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"What happened, Hathaway?" He asked, folding his arms.
Damn, I knew this was going to happen. Since he was still on guard duty, I decided to do it with him.
We walked to the outside out the house in the cold. I was shivering against the wind since I didn't bring my jacket. Dimitri on the other hand has his duster. Damn.
I explained to him everything and how I really needed his help. The plan was simple. Go to Russia, get married and get a divorce soon after. I don't think I want to stay married to that moron for long.
"You know I can't leave Lissa, so please help me. I'm begging you." I pleaded.
"What's in it for me?" he asked. Okay, I didn't think of that part.
"I'll do anything you say starting from now. I just need your help."
He thought about it for a while and agreed. And then, he started to smile…I didn't like the look on his face.
"First, I want you to propose." He ordered.
"Seriously?" I gave him THE LOOK. He was really trying to kill me, wasn't he? Sure we lived to annoy the crap out of each other but sometimes, all I want to do is to stuff his head up his ass.
"Note serious face." He said, pointing to himself with his all-time-serious guardian mask on.
I groaned. "Fine. Will you marry me?" I proposed, folding my arms.
"Say it like you mean it." This man, I mean moron, was asking for death.
I groaned once more. "Ugh." I took a deep breath and said "Will you-" I got cut off by Dimitri.
"On one knee, Hathaway" He was grinning now.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" I complained.
"I'm waiting…" he urged.
I cursed over and over again as I bent down on one knee and started to say the words I thought would never come out of my mouth. "Will you, Dimitri Belikov, the most kind and loving person on this earth, marry me?" I had to bat my eyelashes for God's sake.
His grin grew wider-if that's possible- and nodded in reply.
"Oh thank God!" I said, standing up.
We continued to walk around scanning the area. I was shivering against the cold wind. I would often get a few glances from Dimitri and a few chuckles too. I would elbow his sides whenever he laughed at me.
"Okay, I think I've had enough fun." He announced. I was confused until he took of his duster, revealing a tight short sleeve black T-shirt which showed off all his muscles. Damn, he looked fine.
Wait, what am I thinking? I mentally slapped myself.
He placed the duster around my shoulders.
"THANK YOU!" I exclaimed. It was so warm and it smelled sweet. His aftershave, I finally guessed.
Although, I wasn't so sure why he gave me his duster.
"I may be annoying to you but I'm no jerk. Besides, I grew up in cold weather. I'm used to it." He explained as if he read my mind.
"Oh." Was all I said.
"Whereas you," he points to me, "are weak." I elbowed his ribs and heard him laugh.
"You're going to scrub it before I take it back right? It's already gotten contact with you so it's contaminated now." He joked. I rolled my eyes.
And then, it hit me.
"When exactly are we going to Russia?" I asked.
He took a while before answering "Saturday morning."
My eyes widened. "WHAT? That's in like, two days! We have to tell Lissa. Christian and Adrian will most definitely tag along and so will Eddie. We can take Lissa's private jet so we don't have to book last minute tickets and- oh my God! How do we tell her? She's going to freak and-"
My constant ramblings was interrupted by Dimitri having a tight grip on my shoulders and shook me.
"Rose! Relax. It's going to work. It'll all be okay." He soothed me. It helped…a little.
I took a deep breath. "We'll tell her tomorrow morning. She should be either in deep sleep or busy with Christian."
"Why don't you check on her through your bond?" he suggested and raised an eyebrow.
"Are you crazy? I might see a naked Christian! I will be scarred for life and I'll never be the same again!" I threw my arms up in the air.
He winked and replied "Exactly my point, Hathaway." He grinned and I smacked him on his arm.
After a few more rounds, we decided to hit the sack and let the technology do the rest of the guarding. Did I mention that Lissa's house is high tech? Yeah, VERY high tech.
Dimitri walked me to my room since his was just down the hall.
"Goodnight Belikov. I can't wait to start my dream of you getting hit by a fast moving vehicle." I informed him and smiled
"And I can't wait to start dreaming of you drowning in a pool of acid." He replied and smiled as well.
He waved goodbye as he left and I opened the door to my room.
I took a quick shower, crawled up to bed and slept.
SATURDAY MORNING.
We told the others about our plan and Lissa was still getting used to the idea whereas Christian, Adrian and Eddie can not stop laughing. Their jokes aren't helping either.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"Ugh. Shut up!" I groaned and placed a pillow over my ear.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
I swore and mumbled incoherent words.
BEEP BEEP BE-
That's it. I threw the alarm clock toward the door and heard glass shattering. Awesome, I need a new alarm clock now.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.
"Seriously? Can't I sleep peacefully for once? Go away" I grumbled. The voice outside laughed.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"What part of GO AWAY don't you understand?" I complained.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"You're pissing me off, Belikov!" I screamed.
"That's sort of the point Hathaway. The flight is in 40 minutes and we're going to be late. Everyone's waiting for you." He informed me.
