R pov
I can't move I must protect Mason, I can see people entering the room filling it; I don't see or recognise their faces only that they are a threat. Four break apart from the others and begin towards me with one in the lead, I jumped up they were too close, "STAY BACK!" I yelled raising the sword and pointed it at them, the followers stopped however the leader kept coming, his hands out to the side to show he means no harm, I know this is a trick "I SAID STAY BACK!" I yelled again, the leader stopped moving, good. "Rose, put down the sword" one of the followers said, "NO I HAVE TO PROTECT HIM" I spat back getting ready to attack "Roza, please put down the sword, you have protected him" said the leader, his voice one that my soul would know anywhere, my eyes began to focus on him, "Roza please" he said so sweetly. "Dimitri" I whispered before dropping the sword, it clanged against the ground, will me following landing onto all fours before warm strong arms wrapped around me and pulled me up and into his chest, I gripped his shirt will my life, tears flowed continuously soaking his shirt.
He moved his hand down my hair and rubbed small circles on my back whilst whispering words in Russian to me, I didn't understand a word –only my name being murmured over and over again amongst the other words- however the tone soothed me, he began to pull me towards the door but I refused to move. "It's ok Roza we can stay here" he whispered in my ear making more tears flow at the sound of his voice like honey. I could see people kneeling over the decapitated bodies of Isaiah and Elena and could hear their awestruck voices as they admired my handy work "she did that, to both of them?""That sword hasn't been sharpened in years". A sound I didn't recognise came out of my mouth, Dimitri held me tighter to him "Get her out of here Belikov" a voice says behind us, the same voice that told me to drop the sword, it sounded familiar. "Come on Roza lets go outside" I let him pull me from the warehouse. I don't know how long I was in his embrace before I was being seated into one of the academy's private jets and was on my way back to school. Dimitri murmured to me that he would be back leaving me sitting alone. I don't want to be alone.
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP... Ugh I brought my arm up and threw the alarm clock against the wall, damn I needed a new alarm clock, o well I thought and fell asleep.
"ROSE GET UP WE ARE ALL WAITING FORE YOU HERE!" Lissa yelled at me through the bond making me fall onto the floor in a tangle of sheets, damn her has she never heard of sleeping in... Probably not. I groaned as I untangled myself, god I hate mornings. I stripped off and jumped under the hot spray of the shower and felt it loosen up my tired muscles, I reach for my strawberry shampoo when my mind remembers the dream –more of a memory- I had just had, I still couldn't believe that he was gone and it was all my fault. Tears mixed in with the showers spray, 'stop it! Crying gets you nowhere and Mason wouldn't want you to be like this' I told myself sternly. After washing my hair I stepped out of the shower, dried myself off and ran a brush through my hair before chucking on some black skinnies and a blood red tank top. I walked into my kitchen/dining room area where indeed everyone was there.
Lissa and Christian stood in the adjoining the lounge fussing over something; Eddie and Mia sat next to each other his arm draped over her shoulders, both talking animatedly to Adrian and... Sydney? Why is she here? I cleared my throat and all chatter stopped instantly, all eyes focused on me. "Hi guys. Since when do we meet at my place, I thought we were meant to meet at Lissa's after all it is bigger" I laughed but nobody joined in "what?" I said as I looked behind me, nothing's there "What are you all steering at?" I asked while I looked around anxiously. Lissa stepped out from Christian's arms and walked towards me while Eddie stood up and brought over his chair, I tried to read Lissa's mind but she was blocking me. "What's going on? What's wrong?" I began to panic "It's ok Rose, sit down please" Lissa said nudging my shoulder, I sat and the others began to form a circle around me except Christian. All of a sudden "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSE" they all shouted and parted to allow Christian through carrying a huge cake in the shape of a molnija –the tattoo a guardian gets for each strigoi killed- covered in chocolate frosting and 23 candles. "Damn you guys had me freaked out" I glared at them, they just laughed.
D pov
Soft hands trail up my stomach and across my chest, it feels so good. I open my eyes and see beautiful brown eyes that can only belong to one person, Roza. She smiles at me
"Good morning Comrade" she whispers to me, leaning in she presses her beautiful lips to mine,
"Good morning krasivyĭ". She laughs as she rolls on top of me,
"Already?" I joke as she runs the tip of her tongue over her lips rendering me speechless. She brings her lips to mine kissing me sweetly at first before become more hungry, I run one of my hands though her long beautiful reddish brown hair while the other wraps around her waist holding her to me. We pull back briefly for air, my lips find her throat and run kisses up to her ear and back down to her collar bone, under my lips I can feel her heartbeat flutter,
"YA lyublyu tebya" (I love you) I murmur in her ear
"I love you too" she whispers smiling, she is so beautiful and I am so unworthy Ring... Ring... Ring... I kiss Roza deeply and roll us so I am now above her Ring... Ring... I look around my room annoyed at the sound; I can't see my phone, o well. I look back at my Roza, WHAT THE FUCK! She's not there.
Ring... Ring...
I sat up in a tangle of sheets, it was just a dream. My cell phone continued ringing impatiently on my bedside table; I reached and pulled it to my ear
"Hello?" "Dimka, where are you?" CRAP! I looked at the time I'd over slept it was 8am -vampire time-
"Shit I'll be there in 5 Tasha" I said into the phone and hung up as I ran around the room chucking on fresh clothes and my duster before I'm was out the door running across the courtyard to her house.
"DIMKA!" came a high pitched slightly English voice, as I turned around I saw him, he just smiled at me arms outstretched waiting for me, "Andy, how are you this morning?" I asked him as I picked him up and twirled him around while he giggled in his 4 year old way. "I'm good, hahaha, mummy wanted to talk to you I told her I would get you and take you to her" he told me making me smile "Then we shouldn't keep her waiting should we" I said smiling he just shook his head making his chocolate brown hair fall into his icy blue eyes which are so much like his mothers,
"Where is she?" I asked him, he pointed down the hall so I followed his little finger until we came to Tasha's study. "Wanna knock?" I asked him he grinned and reached his little fist out and rapt on the door
"Come in" her voice called form the other side, we entered into a sea of books, they were everywhere, lining the walls and a lot of the floor it's a wonder she gets any work done in here.
"There they are my two favourite men" she joked, Andy squirmed in my hold as Tasha came to give him a kiss on the forehead making me laugh he just looks at me annoyed "not funny" he pouted making me laugh even harder, "Andy baby can you give mummy and Uncle Dimka some time alone?" she asked him he looked back and forth between us before finally shrugging his small shoulders "ok". Once I placed him down and closed the door behind him I turned to Tasha who had a look in her eyes that told me she wants to tell me something "Dimka. What do you think if I decided to visit Christian and Lissa? They haven't met Andy yet so I thought that it was time for them to meet" I froze knowing that where ever Tasha went I went too and where ever Lissa was Rose was, I haven't seen her for almost 6 ½ years. Would she still hate me? "Dimka? What do you think?" she asked again "Umm sure" she squealed with delight and hugged me tightly, "We will leave first thing it will be a surprise. You better go pack and can you send Andy back in here?" she asked me, "sure" I replied feeling like a robot, I walked out and into the lounge where Andy was sitting playing with his dinosaur toys I got him for his birthday "Andy your mama wants you" "ok Uncle Dimka" he said and scurried off leaving me to ponder my thoughts. FINLLY I can see my Roza, I began smiling as I headed home to pack.
Translations
krasivyĭ = beautiful
YA lyublyu tebya = I love you