My dearest friend, if you don't mind, I'd like to join you by your side. Where we could gaze into the stars, and sit together, now and forever. For it is plain as anyone could see, we're simply meant to be.
(AN1: I know I said that the wedding was going to be June 17, but I didn't realize that was a Tuesday, so I am changing it to the 15th, so that it's a Sunday)
JUNE 13th
This is it. I am getting married in less than 48 hours. I can't believe it. I am really getting married. "Mom, I can't do this, I can't do this big wedding thing that Lissa set up. What if I fall on my face? Or what if I spill something on my dress? Or what if I….." I was cut off by my mother placing her hand over my mouth playfully.
"Rose, relax. You will be perfect. Amazing. I know you will. This is what you want right? To marry Dimitri, and be together forever?" Janine ask, sitting down on the bed next to where I was curled up. She knew that I loved him and always would, but no matter how supportive she and dad were they didn't bother trying to hide that they thought we were too young.
"Yes mom. I love him more than anything in this world and I would marry him a million times if I could. It's not getting married I am scared of. It's the wedding itself. Have you seen my dress? Its huge, why did you let me get it? Never mind don't answer that, I know I would have bitched and thrown a fit if I hadn't been able to." I said, worrying my engagement ring, and only smiling when my dogs jumped on the bed. "You and dad are going to be able to drive Andre's truck so they could come right?" I ask again, for the dozenth time.
"Yes Rose, don't worry. Everything will be fine. Lissa made a dozen lists of things that need to be brought up, and we will have everything. All you need to worry about is what you're going to wear and relaxing. The limo will be here at 12 to get you and all of your wedding party. So, get up shower, go down for breakfast and watch some of that who-shit that you watch" she said, and I laughed, no one other than Dimitri and Mason understood why I loved Doctor who so much. But hey, it's an amazing show, with all its wibbley-wobbly-timey-wimey-stuff.
"It's Doctor Who and you know that. But ok. Tell Christian that I want extra bacon" I told her, reaching over and turning off the awesome alarm clock that Mason had gotten me. It was the T.A.R.D.I.S (from Doctor who) but what made it cool (other than the obvious) was that it was a lazar clock. The light on the top of the phone box had a little thing on the back where it projected the time onto the wall. And the alarm, ya it could be changed to either the doctor who theme or the tardis sound.
When mom walked out of the room I got up and walked to the wall where I had my radio and pressed play on my iPod, and the sound of Katy Perry's Spiritual started playing as I walked to my closet and pulled out my red and black tank top, most of it was red plaid, but the sides had a black, and there was corset like ribbons up the front. And a pair of blue jeans and leaned down to grab my black and red DC's. Walking to the bathroom I started singing along with the song as I turned on the water and got in.
I had just finished shaving my….area when the shower curtain opened and my delicious man stood there naked as the day he was born. "Hey there handsome, you look like you need a shower too, hop in." I said smiling, and then laughed a little as I heard the song that was playing, it was OUR song. Smile by Uncle Kracker. It was the song we were going to dance to for our first dance. That's the one thing I would not be swayed on.
"Hmm, I was thinking just the same thing. And you look like you could use someone to wash your back." He said stepping in behind me and putting his arms around me. Feeling him against me, all wet from the jets spraying on us was enough that I decided I would deal with lissa's wrath. (She had told us that we were NOT to have sex until the night of the wedding)
Running my hand over his chest I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled his lips to mine and kissed him hard, like it was our first kiss and our last kiss and everyone in between. The feel of his lips against mine was nearly enough to make me moan, thank god for the music.
"God, Roza. You are so amazing" my russian muttered as he kissed down my jaw to my neck, and then even lower, his hands running up and down my sides as his lips worked over my now stiff nipples. I have come to learn that he LOVED my chest. Not that I complained much.
As he was working my chest, my slick hands found their way down between his legs and firmly took ahold of his manhood, running my hands over it slowly in a way I knew he hated. Since he had joined me in the shower I knew he wanted fast and rough, and I was more than willing to give him what he wanted, but I wanted to tease him a little first.
"damn it Roza, faster" he moaned as before grabbing my arms and pinning me to the wall and with one hand held my hands above my head, while his other hand ran down my body, giving each nipple a pinch before letting it move further down. Down to where I wanted him most.
