Here is chapter two! It is still a bit slow, we meet Dimitri's family next chapter. It was going to be this chapter, but then I had another idea. I hope you enjoy it anyway, and don't get to bored reading it! Read and Review with constructive criticism appreciated :D

Chapter Two…

I woke up to my alarm clock beeping. I had no reason to not throw it against my wall today seen as though I wouldn't be in this room for the next 3 weeks. I had remembered to get Dimitri to tell me exactly how long we would be gone fore, turns out it wasn't as long as I expected. I wasn't sure whether that was a good or a bad thing. I settled back into bed, ready to close my eyes again when the door burst open. "Rose!" Lissa shouted. "You need to get up!" She came over and shook my shoulders.

"No. Go away." I protested. She continued to shake me, while I continued to groan. "I will get Dimitri to wake you up!" She threatened. I was tempted to stay, because me and Dimitri on my bed would definitely lead to some interesting situations. Unfortunately that wasn't an option so I pulled myself up, rubbing my eyes.

Lissa laughed, thinking her threat had worked. She sat down on the bed next to me. "I'm going to really miss you." She told me quietly. I leant over and hugged her.

"It's only for three weeks." I comforted her. "It will go by so fast you won't even know that I'm gone."

She nodded, taking some comfort in my words. "Won't it be weird for you, being with Dimitri and his family by yourself?" She asked, oblivious to the situation.

"No. It will be fine. Don't forget I spend every moment I'm not sleeping, in class or with you with him anyway." I reassured her.

"I guess I never really thought about it like that." She agreed, still considering my words. "Now come on! You need to grab your stuff, you're leaving soon!" She announced, ushering me out of the door.

Soon enough my bags were in the trunk of the same Honda Pilot that we had used earlier this month to drive to take my qualifier. That trip hadn't turned out very well and I hoped this one would end better. There was another car also going. Lissa, Christian, Adrian and Eddie were all coming to the airport to say goodbye to me. That meant some guardians had to come as well. Our party ended up being quite big in the end.

Me, Dimitri, Adrian, Lissa and Alberta were in the first car. Eddie, Christian and the other guardians filled the other one. Alberta was driving, with Dimitri next to her. I was between Lissa and Adrian in the back seat.

Dimitri began to fiddle with the radio and I groaned. "Oh, come on Comrade. Please don't put on your awful music." I begged.

He chuckled. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm the one in charge of the radio."

I groaned again. "This trip is going to be awful." I complained, banging my head against the seat behind me.

Everyone in the car laughed at me. That is until Dimitri stopped fiddling with the radio and his music blasted through the car. Lissa and Adrian's laughs turned to groans, while Alberta looked as though she was fighting the urge to sing along to the music.

I had just about managed to block out the music, when Adrian started talking. He constantly threw sexual comments at me, and with everyone I saw Dimitri stiffen. Adrian gestured towards him when no one was looking. "He's so jealous." He mouthed to me. I laughed and he joined in. Everyone stared at us like we were crazy, thinking we hadn't said anything. It just made us laugh more.

I didn't realise how long the drive to the airport actually was and seen as though I had been woken up early this morning, I had no problem in falling back to sleep. When I woke up, an arm was securely wrapped around my waist and a head was leant against mine. Soft snores were coming from Adrian. I could feel Lissa and Dimitri's eyes on us. Lissa thought we looked so cute together. Where as Dimitri's glare was practically burning a whole through Adrian's arm. I quickly nudged Adrian. He stirred but didn't move. I did it a few more times before I lost my patience. "Wake the hell up Adrian." I screamed at him.

He jolted upright. I laughed at him. Then he realised his arms were still around my waist. He removed them and mumbled an apology. Dimitri's glare softened, but was still evident. I almost laughed at him. We pulled up to the airport a couple of minutes later.

We filed out of the car and towards where everyone from the other vehicle was already stood. Obviously everyone couldn't come through customs and stuff with us, so we had to say goodbye here. Lissa ran up and gave me a hug, tears running down her face. "I'm going to miss you so much Rose." She choked out through her tears.

A few of my own tears ran down my face. "I'll be back before you know it." I reassured her.

Christian was next. He smirked at me. "You know your going to miss me Rose." He teased me.

"Damn right." I replied. "Your comebacks are much better than Dimitri's."

Christian laughed then pulled me into a hug. "I actually will miss you Rose." He whispered.

"Me too."

Next was Eddie. We hugged each other. "I'm gonna miss you Eddie."

"I'm gonna miss you to Rose. Make sure you have fun while we're all stuck with Stan."

I heard a 'HEY!' coming from Stan who was stood with the other guardians. Me and Eddie cracked up. We hugged once more and then I moved onto Adrian.

"I'm shocked to say that I'm actually going to miss you Adrian." I said laughing.

"Oh Little Dhampir, you know you love me really." He responded, pulling me into a hug. I hugged him back and we stood like that for a couple of seconds.

I tried to pull back, but he kept his arms around me. "You know your going to have to let me go eventually." I mumbled against him. He laughed, not moving in the slightest. "Or I could just kick you in the balls." I offered him instead.

Adrian immediately let me go and I smirked at him. "You know I might just kick you in the balls anyway."

Adrian paled slightly. I laughed. Dimitri spoke then. "Come on Rose, it's time to go." I nodded and began to follow him. I waved to everyone and a few more tears trickled down my face.

Everyone piled into the cars and left. Me and Dimitri stood for a few seconds before I turned to look at him. He gently brushed his thumb across my face, wiping the tears lingering on my cheeks. I felt my heart beat faster at the slight contact. "Are you okay?" He asked, concerned. "You don't have to come you know."

I shook my head. "I want to go." I reassured him. "I'm just going to miss them, you know? There like my family." I smiled slightly.

