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Well, because of your reviews,
I was inspired to do a long chapter.
Dimitri got the most votes,
So let's just see what happens.
Here's chapter 9,
The longest chapter so far.
Hope you like it. :D
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- jo.
Chapter 9
I woke up to a smiling Dimitri. Apparently, our 7-10 hours of travel is done. The car stopped moving and everyone is getting out of the car. Geez, it seems like all I did on this trip was to sleep. I don't get why Dimitri's smiling, not until I heard someone.
"Dimka!" A sweet woman shouted.
I turned to the left of the car and there it is: The Belikovs house. I saw Olena rushing to us. We're in Baia! Now I know why Adrian didn't look very happy that while he said that he thought of this: we're with Dimitri's family.
"Dimka! Rose!" Olena shouted again. Olena hugged me first and murmured, 'thank you for bringing him back.' Then she turned to Dimitri. She hugged his son tightly, his son that she hasn't seen in more than 2 years, his son that, until recently, have been strigoi.
"privet mame. Ya skuchal po tebe tak mnogo." Dimitri said. I had no idea what that means.
'It means, 'Hello mama, I missed you so much.' You're face shows that you're confused.' Lissa translated. I forgot that every Moroi in our school studies at least 1 foreign language, Lissa's was Russian.
"I missed you too, Dimka. & you too, Rose." She said, letting go of Dimitri.
I smiled at her, "I missed you too, Olena." I introduced Lissa and Christian.
"Welcome to our home, Princess Vasilisa and Lord Ozera. Please come inside, they're all waiting." Olena bowed to Lissa.
"Thank you, we would love to. Please call us Lissa and Christian." Lissa politely said.
"Of course, come in please, Lissa and Christian. You too, Mr. Mazur." Olena said, leading the way into the house.
When we got in the house, there they all are: Viktoria, Sonya, Karolina and Yeva. Dimitri's 3 sisters and his grandmother. I was a bit uneasy when I saw Viktoria, I thought that maybe she's still mad at me. But she proved me wrong.
"Rose!" Viktoria said then she hugged me tight. "Oh, I am so sorry, Rose. I'm so sorry about what I said before you left. I didn't mean it. You know I treat you as my sister, you are my sister. I am so very sorry. Please forgive me." She was crying now.
"Of course, Viktoria. You don't have to apologize, I understand." I said, hugging her back. I felt a pang of jealousy coming from Lissa.
'Nothing to worry about, Liss.' I reassured her.
Dimitri looked confused, "Why are you apologizing? What are you talking about?"
"Never mind." I told him.
Viktoria then ran to him. They hugged each other while Karolina went to hug me. Karolina then went to hug Dimitri and that's when Sonya hugged me. Yeva approached me and said quietly, 'I knew you'd get him back. Thank you.' Then he went to his grandson.
I suddenly remembered how much I love this family. They accepted me and they made me feel as a part of their family. They didn't say anything bad when I told them about Dimitri, they didn't think about the age gap. They accepted that we fell in love.
'They sure do love you, Rose.' Lissa said. I smiled to her then I introduced her and Christian to everybody. I told them to call them Lissa and Christian. I know how much it annoys them when somebody titles them with Princess or Lord. The Belikovs smiled at them and welcomed them.
Dimitri is still squished between his 3 sisters, I smiled at them. I can just imagine how much they missed their brother. I turned to Olena.
"Thank you so much for letting us stay here." I hugged her again.
"That's no problem, Rose. We only have an extra room though, so I'm afraid that maybe you and Lissa can share a room then Christian can sleep with Dimitri in his room. Or you could swap, of course." She smiled at me. I'm still surprised at how easy they accepted my relationship with Dimitri.
I smiled at her then turned to Abe, "Where are you staying?"
"I have to go and stay at my house. I have some businesses to take care of. I'll leave Pavel with you. Don't worry, you're safe here." He promised.
"I'm not worried. You don't have to leave Pavel here. You need him more than we do."
"Pavel is acting as Christian's guardian at the moment; I'm fine with just 3 guardians. You and Dimitri are Lissa's guardians." He said. "We have to go now. Thanks, Olena."
"It's my pleasure, Mr. Mazur." Olena replied.
"See ya, Abe. Thanks." I grinned at him. He nodded then left.
"I'm sure you're all tired from the travel, you could all go and clean up. Dinner will be ready in an hour. There are only 2 rooms available: Dimka's room and the room opposite of that. You could, um, decide who gets to be roommates." Olena announced. "And Pavel, can you stay here in the living room couch?" Olena asked him.
"Yes, that's what I was thinking." Pavel answered.
"Thank you, Olena." Me and Lissa said in chorus, we both giggled.
We made our way up the stairs & the four of us (me, Lissa, Christian and Dimitri) stopped in front of the 2 rooms. I can feel that we are all wondering about the same thing: who gets to sleep with whom. A moment of silence passed between all of us, it was Christian who broke the ice.
"Okay. Let's not pretend that there's any other choice. We all want this. I sleep with Rose and Lissa can sleep with Dimitri." He said playfully.
