Chapter Two

The Great Outdoors

He was such an asshole, yet there was something alluring to him. It bothered me so much as he smirked at me as he and Viktoria followed me back into the house. Abe was in the house with Olena holding tightly onto his arm. Alberta stood off to the side looking tiredly at her cell phone. I smiled at the three and Alberta sent me a relief filled look.

"Rose, I'd like to have a talk with Mr. Belikov. Viktoria, why don't you go help Rose unpack?" Alberta asked. Viktoria gave Alberta a little salute and happily took my hand and led me up the stairs. I looked back at Dimitri and was surprised to see him looking back at me. We both looked away at the same time.

Once we arrived at the top floor and in my pretty new room, Viktoria noticed the new black bags. She tipped them over and unzipped them. She looked in awe at all my clothes.

"Wow! You have so much clothes! Ugh, I'm so jealous!" she yelled and pulled everything out. I kneeled down and helped her. We sorted the jeans, shorts, and skirts from the shirts and dresses. She went to hang up my dresses and flannels and other shirts while I took my underwear, socks and bras over to the dresser. It was soon enough full, along with some other shorts and shirts. I looked around. I liked the way it was looking. All my clothes were unpacks. I took out some of my old things, like my honey brown stuffed bear. He was nearly the size of me. I just thought it was absolutely neccesary to fit him in his own huge bag.

Viktoria and I smiled at our work. She took my hands and looked me in the eye. "You'll share with me, right?" she asked. "Of course you can wear any of my clothes too," she added quickly. I smiled at her and nodded.

"For sure!" I said happily and after bouncing around on my bed and putting some make up on each other, we decided it was a good time for me to go take a swim in the pool.

"Rose! Let's go swimming! It's way hot out, it'll feel really good! I promise," Viktoria said excitedly. My smile widened as I ran over to the dresser and pulled open a drawer. In it held my many bathing suits-well, my many bikinis. I pulled them out and let Viktoria have a good look at them. Her mouth opened in surprise.

"You can wear one if you want," I said and she smiled brightly. She picked my deep red, flower printed, bikini. It was a cute one, one of my older ones, because the cup size on the chest didn't fit me anymore. Oh yeah, did I mention that I was a double D? Gosh it's so embarrassing sometimes, all the looks I get. The glares of jealousy from girls, the ogles from the boys-I just hate it.

Viktoria took a couple steps back from me and pulled off her tank top. Now she wasn't too far from my size herself. I guess it's just a dhampir thing. She unbuttoned her shorts and slid off her panties. I blushed and turned around. I didn't know that she was already so comfortable with me to change in front of me!

Though it was weird, it was a little comforting, knowing that she didn't care, because, after all, we're both girls. I picked my dark brown bikini with white strings. I liked it a lot, because the strings really contrasted with my skin, and the brown only complemented it. I too peeled off my shirt and then shortly after my jean short shorts fell. Viktoria was almost done, just tying the back of her bikini. I pulled off my black panties and pulled on the bottoms to the bikini.

It wasn't that I was embarrassed of my body or anything, I guess it was just the fact that I wasn't used to this. Not even Lissa was as bold as to strip herself five feet away from me and not even blush. Viktoria smiled as she picked up her clothes and dropped them on my bed. She watched me as I clasped my bra in the back. I blushed and turned around, letting the bra drop to the ground. I looked up just in time to see Dimitri walking in through my slightly ajar door.

My jaw dropped, as did his. We both stood there, staring at each other. Well, my eyes on his face, his on my chest. My arms were pushing my breasts together, making the image of them even larger. My first idea was to call him out on it, but I decided not to. Instead, I cried out and threw my bikini top at his face and turned around and ran into Viktoria's arms.

Viktoria looked down at me, and then back up at her brother in a glare.

"Get the fuck out! Stupid Dimka!" she yelled. Her grip around my back tightened. I could tell Dimitri had walked away without a word after that because the loud creaking floor gave it away. I pulled back from Viktoria and covered my chest. I ran to the door and picked up my bikini top. I put it on quickly and tied the bow in the back. Viktoria just looked at me and smiled.

