Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters; I only have the privilege of utilizing them in my story. They belong to Richelle Mead.

Rose POV:

In the change room I swore profanities under my breath directed at Adrian for interrupting my moment with Dimitri. I would hate Adrian a lot more if he wasn't the reason that I met Dimitri in the first place. But honestly, it's been weeks since I have heard from him. All I got to say was a hello and to tease him a little.

Suddenly there was a faint knock on my door. "Rose? Are you in there?" How on earth did she even know I was in here? Did she see me with Dimitri? uh oh….

"Yeah Liss, I'm in here! Come on in." She opened the door and looked a little shocked to see me fully clothed when I was of course meant to be trying various lingerie on. Her face became amused as she saw the bargain in my hands. Maybe she didn't see Dimitri with me…

"Of course you would pick these out! Hmmm black with white lace. Nice" and she ended with a wink. I laughed at how forced and unnatural she looked trying to wink sexually at me, and in return I received a blush. " I might go and look for something else for you to try on." And with that she walked out of the change room.

I looked down at the bra and panties. Well I may as well try them on while I'm here. I quickly took off my clothes and tried on the bra. Perfect fit. I internally gave my self a high-five and turned a few times in front of the mirror.

Again there was a knock on the door. "Come in Liss." The door opened and I continued to check myself out at various angles in front of the mirror. I heard an intake of breath. I looked behind me in the mirror and nearly screamed, but he was faster and his hand covered my mouth. Honestly I thought the employees were meant to stop this kind of thing. After he saw that I had registered who he was, he motioned his mouth to his lips, to tell me to keep quiet. I nodded to show I understood and he released me, taking an appreciative look.

" Like what you see Belikov?" arching an eyebrow I gave him my trademark smirk. Grinning he motioned for me to twirl, to which I complied. When I was done he smiled. "Should I take that as a yes then?" He nodded in reply and before I could stop him his mouth was on mine.

He pushed me up against the cubicle wall and lifted my legs to go around his waist. He kissed me hungrily, and when I came up for air he continued to kiss my neck and along my collarbone. After a while, I brought his mouth back to mine and he ran his fingers through my hair. I smiled when I felt him shift because of the strain against his jeans. Suddenly we both heard the knock on the door and looked at each other with alarm. I hope we weren't loud.

"Rose, I have more for you to try on. Are you decent?" Shit Lissa. I weaseled my way out from Dimitri, and desperately searched for a non-existent escape route. "Just a second Liss!" I picked up my clothes and started to put them back on. Forgetting Dimitri was there I changed out of my bra, making him forget about figuring out how to get out of here and instead his eyes became glued to my chest.

"Dimitri! Honestly now is not the time" I hissed each word and it seemed to wake him up from his trance. He got down on all fours and looked under the neighboring cubicles. One was empty and silently he slid under it, after blowing me a kiss of course. I flushed and turned to the door to let Lissa in.

"Wow rose, you look like you have been wrestling in here" realizing what she meant I combed my fingers through my hair quickly and slipped on my singlet top.

"Must be the humidity in here," I muttered, and ignoring me she lifted up her findings. Showing me one by one, she made me try them on. I did as she said, though the whole time I continued to replay what had occurred only 5 minutes ago. I had no idea what just happened, but had complete knowledge that I liked it. Lost in my own thoughts, I was only acutely aware that Lissa was in fact talking to me, but replied simply by nodding.

"So what do you think?" I looked up at her, completely lost to what her question was even about. "About what?" I tried to make myself seem as innocent as possible. She looked at me as if I had a third eye and filled each word with as much irony as humanly possible. "About the lingerie Rose." I couldn't help but blush, because I had not only been caught up daydreaming by my best friend, but drooling over my reverie, which was bound to raise some questions.

I laughed nervously. She continued to stare. "I like them all," I stated quickly and avoided her scrutinizing gaze. She didn't push any questions, but took back the lingerie and handed me my singlet top. She turned to go out the door and glanced back at me suspiciously. I averted her gaze, put on my top and grabbed my handbag, then walked out the door in front of her.

I scanned the store and saw that Dimitri was in the corner talking quietly to Adrian, who had a smug look on his face. Going in the opposite direction, I practically ran to the cash register and Lissa followed silently and slowly handed me the items. Not even looking at them, I gave them to the sales clerk who began to scan each one. The total came to much more than I could afford, but I bought them anyway to avoid conversing with my best friend, who continued to look at me as if I was some confusing mind game.

After a minute, the sales clerk handed me my purchases, then grabbing Lissa's hand I took her out the door and tried to hunt down the one person who could distract her.

Silently we walked down the street and out of no where Christian came up behind me and grabbed Lissa by the waist, forcing me to let go of her hand and effectively taking Lissa's focus off me. Phew.

Seeing my sense of relief, Christian instantly knew that something was up. I gave him a reassuring look and he didn't press the issue. "So how was shopping Liss?" I laughed he changed the topic and consequently made himself embarrassed. "It was fine Christian. Do you guys want to get something to eat?". Christian and I nodded and headed down the street to the closest restaurant.

