"ROSE!" Mason's voice reverberated off the walls, as the front door slammed shut. Shit! This was not good, not good at all.
I found myself shuffling faster to the back of my closet hoping he would not find me. I knew as soon as he did the firing squad was going to come full force, and there may be a chance I would not come out alive. I had been waiting in the closet for over an hour, knowing this was going to come and fast. There was no way Mason was going to let this pass, he came home early from work and everything. I mean it was to be expected, I decided to tell him via his voicemail, but still I thought I would have more time. I should have guessed that as soon as he heard the message he would drop everything and come and find me.
"ROSEMARIE!" Shit now he was even closer, he must have been only a few steps away from my door, I knew in seconds he would come barging in and soon enough find me on my closet floor. I predicted every movement he did not even hesitate, he knew where I was hiding, he had me by the arms pulling me of the closet out in record time.
"Ow fuck Mason that hurts!" His eyes widened and his hold on me tightened, oh man he was fucking pissed. This was going to be worse than I thought. Though deep down inside, I truly did not care.
"How could you Rose? I just.. Fuck I thought you were smarter than this." Mason lightly pushed me so I landed on my bed with a soft thud. He was now pacing in front of me mumbling to himself. It took all my might not to snicker.
"It's not that bad Mason, I mean we can fix it." He immediately stopped pacing and turned to me, walking over to stand in front of me, his face mere inches from mine.
"Fix this? Rose you think you can fix this? Oh no no no... This is a bad Rose. God I thought you were smarter. I mean with Christian?" I had no idea what he was expecting, I mean after all this had been his idea, right?
"It's not that bad, I mean I have you right?" Mason's eyes softened but he was still angry. But I knew he would not deny me the support, he cared enough about me to help me. Once again I had to stifle a laugh, this was all just too much.
"Of course I will be here for you Rose. But you barely know him. How could you just do that with him, and unprotected." Mason's hands landed on my shoulder, he went from freaking out to disappointed rather quickly. But I could tell deep inside he was mad at himself. I mean after all he was the one that wanted us together.
"I love him Mason. We are getting married." And that was just the cherry on top, the anger rose again in him, and his eyes hardened. This was just getting better and better and the seconds ticked.
"No fucking way. No.. No... NO! I will not allow that, this... Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. I messed everything up. God Rose what the hell are you doing." He cupped my cheeks studying me as if he was trying to truly figure out what had gone wrong.
"I'm moving out tomorrow." And did I mention this sundae had two cherries on top. Yea cause that just blew his top off. I must admit that I was enjoying this far more than I should be. I wished I had a camera so I could show Dimitri and Christian later on.
"Fuck no! I will not allow that. You stay here under this roof where I can make sure you are safe. No Rose. I'm going to kill him. This was not what I had in mind. The plan was not this." Mason was back to pacing and now my anger was seeping through. He had just admitted to a plan. A plan to have me and Christian be together but he did not expect it to go this far. Ha tough luck brother, but I was about to call him out.
"What plan?" I looked at him with a look that I was certain made me look like a deer in headlights. He was going to tell me what he did, so then I could bitch him the fuck out. He was never going to fool me again.
"Rose I'm sorry. I just wanted you away from Dimitri. I set this up. God Rose I paid him to date you... I've been paying him. He was not suppose to take it this far." It was a good thing, Christian had told me about his weekly payments, or this moment would have ended a lot worse for Mason. He had gone too far and now everything was about to fucking break under him.
"You... You paid him to date me. He doesn't love me? And I'm pregnant with his child." And the fake tears started. I brought my head to my hands and started sobbing. Mason panicked as soon as he saw them. Oh yes feel bad brother, feel so guilty, cause you deserve it.
"Oh Rose please don't cry." He tried to bring me into a hug but I pulled away, and I was not acting anymore. It was time he felt me wrath. I stood up catching him off guard pushing him onto the bed in a move Dimitri had taught me while trying to fool around with me.
"You Mason are a fucking jackass." My tears had stopped and anger filled my features, and Mason, oh Mason looked scared. And he should have been, I was bringing hell upon him now. And he deserved it and much much more.
"You don't think I figured this all out? You think I am that stupid? I cannot believe you tried to pay him to date me? You know I really liked Dimitri. He is nice and caring and I stayed away from him because you insisted, and planted Christian in my life." Ok so that was not the truth, but it helped my cause. Mason deserved all this. He was going to feel bad, he was going to think he had broken me down, at least for now.
