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Ch. 2 The Future
I was shocked at him kissing me, although I kissed him back. Dimitri, the picture of self-control, who was always the one holding back…
I didn't care what had made him give in to his desire of kissing me.
We kept kissing, and he slid his hands up under my neck and held me close. My skin felt so warm where he touched me.
He kissed the side of my neck, attacking it with fierce kisses that were sure to leave marks by the time he was through.
I slid my hands up under his shirt and touched his stomach. He let out a soft moan and kept kissing me fiercely, leaving a trail of kisses down from my mouth to my chest.
"I love you, Roza," he whispered, tenderly stroking the side of my face.
"I love you too," I whispered, closing my eyes at his touch.
We stopped kissing and just lay there for a moment. "Dimitri, I never thought you'd lose your self-control like that," I teased him.
Dimitri smiled. "It's not easy holding back from you," he answered, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Now come on. Class is going to start in about ten minutes."
"Just one more?" I pleaded, looking up into those dark eyes that I loved.
He sighed and rolled his eyes. "Self-control is better you in the long run," he said in that wise teacher way of his.
"Oh look at all the Zen-"
He interrupted me by giving me a long, hot kiss. His tongue played against my own, and now all I could think of was how much more I wanted than just kissing. Too soon, our kiss ended.
He got up, and I felt a keen sense of loss at not feeling his warmth. "Let's go."
He extended his hand to me, and I took it. We held hands for a moment as we walked towards the exit, and let go once we were outside the gym.
I yawned and stretched. The sun was setting over the horizon, but the last rays softly illuminated the landscape around us, and it felt warm.
For the rest of the day, I couldn't stop thinking about Dimitri and what we'd done in the gym. He'd actually given in to his own desires instead of holding back like he normally would.
I sighed and dreamily stared off into space in the cafeteria. If only…
"Rose? Rose?"
I looked up with a start. Lissa's jade green eyes were looking at me with concern. "Are you okay? You've been daydreaming the whole day!"
"Oh, I'm fine," I said, taking a sip of my soda. Better than fine, actually.
Although Lissa was my best friend in the whole world, I couldn't tell her about me and Dimitri. I was sure she'd understand-or at least try to-but this was hard. There had been times where I desperately wanted to tell her, but I never had the chance.
My phone beeped, and I pulled it out and looked at it. My heart raced when I saw it was from Dimitri.
Roza,
I need to talk to you tonight. Can I come to your room? –D
I quickly texted him back. Yeah. Just come after curfew. – R
A slight smile crossed my face as I put the phone away. I would finally get a chance to see and talk to him. But I wondered what he wanted to talk to me about.
Lissa examined me curiously. "You look even happier than before."
How could she know- My aura. Shit, shit, shit.
"How's my little dhampir doing today?" I heard a voice from behind me.
I scowled and whipped around. Adrian Ivashkov was standing there, his emerald green eyes glinting at me in amusement.
"When will you stop calling me little dhampir?" I said in exasperation as he sat beside me. Secretly, I was glad he'd come and interrupted my conversation with Lissa.
Adrian shrugged. "Never."
That night I couldn't wait for Dimitri to come over to my room. Once curfew was called, very people were awake. It would make it easier for Dimitri to sneak over.
I had just finished towel drying my hair when there was a knock at the door.
I threw on a tank top and shorts before I flew to the door and yanked it open.
Dimitri was standing there, his dark gorgeous eyes on me. "You just got out of the shower?"
I flashed him a smile as he came in and I locked the door behind him. "What do you think, Comrade?"
He sat down on my bed, and looked over at me. I sat down next to him. "I wanted to talk to you…about our future."
And there was the topic I'd been thinking about during lunch. I sighed. "I know…"
"Lissa needs two guardians who are perfectly dedicated to her," Dimitri said, intertwining my hands with his. "That's why I think…after you graduate, I'll ask to be reassigned."
My heart almost stopped. "Reassigned?"
"Someone at Court," he added gently. "That way, when we're off, we can still get to see each other."
I tried to keep my frown in, but I realized he had a point. If we were both her guardians, we wouldn't have had any time off to see each other. "I guess you have a point."
"This is for us," Dimitri whispered, taking my hand and kissing it. "It'll work in the long run."
"I really hope so," I murmured, laying my head against his shoulder. "But…what if you get assigned to someone who's not at Court?"
He pulled away from me so he could look at me. "You know how royals and high-ranking Moroi are always first priority when it comes to guardians."
I grimaced, but I knew he was right. It was a sad fact that royals and important Moroi got high priority over "commoners" when it came to guardians. There simply weren't enough guardians to allocate to everyone.
"And…I wanted to give you this."
I curiously watched Dimitri pull out a velvet box and he held it out to me. "Oh, Dimitri." What could possibly be in the box?
"Open it," he urged me, kissing my cheek.
I took the box and flipped it open with trembling hands.
It was a ring.
