I Do Not own VA or it's characters, Richelle Mead does...
Still RPOV...
Previously...
his eyes moved from mine and down to my lips and he leaned in slowly...
His lips brushed against mine softly, I closed my eyes and inhaled his scent. His lips started pressing firmer, until I pushed against him to make our lips lock completely, he opened his mouth and lightly pulled on my lower lip as one of his hands went under my shirt to touch me bare skin, the other placed on my cheek. He smiled against my lips before pulling back slightly.
"I need you to know that I love you Roza, and always have." He kissed my lips softly again, then started to place small sensual kisses down my neck as he whispered.
"I know I have hurt you badly with the things I have said and done, but I just need you to know I will spend the rest of my existence trying to make up for my past mistakes."
A week ago I never imagined being here like this with him, 3 weeks ago; I couldn't stand being in the same room without feeling angry and hurt, but now... I don't know... I have waited so long to hear those words come from him. I remember the hurt, and I don't want to feel that again, but I remember the love too. He lifted his head from my silence and I watched as he studied my face, I know he could see the internal war that was going on inside.
"I'm not going to push myself on you Roza, its ok; I have enjoyed getting to know each other again." He said. I gave him a thankful smile and placed a small kiss on his lips. He smiled back and let go,
"It's getting late; I will see you in the morning." He said, he kissed my forehead before walking through the joined bathroom.
I couldn't help but smile and felt my lips with my fingers, things are going good between us, and we are getting to know each other again. I like this Dimitri, he talks to me, and he's giving me the time and space that I need, my heart will always belong to him, but for now, I'm hanging on to it so I can make it through all of this.
I stood there looking out my window for a few more minutes before deciding to check my email and heading to bed, but my door opened and Lissa walked in with Adrian following behind. Through the bond I could tell she was dying to know what happened with Dimitri. I didn't even realise I still had my barriers up, so I let them down so she didn't have to ask.
While she was going through my thoughts I got up and sat down next to her. Adrian sat down at my computer and Christian joined us in my room by now too.
Janine and Abe still stayed here, but they were spending a bit a time at court lately. Abe had been trying to dig up some dirt on Iris Kane.
Christian sat on the other side of Lissa and peeked around her and gave me a smirk.
"What is it Sparky?" I asked. Lissa answered.
"Rose, I've told the others about you going to the council meeting next week, since Adrian and I have been summoned to be there, Christian is the only one that will be able to help you get in to court, and he thinks he knows how to do it."
I looked over to Christian, he still had that smirk on his face, I had a feeling I wasn't going to like this.
"Ok, almighty god of fire, how are you going to help me?" I asked him.
"You'll see, don't worry I have it all planned out, I will get you in, but you're on your own after that." He said.
"I'm not going to like it am I?" I asked.
"Have a little faith in me Rose; I said I would get you in didn't I?" He wasn't going to tell me what his plans were.
Lissa patted my hand and said we would talk tomorrow, her and Christian said goodnight, I almost forgot Adrian was still here looking at my computer. He was reading my emails.
"Anything I should read Adrian since they are my emails?" I asked him. He was looking at a picture of someone.
"Little Izzy seems to be enjoying herself." He said without looking at me. I stood up and had a look over his shoulder. There was a picture of her holding little Danny on the beach, both smiling and looking at the camera. I looked at Adrian's face; he was staring at the picture.
"Nice bikini." I said.
"It certainly is." He said, but then he realized what he said and started to feel uncomfortable; I couldn't help but laugh at him.
"It's ok Adrian. What does the email say?" I asked him.
He clicked out of the picture and back into the message. It was short note saying they missed us, and had a great journey home, and missed the sun, hence the trip to the beach. The message was from yesterday. I told Adrian to reply to the message for me while I had a quick shower.
When I got out of the bathroom, Adrian was gone and the computer turned off, so I climbed into bed enjoying the feel of the soft pillows as my head laid down.
