Chapter 26: A Perfect Night
Dimitri was the first one to step forward, when he reached me, he cupped my face and said "Roza, you are the most beautiful woman that I have ever seen."
"Thank you, Comrade, you look very handsome yourself" I said. He was wearing black pants, a white button up shirt and a black suit jacket. He had the first button undone, his hair was neatly tied back and he looked incredibly hot. He bent down and gave me the sweetest of kisses. He brought his right arm out from behind his back and presented me with 11 lavender roses. Normally I do not like roses but in this case, I loved them.
I took the bouquet from him and said "Comrade, these are beautiful".
"I know you don't like rose themed gifts, but there was nothing more beautiful than these flowers, well except you" Dimitri said with a little bit of a blush running up his neck.
"I love them Comrade, they are perfect" I said.
"Miss Hathaway, may I put them in water for you?" Sasha asked.
"Yes, thank you" I replied.
I had noticed that Yuri had given Celeste a dozen red roses and they were holding each other and were whispering to each other.
I noticed that Matt had not approached Vika yet, although his eyes had not left hers. She was staring back at him as if they were having their own conversation. Dimitri interrupted as he stepped next to Vika and took both of her hands and said "Vika, you look very beautiful. I want you to enjoy tonight, Matt and I have spoken and I have given him my blessing."
"Thank you Dimka" Vika responded.
Dimitri kissed both of Vika's cheeks and then he whispered in her ear "Don't worry about anything tonight, Mr. Mazur has taken care of everything. I will try to give you your space tonight, but if you need me, I will be right there." Dimitri kissed her forehead and took one of her hands and guided her to Matt, who took her other hand.
Dimitri came over to me and encircled his arms around me and I put my hands on his chest. "Comrade, that was so nice of you." I said.
"Well, we had a long talk, he's a good man and he likes Vika. And I think Vika likes him, so I thought why not let them explore a relationship, but under the careful eye of her big brother" Dimitri shrugged.
"Well, I definitely know that Vika is interested in Matt" I said as I gave Dimitri a kiss. I noticed that Sasha had placed Celeste's flowers in a vase as well.
"Milaya, if anything happens tonight, promise me that you and my sister will go with Celeste and Yuri and they will bring you back here. No questions and no arguing, okay."
"Okay, I promise" I said as I went on my tippy toes to kiss him.
"Are you ready Roza?" Dimitri asked and I nodded and then he turned to the rest of the group "Everyone ready to go?"
A chorus of yeses and yeps followed. Dimitri grabbed my hand and we walked downstairs where we had three SUVs waiting for us.
"Celeste and Yuri will be in the second SUV with us. Vika and Matt, you are going into the last SUV. The remaining guardians split up between the three SUVs" Dimitri ordered.
We got into the SUV and once we were seated Dimitri grabbed my hand and kissed it. When I looked up into his face, he had the biggest smile on his face. I couldn't help but laugh at him.
"So, I was wondering why Vika and I got eleven flowers?" I asked.
"In Russian culture, an even number of flowers are reserved for funerals, Russian's are big on flowers and their rules" Dimitri responded.
It took about ten minutes to get to the restaurant and Dimitri and I were quickly shown to our table. It was a little half circle booth with a high back, so it felt like we were in our own private area. Dimitri ordered a bottle of champagne and once the server had left, he raised his glass and said "Roza, I am so in love with you and I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives together. You are my soul mate, my best friend and my lover".
I had tears coming down my face and I said "I love you Comrade". Dimitri wiped away my tears and kissed me. We clinked glasses and I took a sip of the champagne, I liked the taste of it, but I have only ever had a sip or two with Lissa and her family on holidays, so I was no expert.
Dimitri held my hand and he was rubbing his thumb over the back of my hand. He had such a goofy smile on his face that it made me giggle.
"What are you giggling about?" he asked me.
"You have a goofy smile on your face."
"So, do you" he said and we both broke out in laughter after that. But of course, my stomach had to ruin things. I opened my menu but it was all in Russian. "Are you ever going to teach me Russian" I asked trying to sound annoyed but failed miserably.
"Eventually, I am sure Vika will teach you the swear words, so I better teach you the rest. Would you like for me to choose for you or do you want me to read the menu to you?"
"You can choose, I trust you, you always seemed to know what I will like".
"How about Red Borscht, Chicken Kiev and Beef Stroganoff? The portions are big, because it is a dhampir town and we can share."
"Sounds good Comrade"
Once we placed our order, Dimitri asked me "How are you feeling about everything that has happened recently with Lissa and Adrian, Mark and Oksana and coming to Russia?"
