Giving into the charm (A Vampire Academy Fanfic)

Chapter 2

Eventually we had him in the school's holding cells and Lissa in the clinic. Dimitri and I were grilled on the time gap and he covered with an attack charm.
"Rose?" he started as we exited Alberta's office.
"Time for the lecture? Nothing happened, it was all a spell and I'm a child, am I right?" If he confirmed it I'd be heartbroken and betrayed, if he denied it we were in for a long and tough year. The man was my soulmate and held my everything. Surely he had to realise I wasn't easy, that I'd given him something irrevocable. I knew I held his virtue and would treasure and value it always because he meant the world to me. Surely he was enough like me and at least see how precious the gift I'd given him was. I saw the mental battle he was waging and let him fight it without interrupting.
"You were on the verge of tears after Jesse, weren't you?"
"Now you realise," I sighed.
"I saw but didn't register, Rose."
"What are you getting at, Comrade?" That created another mental battle.
"Did you overpower the voice that wasn't yours when you uttered those words? Think about it carefully Rose." I did think about each moment very carefully.

The charm had gone from pushing me to Dimitri and telling me I obsessed with his physical features to simply blocking me off from the bond as soon as I had thought about the personal connection, the emotional draw. As soon as I realised I loved him my emotions overpowered the forced physical focus. He came first, I'd chosen him, I'd decided to give him me without an outside force. My heart and soul had called to his, his to mine and the two had joined with our bodies. I had loved him then, still did now, and always would. I was in no way 'easy' despite my facade and the blown-out-of-proportion reputation. Not even a charm would work on me if my soul didn't scream for him. If there wasn't a deeper, emotional connection. I looked into his eyes and saw straight into his soul. I directed my answer at his soul, his being and essence as I responded with "the second I thought them." Those five words created an even bigger mental battle. I was seriously considering walking away to give him overnight to think about it because I clearly wasn't getting my questions answered anytime soon. "Get back to me later Dimitri. I'm tired," of being hurt by you. Once is one time too many and he'd done it at least once- in the lounge.

Leaving my soulmate to his mental battle I returned to my dorm and fell asleep. My sleep wasn't the best. I dreamed of my first, but the surround charm complication and Dimitri's indecision, his mental battles, were clouding and tainting the otherwise blissful memory.

"Mmm," I mumbled out sleepily as an incredibly comfy, toned body joined me in bed. Arms wrapping around me and pulling me closer.
"I love you, Roza. Be ready for a rough year, my beautiful," was gently whispered in my ear with a Russian accent.
"Dimitri?" I opened my eyes and twisted to see I was, indeed, wrapped in my soulmate.
"I love you. It was us. I can't stand you in pain so I won't be the cause of it. You. Are. Worth. The. Risk, my love. You're worth it. I promise," he pressed a kiss to my forehead.
"I love you too, Comrade."
"Damn that heart stopping nickname!" he teased playfully in a whisper.
"I knew it," I sighed and yawned.
"Sleep, my sweetheart." That was all it took. I crashed back out of it, this time my sleep was sound and peaceful.