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Chapter 18

ROSE POV

"Where is he?" I ask.

"He said he had to go get something. He told us to tell you when you were finished up here to meet him. He left a room number."

He must be staying at the Court's hotel, since it was such short notice. No one knew he was coming or we could have arranged for him to stay in the Gaurdians quarters.

I start looking at all the people who are still here enjoying the evening. It is my responsibilty to see that they have a good time and to act as host.

Adrian reads my expression again. He is getting really good at that. "Go Little Dhampir, we will keep the guests entertained."

"Thanks Adrian." I kiss him on the cheek and run out the room without saying goodbye to anyone.

I run to my room, and grab some clothes. I figure I will be sleeping over, and I will definitely need clothes. I have never packed a bag so fast in my life. I am nervous, and anxious to see him.

I leave the bridal suite, and remember the room number Adrian told me. I am surprised to see that the room is only two suites down. We had rented out two suites. The bridal suite, and the groom suite. We needed big rooms to get ready in. I was amazed Dimitri was able to get the only other suite in the hotel. I walk down the hall.

I stand in front of his door with just my bag and knock. Dimitri's opens the door.

DIMITRI'S POV

After Lissa grabs Roza and takes her away from me. I realize what I need to do. I have to see if Roza has something in her room. I walk into the room and smile. It's sitting on the dresser. I smile to myself. I am not surprised she never saw it, she has been preoccupied with everything these last few weeks. I asked Adrian to please tell Roza to meet me in my room. I wanted this evening to be perfect. It will be the first night we share together as a public couple. No hiding, no shame, no guilt just pure love. I called the front desk and had them bring candles, and rose petals. I was placing the candles around the room. I sprinkled the rose petals all over the room. The floor, the bed, the bathroom. Everywhere. I wanted this evening to be perfect.

I take the object I retrieved from Roza's room and put it front and center on a small table.

I now sit and wait patiently for Roza.

I hear a knock at the door, and tell myself it's now or never. I open the door.

ROSE POV

He leans down grabs the bag from my hand.

"I missed you Roza." he says.

"I mi..." I started to say I missed him too, but now I am just taking the room in.

It's beautiful. There are candles lit all over the room. At least fifty of them. The room has an intoxicating smell of roses. The petals are everywhere. I came back to reality when I heard Dimitri shut the door, and lock it. He walks over to the middle of the room, and I see a little table, and on the table I see the box he gave me as my birthday present. It was my favorite birthday present. Yeva did an awesome job, and I realized now I never thanked her.

Dimitri stands in front of the box, and looks at me.

"Roza, I have been trying to find the right words to say to express the way I feel about you. I realize there are no words that can explain it fully. There was a time not to long ago, when I fought to keep my feelings for you buried. I couldn't let you see how much you affected me. It's like every second of every day, you were in my head. I knew I was losing the battle, and made the worst decision of my life. I left to try and figure out the best answer for what I thought was a problem. I was never in control of myself with you, and it scared me. You scared me. The way you made me feel with just one word. The more time we spent together, I felt more and more walls dropping around myself. I was losing total and utter control, and I wanted to. I didn't want to fight the way I felt about you. You started to understand me, without speaking. It's like you were in me, with me always. When I was gone, you were all I could think about. I realized our relationship wasn't the problem. I was looking at it wrong. It was the answer. You were my answer. I knew I had hurt you deeply, by leaving and I was prepared to do everything in my power to prove to you how sorry I was. How wrong I was."

I move closer to him and he grabs one of my hands, and continues.

"I wasn't prepared to see you with someone else when I came back. I wasn't prepard to see you with Alex. That was hard. I still knew you and I were meant to be, and I tried to hold everything in and win your love back honorably. I lost control that night by your room, and I thought I had lost you forever. I was jealous and crazed and completely in love with you. It's no excuse, but it's how I felt at the time. After we arrived in Russia, and you slept with me that first night. I wanted that for an eternity. I felt for the first time that you were protected and safe there and nothing would ever harm you."

He stops and I can tell he is thinking about the events after that night. The strigoi attacks.

"I realized in Russia when visiting my family that I wanted to be with, and came back. I wanted us to be like everyone else. Date, and have a relationship. I loved you and wanted to be with you, like any other boyfriend would. The moment you laid in my arms lifeless, I realized I was completely wrong. I didn't want to be your boyfriend anymore. I didn't want to date you anymore either. I wanted you."

Tears are streaming down my face, and I am trying to control myself, when I see Dimtri open the box. The beautiful hand painted box of my angel and heart. I realized in that moment, that I never opened the box. I just assumed the box was the gift. I was wrong.

