Different Story

Chapter 12

Rose's POV

I woke up to someone knocking on my door. I was going to ignore it but then the person said, "Rose open up! We're supposed to get ready for the ball later!"

I groaned and got up. I looked at my clock and I was shocked that it read 1pm. Wow... didn't know I slept that long.

I stretched my arms and then answered the door. Lissa was standing there and she had her dress in her left hand and in her rigt hand she had a make-up bag. She came in and put her dress on my bed carefully so that it won't get ruined and then she put the make-up bag down on the floor.

We didn't say anything to each other for a few seconds, until she said, "Christian said that he talked with Dimitri about what time they're going to pick us up. Christian said they were coming here at around 6:40, since the ball starts at 7." she then began to take out all the make-up out of the bag that she was going to use.

When she mentioned Dimitri, I just realised I had forgotten to tell her about what's happened between us. Might as well tell her now.

"Hey Liss?"

She stopped taking out the make-up and looked at me and said, "Yeah?"

I exhaled, looked at her and said, "Dimitri and I kissed."

She looked shocked and then she squealed and hugged me tight. I just laughed at how she was acting.

Then she said, "I'm so happy for you!" we then pulled away from each other.

We talked for a few minutes or about 1 hour and a half, then I went to take a shower.

When I was done I blow dried my hair and stepped out of the bathroom. I looked at the clock and it was 3pm.

Lissa went to take a shower, while I did my make-up. I didn't put that much. Maybe just a little blush, eyeshadow, eyeliner and lipgloss.

Lissa came out of the bathroom a few minutes later and began to apply her make-up.

When we both got our make-up done, we moved on to the hair. I left mine down and made it wavy. Then Lissa got out a red rose and clipped it on my hair.

Lissa also let her hair down and it was more wavy than my hair. Then she put 2 pins on each side of her hair, so that her hair wouldn't get in her face.

Then when our hair was done, we both slipped into our dresses. We both looked in the mirror and smiled. We looked so beautiful.

When we were done getting ready, the time was already 6:30. The guys would be here in 10 minutes. So Lissa and I just talked on the bed until there was a knock on the door. Lissa got up and answered the door, while I went into the bathroom to check if my make-up and hair were perfect. I was in the bathroom, so they couldn't see me. I could Christian saying, "You look amazing Lissa."

I heard her reply, "Thanks. You look handsome."

I stayed in the bathroom for 2 more minutes before Lissa said, "Rose! Get out of the bathroom! We're going to be late!"

I laughed and then walked out of the bathroom.

When I was walking towards them, I looked at Dimitri's face. He looked back at me with wide eyes and his mouth open in shock. I smirked at his expression.

I stood next to Lissa and then I reached out to close Dimitri's mouth. When I did that, he got out of his shocked state and said, "You look beautiful Roza"

Roza? I bet I had a confused look on my face because they all laughed at me. I gave them all questioning looks and Lissa said, "Roza is your name in Russian."

"Ohh..." I said. "Pssh! Of course it is! I knew that!"

"Sure you did." Christian said.

I turned to him and gave him a glare. Then I looked at Dimitri and said, "You don't look that bad yourself, Comrade."

When that was all over, we made our way to the gym where the ball was being held.

We went in the gym and we looked around. There were tables and decorations everywhere. There was a table where the drinks and snacks were. And there were about 30 guardians or more standing and keeping guard.

We found a vacant table and sat down. We were then joined by Adrian and Eddie. They both looked nice in their tuxedos.

We talked for awhile, then Lissa and Christian went to dance and Adrian went to go hit on girls and I have no idea where Eddie went to. So it was just Dimitri and me sitting at the table. Then Dimitri asked, "Want to dance?" I looked at him and said, "Sure."

He stood up and stuck his hand out. I took it and we walked over to the dance floor.

It was a slow song playing, so I put my arms around his neck and he held me at the waist. We were swaying with the music.

We just looked at each other and I got lost in his eyes. It felt like it was just us in the gym. I couldn't hear the music anymore and I didn't pay any attention to anybody else. My attention was just on Dimitri. We were swaying for a few more minutes and then we came to a complete stop, still looking in each others eyes.

He then began to lean in and I did as well. Then our lips connected. We then pulled away. We were both smiling at each other.

Then all of a sudden, the windows shattered, everyone was screaming and trying to get out of the gym and the guardians went into a fighting stance. Then strigoi appeared. I looked around the room, looking for Lissa and Christian. I kept looking until I finally saw them. They were running towards the door. They reached the door and then looked around. Her emotions told me that she was really scared and worried about me. She was still looking around the room and then she saw me. I could feel that she was relieved that I was okay.

We were looking at each other and then I heard her in my head.

C'mon Rose! We gotta get out of here!

I made a gesture with my hand telling her to leave me and run. She shook her head and I sighed. Then I heard her in my head again.

I'm not leaving you behind! I'm not moving until you're here!

I sighed again and turned to Dimitri. He was looking around the gym. I sighed again, grabbed his hand and then we began to run towards Lissa and Christian.

While running, we had to punch and kick a few strigoi. Mostly it was Dimitri punching and kicking because I couldn't really kick because I was wearing a dress, so all I could do was throw punches.

We finally got to Lissa and Christian and we ran towards Lissa's dorm room. We had to turn left up the hall, so I told them to stay back while I went first.

I turned left and then walked a few steps forward. Then all of a sudden, I was tackled from the side causing me to fall onto my back. I was closing my eyes when I fell, so when I opened them I was shocked to see Aaron on top of me pinning me down. That wasn't the most shocking, the most shocking thing was that he was a strigoi. I tried to get out of his grip but he was stronger now.

I kept struggling but I couldn't get out, all he did was smirk.

Then I yelled, "Get off me!"

He just replied, "No, I'm going to kill all of you and I'm gonna start by killing you."

I froze. I couldn't do anything. I was freaking out. He was going to kill me and then he would go after Lissa and Christian.

Then I realized, this is like the dream I had.

My dream was becoming a reality, but it isn't Lissa who's going to die first.

It's me.