Re: One is the Loneliest Number (OPEN)

[Dmitra Diamante]

“’All best things happen to you when you’re older?’ That’s it Wazowski, I’m puking into the nearest bin at any minute.” Dmitra put an even more disgusted expression on her face, though internally, she was getting slightly worried on the reaction Vladimir might have to her earlier words.

Uh-oh. She definitely didn’t like the smirk that was making its way on Vladimir’s face now. Though in retrospect, it made him look quite nice, but…..ugh never mind!! So Dmitra did the only thing she could do, get defensive. “What the hell, of course not! You really think I care?” Then realizing that she was getting too agitated, Dmitra made a smooth switch to the only dependable thing at the moment, sarcasm. “But now that I think about it, of course, I’d love to have you as a boyfriend. I mean, just imagine the possibilities…..a guy I can cut into verbally at any time when I’m pissed off? That’s every girl’s best fantasy. Especially one like me.”

[Vladimir Wazowski]

Vladimir blinked a little bit and he hung his head when he realised what Dmitra must have thought that he meant when he had said that, given the tone of their last conversation he supposed that it would make sense for her to think that.

"Hey! I didn't mean that, I meant like getting a car, learning to apparate, earning some real money, getting to the interesting parts of school." he said with a large amount of hurt in his voice "I'm not a pervert." Vlad pouted.

Of course when Dmitra reacted the way that she did Vlad only smirked even more and he shook his head with a wry little laugh escaping his lips as he did so;

"Of course I don't think you care Dmitra, you just keep using that sarcasm and denying your growing affection for me, I mean who can blame you, a guy like me...well, I'm a rare find." he joked, waggling his eyebrows.

[Dmitra Diamante]

"Not a pervert? Re-ally?" Dmitra asked skeptically. "You talk about getting up to no good in girls' dormitories, and then you claim not to be a pervert? Talk about contradictory statements."

"Growing affections? Puh-lease, just go on deluding yourself." Dmitra drawled, though she couldn't quite keep that edge out of her voice. Dang it, she should really talk to males more often if she got flustered this easily! "Again, if I reflect on it, you're probably right. A douchebag like you is quite a rare find." Then she decided to turn the blade around on him, figuratively. "But you know, the way you're talking, about sneaking into my dorms and doing that," Dmitra wrinkled her nose, gesturing to the wierd eyebrow-waggling thing Vladimir was doing. Then a mischievous smirk slid on her lips to match Vlad's, "I wouldn't be surprised if you were the one with the 'growing affections.'"

[Vladimir Wazowski]

Vladimir nodded his head when Dmitra asked if he wasn't a pervert, he had really only said those things to wind her up and now it was something that seemed to have come to bite him in the ass, she wouldn't appear to be letting it go.

"I only said that to wind you up Dmitra and by the way you're responding it really has seemed to work." he smirked, resisting the urge to stick out his tongue.

Placing his hand on his heart Vlad pretended to swoon over to one side, as if he was physically hurt by her comments, truth was, she didn't know him well enough to realise he wasn't a douche, he was actually a nice guy.

"Oh really now Dmitra?" he asked "I think I would rather have growing affections towards a flobber worm than you, and if you must know, I have a crush on Professor Vane." he winked.

[Dmitra Diamante]

"You only said that to wind me up, oh yeah, I so believe you." Dmitra smiled at Vladimir sweetly, her tone as skeptical as ever, but hidden under a mask of sugar.

Then Dmitra couldn't stop laughter from bursting out as Vladimir pretended to swoon, the guy might be a prick at times, but he sure had a sense of humour. "Crushing on Professor Vane? Oh Merlin, I pity her. You don't go around stalking her, do you?

Then after a pause, Dmitra spoke with a gleam in her eyes, "Oh and if you really think that I'm worse than a flobberworm, and are so very indifferent towards me, then why do you try so very hard to wind me up? Only for amusement? I find that difficult to believe."

[Vladimir Wazowski]

Vladimir shrugged his shoulders and stood up from his seat that he had taken, he wasn't much enjoying the conversation any more, and if she was going to dig at his every mood why should he bother to stick around and listen to her?

"I don't much care if you believe me." he said simply "I told you the truth it's up to you wether you believe it or not."

Shaking his head Vlad smirked a little bit, scuffing his shoe on the ground, and he decided to elaborate; "Not really, I'm just in a lot of the lessons she covers so, it's hard not to be around her, and she's so nice, unlike some."

Giving Dmitra a nice little wave, Vlad began to walk away from the ampitheatre;

"Alright then, I'll just leave, I don't really mind if I'm winding you up, not winding you up, watching paint dry or grass grow, all are of the same importance."

[Dmitra Diamante]

Crap. He got mad didn’t he? Dmitra guessed that she had just crossed some invisible line by calling him a pervert. But she had called him so many things, so why get offended now? Maybe because it had simply been too much. Dmitra had been told that she had a sharp tongue before, but all insults had simply seemed to bounce off Vlad, so she just continued and……went over the line.

“So….” Dmitra begun to apologise, then stopped herself. She had insulted so many guys before now, why care so much only about Vladimir? In her internal confusion of apologising, which seemed like the right thing to do, or not apologising, which was her basic instinct, Dmitra realized that the moment was gone and Vlad had already started to walk away.

“Sorry.” The word popped out of her mouth before she could help herself, she didn’t know whether Vladimir had heard it or not. Dmitra turned away and stared off into the distance, thinking about how she had actually enjoyed the latter part of the conversation. In spite of Vlad winding her up, it wasn’t such a bad experience getting to know him after all. Maybe, just maybe, some other time, they would have a conversation which didn’t include insults.

[Vladimir Wazowski]

Vladimir turned his head slightly when he thought he heard Dmitra beginning to say something, she seemed to pause and then say it anyway. It made a small smile appear on his lips and he stopped in his walk and turned his head over his shoulder to reply to her, it was the least he could do after she had apologised to him;

"I'm sorry too." he said quietly, with a slightly sheepish quality to his smile, before he continued in his walk and he wondered if she would be up for talking another time, he thought that he might be interested in spending some more time with her, and trying not to argue.

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