Va- I Still Love You ((Book One))- COMPLETED

Chapter 14- "Not Another Dream..."

After a couple of hours passed, I fell asleep. I have never been bitten by a Strigoi before, but I have been bitten by a Moroi- Lissa- who is my best friend and the only way to feed her, really. But a Moroi's bite was nothing compared to a Strigoi's bite. Damn it.. I finally let myself give in to my exhaustion,  but all of a sudden, I felt something change - my surroundings.

I was on the academy's front lawn, in front of the gates. In there stood Adrian Ivashkov in his purple silk shirt and dress pants. His hair was unruly as I looked him up and down.  My alarms kicked in.  I backed up, looking for something to defend myself with. "What in the hell are you doing here?" I growled.

Adrian just looked me up and down. "Don't act so surprised to see me, little Dhampir."  

"How are you here?" I growled.

"Isn't a given? " He asks, tilting his head with a small smirk upon his face. "It's a dream, Rose."

"I know that!" I snapped. " I mean, how are you here in my dream?"

"I'm a spirit user, Rose." He says and takes a couple of steps towards me. Putting his face just inches from my own. I felt my heart beat take over at a ridiculously high speed.

My mouth dropped open in mock shock. "Y-your a spirit user?" I say, stunned.

He grins at my shockness. "Yeah. But don't worry, I'm not completely crazy, most of the time."  

I fold my arms over my chest, putting on my guardian face. "So, what? Why are you here?" I demand, forgetting that he jumped into my dream. 

"Just to visit, little Dhampir. Don't worry, though.. I only come here to check on you."

"C-check on me?" I sputtered. "You don't need to check up with me! I'm not your property."

I felt something inside me, and I'm back in my room, on a bed feeling overwhelmed by a Strigoi's bite, I added. I heard the door squeak open, and I jumped up, grabbing something, anything I could find, which was a hair brush that was put on my bedside table.  I thought about  flinging  it at whoever was coming, which was Dimitri. OF COURSE IT WAS HIM!! It's always him..  He raised an eyebrow at me and the hair brush that was in my right hand, like he thought it was cute or something.

"What?" I asked him.

He just looked at me, and then he came to me and pushed me to the wall. My breathing caught at how close he was.. What was he going to do?  I swallowed and told myself to think clearly. This is Dimitri we are talking about. 

"Roza.. " He says in a low voice. 

I licked my lips and closed my eyes as his hand trailed up my thigh, making me fall under his touch. His hand might be cold, but what it was doing to me was intoxicating, and he knew it. He put his lips close to my ear, his breath was warm against my ear as he whispered: "Roza, you're a fool.. You know you can't resist me."

I finally opened my eyes and glared, "That's what you think, comrade!" I shoved and hit him in the jaw, but he was strong, and fast, I should add that in there too. He grabbed me and pinned me to the bed, using his full weight on me. "Don't," He said.

"Go ahead and kill me!" I screamed as I felt his body on mine. God, how can someone be like this and have such a powerful effect on me? I already had an answer to that, of course. Because it's Dimitri. 

I bit my lip and tried to look at him over my shoulder. But all I got was his long dark brown hair in my face, which felt weird on my face, but it was familiar to me. "I will let you go if you will not fight me, Roza.. Understand?" 

I bit my lip, and then I nod.  he released me, and I jerked up off of the bed. "Where's Lissa?" I demanded.

"She's safe.. For now.." He says coldly. 

I crossed my arms and glared at him. "If you hurt her, comrade, I will kill you." 

He chuckled and said, " Your desire to protect is admirable, Rose.."

"You know, you used to be like me. How can you just say that?" i paused and said, "And why in the hell would you turn Strigoi?"

He flinched and smirked. "Do you know really what you're asking me, Roza?"

I nodded a few times. "Hell yeah, I do." I said.

He sighed and sat down on a love seat, and I watched him, still standing by the bed, not chancing sitting beside him quite yet.  "You do know you could sit down, Roza.. I'm not going to hurt you, honest."

I licked my lips and thought about everything I could to get him to let me go. " Tell me, Dimitri. Why did you turn yourself?" At this, I did go near him, but because I want to really know why he did turn.

He glanced at me this time. His red eyes searched my face. I couldn't really read his face because every time I did, I had to glance away from him. His features turned Strigoi features was just too much to  bear. The coldness that was always in his eyes and voice makes me shiver every time.  I swallowed and forced myself to look back at him. 

"Because I thought it was the only way... " He says.

I raised an eyebrow at him. "Way for what?" 

"For me to forget you, Roza."