"What?" I asked angrily. My mouth had formed a snarl, and I dropped it, forcing myself not to bite out at Viktoria, since she was so sweet.

"I think he planned that entrance," she said and laughed lightly. She walked over to me and put her hand lightly on my back and led me to the door. I could still feel the tingling warmness on my cheeks and the fast pumping in my chest.

I scoffed. "The pervert," I said in annoyance.

"I think he might be one," she added. "In secret."

We both looked at each other and giggled. We walked down the stairs and out the sliding door. I heard voices in the other room, indicating that Abe and Alberta were still here, presumably talking to Olena.

I took my first step out of the house and a wave of hot air hit me. It felt as if I were in a frying pan. I looked up at the sun. It was probably about one pm. I looked around for Viktoria, but saw no one.

"Hey! Down here!" Viktoria yelled and I looked down and saw here wading in the water. I smirked and took off, my feet slapping on the concrete as I ran towards the pool. She screamed as I nearly collided with her as I made a huge splash in the water as I entered. When I surfaced, we both laughed and splashed each other.

After about two hours of swimming around, jumping off the diving boards, and prune fingers, we laid on out backs, floating atop the water. We looked up suddenly when the sliding door suddenly opened. I looked up, losing my balance and falling into the water. I swam back up to the surface and looked at our visitor. Or, visitors.

It was Abe, Alberta, and Olena, actually separated from Abe. Wow. It is possible! Abe walked closer to the waters edge and leaned over.

"My dear, Rose. Alberta is catching a flight back to Montana in less than two hours and I am going back to central Russia. If you need anything from me, you can ask Olena for my number," Abe said looking back at Olena, who looked back at Abe with love lust in her eyes. He gave her a small wave and turned back to me. "Make sure she doesn't call me too much," he quickly added.

I smiled. "No problem, old man," I said. Abe shook his head and smiled back.

"Be a good girl," Abe said and walked back into the house.

"Good bye Rosemarie," Alberta added and walked back in with Olena trailing behind the two like a puppy. She was so cute.

Five minutes later, I heard Abe's truck roaring to life, and Olena calling to them in Russian. I turned around to see Viktoria with a finger on her chin. "You know, I think that Abe man looked an awful lot like you," she said and looked at me. "It's almost as if the two of you were related," she continued. She dropped her hand and let it sink into the water. "Oh well."

The glass door slid open once again and Viktoria looked past me to see who it was.

"Brat!"Viktoria yelled and I turned around. My face held the look of horror as I saw who I was most dreading to see.

Dimitri. Oh God. Someone shoot me.

He walked over with a smirk gracing his lips. "Hello you two," he took an extra long glance at me. I gulped. He then ripped off his black v-neck shirt and put his hands on his waist. "Mind if I join?"

Seeing that I was about to decline his offer, Viktoria splashed water in my face and talked over me.

"No! Come on in Dimka!" She smiled brightly. I wiped my eyes of the water and looked over at her. I could tell she worshiped her big brother. It was actually cute really. Dimitri took a running start and then dove into the water, near me. His splash was huge! I was swept back by the waves before hitting Viktoria, sitting on a floating bed thing. She ended up falling over and getting her hair wet. She growled momentarily before laughing it off.

I gave an evil laugh and climbed on top of it and claimed it as mine. I looked over as I placed my hands behind my head to look over Dimitri's way. He emerged from the water and shook his head. His mid-neck length hair swung back and forth and droplets of water sprung from his head. If you'd ask me, it was pretty damn hot. Not only his hair, but the way the water rested on his shoulders and-

I was caught completely off guard-something that never should happen in my guardian experience-when Viktoria pushed me off. I turned around and glared at her as she got into a comfy position. I looked back over at Dimitri as he smiled at me... almost genuinely. But I knew better than that. I saw what was behind that mask-a devious pervert. I glared at him and turned around to see Viktoria cross her golden legs and yawn as she slid on her black aviator glasses. I fumed.

