Author's Note: The song lyrics in this one are: All I Need by Shane Piasecki (I altered the song a bit so it'd fit the story) and Sweetest Thing by Shane Piasecki and Temperature by Sean Paul is featured in this one. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, nor the songs.
The Sweetest Thing.
After sneaking back out of Dimitri's dorm –after several stolen kisses- I went back to my dorm and got dressed. I was so caught up in thinking of the feel of Dimitri; I had put all of my clothes on inside out and back-to-front. Sighing, I tried to put Dimitri out of my head and started to get dressed again. It was Saturday, and since Lissa and Christian were still up in the Lovey-Dovey bubble, I went outside to enjoy the stars. The nocturnal schedule still seems weird to me. I stepped outside, some novices were out here too, just playing some footy for the sake of it. I passed them, heading for the pond near the woods. I sat down on a large rock next to the pond; watching the large carp fish swimming slowly around. I sat there for a while, letting the wind tease my hair. After the tenth time I had subconsciously traced Dimitri's face in the stars, I heard the unmistakable sound of Dimitri's guitar. I narrowed the sound to coming from within in the woods. I got up and walked towards the tall Beechwood trees. Holding my hands out in front of my face to keep the tree branches from taking swats at my face, I found him. He was sitting at the base of a tree, leaning against the trunk, his eyes closed as he sang.
And I may not look like Mel Gibson
but I feel good to me
And I may not dance like Michael Jackson
but I feel like Elvis Presley when I play my guitar for you,
and you sit there with your long dark hair and you listen to me sing outta tune
You can bring me the world, you can bring me the sea
but nothing could ever compare to the gifts you've given me
You could buy me the ocean, You could bring me the moon.
But it won't mean a thing if I didn't have you, Rose.
If I didn't have you Rose, oh, oh.
He looked so peaceful; it was as if there wasn't anything in the world that could ever make us worry. I stepped forward, my hands in the pockets of my jeans, ashamed I couldn't ever do anything as good as this for him.
"That was good. I like it."
His eyes flew open; smiling when he saw it was me. He patted the spot next to him.
"Come, sit, Roza."
Walking to meet him, I tucked my hair behind my ears as I sat down next to him.
"What was that one called?" I asked him.
"All I Need." He said looking at me, his brown eyes shining so bright.
"I was thinking of another song, last night," He said, while I blushed at the memory.
"Well I want to hear it." I said looking at him.
"Okay." He said, shaking his head, chuckling.
Sometimes I am a little less of a man than I should be
but you never leave you, you never will
When I'm wrong, you love me still
Still, I say, ay, ay
Tomorrow we'll sleep in the bed that we have made
So let's do this the right way, oh Yeah!
There ain't no doubt, when the lights turn out
Ain't nobody living better than we are right now
You're everything, everything
And you, you're the sweetest thing to me
And I know, you're gold
Girl, you're so damn precious, let's take this nice, and slow
and give it room to grow
'cause you know, there ain't no doubt, when the lights turn out
Ain't nobody living better than we are right now
You're everything. Baby, everything
And you, you're the sweetest thing
It can be so hard, just starting out
But look how far we've come, there's no stopping now
You're my queen, and I will be your king
And you, you're the sweetest thing to me
And I know the road is long sometimes
We get turned around, flipped upside down, but the sun is gonna shine
'Cause there ain't no doubt when the lights turn out
Ain't nobody living better than we are right now
You're everything, baby, everything
And you, you're the sweetest thing
It can be so hard, just starting out
But look how far we've come, there's no stopping now
You're my queen, and I will be your king
And you, you're the sweetest thing, and you, you're the sweetest thing
And you, you're the sweetest thing to me
The sweetest thing to me, you're everything to me
You're the sweetest thing to me
The song was easy and upbeat; Dimitri kept the time by tapping the body of the guitar in time with the chords. Oh to be that guitar. Unlike earlier this morning, Dimitri was looking straight at me while he sang; his eyebrows furrowed as he focused on the feelings he was laying down in front of me. His eyes were aglow, he was happy. And me? I felt happier than I had ever before, here I had: the sexiest man in history, singing about how much he loved me. Life doesn't get any better than this. I have an idea…this bond thing does have some perks; thank God Lissa took up those piano lessons.
"That was so beautiful!" I said, "And you wrote that for me?"
"Well, since you're so beautiful, I thought you at least needed a beautiful song-"he started to say something else after that, but I wouldn't let him, I hugged him so tight.
"Why would I need a song, when I have you? You're all I need, Dimitri, I love you."
He smiled.
"What?" I asked him.
"Nothing. It's just nice to know that you love me."
We stayed like that for a while, just enjoying being with each other. And then, another crazy idea popped into my head. I'm on a roll!
I turned to look at him, "Hey, why don't we just sneak out? Just you and me and we hit the sights in Montana?"
He considered this for a moment; I knew that because his Guardian face went back on.
"Why not? I'll sneak us outta here. We meet back here in an hour. 'Kay?"
"'Kay."
******
I only had one hour to be the most beautiful I could be for Dimitri. This is gonna be a challenge. I started by picking out a dress me and Lissa had scored during half-price madness at the mall last month. It was just above my knee, fabously red with bright sequins.
I blow-dried my hair on a round brush so it went all wavy. I added the smallest hint of eyeliner and a smoky gray eye-shadow on my eyes and touched up with the lip-gloss Dimitri had bought me on our first shopping trip when we had first come back after running away for two years. I then put on a gorgeous pair of strappy heels that had been my favorite ever since I had been able to walk in high heels (and live to tell the tale).
It took a while for me to hike down to the woods again without being seen, but my awesome ninja skills saved me from detection. And there, leaning against a tall Beech wood, was my Prince Charming. He was wearing blue jeans, faded in just the right places, a black sweater and his favorite leather duster.
.
My jaw dropped open at how good he looked, and from the look on his face I didn't look too bad either.
"Stop drooling Comrade, we got a club to go to."
He blinked. "Right-o."
He pulled out his keys to his crappy car and we drove off for the Montana Lights.
*****
We arrived at a club; the music was pounding through the air. Dimitri reluctantly handed his keys over to a shifty looking valet. We got to the security guard who was about to deny us entry, but then my coat jacket slipped open enough to reveal my dress and then he welcomed us right on in. Hee hee. Temperature by Sean Paul popped on as soon as we stepped into the 'dancing arena'.
The gal dem Schillaci...Sean da Paul
So me give it to...so me give to...so me give it to...to all girls
"Woo!" I cried, after all it was my song.
I ran out into the centre of the floor dragging Dimitri with me, despite his protests that he can't dance. The protests stopped as soon as I started to 'shake my ass'. Then Dimitri held his arms up in the air and did an awesome pelvis thrust. I laughed. This was the wildest I had ever seen Dimitri.
Well woman the way the time cold I wanna be keepin' you warm
I got the right temperature for shelter you from the storm
Oh lord, gal I got the right tactics to turn you on, and girl I...
Wanna be the Papa...You can be the Mom....oh oh!
And we danced on into the night….