"You mean you knew?" The look on his face was almost comical, I would have laughed if I wasn't so fucking pissed off.
"Of course I knew Mason. I mean seriously what the fuck were you thinking? How could you do something like that to me? Do you have any idea how this all makes me feel?" I paused and his eyes got impossibly wider. "DO YOU?" My voice was booming. I was glad I had told Eddie to ignore the yelling earlier or he would be in my room crying by now.
"Rose I was just trying to do what is best for you. Dimitri is not the right guy for you. Christian was better, he is from a better family. Hell he is American. For crying out loud Dimitri is Russian, you know they..." I had had enough.
"So what if he is Russian. You know nothing about him. Nothing at all. He may have cancelled our date but he is nice to me. He was never mean, or rude, or anything bad. Instead you pay Christian to date me, fooling me. You played me like I was some toy Mason!" And it was true, he took no account into my feelings, what this would have done to me if it had actually worked.
"Oh god Rose... Shit... Fuck... You're pregnant and its all my fault." I think it was about time I fall apart. I started to laugh. His face was just too much.
And it was not just any laugh, I was hysterical. Once I started laughing I could not stop. Mason was officially panicking and the look on his face was just too much. He looked like someone had taken his birthday away. My stomach muscles ached, but yet my giggles did not stop, my laughing soon enough caught Eddie's attention and he walked in staring at me, but yet I could not stop.
"What the hell Rose?" Mason stared at me confusion and was stepping closer to me, hands out like he was trying to tame a wild animal. The fucking bastard. After a few more minutes I regained my control and went back to what I had started. I straightened up and walked right up to Mason, pointer finger out and hitting his chest.
"Don't you ever try to dictate my life Mason. I listened to you from day one. I never questioned your motives, I never once complained. Yes, I broke the rules a few times, but I knew you were just trying to keep us safe. But I am an adult now." I made eye contact, making sure to bore my eyes into his. He needed to get this point, even if I had to drill it in with a screwdriver.
"I do not ever want you messing with my life. I am 18 now, and you do not tell me what to do. You do not try and manipulate who I date, where I work, or who I hang out with. I am old enough to know better, old enough to know what is right for me, and old enough to know when my brother is up to no good. I appreciate everything you have done for me, especially when I needed you the most, but now it stops. Understood?" I jabbed my finger into his chest a few more times when he did not answer fast enough.
"Rose, I am so sorry. I just don't want anything bad happening to you. I just care about you guys so much, and after losing mom, I was scared to lose you too. Maybe not in the same way, but I knew if you found someone and fell in love you would leave me, us." I dropped my hand at his words, he was being sincere. He had a lot on his plate, but Mason had always put us first. He just needed to let this little bird fly out of the nest.
"Look Mason I know that. I understand. I care about you two a lot as well. But I will not tell you what to do, or who to date. Please don't do it to me." He nodded his head and pulled me into a hug.
"What are you going to do about the baby?" This brought me into a fit of giggles again. He pulled back looking at me like I was crazy, which I probably was.
"Mason... Oh god... Haha... Mason there is no baby. I was just you know driving the point in harder with that. I just wanted you to see that you could not make decisions for me." I heard Eddie laugh in the background.
"She got you good huh Mase?" Eddie ran forward and Mason lifted him up.
"Yea she did, didn't she bud. Did you know?" Mason looked over at me willing my to tell him that our little brother was not in on it, I simply shrugged.
"Of course I knew Mase. Rosie told me, and I helped. You were a bad boy." I laughed at Eddie's logic, bad boy was not what he was, Mason had been an asshole. But Ed's little mind was still well little and simple.
"Look Rose I am sorry. And from now on I trust you." He put Eddie down and turned to look me straight on. "This Dimitri guy do you really like him?" Geez why was he asking me this.
I had no idea how to answer him. I had decided, well Dimitri and I had decided, that I was going to wait to tell Mason about Dimitri and I. Yes, having a secret relationship was not easy, but it was fun, and no one could bother us. We could focus on just us and nothing could get in the way. We had learned so much about each other in the last month and a half. We were even going to wait to tell Dimitri's family, he said they would be all over me when they found out and he was not ready to share me just yet. So in a month or two we promised we would tell them. If anything they would see that we were serious about each other and just wanted to strengthen our relationship.
