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Vacations

"Alright, the fridge is stocked, house is completely locked. No one knows you're here so you'll be fine." Lissa told me. She had stayed with me one night and tonight I would stay alone while she drove back home.

"I know I will." I said. It sounded like I was trying to convince myself that I would be okay.

"I'm going to get going. Lock the door behind me, it's getting late so just go to bed and Dimitri will be here before you know it.." Lissa hugged me "I'll see you when you get back." When Lissa left I looked around. I was alone. I watched television for awhile. I walked out onto the porch and a little white and tan kitten was sitting on the couch.

"Come here kitty." I said bending down and sticking my hand out. The kitten sniffed my hand and came closer. I picked it up and scratched it. "Aren't you cute." I carried the kitten inside and set it on the island. "Do you have a home?" it had no collar. "Hmm, I don't think Dimitri would mind if I kept you." As if on cue my cell rang. It was Dimitri "Hey."

"Hey beautiful." Dimitri said.

"Guess what I found?" I asked him.

"What?"

"A kitty. Can I keep it?"

"A cat? I really hate pets Rose."

"Well can I at least keep it until you get here? I don't have anyone to talk to."

"I don't care." Dimitri sighed "But it's gone as soon as I get there."

"Thank you!" I screeched into the phone. I picked up the kitten and kissed it. "I'm naming him Bruce."

"Don't name. Because you're going to get attached to it and you'll cry when I make you give it up." Dimitri told me.

"You're cranky."

"No, I'm tired and stating a fact."

"Whatever, I'm going to go play with Bruce. I'll see you when you get here."

"Hey!" he said before I hung up on him "I love you."

"I love you too." I said and hung up. I got a bowl of milk and set it on the island for Bruce. While he drank it I ran upstairs and grabbed tons of blankets and threw them on the couch. Once Bruce was finished drinking I picked him up and carried him over to the couch.

I didn't like sleeping upstairs in that big bed when I was alone so I slept on the couch. I set Bruce next to me and covered us up. With him here I felt pretty safe.

"Where is he?" I asked my little kitten as I waited for Dimitri to show up. It was seven in the morning and he said he was going to be here around six. I tried calling him but I got no answer. I heard the back door open and Dimitri walked in with his bags. I ran over and threw myself in his arms.

"Hey babe." Dimitri said catching me and dropping his bags.

"I missed you." I said against his neck "Two days seemed like forever."

"It sure did." he said kissing my cheek and setting me on the floor.

"Come here and see my kitty." I said as I dragged him in the kitchen where Bruce was sitting on the island.

"He's leaving."

"No, please Dimitri."

"No, Rose we talked about this. I told you not to name him." he told me.

"Look at him." I said picking Bruce up "He's so precious. He won't do anything bad. I promise, please pretty please, can we keep him." Dimitri looked at me for a long time.

"Fine," he sighed "but he's not sleeping in the bed. Ever."

"Deal." I said leaning up and kissing him.

"I can't believe you just got me to let you keep a cat."

"It's because you love me." I said snuggling up to him "It's like our own little family."

"I do love you. Not so much Bruce." Dimitri said walking around me and grabbing a cup of coffee. "I have stuff planned for us today."

"Well don't you want to go take a nap. You look really tired." I told him.

"No," Dimitri said shaking his head "I want us to get out and enjoy the nice weather. Go fishing you know the usual stuff."

"No, go sleep. I'm actually still a little tired I'll take a nap with you."

"Okay, but no Bruce." Dimitri said. I set Bruce on the floor and followed him upstairs.

"Where are we going?" I asked Dimitri as we walked down the beach.

"We are going out to eat." We kept walking and led me too Pete's Bar. "Table for two."

"Dimitri Belikov?" The hostess asked.

"Stacey." Dimitri said smiling "It's nice to see you again."

"You too." she said led us to a small booth.

"Have you been here before?" I asked him.

"Yeah, my mom used to take us here all the time. And usually when I come up here alone I eat dinner here. I'm too lazy to cook for myself sometimes." We ordered our drinks and food and then sat in silence.

A tall brunette women walked over to our table. "Dimitri Belikov," she said smiling "I didn't think I'd see you here again."

"Yeah I know. It's nice seeing you again Nicole. This is my girlfriend, Rose." Nicole didn't even look my way she just kept looking at Dimitri.

