I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE ACADEMY

Dimitri had booked a really beautiful lake house for us. It was big and spacious and had 3 bedrooms. It overlooked the lake and the view was breathtaking. By the time we arrived it was dark and I was quite tired to be honest I was nervous. I had never been completely alone with Dimitri. It was either Lissa or his family that kept me company when he was around.

I was extremely sleepy so I decided to take a shower instead. I took the nearest bedroom and grabbed my clothes and entered the shower. I didn't want to repeat the incident that happened in Dimitri's house although Dimitri and I wouldn't be sharing a room. At least I hoped that we wouldn't have to share one. It would be awkward and uncomfortable. Plus it still felt weird for me to say that I was married to him. I barely knew the man and I had prepared myself to get married to Adrian. I still loved Adrian and I felt like I was betraying him by being happy with Dimitri. I was supposed to be upset about his death.

But another part of me really liked Dimitri. He was nice and kind. He had been nothing but nice to since the beginning. I thought about this as I showered and washed my hair. We were more or less civil to each other now and we fought a lot less. I didn't like fighting with him because he was the only family I had apart from Lissa. I applied conditioner and rinsed it off. My hair smelled clean like strawberries. I dressed quickly and walked back in the bedroom. It was empty thankfully. I went and sat on the bed and to my dismay Dimitri entered with his luggage.

He might have noticed my hesitation to share the room with him. I mean there were more than enough rooms in the house,he didn't have to share a room with me now. He sat on the other side of the bed after dropping our luggage. He rested his hand on the bed on top of mine and without thinking I pulled my hand from underneath his. Hurt flashed across his face but he decided to cover it with anger.

"I didn't know I was so repulsive that you can't even hold my hand. I thought that you would accept me at least after our marriage."

I knew what I was doing was wrong. How long did I really expect Dimitri to wait for me? For all I knew, he would grow sick of me and leave me just like Adrian did. " I'm really sorry I don't mean to do that. It just feels so weird to me because I always thought I would be married to Adrian."

He didn't reply, he just went over to his luggage and picked his duffel bag up.

" I'll take the next room. If you need anything call me" I didn't want to be completely alone either. The nightmares would come again and I wouldn't be able to sleep all night.

" I'm really sorry Dimitri. Please, Please stay." I think the desperation in my voice changed his mind because he dropped his bag and sat on the other side of the bed, only this time he didn't hold my hand.

I reached forward and held his hand. He was willing to stay for me, the least I could do was be nice to him. He looked down at our joined hands and smiled.

"Thank you. I'm sorry for getting angry at you. It must be uncomfortable for you to be around me especially because our marriage was so sudden. We don't have to do anything you don't want to. I'm willing to wait, we can just get to know each other like normal people. This marriage will be easier for both of us that way."

Why was he so nice to me? It made me feel worse about my behavior towards him. Why couldn't I love him? A part of me knew the reason why I didn't feel anything towards him. Every time I looked at him, it reminded me of what had happened a few weeks ago. It reminded me that I was an orphan and that I had no family and if I wasn't nice to him, he too would leave me. He didn't really care about me, it was just some promise he made to my dad. And the second reason was that I didn't want to get hurt again. I didn't want to become too close to him and then lose him. I wasn't sure if there was anything between him and Tasha and I was scared of getting hurt if he chose her over me.

That night he didn't try and touch me and for that I was grateful. We just talked about his friends, his life back in Montana, his favorite food and about his business. In return I told him about how Lissa and I met in kindergarten and how I threw a book at our teacher for trying to teach us spelling. He laughed at my story and asked me how I met Adrian. He was nice company and the silence between us wasn't awkward.

The next morning I woke up late but it was no surprise. I walked into the kitchen where I could smell food being cooked. It smelt amazing and I found it funny that someone as masculine as Dimitri could cook. He noticed me when I sat on the counter and watched him cook. He smiled and me and I could see that he had already showered because his hair that he always kept tied in his ponytail was slightly wet.

Once the bacon was done, he fried two eggs and put them on a plate and set it on the dining table along with a glass of juice.

" You must be hungry, I already ate earlier and I was just waiting for you to wake up" I thanked him and began gobbling my food. I was really hungry but it wasn't like it was something new.

"What are we going to do today?" I asked him. " Whatever you want" he replied.

The weather outside was beautiful. " We could go picnicking if you want"

"Fine we'll go whenever you're ready"

By the time I finished he had already packed food and a picnic mat for us to sit on. I wore a swimming costume under my clothes because he told me that we could wade in the water. WE walked to our spot and sat on the mat. We talked and got to know each other like normal people. We also splashed around in the water. We had lunch and saw the sun set later. He didn't try to make me do anything I didn't feel like and I was glad for that. He had also packed doughnuts for me because I liked them.

I managed to make him smile quite a few times and his smile was breathtaking. He was beautiful and I couldn't understand why he agreed to my father's request. There had to be some reason behind why he would do that. He could have had all the girls he wanted and yet he agreed to take me. I was curvy, not skinny and had boring brown hair and eyes. Hell he could have said no to my father and had Tasha instead.

He kept me busy all day and by the time we went back home I was so exhausted that the only thing on my mind was sleep. He made us pasta for dinner when we went back and it was delicious. He cooked so much better than me and I was glad that he didn't expect me to cook dinner for him.

The next few days flew by as Dimitri kept me busy. We would go lake diving or touring Moscow or he would try and teach me bits of Russian. We got to know each other over the past few days and I realized that he disliked almost everything I liked from music to food yet we got along. He told me that he loved kids and that probably was the only thing we had in common.

We were leaving for Montana in a week and I wasn't feeling very well. I had a bad cold and it was probably because of all the swimming. I stayed in bed all day and Dimitri looked after me and brought me breakfast and lunch in bed. Around evening time, I was extremely bored so Dimitri rented a DVD. It was a movie about the zombie apocalypse and actually held no interest to me. What interested me more was the man next to me. all I wanted to do was pull his head down and kiss him. I had a feeling that he wanted to do the same timing. He leaned towards my lips and before he could kiss be, I moved my face so that he got my cheek and some of my hair.

"I've got germs" was my lame effort at covering it up but the real reason was that before he could kiss me, Adrian's green eyes had popped into my head and I couldn't kiss Dimitri because it felt so wrong.

I got up and ran into the bathroom because I didn't want to face Dimitri. All the memories of Adrian assaulted me and it hurt so bad to think about him. Tears were streaming down from my cheeks as I reached for my razor to end the pain. I made a neat cut on my wrist, it wasn't too deep. Just then Dimitri burst into the room and looked at the cut. He grabbed a wet cloth and began to clean and bandage the wound. After he was done he pulled me into his arms.

"We're going to Montana tomorrow. You need Lissa" His voice was firm and final and I wasn't going to argue because I really wanted Lissa

How was it? Don't hate me for ruining Dimitri's and Rose's kiss. They aren't supposed to like each other yet.

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