If my eyes were open, I would be rolling them by now. I threw a pillow to the door. Hard.
"Don't make me go in there." He warned.
"Ooooh I'm so scared." I teased.
A good full minute passed and I heard the door open. There was a sudden rush of cold wind on my feet and warm hands gripping them.
My eyes shot open and I instinctively grabbed the headboard.
He started to pull my feet as I held on to the headboard.
"Nooooo! You'll never take me alive!" I exclaimed and heard him laugh.
"It's okay, I prefer you dead anyway but Lissa will kill me if I do anything to you." He replied.
I still refused to wake up.
"Come on, wake up wifey!" he exclaimed.
I looked at him for a moment and laughed hard. "Wifey? Seriously? What are you, five?" I said between laughs.
"Oh, so you want to laugh eh?" somehow I didn't like the sound of that.
He crawled up into my bed and started tickling me.
"Dimitri stop!" I pleaded. I couldn't stop laughing. I couldn't escape either. He had one leg on each side which made it difficult to escape.
"Dimitri! Oh God, STOP IT!" I pleaded once more.
He laughed but didn't stop. "I want to hear the magic words, Hathaway!"
"Pleaseeee! You win! I surrender! STOP IT!" I exclaimed.
He finally stopped and we were both breathing hard.
He was hovering above me, with some strands of hair hanging out form his ponytail, framing his face perfectly. I looked at his deep brown eyes and back down to his lips.
He looked like he wanted to lean in and I wanted to do the same.
Hold up, what am I thinking? I mentally slapped myself over and over again.
Christian just happened to walk past my room at that particular moment. He stopped in his tracks and said "I know I said that you guys should have sex since you're getting married and all but I didn't think you'll take it seriously." he laughed and continued, "Also, I would have said get a room but since you're already in one, try closing the door next time." he smiled and walked off.
Dimitri was got off me in a flash and silently walked out. What happened to him?
I took a quick shower, packed my last minute stuff and dashed downstairs.
"Handover the food and nobody gets hurt!" I screamed.
Everyone looked at me and laughed hysterically.
"There's no time for food, Rose. We're already late!" Lissa informed me and I grumbled. We all dragged our luggage out into the van waiting for us.
Lissa and Adrian had ALOT of luggage so we literally had a hard time stuffing everything into the trunk.
Once we were inside, Christian started the topic of our conversation. Me.
"So, since Hathaway didn't get her food, she's probably going to kill anyone who sits beside her in the plane. Which man would love to volunteer himself and take THE SEAT." he started.
"I vote Adrian. I would love to test my sadistically theories on you." I grinned.
"I would love to test my own theories on you too, Little Dhampir." he replied as he wriggles his eyebrows.
"Okay, ew. Adrian is most definitely out. We don't need unwanted noises in the plane." Lissa said and I completely agreed with her.
"I want to sit next to Fire boy..." I announced.
"No way. I need him in once piece for the wedding." Lissa defended him and everyone laughed.
"It would be pretty funny if Lissa got married multiple times, each time to a part of Christian, don't you think?" Eddie said and we all laughed, imagining it in our own heads. Lissa shot him a death glare.
We reached the airport shortly after and I rushed out of he van screaming "FOOD!"
Lissa grabbed me and said "No, we're late."
"Damn." I cursed. I helped Dimitri get out all our luggage and drag Lissa and Adrian's luggage as well. When I said they have ALOT of stuff, I mean it.
Once we were on the jet, Dimitri and I went to the far end of the plane to squeeze all of our luggage. Well, mostly Lissa and Adrian's luggage.
When we were done, we headed back to the cabin where our seats were.
Lissa and Christian were sitting at the back together, looking more than comfortable if you ask me. Adrian and Eddie had separate seats. I walked towards Eddie and he lifted his legs up and rested them on the seat beside him. I turned around to see that Adrian was doing the same.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me." there were only two seats left. They were side by side.
"Looks like I have to sit with you, Hathaway." Dimitri confirmed.
"Yeah, good luck surviving." Eddie told him.
"Trust me, he needs it.." I agreed with Eddie.
I sat on the inside, nearer tm the window. When the plane started to move, I had my mental blocks up to keel away the unwanted visitors.
Dimitri was reading one of his western novels and I was staring out the window. Eddie and Adrian fell asleep and Dimitri would often glance over towards me.
My stomach would start to grumble and he would chuckle. I smacked his arm. "Will you shut up?"
He tsk-ed as he got up and moved towards the back of the jet. I didn't know what he was going to do but I lifted my legs and rested them on his seat. I had to stretch them for a while.
I started to lean back and close my eyes until someone grabbed my feet and threw them on the floor.
"Hey!" I complained. Dimitri sat down and passed me a blue container.
"What's this?" I asked.
"Open it and see." he answered.
I opened the container which help five chocolate glazed donuts. My mouth watered.
"Where did you get these?" I questioned.
"I'm always ready for a starving Hathaway before she goes on a rampage." he replied.
