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Disclaimer: I, XxDeadlyBlackRosexX am not the owner of Vampire Academy despite my constant protests. (I still think the front cover just has the wrong name!) The fantastic Richelle Mead is!
So without further adieu, I introduce to you, the first chapter of 'Just Go With It'!
Enjoy... Oh by the way, still Dimitri's POV.
Okay start again, Enjoy...
Chapter 1: You're married?
I strutted casually into the reception area, in the midst of tying my shoulder length brown hair. The automatic doors opened when they sensed my presence and my expensive runners pressed against the extravagant carpet.
As I reached the front desk my lips pulled in to a smile of their own accord when my brown eyes met the eyes of the receptionist. Rose smiled at me and nodded in greeting.
"Hello Rose." I greeted. She sat at her black desk chair, her long dark hair pulled up into high ponytail. Today she was wearing casual jeans and a very loose t shirt.
"Morning Comrade, you have an appointment with Eddie Castile in five minutes." She addressed me and handed over a stack of folders. "Also, this is all your mail, as well as appointment list and timetable for today."
I sighed and heaved the paper work up to my chest.
"How was Friday night?" Rose asked not looking up from the keypad on her laptop. Her fingers typed furiously and I grinned widely.
When Rose and I first started working together, on Monday every week I would walk into the office and stand in front of her with my hands in my pockets. Eventually she worked out that I wanted her to ask how my weekend was. Now she says it as soon as I walk in, because she gets to pissed when I just stand there.
"Amazing." I stated, looking off to the distance, remembering my night with Lilac...or was it Lily? I can't remember.
I made my way over to the gym which was through double doors near the reception desk. Pulling the equipment out of the little room I spread it around the gymnasium.
A few minutes later Eddie walked through the doors carrying a sport bag and drink bottle. He 'plonked' them both down and took the little amount of steps towards me.
I gave him a greeting followed by a few instructions, he did them wordlessly.
An hour later- after the training was finished- I jogged into reception area once again eager to vent my feelings to Rose.
Rose was leaning against the desk, munching on what I'm guessing is a ham sandwich. Her ankles were crossed over and she winked when she noticed my observing.
I smiled and shook my head in exasperation; same old Roza.
"How are you?" I questioned in a curious tone. Normally I wouldn't have asked because I never had the time, running a fitness and combat business and all.
"As good as a single- divorced- mother can be, I guess. The kids have been giving me some trouble but what can I do? They're just acting their age. Aisley sold Michael's stuff on ebay the other day. I wish they would just get along! Are you even listening?"
I blinked and focused my attention back on Rose.
"Sorry, zoned out for a bit. What were you saying?"
"Never mind," she replied sighing and running the hand that didn't hold her sandwich through her hair. Guilt washed over me, here she was, putting up with my annoying venting and smug attitude and I couldn't even listen to her for 2 minutes.
"Christian called, apparently he and Lissa are getting married," She articulated and I smiled, finally! Those two had been going out for over two years, not to mention Lissa was carrying his child.
"And he wanted to know if you could make it tonight to their engagement party. It's at their house and starts at seven-thirty. I have to call him back."
Rose and Lissa have been friends since forever as they say, and they introduced me to Christian when Rose and I first started working together. We've been pretty close ever since.
"Sure I'll be there." I said and glanced down at my timetable to see who I had next.
"You'll be there as long as there's a blond with boobs." Rose mumbled, finding her place back on the desk chair after threw the wrapper from her lunch in the bin.
I groaned. "I'm not as bad as you think!" I exclaimed in an annoyed tone. She laughed and shook her head.
"I've known you for 7 years, Dimitri. Who are you trying to humour?" It wasn't really meant for an answer so I didn't reply; I just walked back into the gym to wait for Clarice Grange.
A few minutes later the 80 year old wobbled into the large area.
"Morning Mrs Grange, how are you today?" I inquired, trying to be polite. She smiled at me; bearing all her crooked teeth. I resisted all urges to grimace.
"I'm good thank-you dearie. You must be Mr Belikov?"
"You are correct. Now this is your first time; so I'm just going to assess your fitness level. Is that ok?"
She nodded and we went into action. I suddenly came up with an incredibly bad cough every time she did something bad...meaning incredibly funny.
After the hour she made her way to the reception area to pay and I ran a few laps on the jogging track; not wanting to slack off on my own fitness. I grabbed my water bottle and walked back into the gym to see Rose at the weight area.
"You're gonna need to do more than a few weight lifts to get back in shape." I teased but she ignored me and continued lifting the heavy weights in a way that looked effortless.
I laughed and went to collect my much deserved lunch.
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The big door swung open, banging loudly as it hit the wall and in entered Adrian, my cousin.
He was dressed very casually in jeans and a tight T-shirt. His hair was in the usual messy style as well.
