Alternate Reality - ON HIATUS Chapter 4: Home, a vampire academy fanfic

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Chapter Four: Home

I had a whole day alone in Dimitri's apartment. Although I had only met him the night before, it felt like we had known each other in a previous lifetime. We had connected instantly and when we kissed it felt like we were two halves of the same whole, coming together as one. I felt like I was at home. I couldn't believe I had ever thought Mason was the guy for me, I was so naïve. Now, more than anything, I was glad to be rid of that over-confident jock from my life. I hadn't thought about him or Lissa since last night before seeing Dimitri at the club.

Now that I was alone in Dimitri's apartment, I decided to explore. I opened Dimitri's huge walk in wardrobe, looking through the racks of clothes. It was mainly filled with White V-neck shirts and black slacks. My guess was that that was what he usually wore as a Guardian. But toward the back of his wardrobe, were rows of Leather jackets, no not jackets, dusters. Like the kinds of coats you see cowboys wearing. There were too many to count. I got the feeling that these were a kind of indulgence for Dimitri, but I didn't mind. They had just made him even more attractive to me, I kind of always had a thing for cowboys.

Next, I walked into a room where the door had been closed, I hadn't been in there before and wasn't entirely sure what to expect. But all it was, was a library of sorts. Bookcases lining all four walls, old leather books filling them. I took a book from the shelf and saw that it was an Old Western novel. More cowboy things? I thought to myself. So Dimitri had a cowboy complex, I could deal with that. In one corner of the library room was an old antique leather arm chair, I could immediately see Dimitri sitting in it reading one of his Old Western novels. I chuckled internally at the thought. So this bad ass Guardian had a weakness for all things cowboy it seemed.

I was just about to explore the lounge room when the phone rang. I jumped about three metres into the air, almost having a heart attack. After the phone rang out, Dimitri's answering machine picked it up. A sexy Russian accent telling who ever was calling to leave a message and that he would try and get back to them as soon as possible.

"Hey, Dimka. It's Tasha. So seeming as you have been working non-stop, I figured you were about due for some time off. I have a holiday house in Spain.. how does lying on a beach for three weeks sound to you? And if you're really lucky, I will let you rub the sun-tan oil all over me. Haha. Let me know Dimka! Catch you later." The answering machine went silent and I was momentarily frozen in place. Who the hell was Tasha? I thought bitterly. She couldn't have been his girlfriend, could she? Dimitri wouldn't have kissed me the way he had if he was with another woman, right? My head started reeling. I didn't doubt that Dimitri could get every girl he wanted, he just didn't seem like the guy to be with more then one woman at a time. I was shocked, and a little hurt. No, Rose, stop being so stupid. You barely know the guy so who cares if he has a girlfriend? He probably sees you as some young piece of ass that he can just play around with. You should get out of there, now! I told myself, over and over again. But my feet wouldn't, no... couldn't lead me out the door. I needed to wait for Dimitri, for an explanation. I didn't dare erase the message, that would be going too far, after all, I had just met the guy that previous night. Maybe I was the only one who had felt that jolt of electricity last night. Maybe Dimitri was just being polite, not wanting to hurt my feelings after the ordeal I had been through.

I had imagined so many different reasons, explaining the woman on the answering machine by the time Dimitri got home. I hadn't mentioned it, I wanted to see his reaction when he listened to the message. Dimitri kissed me on the cheek when he got home, as if I had been living with him for years, like we were an old married couple, it felt so natural. He pressed the play button on the answering machine and there she was, flirty attitude, giggly voice and all.. I hated having to listen to it again.

"Tasha is just an old friend, Roza. No need to worry. I mean, she wants to be with me. She has made that quite clear over the years, but I have never returned her feelings. I am sorry about how that message must have sounded." Dimitri was so genuine and sweet, it continuously shocked me that we had only met barely twenty four hours ago.

"It's not like I would have cause for worry, I mean, yeah we kissed and all, but the truth is.. I mean, it's not like we are together or anything." I hated saying those words, but it was the truth, after all. Dimitri looked at me and smirked.