"Vik-"

I was, for a second time, caught off guard when I was suddenly out of the blue. (literally.) I was tossed up in the air and landed in someone's, not to mention incredibly muscular, arms. I blinked a few times and looked up to see God.

Or what God must look like. In reality, it was Dimitri. Just looking sexy as ever. If it weren't for him walking in on me earlier, I might have considered kissing him. Wait-I just considered it. Hmm, never mind. I crossed my arms while still being stuck in his.

"So, Rose. Tell me about yourself," he said with a smug face. I glared at him even harder. If looks could kill... eh you get the point.

"I'm not talking until you put me down and stop touching me," I said and humph-ed. He looked at me critically and I looked away. Suddenly, I was dropped into the water. My arms flung out, one of them successfully hitting Dimitri in the face, and splashed around. I choked on water until I was raised out of the water by my waist. I coughed and spit water all over his face. I opened my eyes to see his annoyed face. I smiled at him innocently. "It's what you get," I said in an angelic voice.

He just chuckled. "Oh Roza," he murmured. I just barely picked it up. Roza? Uh, wrong girl buddy.

"My name is Rose. R-O-S-E. I know you don't speak English well, but at least get my name right," I said quite bitchily.

"Rose, Roza is just another way to say your name. It isn't wrong." Viktoria explained to me.

My mouth made a little 'o'. Viktoria giggled and Dimitri just smirked.

"Well," I said, about to start my life story. "I was a bad girl, so they sent me out to your farm-your house. House," I said, quickly correcting myself. Dimitri growled and snaked his arms around my waist and ground our hips together. I moaned slightly as he leaned into my ear.

"I like bad girls," he whispered. Despite the hot weather, goose bumps rose up my arms. I tired to break from his grasp, but it was futile.

"Let go! Weirdo!" he finally let go of me. I swam away, to the side of the pool and pulled myself out. I knew that I was only giving him a better view of my ass though. When I got out, I grabbed a towel that was left on one of the chairs. It was starting to get dark now. I looked back into the pool. Viktoria seemed to have passed out on the air mattress.

Dimitri leaned over the edge of the pool. "Want to do something fun?" Dimitri asked.

I looked at him like he had two heads. "Depends on what you think is fun," I said and shrugged my shoulders as I wiped my legs dry, bending over, showing more than enough cleavage. God this was embarrassing.

"Does alcohol appeal to you?" At the mention of alcohol, my head shot straight up. He noticed and smirked at me. "I know where it is, come. I'll show you," he said, pulling himself out of the pool. As enticing as it was, I couldn't show how hot he made me feel. He toweled his hair off and walked into the house, still sopping wet. I followed him.

We went into his house and into the kitchen. Huh, what an ironic place to put them. Instead, he continued walking into the living room. There was a huge tinted Armour. He pulled the key off the top of it and slid it in the key hole. He opened it up and my jaw dropped. Holy shit they had everything here! It was all mostly vodka, but that made sense since, well this was Russia.

He turned around to grin at me. I must have looked like a child in a candy store. I was only seventeen, but I knew nearly every brand. He pulled out some vodka that was printed in Russian. "You'll like this, it's my favourite."

I followed him back into the huge kitchen and he pulled out two glasses and set them down on the counter. He filled them both up a little more than half way. He opened one of the huge refrigerators and took a moment to look around. He then pulled out a reddish liquid. "Ooh, screwdriver. Fancy," I said sarcastically.

"If my mother were to walk down here, we'd both be screwed. She doesn't like it when I feed our guests liquor," he said and shrugged slightly. He poured the liquid into each cup and I grabbed the one on the left. I smelt it before I chugged it, but this time, I sipped it lightly. I didn't want to come off as a hard core underage drinker. Dimitri on the other hand, did the opposite. He downed the drink in less than ten seconds. I starred at him, mouth ajar.

