Here is chapter 2... Stop Being a Coward will be updated shortly so look for it as well...

Hope ya like it...this might be longer than I had originally expected...go figure...that usually happens!

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4th of July Fun

Chapter 2

Rose's POV

When Dimitri removed his shirt, Greenbrook's eyes widened and I didn't like it. She watched Dimitri as he headed off towards Eddie and I just knew she was going to stop him again.

Fortunately, Dimitri really wasn't in the I-want-to-be-polite mood and he brush past her, practically ignoring her. This made me feel better.

She did look pretty in her green one-piece swim suit and I knew she would try to fawn all over my man. This was why I resorted to wearing the bikini. Not that Dimitri would notice her but he is a male, can they really be held responsible for noticing a woman's body? But I knew that if he saw me like this then there would be no way he would pay her much attention, if any.

My idea had been genius, as he didn't even give her a second glance. But she sure gave him a second and third glance after he took off his shirt. And while I had teased Dimitri about wearing a Speedo, I was glad that he would never do that. That would just give her eyes more of his body to scope out.

I noticed the way her eyes had trailed after his body as he stormed past her and I decided that that was my man and I wanted to go with him. I followed the same path he had and wagged my eyebrows at her as I ran in front of her towards Dimitri and Eddie. As usual, I acted before I really thought about the repercussions and jumped right behind him on to the Sea Doo. Pressing my chest to his back and wrapping my arms snug around his waist.

I knew he couldn't deny me a ride, not that he would have wanted to anyways but now it was out of his hands.

Obviously my body pressed securely against his bare skin had distracted him enough to not hear Eddie say go.

I heard him ask me what I was doing. I thought the answer was quite obvious. "We are going to kick Eddie's ass. Now GOOO." I yelled looking at Eddie already heading away from us at top speed.

This time Dimitri didn't hesitate and sped off, following the trail that Eddie had left in his wake. The lake itself was not just one big open body of water. It had small channels of land running through the open areas of water. These islands were of varying sizes and most had tall marsh land growing which made it difficult to look across the lake. Birds, frogs, and other amphibians could be seen lining the water ways in search of food.

It might have been easy to get lost in the racing area of the lake but maps had been given out when the Sea Doos were rented which showed the paths that were dedicated to the water crafts. With dhampirs excellent sense of direction, one look at the map had the entire lake etched into memory.

That was why I was very surprised when Dimitri suddenly turned off the main path and sped down a secluded area of marshlands.

"Why did you do that? We were almost caught up with him! Is this a short cut?" I asked, incredibly pissed that Eddie might actually beat us. He had said we would bet on the outcome of the race but fortunately we had not come to an agreement about what the loser would have to do. If in fact we did lose, I would simply deny that this was our race and challenge him again. Of course Eddie would go for that, it was hard to deny me anything.

"You'll see." Dimitri told me as we twisted and turned through the narrowing waterways at a very fast speed. I shrugged, sure that Dimitri knew what he was doing. He knew I didn't like to lose so surely we would come out on the other end as the victors.

It took us about five minutes to reach the small shack in an isolated area of the lake. When Dimitri pulled up at a doc and tied the boat off, I was pissed.

"What the hell Dimitri? We are going to lose! Where are we?" I asked, my voice was rising as I was not in the mood to be in some remote location when I could be making Eddie worship the ground I walked on. Dimitri helped me off of the Sea Doo as we looked to the lean-to in front of us.

"Guardian McGuire's fishing shed." Dimitri grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers as he pulled me towards the dirty looking hovel.

"Guardian who?" I replied, I really had no idea who the heck that was or why we were at this finishing shed.

"Guardian McGuire… he is one of the counselors back at the school."

"And what are we doing here?" I asked, still not certain why the heck we would be at a place like this.

"He uses this place to come finishing sometimes. Don't ask me why but he likes it." Dimitri shrugged. "He didn't get to come this year so he asked me to stop in and check on everything. From my understanding, he comes here once every couple of months to fish. With the attack, he hasn't gotten time off to come and make sure everything is okay. He knew I was coming so he asked me to make sure nothing was wrong."

Dimitri dropped my hand then proceeded to pull a key out of the clear waterproof wallet that he pulled out of the pocket of his board shorts. He opened the door with one hand while grabbing mine back with the other pulling me through the door.