"It's been a whirlwind for sure, I am hoping things will slow down, so that you and I can get back into a routine. I have really missed out morning and afternoon workout sessions."
"Me too, milaya. The rest of the guardians should be here tomorrow except for Guardian Sokolov, he was on leave with his family, so he will come back as soon as he can. But since he already works for your father, it won't be much of an adjustment for him."
"Is everything okay with his family?" I asked Dimitri.
"I believe that his mother became ill and your father gave him one month paid leave for him to go home and care for her and Pavel said that they anticipated him returning soon. But if Sokolov needed more time, Pavel was going to grant it and then we would just assign a temporary guardian until he returns."
"Wow" I said in shock, guardians were never treated this well. Usually your charge was your 'family' in the loosest sense of the word and be damned with anyone in your family. They come first was the motto drilled in our head since kindergarten.
"I know, as far as I can tell, your father and Pavel are probably the best employers in the Moroi/Dhampir world" Dimitri said.
"Hmm" I said more to myself, bit Dimitri heard me.
"Hmm, what?"
"I'm not sure, but I see some potential for us in my father's organization with helping the guardians and things. I don't know, it's just jumbled ideas in my head right now" I blabbed on not making much sense.
"No, I think I see where you are going with this and we can brainstorm about this when things settle down more".
"Okay, so I've been able to reconnect with my mom a little, but Baba has been busy, so I haven't really had a chance to connect with him as much as I would like" I said trying to keep the sadness out of my voice.
"Give him some time, if I had to venture a guess, I think he is allowing your mother to have alone time with you first. You already have a rapport with her, plus I think he is spending time trying to keep track of the threats and researching your bond." Dimitri pointed out.
"That makes sense"
"Maybe once things calm down a little, you could ask him to have dinner with you sometime. We could do a family dinner or you can have dinner with just your parents or with one parent at a time. Whatever you are the most comfortable with. I think they will be agreeable to anything. Just give them and yourself some time, there is no reason to rush it. Plus, they are feeling guilty for leaving you at the academy and they might be fearful that you resent them" Dimitri suggested.
"I'd love it for you to come with me, at least the first few times if that is okay? You are such a big portion of my life that I would like them to get to know you as well" I asked carefully.
"Of course, Roza, if you want me to be there, I'll be there. Just let me know what you want me to do, okay?"
I nodded my head at him. "I love your family though, and you are right, Vika and I get along really well. It's a shame that we didn't go to the same school, the pranks we could of have done" I said as a Dimitri first began smiling at the first part of my sentiment, but then I watched him groan and shake his head as he heard the remaining part. In all seriousness, I knew it was important to him that his family and I got along. And I generally loved them all, even though we had just met, Dimitri has been telling me stories about them during our sessions, so I felt like I had already known them.
"How are Vika and Matt getting along?" I asked Dimitri because I couldn't see out, but he could.
"I can't really see Vika with the high backings, but Matt seems to be enjoying her company."
"Good, and I'm glad you're okay with it."
"Well, I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't. But like I said in your father's office when he was threatening me about hurting you, is exactually what I did to him" Dimitri had a big smile on his face and seemed extremely happy with himself.
I laughed and rolled my eyes at him.
"How are you doing being away from Lissa" Dimitri asked bringing a little heaviness to our conversation.
"I miss Lissa and Eddie, maybe Christian a little, but I'll kick your ass if you ever repeat that to him or anyone on else" I said trying to give him my fiercest voice.
Dimitri laughed and put his hands up surrendering "He won't hear it from me".
"It's hard being away from her. Even though I wasn't officially her guardian or protecting her from Strigoi on campus, I was still very protective over her".
"Well hopefully we will be able to make it back for your trials, getting your promise mark, graduation and the senior dance."
"I hope so too, it would suck to go through all this but not get to participate in graduation with Lissa, Christian and Eddie".
"Are you still hoping to guard Lissa?" Dimitri asked cautiously.
"In theory, yes, but with everything going on, I'm afraid that I will put her in more danger than she already is by being the last of the Dragomirs and being a Spirit user. Look at how far Adrian is willing to go to get to me and he is supposed to her friend. But I am not sure what else to do, I have been training my whole life for this." I replied.
"I understand, when Ivan died, I thought long and hard what I was going to do. Did I still want to be a guardian? I wasn't sure I could handle losing another charge especially since the norm is for guardians to die way before their Moroi counterpart. Then I received a phone call and was sent to States to find two crazy girls. Just concentrate on getting through the next couple of months and we will figure it out together." Dimitri said and then he gave me the sweetest kiss.