The next few days went by quickly, we all trained together, and Janine was more than eager to help with my training as well. At one stage I had all of them come at me from all sides, even Abe joined in throwing fireballs at me. I was getting better at dodging them using the shadows. A few of us had singes from the fire, but were easily healed. The more we trained together the more we all knew each other's moves; Dimitri was getting good at determining my next move even if I used the shadows.
I always took Lissa's and Adrian's darkness before trainings, as it helped me burn off some in case it was too much, we haven't had another incident where I accidently beat the crap out of Dimitri, but as Isabella said, that was a different darkness. I can take it and store it easily now, the more I do it, the easier it gets. The same as using the darkness power for fighting, only Dimitri and Janine are strong enough to handle me in that state, sort of, it always ended badly, with both of them having to be healed after it. I always felt bad for putting them through it, but as they both said, it helps them train to be better fighters too.
I was woken up early this morning, I could hear singing, OMG Dimitri was singing in the shower! What's even worse, I knew the song he was singing, it was an 80's hit called don't stop believing.
Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
I laid there listening to the first few verses he sang, he had quiet the voice on him. Then there was silence, and I heard the shower turn off, so I thought I would encourage him and sing the next verse.
A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
I heard him laugh after that and then heard his bathroom door open and close. I laid there laughing as well, who would have thought that the big bad ass Russian sang in the shower...
After our little duet I thought I might as well start the day too, so I got changed into my gym clothes and headed downstairs. Everyone was already up and sitting down and eating breakfast, including Adrian.
"What's going on? Have I missed something?" I asked.
"We are all going into court today Rose, I have the meeting with the council today remember?" Lissa said.
I had forgotten all about it, today was the day where Lissa finds out if they accept her on the council. She was nervous and excited at the same time.
"Just be careful Liss, someone went to great lengths to stop us from finding out about Kayla, just promise you will watch your back." I said to her.
"I promise Rose, don't worry, I won't be alone. Besides I'm sure you'll be watching too."
"Your dam right I will!" I said smiling while grabbing a bowl of cereal. "Is everyone going to court?"
""Yep sorry Rose, you will have the house to yourself for a while, and we have to pick up a few groceries, anything in particular you want?" Liss asked.
"Uh huh, dohnuts..." I said. Everyone laughed.
I told them not to worry about cleaning up, I had plenty of time to do it, and they all got ready to go to court. Dimitri pulled me aside before making his way out to the garage.
"I want you to be careful too Roza, everyone at court thinks that Lissa has been away, and know that she's back, if anyone thought you were with her, they might come looking for you too."
"I'll be fine comrade, just keep Lissa safe." I said. He gave me a quick kiss on the lips and started walking towards the car, and started talking again,
"I liked your singing too." He said before disappearing in the garage, I laughed to myself.
Before heading back to the kitchen to clean up, I thought I would do a security check on the monitors; the house is so quiet and still. I ran up to my bedroom and grabbed my IPod and started the kitchen chore, once that was done I went back to my room to check emails again.
There was another one from Bella. This one said that she was happy to hear that things are going well between Dimitri and I and happy that I'm still continuing my training without her, this message was sent a few days ago.
With nothing to do for the rest of the day, I thought I would chance a walk in the shadow world and see if Tatiana was hanging around and see if she knows anything knew. But for me to do that, I will have to go outside the wards around the house. I went back to the security room to see which was the best place for me to cross without being seen.
I crossed the wards on the south side of the house, there was a tall fence that blocked anyone's view from seeing me, as soon as I crossed I went into the shadows, I was almost knocked over by several ghosts rushing to see me.
"We have a message from Queen Tatiana; she said you must be at the council meeting next week when they decide who the next Queen is." The short one with balding hair said.
"I know, I already knew that, why does Tatiana want me there too?" I asked.
"We don't know, she said to make sure you got the message."
"Where is Tatiana?" I asked.
"She has other business to attend to." He said.
What other business do ghosts have? I thought.
"Ok, tell her I will be at the meeting."
They both nodded then disappeared.
I walked back inside the house pacing the lounge room, what is going on? And what is so important about this meeting? I picked up my cell phone and dialled Isabella's number.
"I was wondering how long before you called me." She said as soon as she picked up.