He seemed to have the same thing in mind as I had; since he let his fingers play all around the tight buddle of nerves that he knew would set me off. He would get so close, than move away, making me groan in frustration every time. "Dimitri, please" I moaned thrusting my hips forward in a fruitless attempt to get his fingers where I wanted them.
"Please what Rose? Tell me" he whispered into my ear before taking the lobe into between his lips gently, earning another moan from me. He knew exactly what he was doing it me, and he loved it.
"Touch me." I moaned and he chuckled, than kissed my lips as he let his fingers, finally, run over my sensitive clit. My body arched off the wall so far that I felt his stiffness press against my belly.
Within a minute of his skilled fingers working me, I felt that oh so familiar clenching in my belly that told me that I was nearly to my climax. Moaning loudly, my head falling back, I let myself fall over the edge. Before I had even hit bottom, I felt him thrust into me, filling me to the brim with his manliness.
"Oh fuck, yes Dimitri" I moaned, lifting my legs to wrap around his waist, my hands running though his hair as I crashed my lips to his. When he bit my lip, I was so happy that I had not gotten my nails done yet and they were blunt. If they hadn't been in would have drawn blood, it's happened before.
"oh god Roza, you feel amazing" he muttered in my ear, moaning softly when I let out a loud moan like scream as his member hit that most sensitive spot inside me, bringing me closer and closer to my second orgasm with each hard thrust. With the way he was moving I knew that he was close as well, but he would not let himself finish until I had.
A couple more thrusts and I was there, cumming hard around him, I kissed him with all the strength I had, than let out another moan as I felt him shutter and then empty himself inside of me. I do believe that was one of the best feelings around, and it was moments like this that I had to be thankful for birth control.
"Well, now I really need someone to wash my back" I said laughing as he gently set me back on the ground and I stepped under the hot spray.
20 minutes later Dimitri and I walked down the stairs, both fully dressed with the biggest smiles on our faces. When we sat at the table, lissa glared at us and then threw a crumpled up napkin at us. "You had sex. You sluts." She said than laughed and shook her head. "We have 2 hours, eat something and then go watch TV or something. The limo will be here in at 12."
With much grumbling and after stealing more bacon from Christian I went into the living room and turned on the TV, and rather than watch Doctor who, I found my Fair Wedding, with David Tutara. Thanks to lissa, I love this show. This one was about him throwing a huge Burlesque style wedding. And it went from trashy to classy.
It only took half an hour for everyone to join me, and soon the show was forgotten as we all hung out, taking and getting to know the newest additions to the group. Since the ride there was going to be all of the wedding party, Sonya Karolina, Viktoria, and Sydney had joined us, along with Dimitri's best friend from Russia, Ivan. The 5 of them sat on the other side of the room talking in Russian, and it took everything in me not to laugh when I heard the two guys start talking about me.
Dimitri didn't know that, thanks to his family I could speak fluent Russian and I wanted to keep it that way. So when I heard Ivan ask what I was like in bed, and Dimitri's answer, it took a lot not to throw something at him. I loved the man but that didn't give him the right to talk about our sex life. I didn't talk to Liss about him he wasn't allowed to talk to his best friend about me. And once he knew I could speak Russian I was going to yell at him about it.
As the men talked about mine and his sex life, Karolina looked at me and bit her lip to keep from laughing. Shaking my head, I rubbed my hand over Copper and Todd, who had found their way onto the couch with me. "Go get daddy" I told them as I nudged them off the couch and they ran over and attacked Dimitri and had him rolling on the floor playing with them.
For the next hour, we spent talking about the weekend. After explaining to everyone the plans the Lissa, Dimitri and I had worked out, they were all excited. We had decided to have a bon fire tonight with just our group, and then tomorrow Lissa would be working with the camp to start setting things up for Sunday, while I and the other girls in the party got stuck in the spa for all manner of evil treatments. I was sure that Lissa had a party for me somewhere in the plan but she didn't tell me when so I was half excited, half terrified of it. Then on Sunday, the morning would be spent getting hair and make-up done before getting married.
Getting married. I still couldn't believe that it was really happening. Dimitri and I had been engaged for over a year, and now it was really happening. It had all felt like a dream, and now that it was nearly time, I felt like I was waking up from a dream. Maybe mom and dad were right? Maybe we were too young? No! No, they were wrong. We loved each other, and we always would. He was my soul mate and I was his. Nothing and no one would ever change that. Looking over at him I smiled and nodded my head.
