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Stop Being a Coward

Chapter 6

They ate for a few more minutes as Rose nibbled on the sandwich in front of her. She had eaten just over half of it and Dimitri knew she still wasn't up to par. The Rose he knew would have eaten all of hers and asked for part of his.

He said nothing though as she stared at the food left on her plate, occasionally glancing up at him with a small smile gracing her lips.

"You done?" He asked, wondered what had slowed her down.

"Yeah, I can't eat anymore of it right now."

He nodded and continued to finish his sandwich as they sat in a comfortable silence, neither of them wanting to break the calm that had fallen between them. Silence between them was relaxed as always but Dimitri wanted to talk to her. He just wasn't sure where to begin.

"You want dessert?" He asked, reaching into the bag that sat at the side of the table to pull out a double chocolate chip cookie. He knew Rose couldn't pass up that. He waived it in front of her for a moment with a grin on his face.

"Um…not at the moment."

"Okay…. I guess I will have to eat it then." Dimitri rarely ate desserts but he opened the ridiculously large cookie and took a bite. It was fresh from one of the bakeries downstairs and still had a little warmth to it.

He smiled as Rose looked over at him. He could tell she was about to cave when he took a second rather large bite out of the cookie and chewed slowly, savoring the chocolatey flavor in his mouth.

"This is so good." He said as he looked into Rose's chocolate covered eyes.

"You have a little bit…" Rose wiped her face with her napkin as she tried to show Dimitri were there was a bit of the chocolate chip left on his lip.

Dimitri wiped at the spot but seemed to be getting everywhere except where the chocolate was.

Rose rolled her eyes and stood up, "let me."

She stopped just beside his chair and he turned in it to face her. She looked down into his eyes and saw many emotions pass though them as he looked back up at her. She smiled for a moment as her eyes then travelled down to his lips where the chocolate still was. She reached down with her napkin to wipe it away but at the last minute decided she had a better way of getting the chocolatey goodness off of his face.

Rose leaned down and licked his bottom lip right where the chocolate had been. She then pulled back for a brief moment in thought as she said "you are right, that was really tasty." She then pushed her lips back down on his.

He was shocked at first but quickly began to kiss her back with as much passion and love as he could put into the kiss. Slowly, this kiss got more heated as he put his hands on her hips and pulled her down into his lap.

She gladly placed her knees on each side of his waist and snaked her arms around his neck. His hands were securely gripping her bottom, pulling her as close to him as he could get her. She groaned as she rubbed herself suggestively against him.

He quickly decided that the chair was not a good place as he struggled to bring her body closer to his. He grabbed her thighs and wrapped them around him as he walked the two of them back towards the bed.

They tumbled down towards the already unmade bed and Dimitri pressed himself as close as he could while they were both still wearing clothing. He moaned as she continued to rub her center hard against his body.

When they finally both needed air, Rose pulled back briefly but kissed down his jaw to the side of his neck. His hands moved up her shirt and rubbed her back. He was both shocked and excited to feel that she was not wearing a bra under the sweatshirt she was wearing and his body became even more painfully aware of the woman in front of him.

He pulled the towel away from her still damp hair and threw it across the room. He ran his fingers through her hair and then down to the bottom of her sweatshirt as she sat on his lap. He tugged the shirt over her head and she lifted her arms to allow him to free her of the garment.

She returned her lips to his for a moment before reaching down and wrenching his shirt over his head as well. He rolled them over so he was now laying over her and began to kiss down her exposed body. He stood up at the end of the bed and pulled at the bottom of her yoga pants. She lifted herself off the mattress and helped shimmy them down her legs.

He kicked off his shoes then unzipped and removed his jeans, letting them fall into the pile of clothing forming at the foot of the bed. He gently began to kiss his way back up her body.

Rose shivered at the sensations that Dimitri brought forth in her and relished in the feeling of his tongue twisting up her legs and stomach. He gently stopped to run his lips and tongue over each nipple as he worked his way back up towards her face.

He licked the side of her neck but abruptly stopped as he felt her pulse throb just below his tongue. He was frozen for a moment as he stared at her neck. All the sudden memories of him sinking his fangs into her delicate skin flooded through his mind. He was doing it again, the thing he had told himself he couldn't do again. He was taking advantage of her.

Rose had noticed him stiffen and pulled back for a moment to look at his face. "What? What's wrong? Why'd you stop?" She asked as she put her hand on his shoulder.

He looked up at her to her cheeks were tinted pink and her hair was a wild mess on her head. Her lips were swollen from his kisses and her body was bare and exposed to him. She looked so beautiful that his thoughs hurt him that much more.

"We can't." He abruptly got up off of her and stood at the end of the bed. He turned around so he wouldn't be tempted to crawl back in bed with her and breathed deeply to try and rein in his still heavy breathing.

