Chapter 8

I'm sitting at lunch telling the girls about Mr Mysterious and the pull I felt toward him and a sort of attraction but its not only about that it was like he was calling me to something that starts wherever he is but it's like he's the means not the destination and when I voiced this my friends looked at me weird and not that 'you're crazy' weird that I was expecting but more of the 'I don't want you to see that I know what you mean' weird and I was about to ask them when the root of all this came to our table " Hello I'm Dimitri Mikealson." He said with the same smile of this morning "R... Rose Steele " I say in greeting getting lost in those hazel and suddenly we find ourselves staring at each other and it's like we're communicating our eyes and his say clearly 'I found you' and there's triumph in his eyes and I found myself smiling back " Uhumm " I heard from one of my friends and turn to look at them with confusion still wondering what I saw in his eyes. Seeming to sense that they weren't going to get anything out of me they took initiative and turned to Mr Mysterious behind me " Hey I'm Angel and this is Susan, Rose's best friends" she says and I turn back to him and his expression is full of amusement that is aimed at my friends which I don't understand. I turn to look at my friends and their faces are blank which tells me that they are furious, but at what? " May I join you" Dimitri asks me "I'm not sure ..." I start but Susan interrupts " Oh yes please. Join us" she says and I'm starting to feel uncomfortable but then Angel takes my hand across the table and I feel I calm rush over me and I look at her gratefully. She always had this thing about her that makes sure my emotions don't get out of control. He sat next to me and it wasn't weird at all now.

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The days to follow Dimitri and I became close friends and soon we became inseparable and I loved it he was my other brother and I loved him like I would Damien. Then one day he came up to me " Hey Rosey " he said running toward me from behind which was ridiculous but funny. He's the only one, beside Damien that does it to irritate me, that calls me Rosey cause if anyone else does I hit them. I'm not the violent type although my parents made me take MMA classes and sometimes I spared with dad and Damien since they do kick-boxing and hand to hand combat, they fight hand to hand with me, so I can throw a mean punch. " I was wondering if you'll go on a date with me " he said and I immediately stopped walking, thinking and probably breathing 'what did he just say?' "What did you just say?" I say voicing my thoughts confusion probably plastered on my face and he smiled like he found my reaction amusing "I mean well these past few days has been the best of my life and, even though I didn't want it to happen I started developing feelings for you and I want to take you out on a date if that is alright with you?" He said sounding a bit more uncertain and I think its because of the look on my face so I try and rearrange my features to make him feel better but I don't think this is such a good idea, in fact I can probably sense this ending badly, but at the look on his face... I just couldn't say no 'Maybe I'll start developing feelings for him as well' I think to myself "Oh...Okay I'll go on a date with you" I said stuttering a little still unsure but he didn't seem to notice at all. The look on his face was pure happiness and suddenly I don't regret my decision at all now.

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Its time for my date with Dimitri and I'm a bit nervous. I look at myself I'm the mirror, I have on black leggings with a black top and maroon cardigan and black boots. I put on a simple silver chain and a bracelet. I just put on a pale lip gloss and a little blush to add colour to my cheeks and I curl my white hair and let it fall in waves down my back and look at the end product. " Okay I look presentable enough " I say aloud to no one. Nobody is home Mom and Dad are still at work and Damien went to 'hang with the guys' so I sit back on the bed waiting for the text and got it not long after ' I'm outside' it said so I went downstairs to meet him. I told Damien that I'm going out already so I just grab my black purse, put all the essentials, like my lip gloss, phone, my house keys and my credit card, in and go out the front door setting the alarm and locking the place after me and go to his car, which was a silver Aston Martin one-77 I let out a low whistle as he gets out of the car he looks good, he has on a blue jean, white sneakers, a white T-shirt and brown jacket. "Wow you clean up good " I say smiling at my date a weird sense of belonging comes over me but I'm still sure that its in a romantic way, its more of a family sense 'I'm not suppose to be with him' a voice in my head says . I push the thoughts aside quickly and focus on the amazing man standing in front of me as he smiles and he comes over to me to kisses my cheek " And you can kill all mortal men with the light of your beauty " he says and I burst out laughing and blushing at the same time ' Here's a perfectly guy right here, so what is wrong?' I think to myself, his grin widens " Did you steal that from Shakespeare in 1597?" I ask when I calmed down "No but my dad could've, he used that line to bed my mom." He said with a serious expression and there was a short silence before we both burst out laughing and he lead me to the car, his hand at the small of my back and opened the door for me and I climbed in and shut it behind me. 'Maybe this can work out' I think as he gets in. He drives us to a small seafood place " I hope you like seafood " he says with another grin 'I don't think this man ever stops smiling' I think to myself but smile anyway and we went out on our date. Everything went well and I actually enjoyed myself. We had all the different types of seafood since I told him I don't eat it often. He seemed to enjoy it so much he asked me to be his girlfriend and I agreed ( after a little hesitation). He dropped me off at my house and refused my invitation in saying he needed to get home so I left the car and that is how I got my first boyfriend.

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Dimitri and I have been dating for 3 months now and he's about go meet my folks. We decided to go to this party on Friday night before him coming to meet my folks on Saturday for brunch and do here I was getting ready in a black jean and red top with a black cropped jacket and black and white sneakers with and a simple neckless that he bought it was a two piece that I think he designed. Mine was a pink heart on a silver chain with the words Mi Amor on and his was a silver ring with the same words on a key on the outside of the ring and on the inside was a design of my heart and on the backside of my chain was a design of his ring. It was perfect.