"Mind if I join you two?" she asked. Dimitri shrugged and scooted over and Nicole slide in next to him. For the next hour I sat in silence eating my dinner while Nicole and Dimitri caught up on lost time. After he paid I told him I would wait outside while he finished talking to her. But I didn't stay I started walking back home. I pulled out my cell and called the one person I knew would always answer.

"Hello?" Lissa answered.

"Hi best friend." I said.

"Rose, how is it down there?" she asked.

"It's, ok."

"Just okay? Is something wrong?"

"Who's Nicole?" I asked.

"Nicole...You mean Nicole from Pete's?"

"Yeah"

"Dimitri had like a summer thing with her when we were like sixteen." she told me "Why was she up there?"

"Yeah. She joined us for dinner." I told her.

"Joined you for dinner? You mean like the whole entire time?"

"Yeah." I told her again. "I think Dimitri's kind of mad that I convinced him to keep a cat in the house."

"You got him to say yes? Whoa, that's amazing."

"I don't think he likes it. Hey, I'm home so I'll call you later. Bye." We hung up and I went in search of Bruce. I found him laying in the hallway. I picked him up and walked out to the porch. I set him down. "Go." Bruce just looked up and stared at me "Go, Dimitri doesn't want you here." I sat down on the step that led to the sand. Bruce crawled on my lap and laid down "But I want you here."

"Rose!" I turned and saw Dimitri walking towards us "Don't ever leave like that."

"You were a little busy." I told him as I petted Bruce.

"I don't care. You don't walk off like that. I was freaking out."

"I called Lissa and talked to her the whole time. Plus, you were a little busy talking to Nicole."

"Rose, honestly , are we going to fight right now."

"No." I said resting my chin on top of Bruce's head.

"What are you doing with the cat?"

"Letting him go. I know you don't like him but he won't leave me."

"You can keep him. " Dimitri sighed.

"I bet Nicole hates cats too." I whispered.

"Rose, stop." Dimitri said raising his voice. "Honestly, she was just a friend. Why are you getting so worked up over it." Dimitri never raised his voice to me.

"I'm sorry." I said picking up Bruce. Tonight I would not be afraid to sleep alone. I chose one of the empty bedrooms and locked the door. "Come on, Bruce." we climbed into the bed and turned on the television.

I slipped a baseball hat on my head and walked out of the house. It was nine in the morning and I hoped that Dimitri would still be sleeping. I slipped Bruce in my purse and walked out of the house. "Alright Bruce, let's fine a pet shop."

"Where do you think you're going?" I turned and looked back as Dimitri walked out of the house and walked up to me.

"I'm going to the bed store. I can do it myself." I told him and kept walking.

"I don't care, I'm coming with you. Did you not think I was awake?" I didn't answer him just kept walking into town until I found the pet store. I bought Bruce everything that he would need. Food, litter box, toys etc.

"Bruce you're going to love your toys." I told him as we walked back home.

"You want me to carry some of that?" Dimitri asked.

"No, I got it." I told him. When we got home I went into the empty bedroom I stayed in that night and set up all Bruce's toys in there.

"Rose, can we talk." Dimitri asked as I unpacked some of the toys I just bought.

"I really don't want to but I have a feeling you're going to talk anyway."

"Rose," Dimitri grabbed my hands and set me on the bed "I'm sorry for yelling at you last night."

"It's fine."

"It's not. And I'm also sorry about Nicole, I shouldn't have ignored you."

"It's okay." I shrugged.

"You're still mad."

"Well, yeah. My boyfriend ignored me and even though I'm mad he still makes the most amazing apologizes." I said taking his face in my hands "I can't stay mad at you for long. I love you too much." I leaned forward and kissed him.

"I love you too, and I'll learn to love Bruce. Maybe."

"Okay." I said laughing

"Now, will you come and make dinner with me?"

"Yeah." I said following him downstairs. Tonight we were making spaghetti. It took awhile but we made time fly by turning on the radio and dancing around in the kitchen. We looked like a normal couple. Once we finished dinner and ate I cleaned up and told Dimitri to go into town and rent a movie.

I heard the backdoor open and just expected it to be Dimitri. "Hey, I didn't know you'd be back so soon." I said but he gave me no response. When I turned around the room was empty. "Dimitri?" I walked into the living room but it also was empty. Bruce ran into the room and walked around my feet. I picked him up and walked upstairs.

