Chapter Two
I held the picture tight in my hands. Dimitri had his arms around me and we were both smiling like crazy. It was taking in Saint Petersburg a couple of years ago when we went to Russia to visit his family. We looked so happy, and I missed them so much, even his grandmother. It was a different world now, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
"Still not dressed? Rose, they're gonna be here any minute," Dimitri said with a smile that still made my heart tighten. His dark hair was damp and he was ready for the day which was more than I could say. I was still in my pajama pants and blank tank top. Lissa and Christian were coming over for brunch, but I was feeling nostalgic. Dimitri wrapped his arms around my waist and looked over my shoulder at the picture I held. "I miss them, too." He always knew what I was thinking. Some things never changed.
"We really need to go back something. You know, we still haven't met Viktoria's baby," I replied. He wrapped a strand of my hair around a finger and I was pretty sure he wasn't think about his family. We had done a lot of other things in Russia, too.
"We could probably go back anytime you wanted to. Things here have settled a lot since then. Lissa can't live without you for a couple of days and I bet Eddie wouldn't mind the break either." We had to practically drag Eddie to work ever since he and Jill made it offical. They were always together, and he hated leaving her. Lissa on the other hand was a person I saw almost every day, either here or at Court. We both had our own lives now, especially since I wasn't her guardian anymore, but no matter how busy our lives had become we always had time for each other.
"I'll talk to her about it." I turned around in his arms and laced my fingers behind his neck. He slowly brough his lips down to mine. We kissed for a while, but reality soon nagged at me to break away. "I'm gonna go get dressed, wonna come?"
"I don't think that would be very nice to our guests. They will be here soon." His lips said no, but his eyes said yes. I walked away from him without responding and went to our bedroom.