"So you got the message too?" I asked her, it sounded like she already knew what was going on.
"Yes, I was informed that my presence has been requested by Queen Tatiana herself, and you?"
"Yes, I just got the message that I had to be at the meeting, Yeva also said I had to be there. Do you know what's going on?" I asked. She was silent for a minute.
"I'm not sure, but we will be there. Rosina? Please be careful. I'm not sure how all of this is going to turn out, I will do what I can from here to help you, and I have help on the way, expect to meet them today."
"What do you mean help?" I asked.
"Let's just say I was given more information than you were and we are closer than you think, it will take me a few days to organise a few things, in the mean time, I have sent some people to help you." She hung up after that.
Rose? It was Lissa.
Yeah I hear you Liss.
I don't like this; I'm starting to get worried. She said through the bond.
Me too Liss, but right now you need to concentrate on your meeting and not me. We'll talk about this later ok?
She was sitting in front of the council now while they were going through her documents and the DNA logistics on Kayla to see if she is eligible to take a seat on the council, and she was listening to what was going on here with me. So instead of worrying, I concentrated on her.
"Your credentials all seem to be in order and make you eligible to take the 12th seat on the council Miss Dragomir, however, due to an unseen circumstances, you are not the only one that is eligible. We need to make a decision between the two candidates as there is only one seat available."
"What!" Both Liss and I said at the same time.
"May I ask who the other candidate is?" She asked.
"I'm sorry Miss Dragomir, that information is confidential, this meeting is adjourned until 9am tomorrow morning where we will announce our decision."
Lissa stood up and gave a slight nod and exited the room. Dimitri and Pavel were at the door waiting for her, they heard everything. Dimitri patted her on the shoulder for comfort. They walked to the courts cafeteria where they were going to meet up with the others, they found a table and took a seat.
What now Rose? All of this could have been for nothing?
Don't think like that Liss, if anything, you got a family out of it. I said to her.
But who's the other candidate? Maybe Adrian will know. She said as she saw him approach the table.
"Before you ask, I don't know cousin, but I heard. I will try to find out before we leave." Adrian said to her as he was sitting down. Well that answered that question.
"Where are the others?" Dimitri asked him.
"Christian and Matt are with Tasha, Janine and Abe are doing more research." Adrian said. Lissa let out a frustrated sigh.
"Why does this keep happening? Nothing seems to run smoothly anymore." Adrian answered her,
"Where would the fun be in that cousin? If things went smoothly we all would be totally bored." He said with his upbeat personality.
"Speaking of bored, how's our little dhampir handling being home alone?" He asked.
"Oh she's far from being bored. She's had her own dilemmas to deal with." Lissa told them what had happened.
"So who is coming to help her?" Asked Pavel.
"We're not sure, I suppose we will know when they get here." Liss said. I felt a spike of happiness come from her, it was because she could see Christian coming, Tasha was following him and she raced ahead of him to sit next to Dimitri.
I heard him say he loved you Rose, calm down. Liss said. It still didn't stop the feelings I had.
"Dimka! I'm glad to finally see you, why haven't you returned any of my calls?" She asked.
He just shrugged, "I've been busy guarding the princess."
Tasha said her hello's to the others and looked at Lissa,
"So Christian tells me that Isabella finally went home, it must have been a relief to have a break from them."
My anger spiked, and Lissa felt it, but it was Adrian, who answered,
"Relief? No, in fact we missed them so much they will be back , I'll be sure to mention to them that you have asked after them a few times." He had his arrogant smirk on; for once I was happy to see it. Lissa gave him a death glare though.
"Aunt Tasha, why don't you tell the others the good news you told me?" Christian said, but the look on his face said he didn't think it was good.
She was bouncing in her seat with joy. "Oh, I almost forgot. Well you all know that I and Christian are from Royal blood, and are the only two members left of our family, that makes me eligible to be a candidate for the 12th council seat."
Sorry to cut it there, but I'm going to try and finish this story up at 30 chapters. And for the Dimitri fans, trying to keep it PG rated too, maybe if I do a continuation of this story I'll heat things up...Don't forget to review...