Hey guys! Thank you so much for your reviews and I appreciate every single one of them :)I don't have a lot of time at the moment to update as often for the next week and a half (ugh midterms) but afterwards I'll have a little more time on my hands.

Now, some of you might be confused by this chapter, BUT I do have a plan. You have to remember this is DIMITRI we are talking about and how he goes about this might not seem like he's actually going to give Christian any REAL ADVICE. Needless to say, my plan is to start small and work up to some of the… more fun stuff. (That's how I think Dimitri would, too.)

Okay, ONTO THE CHAPTER!

(I don't own Vampire Academy… sadly.)

"What are we doing here again?" Christian tapped his fingers against the countertop as Dimitri pulled out some cilantro and cyan pepper from the cupboard. Dimitri was supposed to be showing him how to spice up his love life, but it seemed like he was more interested in spicing up the dinner he was going to cook for them and their girlfriends later that evening.

It was date night. Rose and Lissa started to arrange times when the four of them would have dinner together as a double date sort of thing. Lissa said it was to catch up on how everyone was doing for the week, even though the group spent almost all of their time together.

Christian could picture Lissa with her hands on her hips telling him, "It's the principle. We never get to talk to Rose and Dimitri when they're on duty anyway." He remembered how he had rolled his eyes, but hadn't questioned his love any farther.

"I told you. If you want to please a woman, then you have to know how to please a woman." Dimitri's head vanished into the refrigerator.

"And sitting here watching you cook is helping me how?"

Dimitri threw him an apron, "It's not. C'mon."

For the next two hours, the two of them slaved away cooking, cleaning, and setting up place mats for when Rose and Lissa arrived. Christian was about ready to drop dead. He slumped down onto one of the cushy dining table chairs and spread out his aching limbs. He was a great cook, no doubt, but he couldn't work for hours at a time, most of his meals took around forty-five minutes at most. Dimitri, on the other hand, just rolled his eyes at the moroi. Cooking was easy and he didn't understand why Christian was so tired. Dimitri hadn't even broken a sweat.

Christian stretched, his body fatigued, "So, why did you make me cook?"

Dimitri took a swig out of his water bottle, "Because to please a woman, you have to know what they like. Women like when their men cook for them." He took another sip.

Letting out a grunt of annoyance, Christian said, "I cook for Lissa all the time! So far your advice has been nothing but bullshit. When are you going to teach me how to use handcuffs?"

Dimitri spat out his water, coughing. For a few minutes, all he could do was cough before he muttered, "I don't use handcuffs on Rose," He let out another cough, "Please don't ask me that again."

Christian grumbled, "Sure you don't."

Not long after, Rose and Lissa came back from a meeting for the Winter Ball and they all sat down at the table.

"Wow, everything looks delicious, Dimitri!" said Lissa. The table was covered with all sorts of food. Spaghetti. Pork chops. Blini. Fresh salad. Steamed vegetables. Fruit salad. Even chocolate donuts that Dimitri ran out to get from Rose's favorite bakery near their apartment.

"It wasn't me. You have Christian to thank," Dimitri said with a grin, "I tried to help him, but he told me that today was his day to make dinner. I just gave him the recipe for the blini."

"Wha-…?" Christian sputtered and Dimitri's elbow slammed into his stomach under the table, "I-I mean, yeah it was no big deal."

"Oh, Christian! How sweet of you!" Lissa gushed, leaning over the table to plant a kiss on his lips, "You're the sweetest." Christian graciously accepted the kiss and glanced at Dimitri smirking at him.

Rose, on the other hand, looked suspicious, "Yeah… Sweet. So, did you get the doughnuts too, Christian?" She eyed him suspiciously from across the table. Christian felt his face get hot.

Dimitri intervened, "I got them, Roza. Since you've been so busy I decided to surprise you while Christian cooked dinner." She glanced at her boyfriend before grumbling to herself and slumping in her chair.

Dinner ended on a good note and Lissa and Christian left the apartment.

Dimitri was in their bedroom while Rose was in the shower. He pulled his shirt off and hopped into bed, grabbing his Western from the bedside table.

"Did Christian really cook dinner?"

Dimitri glanced up from the captivating words to look at his even more captivating woman standing over him. She wore nothing but a soft silk nightgown and one its straps had fallen from one shoulder. She pushed it back up.

"Would it matter if he did or not?" Dimitri put his book down and pulled Rose onto his lap.

She snuggled into his arms and sighed, "I guess not," She nuzzled her head in his chest, "I love you." Dimitri began to run circles across her soft skin, slowly peeling off the sensitive fabric, "Mmm not tonight, Dimitri. I'm tired. I'm sorry."

He chuckled, "You have nothing to be sorry for, Roza." Dimitri learned a long time ago, that sometimes to please a woman you had to put aside your own desires and specifically not please her, for your own benefit in the long run. He turned them both over onto their sides and fell asleep.

Yay! I got this done! I know these are short, but it's easier for me to post three or four short chapters than one longer one. It's the same amount of writing, but just stretched out.

So, I also know that I haven't done any Christian/Lissa scenes yet either but don't worry! They will come! I pinky promise!

So, how was everyone's day? Everything good? Did you ace a test? Did you find out you're secretly a dragon? Did anything positive happen in your life that you wanna share? You can tell me!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! (I might post more…)

-Holly