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Recap: (I will do a recap every chapter) We walked up to the porch and rang the doorbell. Time to meet Dimitri's family.

A middle aged woman answered the door and when she saw Dimitri she threw her arms around him and began speaking in Russian. I guessed this was Dimitri's mother. Then she turned and called into the house. The only word I understood was 'Dimka' which was Dimitri's Russian nickname.

After a moment a bunch of people ran to the door. There was one girl who looked about my age, Viktoria. And two older girls, maybe a little older than Dimitri. Dimitri had told me their names were Sonya and Karolina. Dimitri's grandmother Yeva was also there. There was also a little boy who Dimitri had said was his nephew and his name was Paul. I'd made Dimitri tell me everyone in his family's names on the plane so I didn't seem completely clueless when I got here. Sonya was holding a baby. I remember her name was Zoya and she was Dimitri's neice.

I just stood there quietly while they greeted each other and then Dimitri pointed to me and said something in Russian, I caught my name but I didn't know what the rest of it was. Then he turned to me again and told me who everybody was in English. I already knew but it was polite to actually introduce us.

"Hello." I said and they all switched to speaking English and greeted me. Then they offered to help us carry our stuff inside, Dimitri and I both said we could carry our own stuff and when we got in to the house Dimitri told me I could bring my stuff to his room. Dimitri brought me upstairs and showed me his room. I put all my bags down and then I turned to Dimitri and said, "So this was your room growing up?"

"Yes." He said. Then Dimitri and I walked back downstairs and he showed me around his house. I found myself smiling as he showed me the rooms. This was like the first time I had smiled since Spokane. Dimitri brought me into the living room and we found all three of his sisters watching tv and little Paul was playing on the other side of the room.

"Dimka!" Karolina said "Come sit with us!" Dimitri went down and sat down next to her and I hesitated a moment before following. Viktoria was sitting in a love seat across from us and Sonya, Karolina, Dimitri and I had somehow managed to all fit on one couch. I was on the far left side and I was squished up against Dimitri. This couch was not meant for four people.

The tv was in Russian so I didn't understand any of it at all. Paul came over and stood in front of me. "Hi." He said. He was about ten years old, and he kind of looked like a mini Dimitri. I smiled at him and said "Hi."

"I'm Paul." He told me with a big smile. Paul was the cutest little thing ever!

"I'm Rose." I told him with a small smile.

"Is it true that you killed ten Strigoi by yourself? I saw it on the news." Paul said excitedly. Viktoria pressed mute on the tv remote and I saw all the Belikov sisters' eyes turn to me. I turned and looked at Dimitri then I took a long, deep breath and turned back to Paul, putting on a hopefully convincing smile.

"Yeah. I killed ten Strigoi." I told him, trying to keep my fake smile in place.

"That's awesome! Can I see your marks? Please!" He said enthusiastically.

I held back a sigh and said "Yeah. Sure."

I kneeled on the ground so I was the same height as Paul and then turned to Dimitri said "Hey Comrade, hold my hair so he can see." Dimitri moved over and held up my hair. Paul look at my marks and said "Wow! That's awesome Roza!"

"Wait...did you just call me Roza?" I asked him with a small smile, it was genuine this time instead of the fake smile I had had when he asked about my marks.

"Yeah. That's your name in Russia." Paul told me.

"I know. He told me." I said pointing at Dimitri.

"Cool." Paul said and then he smiled at me and went back to play with his toys. I laughed and turned to Dimitri and whispered, "I like you nephew. He's funny."

I looked and saw that Viktoria was looking at Dimitri and I and that Sonya and Karolina had turned their attention back to the tv, which Viktoria had taken off of mute. "God, you need to teach me Russian cause I don't know how long I can go without tv." I said to Dimitri.

"You don't to learn Russian, you just want to learn how to swear in Russian." Dimitri said jokingly.

"I told you before, I just want to express myself."

"And I told you before that you already express yourself more than anyone I know."

"Well maybe if you taught me how to 'express myself' in Russian I'd 'express myself' less in English." I said, putting air qoutes around 'express myself'.

Dimitri rolled his eyes at that and then Olena walked in and told us that dinner was ready. Good. Cause I was super hungry. We all went to the dinner table and I sat between Paul and Dimitri. Viktoria, Sonya and Olena sat across from us and Yeva and Karolina sat on the two oppisite sides of the table and Zoya had a high chair that was right next to Sonya's seat.

Sonya asked me "So, Rose your Dimka's student right?"

"Yeah, Dimitri's my mentor."

"So how did you end up coming to Russia with him?" She asked with a small smile.

