Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in a couple of days. I've been really busy lately beta-ing BadassRussianGOD's story called Queen and Her Guard. It really good, so please go check it out. Somehow managed to write up this chapter, so here you go! This one's kinda short, but I promise you the next one will be longer!

Oh yes! I've had a request to write a lemon for the next chapter, since it is Rose's and Dimitri's anniversary. Okay so here's the deal. I will write a lemon for the next chapter if you guys vote in the poll on my profile. Deal? Good.

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We left early that morning, in hopes of getting to the Ivashkov cabin by twelve. It was starting to drizzle a bit, so we all wore scarves and gloves and other wintery stuff. We stopped by a gas station at around ten to get a snack and refill the car. I bought a pack of hot flaming cheetos and a bottle of water, then hoped back into the car to where CC and Jared were. We started to drive again, and about three hours later, we arrived at Adrian's cabin.

It looked like a mansion, except more cabin-like. The outside was made of piled logs and window adorned the outside. One side of the cabin was pure glass, so we could see the inside. The inside was even more stunning. It had a modern-look to it, and the bedrooms had those japanese styles that made you want to scream in joy. Adrian had an assistant of Tatiana's to bring three cribs for Jared, Andre, and Katherine, and a small kids' bed for CC. All four kids shared a room, which was in the center of all our bedrooms, so we could hear if they needed us.

The first thing we did once we got there is throw our stuff into our rooms and go downstairs for hot chocolate, made specially by Dimitri Belikov. The warm chocolate aroma burned down my throat, spreading a wave of heat over my body. We stayed in the den for a while, until we were all heated up and decided to go skiing. We couldn't bring the babies, so Lissa and Aleyna volunteered to watch them, since they were afraid of heights. Looks like today, I was just with the guys.

We took a bus to the bottom of the mountain and rented some gear. I haven't been skiing in forever, so it was hard to balance and buckle my feet into the posts. Christian looked like a looser, trying to stand up straight, and Adrian pointed his finger and laughed at him. Dimitri looked as sexy as always, with his thick jacket and black and white skis. We rode on the ski lift (Christian and Adrian, then Dimitri and I), and found ourselves on top of the snowy mountain. There were a few slopes so I went up and down it a few times to get the hang of it. Christian and Adrian failed epically, and Dimitri was as a little wobbly, but managed to stay up and ski a few feet before slipping up and stopping himself fully. Other then that, he was doing good.

"I didn't know you ski, comrade," I said out loud.

He shrugged. "When I was guarding Ivan Zeklos, he'd always take us to go skiing somewhere in the north. I know that doesn't sound like me, but that was a long time ago, Roza."

I smirked. "Let's race, then. First one to the bottom of the mountain wins."

"What do we get if we win?" he raised his eyebrow.

I clicked my tongue for a second, before I finally thought of something.

"If I win," I stated, "You have to be my slave for the rest of the trip. If I say something, you have to do it. And you have to teach Christian and Adrian how to ski."

He beamed down at me. "OK, but if I win, you have to be my slave, teach Christian and Adrian how to ski, and wear pink for the rest of the trip."

"You're on," I demanded, shoving the skiing pole further into the ground, making a satisfying crunching sound. I had a feeling I would enjoy this bet. We haven't had one since I graduated the Academy.

"Hey, Pyro! Drunkard!" I called for. They stumbled over, desperately holding on to their ski poles.

"Listen," I said, "Dimitri and I are going down, so if you want to go down, go slowly, or you might ram into a tree and there'll be nobody to save you."

Their faces paled like a ghost and I smiled, hitching one pole up while the other was gripped firmly into my other hand.

"Ready, comrade?" I teased, as if we were going to start sparring. He looked over at me and nodded, then slipped on his goggles, looking strait forward in complete concentration.

"One..." I counted slowly, a smile peaking on the corner of my lips.

"Two..." he continued.

I jumped a little so I was now going down the mountain in full speed. I used the poles to swing my arms back and forth, pushing the snow backwards so I could go faster. I didn't want to look back, but I knew Dimitri was surprised at first. I wanted to win this race, so I couldn't look back and loose my focus. I tucked my arms in a little and bent down, the cold wind whipping through my hair and brushing against my bare cheek. I was about halfway down when I heard shuffling from behind me. And just like that, Dimitri was right next to me. I guess he really was a god, huh?

I peaked from the corner of my eye to see him stroke his long arms once to get in front of me. Damn it! We were almost to the bottom of the mountain. I sighed in frustration, when an idea came to my mind. Without thinking, I crippled forward and fell. I let out a fake cry of pain, and Dimitri stopped to look back. Once he saw me, he unclipped his feet from the bindings and ran uphill towards me. Perfect. He left his skis twenty feet away. I clutched my arm, as if it were in pain, and pouted.

"Roza, Roza!" he said, kneeling down in front of me. "Are you okay? Did I hurt you or something?"

I shook my head.

"It hurts a lot, comrade," I whined.

"I know, Rose. It's going to be fine. I'll bring you down the mountain now. Let me just-

In one quick motion like a streak of lightening, I was up and pumped down the hill with an evil grin. I turned around a bit and saw Dimitri, in complete shock, still standing there but getting further away from view. I turned around again and finished down the mountain successfully.