"Um, I think he's been robbed." I replied, looking around the dirty room. It was bare and only had two fold down chairs that were sitting behind a circle that was cut out on the wooden floor and a small 3 by 5 wooden table back against the far wall. The circle on the floor was filled in with a clear Plexiglas circle that allowed you to see into the water below. There were two handles of rope that were looped through the lid and water was splashing against the ground, making the whole building shake a little with the impact. The floor and walls were all wood and seemed to have a light coating of dust covering them.

Dimitri chuckled. "It's a fishing shed. You can fish in here when the lake gets really cold. That way you aren't out in the snow but can still come to the lake. It's also nice when it's really hot outside. You can fish without the sun burning you."

"Well where are the TV and the computer?" It seems to me if you were going to be stuck in a place as boring as this that you would want to watch a movie or something.

"Rose…. we are outdoors. There is no need for a television or computer. There is so much to do here."

"Yeah, like what? 'Cuz I'm not seeing anything that is very entertaining." I rolled my eyes and walked towards the door only to be stopped by Dimitri's warm hand grabbing my arm and pulling me towards him.

His voice was very low and husky as his hands travelled down to rest on my hips, "there are plenty of things to keep us entertained Roza."

That was all I needed to hear. I reached my arms around his neck and pushed my lips against his. We had kept our distance for the past few months but I knew right at this minute there was nothing to keep us apart. No distractions, no interruptions, just me and Dimitri.

I pressed myself up against his body as his hands slid lower down to grab my hip. He pulled one of them up around his waist and I followed with the other, firmly encircling his waste with my long stems. I felt my back being pressed against the smooth wall and used it as leverage to force my body closer to his.

He gingerly set me back on my feet for a moment as his thumbs hooked into the thin straps of my bikini bottoms on either side of my hips and then worked to push his shorts down around his ankles.

Somewhere along the way, the back of my bikini had come undone and was tossed towards the floor. He groaned and removed his lips from mine, "Maybe I was wrong about this swim suit, there are definitely advantages to wearing so few clothes."

I smirked and kissed him as he pushed me back up against the wall. If our first time had been slow, gentle, and sweet, then this time was fast, hard, and oh so sexy.

I was glad that no one was around because the moans and groans along with the yells of ecstasy that escaped both of our mouths would surely bring a crowd if one was within hearing distance. They would have been able to understand what I said but I doubt anyone would understand the Russian expletives that seemed to pour through Dimitri's lips.

Dimitri collapsed against the wall and pressed against me to support both of us as my legs slid from around his waist. Had he not been holding me to the wall, I surely would have collapsed. After a few moments, we both caught our breath and Dimitri leaned back to look into my eyes.

"Not too boring now huh?" he grinned at me in an uncharacteristic show of ease.

A laugh escaped my mouth before I could stop it, "nope, who needs TV or a computer when you have body heat?"

"I love you." Dimitri whispered as he pulled me away from the wall and kissed my forehead.

"I love you too." I said, still a little winded from our earlier activities.

"Let's get dressed; no doubt Eddie will call in the cavalry if we don't show up soon."

I nodded and leaned down to step into the other side of my bikini bottoms; they had somehow ended up still circling one of my feet. I then picked up the pink triangles that lay across the room and tied them back into place.

"You really look amazing in that suit. But I still don't like you wearing it. Guardian Taylor seems to think he can look at you however he wants." Dimitri had already pulled his board shorts back around his waist and walked towards me, a brief look of jealously kissing his features.

I rolled my eyes, "I'm sure it is no worse than Guardian Greenbrook looks at you." I spat her name with distaste as though it had burned my tongue.

Dimitri laughed at me then, "You know I don't want anything to do with her right? You are the person I care about."

"Yeah yeah," I waived him off, "we will see about that when we get back and she throws herself at you again."

"Roza," Dimitri grabbed my face between his hands. "You are my life. It's you and me now no matter what and next week after you graduate, I am going to shout it from the roof tops that you are the love of my life." He grinned at me then.

"Oh yeah? Of all the buildings?" I laughed.

"Every last one of them. Even the church, I will climb up to the top of the steeple."

"I don't think that the priest would appreciate that….." I trailed off still looking into the deep pools of chocolate before me.

"I can be convincing." Dimitri smiled and gave me one last kiss as he pulled me back out the door. He locked it and put the key back into his pocket. "Everything seems to be in order here."

"Yep, everything seems perfect." We quickly got back on the SeaDoo and headed off to find Eddie who would probably be worried until he found out we were okay. Then he would proceed to tell me how he had won. But honestly, right now, nothing could bring me down from the high I was feeling as I laid my head against Dimitri's back and felt the wind whip through my hair.

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