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"You did what?" I shot out of my chair and glared at my parents, they looked at me calmly clearly they had expected this. Dimitri's soft hand slipped into mine and pulled me back to the couch, I felt myself calm at the confident way he held my hand in both of his, but I couldn't relax completely, I sat with my back straight. Abe smiled at me then, Dimitri's hand clasped around mine was the only thing stopping me from wiping that smile of his face, I think Dimitri too realised this because he squeezed them tighter and whispered a string of soothing Russian words to me under his breath.

"We have already cleared it with Guardian Hans, both you and Mr Belikov will be having the next fortnight off, starting tomorrow." I tilted my head, he was unbelievable.

"Yes old man, I heard that the first time, I just want to know why?" Abe laughed like I had said something outrageous,

"Well, your mother and I wanted the chance to get to know your new…boyfriend," Abe's eyes flicked to Dimitri, his smile widening, "And what better way to do that then go away together as a family, just the four of us," Janine looked up at Abe, they shared a smile, clearly revealing in their own private joke.

"No! we are not leaving Lissa and Christian for some crazy bonding family holiday, no way in hell" I turned to Dimitri, "we are not going Comrade don't worry."

"Rose." Dimitri brushed his fingertips over my check bone, "I know it doesn't seem like it, but it's actually a good idea. It's a chance for you and your parents to get to know each other better, and for them to better understand us" the look he gave me as he said 'us' made my stomach fill with butterflies, I just stared into his eyes and floundered for words, my mouth opened and closed a couple of times before I tore my eyes away from Dimitri, looking over at my parents with my patent Rose Hathaway 'I'm doing something I really don't want to' look.
"Fine whatever, but you're paying for everything." Abe chuckled,

"That was granted, seeing as you spent all your money traipsing around Russia looking for this guy" his finger pointed at Dimitri, Dimitri kept his face blank but his fingers twitched around mine. Although he knew I had forgiven him, Dimitri hated thinking or being reminded of his time as a strigoi and the horrible things he had done to me, I lifted his warm hand to my lips and pressed a kiss to it,
"We'll meet you at the gates at 7:30." with that Dimitri and I swept out of the room before I could get my hands around my parents necks and..
"Roza, stop, Its going to be fine." Dimitri stoped walking and pulled me into his arms resting his lips against my forehead "You know, it could even be fun." I looked up into the honest eyes of the love of my life. God I hoped so.


~DPOV~

At 7:25 Rose and I stood at the gates with our luggage at our feet, it was freezing cold. I had rugged Rose up in a down parka, scarf, and a woollen beanie. She looked so beautiful even all rugged up and red nosed, she caught me watching her and smiled, shaking her head.

"All of this isn't necessary Comrade I'm a guardian. I can handle a little cold weather, plus I feel like I'm suffocating," she pulled at her scarf, but I stopped her and wrapped my hands around her thin wrist and leant in kissing her lovingly, after letting my lips linger on hers I pulled back slightly to look into her eyes,

"I think you look so beautiful right now, like a snow angel," I breathed to her. Her eyes lit up with the complement, she lent in to kiss me but pulled back and looked over my shoulder. I turned to see Abe, Janine and a thin moroi man carrying their luggage.

We all huddled into the car quickly to get out of the cold. Janine was driving with Abe at her side, leaving Rose and I the back seat. Rose sat in the middle seat so I could wrap my arms around her and let her lean against me. Abe, Janine and I chatted politely, they kept to basic topics, thankfully. Rose stayed silent the whole time. It wasn't until Abe had become quiet that I looked down to see Rose's dark eyelashes fanned out against her cheeks, she was deep in sleep, her chest rising and falling steadily. Fearing id wake her I carefully draped my duster over her, just like I had in before in the ride home from the mall, though this time I was able to hold her close to me and kiss the soft hair framing her face.


5 hours later Janine pulled into a long winding driveway sheltered by large masses of trees on each side. Rose stirred against my chest, her eyes fluttering before opening, her eyes locked on mine and she smiled sleepily.

"Are we there yet?" she yawned, shuffling closer to me then realised there was something covering her and looked down at the duster spread over her body, her face broke out in a grin and a soft blush rose under her skin, my breath caught in my throat, She was such perfection.

