CHAPTER 9
When I arrived at the church everyone except the photograph; Lily was her name; was inside. As I got off the carriage Lily took some photo's and went inside. My dad came out a second later and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "You look stunning I love your dress. It must have cost a fortune." I smiled at him.
"No it was for free; Olena lend it to me. Do I look pretty enough for him?" Abe opened his mouth to say something but stopped himself and took my hand. "Everyone is waiting." We walked till we were in front of the two big doors that held my future inside it. "Dad; don't let me fall." He leaned closer to me and whispered. "Never." and the doors opened. The song 'A Thousand Years' started to play and Vikka walked in first followed by Lissa and lastly Paul walked in; he was our ring carrier. Now it was my turn; I took a deep breath and we started to walk in.
{Dimitri's Point of View}
I looked up and I saw my beautiful Roza coming down the aisle. I must've had the biggest smile on my face when I saw her. She was wearing my mothers wedding dress and that meant so much to me and I noticed on her head was Yeva's tiara; she told me once that no one was ever good enough to wear it but I knew my Roza was one in a million. She finally stood in front of me and her dad gave her a kiss on her head and took her hand. As he placed her hand in mine he whispered. "Take good care of her Belikov." I nodded my head and pulled Roza softly by her hand to stand next to me. The ceremony started but all I could notice is how wonderful my Roza was. "Dimitri you may now read your vows to Rose." I let go of Roza's hands and looked for the piece of paper with my vows on them. Once I found them everyone laughed. "From the moment I met you Roza I knew you were the one for me. You mesmerized me with your beauty and grace. I take you to be my best friend; my faithful partner and my one true love. I promise to encourage you and inspire you and to love you truly through good times and bad. I will forever be there to laugh with you; to lift you up when you are down and to love you unconditionally through all of our adventures in life together." She had tears coming down her eyes. "Do you; Dimitri Belikov; take; Rosemarie Hathaway; to be your beloved wife in sickness and in health; for richer or for poor as long as you both live?" I wanted to scream it out but I had to keep it civilized. "I do." I put the ring on her finger.
{Rose's Point of View}
After his vows tears were flowing down my cheeks. "Rose you may now read your vows to Dimitri." I didn't have it written on a piece of paper because I knew the words by hart. I took Dimitri's hand and looked into his eyes. "From this moment I take you as my best friend for life. I pledge to honor; encourage and support you through our walk together. When our way becomes difficult; I promise to stand by you and uplift you; so that through our union we can accomplish more than we could alone. I promise to work at our love and always make you a priority in my life. With every beat of my hart; I will love you. And with this ring I give you my hart; I promise from this day forward; you shall not walk alone; may my hart be your shelter and my arms your home." Dimitri squeezed my hand a little and I smiled. "Do you; Rosemarie Hathaway; take; Dimitri Belikov; to be your beloved husband in sickness and in health; for richer or poor as long as you both live?" My smile widened and I yelled out. "I do!" I put the ring on Dimitri's finger and we both smiled. "Well I now pronounce you husband and wife. Mr. Belikov you may now seal the deal with a kiss." Dimitri pulled me into his arms and kissed me with so much love and passion. He let go and we both walked down with the song 'All of me' playing as background music. Once we walked out the door everyone threw rose peddles at us and we got on the carriage I came in and drove off. Lily followed behind us in her car to the place we are going to take pictures.
