Home is where you are.
Chapter 1.
Beep, beep, beeeeep!
I groaned and got up to smack the alarm clock off the night stand. A throaty chuckle that I would know anywhere froze me however,
"Roza really? This would be the forth one you've destroyed this week!" said my Russian god. His face was serious, in that guardian mask that he mastered so well but I could see the amusement in his eyes.
I smiled and simply turned off the blearing alarm. Dimitri looked like he had been awake for a while now. He was sitting on a chair close to the window gazing out at the rapidly setting sun. After all these years, Dimitri was still fascinated with the sun. His strigoi days had definitely taken a toll on him.
"Really comrade," I said with a pout, "you didn't even give me a good morning kiss?" This got full out laughter.
"Forgive me roza, but when was I supposed to kiss you? Was it when you were about to knock the alarm clock off the night stand? Or maybe it was when you were struggling just to find the stop button?"
I was about to grace him with one of my smartass response, but then I froze.
"Roza?" he asked, all his amusement now gone. "What's wrong love?"
"dimitri, you were just sarcastic. You! Were! Were, Sarcastic?" I stuttered.
Understanding lit up his features. He grinned but deep down I knew he probably wanted to yell at me.
I got off the bed and walked over to him. I wrapped my arms around him and got up on his lap so I could kiss him. He kissed me back but just as we deepened the kiss, he pulled away. I frowned and leaned in to kiss him again.
"Easy there girl." He said braking the embrace. "If we don't break this up now, you and I would both be late for work."
I glanced at the clock and realized he was right. We had half an hour before we would have to go. I would have to go meet Lissa while Dimitri would have to go meet Christian. After muttering some choiced words which earned me some chastisement from Dimitri, I headed for a shower. I had thought that Dimitri would lighten up with the Zen life lessons, but well, a girl can dream. He was a lot more affectionate in public, but sometimes he still slipped in to mentor mode. And of course, it annoyed me. I figured he did it for the sole purpose of annoying me.
After getting out of the shower, I slipped in to the usual guardian black and white ensemble, put my hair in to a tight bun and headed to the kitchen where Dimitri was waiting for me with a steaming cup of hot chocolate. I gave him a grateful smile but he shook his head.
"That's not all." he said walking over to the fridge. He pulled out a box of a dozen chocolate glazed doughnuts! Grabbing the box out of his hands, I stuffed a doughnut into my mouth.
"These are always the best!" I said.
I stuffed my face with a couple more doughnuts but was rudely interrupted by full out laughter from Dimitri. I gave him a questioning look. He gestured to the stained steal refrigerator. I frown but looked over at it anyway. The sight before me was indeed comical. My face was covered in chocolate. I joined in the laughter and headed to the bathroom to get washed up. On my way out, I glanced at the clock. I swore under my breath and quickly headed out the door having to jog to catch up to Dimitri who had left when he realized that I was right behind him.