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Chapter 14

Dimitri's POV

I am still waiting for Alex to say something, but he is holding on to the sides of the treadmill with a death grip.

"Dimitri, I dont want to talk about Rose with you." He says. "I am going to talk to Rose about what happened. Please drop it." he asks still not looking at me.

"Well, you dont have to talk to me about her, but I am going to talk to you about her. So just stand there and ignore me I dont care, but I am going to say what I have to say." Alex must realize I am not going to give up.

"Glad to see you haven't changed since we were younger." Alex looks at me, and walks to the middle of the gym. He grabs a bottle of water and towel. He sits on the bench.

"Alex, I am sorry I didn't tell you about Roza when I first saw you. I should have told me you the truth the first day you told me you had feelings for her. I just didn't know to react. I hadn't seen you in years, you caught me off gaurd. Days before you came I left to go to Russia to figure things out. It was complicated with Rose. I am much older than her and her mentor. Things were getting really serious, really fast, and I was losing control with her.

"Like you lost control with me last night?" He asks.

"No, not like that, and I am sorry. I don't know what came over me, but when it comes to Roza, I'll do anything to protect her." I say with full conviction.

"Protect her from what? We weren't doing anything. I kissed her and we said goodnight. There was nothing to protect her from." Alex said.

"I realize that now, but I know how you used to be when you were younger, and I couldn't risk you hurting her. She has been hurt enough."

"Yeah by you, not me." he says. That stung. I fought of the urge to punch him again.

"You're right, but when I came back from Russia, I came back to ask her to forgive me, and hopefully for us to figure out a way we could finally be together. I realized I would give up anything to be with her, because without her life doesn't make sense." I say with all seriousness.

"Dimitri you know I have always respected and looked up to. For God sakes, I wanted to be you. You always had everything growing up. Friends, Girls, you were the perfect student. There is one thing I have learned from watching you all those years, If you want something you make it happen. I will not step aside so you can be with Rose. I'm sorry I love her and I am going to fight for her too." he says getting up facing me now.

We are so close I feel myself start to shake. Calm down Dimtri. I keep telling mysel. He is a few inches taller than me. I am just hoping there is not a repeat of last night. I can't give into my feelings like that again, not when it hurts Roza. I choose my next words very carefully.

"I will not hurt Roza again, and I guarentee if you want to keep that pretty face of yours, you won't hurt her either. I am not going to pressure her into making a choice. It's her decision, I'll respect it."

I walk out the gym, and remind myself of what Yeva said when I was in Russia. "Persistence and Patience will be the key to your goal." I realize now what I have to do. I have to be the man she fell in love with. I have to remind her why she loves me.

ROSE POV

We are all waiting outside the terminal for Adrian, the rest of us are ready to board the private jet that was sent for me. I am guessing this Abe guy has a lot of money. Finally, Adrian shows up with like six bags of luggage. We all must have given him a "are you freakin serious" look.

"What you can't ever be to prepared." he says.

"Did you ever stop to realize, whatever you dont have with you, you could buy there?" I ask.

"Of course, my little dhampir why do you think I only packed six bags?" I roll my eyes.

We all board the plan. I am sitting in the front with Lissa, when I start to get a headache. It's excruciating. I keep seeing shadows in front of my face. Lissa trys to heal it, but it doesn't help. Dimitri and Alex are looking at me with concern. I told them I was fine. I took some medicine, but it didn't work. I finally ask Adrian to use compulsion on me to make me sleep. I wake up hours later, the plan is landing at the moroi airport.

"Roza, how is your head?" Dimitri asks.

"It feels better. I don't know what happened. Maybe I didn't eat enough." I told him.

Leave it to Christian. "Didn't eat enough, Rose you eat like a horse. I am amazed at how you stay so thin."

I let it go, and get ready to get off the plane. Alex offers to get my bags. I thanked him, and Lissa and I walked up to the help desk to find my so called "DIrection package." I tell them my name and they hand me a brown envelope.

I open it and it has keys to a two bedroom suite at the most prestigious hotel in the area. There is a note from my mom. I read it aloud.

Rose,

I am glad you made it. I can't wait for you to meet Abe. Get settled in tonight. I would like for you to meet us tomorrow morning.

P.S. Behave while your in town, do not bring uncalled attention yourself.

Janine

I think to myself "some things dont change."

"Two rooms, there are nine of us. I call dibs on sleeping in the bed with Rose." Adrian says.

Alex is standing right next to him. Dimitri nods at him, and he slaps him on the back of the head. You would think he would have realized not to stand by Alex anymore when saying certain comments about me, but if he wants to keep getting slapped who am I to stop it. I guess my mom didn't realize I would bring so many guests. Oh well!

