This is my first fan fiction. Hope you like.

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Chapter 1

As I laid in his arms snuggled closely next to him, I wondered how it was possible that I'd woken up before him. I usually woke up to him looking down and watching me sleep. But I beat him today! I had to admit, I felt proud, now I could lay here and watch him sleep. It was a very breathtaking experience. He looked so peaceful. I could almost hear his heart beating evenly. I put my head on his bare chest to hear it better and started thinking about our time together. Suddenly I felt his arms tightened around me as he brought me even closer to him. I looked up to see his amazing chocolate brown eyes look into mine as he gave me his beautiful smile.

"You're awake early," he said as I moved up so that we could be face to face. "You beat me."

I couldn't help but laugh as I recalled that what he said was exactly what I had thought earlier. "Yeah, I know. What a miracle right?"

"It really is," he said chuckling. I could never get enough of his cute masculine chuckle. "What are you doing up so early?"

"Not much. Just thinking. A lot." I told him.

"'Bout what?" He asked.

"Nothing really." He lifted his eyebrow which told me he wanted to know more. I swear, in the beginning that one eyebrow was such a turn on. And it was when he was affectionate with me. But then there were times when it just got on my nerves. "Fine. I'll tell you. You don't have to be so pushy."

"Okay," he gestured for me to go on.

"I was thinking about us. Well more like remembering." I told him.

"Really? What were you remembering?"

"Well do you remember the first time we met?" He nodded. "I was remembering what my first thoughts of you were."

"And what were you first thoughts of me," he asked.

I silently thought about this before I answered him. Remembering looking out the window on that Portland night when he took us back to St. Vladimir's. Watching him stand under the shadow of the tree and noticing how tall he was. And then practically bumping into him while Lissa and I tried to escape, thinking how hot he was.

"The first thing I thought about you was how tall you are."

He outright laughed at my answer. I don't know why, I didn't think it was funny. Well actually it is kind of funny. "Really, that was your first thought of me?"

"Dimitri, I think that's the first thought that comes to anyone's mind when they meet you for the first time. But I also thought you were hot. Well hot for someone who was in the way of my escape," I told him.

"Huh, hot," he held me close as he narrowed his eyes and gave me a look that instantly build butterflies in my stomach. "Well that's a much better answer," he told me as he closed the distance between our lips giving me a very passionate kiss that made me melt in his arms.

I pulled away and said, "Now you tell me. What were your first thoughts of me?"

"Okay. Well, I never told you this but the guardians and I had been watching you and Lissa for a couple of day before we took you back. The first time I saw you was when you and Lissa were at the beach. You were sitting on the sand with Lissa. I was watching from a distance away." I remembered that day. Lissa and I'd had a long day at school and we both wanted a break. Now that Dimitri told me that he and other guardians had been there I clearly remembered seeing some men that were trying to blend in but were clearly out of place. I scolded myself for not being more alert that day, but since it was a clear sunny day, there was no need to be on high alert. Strigoi wouldn't jump out, yet I'd forgotten about our other threats back then. But I didn't regret it. If I had figured out that guardians were right on our backs in Portland, I would have left immediately with Lissa. Yes, many things could've been prevented but I didn't regret being taken back to St. Vlad's. My life today was great. I had Dimitri, Lissa was queen, and I was her guardian. What more could I want.

"The first thought that crossed my mind about you," continued Dimitri, "was that the picture in your profile couldn't compare to seeing you in person. That photo of you was of when you were sixteen. You changed a bit in two years and you were beautiful. You are beautiful." He said holding me close and looking straight into my eyes." Your are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."

I smiled at him, moving so that I was resting my chin on his chest. "Really? Your first thought of me was that?" I asked.

He kissed my lips softly. "Roza, my first thought of you every time I see you is how beautiful you are. That and that I am the luckiest man alive."

I couldn't help but think that I was the luckiest woman alive. We talked more about our first times together. Our first kiss, our first fight, when we first knew we were in love with one another. We had been laying in bed for two hours since walking up at 6 pm, just talking. We would stop and kiss in between conversations but when my stomach started to growl we decided to get up and eat. I stopped him remembering that we had skipped something.

"Dimitri." I called. He had been putting on his favorite grey hoodie I had given him for our one month anniversary. I had bought it and then taken it to the tailors to have our initials sewed on the sleeve with a heart around it. He had loved it. Not as much as his duster but it was up there.

"Yes," he said sitting down on the bed next to me.

"One more thing," I said looking straight into his eyes. "What did you think when we first slept together in the cabin?" He had told me before right afterward but I wanted to hear him tell me again.

He gave me his breathtaking grin and moved me closer to him. "Baby, that night was the best night of my lift. It's one of the tops on the top ten best times with Rosemarie Hathaway."

"You have a list of best times with me," I asked wondering what they were. "What are they?"

"Hmm," he kissed me before standing up and walking toward the door. "I guess I'll have to tell you. But just one at a time." He laughed walking out the door.