I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE ACADEMY

That night, the Belikov's had guests over. Oksana and Mark, Olena's friends came over and Dimitri's elder sister Karolina had come over. Karolina had an adorable son named Paul and a shy daughter named Zoya. Dimitri and I had never talked about having kids but with Adrian I had always wished to have a house full of children.

Paul was adorable and had a HUGE crush on me according to Viktoria and even fought with Dimitri to sit next to me. At the end of the meal, he kissed my cheek and told me that I was beautiful and I had a feeling that Viktoria had put him up to it.

I caught Dimitri glaring at the little kid and couldn't help but laugh but his eyes had a cruel gleam in them. Right after Paul kissed me, Dimitri stood up and introduced me as his fiancée. He seemed so over-possessive of me and he was actually fighting with a 10 year old over me.

I felt sorry for Paul who looked like his world had been shattered and his ears turned red when Dimitri kissed my other cheek. In a way, I liked his jealous side. It was the only time when he would pay attention to me.

That night I hoped that Dimitri would hold me till I fell asleep and it wasn't because I was upset or crying but because a part of me liked it. At the same time a part of me was still jealous. He had so many picture of Tasha on his phone, he hung around her all the time and he even hand a picture of her on his bedside table.

I had no right to think about him like that because I myself had lots of pictures of Adrian and most of them were pictures of him kissing me or hugging me. I still hadn't gotten rid of our wedding rings; Adrian's parents had said that I was the best one to decide on what to do with them.

Besides, Viktoria had said that I had nothing to worry about Tasha. I had a feeling that she was hiding something big from me but there was nothing I could do to get her to spill.

I lay for a long while thinking about everything from our wedding to Tasha. I could hear Dimitri's uneven breathing and could feel him toss and turn. Just before I could fall into deep slumber, I head him sigh and turn towards me. Since I had my face away from him, he couldn't see that I wasn't asleep yet. He slipped his arm around my waist and nuzzled his face in my neck being careful not to wake me. He placed a light kiss on my neck and soon after I heard his breathing even out and he was asleep.

By the time I woke up, it was 10 am and I was awake because Paul was laughing and jumping on my bed. He was a miniature Dimitri but there was a small difference- he never laughed let alone smiled when I was around. I couldn't help but feel that Dimitri went to these meetings just to meet Tasha. I was jealous how she could make him laugh.

Paul pulled me out of my daze. " Auntie Roza! Wake up! Wake up!" He then slipped under the covers and snuggled up to me and began to giggle. There was no way I could sleep with his giggling so I woke up and began to tickle him. His laughter was contagious and I found myself laughing along with him.

The din created by us brought Viktoria and Karolina to the room. They dragged me out saying that I had a lot to do today. Olena bailed me out by saying that Viktoria would handle the wedding and that I could stay with her and learn to cook some of Dimitri's favourite Russian foods. I really wanted to impress him and be able to do something that Tasha couldn't. I helped her cook some black bread and when I tasted it, it tasted AMAZING! I could totally understand why Dimitri loved it!

A WEEK LATER

It was the day of my wedding. Again. It was odd, just 3 weeks ago, I was getting married and now I was getting married again. I didn't tell Lissa about it. I wanted it to be a small affair with just Dimitri and his family. I didn't want the big wedding that I had wanted with Adrian.

Our wedding was a traditional one and was held in a small church. There was a part when the priest asked us whether we were getting married on our own free will. Just as those words came out of his mouth, Dimitri tensed. We had never spoken about this part of the wedding and I could tell he was nervous. After all this while did he really think that I felt the same way that I felt in the hospital room?

I didn't hesitate and my response was final. I would marry Dimitri. I wasn't sure about it and there was the fact that I still hadn't gotten rid of Adrian's ring. I had no idea why I was holding on to it.

The priest continued with the prayers and placed crowns on our heads and we were to share a cup of wine. After this ceremony, there was another ceremony where Dimitri and I exchanged our rings. Viktoria and I had gone ring shopping and had selected a three band ring- the traditional Russian ring. I admired the ring on my finger. It was beautiful and had something carved in Russian on the inside. I decided to ask Dimitri about sometime later.

Dimitri then took us for a tour around Siberia. Dimitri had said that he had rented a lakeside house for our honeymoon and that we would be leaving in 5 days for Montana. I was excited about the Montana part but nervous about the honeymoon.

I didn't know if Dimitri expected us to have sex and I felt really guilty because I wasn't sure about my feelings towards Dimitri and a part of me felt like I was betraying Adrian, cheating on hima nd it made me feel disgusted with myself.