Different Story

Chapter 7

Rose's POV

Okay... Was I seriously falling for Dimitri? I couldn't be, right?

Argh!

I laid down on my bed and thought. I kept repeating in my head, "Did I like him? Did I like him?"

I sighed and fell asleep.

I woke up to someone knocking on my door. I groaned and looked at the time.

6am! It's 6am! Why in the world is someone knocking on my door!

I decided to ignore the knocking, but then the knocking became louder. I groaned again and pull the blanket over my head.

The kept knocking and yelled, "Rose! Get up! It's Alberta and Dimitri!"

I got up straight away when she said Dimitri. Argh! I probably did like him...

I yelled at them, "Hold on!" and went into the bathroom to get ready.

I was ready in about 10 minutes and then I opened the door.

I saw Alberta and Dimitri just standing there looking at were all quiet and then I broke the silence.

"So what are you guys doing here so early in the morning?"

Alberta was the one who spoke.

"You are going to get your molnija marks today"

I looked at her in shock. Was she serious?

"Are you serious?" I asked her.

"Yes, I'm serious. Now, let's go. They're waiting for you two." she replied.

I closed my door and we walked over to the gym. When we got to the gym there was a guy there, sitting down and waiting.

We made our way to the guy and he told one of us to sit down.

Dimitri and I looked at each other and then he sat down.

Dimitri showed his neck to the guy and then the guy began to make the molnija marks.

After a few minutes, they were done and the guy put a bandage on Dimitri's neck and told him something.

Then it was my turn. I sat down and exposed my neck to him and he began to make the molnija marks. It was a little painful, but I didn't think about the pain.

When we were done, the guy put a bandage on my neck and told me, "You have to wait a few days before you take off the bandage." I just nodded my head and made my way back to Alberta and Dimitri.

I looked at Alberta. Her face showed that she was proud of us. I smiled at them and Alberta told us that we could go back to our dorm's to get ready for classes.

Dimitri and I nodded and made our way out of the gym. We were outside the gym and I asked Dimitri, "What class do you have first?"

He looked at me and said, "Stan's class."

I nodded and started to walk to my room. While I was walking, I yelled to him, "See you there!"

I continued walking and then I bumped into someone. I stumbled back a bit then I looked at the person. It was Lissa.

"Oh Liss, I am so sorry." I told her.

"Don't worry, oh hey I heard that the all the novices had a sparring competition" she replied.

"Uh... yeah...”

"I'm gonna be guessing that you won, since no one would be able to defeat THE Rose Hathaway." she said.

"Umm... well, funny thing is I didn't win."

She looked at me shocked and said, "You didn't win? Wow, I should have been there to watch."

I looked at her and she said, "What? Not a lot of people could beat you. It's kind of shocking. So who beat you? Eddie?"

"Nope, it was Dimitri." I said.

She looked shocked and said, "Dimitri? As in Dimitri Belikov? Adrian's best friend?"

"Yes, him... oh and Liss.." Should I tell her? Should I tell her that I might be falling for him?

"Hmm? Yes, Rose?"

I guess I should, she is my best friend after all.

I looked down at my shoes and mumbled, "I think I'm falling for him."

I guess she heard me by her Moroi hearing and said, "What? Really?"

"Yes really. I think I might be falling for Dimitri."

She hugged me and said, "Do you think he likes you back?"

I replied her, "I don't know..."

She let go off me and said, "I'm sure he does. You’re really beautiful! How can anyone not like you!"

I laughed at her and said, "Well, thanks for your compliment. But I have to go now; I wouldn't want to be late for class."

She laughed and said, "Right, like you're ever late for class." there was a lot of sarcasm there.

We just laughed and said that we were going to see each other at lunch.

I stood there for a while as Lissa made her way to her room. Then I began to head back to my room.

Dimitri's POV

I stood in front of the gym for a while and watched Rose head back to her room. I just stood there and heard people talking.

I walked to where the people were talking. And I saw that it was Rose and Lissa.

Thanks to my Dhampir hearing, I could hear everything they were saying. They were just talking about the sparring competition and how it was shocking that someone could beat Rose.

I was about to walk away, but then I heard Rose say, "I think I'm falling for him." she mumbled it but I could still here it.

I felt myself getting jealous. Why was I getting jealous? I have no idea.

Then I heard Lissa say, "What? Really?"

I was just standing still now, waiting for what Rose was going to say next.

Then Rose said, "Yes really. I think I might be falling for Dimitri."

My heart stopped. Did she just say Dimitri? She couldn't mean she was falling for me..?

I just continued to listen.

"Do you think he likes you back?" It was Lissa.

"I don't know..."

I stopped listening to them and thought. Did I like Rose?

I thought about the day at the mall, when she was lying down on the ground. I was so worried about her.

And then I just felt jealous because I thought she was falling for someone else.

I sighed.

I guess I was falling for Rose.

Then I made my way back to my room.