" I promise to always love you and always hold you in my heart. I will always be your protector and strength. I will love you no matter what life brings. You are my soulmate, you are my angel, and you have my heart always. I vow to love you for all of eternity."

I was speechless. He pulled a tiny black velvet box out of the bigger box. He opened it, and pulled out the most exquisite ring I have ever seen. It was a white gold band with a huge round solitare diamond on the top. I was having trouble breathing. He grabbed both my hands and got down on one knee.

"Rosemarie Hathaway, will you marry me?"

"Yes, yes. Of course I will." I said. He got up and kissed the ring and put it on my left hand. He began kissing me, and it quickly turned heated. I was still in my dress from the wedding, and I needed a moment to myself. It took almost all my self control to break away from him.

"Dimitri, can I please have a minute?" I ask.

He looks at me, smiles. "Sure Roza, you can have anything you want now that you have agreed to marry me."

I love his smiles. "I wont be but a minute. I promise." He seemed to think that what I said was funny somehow. I grab my bag, and head into the bathroom.

I walk in and shut the door. I stare at my ring for a good couple of minutes, amazed at how much thought he put into all this. I can't believe I never opened the box. I realize he was willing and ready to propose to me since my birthday, even with my feeling for Alex . Dimitri didn't care about that. He told me he would fight for me, and man he was ready to come out swinging. I decide I need to hurry. My minute had turned into fifteen already, and I realize what he thought was funny.

I quickly pull my hair down. I know how much Dimitri loves my hair. It's wavy from all the curls. I change out of my dress, and put on something I think Dimitri will was a very short, babydoll, low cut, white sheer spaghetti strap top with matching sheer thongs. It was another gift I was given, though I never intended to wear it for the giver, only for Dimitri.

I know I should be nervous, this being my first time and all, but I am not. This feels right. I look in the mirror one more time, and slowly I open the door.

Dimtri is sitting on the bed. He took off his jacket, and pulled out his bow tie. He undid a few buttons, opening the shirt a little bit. He looks comfortable, and happy.

I have never seen happiness turn into lust so fast in my life. He only looked at me for a split second, and his face completely changed. He looked like he was starved for me. He didn't move he just stared at me. I did a little circle for him, to make sure he got the full view.

"See something you like, comrade?" I hadn't called him that in while, and I was trying to relieve some nervousness I was starting to experience being so openly on display for him.

"Roza, I love everything I see." The way he said it made me feel adored and loved.

He walked over to me and picked me up. He kissed me, while cradling me in his arms. He layed me on the bed. He kissed me passionately, and with and urgency that I had never seen from him before. He was in control, and I didn't mind. He would start kissing my neck, and whisper my name in Russian. I was so ready for this, this night was completely perfect. He broke away from our kiss, and started unbuttoning his shirt the rest of the way. I layed on the bed watching him remove his shirt, revealing his toned chest. I loved his chest. I looked up into his eyes, and he was looking at my body. I continued watching him take the rest of his clothes off, until he was in nothing but his boxers. He leaned back down to put his body on top of mine again, but I quickly regained control back. I had pinned him down and was now on top of him. I ran my hands over his chest, I kissed his lips, neck and chest. The electricity and heat was so intense. He started to kiss my neck, and I moaned. He quickly took control again, I was now underneath him, but I didn't care anymore. All I knew is that I wanted him, and I wanted him now. I couldn't wait anymore. He undid my top and removed my panties, kissing along the way, and I pushed his boxers down and he kicked them off. It's like we were on fire for eachother. The kissing increased, and I knew it was about to happen. He stopped for one second and looked into my eyes, and we connected.

After, I layed on his chest, and he ran his fingers through my hair, and he told me how lucky he felt, and how much he loved me. He was so caring before, during and after. Always making sure I was okay. It's why I loved him so much, he was so protective. Finally after about an hour of just laying there whispering our feelings to one another. I decided I needed a shower. I got up, and Dimitri looked at me.

"I am only going to take a shower, I will be back soon." I said.

"Roza, soon to you is not soon enough for me. I will miss you too much." He said.

"Well, you can always take one with me." I said flirting.

He got up, and kissed me tenderly. On the way to the bathroom he smiled.

"Roza, I can't believe you wore the gift from Adrian." he was still smiling.

"I knew the moment he gave it to me, that I was only going to ever wear it for one person. I think that person should be thanking Adrian now."

"No Roza, I only have one person to thank, and that person is you." He kissed me again and we walked out way into the bathroom.

I looked at him and put on my sexiest smile I could produce. "Comrade, are you ready for round two?"

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