"Yea, Mase. I like him a lot." There was no harm in letting him know. Not only that he should feel guilty, I did not feel bad about making him feel bad. He had tried to ruin something that was so amazing to me.
"Well, Rose maybe you should tell him. I really hope I did not mess it up that bad. But even though I think you could do better, he is a nice guy, right?" I smiled at Mason, yea he had learned his lesson. He wanted me to do things his way, but he knew I was now old enough, and he had not raised a fool.
"I'll see what I can do Mase. But who knows he may not even like me." I shrugged my shoulder, knowing very well just how much Dimitri liked me.
"Well he would be a fool not to. Hey how about we go out to eat tonight. The three of us?" Eddie answered for me.
"YES YES! Can we get pizza?" Mason grimaced, but when he saw my face light up he shook his head and ushered us out of the room.
"Mmmmm." God he was such a amazing kisser. I could kiss this man for hours, for days, and never grow tired of his kisses. They were like sweet honey, and I was getting it from the the source.
Dimitri and I had foregone eating lunch to instead make out for an hour. He had sent Christian away and the bakery was all ours for an hour. An amazing hour of making out, feeling each other up, and just enjoying each others company. It was everything and more that I could ask for. We were trying to get in as much time in together at the bakery as we could, seeing as Dimitri's family would be here tomorrow. They had called him a few hours ago, letting him know they had arrived at the airport.
"Gawd!" Dimitri's lips connected with my neck and my thoughts were only about him again. How could he do this to me? It was like he could ignite a fire in my without even trying.
"You taste so good Roza." I just loved the way this man rolled his R's. Everything about him was just so perfect.
"Maybe it's because I'm covered in jelly." He chuckled but continued to nip at my neck. It was true though I once again had failed at stuffing a pastry.
"No you always taste this good, and your smell, its intoxicating." Normally I would have laughed at someone when they told me this, but I understood what he was talking about.
His smell and taste were awe inspiring too. It was like no one and nothing else would taste and smell like him. Like he was made especially for me, for my needs, wants, and desires. God I sounded so cheesy, but I did not even care. I mean I was falling for this man, and I was falling fast. I had thought something like this would scare me, but instead it just felt so right. This was how this was suppose to happen, gradually. I was slowly and surely falling in love with Dimitri Belikov, and I was not scared about it one bit.
Dimitri's hands inched under my shirt and he lightly rubbed my ribcage. My hands traced patterns on his back, as his mouth returned to mine. Both our mouths wide open, tongues out to play, his hands inching slowly up to my aching breasts. God I wanted to do so much more than this right now. My body was scorching, and I knew he was the only one to help me. He ground his hips into mine and we both moaned, and his finger slipped under my bra. The moment his fingertips brushed against the sensitive skin my head fell back and a soft moan left my lips, he was about to brush my peaks again when, as always something stopped us.
"You guys better be fully clothed." Our hour was up. Damn it, just when things were getting good. Dimitri pulled away, a look of annoyance on his face. He had been enjoying that as much as I had been.
"You think you can come over tonight?" He looked at me, hope filling his eyes. "It may be the last alone time we get for a while, with my family coming, they will demand I stay with them for a little while."
"Yea I think I can convince Liss to help me, I mean I guess and I am due for a night out." I winked at him, and his smile grew and I just knew I had to get away from Mason tonight.
Mason had gotten better about budding into my life the last few days. He had even asked me if I had told Dimitri I liked him, I had lied and said no. And he had surprised me encouraging me to tell him, and to tell him soon. I was glad Mason was a fast learner, I knew why he did what he did, but he had gone about it all the wrong way. I was just glad we were now on the same page.
"Good, I will make dinner. We can even leave early, leave Christian to close alone." I chuckled at this and was about to say something when Christian barged in on us.
"Oh I see how it is. You going to leave me alone so you can have some alone time with each other." He shook his head and in a brave act jumped up to sit right next to me, where Dimitri had placed me minutes after we had started making out. Dimitri gave him a look, but as always Christian brushed it off.
"You know you two could leave early more often. I know you don't get that many dates. I can handle this place." Now that had surprised both Dimitri and I. Christian was just always so full of surprises, and lately it was in a good way. I suppose since him and Lissa were doing so well he felt like he owed me.
