, that doesn't mean the bone couldn't be broken.
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