I couldn't believe that this day was finally here.
The day Dimitri was to become my husband and I his wife. I couldn't wait to become Mrs. Rosemarie Belikov. Sitting in my dressing room waiting for 11:00 to come around, I couldn't help but remember all the things that had happened since Dimitri and the Guardians came to Portland to grab Lissa and I and bring us back to St. Vladimir's Academy.
Training in the gym and running on the track, to Spokane and loosing Mason when we were taken hostage by Strigoi, to every stolen kiss in the gym and all the training sessions, to fighting for our self-control every time we were so close together. To the time of that wonderful night in the cabin, our cabin, and the attack at the school and me almost loosing Dimitri forever; and then moving to court and becoming Lissa's Guardian.
And finally, Dimitri's proposal to me a few months ago.
The night that Dimitri proposed was the second best day of my life, the first being today. I remember that day so vividly like it was yesterday.
It was about 3 months after graduation and everyone moving to court. Dimitri had taken up the position as Christian's Guardian alongside Guardian Jason Mathews, a new Guardian like Eddie and me; only he came from an academy in Russia. He was American born but his mother moved to Russia to be with family there when he was little and took him with her.
We had been out to dinner that night at a restaurant, with Christian and Lissa, Mia and Eddie (Mia's Guardian and boyfriend), and Adrian, Christian's other Guardian, Guardian Mathews, and Guardian Glass (my partner guarding Lissa).
While we were eating Christian decided to pop a surprise on Lissa, he got up and knelt down in front of her. Everyone at the table and the tables near ours looked at him in surprise. Lissa was shocked to say the least. Christian had told me earlier that week, that he was going to ask her but didn't know what to say or do, so he had asked me for help. While sitting at the table, I felt Dimitri, who was sitting beside me, grab my hand and intertwine our fingers together just as Christian started to ask Lissa 'The Question'.
"Lissa, when you and Rose came back to the academy I started to fall in love with you almost immediately. You stole my heart and I didn't realize it till much later. After all we've been through; after all the ups and downs, after all the sneaking off to the church attic, I know that this sounds cheesy, but still, it's how I felt. How I still feel. I don't care what people will say and I don't care how people will act towards us." He paused for a second to take a breath and took a ring box out of his pocket and opening it up. "Lissa, will you do me the greatest honor in the universe and marry me?"
"YES! YES, CHRISTIAN! A MILLION TIMES YES!" Lissa yelled, jumping into Christian's arms. Once she sat back down, he knelt again and slid the ring onto her third finger. I remember being so happy for her and wishing that I could feel that happiness for myself. While I was hugging Lissa, a still kneeling Christian looked up at Dimitri and nodded his head as if was some kind of cue.
As I pulled away from Lissa, Dimitri tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around to see those beautiful chocolate brown eyes looking directly into mine, and they were smiling down at me. They were filled with pride, lust, and a million other things; but mostly, mostly they were filled with love.
"Roza. Can I ask you something?"
"Comrade, you know you don't have to ask me to ask me something." I said, in my normal Rose Hathaway attitude.