Dimitri, walks over to me.

"Roza, I called my mom yesterday and told her we were coming to town. She asked me to invite you to stay with us, and be our guest. Everyone wants to meet you, especially Yeva."

I just look at him, and then I see Alex. He is waiting for my response. I don't know what to do. I feel my palms starting to sweat. He must read the anxiety on my face.

"Roza, if you dont want to its okay. They at least want you to come to dinner tonight." He says something completely unexpected. "Alex, is also staying there if that helps your decision any." He didn't say it to be an Ass, he said it in case I felt like I had to choose between them. He was making it easier on me. I had to smile at him.

"I would love to stay with you and your family, but I can't leave Lissa." I tell him truthfully.

"You don't have to, there are two guest rooms. She can come with you if you want her to." Dimitri says.

I look to Lissa to see if she minds going. She just nods her head.

"Oh, wait Dimitri" Lissa says. "Can Christian come too please, she grabs his hand." . She is working Dimitri over hard, she using her pouty lip. He gives in. I knew he would. He is such a sucker.

"Of course he can Lissa. Let's go get settled in." he says to us. "The rest of you can meet us for dinner later, I gave Alberta the directions. You should be safe at the hotel with the wards up, and Eddie and Alberta will be there to protect you as well." Leave it to Dimitri to reassure the moroi on there well being and safety at a time like this. His job never stops.

We make sure everyone checks into the suite fine, and we depart to Dimitri's house. We pull up to this beautiful two story home.

"Dimitri, its gorgeous." I say to him.

He is in a great mood. You can see it on his face. He turns around and warns us by cracking a joke, I can tell already Dimitri is completely different around his family.

"There are many scary woman in there, granted I love them all, but there are nuts. I am serious. Insanity runs in our family, it practically gallops. Please be prepared for anything..."

Before he could finish, we hear another voice.

"Dimka, you stop telling lies about us, and come give your momma a kiss."

After he hugs her, I mumble under my breath. "Momma's boy." I smile at him.

"Hey I am not a momma's boy." he says.

"Don't let him lie to you, yes he is a momma's boy, and I wouldnt' have it any other way." His momma gestures us all to come in.

We say our introductions, and people start coming down the stairs, I realize this must be his sisters.

After all our introductions, there is one person I haven't met yet.

"Where is Grandma Yeva?" I ask to Dimitri.

"Anxious to meet "the witch" are we?" he laughs. A rare occasion.

I can't believe he said that in front of his mother. "I never said she was a witch Dimitri. I have no idea what you are talking about. I just wanted to thank her for my birthday gift." I could have slapped him, but he was having a good time at my expense.

"Well dinner will be ready in a few hours. I know you must be tired from your trip with jet lag and all. Why dont you go upstairs and make yourselves comfortable. I will call you when supper's ready. Dimitri will show you to the rooms." Olena says gesturing Dimitri to take us upstairs. "Alex, you can sleep on the couch, it folds out into a bed." Alex laughed. I realized Dimitri must have told his mom about the three of us.

"Come on, let me show you to your rooms." Dimitri says politely. He turns with a smirk on his face, no doubt from his mom's announcement of the sleeping arrangements.

"Point one goes to Belikov," Christian says while we are walking up the stairs.

DIMITRI POV

I can't believe Roza is here with me in my house, meeting everyone. She is so nervous, I can tell, but she is trying to act poise and polite. I figured I would let my guard down a little, especially since this is the place I feel most comfortable besides when I am with her. I cracked some jokes, and made her laugh. She looked like she was loosening up.

My mom is talking to everyone, but I am watching Roza. "Well dinner will be ready in a few hours. I know you must be tired from your trip with jet lag and all. Why dont you go upstairs and make yourselves comfortable. I will call you when supper's ready. Dimitri will show you to the rooms."

My mom motions me to get going. I start to tell everyone to follow me, when my mom looks over to Alex.

"Alex, you can sleep on the couch, it folds out into a bed." Alex laughed.

I love my mom. Always looking out for her little boy. After the conversation I had with her yesterday about us coming, I told her about the love triangle. She assured me it would all work out, and to give it time. After she told that to Alex, and I saw his face. I was proud to be a "momma's boy."

I look towards Rose. "Come on, let me show you to your rooms." I say as nice as I can, still smirking from my mom's previous actions.

"Point one goes to Belikov," Christian says while we are walking up the stairs.

The smirk stays on my face. We get to the rooms they are directly across from eachother. Lissa is staring at Roza like she is trying to get a point across. Roza just keeps shaking her head. Lissa doesn't let up. Whatever it is, Roza gives in. She looks at me.

