Dimitri and Rose go shopping with Lissa and Christian and find something small for each other. RPOV

"So where do you wanna start?" I looked towards Lissa and Christian. Today Dimitri and I had come to the human shopping mall near court as their Guardians, of course being the Queen Lissa had seven more undercover Guardians around us. Lissa looked over at Christian

"Well we need to get something for Adrian and Sydney's new babies"

"And we need new clothes for our own kids"

"Oh joy, shopping for your five plus Adrian's new bunch"

"Shut up Rose" Christian was tired; he hadn't adjusted to the human hours as well as the rest of us had.

"Stop it you two" Lissa looked at both of us, I was about to tell her I hadn't said anything when she continued "I say we do the clothes shopping first and get it out of the way seen as I know how much you don't like it darling" Christian rubbed his eyes

"Whatever you say honey" We walked over to the nearest clothes shop and straight through to the children's clothes. In between looking around for any possible threats and answering Lissa's endless questions on what clothes she should by for her children I noticed Dimitri was looking sad, as soon as I had the chance I walked over to him

"You okay?" I asked

"You're out of formation" he said not looking down at me

"And you look upset" I held his chin and tilted his head down to face me "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine" I wasn't convinced so didn't move my hand away. I waited for him to give me a real answer and finally he said "I just wish it was us" he looked over at Lissa and Christian, who were having a small argument over whether they should by matching outfits for their twins or not. I moved my hand from his chin on to his arm "arguing over children's clothes and looking for toys" Dimitri and I had talked about adoption almost two years before but we never actually adopted a child due to several attacks on court from both Strigoi and assassins.

"We could always explore adoption again Comrade"

"I know but all the attacks"

"There hasn't been one in months, when we get home we can talk about it okay?" he nodded looking much happier than he had a few minutes before, I tiptoed up and kissed his cheek "I have to get back in formation and stop that fight before it gets bigger" I pointed over to out charges who had now started to raise their voices

"Okay love, I think Christian needs to get away from the baby stuff after this I will take him somewhere"

"Good plan" I walked over to Lissa

"Rose tell him that matching outfits is a bad idea"

"Look you didn't mind it six months ago"

"That was different, it was for a family portrait" she grabbed one of the shirts from Christian "Now they are older we should be encouraging their individuality"

"They are one year olds"

"Rose, as a neutral party what do you think?" Lissa turned to me, I knew she wanted me to side with her but I couldn't

"I think that you should buy them"

"Rose!"

"But" I continued "maybe they could wear them on different days so they aren't matching all day every day" They both stayed quiet for a moment "What do you think?"

"I can live with that" Christian said at last

"Well I suppose I can"

"Good now lets go pay for these and get going" We all headed to the checkout and paid for the 17 outfits Lissa had insisted that her children must have.

"Where now?" Christian asked once we had paid and left

"I think we should split up" Dimitri suggested

"You really think that a good idea?" Lissa looked worried

"I agree with him, we would get double the shopping done and we can have some girl time" I put my arm around her

"Well when you put it that way" she grinned while expertly keeping her fangs hidden, I saw Dimitri have a quiet word with one of the Guardians that had come as part of Lissa's group "Lets go" She grabbed my hand and pulled me away, I turned around and gave a quick wave to Dimitri he smiled and gave me a small wave back before turning to Christian.

"Where are we going?" I asked Lissa who had slowed down now

"I'm not sure" she looked at the shops around us, there were various clothing stores, a phone shop and a shop that caught my eye

"Let's go in there" I pointed towards the shop

"Really?" Lissa raised an eyebrow at me and I internally screamed at the fact that I still couldn't do that

"Yeah, we could get something for Sydney and Adrian's kids and I wanna get something"

"Okay then" she said shaking her head and smiling, she couldn't hid it she loved that shop as much as I did

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After what seemed like endless hours of shopping we finally returned home, Lissa and Christian went straight home and to bed as both of them were exhausted after staying up to go out to the human mall.

"So where did you and Vasilisa go when we split up" Dimitri asked as we were walking home

"Oh you know here and there"

"Here and there huh?" I nodded

"Where did you and Sparky go?"

"Oh you know here and there" he said mimicking my own words, I flicked my leg up trying to kick his butt, but just as quickly as I had moved he grabbed my ankle just before it hit "Bad idea, sweetie"

"Dimitri let go" I hopped beside him trying to keep up as he still had my ankle in his hand

"Nope"

"Come on I need to walk"

"нет" I scowled at him, it was a good thing I had passed my Russian course at Lehigh with Lissa or else I would have no clue he had just said no. I needed a different approach

"If you won't let go I can't give you your present"

"A present? For me?" I nodded "It's not my birthday for another few months"

"I didn't get it for your birthday I got it because I wanted to surprise you" he gave me the 'Are you serious or are you just saying that to get what you want' face, I kept hopping along beside him until he finally released my leg

"Thank you" I shook out my leg

"So what did you get me?" I laughed

"I will show you when we get in"

"Alright" he looked down at me "but only if I can give you what I got you first"

"Wait, you got me something?"