"Um…yes we can." Rose told him as she too got up off the bed. She walked around to face him, her breath still heavy as well.

"No, I can't do that to you. Not right now. We need to figure everything out before we can move on and I…." he looked down, not wanting to meet her eyes.

"You what?"

"I'm leaving, in a couple days. I am going back to Russia for a few days to see my family."

"You…you're leaving me?" tears filled her eyes as she tried to get him to look at her.

"I'm not leaving you, I just have to see them and get my head straight so that I can come back here and be with you."

Rose then got angry, really fast. "You're leaving me? Again? What the hell was the point of you coming here at all then?" She pushed Dimitri backwards. He wasn't expecting this and fell back onto the bed.

"I have to go Rose. Just for a little while." He said, trying to sit back up. "Maybe we should talk about this with more clothing on." He reached down for his jeans and began to slide them up his legs.

"Why don't you just take your clothes and get the fuck out?" Rose yelled as she picked up his shirt and shoes and walked towards the hallway, oblivious to the fact that she was still wearing only her panties.

She opened to door and threw the shirt against the wall and then turned around and stalked over to him. "GET. OUT. NOW." She reached over and grabbed the alarm clock that was beside the bed and threw it against the wall, breaking it on impact.

Dimitri buttoned his pants and grabbed her shirt. He attempted to pull it over her head since the door was still wide open but she grabbed the shirt from him and pulled it down over herself before he could do it. "And don't touch me, I can do it myself." She backed away from him.

"You have a lot of nerve coming here just to leave. You shouldn't be here at all. You don't love me anymore. And here I am, throwing myself at you for you to be a prick. I am the stupid one in all of this! It's just like Russian, holding sex over my head to get something more out of me."

Dimitri flinched as her words but tried to reach out to her again, "Roza…."

This time Rose slapped him against the face. He took a step away from her remembering what Lissa had told him earlier. He held his hands up in defeat. At least she hadn't broken his nose yet.

"I told you not to call me that!"

He nodded, "Rose, let's talk about this please?"

"I don't have anything to say to you right now." She gave him an evil glare and he took another step back.

"Rose." Lissa said, stepping inside the doorway. She had heard the commotion of something being broken and came down the hall to investigate.

"You stay away from me too. Why did you bring him here? He shouldn't have ever come!" Rose yelled at Lissa.

Lissa took the few steps towards Rose and placed her hand on her arm. Lissa was silent for a moment as she put her thoughts into Rose.

Rose's face went from angry to pained to confused in a matter of seconds. She looked from Lissa to Dimitri who still had the outline of her hand across his cheek.

"I don't know…what…what happened?" Rose looked between the two of them.

"It's okay Rose, everything is going to be okay." Lissa pulled Rose into a hug for a moment then pulled away to look at her. "Are you okay?"

Rose nodded, "I think so."

"Do you want me to have him leave?" Lissa asked, wondering if Dimitri was doing more harm than good.

"No, it's fine." Rose stepped over to Dimitri and put her hand on his face. "I'm sorry."

Dimitri recoiled a bit as her hand touched where she had slapped him but smiled, "it's okay Rose, it's going to be okay."

Rose nodded and sat down on the bed. Dimitri looked confused at Lissa for a moment but Lissa nodded her head towards the door and turned to leave.

"Give me a minute." Dimitri smiled at Rose and went to the door behind Lissa.

They stepped out into the hall and Dimitri grabbed his shirt and shoes from the floor as he pulled the door shut behind him.

Lissa turned to him, "whatever the hell you just did, don't do it again."

"What just happened?"

"I healed the darkness out of her. She let it get to her again. At least I was able to heal it again which means she's open to the magic."

"Is that what happened earlier? Is that why she seemed to be herself for a little bit?"

Lissa nodded, "yeah, I healed some of it out of her before. It's hard to do and I can only do a little at a time. It should have lasted longer too but you obviously upset her."

"I didn't mean to. I will be more careful."

"It's okay, at least I could heal her, I have been trying but it hasn't worked the past few weeks. She can feel our bond again but obviously not completely because she isn't even aware that I healed her."

"So what should I do?"

"Don't upset her."

Dimitri nodded, "Anything else?"

"Keep her calm, it might help if you kept your clothing on as well." Lissa laughed as she took in Dimitri's still half naked body. "That might help her stay in control."

"Got it." He chuckled.

"I'm down the hall if you need me but I don't know if I can heal her much more tonight. It takes a lot out of both of us and I am just learning."

"Thank you Princess." Dimitri bowed.

Lissa smiled and walked back to her room. Dimitri went back into Rose's after putting his shirt back on.

Maybe he could help Rose get rid of the darkness. He had done it before in the cabin. He had enough strength for the both of them and it seemed as though right now they were really going to need it.

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