CHAPTER 3
I stayed in the cabin till the last bell rang. With a quick check through the bond I saw that Lissa just entered her room. Three and a half minutes of running put me at Lissa's door. I let myself in and found her on her bed with her phone in her hand. "I was about to call you. Where were you today?" She asked. I sat across from her on the bed. How am I going to do this? Should I just say it or should I try to soften the punch? With the way her big green eyes were starring at me I knew I just had to say it. She's my best friend; she will understand. "I was... Well you see Liss; Dimitri and I... We're together. Like a couple." Lissa looked at me stunned. Confusion; happiness; disappointment and anger swirled around in her head. She opened her mouth then closed it again. After a long silence I cleared my throat. "How long has this been going on?" She asked. She was still struggling with which emotion was stronger. Anger and disappointment was at the very top. "Just before the strigoi attack; that's when we made it final. But our feelings started the night Victor kidnapped you." I said. I reached out to take her hands in mine but she pulled away and stood up; pacing the length of her room. Anger had beaten all the emotions. "Why didn't you tell me? Don't you trust me?" I stopped pacing and stood in front of me. Her hands placed on her hips and a frown developed on her forehead; yep she's mad. "I'm your best friend. I have told you every detail of my life even my love life..."
"No you don't! If I couldn't go inside your mind I still wouldn't know that you and Christian have... explored... each other. Lissa; I wanted to tell you but..." When I wanted to tell her the reason for not telling her I went blank. There wasn't a good reason why I didn't tell her. She looked at me; waiting for me to continue. When she realised I had nothing to say she laughed sarcastically. "Yeah that's what I thought. Please leave my room; I need time to think." I looked her. There was suddenly this burning rage inside me. How dare she be mad at me? Every person is entitled to have some secrets. I stood up and walked out.
The gym was silent when I entered. I was happy about that; I'm really not in the mood to talk. I switched on the radio and connected my phone. With the loud music and my dangerous dance with a practice dummy; I was lost in my own world. Nothing was wrong in this moment; there was no stress; no darkness. All my... The music stopping plucked me back to reality. I turned around and saw Guardian Damien Adkins at the door. "Hello guardian Adkins." I said as I wiped the sweat off of my forehead. He smiled at me and walked closer to where I stood. "Please Rose; call me Damien. Mind if I join you?" He asked. I didn't see any harm in that so I agreed.
One hour and forty six minutes passed and we were still in the gym. Damien taught me a few new moves that I'm dying to practice on Dimitri. We just started with the tenth sparing match and I was in the lead. Damien was good but not as good as Dimitri. I caught him off guard a few times. Just when I thought I could finish this match; he kicked my legs out; sending me to meet the floor. In the blink of an eye he pinned me down. "I win." He said. His face held a bright smile while mine held a look of confusion. How the hell did he do that? I had him right where I wanted him. "You shouldn't be so cocky until you have taken down you attacker. Don't assume that you're going to win; the tables can turn at any moment." He said. When he stood up he pulled me with him. I walked to my bag and sat down. Damien joined me a second later with a bottle of water for him. I took out my bottle and drank half of it. "You use to have a mentor right?" He asked. I glanced at him before focusing on my bottle again. "He is still my mentor. He's just home for family stuff. Why do you ask?" He shrugged his shoulders and took a big gulp of water. "Well I was just wondering if you'd like me to be a temporary mentor; until yours return." I was speechless. Damien being my mentor until Dimitri comes back could be a huge distraction for me. Then I wouldn't miss Dimitri so much. But would this be betraying Dimitri? No I don't think it would be. "That would be awesome. Could we just stick to the schedule I already follow?" I asked. He nodded his head and stood up. "Then I will see you tomorrow. Have a wonderful night Rose." I waved at him when he walked out the door. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and called Dimitri. "Hello?" He said once he answered. He sounded sleepy. Damn it must be night there. "Hey." I said softly. I heard some commotion through the phone. "Is everything okay Roza?" He asked sounding more awake now. I feel so bad for waking him up. "Everything's okay I just miss you. I'm sorry that I wok up. I can call back later." I said. I stood up and walked out of the gym; heading to my room. "No; no I was awake."
"Liar; your just saying that to make me feel better." I said. Dimitri laughed. "Is it working?" I rolled my eyes. Before I could answer him he spoke in Russian. "Sorry that was my sister." He explained.
"That's okay. I just wanted to thank you for the amazing birthday present. I loved it almost as much as I love you." I unlocked my room's door and went in. I picked up clothes as I went to the bathroom. "It's my pleasure Roza. I'm just so..." He stopped talking English and switched to Russian. I threw the clothes into the basket and went to sit on my bed. "Again; I'm sorry for that." Dimitri said after a while. I shrugged off the apology. "It's okay. I have to go now. Thanks again for the present. I miss you a lot just two weeks and five days left before I see you." Dimitri told me he loved me before he hung up. I opened myself up to the bond to feel Lissa's feelings. Yep she is still mad at me. This is so unfair. My best friend in the world is mad at me and my boyfriend is across the ocean. I hate being alone.