"Well thank you Christian we will have to take you up on that." Dimitri gave me one last lingering kiss, that Christian gagged to but did not move.
I loved working at the bakery, I really did. It was the highlight of my days, and even though yes, Dimitri was here with me, he was not the sole reason I loved it here. I had learned that I really did like baking and cooking. I was not the best chef, but I was learning, and I had found out that I wanted to learn more. So when I had expressed this to Dimitri he suggested I take culinary arts up in college. I had laughed at the thought first, but then I knew he was right. He had a degree in it and so could I. I had applied to a few schools that would start in the fall, and was just waiting for them to answer me back.
Dimitri had even hinted that maybe some day we would be able to open a place of our own. The thought filled my chest up with butterflies, just knowing that he was thinking of a future together with me made everything seem perfect. And really it was. Mason was off my chest. Dimitri and I were doing well together. I loved my job. I had found out what I wanted to go to school for. And I had two of the greatest friends ever, Lissa and Christian. Nothing was going to ruin my mood.
Dimitri's rapid Russian cut off my happy thoughts though. He was in his office with the door open, cell phone gripped tightly as he held it to his ear. I caught a few mama's, which I knew was what he called his mother. And usually his tone was light and happy when talking to her, but right now it was anything but. I stepped closer and wished I knew what he was saying, he was really upset.
I did not know what to do, I wanted to walk in and comfort him, but at the same time I did not want to invade his space. After a few minutes of thinking and his voice rising a few more notches I decided to walk in and at least put a comforting hand on his shoulder. I closed the door on my way in, making sure no one else could hear him, Tasha had just walked in and she was nosey as fuck.
He did not even notice that I had walked in, he jumped slightly when I touched him, his features hard, his eyes angry. But as soon as his eyes made contact with mine they softened. I was glad I could have such an effect on his. He continued to talk to his mother, his tone less harsh now, and I was happy I could help some. He reached his arm out and pulled me close to him, resting his chin on my head as he talked some more. He soon hung up the phone and dragged me to his chair.
He sat down bringing me down with him onto his lap. He let out a loud sigh, but did not say anything. I was not going to pry, I knew as soon as he was ready he would tell me what was going on. I just really hoped it was nothing bad. I mean it was concerning his family, and he was very protective of them. He wrapped his arms around my waist brining me even closer to his chest. After placing a few kisses to my temple he began to talk.
"That was mama. Apparently they got stopped at the airport. Their visa's to come to America have been revoked." I pulled back to look at him. This was not good.
His family had sold their home, they had everything shipped to the US, it was all in a house that was no more than 10 minutes from the bakery. I knew they had no place to go, and no extended family back in Russia. Dimitri's father's family had blamed Olena for his disappearance, not knowing what Alexander had done for a living. I pulled Dimitri's face to mine and kissed his lips lightly, this was not something he needed right now.
He already worried so much for his family, and the thought that they could not come to the US right now was obviously eating him alive inside. Not only that but they had no place to go back to. How could this happen, just this morning everything had been set, they were fine to come here. What the hell had happened in the last few hours.
"They are going to get a hotel for now, but they cannot stay there for long. I do not know what could have gone wrong. They did everything they were suppose to. I mean how could all their visa's be revoked?" Dimitri looked at me hoping I had an answer, but I did not, and it made me feel even worse.
"I'm sorry Dimitri. I am sure it will all be fixed soon. Is there anything I can do?" He shook his head at me but a small smile graced his lips.
"No baby. Nothing for them. But thank you for being here for me." He pulled me into his chest again, hugging me close. I could hear him inhaling my scent, and I knew he was trying to calm himself down. It was something I found out he did a lot with me. He used me to calm down, to find peace, just like I did with him.
"I'll always be here for you." I looked him in the eyes, hoping my words meant something to him. And they did. His eyes never lied, and they bared his soul to me.
"Thank you. And I'll always be here for you my Roza." We spent the next hour cuddling, and soon it was time for us to go to his cabin.
Christian was set on closing, mostly because he wanted to prove himself to Dimitri. Even though Christian could be an ass he valued what Dimitri thought of him. It was hard not to. Dimitri was the kind of person every should strive to be like, he was an amazing person. So good hearted, so caring, and he was a hard worker. There was nothing more I could ask for in a man. And on top of it he made me happy, and he wanted me.
