If I thought Dimitri was protective before, I was wrong. Dimitri has been more protective than ever since Yeva's warning. Always wanting me to check in or staying with me while he could and always calling me whenever he had the time. It's not that I didn't take Yeva's warning seriously, because I did, however I do think Dimitri was really going the extra mile with things now, and as much as it was sweet, it was also a little annoying. There was still no word from Victor and that has set everyone on edge. Right now, Dimitri was on his way to my room. It was early afternoon Saturday, he was off duty right now and I was bored out of my mind. All my friends were off doing something else. Adrian was probably drinking in his room, and from the bond I knew that Lissa and Christian were up in the attic of the church just having a day to themselves. A knock on my door brought my out of my thoughts. I got up and went to open it. I was expecting it to be Dimitri on the other side, however I opened the door to find out it was my mother. "Mom, what are you doing here?" My parents had arrived a few days ago, I hadn't seen much of them, but I knew it was because I had classes and they were also busy trying to figure out if they could track down Victor before he got to Lissa and me.
"Rosemarie, can I come in?" I nodded my head and opened the door wider for her to enter. I could see her look around my room and inspect it as she walked in, remaining silent as she did so, after a few moments she went and sat at my desk chair. "I know we haven't had much of a chance to talk lately, how have you been?"
"I'm okay, but nervous. In the letter, Victor said he would be seeing Lissa and I soon, but it's been a few weeks, and I can't help but be on edge."
"I know, I wish there was more that could be done. Your father and I are trying everything we can think of to find that man before it's too late." I stayed silent but nodded my head.
"Thank you." I said after a few minutes of just silence. She turned her head to the side slightly and looked at me curiously. It was obvious that my thanks had thrown her for a loop. I don't think either of us could every really remember a time where I had said thank you to her other than when she gave me my grandmothers ring for my birthday.
"For what?"
"For trying so hard to protect Lissa and me and keep us safe. I always thought that you never cared about me, but I can see now how wrong I was." She smiled slightly but also looked sad.
"I'm sorry for never seeing you much, you have to understand Rosemarie, I tried. But as the years went on you started to hate me more, which in understandable, so instead of coming to see you more often to try and fix our relationship, I visited you less and less. It hurt me to know that I had failed at being a mother and just left the academy to raise you. I know I deserved the hatred I got from you, but it was painful to come and see you and know that you didn't want me there."
"Oh mom," I walked over to her and leant down to wrap my arms around her, she hugged me back and after a few moments we both let go.
"I didn't really hate you. I was just hurt and angry that you were never there for me."
"If I could go back, I would."
"I know you would, but we can't, so we just have to make the most out of now."
She opened her mouth to speak but before she could get any words out there was another knock on my door. I walked over to open it. This time it was Dimitri, he smiled down at me and I lightly smiled back. I spoke before he could, knowing he would say something that would let my mom in on our relationship.
"Hello, Guardian Belikov." His eyes narrowed but he played along.
"Hathaway, I came to remind you about your extra training session, since you missed yesterday mornings." I didn't actually miss yesterdays, and we didn't have training, but there was only so many excuses that could be used in this kind of situation. By now my mom had come up behind me to where both her and Dimitri could see each other. "Hello, Guardian Hathaway." Dimitri greeted politely.
"Guardian Belikov, I guess I better let my daughter go then for training. She is progressing well I assume?"
"Yes, she is progressing very well."
"Good to know, I may have to stop in on one of your training sessions then, that is of course if you don't mind?"
"No, I don't mind at all." My mother then turned and looked at me.
"I guess I'll see you around, maybe we could do lunch sometime." I nodded my head.
"That would be nice." After that my mom left my room. Once she turned the corner Dimitri came into my room. "Well that was close."
"Yes, it was." Dimitri went and sat down on my bed and I sat down beside him, he slung his arm around my shoulders and I scooted closer to him.
"How's your day been so far?" I asked him. He shrugged.
"Same as usual, nothing new. But I did miss you while I was on shift." I smiled.
"I missed you too today."
"What have you been doing?"
"Nothing much, just cleaning up a bit on finishing up some homework."
"Everything go well with you and your mother?"
"Yes, she just came to see how I was. We had a talk about how she was sorry for never coming to see me and that we both want to change our relationship going forward."
"That's good, it's important for you to have your mother in your life and to have a healthy relationship with her." I smiled.
"I suppose that's all very true." He leaned down and kissed the top of my head.
"What can I say, I'm a smart man." I gasped and held my hand to my chest.
"Dimitri Belikov, am I rubbing off on you?" He rolled his eyes as the corners of his mouth went upward.
"I believe you are Roza. Don't be so shocked though. I'm rubbing off on you as well."
"No, you aren't." He turned his head and looked down at me with his eyebrows raised.
"You can't tell me that since you first came back to the academy that you can't see a change in your self control or your wild behaviour." I thought about his question before realizing that he was indeed right. Over these last few month's, I have in fact changed due to Dimitri.
"Damn, you're right." As I saw his smirk I swatted at his arm. "Don't let that go to your head Comrade."
"Wouldn't dream of it."
I paused before I spoke again. "Dimitri?" He looked at me with concern in his eyes. I only ever really called him by his name in serious situations. "When do you think Victor will come for Lissa and me?" I looked up into his dark brown eyes, I could see his love and worry for me in them.
"I don't know, but I do hope your parents can track him down and find him before then." I nodded my head.
"So do I." I yawned and snuggled closer to Dimitri. He shifted over to the far side of the bed to lay down and pulled me down with him.
"You should rest Milaya."
"But I want to spend more time with you."
"I'll be right here when you wake up Roza. You've been stressed lately, you need a good rest." I sighed knowing that he was right.
"Alright," I leaned up to kiss him on his jaw line. "I love you Comrade."
"I love you too Roza."
Hope you enjoyed that fluffy chapter. Let me know what you think. I wanted Rose and Dimitri a chance to really destress before shit hit the fan. Please review, it really motivates me to post more often and I always love to hear what you guys have to say.