A couple minutes later, there was a knock on the door and I grabbed Sydney's hand, who had been sitting next to me. All of a sudden I was nervous as hell. "Oh my god. This is really happening. I am really getting married." I said softly as everyone got up and danced their way out the door, talking about the long black limo that was in front of the house. Dad had ordered it for us, and he had made sure that it was big enough to get us all in there with room to move around.
"Rose, it will be fine. You will be fine. Lissa would kill someone before letting anything go wrong. And as for marriage? It's not so bad. I mean you could be married to some asshole." Sydney said as she stood up and took my hand to help me up. Taking a deep breath, I nodded my head and stood up and walked with her out to the limo and laughed as I got in and saw the guy's already pressing buttons. Rolling my eyes I slid in and took Lissa's hand.
"I never thought that I would be doing this before you. I thought that I would be your maid of honor before you were mine." I said softly to her as I laid my head on her shoulder. When she turned her head and kissed the top of my head I let out a sigh of happiness, as the driver started the limo and started the 3 hour drive to the camp ground.
After the longest 3 hours ever, where I wanted to throw whatever was handy at my soon-to-be-husband and his best friend, who had been talking about one of Dimitri's ex's and all manner of things that they would not say if they had known I could understand then, we made it to the camp ground. As everyone piled out, the director came over and greeted us, congratulating Dimitri and I, before talking to Lissa for a moment about something and then took us on a tour.
Dimitri and I got the biggest and best cabin, and when I walked in I saw that the bags that Lissa had apparently sent up were sitting in the corner. Walking over to them I saw that they were empty and realized that they must have been put away. Smiling I walked around looking at the cabin, ignoring Dimitri who I was still mad at. As I walked past a clock I noticed that it was just shy of 4, and that meant that we had about 3 hours before the guys were going to light the bonfire and start the party.
"Roza, why are you mad at me? What did I do?" my Groom asks, grabbing my hand before I could walk out the door. I didn't want him to know I spoke Russian yet, since that was one of the idea's I had told to Lissa that she had liked. I would be saying my vows in Russian to him. (There would be like a projector screen or something that said what I was saying in English for those who didn't speak Russian, so it's not like no one would understand.)
Shaking my head, I let out a breath and told him a half truth. "Since this morning in the bedroom, you haven't even talked to me. You have been all over Ivan like ugly on an Osborn." I told him, though I did understand why he had been. If I had been away from Lissa or any of the guys, I would be all over them too. "I am sweating bullets over here, and you can't even talk to me. But its fine, I am going to grab Mason, Eddie and Andre and talk them into going zip lining with me" I said pulling my hand away and leaning up to kiss him before walking out the door before he could reply.
I felt bad for lying to him, but it was something I would have to deal with, at least until Monday when he knew that I had understood what he and Ivan had been talking about. Shaking my head, I went over to the cabin that Mason and Eddie had claimed, and drug them out, and then did the same with Andre. After pleading, begging and finally smacking Andre, I got all 3 of them to agree, and we made our way up to the zip point where we let them harness us in, and gave us a helmet with a camera on it. Smirking over at the guys, I jumped off the deck with a little run and slid down the line, laughing and screaming as I did. When I felt my harness grabbed I opened my eyes and saw the man who worked on the landing side.
For the next couple hours, I hung out with all of my friends, at different times, since everyone seemed to have things they wanted to do before the bon fire. When it was time to start, I ran up to the cabin, and grabbed the bag that I had made sure to tell Lissa to put up, and the one that Dimitri had too and ran back down to where everyone was gathered. Setting the bags down next to a log where Dimitri was already sitting, I smiled at everyone and went to move to talk to Adrian, who had driven up about an hour ago, having left baby Evelyn home with his mother. But before I could go anywhere, I was pulled down onto Dimitri's lap and laughed shaking my head.
"I am still mad at you, but for the rest of the weekend we will put it aside, because I love you and want this weekend to be perfect" I told him, settling into his lap and kissing his neck. Looking around, I noticed that Lissa was not sitting in the group, and just as I was about to get up and look for her I heard her talking to someone. Looking behind me I saw her talking to a photographer, and camera man. "Lis? What the hell are you doing? Aren't they supposed to be here Sunday?" I called to her. After she talked for a couple more seconds, both men nodded and she walked over to sit next to me.