Our food arrived and it smelled so good, I couldn't help myself from moaning when I took the first bite of the borscht. "Roza, you can't moan like that when we are in public. I have half a mind to take you here right on this table" Dimitri said with lust in his eyes.
"Down boy" I joked with him.
We finished eating when the server asked if we wanted dessert. We ordered a chocolate lava cake to split between us.
"Dimitri, this is heaven" I said with my eyes closed.
"Yes, it is."
When I opened my eyes, he was staring at me and he had yet to take a bite of his food. "Comrade, if you play your cards right, you might just get lucky tonight" I said as I gave him my best maneater smile.
We finished eating our dessert and then we went to the lounge so that the staff could clear the restaurant to make room for dancing.
Dimitri and I joined Matt and Vika in the lounge and Dimitri went to the bar to get us all a shot of vodka. We said cheers and then we downed the shot. Vika and I choked on the vodka as we felt it burn as it went down our throats.
Matt told us more about himself, how he went to St Basil's and his first charge was an old cranky royal moroi. He had heard about Abe Mazur and the Mazur guardians, which appealed to him more than working for Court.
Apparently, despite his mobster background my father paid his employees well and offered a better quality of life than what most guardians received working for Court.
Soon we heard music coming from the dining area and Dimitri grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the dance floor. He put one arm on my lower back and held my other hand close to us. I felt so safe in his arms as he guided me around the dance floor. We just swayed to the music, occasionally Dimitri spun me out or dipped me.
I also danced with Matt and Yuri, but I was happy to go back into Dimitri's arms. As the evening wore on, the lights got dimmer and the music got slower. It was a little before 2 am when Dimitri asked "Are you ready to go home Milaya?"
His accent was getting thicker and when I looked up at my Russian God and saw the lust in his eyes. I replied "Yes, Comrade take me home".
The ride home was short, thank god. Dimitri was whispering in my ear all the things that he wanted to do to me, both good and naughty. I was just about to jump him when we turned onto the driveway of the Mazur compound. Dimitri helped me out of the SUV and I saw Matt walking Vika to the house. The rest of the guardians went up to the second floor as Dimitri and I continued to the third floor.
Dimitri stopped in the kitchen and grabbed two bottles of water for us, he said "Here drink this, if you keep hydrated it will lessen the chance of a hangover. I took a big sip and then Dimitri swept me up off my feet.
We walked into our bedroom and I gasped "Comrade, when did you do this?"
"Guardian secrets" was his only response.
The room had candles lit all over the place, there was a fire in the fireplace and there was a trail of rose petals leading to the bed.
"Comrade, take me to bed and make love to me"
"Your wish is my command" Dimitri responded with a thick accent. I swear that accent goes straight to my core.
He placed me in the middle of our bed and he unzipped my boots and pulled them off. He took off his own shoes and socks off, followed by his suit jacket and shirt. He took out his stakes and placed them on the bedside table. He unbuttoned his pants, crawled on to the bed and hovered over me.
"Milaya, you are so beautiful and I have been dying to make love to you since you walked out of the bedroom in this dress". Dimitri kissed my hard and passionately, one hand fisted in my hair and the other arm was helping him hover over me. When we broke apart to breath, he started kissing me down my neck, finding my sweet spot, he started to make moan.
"I hope you know I don't make it a habit of sleeping with someone on the first date" I joked.
"Neither do I"
I could feel Dimitri smile while his lips were on my neck. His hands reached out to my thighs moving them up my body and taking my dress with him. He pulled my dress over my head and I heard him groan as he took in my underwear choice.
"I'm glad that I didn't know this was under your dress, otherwise I would have taken you on that table in the middle of the restaurant."
He started kissing me down my neck to my collar bone then to the valley between my breasts. He kissed my chest over to my right breast and mouthed it through the lacy bra I had on. He then kissed his way over to my right breast and mouthed it over the lace. I arched my back towards him so he wouldn't break contact and continue kissing and sucking on my breast. When I arched my back, he snaked his hand behind me and released my bra. He brought my straps down off my shoulder and threw my bra to the floor.
His mouth went right back to my breast teasing it with his tongue and then he sucked my nipple into his mouth. I moaned as he did this as it was sending a shock to my core and I could tell I was already soaking through my thong.
My arms went from around his neck, down his chest and past his abs. I could feel his muscles ripple under my fingertips.
When I got to his waist band, I unzipped his pants and I put my hand in and grabbed his cock. I could feel how turned on he was and he confirmed it when he groaned as I put pressure on his thick cock and rubbed him up and down.