The pictures took about twenty five minutes. When we were done we drove off to the place the reception was held in and it was beautiful. Dimitri helped me off the carriage and we walked hand in hand into the place. Dimitri smiled and shook his head as he heard the song that was playing. 'She's got the Looks'. We walked all the way to our table at the end of the room and sat down. At the other end of the room was a little stage where the DJ was. Christian got up and stood on the stage. "Hi everyone; thanks for coming tonight. I'm Christian Ozera and I'll be your MC tonight. Firstly I would like to start off with some speeches. Lissa you are up first." Christian got off the stage and Lissa took his place. "Hay guys uhm I would just like to start off by saying thank you Rose for fourteen years of friendship. You are the world's best friend and I love you to the moon and back. You are my sister; you stuck by me through everything and I couldn't be more thankful to have you in my life. I will never forget the first day we met. I was sitting on a swing in the playground at St. Vladimir and a group of kids came to me and started to bug me about my hair or clothes and I started to cry. I heard a little boy scream and when I looked up I saw Rose beating up the little boy who was teasing me and she broke his nose and gave him black eyes. From that day on we were best friends and nobody ever messed with me because Rose always had my back. Dimitri you better take care of my little Rosie like she took care of me." We all rose our classes and took a sip of Russian vodka; well I had sprite. Lissa got off the stage and Christian went back up. "Okay thank you Lissa that was sweet; the total opposite of Rosie. Now there were a couple of ladies who asked me if they could return something to Dimitri that he left at there houses; ladies please give the man his things back." My mother stood up and came to our table and gave Dimitri a pair of boxers. She walked back to her table then four girls came up and gave him some other things like a toothbrush; thongs; shirt and a bra. Dimitri was red as a tomato. Olena and my mother gave a speech and so did Abe; it was kind of toughing in a way. Christian called me and Dimitri to do the flower tossing and so that Dimitri could remove my carter. I threw the flowers first and Lissa caught it which made me laugh thinking about the conversation we had earlier. I had to stand on a chair and Dimitri got under my dress; they blindfolded him. He was kissing my leg close to where the carter was and that made me laugh. "Dimitri that tickles" I said giggling. After two minutes he found the carter and took it off. He tossed it and Adrian caught it. Dimitri didn't like that so much but what is he going to do about it; ask for it back. After that we ate. The food was amazing and for the desert Dimitri and I cut the cake. Now it was time to open up the dance floor. Dimitri and I danced on "Never gonna be alone" and soon Lissa and Christian joined in. The song ended and Dimitri and I sat back down; four songs later Adrian came to me. "Hay Little Dhampir would you like to dance; only if that is okay with you Belikov." Dimitri looked at me and I stood up. "Just one dance okay." Adrian had a big grin on his face while we walked to the dance floor. We began dancing on the song 'Make you feel my love'. "Cradle snatcher doesn't look to happy about this; maybe it's the song." I turned my head towards Dimitri and he really didn't look happy. "You have to stop; Adrian. Don't call him a cradle snatcher and please when we go back to the Academy don't say anything about me and Dimitri being together; they will fire him or throw him in prison. There is one more thing I have to tell you; don't get mad okay. I'm pregnant." "What? Does he know; who's baby is it?"
"Yes he knows and it's his. It's a really long story that I will tell you another day; okay?" He nodded his head and spun me around. "You really look gorgeous tonight Rose and that dress is stunning."
"Thanks Adrian you don't look bad yourself. You know I haven't seen you smoke or drink once this whole time; well except when we did the toasts; why?"
He looked thoughtful for a second then smiled. "I know you don't like it when I smoke or drink so I won't do it in front of you; especially now with the baby." He spun me around again.
"That is really sweet; thanks Adrian." Lissa came to us and asked if she could cut in. Adrian let go of me but I grabbed him in for a hug before he went back to his table. "Dimitri saw that you know. He has had his eyes on you two since Adrian asked you to dance. He actually asked me to cut in." Lissa said as we begun to dance. I smiled and thought to myself 'I never thought Dimitri to be the jealous type.' Lissa and I danced through about six songs before I went back to the table. As I sat down Dimitri came to the table and sat down next to me and held my hand. "Roza I'm sorry I just really don't like him."
"It's okay Dimitri I understand. I love you." Dimitri kissed me and all was forgotten. The rest of the night went by fast. It was four in the morning and our flight leaves at five p.m. so we had to cut the reception short. When we got home everyone except me and Dimitri went to bed. We packed and laid on the bed; kissing. We fell asleep after that. My dream came true; I have Dimitri and now I will have his child.