Dimitri laughed. "I know what you mean." He said smiling, before walking towards the terminal. He always understood.

We passed through customs quickly. The Moroi had an agreement with the airports, allowing us to get our silver stakes through undetected. While we sat waiting to board the plane, Dimitri told me about his family.

"I have three sisters, Karolina, Sonya and Viktoria. Karolina is the oldest and has two children, Paul and Zoya. Paul is ten and Zoya is about one." He explained. His family sounded so complicated. "Sonya is the second oldest and is two years older than me. She is pregnant. Viktoria is a year younger than you. Olena is my mother and Yeva is my grandmother."

I nodded taking it all in. I can imagine forgetting it as soon as we got there though. The plane was called to board after that and we settled into our seats. We had to transfer three times before we got there. Our final stop was Novosibirsk, from there we had to drive to Baia.

We were soon onto our last flight, to Novosibirsk. We settled into our seats and naturally Dimitri was reading one of those awful westerns. I was beginning to feel tired. I lightly rested my head on Dimitri's shoulder. I expected him to shove me away, but he let it stay. I fell to sleep within a matter of minutes.

When I woke up, there were arms wrapped tightly around me. I automatically snuggled closer to Dimitri, taking in the warmth he was providing. His head was rested on mine, but he wasn't snoring. I didn't ever want to move. I wanted to stay wrapped in Dimitri's arms forever. So while he was sleeping, I wasn't going to do anything.

Unfortunately there was an announcement shortly afterwards telling us the plane was about to land. Dimitri stirred then woke up. It took him a moment to realise he was still holding me and unravelled his arms. "Morning Comrade." I said smiling at him.

He grinned back. I could tell he was getting excited. "Morning Roza." My heart leapt as he said my name in Russian. The seatbelt sign came on next and buckled up, waiting to land.

Dimitri had hired a car and we set off as soon as we landed. The car was nothing special, but it wasn't grubby and dirty, so I was happy.

It was a long drive, and halfway there Dimitri pulled into a motel. "Why are we stopping?" I asked.

"It's getting dark out and Strigoi are always on this road." He explained. I nodded and got out of the car. We walked to the reception desk together. The receptionist eyed Dimitri up and instantly a flirty smile formed on her face. I scowled at her.

"Hello there, how may I help you?" She asked, looking pointedly at Dimitri and blanking me completely.

"We would like a room please."

"I am afraid that there is only one room available." She told us, well, Dimitri.

"That's fine thank you." He said, handing over some money.

She gave us a key in return. "Don't hesitate to come and ask me if something wrong."

"I'm sure we will." I said coldly, sarcasm dripping off my words.

Dimitri shot me a look. "Thanks." He said before turning around and walking towards the elevator. "What was that about?" He asked me, once the button was pressed.

"Nothing. She just pissed me off." I said quietly.

I knew he knew I was lying, but he didn't push it. He probably knew the real reason and didn't want to bring it up. We walked into the room and I placed my bags down on the bed. Dimitri stiffened up slightly. "I'll sleep on the couch." He decided, once he had walked into the other room and seen the small sofa.

I instantly felt bad. "Why don't you just come in the bed?" I suggested. I knew he would protest it, but I didn't want him to have to suffer on the couch just because he wouldn't share the bed with me. Also, I just wanted him to sleep in the bed with me, because I wanted to be close to him.

"No." He said, without even considering my offer. "I am sleeping on the couch."

I looked at the little sofa once more. Dimitri was about twice as big as it. There was no way he could sleep on there comfortably. "I will sleep on the couch then. I am smaller." I reasoned.

Dimitri shook his head. "You'll be uncomfortable, just sleep on the bed Rose."

"If I'm going to be uncomfortable, then you will be dying on the sofa. Your twice as big as it! Just sleep in the bed and I will go on the couch." I argued.

Dimitri looked like he was thinking it through. "We will both go on the bed." He said finally. "Your not sleeping on that sofa."

Now we had sorted out our sleeping arrangements, I decided to go for a shower. I picked up one of the large t-shirts I normally wore for bed and headed towards the bathroom. "I'm going for a shower Comrade." I shouted to him.

He grunted in response and I could tell he was still wary about the sleeping arrangement. I turned on the water and stood under the shower until it ran cold. I pulled on my underwear and the big t-shirt on over it. I looked in the mirror and realised how revealing this outfit really was. If I was going to keep Dimitri sleeping in the same bed as me, this definitely wasn't the right way to go about it.

I thought it would be best to find some shorts or something to wear underneath my shirt. I walked out the door, planning to go straight to the bedroom and avoid Dimitri who would probably still be in the lounge. It wasn't until I reached the bedroom that I saw Dimitri sat on the bed, reading a book.

He looked up when he heard me enter and his eyes instantly widened as they roamed over my body. "Roza, what are you wearing?"

I blushed. "Well, this is what I normally wear to bed, so I put this on after I had a shower. Then I remembered I was staying with you, so I came to put some shorts on, because I thought you would still be in the living room." I explained.

Dimitri sighed. "You don't have to put some shorts on if you normally just wear that."

I smiled inwardly. He just wanted to ogle me some more. It was nice to think he still wanted to look at me, even if nothing was going to come out of it. I yawned then. Dimitri looked up from his book again. "Are you tired?" He asked.

I nodded. "I think the time difference is getting to me." In Russia it was a different time zone, also we were going onto a human schedule like Dimitri's family were on. It just messed it up even more.

I went and lied under the cover on my half of the bed, while Dimitri put his book down. He slipped under the covers next to me, but kept as far as he could get to the other side of the bed. "Night Comrade." I whispered.

He flipped over to look at me. "Night Roza." He whispered back, before I felt my eyelids begin to droop and sleep took over me.