"Um. It's kinda complicated. Me and some of my friends got captured by Strigoi and one of my best friends Mason was killed. I've been kind of a wreck and Dimitri's decided that I need some time to clear my head, and so he brought me here."

"Oh. I'm so sorry."

"Don't be." I didn't want anyones sympathy. Soon the conversation turned to lighter topics and we were all laughing and smiling. After dinner Olena asked Dimitri if he would go get some things for her from the market. He said that was fine and I told him I was coming with him. He told me I could stay with his family if I wanted to but I said I wanted to go with him.

We decided not to take the car because the weather was perfect. We walked all the way out to the market together and when we got there Dimitri began chatting with a couple. Mark and Oksana were their names. Oksana looked at me and then Mark looked at Oksana and said "Yes she was on the news earlier."

He had just answered a question that she hadn't spoken... "You two are bonded!" I exclaimed.

"How did you figure that out?" Oksana asked curiosly.

"Well. I'm bonded to Vasilissa Dragomir." Then I pointed to Oksana, who was a Moroi and said "Your a Spirit user." and then I pointed to Mark, a Dhampir and said "And your shadow kissed."

Oksana nodded and said "Mark and I will definatly have to talk to you before you go. I've never met another bonded pair."

"I would like that." I said with a small smile on my lips. Then we all said our goodbyes and Dimitri and I bought what we needed and on the way back I saw an icecream shop "Oh my god! I want ice cream, now!" I said. Dimitri rolled his eyes but we both stopped and got ice cream.

"Oh my god this is so freakin good." I said. And then I got the idea ever... "Wanna try some of my ice cream? I got a different flavor than you did."

"Sure.." He said suspiciously. "Ok" I said and then I smashed my icecream into his face. "That's for not teaching me to swear in Russian." I said loudly.

Then I flat out, laughing the whole way, knowing he would follow me. When we got to his front yard I stopped and so did he. He shoved his ice cream in my face and I started laughing like a crazy person. After five minutes of random laughter we both entered the house, our faces covered in ice cream. I felt better now then I had since everything had happened in Spokane. Being here really was helping me clear my head.

"What happened to you two?" Viktoria asked questioningly.

"Um, Comrade I think you can answer that one." I said.

"Why so you call him Comrade?" Viktoria asked.

"I don't really know..." I said.

"Ok, so what happened to you guys?" She asked again.

"Rose smashed ice cream in my face because I wouldn't teach her to swear in Russian." Dimitri said dryly and I laughed at him and said, "You smushed your ice cream cone in my face too!"

Viktoria smiled and said "I'll teach you to swear in Russian Rose. Oh, and Dimitri you shouldn't smush ice cream cones on your students faces, it's not nice."

"He wouldn't do it to any student. He would only do it to me because he knows I won't report him to the headmistress."

Viktoria laughed at that and then she asked "Rose, where are you sleeping toninght?"

"Um...I guess I'm sleeping on the couch or on the floor." I said. I wished I could share a bed with Dimitri, but they didn't know we were in a relationship so it would be kinda weird for a student to sleep in her mentors bed...

"Don't be stupid. You can sleep in Dimitri's bed and he'll sleep on the floor." Karolina said, appering next to Viktoria.

"No, it's fine. I don't want to be a bother. I can sleep on the floor."

"Rose, it's fine." Dimitri said.

"I'm not making you sleep on the floor. I'm sleeping on the floor."

"Why can't you not be stubborn for once?"

"Stop trying to change me!" I whined sarcastically.

"Your sleeping in the bed Rose."

"No I'm not." I said, sticking my tounge out like a four year old. Karolina and Viktoria were watching our sort-of-argument with ammused expressions.

"Here's a solution!" Said Sonya, "Why don't you both not sleep on the bed!" She said fake-enthusiastically and then she smiled a little.

"Fine." I said.

Olena walked in to the room and when she saw the ice cream on Dimitri and I's faces she asked what happened and when I explained she asked if I wanted to take a shower and I said that would be great. I went upstairs and when I came back down all the Belikov's were sitting in the living room watching american football.

"You get English programming here?" I asked. Yes! Now I can watch tv.

"Some channels come in English." Sonya said. Ok, so maybe not. Well, hopefully there are some good English channels that come in here.

"That's awesome." I said and I looked around and there were absolutely no seats left since there were eight Belikov's and eight places to sit so I just walked over and sat on Dimitri's lap forgetting for a moment that they didn't know about our relationship. Dimitri wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer. Then I looked around and saw all the Belikov's looking at us, confused. Well. Shit. How the hell am I supposed to explain this to them?

Sorry for the cliffie! I'll update tomorrow morning cause I have a snow day tomorrow! Please review!

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