Different Story

Chapter 5

Rose's POV

We got back to the academy and Lissa and I parted ways and back to our dorms.

I got into my room and had a nice shower. Once I was done I got into some comfortable clothes and laid down on my bed.

I thought about all the events that happened today. I had just killed three strigoi's.. That means I was going to get some marks.

And so was Dimitri.

I just remembered that he agreed to escort me to the ball, while Adrian was going to escort Lissa.

When I thought about Dimitri and I going together, I felt like something was doing flips of joy in my stomach.

What just happened?

I just decided to stop thinking about what happened today and fell asleep.

~In the dream~

I was running, running as fast as I can. But I don't know what from.

I stopped running and turned around. There was nothing there.

I turned around again and saw three strigoi's standing there and one of them was holding a limp body.

I moved closer to them and gasped at what I saw.

It was Dimitri. All bloodied and bruised.

"Dimitri!" I yelled.

The strigoi just smirked at me. Then I paid more attention to the strigoi.

They were the three strigoi that I had killed.

I stood in shock. I couldn't move or do anything.

They dropped Dimitri and they began to approach me.

When they began to approach, I made a move to get my stake which was always on the right side of my jacket.

When I reached into my jacket, it wasn't in there. Where was it?

I began to panic, they kept coming closer and closer and I had no weapon.

So when the three of them attacked me at the same time, all I could do was throw some punches and kicks here and there.

I then got weaker and weaker. I couldn't punch and kick anymore. All I could do now was block. The three of them threw pretty strong punches and kicks and most of them got me. Then they pinned me down. I kept fidgeting about but it didn't work. They were too strong.

They still had their smirks on their faces and then one of them sunk their teeth into my neck.

~End dream~

I screamed and shot out of bed. I was sweating.

Man, that was some nightmare. I looked at the clock and it was 3am. 

I don't think I would be able to fall asleep anytime soon. I got up and went into the bathroom to have a nice shower.

I got into some shorts and a tank top and made my way to the gym. There's nothing else to do since everyone was sleeping, so why not train.

I got to the gym and got a dummy out.

I began to practice my punches and kicks.

After what felt like about 30 minutes, I stopped to rest. I laid down on the ground and just closed my eyes.

Then when I open my eyes, someone was standing above me.

It was Dimitri.

Dimitri's POV

I was walking around the campus trying to clear my head.

I walked past the gym and I heard some punching and kicking.

I looked through the door and saw Rose, punching and kicking a dummy.

I just watched her until she laid down on the ground.

I made my way to her and now I was standing above her. I was waiting for her to open her eyes.

She opened them and she looked at me.

"Hey" she said.

"Hey" I replied.

"What are you doing here?" she asked me.

"Just walking around to clear my head. What are you doing here?"

"Umm.. I just couldn't get to sleep."

I just nodded my head and made my way to the dummy. Might as well do a little training.

I punched and kicked and I could feel Rose's eyes on me.

Rose's POV

I just watched him as he punched and kicked the dummy.

Hmm.. maybe we could spar.

"Hey Dimitri?"

He stopped punching and kicking and looked at me and looked at me and said, "Yes?"

"Could we spar?" I asked him.

He nodded his head and I got up.

We pulled out a mat and began to spar.

Man, he was good. I got a few punches and kicks but most of them he blocked.

He punched me on the shoulder and I lost my balance. That was a strong punch.

He then pinned me down.

I tried to flip us over, but he was strong.

After a few more attempts, I gave up and said, "You win"

He just smiled.

My heart began to beat faster. What is going on with me?

He got off of me and helped me up.

It was quiet, and then he spoke.

"I want to thank you for saving me.."

I looked at him, smiled and said, "No problem."

He shook his head and said, "You shouldn't have.. You could have died."

I shrugged, made my way to the door and said, "Yeah I could have, but I don't care as long as all my friends are safe."

I walked out of the gym and made my way back to my room.

I got back and the time was 5am. Wow.. I didn't know I was that long in the gym..

My classes would start at 8am so I could sleep.. for awhile..

I couldn't be bothered changing so I just laid down on my bed and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up again because of that same dream I had before.

I looked at the time it was 7:50am. Crap!

I quickly got ready and ran towards my class which was in the gym. We were going to spar. I reached the gym and all the novices were there, I even saw Dimitri. The teacher was Alberta and she was talking before I ran into the gym. She stopped talking and looked at me.

I said, "Yes I know, I know, I'm late."

I sat down next to Eddie and asked, "What did I miss?"

He replied, "We're going to have a sparring competition" he then shrugged.

Competition? Oh yeah! I am so gonna kick everybody's asses!