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I grabbed Dimitri's hand in excitement not even thinking about what I was doing and dragged him across the streets of Moscow in excitement as I was eager to intake every sight, every smell and every feeling around here. Dimitri looked at my amazement as I gaped open mouthed at all the buildings and sights in amazement. He laughed which sounded like musical bells to my ears
"Rose you're going to live here all year and yet you insist at looking at all the sights on your first day." He chuckled, while half of his face crinkled into a small smile.
"Comrade Yesterday was my first day" I corrected him; I used the hand which I was still holding while dragging him along to spin myself in a circle like a dancer.
"And besides, this place is amazing. I've always lived in the middle of nowhere." I revealed while bouncing with excitement. I walked along beside him in silence as I was turning my head in every direction, looking at absolutely everything. Dimitri grew uncomfortable and kept looking at my hand; I looked down and saw that I was still holding my hand in his. He had made no attempt to move it, but now that the two of us had noticed I removed it and cleared my throat.
"Sorry" I said, blushing ever so slightly.
"Its fine" he dismissed, the tips of his ears turning red.
We walked past many people throughout the city and most were speaking fluently in Russian, so only Dimitri could understand whereas I could interpret small parts of the conversations around me. We eventually reached a shopping centre and it was the biggest thing I had ever seen, it was even bigger than the major hospitals' I went to for cancer treatment.
"Dimitri" I said
"Hmmmm" was his only reply
"Ever since I've had cancer, I've had a bucket list. I was able to cross one thing off from when I was sixteen when I went to Disneyland as my make a wish. But I have a real bucket list. And I wanted to go to Russia and live there" I blushed slightly "fall in love and have an actual job, I want to be a police officer. Its simple things that everyday people have the chance to do, I want to be normal." I publicized and smiled.
"You want to be a police officer?" Dimitri asked in disbelief
"Well yes" I said quite defensive
"Well" he said quietly "I am a police officer." I smiled broadly
"Hey look there comrade, the tuff guy and sweet Rose have something in common." I said while grinning.
"Haha" Dimitri said sarcastically but was chuckling.
We passed numerous shops inside the shopping centre when one caught my eye. It was a simple clothes shop that had flannelette cheeked farm tops and jeans and nice jackets. It seemed to be a mainstream clothes shop but for some reason it caught my eye.
"Dimitri" I said and tugged his arm like a seven year old "I wanna go in there"
He looked at the shop for a second and put his mask back on "that doesn't sound like a good idea" he said warningly.
"Please" I begged, Dimitri glanced at me once more then looked away
"Fine" he muttered
Curiosity sparked me on why he didn't want to go in there but I ignored it, he probably didn't want to go into a girls shop. Dimitri followed me in when I heard a name be called by an older Russian man by the counter.
"Dimitri" he called, I kept looking at clothes while Dimitri walked over to the counter. I heard him and the other man speak in rapid Russian. And then the older man left, and once he did I walked up to Dimitri.
"What was that, I thought you didn't want to come here?" I asked quietly
"He's getting Ivan for me"
"Who's Ivan?" I asked
"Ivan's my best friend and the shop owner's son." Dimitri replied quietly
"So if he's your best friend why didn't you want to come here?" I asked
"He's a bit of a flirt and charmer to women." He said, looking deeply at me. I gave him my best Rose Hathaway smile.
"It's cute that you're concerned for me but I can look after myself just fine." I said in a cold tone Dimitri muttered in Russian then waited for Ivan to arrive. And within seconds of our conversation Ivan did show up.
They both wore big smiles on their faces as they greeted each other and had a bit of a laugh as they spoke to each other in Russian. It was unusual to see Dimitri look so relaxed and happy around someone. I had a good look at Ivan, he was quite tall too and had blond hair in golden curls and icy blue eyes, and he had defined muscles, he was most defiantly attractive.
Then all the sudden Ivan head nodded towards me and made eye contact with me, most defiantly asking a question about me. And then he did the most unexpected thing, Ivan came up to me and kissed my hand.
I watched Dimitri's body turn ridged.
Ivan turned to Dimitri and spoke in English
"This one looks as tough as nails." Ivan said smiling, he was defiantly the player. I made contact with Dimitri's eyes then looked at Ivan. For some reason what he just said annoyed me.
"Oh I am" I said with an attitude "but what why don't you actually talk to me first and find out instead of making comments about me, in front of me without even bothering to talk to me." I said challengingly with boldness. Dimitri almost sagged in relief that I hadn't melted all over him. And Ivan, well Ivan outright laughed. And then he looked me in the eyes
"Well then miss, I like your attitude." He said in a sarcastic solemn voice
"Thank you" I replied "but you should treat your women with more respect." I smiled tightly as I said that.
Ivan looked at Dimitri "so this girl is your roommate?" He asked in English and Dimitri replied swiftly and simply
"Yes" and then Ivan chuckled a little more
"You're gonna a hard time, keeping control when she's around." He said with a sly smirk.
And I don't think that he realised that with the tables turned it was going to be hard for me to keep my control too.