"Roza.. I don't know what we are, but I would definitely like to find out more about you. In my world, relationships with humans are strictly forbidden... but, there is something about you. You are more than human, yet you are not Dhampir. You amaze me and I would gladly break the rules to be with you.. If you'll have me, of course." I felt warm all over. Dimitri was the sweetest, gentlest guy I had ever met. I would be happy staying in Russia with him for the rest of my life.

"Well, I have all the time in the world and of course I want to be with you. I couldn't imagine a better way to spend my time in Russia." I said with a shy smile. No one had ever made me feel the way I felt with Dimitri right now, definitely not Mason.

I had woken up, again, in Dimitri's arms the next morning and memories of the night before were fluttering through my brain like beautiful butterflies. We hadn't had sex or anything, we had barely even touched in that way, but we had talked throughout most of the night. I told Dimitri about Mason and Lissa and how they had broken my heart. I had cried in front of Dimitri, but I hadn't felt weak, not like I would if I had cried in front of Mason. Dimitri had held me in his arms, whispering sweet nothings into my ear about how much of a fool Mason was to let me go and how Lissa didn't deserve me as a friend. After I had talked endlessly about my life in L.A and then the big move into Montana and to the Academy, I had gone on to talk about my parents. Dimitri had asked why my mother hadn't taken my fathers name as hers. She had wanted to keep her name as Hathaway as a sort of female independence thing. Abe hadn't objected.

After I was all talked out, we moved onto Dimitri. Him telling me about his life at home with his family before he had decided to become a Guardian. Dimitri wasn't a 'promised' Guardian, he hadn't wanted to leave his family, so he never graduated and was never assigned a Moroi legally. He had been hired by the Moroi at the club. Dimitri was able to live in his own apartment, not having to guard the Moroi 24/7 because he had two other Guardians. When Dimitri talked about his family, it was as if we were sitting in the room with them, he was so fond of them and hoped that we could visit them during his time off. He had managed to get three and a half weeks off before having to return to his guarding duties. Although Dimitri wasn't a 'promised' Guardian, he still took his duties very seriously. I admired that about him.

We had talked late into the night and it had been wonderful, as if we had been together forever, never leaving each other sides. I loved the way Dimitri smelt, lying next to me. He smelt of leather and musk. I could lose myself in that smell. I could drown in it and be perfectly contempt.

"Good morning, Roza," Dimitri whispered in my ear, he had his arms around my waist, spooning me so that his mouth was right next to my ear. He sent shivers down my spine, in a good way, "would you like to have some breakfast?"

"Not just yet, I like just being able to lie here next to you." Dimitri smiled against my ear and his stubble tickled my skin. He was such a man. I was eighteen and Dimitri was twenty-four. Not a big difference when you think about it. Dimitri made me feel more like a woman then I had ever felt before in my life. Probably because we hadn't gone to highschool together. With Mason, I always felt like a highschool kid, but with Dimitri it felt real.

"Sure thing, love. I definitely do not have a problem with that. You are too beautiful to let go of anyway." Everything Dimitri said to me was sweet and sensual at the same time. As he said those words, he held on to me tighter and I couldn't help but get excited at the feel of his body against mine.

I turned myself around so that I was facing him, wrapping my arms around his neck, pulling my body close to his so I could feel every inch of his body against mine. Dimitri let out a slight growl in my ear. It was strange, knowing that he wasn't human, but when he made noises like that, they only excited me more. Dimitri kissed me softly, barely tracing his lips against mine, but my body reacted to it anyway, pulling his lips to mine again, intensifying the kiss so that our tongues had become entwined. Dimitri's arms were still around my waist, and with one hand, he began pushing my shirt up, not stopping until it was over my head and thrown on the floor. Dimitri slept without a top on so I didn't need to worry about that, I did, however, work on removing his pijama pants, while he did the same to mine. We couldn't remove clothing quick enough, we wanted this so badly. In a matter of minutes we were both completely naked, bodies wrapped around each other as if we were one. I had never let myself have sex with Mason, no matter how much he wanted it, it had never felt right. But now, with Dimitri, a guy I had only met two days ago, it felt perfect.