"Harhar, very funny, flamey." I said, punching him softly on the arm.
"Kidding." Christian said. He placed his arm on Lissa's shoulder and said, "Come on, Lissa. Let's 'rest'."
Lissa smiled, 'Uh, Rose. Don't forget that I can hear you now, okay?'
'I won't, Liss. Don't worry, you won't hear anything that you guys wouldn't do tonight.' I winked at her.
'Ugh! I got to practice how to block your thoughts.' she said while closing their door.
Dimitri pointed to our room, "Go on, Roza."
I opened the door and saw his familiar room.
"Welcome to my room. I haven't seen this for years."
"Well, this is my second time here. Olena let me sleep here, uh, last time." He knows that last time was when I went here to kill him.
"Oh." Was all he could say.
I then asked him why his family isn't shocked about the fact that he's not strigoi anymore. Apparently, he's been talking to them for a week now. He talked to them after Adrian came up with the idea of us staying here. I thought it was Abe who asked them.
"So, uh, you can sleep on the bed. I can sleep on the floor." He said, grabbing some blankets from the cupboard.
"Don't you want to sleep beside me, comrade?" I teased. He knows that when I call him comrade, I'm playing.
"Oh, I want to." He said. "But I thought you wouldn't."
"Don't be silly, comrade. Sleeping beside me is probably more comfy than sleeping on the floor."
"Yes, I'm sure it will be. Thanks." He said, "Don't you want to take a shower? I have your stuff right here." He handed me a bag that contains my clothes and belongings.
"Thanks." I grinned.
I went to the shower and I had an amazing hot bath. I haven't had a hot bath in 2 days. Gross, I know. But being locked up in a cell usually doesn't come with a bathroom. After my shower, I went to my, our room. Dimitri isn't there so I figured he went downstairs to his family.
I remembered my mission. I have to find Lissa's half-brother or sister. I have to find him/her so Lissa could have her place in the council. A place that is rightfully hers but couldn't have because of the stupid quorum that states that for a moroi family to have a council place, they must actually have a family that consists of at least 2 members. Lissa is the last of the Dragomirs, her family's line, well not anymore. Not since Queen Tatiana told me that she has a half-brother or sister. I have to find him/her, but how? And where should I start?
I had a thought. I found a phone by Dimitri's bed, I dialed the number I have now memorized.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Sidney? It's your favorite evil creature of the night." I teased.
"Oh my God Rose! They said you escaped. Why did you? Why did you escape while you're on trial for killing the queen?" she said quickly.
"Calm down, Sid. I did not kill the queen. And, I need your help."
"Okay, what can I do for you?"
"Well, you know the last time we talked you said that some records were stolen from the alchemists. It was information about Eric Dragomir. I can prove that I didn't steal it because now I need it."
"Oh. The records. As you remember, it has been stolen. I cannot give it to you for that reason. Not that I would give it to you even if we still have it. I can only tell you what I told you before; it's his bio and some financial stuff. The stuff I told you about a bank account."
"Yup, I remember. The bank account of some woman in Vegas. Can you find anything else?" I asked, begging now.
"Nope, sorry." She answered too quickly which made me doubt her.
"Please, Sid. This is very important. I need to find something. That's why I escaped. I don't know where to start unless you help me. Please." I pleaded.
"What are you looking for?"
Shit. I can't tell her. "I can't tell you, at least not yet."
"Okay, fine. I'll try to find something. I'll get back you in less than 3 days. Where can I call you?"
"You can call Abe. But if he said that I'm not around, just tell him to tell me that you called then I'll call you. Don't tell him anything about what I asked you. Thanks, Sid!" I said.
"Okay, I'll call you soon." She hung up.
Finally, something to look forward to. At least now I might have something to begin with. I just hoped that we know who stole those records. Someone else might be looking for Lissa's half-brother or sister too. We got to act fast.
My thoughts were interrupted by Viktoria. She told me that dinner was ready and asked me to tell Lissa and Christian. I knocked on their door, Lissa said that they were tired and weren't hungry. But they're not resting, either.
Dinner was fun. We talked about everything that happened when I left Russia, how we saved Dimitri. They all thanked me for finding a way to bring him back. And just like me, they didn't care about what Dimitri did when he was a strigoi too.
I enjoyed this dinner very much. Mostly because I felt like I was one of them, one of the Belikovs.
After dinner, they bade us goodnight and hugged us both. Then Olena quietly reassured me that they didn't believe that I would kill the Queen, Vikoria's, Sonya's and Karolina's nods seconded that. It made me feel so much better. Me and Dimitri went to our room. We both felt awkward because we haven't slept together in one bed ever since the first and last time in the cabin. When we lay in bed, Dimitri hugged me and kissed my forehead. I wasn't contented with that so I quickly kissed his lips. He was caught off-guard but he kissed me back. We kissed for a while then fell asleep in each others arm.
Something about the kiss bothered me. I thought of Adrian while kissing Dimitri. I did not know why. I didn't like it at all. I feel as if I'm cheating on Adrian. I hate this. I hate feeling like this. I have got to choose between them and it will not be easy.
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