"We are here." Abe chuckled, looking out the window a huge timber building came into views as we rounded a swerve in the driveway. It was 3 stories high, a huge modern cabin, there were small personal balconies spread over the upper floors, as well as stunning bay windows I was sure gave a magnificent views of the surrounding mountains. It was encircled in a flagstone outdoor area with a sunken fire-pit surrounded by wooden chairs, perfect for roasting marshmallows, behind the building I just caught the glimpse of a body of crystal clear water, a beautiful big pond covered in water lilies. The woods bordering it looked like they were barely being held back, the building had a perfect blend of hard-wood and stone. It was amazing like something out of a story book, I heard Roses stunned oohs and ahhs beside me as Janine pulled up to the front.

We all got out of the car silently, Rose and I in awe, immediately a good looking young male dhampir rushed over to us. Rose had taken off her winter gear at the start of our car ride, so there she stood in a tight black t-shirt and a pair of tight black jeans, they rode low on her hips showing off a tasteful amount of her tanned flat skin, Her hair was out and wild around her face having spent 5 hours sleeping in a car, her cheeks tinted with pink from her previous blush. She looked exotic and beautiful, standing there her eyes wide in astonishment, the young man smiled at us each in turn politely, but when his eyes met Rosemarie he froze, clearly not paying attention Rose swept her hair behind her shoulder as she took in the building, the young boys jaw practically hit the floor, I would of found it amusing if this dhampir wasn't actually someone I could see Rose thinking was attractive. To make matters worse she realised he was there and unleashed one of her warm smiles on him, I could practically hear the gears turning in his head as he tried to address us.

"M-mr Mazur, Sir." he stuttered and nodded ripping his eyes away from a still smiling Rose to look at Abe, composing himself. "I'm Alfie. The manager here, your room is ready, if you'd like I will show you to them, right this way" he briefly looked at Rose before turning and motioning to us to follow him through the grand wooden doors into an even grander hotel lobby. As he lead us through the foyer he motioned to a small geeky looking guy and pointed to the car "Go Get Mr Mazur and his guest bags and bring them to the grand suite please, as quick as you can" the young boy nodded and scampered off in the direction we came.

Alfie lead us to the elevator and to the penthouse he showed us to a large ornately carved wooden door with a gold plaque on it that said 'grand suite', he opened the door with a key card around his neck, he handed Abe our key cards and smiled "These will get into your suite, if you misplace it or leave it in your room you can just come and hunt me down and I will open it for you." he was addressing us all but he only had eyes for Rose, this guy was starting to get on my nerves.

The suite was amazing. It was a like something from a fairy-tale but modern at the same time, we had entered into a huge living room big enough for a party twice the size of ours, it had three huge plush white couches and a massive flat screen TV mounted on the wall, adjoining it was a room with a huge wooden dining table surrounded by 8 chairs that were made of swirling branches of wood, almost every surface was decorated with crystal candles or huge bloomingwhite phalaenopsis orchids, the smell was exquisite. From the lounge room we could see into the two huge bedrooms on either side of the suite.

"Mr Mazur, I'm sorry we must have got your booking wrong" Alfie looked at Abe a confused look on his face. Abe smiled at the dhampir.

"What do you mean? This room looks perfect." Abe gestured with his hands around us, to that Rose nodded in agreement, she too looked slightly confused, Alfie scratched the back of his neck.

"But surely Mr Mazur you don't expect your son and daughter here to share a room?" he gestured towards Rose and I, he stole a glance at Rose she was grinning ear to ear, a soft amused laugh floated out of her lips, she was smiling at him like he was a puppy that had done something adorable.
"No Alfie," she crooned "Dimitri here isn't my brother, he's my boyfriend," quickly I grabbed her hand and held it possessively; she grinned up at me, amused. Me? I wasn't amused at all, I was calling on every ounce of my control not to step over and back-hand him into a wall, so I forced a smile on my face as Abe looked between Alfie and I and let out a low chuckle. Alife apologized profusely, he kept a guarded face, but the look his eyes showed his heartbreak. As he stood at the door he gave Rose one last longing gaze then left quickly, but not quickly enough for my liking. Roza was mine.


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