Set after Frostbite
Vampire Academy and all the characters belong to Mrs. Mead, I own nothing.
Dimitri never ment to fall in love but it happened and he could not deny it anymore.
He will stay by her side, train her be there for her and maybe find a way to be with her until they both get taken by Strigoi.
When Dimitri woke up in the morning ,his first thoughts, like every other morning this past months, went right away to Roza. She hunted his dreams every night and his thoughts every could no longer deny to himself the extend of his love for her but the obstacles that prohibited him to act on those feelings were always there, no matter how much he thought of her. Before the Spokane events, he was contemplating the idea to accept Tasha's offer, not for a family or marriage, but because he did not want to risk Roses's graduation with his growing feelings for her. After Mason had died,he found it impossible to ever separate himself from her, he loved her too much and knew Rose would need his support more than ever. She was devastated from Ashford's death, they all were, Rose more than others.
He glanced at the time, 5:00 pm, the sun was down, still very early morning for the Moroi world. Their training was ressuming today after a 2 weeks break, during which he had seen Rose from far making sure she was alright. She was mourning and he gave her the space she needed. It was difficult to see her in so much pain without running to hold her in his arms and offer some comfort.
He got ready quickly and headed towards the gym. It was cold and windy that afternoon, he looked around while walking, there was no one to be seen, the campus was still asleep.
The gym was warm and quiet appart from an occasional noise caused from the upper windows put in stress by the strong looked again at the time,Rose should have been already there, she usually was late. Dimitri started to stretch expecting Rose to rush inside in a hurry, like she always did. He smiled at the thought and went on with his stretching.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaa " - the scream was sudden and urgent almost horrifying. He new who it was from and rushed to the gym entry in seconds griping his silver stake. Rose was on the ground few meters from the entry, her mouth was still open in a silent scream and her eyes were wide full of terror fixed on something ahead. Dimitri jumped in front of her like a feline ready to attack the enemy, he scanned the perimeter, heart pounding fast. There was nothing out there, his dhampyr senses could not detect any danger.
"It's him Dimitri, I saw him" Rose said and started to sobb uncontrollably. Dimitri scooped her in her arms, holding her tightly to his chest.
"Let's get you inside first,my Roza" he moved fast, the snow had covered the ground and she was now wet.
"shshsh Roza it's ok.I am here, you are safe", he seated, without letting her go from his chest.
She continued to cry for a little while and Dimitri continued to sooth her, rocking her almost like a baby in his lap.
" Roza what happened out there?" he asked couping her face with his hands,moving her a little towards him. He removed some hear locks from her face and gently wiped out the remaining of her tears. Rose shivered at his touch, looking at him deep in the was so sweet, so strong so caring yet Rose did not know if he would believe her. She herself could not believe her eyes, when Mason appeared before her in front of the gym, she could only scream.
"Roza please, trust me, I want to be there for you, let me in" he pleaded still stroking gently her chick with his thumb while his other fingers were buried gently in her hair.
Rose opened her eyes again to look at Dimitri and all she could do was lean upwards to meet his lips. Those lips she needed so despretly, who had been her torture for months. He opened his mouth almost instantly welcoming her soft lips, his tongue brushed gently on her upper lip and she willingly welcomed him kiss was needy,almost painful, she needed him to heal her, he needed to make sure she was there and safe in his arms, in his kiss.
Without breaking the kiss Rose shifted in his lap, so that both her legs were around his waist. Dimitri moved his right hand at her lower back and pushed her tinghlty to his kiss became possibly more needy and lust was surfacing, with a strong love comes strong passion, a passion that was burning deep in their cores. She felt his desire against her belly,but she daren't hope, this was Dimitri after all, never the less she tried. Rose moved her hips towards and stroked him gently with her core. The reaction she got almost shocked her.
"Hmmm..."
He moaned and coupped one of her breasts squizzing her,while he moved his lips from her mouth to continue down her neck toward her breast.
Suddenly one of the upper windows gave a loud squick,, the wind had become stronger outside. The noise had made them jump and brought them back to reality.
They were both breathing heavily,their features still flushed from the passion they had just shared.
"Roze I am sorry, I do not know what came over me" Dimitri said looking upset,trying to put order in his feelings, it would have been easear if only his body would listed to his head.
"Don't worry comrade, it is my fault, you can say we got caught up in the moment" Rose said bitterly, retrieving her hands from his was mortified and hurt.
"Wait I did not mean that" he quickly said holding both of her wrists on his chest,not allowing her to move away.
"You caught me by surprise and I behaved like a teenager,ravishing you. I should have been more careful and not loose control in a place were I can be caught compromising you."
"Exactelly Dimitri, so please let me go now so you can clear your conscience" she replied bitterly trying to pull her wrists free.
Dimitri did not move an inch instead he tightened his grip,holding her with one hand and the other forced her face to him
"What I am saying Roza is that, I am sorry about the place but not about the kiss. I needed this, I needed to feel you alive, to make your heart run faster for me, to feel your skin and you were gone in Spokane I thought my heart would stop and I would never have the chance to see you again..."
"Dimitri I do not understand" she interrupted him confused
"I love you Rose" her entire body shook at this revelation,he continued " I can no longer pretend I do not, and God knows how I hate to see other guys around you. I love your stubbornness, your courage, your loyalty to Vasilissa, I love that way you push yourself to the limit and never give up, I love the way your beautiful hair moves around your beautiful face, I love you all my Roza,so so much that it hurts sometimes, I could not help how I feel, I love you body and soul, and I promise that I will find a way for us to be together if you want me as much as I want you. Will you wait for me?" he finished his romantic declaration with thick emotions evident in his voice. He had just declared his immense love for this girl who was speechless looking at him with tears streaming down her face.
"You want me?" Rose managed to say, her heart was beating to fast and the happiness was making her dizzy. She was still afraid this was a dream, because there was no way Dimitri would love her so much, she did not deserve him, not so much of him.
If it wasn't for Dimitri,Rose would have been expelled from the academy with no chance to ever become a guardian, she owed him for so many things and yet here he was ready to sacrifice even more for her sake, willing to give up a future with wife and kids , give up guarding Lissa, risk ridicule, gossip, possibly prison for just being with her.
"How could I not want you my love, even if your feelings are not as strong as mine, even when you decide to move on" he said releasing her hands and bringing their foreheads together.
"I love you too Dimitri Belikov, more than anything in the world. I was ready to give you up because I love you that much, and I was ready to suffer my whole life knowing that you were happy" her words came out serene, a serenity she had never experienced before.
They stayed like this a while, head to head, heart to heart and they were happy.
Dimitri broke the silence first "What happened out there Roza, would please tell me?"
She stiffened right away, nervousness took over her emotions but Dimitri gave her a reassuring squizze on her hands that were still resting in his lap.
"Mason" she said, knowing how crazy she would sound" I saw his ghost "
Dimitri stayed silent as if he was trying to carefully think how to comment what she just told him.
"You don't believe me, do you?" Rose said matter of factedly feeling betrayed.