TO CHERISH A DAY
Summary: Dimitri is a rich, business owner and with Tasha. Rose, went to school with him and always loved him from a distance… but he never noticed her. So on one drunk night… they made a mistake. Now one month before Christmas, Rose has a three year old beautiful baby girl, who looks just like Dimitri. But he doesn't know that he has a daughter, he can't even remember who Rose is. They haven't seen each other since they left school… until now. With Christmas coming up, can Rose try to make Dimitri realize that he has a daughter and that it is not a lie? And will they ever be able to Cherish A Day?
Pairing: R/D
Universe: All Human
Rating: T
This is my story entry for the Christmas New Year Contest by LFMH-A VA Lovers Group.
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy. I only own the plot. LFMH- A VA Lovers Group made the cover/banner.
Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed/favorited/followed! It really means a lot! We got to over 100! I am so surprised, this only has 5 chapters (now 6) but still managed to get over 100. Thank you all so so much! I can't even begin to describe how happy I am!
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CHAPTER 5
RPOV
Christmas Eve
Christmas music was being played. It was Christmas Eve and every year my neighbor holds a block party. Yes it's cold, but it is worth it to see the joy on all the kids faces, and teenagers and adults being able to see one another.
I stood and watched as Emily played with some kids that lived down the road at me.
"Isn't it wonderful?" Lissa asked from next to me. She had come to.
"What is?" I answered almost immediately.
"This. Emily is having so much fun! Look at her!" I looked back towards Emily. She had a smile that stretched ear to ear, and I could see that she was giggling as one of the older boys, who looked about 9, made jokes and played with her.
"Yeah. I just wish Dimitri had come to meet her. I told him about her you know? The night you held the dinner and Dimitri and his girlfriend came."
"What!?" Lissa exploded.
"You told him? Why didn't you tell me?" She was screaming over the music and conversations around us.
"It's not that easy Liss. Did you just expect me to be able to say, 'Hey, Liss. Remember the guy who slept with me and left over three years ago and is the father of my daughter? Well I told him that he was a father during the dinner you held.'?"
"I guess not." Lissa said.
"Well anyway, he asked me where I lived and told me he would come by to see Emily and tell her that he was her dad… but he never showed."
Lissa gasped.
"I'm sorry!" She pulled me into a hug.
"It's fine. It's just… for Christmas Emily asked for her Daddy. It broke my heart Liss."
She continued to hug me.
I knew tonight was going to be long.
I collapsed on my bed after Emily got tired and wanted to go home. It was 9:00pm and I was already exhausted.
But I picked myself up and dragged myself towards my closet, which held Emily's gifts. I had most of them wrapped, but there were still a few to get done.
I quickly wrapped them, but made sure it was wrapped neatly, before checking to see if Emily was asleep.
When I opened her door, she was snoring slightly and had her stuffed animal, a monkey that I had gotten her for her birthday one time, was wrapped tightly in her arms.
I smiled and shut the door softly, before heading back to my room.
Little by little I brought down the gifts and placed them under the Christmas tree.
I sighed as I finished. When I looked up from my place on the couch, I spotted the mistletoe that Emily hung in the middle of the door frame that was from the kitchen to the living room.
Tears filled my eyes. I would never have someone that would want to kiss me under the mistletoe, or hug, or watch stupid TV shows and corny movies with.
I would never has someone to cherish a day with.
Next chapter is the last :(
But after this I will be able to work on my other stories, I want to finish them because I have a lot of good story ideas planned in my head, and want to get them out but have so many stories already that I won't until I finish most of them.
But I might write an Epilogue (possibly a long one) , if I am able to get it up before the deadline (which is two days away!)
So do you think Dimitri is going to show?
BookLover694: It wasn't out of line :) Thank you for reviewing and pointing that out. He isn't being forced to help Rose and Emily but it was how he was raised to treat a girl right… even though what he did to Rose three years ago wasn't right, he was drunk… and had gotten in a fight and broken up with his girlfriend so wasn't thinking straight… not that that gives him an excuse but…
Mori Belicov Hathaway: True, but let's just pretend that it happened three years ago, but like three years and eleven months. :)
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