Winter break is almost gone :( too bad. I was loving the extra time to write and relax. Maybe I'll get a snow day the first day back… (I hope) Sorry it's kinda short, I really wanted to end it where I did. Please review!
Inside I'm Soaring: Chapter 7
Dimitri met me outside of the house. He took my hand and we walked down the sidewalk. "You look beautiful tonight, Roza." He said as he wrapped his arm around my waist.
"You don't look too bad yourself comrade." I joked.
He smiled, "That's the Rose I know." We didn't talk much after that, but I still enjoyed the walk. Every moment I spent with him was special, because I knew I didn't have much time left.
"Here we are." He said as he opened and held the door for me. I walked into a small but fancy Italian restaurant. The walls were a deep red, and the floor was dark wood.
"Dimitri-" I started to protest. This place must be expensive, and we didn't make that much as guardians.
He stopped me by putting his hand over my mouth. When I had stopped trying to talk, he grabbed my hand and we followed the hostess to a table in the corner of the room. We sat down, and discussed the menu for a few minutes.
"Hello, my name is Lauren, and I will be helping you this evening." The brunette waitress said in a slight Italian accent. She was moroi, I could tell even in the low lighting that her skin was very pale. Her black dress pants and shirt remind me of the guardian uniform.
Dimitri gestured to me, "I'll have the chicken parmesan." I said as she scribbled on the small pad in her hand.
"And I'll have the penne rigate con pollo" He told her, pronouncing each word correctly. We handed her our menus and she left to help another table a few yards away.
"So I was thinking we should come up with names." I started.
"Well, we'd need three possible girl names, and three possible boy names." He reasoned. "So we'll be prepared for anything."
"I like Dimitri and Nikolai." I told him.
"I thought we decided that we wouldn't be naming them after one of us."
"Well, yeah…" I trailed off.
"Nikolai is a nice name, but I also like Rosemarie and Amber." He said.
"Didn't you just say no naming after a parent?" I asked, shaking my head.
"Well yes, I did. But however, Rose is a very beautiful name, and how could I resist naming one of our children such a lovely name?" The waitress, Lauren, I remembered, dropped off our plates, and we ate as we talked.
"Well I could say the same about Dimitri." He just looked at me. "How about we go back to our agreement?"
"Sure." He grinned at me.
"I like Amber though." It had a certain ring to it. Nicolai and Amber. Very nice, but I still liked another Dimitri in there somewhere. I looked back up at Dimitri, who's gaze I had detected on me. He was still grinning.
"Ok comrade, what are you so happy about?"
He seemed hesitant, but then started, "Rose, I love you. I want you to be certain of that, I want you to know you are the most valuable think in my life right now, and I can't be without you." His voice was filled with pride and assurance. Subconciously, I think I knew what would come next. But consciously, I had no idea what was going on. He slid out of his chair and onto his knee. "Will you marry me?" He pulled a small blue box out of his back pocket, and opened it to reveal a beautiful but simple diamond ring. The small stone in the middle sparkled in the light, and the silver rim was shockingly shiny.
I was shocked. Really, truly shocked. I loved him too, and wanted to spend the rest of my life with him, but this had been very unexpected. Very few dhampirs got married, and even fewer to other dhampirs, so I hadn't expected us to get married either. Still shocked, I nodded. "Of course." I managed to squeak out. By now, the whole restaurant was staring at our table with shocked and confused expressions on their faces as he slid the ring on my finger and kissed me softly.