"Nope. Those guys are going to be recording the whole weekend, and taking pictures and making a movie and photo array of the weekend. No way am I going to let this weekend go by without documenting it." She said smiling then looked up when the camp workers started bringing out tables with food and drinks that were easy to drink and eat/roast around a fire.
Most of the night went by amazingly, after eating our fill of the food, they, whoever 'they' were, turned on some music. Someone (probably lissa) had apparently stolen my iPod and had them set it up since all the songs that played over the speakers were songs that I and Dimitri liked. When it was nearly time to turn in, I got up and pulled Dimitri with me and whistled for everyone's attention. When the music turned off, everyone looked at me.
"Everyone here knows that Dimitri and I….well that I am not really one for many traditions, but this one here is one that I am not going to pass up. I want to say thank you. To each and every one of you, for sticking with me, for putting up with me when I can barely put up with myself. You are my family, and no matter what anyone says, that will never change. I could not be where I am, be who I am without you. Last year, last year was the hardest, but most rewording year of my life, and without the love of my friends, and my soon to be husband, I would probably be dead. And in the year since, when things….or should I say people" I looked at Lissa at that point "were being a pain in the ass, you stuck around and didn't kill said people. So thanks. Now enough of my sappiness, before Mason throws a hotdog at me. The tradition I talked about is the giving of gifts to the wedding party. Since I am the one doing the blabbing while Dimitri stands there looking awkward, I'll start." Reaching down for the bag I had brought, I opened it and took out 5 smallish boxes and handed them to each of my girls.
Inside was a silver necklace, with a heart charm that had a couple of tendrils of diamonds going from the outside heart to a ruby heart in the center. "Its 14 ct white gold and real ruby. I thought that you guys could wear them Sunday." I told them then smiled as I went back in the bag. Taking a book out, I walked to Sydney and handed it to her. "I know that you love architecture and figured that since you can't travel to see things around the world, I could bring the world to you" when she saw the book she got up and hugged me thanking me.
Going in the bag again, I got out an envelope and walked to Viktoria and handed it to her. When she opened it, she let out a loud squeal and hugged me. "you have talked about nothing but this band since I started hanging out with you, and since they are coming to town, I thought, what better gift to my awesome, new little sister than VIP, backstage tickets to T.A.T.U?" shaking my head after speaking, I turned back to the bag and got out the gift for Karolina.
Taking the large frame out of the bag, I handed it to her and smiled as I saw tears well up in her eyes. "I know that Paul and Zoya mean the world to you, and you have a dozen pictures of them around, but I knew that this was one of your favorites. So I had Dimitri steal it from you and make a scan of it so I could get it done." I told her, as I ran my hand over the frame of the beautiful hand drawn copy of a picture that had been taken over the summer at a 4th of July picnic we had all had at the park.
Taking another envelop from the bag, I walked to Sonya and handed it her. When she opened it, she pressed her hand to her lips and started crying a little. "I know that you, more so than either of your sisters, miss Russia, or more, miss who's in Russia. I want you to have the happy ending that your brother and I get." I told her, leaning down and hugging her. For her, it was a no brainer on what to get her. Her boyfriend, the man that she wanted to spend her life with, was in Russia and she hadn't been able to see him in a while and had to make due with phone calls, letters or Skype. And that just would not due if I was to be part of her wedding one day.
Walking over to the bag I took the last, big thing out, and handed it to my best friend and watched her attack the wrapping paper. Since she was the one who had packed the bag, I had to make sure to wrap hers. When she for the paper off, she looked at the front of the book and started crying hard before standing up and hugging me. "Lis, you were by far the hardest to figure out a gift for. What do I get for the chick who has been my sister since I was a kid? Nothing seemed good enough, until I realized that our friendship was good enough. I went through every picture in my house, and stole some from the Losers. This book has pictures, trinkets, stories, of all of our funniest times. From the time we put your brothers hand in warm water when he was sleeping when we are in 1st grade, to just last week when we got our tattoos that tell the world that we are best friends. I could not have done anything that I have done without you." I told her, crying myself as I hugged her.