"They aren't poisonous, are they?" I just had to ask. What? I had to make sure.
"Unfortunately, no."
That was good enough for me. I started to gobble it down. Heck chewing. Dimitri looked at me and laughed. I rolled my eyes and ignored him.
When I finished my donuts, there was unwanted noise coming from the back. "Hey! What did I say about unwanted noise?" I said loud enough for Lissa and Christian to hear but soft enough to not wake the two sleeping babies.
Lissa mumbled a "Sorry." and Christian said something along he lines of spoiling a romantic mood. I rolled my eyes.
An hour has passed and we were still in mid air. I was starting to feel sleepy and allowed my eyes to close for a short while.
When I woke up, my head was resting on something hard but was oddly comfortable. Dimitri's shoulder. His head was resting on mine. I jerked upwards only to hit against Dimitri's head.
"Hey!" He exclaimed.
"Did you drool in my hair?" I cried out, running a hand through my hair.
"Did you drool on my shirt?" he checked his shirt. Nope, nothing. Thank God.
We turned around and heard laughter coming from the rest.
We turned around to see Lissa trying to hold back her laugh, keyword here being TRYING.
The guys were practically gasping for air.
"I'm sorry, we didn't want to wake the sleeping couple!" Christian screamed in between laughs.
""Especially when they're in such a wonderful position!" Eddie continued.
I gave them all death glares.
Once we reached the airport, we had to take a van to his place. Out of all the people I could be stuck in between, I was stuck in between the two dimwits.
"I swear I saw Belikov's arm reaching out to her!" Christian annoyed me even more by still laughing about it.
"And Rose's arm looked like she wanted to sneak upwards too!" Adrian added, once again, still laughing.
"Let's rein act the whole thing!" I really wanted to burn him, strangle him and then throw him down a building with his 'brilliant' ideas.
Adrian nodded in agreement and they started reaching out to each other, arms open wide, making stupid kissing faces.
Normally I would laugh and call them gay but right now, I was in the middle and it is NOT funny.
"Will the two of you ever let it go?" I know it's not worth asking but I had to try.
They stopped and looked at each other with serious faces. They suddenly burst out screaming "NOPE!"
"ARGH!" I groaned. This was going to be a heck of a ride.
The van could only go so far and we had to walk for a very short distance. We were all dragging the suitcases and Dimitri was leading the way.
I walked beside him and asked "So, what are we going to tell your family?"
He paused to think for a moment. "I've already told them that I'm getting married and that's all they will know. They will not know anything about the divorce." His face was hard.
Once we reached his home, 5 girls and a little boy stared running towards us. An elderly woman, someone who looked like she was in her forties, one young woman, one regnant woman and a teenager. The last three were his sisters, I concluded. The little boy would be his nephew. One of his sisters is holding a baby girl.
They came running towards us screaming "Dimka!"
They all embraced him and that poor little boy was stuck in between his aunt's butts trying to hug his uncle.
Once they let go, Dimitri laughed as he saw the little boy pouting since he didn't get a chance to touch his uncle. Dimitri carried him and placed him on his shoulders.
"Who's that?" the little boy asked and pointed towards me.
"That is my fiancé." he announced.
The women faced me and I waved hello.
The woman in her forties came up to give me a hug. "I'm Olena. Dimka's mother." she introduced.
I hugged her back and everyone turned towards the little boy when he said "What's a fiancé? Can I have one too?"
Dimitri whispered in his ear for a few seconds and Paul said "Ohhh...It's okay, I don't want one now. Especially Rose."
My eyes widened and Dimitri grinned.
"What did you tell him exactly?" I asked.
He zipped his mouth.
"Dimitri..." I said between my teeth. He's lucky his family members are around or I would already kick his ass.
The teenager walked up and patted me on the back. "It's okay, he does that to me too. It's SO ANNOYING. I'm Viktoria by the way." she introduced. I couldn't agree more.
"Tell me about it. Sometimes, it's worse." I agreed with her.
"Sometimes I just want to shove him down a tall building." she admitted. I nodded and the others laughed.
The pregnant woman came up to me next. I wanted to shake her hand but she pulled me into a hug. "We're practically family now! I'm Sonya" I was shocked at first but hugged her back. She let me go as Viktoria whispered "She has random mood swings due to her pregnancy. So beware. She can be nice one minute and snap your neck in he next." I chuckled.
The last sister came up to me and introduced herself as well as give me a hug with her baby in between us. "I'm Karolina. Congratulations on getting engaged to my brother. And good luck because you're going to need it." I laughed and replied "I know."
"Let's go back inside. The introductions can continue during dinner." Olena announced. I didn't realize the others had already arrived and were standing behind us the whole time.
I watched as Dimitri walked back inside with his family and I started to think. It felt like I was in a real family. I never knew what it felt like. Dimitri has that right here and whatever I'm going to make him go through might ruin this and what they have in the future. I felt so guilty as I walked back inside.
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