Clearly I have no life because this is my second update today! but I really wanted to show you this! i'm so attached!
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~RPOV~
The next couple of days passed in a happy blur, Dimitri was right we were having fun. We were running on a regular human schedule so we could make more of the hotel and its amenities, during the day we would all explore the surrounding towns. The first town had been a little place called Yambuk, it reminded me of the small town Dimitri, Sydney Sage the alchemist I met in Russia and I were meant to stay in while I was on the run for my said murder of the queen.
There wasn't much there other than a small dinner, a little café/ice-creamery which had the best chocolate ice-cream I had eaten in a long time and a cute little boutique, where I found the cutest little charm bracelet, I stopped myself from buying it, thinking 'when was I going to get a chance to wear this'.
Other days we hiked through the forests, rarely staying on the marked paths, we were rebels like that. Abe hadn't joined us for a hike yet, each time we planned to leave Abe would get a 'work call' and would pretend to be heart broken and tell us he couldn't come. It was more than fine with us; he would only slow us down. At night we would relax in the hot tub and drink wine and cocktails my mother often scolded me for drinking, but I just shook it off.
Every night Dimitri and I would lie in bed talking, cuddling and doing other things, it was bliss. But everything seemed too good to be true, Abe and Janine weren't asking Dimitri any damming questions, just generic things like 'What were your favourite subjects in school?" and "Tell us about your family?" Maybe they weren't going to ask the questions I dreaded or maybe it was because I never was apart from Dimitri while my parents were present, I had a feeling Dimitri wanted to say 'I told you so'.
On our 8th day Abe and Janine wanted to stay in the hotel suite and relax, Abe claimed he had too much sun the day before and all he needed was for Janine to take care of him. I didn't think too much into that and certainly didn't want to be round for it so Dimitri and I decided to check out the hotel a bit more. Dimitri and I strolled around the beautiful hotel and in hand, we swung our clasped hands between us like children, Dimitri who so rarely smiled was grinning ear to ear in a genuine happy smile, every time I looked at him I melted a little more.
We headed down to the lobby and talked to the receptionist, she suggested we ordered a picnic lunch combo from the restaurant; it included a blanket, a basket filled with food catered to our whims , a bottle of champagne and strawberries and cream, she said after the picnic most couples went swimming in the pool that was made to look like a pond. Dimitri and I thought it sounded like a good idea so he went to order the picnic and I left to get our bathing suits I was to meet him by the pond.
When I got to our room I remembered I didn't have the key card, Dimitri did. I knocked on the door waiting for my mum or dad to open it for me but they didn't, where the heck had they gone? Abe said they were just going to stay in and relax, I frowned and paced in front of the door.
Just as I was about to go find Dimitri an idea hit me. Alfie had said if we lost our key he would let us in. Ah! Why hadn't I thought of that sooner, I practically skipped down to the lobby were Alfie was standing beside a young human girl in the hotel uniform.
She was short thin and had her dark blonde hair tied in a messy blonde bun, a small petite face with thin pink lips and big green eyes that were gazing dreamily up at Alfie. For the first time I actually looked at Alfie, I knew he was a dhampir the moment I saw him, but was to wrapped up in the hotel to really pay attention to him; He was tall, not as tall as Dimitri but still tall about 6 foot 2. He had dark brown hair with natural light brown highlights and icy blue eyes. He had the sharpest cheek bones I'd ever seen and full naturally pouty lips, even though the suit he was wearing I could tell he had a great body. How the heck hadn't I noticed how attractive he was, I shook my head and headed over to him smiling sweetly, as I walked over and he looked up his polite smile shifted and his face lit up in a genuine smile, huh..
"Hi, how can I help you..uh, woops I guess I forgot to ask your name when I showed you to your room." I laughed softly, I guess I had, man I must have been out of it when we met. I offered my hand out to him
"I'm so sorry, I had only just woken up. I'm Rosemarie Hathaway," I smiled brightly as he shook my hand but froze when I said my name.
"No way? The Guardian Rosemarie Hathaway? Wow I heard all about you, you're a kid ass dhampir!" he whispered so the young girl wouldn't hear, she was still staring at him dreamily.
I blinked astonished, wow? How did this dhampir know about me, I laughed.
"Yeah, but I prefer Rose," or Roza I thought in my head a smile pulling on my lips. "Alfie, I accidently left my key card with Dimitri and my parents have gone somewhere so I kind of have no way to get into our room to get my bathers, do you mind letting me in?" Alfie smiled and walked with me to the room. "So Alfie, if you don't mind me asking how is someone as young as you a manager and uh, not a guardian?" I felt a little rude asking but I was dying to know, Alfie didn't seem fussed.
"My parents own this place, I am a guardian,I'm 20 and I'm just taking some time off to recover after a injury," he turned his head to show me his promise and molnija marks, how had I missed those? This time off was making me sloppy. Alfie had 3 molnjia marks, that was regular for most guardian but I was an exception. Alfie peaked over at me trying to look at my neck, I brushed my hair back nervously so he could see the back of my tattoo covered neck. I heard his intake of breath beside me. "So much more kick ass then I thought." We both laughed, I was glad he didn't get all weird around me like other dhampir's when they found out how many Strigoi I had killed.
When I found Dimitri he was laying back on a red tartan picnic rug, his eyes were closed and a slight smile was playing at his lips, I was already wearing my bikinis they were pink and held together at the joins with gold chains, on the side of my hip there was a hanging gold charm, it was of a little sun, I felt it was a sign when I saw it and brought it without Dimitri or my parents seeing. They were the only pair I owned, I had brought them at a little store in one of the towns we visited, I had only ever brought one pieces and felt daring and sexy wearing this, so I didn't get too many looks on the walk over I had thrown a thin black cotton cardigan on over it.