That night we spent it cuddling with each other, until I had to go home. I knew worry for his family was on his mind every second, every minute of every hour. But I did not hold it against him. I knew if I was in his position I would be the same way. It was just such a mystery as to why this had happened. And I knew that deep inside Dimitri was thinking the same thing I was, even though both of us did not want to say it out loud.
Did the guardians have anything to do with this? And if not was it someone against the Belikov's. I had left the guardians and their associates on a back burner to come to later, but I think it was about time that I bring that pot to the front and focus on it. I just did not know where to start. Not only that I was wondering whether or not I should let Dimitri know. Would he tell me to let it go, or would he help me out.
"Dimitri?" We were laying on the quilt in front of the fireplace just enjoying the quiet, and he had been in a daze.
"Mmmm?" I pushed up on my elbows so I could make eye contact.
"I was wondering, I know you wanted to try and not get caught up in anything. But do you, do you think this has something to do with the guardians?" He flinched a little but I continued before he could stop me. "I mean if not them someone who knows them. You said your father disappeared but that does not mean that no one knew about you guys, you did go looking for your father. Maybe... I don't know maybe you and I can figure this out. Together?" My voice had started to waver towards the end. His eyes had shifted and I thought I was making him mad.
He pulled me off of him and sat up. His eyes boring into mine, making me fear what he was going to say and do. But then something shifted and he smirked. I was a little confused as to what this meant, but I was starting to think this was a good thing. He got up quickly and gracefully and started pacing his living room. I tried not to get up and pace with him, but I was growing anxious, what the fuck was going on in that mind of his.
"Alright." His sudden words startled me and I stood up quickly, rushing over next to him. "We are going to do this. I need to know what happened. And those guardians know. They have to know. I also need to know what is going on with my family. Its too much that they all got denied." I nodded and agreed with him.
"So what are we going to do?" His look of determination, shifted. It was as if he knew what he needed to do, but it hurt him to do so.
"I don't know if I can do what we have to do." He started pacing again but this time I paced with him. Whatever it was he was having an internal debate about it.
"Just tell me, maybe I can help you decide." He turned quickly to me and sighed again.
"Your brother offered you a job there. What if you said..." He paused and swallowed loudly. "What if you said yes to him?" I was startled by this. I had not even thought of this, it was perfect.
"That would be perfect, I mean I could get inside and not raise any suspicion." And then my happiness fell. "But I don't want to leave the bakery. I want to help you."
Dimitri's face fell too. "No you are right. This is a bad idea. I should have not even thought that. I cannot involve you with them. God what is wrong with me?" He rubbed his face with his hands.
"No Dimitri. I want to do this. Plus Mason works there. He would never let anything happen to me. You saw what lengths he was willing to go to. I mean maybe he can get me something part time. Hell how about I ask if I can be his assistant or something, tell him I am thinking about it but not certain I want to commit." Dimitri's face once again lit up.
"God you're amazing!" He pulled me towards him and his lips crashed onto mine. And just like that the moping stopped.
It was actually quite amusing how easily we could be sidetracked. Not that either of us minded. He needed the distraction, and I well I could never get enough of him. But we were going to do this, I was going to do this for him. I needed to find out what was going on behind those guardian walls. And secretly I wanted to find out what really happened to my mother. Deep down inside I knew that she left us because of something that happened with the guardians, whether it was their fault or someone else's I just had to know. So this was going to happen. I knew it was not going to be easy to find the information, but getting Mason to let me work with him was not going to be a problem.
This was going to work, and I was going to once and for all know what was going on with the guardians. I had to know, this was something that was now affecting my life, the life of Dimitri, who was now becoming a big part of mine. I just hoped to god, or whoever was out there, that this did not blow up in our faces.
I suppose it is that time of the week again! So how do you think the confrontation with Mason went? In the end did he not make up for it, he is rather sweet? What is going on with the Belikov's not being about to come to the US? And Rose is going to infiltrate the guardians? Do you think that is a good idea? Bad idea? And what will she find?! Thank you so much for the reviews from before you guys rock. And also I just posted a shot story called My Lolita Hey, please give it a look and let me know what you think? Please, pretty please? Oh come on as much as I love begging please don't make me do it! Anyways until next time!