"Wow, bro, and I was worried about coming off as the drinker," I said and he shook his head and smirked. After that, I drank every last drop of my screwdriver. I made a refreshed sound and Dimitri poured me another. I graciously took it. We both quickly downed our vodka. We looked at each other in the eye. In his, I saw an evil, mischievous look. I realized it and my smile grew. We both jumped up, well I did off the stool, he was already standing, and ran back to the pool. When we were close, we slowed down and tip toed over near Viktoria, resting on the air mattress, basking in the sun. I could see her stomach tinging a bit pink to bright red.

Dimitri held up three fingers, dropped one, and then dropped the other. Then he mouthed the word 'Go!'. We grabbed the side of the plastic mattress and yanked it out from under her. She screamed in fear and confusion, and then met the cold welcome of the water. Dimitri and I laughed manically. Why was this so funny? I don't know. But I couldn't stop myself, so it didn't really matter.

Dimitri held his hand up to my face and I smacked it giving him a high-5. Viktoria then surfaced and started screaming something in Russian. Most likely swear words. She put her hands on her hips and glared at the two of us. We suddenly straightened up. I panicked, she had the look of murder in her eyes. I ran off. Though I knew, no doubt in my mind, that I could take her on, this sounded like a better idea at the moment.

I heard a loud splashing noise, indicating that Viktoria had gotten out of the water, and then shortly later, foot steps behind me. I was frightened and increased my speed. It turned out, I realized as I turned around, that it was only Dimitri. I sighed a breath of relief, but then remembered the task at hand, and that was to get the hell out of here before the demon ate me and sends me to hell.

Dimitri scooped me up in his arms and took a sharp turn, he opened a door and then walked in hurriedly. He squished my small body to his, of course to hide me better-psh, you know. He slammed the door behind him and his breathing intensified. My whole body was pressed harshly against him. We were in some sort of closet it seemed. I heard the angry Russian words outside the door as Viktoria was patrolling the area.

Both our breaths were choppy and hot. I could feel his on the inside of my neck as I breathed into his chest. I rested my head against it-it was very hard. My breasts were not too far from being right under my chin. Dimitri looked down at my cleavage and blushed, finding the corner of the tiny room so much more interesting. God, what a turn on. I mean-no! Not here, Rose! I swallowed my feelings since this was my soon-to-be-mentor.

Right, I decided. I took a step back and kicked the door open a little. Dimitri's breath hitched. He lowered his hands to my ass and grabbed it and pulled it to his groin area. I gulped. The door then closed, but Dimitri still held me there. Through the fabric of our bathing suits, I could feel him starting to wake up.

Dimitri made a choked whimpering sound and I clutched his arm as his grip on my ass tightened. "DIMKA!" Viktoria yelled. She muttered some other words in Russian. We heard her retreating footsteps and I let go of a breath I didn't know I was holding. Dimitri reluctantly dropped me and peeked out the door. There was no one in sight, so he pulled me out the door with him. We walked back over to the house, neither of us daring to say a word.

When we came near the pool, I had a wicked idea. I pushed him with all my weight into the pool. When he came up to the surface and wiped the water out of his eyes, he met my eyes with a look of confusion.

"That," I said, referring to him in the pool, "was for touching my ass," I said and walked off. A small chortle came from the pool and he called out to me.

"Rose, come in, join me," Dimitri said. I turned around. I had to say, it was pretty enticing to see him like that-his wet black hair wet and pulled to the side; his golden brown chest glistening with clear water drops; the smirk on his face. Oh jeez.

"Why should I? I-" I stopped when I saw his expression change drastically. Stupidly, I turned around. Sure enough, there stood a seething Viktoria standing not too far away from me. A loud battle scream erupted from her lips as she came charging at me.

"Oh shit," I didn't think either of the Russians needed a translation to know what that word meant. I made an attempt to run away, but Viktoria's speed was remarkable. She came at me in an animal like run; her arms flailing around in the air with her eyes squeezed closed and mouth wide open-screaming. She brought her arms down and wrapped them around my waist and trucked me into the pool, with her coming in right after me.