When she pulled away I whipped my face and turned to my mom and dad, who had gotten there sometime while we were all just hanging out. Walking over to them I gave them both a hug. "Mom, dad. Over the years, lord knows we have not really gotten along, hell until last year I had no idea who you even were dad, but I know why. And while it was not really the best idea either of you had, I understand it perfectly. I would not be the person I am if it had been any other way. Even a year and a half later, I am still remembering things from when I was little. Most of the things I remember revolve around how much you guys love each other. So my gift to you guys is my best friend. Lissa agreed, before I even finished suggesting it, to plan your vow renewal. You guys get to have a huge shindig like I get." I told them and they laughed and hugged me, then hugged lissa.
Sighing softly I walked back to Dimitri and took his hand and kissed it. I had gifts for Lissa and Andre's parents, masons parents and eddies as well, but they wouldn't be there till Sunday. They all were like parents to me growing up so I had arranged for them to all have a week in Hawaii. They all worked too hard dealing with their kids and me growing up to not have earned a week in the sun.
Dimitri leaned down and kissed me softly before reaching for his bag. "I hope you all don't expect soppy speeches from me, because I won't give them. If I did I would be tossed into the fire." He said laughing as he pulled out 5 black boxes and handed them to his guys. Inside each was a beautiful watch. Taking the rest of the gifts out him handed them out. For his best friend, a white gold flask with his name on it, and a Russian phrase. For Christen, a custom engraved lighter with his name. For Eddie and Mason, they both got custom black belts, one of which said 'If you fight, you might lose. But if you give up, you've already lost' and the other said 'it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog' when they read them they smiled and nodded, saying that they would be put up in the studio. And Andre got his first custom Dragomir football jersey.
Once he had passed out the gifts he walked back over to me and sat down, rolling my eyes at him I laughed. Then looked up when something was put into my lap. Looking up I smiled at Mason. "you're not the only one who can scrap book missy." He said and I looked down and saw a book with the whole group from last Halloween when we had all dressed up before the Halloween dance. Flipping though it quickly I saw pictures from when I and my friends were little, up to this past year with the Belikovs and my parents. Seeing a picture of Dimitri on his knee, formally asking to marry me, I started crying and closed the book holding it to my chest. "I love you guys so much." I said, handing the book to Dimitri and getting up and hugging everyone. When I hugged Adrian, he hugged be back, before pulling back and putting his hands on my shoulders.
"Alright, I think it's time for the bride to be here to go to bed. She has cried more tonight than I have ever seen her cry in 12 years of knowing her." He said and everyone laughed nodding their heads. After smacking him in the chest I walked over to Dimitri and took his hand when he stood. Saying good night to everyone we made our way back to the cabin and got ready for bed. Walking into the bedroom I laughed when I saw all 3 of our dogs curled up on the bed. Shaking my head I kicked them off and plugged my phone into the charger and got into bed. When Dimitri got in bed next to me and turned the lights off, I curled up to him and fell straight to sleep.
A/N: I KNOW! I KNOW! I'm sorry. I really really am. I know I promised to update soon, but I have had the WORST writers block. I have tried like 50 times to sit down and finish this chapter, but I just couldn't. It took me finishing reading The Ruby Circle to get me to do it. (I cried. It was freaking amazing. I loved it. And I cannot wait to see when, and what Richelle Mead writes next for the verse, whenever that is)
This chapter I am dedicating to my pain in the butt Sister, who has nagged me since the last time I posted, HERE IS YOUR CHAPTER WOMAN!
I am going to try really hard to get the next couple chapters out soon, since there are only a couple. The next one will be the day of prewedding things, the bachelorette party, and the morning of the wedding, and the chapter after that is going to be the wedding. Then the last chapter is going to be the epilog. Should I do 3, or 5 years down the road?
Oh and I feel like I need to clear things up. Because I am even confusing myself some while reading. All the drama that happened with Rose happened in her JUNIOR year, and Dimitri's senior. They got engaged at the end of THAT year. Between the chapter about them getting engaged, and the chapter about them graduating, a year has passed. So the story jumped over the whole of Rose, Lissa, Mason, Eddie, and Sydney's senior year.
If there are any questions or confusion please let me know. You know that I message or reply to most of my reviews and all of my PM's. I LOVE talking to all of you. I loves you all! REMEMBER, REVEIWS MOTIVATE. SO THE MORE REVEIWS, THE SOONER THE UPDATE.