I checked all the rooms but they were empty. When I walked back downstairs Dimitri walked through the front door. "I got a scary movie." Dimitri said.

"Did you already walk in here?" I asked him.

"No why?"

"Because I heard the back door open and close. But I checked the house and it's empty."

"It was probably the wind." Dimitri said handing me the movie "I'll check just to make sure." I went and sat in the living room and after a couple minutes Dimitri came back. "It was the wind." He sat down next to me and wrapped an arm around me.

"Can Bruce cuddle with us?" I asked and set the kitten in-between us.

"I guess." Dimitri said rubbing the top of Bruce's head. We watched the movie but I kept falling asleep. I was tired. Once it was over I stood up and laid Bruce in his little bed I bought him. "Want me to carry you?"

"I don't want you carrying me all the time." I told Dimitri as I wrapped my arms around his neck and he lifted me in his arms. Dimitri carried me upstairs and laid me in our bed. I stuck my hand under my pillow but I felt something cold. When I pulled it out it was a necklace. A diamond heart necklace. "Hey, did you get me this?"

"Get you what?" Dimitri asked as he pulled his shirt over his head. He walked over and took it from me and looked at it. Then he grabbed his phone and started dialing.

"What is it?" I asked

"This is the necklace I got Tasha when we started dating." Then it hit me. Did he bring Tasha here? "She was wearing it when she killed. Someone put it there." Oh shit.

"Are you mad?" Dimitri asked as we packed up our things in his truck.

"Kind of." I shrugged "I wanted to stay here longer."

"Hey," Dimitri said taking my face in his hands "when this is all over we're going to go somewhere, anywhere. I'm going to give you a vacation you deserve. No interruptions."

"Okay." I said leaning up and kissing him. I grabbed Bruce and was started driving back home. It took forever but being back in town felt good. But we didn't go to his parents house we went to a different house. A big house.

"This is our house." Dimitri said smiling as he pulled in front of it. It was big and had a massive front yard. We got out and I walked to the front door.

"Is it really ours?" I asked smiling.

"Yep." he said coming up behind me and wrapping his arms around my waist "All ours." Dimitri unlocked the doors and we walked in. It was bigger than I thought. The kitchen was huge as well as the living room. When we walked upstairs there were four bedrooms.

"Why four?" I asked.

"Well two are guest bedrooms and one is an office. But one day," Dimitri said grabbing my hand and pulling my close "I want the three extra rooms to be nursery's."

"That was very thoughtful of you." I said kissing his chin. I walked into our bedroom which was the size of the kitchen. "I'm in heaven."

"I knew you would like it." Dimitri said. "The closet is pretty big too. the realtor said all girls like big closets."

"Smart realtor." I told him. I walked over and jumped on the bed. "I love it."

"Our house." Dimitri said smiling. "So you can decorate it however you want. But not too crazy."

"I'll make it look amazing."

"Good, I have work." I frowned "Stop, no pouting. You unpack. There are tons of boxes in the guest bedrooms. I had Lissa and Christian pack our stuff."

"Okay." I said frowning. Dimitri ran his hand over my lower lip

"I love you."

"I love you too." I said smiling. After Dimitri left I started unpacking boxes. I sorted clothes, folded them or hung them up. I organized shoes as well. My cell phone rang and I crawled over to where it was laying on the floor and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey." Dimitri said "How's the unpacking going."

"Very good. I almost have all the clothes done." I told him.

"That's good. I don't know what time I'll be home tonight so don't wait up, okay?"

"Awe, I wanted to see you." I whined.

"I know, babe. But just go to bed, okay?"

"Okay."

"Alright, I'm going to let you finish packing . I love you."

"Love you too." I told him and hung up. I finished unpacking and then worked on unpacking some plates and bowls. Once I finished that I made myself some pasta and ate it in the living room while watching Disney channel.

It was around nine when I started to lock up the house. It was big so checking all the windows and doors took awhile. Then it hit me. "Bruce?" I couldn't find my cat. "Bruce?" I said looking all over the house. I looked in every single room and I couldn't find him. I looked out the window and saw him sitting on the back porch.

"How did you get back here?" I asked him as I stepped out to pick him up. Bruce turned his head to look at something. I did the same. I saw a black figure then everything just went black.

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