Rose sighed. "Yay, Adrian's here." I chuckled and leant against the desk while Rose laid her head in her hands.
"Hey cuz, what's up?" Adrian greeted me. I shook his hand and watched him pull out a cigarette from his pocket.
"Don't you dare," Rose warned in a dangerous tone he froze and turned to her. "Those things disgust me, not to mention that we have patients waiting, they come here to get fit, not die of your idiotic vices." Ouch!
"You know you love me little receptionist."
"Oh wow, such a great retort." Rose said, reverting back to her computer screen.
Adrian mimicked in a really high voice, he sounded kind of like tweety bird. Rose looked up from the screen through her eyelashes, her head in the same position, rolled her eyes and looked back down.
"Dimitri your 4:30's here, they're waiting in the gym. It's a class remember, about ten people. I'll be in there to help in a minute." I nodded, thanked her and walked back into the gym. This is getting old really fast.
Inside the gym was- as Rose said- a class of ten, ages twelve to fifteen. I did the normal routine; greeting, splitting them into groups, instructions; the usual.
Unbeknownst to the person sneaking up behind me, I continued giving the class a lecture on behaviour as they had been misbehaving very much previously today.
Luckily for me though I was facing a window and it reflected very easily. I saw my own reflection, and the brunette stealthily tip toeing behind me. The woman brought a finger up to her lips as a signal for the class to remain silent. Unfortunately- for her- she didn't notice the window.
Just as she was about to attack me I spun around, wrapping my large hands around her waist and shoving her onto the floor. In one quick movement I straddled her and grabbed her wrists, pinning them above her head.
She groaned and rolled her eyes, trying to push me off.
"You should know better than to try and sneak up on me Rose."
"A girl can try, Comrade."
Rose glanced at the class who I just now noticed, were crouched in an attack position. This can't be good.
Just as I was about to release Rose she screamed a sort of battle cry and the oldest members of the group came barrelling towards me, shoving me off Rose and restraining me against the floor. Next the little people came running and started jumping on me, punching, kicking and any other painful outbreak.
I groaned and tried to use all my weight to get them off me to no avail. I was screwed, and Rose was going to pay.
"You wait, Rose, I'll-" I stopped mid-sentence when I had the wind knocked out of me. "get...you" I stuttered out. God the kids were going to die.
"Ha. And you think cookie and cream would let you anywhere near me and the kids? You're dreamin'."
Cookie and cream were her two pain in the ass dogs. They looked all cuddly and cute but man they had a set of teeth. Her kids had named them, though Rose found no reason to disagree.
"Okay, I surrender... Now get off me." The children stopped the violent movements but made no attempt to free me. Rose laughed, patted a little boy on the head and walked off.
She's not really going to leave me like this...right?
I waited a few seconds, anticipating her to come back. When she didn't- which I knew she wouldn't- I had to bribe the kids with lollies to get them off me.
I left them to wait for their parents to pick them up as I regularly did and made my way- once again- back into the reception. Rose sat in her typical chair, chomping on a chocolate bar.
"Can I have some?" I rested my elbow on the desk, then my head on my palm and looked down at her. I expected her to squeal or jump but she didn't even look up from the magazine she was reading.
"How many did it take?" She questioned back, her tone un-interested.
"It took five lollies each for them to get off me. You?"
"One each. You really have to stop making them do forty sit ups, then they might actually like you."
"Where's the fun in that?"
"Well that back there was pretty fun." She retorted, finally looking up with an amused expression. Her lips were pulled up into a smirk as were mine.
"Okay, well I'll see you tonight at the party, I guess?" She responded with a nod and returned back to the page.
"I'll lock up." She muttered, relaxing back into her chair.
I went to collect my equipment and strode out the door, giving her a quick wave on the way out.
I checked my fancy watch, observing that it was six o'clock. I normally took about half an hour to get ready and it took a while to get to Christians place so I should be at the party by about quarter to seven.
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I drove up the very long drive way, it zigged and zagged in all sorts of directions, eventually reaching the mansion. It was one of those incredibly expensive, two story houses that had the perfect view of the beach.
I tapped my hand on the steering to the beat of the music sounding from the radio. Pulling up and the end of the small road, I handed my key to the valet and adjusted my jacket.
I hiked up the steps and through the glamorous front door into the hallway. I searched a few different rooms, acknowledging a few people I'd met before until I found the happy couple.
Christian had his arm wrapped around the waist of the beautiful Lissa Dragomir; soon to be Ozera. Her sparkly dress was very eye catching and her blonde curls flowed down her back. Christian held his signature smirk but his blue eyes held so much pride and happiness.
"Well, well, well, who would've thought it would take you two this long to get married. Especially when this baby bump took very minimal time to be produced."
