The next morning I woke up with my head on Dimitri's bare chest and my hand on his shoulder. Dimitri's arms were wrapped around my bare torso. He was still asleep. I couldn't help but to look at his face. He looked so peaceful in his sleep. His guards were down and he looked so vulnerable. He slowly blinked open his eyes and looked at me. He smiled and kissed me tenderly.
"Morning future Mrs. Belikov."
"Morning to you, too, Mr. Belikov. Mmmmm," I sighed. "I could get use to waking up every morning in your arms."
"So could I. We better get ready. You and I have jobs to do now."
"'Kay."
. We both dressed in Guardian Black. I kissed him goodbye and walked over to my room. Lissa and Christian were sitting beside each other on the couch drinking coffee. Through our bond I could tell that Lissa was angry about something.
"Hey guys." I walked over and got a cup of coffee. "Hey Liss. Can you look at my hand. It's really hurting me today. I think I may have broke something."
When she looked at my hand I felt her anger fade. But I ended up taking it. She squealed. "Oh my gawd! He proposed?!" I nodded. She stood up and grabbed my hands. We started to jump and down in place. "When?"
"Last night. We were on our way to tell you guys when the Strigoi attacked." We were still jumping in place. Christian laughed and came over and gave me a hug.
"You have got to let me do your wedding."
"It's not going to be a big thing, Liss. Just close family and friends. It will probably be only you guys, Eddie, and whoever Dimitri wants to invite."
"Cheer up, Rose. You seem upset. Have you set a date yet?" Lissa was very excited.
"No. We haven't decided anything, Lissa. Gosh. Like I said we just got engaged last night. The Strigoi attacked right after that. And as soon as I got home I went to bed."
"We'll take care of everything." She grabbed Christian's hand. He didn't look all that excited to be a wedding planner. I laughed at his expression.
"You seem so happy someone may think you're the one getting married," I laughed.
"I'm just so excited. Uh oh. Are you going to tell your mom and dad?"
"Of course we will but I'm going to prolong that moment for as long as I can."
"I want to be there when you tell your mom. I want to make sure you and Dimitri's death's get video taped."
"Can you turn the tape into the police and then video tape her arrest. I may want to come back and watch it. Then, I'll haunt her in jail for as long as I can."
"I would be more than happy to."
"Thanks. I have a feeling that that day will be soon. Ibrahim's here and if Mom figures out that I know who he is and he knows me then I'm sure she will find a way to get here. If Ibrahim hasn't already told her about it. Isn't that going to be a nice family reunion."? I shook my head.
"I wouldn't want to be you right now," Christian said.
"It'll all be fine," said Liss.
"If you say so. Eddie, Dimitri and I have to go get our molnija marks later."
"How many do you get?" asked Lissa.
"Ten," I said nonchalantly.
"Ten! Wow. You're going to have as many as your mom in no time. You almost killed half of them! I'm so proud of you." She hugged me.
"So what's on today's agenda?"
"Well, we are suppose to meet with the Queen to discuss college."
"What are you going to major in?"
"I'm going to major in teaching and Christian's going to specialize in Culinary Science. But the question is, what are you going to major in?"
"Well, I guess I'll be majoring in teaching like you."
"What were you
wanting to major in?"
"I don't know," I said. "Never
thought about it. I just always knew I was going to be your Guardian.
Culinary Science, huh? You can make one mean meatloaf that's for
sure. He wraps it in bacon. That sounds good. How does bacon and eggs
sound to you guys?
"Sure."
After breakfast I took some leftovers over to Eddie and Dimitri while Christian and Lissa got dressed.
"Congratulations," Eddie said when he opened the door.
"For what?"
"You're getting married! God, get with it today."
"Oh! Thanks. I'm excited. Guess what we're all doing today."
"What?" he asked.
"Lissa and Christian are to meat with my grandmother," he snorted, "to discuss college plans. We are going to be taking teaching classes and Dimitri and Christian are taking Culinary Science. Speaking of food, I brought you guys some. I told Christian that he could make a mean meatloaf and it made me crave bacon."
"Bacon?"
"Yah," I said, "He uses a lot of different meats for his and then wraps bacon around it. You should try it. It's delicious. I made this though. Bacon, eggs, biscuits, and gravy."
"Sweet. I'm starving."
I went over and sat on the couch beside Dimitri. They had been watching my favorite soap opera.
I handed him his breakfast. "Here you go. Still nice and hot."
"Thank you," said Dimitri.
"I hope you don't mind," started Dimitri, "But when your father dropped by this morning I told him the good news. I figured I could save you on that one."
"Yah, that's fine. I'm actually glad you told him. Saves me one parent to tell. What was he doing here?"
"He came to invite us to a formal dinner tonight at 6:30 sharp. He said that all of us were invited."
"Oh, ok. That was nice of him."
About half way through the show Lissa and Christian finally made it over.
"Did Zoey have the baby yet?" Christian inquired.
"Yep. You just missed it. They named her Charlotte," Eddie informed them.
"Did they reveal who the father yet?" Liss asked.
"Sssh. They're fixing to."
We continued to watch T.V. until it was time to go. They wanted to stop by the feeders before going to visit the queen. I was the far guard today. We were just outside of the building's door when I noticed someone or something moving way too fast in our direction. I turned to get into my defensive position. When I finally realized what it was, it scared me to death. It was my mother. And boy was she mad. Her face was burning with rage and she was headed right towards Dimitri.