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Chapter 8: A step

Throughout the late night he was able to get her to loosen from the stiff posture that was visible earlier. At some point she had leaned on him as sleep became harder to avoid, not watch television while trying, was not such a good idea.

Adrian tried not to move an inch as he was afraid of disturbing the beauty that had her head against his shoulder and if he was honest with himself he didn't want her to wake up and realize their position and move. He didn't want to lose the warmth that her body brought him. Moving slowly with caution he moved his left hand to move the hair that was on her face, for the purpose of wanting her face visible to him, but ended up loving the feel of it on his hand and allowed himself few moments of weakness by feeling her hair.

Around sunrise, the family and two guests arrived while Rose and Adrian were cuddled up on the couch. Abe has always been protective of his daughter so there was some negative emotion at the sight even though Adrian is a well trained and loved boy from their world and most likely the best selection for Rose.

The guest on the other hand was disappointed as this simple sight was a message to him of what could not be, if it were him and her on the couch. With anger rising within him, he was tempted to just walk away while he still had the chance, but his legs would not let him do as he desires as it was glued to the ground.

The other guest moved towards his friend as he realized from his body language that he was in pain at the sight in front of them.

"Дмитрий, спускаться" Said Ivan as he puts his hand on Dimitri's shoulder. (Dimitri, come down).

With a nod, he tried to calm himself down. He coughed out loud to warn the sleeping head of their company. Rose was the one who got up first and very quickly before turning around to see that Dimitri was the one that coughed.

There he was with all his glory, but he was not alone as her parents were there with smirked smile on their faces which was the opposite of Dimitri's, but there was one more person that Rose was sure she has never met before. He had a hand on Dimitri's shoulder.

Not getting the reason to Dimitri's facial expression as sleep was still clouding her thoughts, but was soon cleared up when she heard Adrian growl as he got up. Panicking she looked at Dimitri and tried to send messages that it was not what it looks like. All Dimitri did was nod before turning toward her parents.

Clearing her throat she said, "Can I talk to you? Dimitri?"

Curious at what she wanted he followed willingly in the direction of the upper part of the house and into a room to which he decided was hers.

"What are you doing here?" She asked immediately as soon as she closed the door behind her.

"What do you mean?"

"You know, you in my house." She said slowly as if he had a hard time understanding the language.

"That?" He paused as he looked for an excuse of why he was here apart from the truth which he was not willing for her to know. "Your parents invited me to breakfast" As he said that, he made sure to let them know before the cover blow up.

"And the guy?" There was curiosity in her eyes and some part of him felt a small insecure about being able to hold her interest for long time.

"A friend"

"He was invited too?" She couldn't help herself as she slowly took his hand and walked towards her bed and sitting beside him. Immediately she knew that he was lying about why he was here. She held his hand in both her hands while it rested on her lap.

"Do you want me gone?" He started moving as if welling to leave her alone and he immediately loved the reaction he got from her as she throws herself at him to stop him from moving away from her. This allowed their position to change as she was now sitting on him with both legs around his waist and right there he thought that this is how they should also be and never have her off his body. Sadly once Rose noticed their position she jumped off of him and sat next to him with only small space between them.

"I don't want you to go" I answered and I could feel a blush coming onto my face as I thought of me on top of him again.

Slowly he kissed the side of her head before whispering, "What is in that head of yours?"

"Umm...nothing"

Curiously Dimitri pulled back for a better look at her and pulled her hair back to see the damage that his kin had done to her. Gentle he rested his hand of the side of her face, wanting nothing more than to heal her at that moment.

"About earlier…" Rose started the reason for coming into her room in the first place but though it was not the right time to talk about it as she refuses to change the atmosphere they were surrounded by. But Rose had no such luck as Dimitri dropped his hand to his side and try for a better view of her and right there she knew that they had to talk.

"I had no right to be upset at the sight that I found you and him in" Even though he wished he hadn't used such tones to which would lead her into the life he wishes to keep her safe from, he could not help himself.

"I'm sorry but I can't help it" Was her answer to which his world came crashing down as the thought of what she couldn'tcontrol. Rose was confused at why his expression was so visual, well up until he opened his mouth to speak.

"Of course, I will leave you alone." He got up much quicker than before and started making his way to the door, Rose just sat there as she was still processing his words but raced to him so she stood between him and the door.

"No, not that kind of I couldn't help it. I meant that I was sleeping and can't control my movements." Without warning him she stood on her toes and kissed him. It takes quite a lot to catch Dimitri by surprise to which he was stunned at her actions before wrapping his arms around her waist and lifted her so she could stand on his shoes.

Thank you Deb