DIMITRI'S POV

When I woke up the next morning, Roza was still asleep in my arms. I leaned over to look at the clock and saw that I had about an hour until her mother and father would be here for our trip today. I'd never admit this to her, but I was sincerely nervous about today. It wasn't that I was worried about getting shot, I was worried about their approval, what they would think of me after they got to know be better. It bothered me more than anything else. I tried to remove my arms from her without waking her, but as soon as I made a move to remove my arms from around her, she grabbed me, holding me tighter.

"No." She murmured softly. I smiled. I pressed a kiss right below her ear, and smiled.

"I have to get up and start getting ready. They'll be here soon." I explained. She shook her head, and cuddled closer into me.

"No… You're not going. You're going to stay right here with me… forever." She murmured her voice thick with sleep. I'd never tell her, but her voice full of sleep was probably the sexiest thing in my world. I chuckled slightly.

"Come on, Roza." I said, patting her leg. She shook her head. "You have date with Lissa today, remember that."

"I'd skip it to stay in bed with you." She whispered to me, pressing a kiss to my neck. I swear, the things this woman did to me. I really didn't consider it fair. The power she held over me was something I just couldn't seem to control.

"You don't fight fair." I murmured, running my fingers through her hair, it feeling like silk against my skin.

"I fight dirty, comrade. You know that." She murmured, pressing a kiss to my throat. I growled. She giggled into the crook of my neck, causing goosebumps to rise.

"Your parents are going to be here soon." I told her. She groaned and rolled over.

"Don't remind me." She muttered as she sat up, and rubbed her eyes. I reached up, and moved the hair out of her face, and smiled.

"Goodmorning beautiful." I said, telling my fingers slide off her face. She smiled, and I swear it lit up the room around us. I loved being able to wake up to that every morning. It was knowing that I was waking up with her by my side that made getting up in the morning bearable.

"I love waking up to that every morning." She murmured. I smiled.

"I try to make it an enjoyable experience, hoping you won't ever want to wake up beside anyone else." I admitted. She shook her head, and pulled me in for one of those 'blow-your-mind-Rose-Hathaway-kisses' that I loved. When she pulled away, she continued to hold my face in her hands.

"That's never going to happen… ever."

"Good." I said, simply. I rolled out of bed, and over to where my clothes were, and started to change. She didn't make a move to get out of bed. "You're going to have a super pissed off queen on your butt if you don't get up." I told her.

"She can wait." She muttered, finally forcing herself to roll out of bed. She walked into the bathroom to get dressed as I pulled on my jeans and boots. When she walked out of the bathroom, she groaned.

"Remind me why we're doing this?" I asked.

"I'm doing this because I feel it's what's right, and you're hanging out with Lissa because it's you girl's day and… Well, she's kind of given you no choice." I told her, smirking. She groaned and threw herself back on the bed.

"I don't wanna go."

"You say that now, but you're going to get down there with Ambrose and Lissa, and you're going to have a good time, and you're going to regret saying that." I told her. She just looked at me, knowing I was completely right. I walked over to the bed, and crawled over her, smirking when I was straddling her waist.

"We're both going to have a good day today." I told her.

"I will… until I get the call that you've been shot in the chest."

"Oh, don't start." I said, shaking my head. She smirked up and me, and reached up to wrap her arms around my neck, and pull my mouth down to hers. Her kisses sent my body into a frenzy, and it was hard to keep any real self-control when she was with me like this. When I finally forced myself away from her, I smiled down at her.

"I love you."

"I love you too, comrade." She said. I shook my head and smirked. As much as I hated her calling me that back at the academy, I'd missed it more than anything in the time we were apart. I didn't mind it so much anymore. It reminded me of the good times we'd had, the days when our love was blossoming. I rolled off her, and stood up. The moment I glanced over at the clock, there was a knock on the door.

"Oh joy, it's mommy and daddy." Rose muttered, rolling her eyes. I chocked a laugh as I shook my head at her.

"Would you like to get the door?" I asked. She groaned.

"Of course." She got up, and walked over to it, taking a deep breath before opening it. When she did, it revealed Abe and Janine, dressed up in dark colors with paint on their face. Abe had even dressed down for the occasion, which kind of shocked me. I didn't think I'd ever seen that man in anything other than a suit and a scarf.

"Hello mom, old man." Rose said, nodding.

"Hey there kiddo. Miss me?" Abe asked her as he stepped inside behind Janine. Janine's eyes were on me, and suddenly, I wondered if Rose had been right about her mother shooting me.

"Oh, you don't understand how much I've missed you. There aren't words." Rose feigned. Abe shook his head.

"She's just like you Janine."

"I'm nothing like her." Rose snapped quickly. The conversation from last night entered my mind, and I could see it was where hers was too because she was smiling. Her father took a few steps towards me, and extended a hand.

"It's good to see you again, Belikov." He said.

"Nice to see you again too, Mr. Mazur."

"Please, call me Abe." He said. I nodded.

"Yes sir." I said. I turned to Janine. "It's good to see you again, Guardian Hathaway." I knew I wouldn't be on a first name basis with her.

"Guardian Belikov." She said, nodding once.

"Please, call me Dimitri." I said. She nodded once again.

"Are you ready for our trip?" Abe asked me. I looked at Rose to see her nose wrinkled. I looked back to Abe, and nodded.

"Yes sir, I am."

"Good. It's going to be a fun time." He assured me. Somehow, I doubted that. Janine didn't look like she was interested in having fun at all. I wondered if she'd ever had fun since she became a guardian. From the looks of it, I didn't think so. Rose spoke up then.

"If you bring him back in less than the perfect condition that you got him in, I swear both of you will pay."

"What do you think we're going to do? Shoot him?" Abe asked. Janine looked down the moment the words left his lips, and suddenly… I didn't want to go on this trip anymore.

"Mother!" Rose growled. Janine laughed, which was definitely a strange sound, but it was much like Rose's laugh. It was easy to see where she got that from.

"I'm not going to shoot him, Rose. I don't want to go to jail." She said. So, if she wouldn't go to jail, she would shoot me. That was good to know.

"You better be nice to him." Rose said. Janine nodded.

"Yes ma'am." She said, sarcastically. I rolled my eyes.

"Alright, we'll let's go."

"Behave." Rose told them as they walked out. I walked over to her, and kissed her.

"I love you."

"I love you too." She said. She took my face in her hands, and met my eyes. "Please, be careful… and remember what Christian said… If push comes to shove, bob and weave." I chuckled.

"I'll see you later. Have a good time with Lissa."

"You know it." She told me as I walked out, not sure what I was really walking into.

A/N: Alright guys, there's one more chapter after this, which will be the hunting trip, mixed with Lissa and Rose's girl day, and possibly even a little bit of Christian and Tasha, just because I kind of wonder what that conversation would turn out like, so… the last chapter will probably be up in a day or two. I'm going to take my time on it and make it good.