Once we were seated, the waitress came to our table and asked for our order. She eyed Christian as if he was a piece of meat, whilst Lissa all but had her legs around his neck and looked as if she could spit fire. Well this could get interesting. I honestly can say I have never seen Lissa remotely jealous. Well I guess today is just full of firsts, as I have also never had a guy silently come into my change room and attack me either.

With an awkward silence pursuing, I decided to order. " So, um, can we have 3 cokes, a large margarita pizza, garlic bread and a bowl of spaghetti, please." She stopped looking at Christian and turned her focus to me. She wrote down our orders and turned to leave. Giving Christian another glance, Lissa glared at the young girl and I gave her a small smile, whilst Christian remained blissfully unaware. Seriously.

Our table remained quiet, so I took the time to check what I bought. Holy crap. Did Lissa seriously pick this out for me? And another point; how the hell do I not remember even trying it on?

At the door, I noticed that Dimitri and Adrian just walked in. Dimitri looked like he was on high alert and was holding his duster tightly around him. I thought he was going to see me, but a waiter arrived to the door and then escorted them to their seats at the back of the restaurant.

Bringing my attention back to the table I noticed that Christian was watching me. Um, awkward much?

He smiled and I realized he wanted to ask a question. "So Rose, How was…" my attention was lost too, as at the back of the restaurant a commotion arose. Turning my attention to that, I noticed Adrian was seated at the table, along with an older couple that looked like they could be his parents. Only they didn't look like Adrian… they looked a bit more like…. Oh.

Taking I closer look I noted that I knew some of the other guys sitting at the table. However there was only one that I was interested in, and there he was in all his glory. What a sight.

Dimitri was seated in front of his father, a duster coat at his ankles. His sculptured body almost completely exposed. Almost. He had a pair of gold nipple tassels and was wearing a metallic lycra G-string. To make the situation more awkward, Dimitri had both his arms in the air and was trying to make the tassels twirl.

Following Adrian's lead, it seemed that the guys around him were pretending not to take notice, but Dimitri's parents both wore masks that had varying degrees of confusion and humiliation. I noticed other diners were trying to stifle their laughter, but I couldn't contain it and laughed so hard I began to cry.

"Oh Rose, how nice of you to join us." Shit. Internally I kicked myself for laughing so loud. I stared at Adrian with horror as he drew the attention towards me. Walking forward, he grabbed my hand and directed me to the table where they were seated. Dimitri's face flushed red and he looked beyond mortified.

"Mr. and Mrs. Belikov, I would like to introduce you to the beautiful Rosemarie Hathaway." They said nothing, so I gave Dimitri's parents a small smile and shyly said hello. My grip on Adrian's hand tightened, to make him aware of just how angry I actually was. I turned to look at Dimitri who still had his arms over his head. I smiled apologetically at him, as of course, it was my fault he was doing this in the first place.

Adrian decided to break the silence and looked at me. " So Rose how was your summer?" Glaring at Adrian, I bent down, picked up Dimitri's duster and gave it to him. He gave me a tight smile and put it on.

"Great Adrian. How was yours" I looked around and noticed everyone was watching me warily, clearly feeling the tension between Adrian and myself. "Perfect!". He made a popping sound on the P, which sounded a lot louder because of the silence that filled the room. Embarrassed, I tried to find Lissa and Christian who were still seated at our table.

Making eye contact with Lissa, I silently screamed for help. She didn't move, but behind me instead, Dimitri stood and grabbed my hand. Turning to his parents, he said goodbye, grabbed his bag off the floor and then he ushered me out of the restaurant. When we were out, we moved as quickly as we could down the street till the restaurant was out of view. Well, that left a lot of questions unanswered.

We stopped when we found a small walk way and ducked down it to be out of sight. "What just happened?" my voice sounded a bit hysteric as I tried to make sense of the past 10 minutes. Reading my face, Dimitri smiled and began to laugh. If I didn't know any better I would have though he had gone mad.

"What's so funny?" I could hear the concern that laced my voice.

"This situation. You and me. My parents." He laughed between each part and I couldn't help but laugh too. As mortifying as the whole thing was, it's a memory I highly doubt I will ever forget.

I stopped laughing when I noticed that Dimitri was now staring at me. "What?" I smirked up at him and he kissed my forehead. " You have the most adorable laugh". With that I blushed deep scarlet and tried to look down at my feet. He was quicker though and so he lifted my chin to kiss me.

After a minute he broke the kiss and I looked at him, completely dumbfounded. Smirking he took my hand and we headed to the closest bathroom, so that he could get changed. Waiting outside the men's restroom I remembered that I had left everything at the restaurant, including my phone. That meant I couldn't tell Lissa and Christian where I was. I waited for Dimitri and when he returned, I asked if I could borrow his phone. He gave it to me and dialed Lissa.

She picked up on the second ring.

"Liss?"

"Rose? Is that you? Where are you?"

"Liss, I am fine. I am with Dimitri and I will be home before…" I turned to look at Dimitri who mouthed 8. " I will be home before 8 Liss."

Looking at Dimitri I tried to figure out what he wanted to do for another 3 hours. Smiling at the thought, I forgot that Lissa was on the phone and hung up without saying goodbye. Oops.

Authors note: I made this one a little longer, this time. I hope you enjoyed it and I will update again soon. Apologies for any grammar or spelling errors. I need feedback so please review.