"Yeah, but don't get too excited it's only something small"

"So is yours so that's okay" I noticed that we had both sped up. Once we got in we both took off our shoes and headed in to the living room.

"You said you wanted to go first" I said as I sat down, he sat next to me and looked in to the black bag he had been carrying

"Like I said don't get too excited it's not much" he pulled out a small black box and handed it to me I opened it up, inside there were four charms for my charm bracelet, there was one that looked like a Molnija mark, one that looked like a Zvezda mark, one that looked like a tiny silver stake and the last one looked like a Nazar.

"Oh my God" I took them out and looked at them more closely

"I know they are not much but…"

"Dimitri they are beautiful, I love them" I saw him smile at me out of the corner of my eye "How did you find these? I mean it's not like they just sell Molnija and Zvezda marks"

"There was a small shop that makes them I showed them the tattoos on the back of my neck" I looked towards him now "I said that I wanted them for the love of my life because she likes my tattoos" I looked back to the charms

"And the stake?"

"I drew one and said you had earrings like it and wanted a charm to match"

"Wow" I put them back in to the box "They are amazing" I hugged him "Thank you so much"

"You're welcome my love" he hugged me back. Once I let go I began to worry

"What's wrong?" Dimitri had obviously seen my facial expression change; I looked at my own bag

"I don't think you are gonna like what I got you"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"It's nowhere near as good as what you got me" I looked at the charms on the table "You know what it's silly and I never should have got it"

"Look at me" Dimitri said firmly, whenever he said that using that tone I knew I had said something he didn't like or agree with. I turned to face him "I don't care how silly it is, if it is from you I am going to love it"

"I don't think…"

"I am going to love it" he repeated

"Okay then" I picked up my bag and handed it to him "look inside" he did then he tilted his head slightly as he got a box out

"Rose?" he gave me a questioning look

"Open it up" he did as he was told and then pulled out the contents, inside was a brown bear dressed in a white t-shirt, black jeans, cowboy boots, a cowboy hat and to finish off the look a tiny little bear sized duster.

"A cowboy bear" Dimitri looked back at the box and got out a sheet of paper from inside "It has a birth certificate?"

"Read it"

"Build a bear workshop"

"You can skip that bit just read the details"

"Okay then, birthdate today" he looked up and gave me an 'obviously' look "Name" He paused then gave me one of his full smiles "Comrade Belikov"

"I thought it suited him" he read the certificate again "Fur brown, eyes brown, belongs to Dimitri Belikov" he put the certificate back in the box

"I told you it was silly and nowhere near as good as the charms" I looked away "the charms made me feel special and I gave you a stupid bear"

"Hey" Dimitri said sharply "Don't insult Comrade, he's not a stupid bear" I looked up at him surprised "He's a smart bear actually and you have no idea how special this had made me feel"

"Really?"

"Yes, I have my own Comrade cowboy bear and the best part is you made him"

"You really like him? And you're not just saying that?"

"I promise you I love Comrade, I'm not just saying it and I love you" he put Comrade down next to us and hugged me tight "Thank you"

"I love you too" I pulled away slightly just enough so that I could kiss him but as I did he pulled away and covered the bears eyes

"Not in front of Comrade, he's only a day old we might scar him for life" with that I burst out laughing

"Oh my god, really?" I said in between catching my breath, Dimitri gave a soft chuckle "You know I really love you right?"

"Yeah I think you may have said that a few times" I yawned, I hadn't wanted to admit it but staying up all night and doing a twenty four hour shift had tired me out. Dimitri took my hand "Come on" he stood up

"Where are we going?" I stood too; he picked up the box of charms and Comrade

"To bed, we are both exhausted" I was about to protest when he said "don't try to tell me you're not tired because I know that's a lie and the sooner we go to sleep the sooner we wake up, we have tomorrow off remember" I yawned again

"Alright you win" I mumbled he lead me towards our room. I quickly got changed while Dimitri did the same "Where have you put my charms?" I asked as I got in to bed

"On your dressing table"

"And Comrade?"

"Sitting on your chair"

"You don't wanna cuddle him?"

"No, tonight I want to cuddle my fantastic girlfriend who gave me him" he wrapped his arms around me and kissed my forehead

"Night night Dimitri" I snuggle in to him

"Good night sweetheart, I love you" I wanted to say it back but I was practically asleep.

Once again that went a totally different way than what I had originally intended, I think its okay but it's not about what I think it's about what you guys think so did you like it? If so please leave a review to tell me. Also I mentioned Adrian, Sydney and their 'bunch' would anyone like to see more of them? I am trying to write Rose and Dimitri having the adoption discussion that had now been mentioned two or three times but I am not very good at it...

Lissa xXx