"Dimitri, would you mind if Lissa and Christian stayed in the same room. They haven't really had a lot of time together lately?" She asks me.

I smile again. "No problem, ya'll can use that room." He I point to it. "Rose our room is this way." I say grinning from ear to ear.

"Thanks Dimitri, I really appreciate it." Lissa says.

Rose smacks my stomach. I prentend like she wounded me. She thought my saying "our room" was cute. I open the door to my bedroom. It is exactly how it has always been. I have novels stacked up on the book shelf. A table, a lamp and a queen size bed.

"So this is your room?" She asks me.

"How did you guess, it doesn't scream GIRLS ROOM does it?" I ask her. I am liking the old banter between us.

"No, it screams Dimitri. Look at all those books, you are such a nerd Comrade." My heart skips a beat.

She makes her way to the end table by my bed. She picks up the book. It was the book I was reading when I came last to visit. I wish I would have picked it up, I know she going to say something.

"Romeo and Juliet? I dont think this was set in the Wild West, comrade?" she says waiting for my response.

"I never said all I read was westerns. I could just relate to the story, it's one of my sisters books." I lied hoping she wouldn't turn the cover.

"Really, then why does it say this book belongs to Dimitri?" she sits on the bed. She looks like she is about to say something, but changes her mind. She puts the book down, and grabs the picture frame.

"When did you get this picture of me?" she asks.

I am still standing up by the door, basking in the comfort of Rose in my house, in my room, on my bed. I walk towards the other side of the bed and sit down my back facing her.

"I took it the day before I left." I said not wanting to look at her.

ROSE POV

"Point one goes to Belikov," Christian says while we are walking up the stairs.

I can't see Dimtri's face, but I bet money he was smiling. Dimitri stops and Lissa starts looking at me. I know what she wants, and I kind of feel like she is doing this on purpose. I shake my head no, and she nods yes. I can't win I give up. Christian's smiles, and I look at Dimitri.

"Dimitri, would you mind if Lissa and Christian stayed in the same room. They haven't really had a lot of time together lately?" I ask feeling like an idot. I know and He knows what they are going to be doing in there. I just hope I can block it out.

He smiles at me. I live for these smiles. "No problem, ya'll can use that room. Rose our room is this way." He says and I couldn't believe it but when he said "our room" his face lit up.

"Thanks Dimitri, I really appreciate it." Lissa says.

I smack Dimitri's stomach trying to wipe that goofy grin of his face, and I feel his abs underneath his shirt. I remember the lust spell and what it was like to rub my hands on his skin SNAP OUT OF IT ROSE. I tell myself, get a grip, but it's really hard when everything you see and smell is Dimitri.

"So this is your room?" I ask him using my Rose wit.

"How did you guess, it doesn't scream GIRLS ROOM does it?" he asks. I love it when he is like this. It's like we are equals.

I tell him the truth. "No, it screams Dimitri. Look at all those books, you are such a nerd Comrade."

I walk over to the end table. I pick up the only book on it.. It must have been what Dimitri was reading last time he was here . I can't hide the surprise on my face, and I definitely am not going to waste this opportunity to make fun of him again.

"Romeo and Juliet? Are you serious? I dont think this was set in the Wild West, comrade?"

He is standing by the door still, he looks at me "I never said all I read was westerns. I could just relate to the story, it's one of my sisters books." Hmmm I dont know if I believe that. I turn the cover to see if it has a name or anything in it. BINGO

"Really, then why does it say this book belongs to Dimitri?" I sit on the bed, trying to hide my nervousness of being in his house, his room, and on his bed. I dreamed of this for so long, and now I am here. I thought about asking him about the night he lost control, but think better of it. That will be a conversation for later. I put the book down, and see the only other thing on the table besides the lamp is a picture frame. I pick it up to see who it is. I assumed it would be his mom, or grandma or maybe one of his sisters. I was wrong.

"When did you get this picture of me?" I ask.

He finally walks to the bed, but he doesn't sit by me. He sits on the other side of the bed with his back facing me. I am about to ask him what's wrong, when he says something. It's so low I can almost not make it out.

"I took it the day before I left." he said. I gasped for air. I felt like I had lost all the breath I had. He continued, but would not turn around to look at me.

"Roza, I am really sorry for hurting you. I couldn't leave and not have a picture of you. I had the picture developed as soon as I got here. You were always the first thing I saw when I woke up and the last thing before I went to sleep. I never stopped loving you, I just didn't know how to make it work. I took the coward's way out. I ran, but I am not running anymore. I won't force you to choose between us. If you decide Alex is who you want to be with, then I will step aside, but until you tell me that I have no chance anymore of being with you. I will fight for you, and for us."

I am staring at the back of his head, trying not to let the tears that have welled up in my eyes fall. I lean over and touch his shoulder.