I met him at the party and I found him at the entrance wearing a light blue ripped Jean with a white hoody and a light blue jean jacket over on, he had on white high tops and boy did he look good. He gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, not once in these 3 months did he kiss me and I appreciate that it means he wants to take it slow. He lead me into the full blown party. We had fun, danced drunk and everything reckless teens are suppose to do. Damien is here somewhere but I can't find him. He came with a friend and insisted I come with my car in case he was going to be to drunk to get home on his own and I agreed. Suddenly I realise I wasn't with Dimitri anymore... Oh yes he said he was going to the bathroom but that was a while ago and so I went to go look for him. I climbed the stairs and looked in all the rooms that weren't locked and that I didn't hear sounds from. I was almost at the end of the hall when I heard his voice coming from a door at the end of the right side of the hall "...yeah I am so close. I just need to pretend to love her till tomorrow when I infiltrate the house and find out who the hell these people are." 'Who is he talking to' I wonder " I know I'm playing with her feelings but its necessary we need to find out the truth and the only way to do that is to do that is by getting to Arthur Steele and the only way to do that is to pretend to be in love with Rose Steele the collateral damage will be taken care of later just meet me at the spot tomorrow" a silence followed and I open the door maybe I'm hearing wrong or it's not really him but I can feel the tears already on my cheeks."What are we going to do with her? I don't know, maybe I can just break up with her..." And I see him, it's really him and the next words break me "...its not like I really care about her" and it feels like the breath is knocked out of me. He heard and turns around, eyes wide and I'm sure the tears are falling freely now. He opens his mouth to say something but I don't give him the chance and turn on my heel and all but sprint away. "Rose wait !! " he yells from behind and I hear him curse running right on my tail but I'm too busy running to care. I hear him calling me but all I can her is his words 'I just have to pretend to be in love with her till tomorrow' 'it's not like I really care about her'. I finally make it out of the house and see my car. Thank the moon goddess it's not blocked in, I sprint again and feel something bouncing on my neck and I realise its the neckless he gave me. I pull it off and throw it to the ground " For goddess sake Rose listen to me " I hear him but don't turn around. I finally reach the car and open the door, I finally turn and he's standing in the middle of the lawn holding the neckless hurt and regret written all over his face but I don't care "Rose..." He says but I know he will change my mind and forgive him but I can't so I just climb in the car and speed away.

End of flashback

"Then I packed up and left knowing that I failed my mission but also knowing I hurt Rose and that was worse than anything I have ever dealt with " Roland finished and I was looking at the ground, with tears in my face, so far but as soon he finished I looked at Damien and he was visibly shaking with fury " So this a**hole was the reason you cried whole weeks and nearly fell into depression? " he said looking at the ground and suddenly he turns around and punches Roland and I screamed hearing something break and there was blood flying in the direction of the punch. Roland fell to the ground with a thud and Renaldo quickly stood in front of him seeing as much as I could that he was far from done " You try and attack him again I will hurt you" he said with a serious expression and the tension in the air is so thick you can cut through it. Damien doesn't seem to care and I know he could see red, there was only one other time this happened and it didn't end well for the other guy. I jumped off the bed to stand between them" You guys should probably go " I say to Roland and Renaldo mostly Roland because Damien is about to kill him. They both nodded and Renaldo helped his brother, who was holding is nose, I guess that's what broke, and they left quickly but just before they closed the door Roland said " I really am sorry " While this happened I had to physically push Damien back because he was still advancing. I had to calm him " Damien " I said but he didn't seem to be listening " Damien!" I yelled at him " You just let him go Rose!" He exclaimed " The f**ken bastard who made you cry! He made My little sister cry!" He didn't lower his voice the entire time and I was actually stunned "I know" I said in a small voice a single tear ran down my face but this seemed to infuriate him more " Don't cry! Don't f**ken cry for or because of him he doesn't deserve your tears he deserves anything but to be put in the ground!" And this ignites something in me "You don't think I know that!? You don't think I want him to suffer and pay for everything he has done!? Well then you don't know me as well as you think. I want him to pay for everything and I want to let out a that fury and pain and hurt but I can't! I can't because I'm in to much pain and instead of taking care of your sister and making sure she's okay you are worried about vengeance. F**ken vengeance Damien. I can't believe that there is something you care about more than me" my voice falls into a whisper at the end and I'm crying because of everyone. All the things I've been keeping locked away finally came out on the form of tears. My rant left Damien speechless and now he's just standing there looking at me like I'm fragile and I probably am in the state that I am in " I'm so sorry Rose. I'm ..." But I cut him off shaking his head " No, if you love me, really love me. If you care for me, you will let this go " I say in all seriousness and there is silence for the longest time ever and I was too hyped to break it. Then he gave me a hug " I promise, I will let it go if you promise me to not keep anything from me again, okay?" He said and I nodded not trusting myself enough to say anything. " Are you okay? He asked me and I nodded and he shakes his head " No you're not" he says and lays me down on the bed laying down next to me I snuggled closer to him and fell asleep in his arms promising protection and never failing to deliver as I was about to fall into oblivion I heard him say "I will make him pay"

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