A month outside the gates (a VA fanfic)ON HOLD

Chapter 51

Emil'sPOV
I had to choke back laughter when Rose and Belikov exited the Guardian wing of dhampir dorms together. I would have said they were blowing their cover, but they weren't. Well... Sorta.

It was so clear they'd spent the night together. Yet they were trying (and failing- abysmally) to keep some pretence of a professional distance between them. It had never worked, so I was so damn tempted to holler at them to drop the act. They were so bloody obviously trying to hide, it was sticking out like a sore thumb.

She was graduated and they were still trying to cover? Hilarious. And pointless. They were going to barely get through today without something going awry. If they thought they could hide for any length of time, they were kidding themselves.

Yuri'sPOV
Rose and Belikov had just entered the gym. That was my cue to leave. This gym had to be 'their place'. So, I didn't want to disturb the harmony, or disrupt the peace, of their sanctuary.

Those two were so obvious it was comical. Especially since the two were now extra relaxed and playful. They'd started relaxing after her eighteenth birthday, and now they might as well have been all over the other. They were already 'invading' the other's 'personal space'. The fact that they weren't touching was more conspicuous than if she was wrapped in him. If they were even simply holding hands it would be less conspicuous. As I said. Comical. They were so conspicuously trying to be inconspicuous it was completely comical.

"Hi Petrov, can we just call them in?" I asked after locking the door. "They're trying so hard to be inconspicuous it's comically conspicuous."
"No. As much as I'd love to- on their behalf. No. They clearly have their own plan."
"And it's failing. Abysmally. They're in each other's space, and being all playful. But it's so obvious they're trying not to touch, it's hilarious."
"I heard this ten minutes ago, from Emil. He's saying it's clear they spent the night together."
"It is. It seriously is. They're both doing that weird glowing shining thing. Again. They've been doing that most of the year."

Alberta'sPOV
Yeah. They had been doing that weird glowing and shining most of the year. "Yeah, they have. Still. Leave them to their own timing."
"Their own timing is probably going to fall by the wayside by day's end."
I sighed before responding. They were legal now. It was just the implied history, they implied past, that was problematic for them. And her parents.

Abe Mazur had shown up at her grad last night. With Janine- who had nervously introduced them. If Belikov thought Janine was scary... He was sorely mistaken. Mazur was terrifying. It was no wonder Rose was so lethal, dangerous and full of potential and power.