"Dimitri, please look at me." I ask pleadingly. I need to see his face. I need him.

He turns around, and I see the tears on his cheek. I wipe them away, and when I blinked my tears fell out of my eyes too. He quickly repeated the same gesture. My hands are still on his face, and I can't help myself. I pull him towards me. He doesn't hold back one bit. His lips softly touch mine and I barely open my mouth. He grabs a hold of my bottom lip and I moan. I dont remember what really happened after that, because it all went kind of fast. I do remember him on top of me and our tongues moving in perfect sweeps across the other. He had one hand in my hair, and the other on my hip. My hands, or should I say nails were digging into his back. I don't know exactly how long we were like this, and I didn't really care. All I know is, I wanted him and I wanted him now. He must have realized I made that decision because he leaned up and looked at me.

"Roza are you sure?" he asks. "There is no rush, we don't have to do this now."

He must have read my face. I felt like he was turning me down. "No, Roza of course I want to. I am ready, trust me." I turned my head away from him, trying not to let him see the tears I was about to shed. He wasn't having that. He took my face into his hands.

"Roza, I want this to be perfect for you. You deserve that." If I wasn't positive before he said that I was now. I grabbed him and somehow managed to flip our positions. I was now on top of him. I leaned back down and started unbuttoning his shirt. He didn't stop me, and he didn't seem to mind me being in control. This was really going to happen. He pulled my shirt off, and I leaned back down and started kissing his chest. He kept putting his hands all over my body. Everywhere he would touch felt like electricity. He would run his hands in my hair, and whisper my name. Roza. I started to unbutton his pants.

KNOCK, KNOCK,KNOCK...

I froze on top of Dimitri, like I was a little kid who was about to be caught by there parents. Dimitri thought this was funny.

"Dimka, momma said supper's almost ready. Come on." One of Dimtri's sisters said and I heard her knock on Lissa's door.

We were so close. I didn't want to get up. I looked at Dimitri and he must have felt the same way.

"We can be late." he said. I was leaning back down to kiss him when like I had earlier, he used one of his super fast gauridan moves and had me pinned under him. He leaned down and whispered in my ear.

"You are so beautiful, My Roza." I was completely blissed out. We were back in the game. He was kissing my neck and working his way down when I heard it again. I froze again, Dimtri smiled.

"It's not funny" I whispered.

"yes it is." he said

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK..."Dimitri, momma said if she has to come up here instead of you coming down, she is going show Roza certain pictures of you. She said you knew the ones."

I tried to do that one eyebrow thing like he does so well, but it didn't work.

"Pictures, what kind of pictures Comrade?" I said sitting up. I pretty much figured this wasn't going to happen right now, and I was okay with that. I knew it wouldn't be long, we were staying here. I was staying in his room.

"Come on Roza. Let's go before my momma comes up here." he said. He handed me my shirt, and he started to button his back up. I watched him cover his amazing abs, and I couldn't help but shutter. I put my shirt on and he grabbed my hand and opened the door.

I practically ran into her, I didn't see her. She was practically five inches shorter than me, and to be honest my attention was kind of on Dimitri. But I could only assume this little old lady was Dimitri's Grandma.

I was about to introduce myself when she looked at me and then looked at Dimitri. She spoke to him in Russian. Dimtri laughed and she walked away.

"What did she say?" I asked.

"Do you really want to know?" I stared at him long enough.

"Okay, but remember you asked for it."

She said. "I am glad she could take her lips off my grandson long enough, to come eat dinner."

"NO, she did not say that." Dimitri just laughed.

"Yes she did, and she said you might want to put your shirt back on the correct way, its inside out."

I looked down, and sure enough it was. I went back in Dimitri's room, fixed my shirt and tried to make myself more presentable.

"You ready?" he asks when I opened the door back up.

"NO! Are you kidding me. What kind of first impression was that? Your grandma is probably down there thinking all kinds of bad things about me." Dimitri is laughing.

"No she's not. Besides, she already knows what bad things you have done and what you will do." he said pointing to his head. I remember she is a gypsy or whatever the equivalent is in Russia.

"That's comforting." I say as he pulls me down the stairs.

He stops me at the top of the stairs and kisses my neck. He whispers in my ear, sending chills down my whole body. "Don't worry Roza, I'll protect you."

Well this should be interesting I tell myself.

Well that is it for another chapter. You will be happy to know I have the whole story outlined so it should be easier from here on out. Please send me your opinions/reviews. I love reading them. I really enjoyed writing this chapter. It's a side of Dimitri we dont see too often. The fun loving, flirty side. Hope you enjoyed it! :)

MOre to come tomorrow !