"Dimitri, I want your pants off. NOW!" I half whined and half moaned. He stood up and pulled of his pants but left his boxer briefs on. He paused to look at my naked body except for my lacey thong which left nothing to the imagination of what was under it. He unconsciously licked his lips as he looked me over.
"Please, Dimitri" I pleaded to Dimitri which broke him out of his trance of looking at my body. He crawled back onto the bed and he slowly started kissing up my right leg from my ankle, up my calf, to my knee and finally to my inner thigh.
He got to the apex of my thighs and his nose skimmed my pussy as he inhaled deeply. "Roza, you smell so good". I moaned at what he said and then he started mouthing my pussy through my thong which was saturated.
"Dimitri, I need you" I whined again.
Dimitri pulled his mouth from my pussy and he hooked his thumbs into my thong and pulled it down my legs, tossing it somewhere behind him. He went to my left ankle where he slowly started kissing me again. Wherever Dimitri kissed left behind a trail of fire, I am not sure how I didn't spontaneously combust from his kisses. He reached the apex of my thighs and his tongue came out as he gently licked my pussy. My hips bucked off the bed, so Dimitri put an arm across my hips to hold me in place.
He was licking me slow and determined strokes and it was driving me insane. He spread my legs apart more and his tongue went into my core. "Dimitri" I moaned loudly.
He went back to my clit licking me faster and with more force as he slid one finger in me. I knew I was not going to last much longer and when my breathing change, Dimitri knew that as well. He added a second finger as he continued his fast pace of licking me. Dimitri started to curl his fingers in a come-hither motion.
"Oh my God Dimitri, don't stop, I'm about to …. I'm gonna…..Dimitri" I screamed as an orgasm took over my body and Dimitri continued licking and fingering me to help me ride out my orgasm. When I came down from my high, Dimitri looked up at me with lust in his eyes and said "I love it when you scream my name".
Dimitri slowly kissed up my abs, then to the valley between my breast and as he did this, I hooked my big toes into the waistband of his boxer briefs and pushed them down his legs. When I could no longer push them any farther down, he kicked them off. "Kiss me Comrade" I demanded as my hands fisted in hair trying to get his lips to me.
He kissed me passionately and I could taste myself on him and it only added to my pleasure. Once we broke apart to breath, I pushed Dimitri down on his back and straddled him. My arms resting on his chest to balance myself.
Dimitri's hand gabbed his cock and he placed it at the entrance to my core. His hands went to my hips as he guided me down his cock. As I slid all the way down, I couldn't help but throw my head back in ecstasy. I started rocking my hips as his hands continued to help me grind on him.
Once I found a mind-blowing pace, his hands went to my breast, swiping my nipples with his thumbs. The action sent a shock straight to my pussy causing me to buck fast with him inside me and I let out a huge moan. Dimitri groaned at the feeling and he started thrusting himself up to meet me. He rolled my nipples between his thumbs and fore fingers, then ultimately he pinched their hard peaks before his hands went into my hair pulling me down to kiss him.
We broke apart when we could no longer kiss because we were panting. "I'm so close" I said. Dimitri licked his thumb and brought it to my clit rubbing it in a circular motion helping me to achieve my orgasm. Again, he started bucking his hips from below me.
"Dimitri" I screamed as a powerful orgasm travel from my core to the rest of my body. Dimitri bucked his hips up two more times before he yelled "Roza" then he stilled and released his seed into me. My orgasm seemed to go on for forever as my pussy was milking Dimitri's cock.
I collapsed on his chest as we both came down from our highs and he stroked my back lightly with his fingertips. I could hear his heart rate slowing down as we both slowed down our breathing.
After a minute or two, Dimitri said "Hold on one second" and he gently placed me on my side as he pulled out of me. I could feel our combined juices spreading down my inner thighs.
Dimitri got out of bed and walked into the bathroom, I heard the water running and shortly thereafter he walked back to the bed with a warm, wet washcloth in hand. He gently cleaned me up and then he cleaned himself off.
Dimitri climbed back into bed, laid on his back and he pulled me to him. He kissed the top of my head and said "Now this is how I would have liked your first time to be".
"I don't know, I enjoyed my first time at the hotel."
Before I knew it, my lids felt very heavy and I heard Dimitri say "I love you Roza".
"I love you too, Comrade. Tonight, was the best night of my life" I said as sleep overtook me. Despite the late hour that we came home from dinner and dancing, we both woke up two more times to make love.
I knew I was going to be exhausted going to church in the morning but it was well worth it.
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