I knelt down as quietly as I could, putting my knees on either side of Dimitri's waist and lent down brushing my lips slowly over his. His eyes shot open and he stared up at me, shock on written all over his face, I had actually succeeded in surprising him.
"Roza, you scared me half to death. I didn't even hear you" he frowned lightly, but his eyes slowly took in my outfit, his lips parted and I actually heard the gulp of air he took in.
"Roza, what are you wearing. I thought that black dress you wore was unsafe. This is just plain.." he smirked his hands sliding up to my bare sides "Dangerous. Dangerous, but oh so sexy, " Dimitri pulled me to him and kissed me hard and long, after what could have been 2 minutes or an hour he pulled back, "lunch is getting cold we better start eating."
Dimitri and I ate everything in the picnic, all of it was incredible, the strawberries and cream were so fresh and amazing, but eating them and feeding them to each other was so sensual. We finished the bottle of champagne, well actually it was mostly me but he had a glass. I think. We swam, lounged and chatted playfully until the sun started to fade, we took back our picnic and headed back to the room, Abe and Janine were back they already had dinner on the table, I was grateful because after all the swimming we had done I was hungry. Surprisingly with dinner my mother offered me a glass of wine, she filled the large glass to the brim with red wine and filled her own half way.
After dinner we ventured out to the fire pit, Dimitri and I sat on the couch together, he wrapped his strong arms around me and I melted against his chest, sipping another glass of wine Abe had poured me. Janine told us stories about the funny situations she had gotten into as a guardian, he were all laughing and being silly, the whole time Dimitri ran his fingers slowly through my hair. The entire night as soon as my glass was empty Abe or Janine would fill it back up, I lost count of how many I'd had. Somewhere in the back of my mind, a part that was numbed by the alcohol I had consumed was telling me this was strange, but I didn't question it and strangely nether did Dimitri. Eventually after telling them all the crazy things I had done in my past I passed out against Dimitri's strong chest. The last thing I heard before completely blacking out was Dimitri whispering against my ear.
"Tomorrow night Roza, we finish what we started at the pond..."
~DPOV~
Roza looked so beautiful the fire light and the alcohol her parents had strangely been generously plying her with all night gave her already tanned skin an even more exotic look. Rose was telling us all about the crazy things she had done before I came into her life, these stories were just as new to her parents as they were to me, that made me feel for Rose, the thought that her parents really knew little about her so unlike my own family. When she had finished telling us a story about a time when Lissa was being teased by a boy in their class and Rose had beat him silly then ended up with two weeks detention, she rested her head against my chest as she began to pass out.
As I looked down at her in her beautiful emerald green dress she had changed into for dinner, I found myself thinking about that bathing suit she had surprize me with. Of course I couldn't do what I wanted out in public, I had planned to postpone it to tonight, but looking at her slackened face I knew it wasn't happening tonight, to help her have sweet dreams I brushed my lips against her ear and whispered huskily
'Tomorrow night Roza, we finish what we started at the pond.." I felt Rose shiver gently then she slip into a drunken sleep. Abe, Janine and I sat around the fire for another 10 minutes before they suggested taking Rose to bed. I cradled her in my arms and carried her up, we got a couple of funny looks but Rose didn't even stir, I laid her on the bed, carefully slipping off her dress and shoes leaving her in her underwear and tucked her into the blankets, I quickly undressed and put on a pair of flannel pants in case Janine or Abe came in and slipped in beside Rose, pulling her back against my bare chest and fell quickly to sleep with her safe In my arms.
I was so warm and comfortable asleep with Rose curled around me, it was amazing being able to sleep so peacefully, I don't think I'd really slept a full night since I had met Rose, but with her in my arms I slept better than I ever had. Suddenly someone was shaking my shoulders, I grumbled and ignored it, but they shook my shoulders again harder. Suddenly I thought it could be Rose and she could be in trouble, I cleared the dark cloud of sleep from my mind and bolted up in bed, opening my eyes I looked at the other side of the bed, Rose grunted in her sleep and shifted, I had thrown the blankets back when I sat up. She curled up her body to stay warm. Suddenly I realised it wasn't Rose who woke me, I looked up and standing in front of me was Janine, she was fully dressed standing with her hands on her hips.
"Guardian Belikov, it took me a couple of times to wake you, what if it had been an emergency." she was regarding me politely, but as her gaze slipped onto Rose's sleeping form her brows furrowed heavily, "W-what is she wearing Belikov?" I mentally cursed myself, how could I have been so stupid.
"Oh Guardian Hathaway. I am so sorry, she was completely passed out and I didn't want her to have to sleep in her dress so I just put her to bed in what she was wearing underneath." I pulled the blanket over Rose and looked at Janine, her brow was smooth again and she nodded.
"I'll put something on her, I'd hate cleaning to find her like that, while I do that get dressed I have something I need you to do right away guardian," I didn't question Janine and I got up straight away and headed to the bathroom where I got dressed in my regular clothes, when I returned Janine was standing beside the bed looking down at Rose thoughtfully, Rose was now wearing one of my t-shirts, from experience I knew that my shirts were like dressed on Rose, coming to her upper-thigh, she looked much better in them then I did. I smiled at the memories of the time Roza had worn my shirts. I walked to Janine and nodded politely.
"Great thanks for being quick, this is time sensitive," Janine handed me an envelope, and her car keys."Read that when you get in the car, it shouldn't take long but Rose wants to go see some waterfall tomorrow so we will meet you at the Dinner in the town over at 8." She nodded and walked out of the room leaving me standing there stunned, what was so important I had to do this right now, I looked over at the clock it was 5am. I leant down and kissed Rose's parted lips, she didn't even stir this time.
"Sleep well, Roza my Princessa."
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