There were no words for how much pleasure I was in, I was drowning in a world of ecstasy and Dimitri was drowning right along with me. We moved as one, moaning against each others lips, clawing at each others backs to get closer to each other. It was almost animalistic. Like some primal instincts had taken control of our bodies. I didn't mind, of course. It had felt wonderful, like no pleasure I could have ever imagined. We reached our climax together, not wanting it to end. I had to bite my lip to stop myself from screaming out in satisfaction. Dimitri allowed himself a release of a loud growl rising from deep in his throat. Yeah, animalistic was right. We relaxed against each other, just lying there for a while before we decided to get up and eat something. I hadn't even bothered thinking about my stitches, but they were still intact. Surprising, considering what we had just done.

Dimitri was cooking me breakfast. Bacon and eggs. I had offered to help, but he refused, telling me that he wanted to look after me. I had reluctantly accepted it, although I felt bad just sitting there while he did all the work. Even though it had been a simple dish, it had tasted wonderful. I never pictured Dimitri to be a good cook, but he continued to surprise me in so many ways, I just decided to go with it. While I was eating breakfast, Dimitri decided to tell me what the plan was for the day.

"We are going shopping. In town. You need a new dress, considering the last one was kind of ruined and I need to pick up a few supplies.. food, you know, the usual."

"You don't have to buy me a new dress, really, it doesn't matter." Although it had been my favourite dress, I didn't want Dimitri spending any unnecessary money on me.

"Nonsense, I saw the look in your eyes when you saw how bloody your dress had gotten. And plus, I want to buy you a new dress, you are worth it."

"Why are you so wonderful? Thankyou."

"I don't know about that.. I guess I just want to be the best man I can be when I'm around you." Dimitri pulled me in for an intimate embrace, lacing his fingers in my hair.

We were walking through a local town, that had lots of small stalls and shops. Dimitri translated everything, of course. I felt like such a foreigner, but with Dimitri it wasn't so horrible, probably because he spoke English almost better than I did. We had stopped at a small clothes store and were looking through the racks for a suitable replacement for my dress. Dimitri pulled out a beautiful, vintage dress. It was deep red, with a tight-fitting corsette type bust, that then spread out into layers of silk chiffon. It dropped down to my knees and I immediately fell in love with it. Dimitri had picked out the perfect dress. I tried the dress on and when I walked out of the change room, Dimitri's jaw dropped and eyes widened in awe. A huge grin presented itself on his face as he walked over to me.

"That dress is amazing. You look.. even more perfect than you already do, if that were even possible. Please, let me buy it for you, I won't take no for an answer." Dimitri's hands were on my hips, squeezing tightly as he spoke. There was lust and hunger in his eyes. He wanted me right then and there.

"Would you mind coming into the change room with me? I need you to unzip the dress for me." I said with my man-eating smile. Dimitri smirked and followed me into the change room, closing and locking the door behind him. The change room was fairly spacious, which I was thankful for at that moment. Dimitri unzipped the dress and the zipper went all the way down to the top of my underwear. Luckily I was wearing a nice pair or lacy, lingerie underwear. As Dimitri unzipped the dress all the way, he growled and began stroking my lower back, sending shivers throughout my entire body. I had taken my bra off to try on the dress, not wanting the straps to show. I pulled the dress off and Dimitri couldn't resist the temptation anymore. He spun me around and lifted me up into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist and pushing me up against the wall. Dimitri had begun kissing my neck as I knotted my hands in his hair, biting my lip, not wanting the shop assistant to hear us. We were about to take it much further, not being able to control our urges for one another when the shop lady knocked on the door of the change-room.

"Все ли хорошо там? Я видел, что человек вошел в комнату с изменением с вами.Мне жаль, но он должен будет выйти в то время как вы меняете, по соображениям безопасности." (Is everything okay in there? I saw that a man went into the change-room with you. I'm sorry but he will have to come out while you are changing, for security reasons.) Dimitri quickly whispered in my ear what the woman had said and I responded immediately, not wanting to draw attention to us.

"Oh, um, alright, I will only be a minute." I couldn't stop myself from laughing and soon, Dimitri was laughing with me. How embarrassing, I thought to myself. Dimitri quickly pushed me up against the wall again, kissing me hard and intensely, not wanting to waste any time. As soon as he had kissed me, he had pulled away and left the change-room, much to my dismay. I changed back into my other clothes, let Dimitri buy me the dress and we left to go back to his apartment.