I met the cold water, in a way similar to how Viktoria had ten minutes earlier. Since I landed on my back, I think I got the wind knocked out of me when I landing on the water with a big smack. Nice, that was going to leave a mark. I watched the sky as I sailed into the water, not even trying to close them when the chlorine filled water enveloped me. I felt the bottom of the almost seven feet deep area of the pool brush against my back.

My head went blank and eyes even more so. I tried so desperately to breath in air, but none came to me. I couldn't feel anything, it was almost as if I were numb everywhere. I closed my eyes and lets sleep overcome me.

There were faint noises calling what sounded like my name in the distance. I couldn't really tell who was screaming it, but did I care? Nope. I continued with my little dilly dally. Suddenly, I felt something warm and wet on my lips, blowing into my mouth. Ew, what the fuck is that? It was kind of gross, but then again felt pretty good.

Suddenly the words came to me much clearer now. "Rose! Rose! Wake up! Wake up!" My eyes jolted open and I spit out a lung full of water out. I coughed and choked as I slowly sat up. Viktoria was kneeling next to me, her warm hand resting on my knee. "Rose, are you okay? I'm so sorry! I really didn't mean to! I-I... I'm so sorry," there were tears in her eyes now. I leaned over to her and hugged her carefully.

"It's fine, it's fine. What we did to you was mean, it's okay," I said soothingly. I let go of her and Viktoria gave me a sad smile. I turned around and saw Dimitri sitting right next to me, his hand on my back rubbing comforting circles. He looked at me with so much concern-it felt kind of foreign. Then again, I was in Russia right now.

"Are you alright, Rose?" he asked me. I looked into his deep, chocolaty brown eyes and nodded. There was something in there that I couldn't quite put a finger on. He turned his eyes to his sister and glared at her harshly. "That was incredibly stupid, Viktoria Eloise Belikov. I don't understand why you would do something like that to my student. Once again, you-" he said angrily. He then said something in Russian that I couldn't understand and Viktoria started really crying now.

"I'm sorry! I said I'm sorry, Dimka! God you're so mean! It really was an accident!" she cried, cutting him off, and jumped up, running to the door. She was out of sight in five seconds flat.

I turned to Dimitri and impulsively punched him in the jaw. He fell over the edge and into the pool behind him. He came up ane his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. I stood up so that I was-for once-looking down at him. "You don't have to treat her like that! She was only fooling around, she didn't mean any harm," I glared. "She's your little sister. She looks up to you so much, and this is how you treat her in return? God, it kind of makes me glad that I don't have any siblings," I said, feeling the razor blade of my words.

Dimitri winced back and looked down into the water. I turned around and strutted over to the door, feeling pretty good about myself. I walked up the stairs and found Viktora's room. I opened the door quietly and saw Viktoria sitting on the bed with a towel wrapped around her shoulders and her head in her arms.

I walked over to her and wrapped my arms around her neck, and she let go of her knees and hugged my waist to her. I patted her head. "It's okay, he's just a dick, okay?" I said, trying my best to comfort her. Hey, that would completely cheer me up. Actually, on second thought, probably not. "Just... just forget about it, okay?" I said and she looked up at me under her thick dark lashes. She looked almost Asian for a second.

"Okay..." she muttered and sniffled.

"How about we do something, say, tomorrow?" I asked and a smile graced her lips. She nodded.

"Sounds fun," she said. She leaned in and kissed my cheek. "Thanks Rose," she said and leaned her head against my shoulder.

I had been unfortunate enough to never have a sibling, but maybe not anymore. Maybe it was a good thing that that crazy bitch Kirova sent me over here to Russia. Even if she wasn't my real sister, she was close enough. I smiled and placed a kiss her hair.

Wow, that was fun. haha, yesterday at school, i was getting really excited to come home and write the rest of the chapter, but then my friend came over instead so i had to postpone the writing for a while. Alright, well please review. I'd like to know your thoughts on my story so far! (: thanks!