Christian just laughed while Lissa gaped, in horror that I would say such a thing.
"Dimitri! My parents if you haven't noticed are in this very room, I don't need you to bring that topic up, please!" Lissa whispered standing on the tips of her toes just so she could reach my nose.
Her glare could scare any man, but not me. I had to put up with Rose.
I rolled my eyes.
"Like they care Liss, how do you think you were created?"
"Oh god, don't put that image in my head!" She exclaimed, walking past me with an expression of disgust.
Her heels clicked on the clean floor, her curls bouncing in an elegant manner. I turned back to her fiancée who seemed amused out our bickering.
"She won't be able to sleep tonight, I guarantee it."
This just made me chuckle.
"You wouldn't let her sleep anyway."
"True, true. Anyway, Dimitri, I have someone I want you to meet. Follow me." I nodded and placed my drink down on the table, knowing I probably wouldn't go back to it anyway.
Christian led me down the hallway, past numerous rooms. He kept walking past this one room, but I stopped at it. When he noticed I'd stopped he turned pack around, coming to my side.
I pointed inside the room at the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Ever.
"Ah, there she is," Christian thrust me into the confined room, walking past me expecting me to follow.
He walked up to the woman and gave her a hug; it was then that I noticed the resemblance. The two both had black hair and blue eyes. The girl was stunningly beautiful...and sexy. She had curves that made a man stop and stare, which is what just happened to me. It was like one of those cheesy movies, time slowed as she turned to look at me. Her blue eye pierced mine before starting to study my face, then slowly my body. I puffed my chest out in a dominating action, I've always been confident that I could stop a few hearts for harmless seconds, and this situation was no different.
"Well who is this good looking man, Christian?" Oh God, her voice was like magic to my ears; so soft , and very sexy.
"This is my best mate; Dimitri Belikov." I took a step forward to shake her hand, but instead I brought it up and kissed the back of it. She blushed and giggled; a common reaction among the female species.
"And this, Dimitri, is my baby cousin; Tasha." Christian introduced me to the young lady. She looked about 22 possibly 23, and compared to my age of 32, that's a pretty big age gap, yet, it's a huge improvement from my Friday night girls.
Christian patted my back on his way out of the room and I straightened my posture.
He was warning me to play nice.
I beckoned her forward with my finger, she did so.
"How 'bout we go for a walk in this magnificent night?" I asked causing her to giggle once again, it sounded like little bells ringing. I grabbed her soft, warm hand and gently tugged her out the back door, down the stairs and onto the luring texture of the sand. She let go of my hand for a second, but only to remove her small sandals.
She glanced at me from the corner of her eye with a small smile before looking up at the night sky. The moon light shone on her smooth complexion and I could tell that she had a minimum amount of make-up on because she was just a natural beauty.
We chatted, and got to know each other better. I don't what it was, but this girl is special. I can tell she's going to make a big difference in my life.
"So, how long have you been an actress for?" I guessed, and she laughed.
"What makes you think I'm an actress?"
"I guarantee you're an actress, or a model."
"Actually, guess again Dimka, I am a sixth grade math teacher."
"Really?" Never would've guessed.
We chatted a little bit longer, she told me about her parents and their divorce and how close her and Christian were.
We paused at the edge of the water to look out at sea.
"I've never hung around with someone your age and enjoyed it so much." A calm breeze arose from the sea, flicking Tasha's hair.
She sighed and turned to look at me, a small smile on her face.
"Uh, oh; your first lie to me."
How did she know?
"Okay, I've never hung out with someone your age and had any sort of real connection."
She beared her pearly white teeth, creating a sort of shine around her. It was the perfect picture, a woman radiating with beauty and behind her was the sea and night sky, the beauty of nature.
"See, there I can tell that you're telling the truth."
I leant in, so did she, and our lips met.
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The next morning was magical; waking up next to the amazing Tasha Ozera.
The morning sun shone on her as she slept.
"That's kind of creepy; you just sitting there watching me." I laughed and fell back onto the soft sand.
She laughed along with me and rests her head on my chest.
"I have a feeling this could end up being something." Tasha commented, her voice luring and soothing at the same time. Her small finger traced patterns on my chest.
"I agree." I kissed her forehead and she giggled.
"Well, I have to get back to work, but how about I get your number and I'll call you tonight."
I approved and told her that there was a business card in my pocket. She stood up, her silky blue dress catching the sun light, and walked over to my pants which were a few feet away. I pulled the blanket up further around myself to try and block the cool breeze from my bare skin.
She searched through the pants pockets. Her expression morphed into a look of disgust. She pulled out...the wedding ring. Shit! I must have put it in there before I had my shower, while I was getting ready for the party!
"You're married?" Tasha exclaimed loudly.
Phew! Finished! Yay!
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