So, the poll is closed and 9 people voted for Story (11+ chapters), 8 for Short Story (10 at the most), 3 for Short Story (2-5 chapters), and 3 for Leave As One-Shot.
So the story is going to be 11+ chapters.
Thank you to everyone who read/reviewed/alerted/favorited!
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy. I do own the plot, but no song(s)/lyrics used in the story.
I don't know if I am allowed to update yet, the contest deadline passed so I assume I can, I contacted the contest holder but they never responded… so I am going to update anyway.
I also decided that every chapter (or almost every) is going to be based off a song. Not with the song lyrics like the first chapter, but in the beginning and end I will post a few lines of a song that goes along with the story/chapter. Sometimes Rose or Dimitri might listen to the song instead on like an IPod or radio… or might sing it.
Song: Haunted by Taylor Swift
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THREE MONTHS LATER
Rose POV
It's been three months since the love of my life left me to go fight in war… three months since he broke the relationship that we had built…. Three months since he had broken my heart.
I always wonder if he misses me the way I miss him. Where his chest tightens just thinking about me, the same way mine does. Or if he dreams of me, waking up hoping that it was all just a dream.
Lissa stayed with me for a few days when he left, I wasn't capable of doing anything. She had told me that she would wake up around 3am and hear me calling out his name in my sleep.
I wondered if he woke up, calling my name also.
Probably not… he doesn't want me.
I knew that I had to eventually get back to my life… but it was so hard. Everywhere I looked, something reminded me of him. Whether it was a memory, or someone wearing a duster that looked like his. Even a library… I know how much he loved reading.
When he had left, he had also left behind one of his two promise rings.
Which both promises he had broken.
One ring had Forever Love You engraved inside, which was what it stood for. Mine had the same thing.
The other one had Eternity Together engraved inside. Same as mine.
I took the promise ring he had left and put it on a necklace chain and wore it around my neck never taking it off… refusing to let go of the little bit I had left of him.
I dragged myself to the shower, than getting dressed, eating, and walking towards my car.
I was going to go job hunting.
Halfway through my job hunting, I had been rejected six times already.
They said I didn't look "stable" enough to work there.
Stable, my ass.
So now I am driving to my last destination… a military school… to be a secretary for there. It would be the closest thing I had of Dimitri left.
I also heard they are stationing some soldiers there… ones that were injured, sick, or there for break. Some also that were on break were there giving tips, and helping with classes.
Rain was slowly dripping from the sky, landing on my windshield. I watched as the windshield wiper smeared it away.
I turned on the radio and a song came, on… one I have never heard before.
You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
but I never thought I'd live to see it break
It's getting dark and it's all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now
And it's coming over you like it's all a big mistake
That was true, I never did think I would ever live to see the day he would break us off.
Oh, I'm holding my breath
Won't lose you again
something's made your eyes go cold
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't turn back now, I'm haunted
He can't leave me like this…
Stood there and watched you walk away
From everything we had
But I still mean every word I said to you
He would try to take away my pain
And he just might make me smile
But the whole time I'm wishing he was you instead
Oh, I'm holding my breath
Won't see you again
something keeps me holding on to nothing
I probably will never see him again… that is what pains me the most.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
You're all I wanted
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't turn back now, I'm haunted
I know, I know, I just know
You're not gone. You can't be gone. No.
I thought back to the day he left, I clung to him and refused to let him go. He pulled me off and slammed the door shut.
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Something's gone terribly wrong
Won't finish what you started
Come on, come on, don't leave me like this
I thought I had you figured out
Can't breathe whenever you're gone
Can't go back, I'm haunted
Oh
You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
Never ever thought I'd see it break.
Never thought I'd see it...
The rain was now pelting down hard towards Earth, and it was getting harder to see. I sobbed loudly as I drove. I didn't see the headlights that shone in front of me. I didn't see their car spinning out of control, heading towards my car. I didn't see it until it was too late.
"Dimitri," I whispered.
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