Moving Objects

Chapter 9

"I think I like this one better," I stated, trying to force more enthusiasm in my voice than I felt. I quickly went back to the change room but Dimitri stopped me before going in.

"Get changed and give me your wallet. I'll go up with Lissa and get all of this paid for," he said. I nodded and grabbed my wallet, handing it to him. I gave with a small smile that he returned before closing the door behind him. I changed out of the dress and handed him the dresses, pulling out the grey one for him to take to the counter.

I took my time putting my clothes off, trying to prevent my hair from getting frizzy before heading out to the counter. Lissa and Dimitri were standing at the entrance, Dimitri holding two black dress bags. I reached out to take mine but Dimitri moved it out of reach and raised his brow. I rolled my eyes as Lissa looped her arm through mine and dragged me to the next store. Shoes.

If there was something worse than dress shopping with Lissa, it was shopping for shoes.

I let her drag me through the store and I landed on a pair of nude strappy heels on clearance and Lissa found hers surprisingly fast. I took my wallet back from Dimitri and paid for my shoes before begging Lissa to let us go eat.

I sat at the table and played with my fries while Lissa talked a mile a minute about accessories and what kind of flower she wants Christian to make her corsage out of to match her dress. Her pick at the moment was lilies.

"What kind do you want?"

"What?"

Lissa smiled as she daintily wiped her lips with her napkin. "Your corsage? Just because you don't want to go with anyone doesn't mean you're not getting one. I'll buy you one," Lissa said flicking through photos on her phone. I shook my head and leaned over to look at the pictures, stopping her when she came across one with calla lilies and orchids. It was simple but pretty.

"If you could find colours to match my dress, I think that one would be pretty," I said, a little happier about the choice of dress. It would look pretty with the gold and grey. Lissa squealed in excitement before capturing a screen picture and saving it to her album on her phone. I pulled out my wallet out to see how much I had left, hoping there would be enough for a soft pretzel at the stand.

"What is it?" Lissa asked as she looked up at my face.

I chewed on my lip as I counted the bills in my pocket. There is no way I should have had that much left in my wallet. Not after paying for the dress and shoes. I knew that both were on clearance, but I had more than I should have left. Maybe I just counted wrong before I left the academy this morning.

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I rolled out of the way as his fist came down to the matt. I used my legs to wrap around his shoulders and used that to flip him over, slamming my fist down over his chest.

"You know, you're kind of scary Rose."

I chuckled and got up off him, extending my hand out. "I told you, Eddie. You owed me; this is how I want to claim my payment."

"By kicking my ass?"

"By having a partner that's not Dimitri. It is too easy to beat him, I know his moves too well. I needed a fresh target to catch," I shrugged wiping my face with my towel. Eddie shook his head before pushing himself off the matt. I tossed him a water bottle and uncapped mine, taking a swig from it as Eddie glared at me.

"Hey, it's good practice for you too."

I had him there. The more one on one practice we got before trials was important. We needed to be ready for the practicals.