I was breathing heavily, so I plopped down in the middle of the white snow, and unclipped the bindings on my skis. A minute later, I saw Dimitri skiing into view, an unhappy look on his face. Uh-oh. I stood up as he approached me.

"That was unfair, Rose," he stated, crossing his ams and lifting an eyebrow.

I looked up at him with puppy-dog eyes. "I'm sorry, Dimitri. I just wanted to have some fun. And if you know me, then you could've seen this coming. But anyways, how about this. You're still my slave for the trip, but I'll teach Adrian and Christian how to ski."

He looked down at me with amusement. "And wear pink?"

I gritted my teeth. "Don't push it."

He grinned and bent down to kiss me. I leaned forward into the kiss, relaxing in that very position until a slush of snow went flying towards us, drenching our gear and clothes. I broke away, shivering, and glared at Christian and Adrian, who were on the ground laughing their heads off. Without thinking, I reached down towards the snow and grabbed a fistful in each hand, then threw it as hard as I could at their laughing faces. It hit them hard and they fell back with an, "OOF!"

I giggled and turned back to Dimitri to give him one more peck before we gathered up our skiing gear and headed towards the lodge. By the time we got there, I was nearly freezing to death, so Dimitri led me to one of the couches and put a blanket over me and pulled me to his chest. I relaxed into his touch and enjoyed the warmth his body let out.

We still had a few hours more of skiing, so while we were taking our break, I decided to check up on CC and Jared. I called Lissa on her cell.

"Hey Rose," Lissa answered on the first ring. "Jared's fine. CC's fine. The twins are fine."

I smiled. Even though the bond didn't work two ways, Lissa could still read my mind.

"Thanks, Lissa," I commented. "We'll be there at about five. Ha, I still have to teach your husband how to ski."

She laughed. "Well, good luck with that, Rose. Aleyna's asking how Adrian is."

I rolled my eyes. "He's doing better then Christian...I think. I have to teach him how to ski, too." I heard Aleyna chuckle in the background.

"Katherine's just woke up, and she's crying. Gotta go stop her before she wakes up Andre or Jared," Lissa said. "We'll see you later, Rose. Have fun!"

"Okay, bye," I echoed, hanging up the phone and tucking it into my pocket. A few minutes later, Dimitri and I decided to go back outside. We found Adrian and Christian talking outside, clutching the railing of the porch, struggling to stay up.

I threw my scarf and gloves on and walked over to them.

"Alright, guys," I started, "I guess I'm teaching you how to ski."

They gave me 'are-you-crazy' looks so I rolled my eyes at them and motioned for them to come to me. They scrambled over to me and breathed heavily as they grasped both my arms to keep strait. Dimitri was looking over at us with amused eyes and I glared at him. Later, he was going through hell with he being my slave for the rest of the trip.

I taught Christian and Adrian a few tricks to keep standing strait and moving forward, but over time, they never got it. I got so frustrated, I almost ripped my head out.

"UGH!" I exclaimed, throwing the ski poles I had been holding to the side. "You guys are horrible! Nobody could teach you how to ski!"

Christian and Adrian looked at each other and Christian nodded. I tilted my head to the side in confusion as they got up by themselves and skied over to me smoothly, as if they were pros. What the-

"ADRIAN IVASHKOV AND CHRISTIAN FUCKING OZERA!" I yelled, wiggling out of the skis and stomping over to them. "So I spent two hours teaching you how to fail miserably at something you already know what to do?"

Dimitri as on the snow, laughing so hard he was clutching his sides. I shot him a glare and turned back to Adrian and Christian.

"OH THAT DOES IT!" I screamed, grasping two snowballs from the ground and throwing it at their faces as hard as I could. They were taken aback at first, but then they smirked and began throwing snowballs at me. I dodged, but barely missed one, and shouted, "Come on, comrade! Join in the war! Throw some snowballs!"

Dimitri gladly accepted and grabbed a handful of snow, throwing it at me, sufficiently hitting my side. I wiped the cold and numbness off my face and fumed at him.

"I didn't mean at me, Belikov! I meant at the evil blood-sucking Moroi we call our friends!"

He chuckled and smiled. "Whatever you say, Roza."

So from there we had a snowball fight that lasted about an hour. It was so much fun because we built fortresses made of the hard snow and ice. Dimitri and I's was extra tall, because he was 6'6", 6'7", but we both were on our bellies so it didn't really matter. The snow formed a layer of thickness around us. It was about six feet long with a stash of extra snowballs we used to throw from inside the fort.

Christian and Adrian's was impressive, but not as impressive as ours. They had a lumpy fort with tall walls and a little peep hole to see for any activity. We were taking this fight so seriously, we spent more time on our forts then actually throwing snowballs at each other. There was a piece of thick ice separating our forts, which sucked because we would all slip if we wanted to attack the other's fort. But the worst is, Christian had melted some snow and let it fall onto the ice, so it became more slippery. Ugh. At these times, I wish I had an element like Moroi do.

After about forty-five minutes of fighting, Christian and Adrian gave up. Dimitri and I had successfully landed a few good hits on them. One snowball that had been thrown by Christian had grazed my temple, but I ducked in time and threw a snowball at him, which hit his cheek.

When the sun started to set, we decided to head back to the cabin. It was snowing, so by the time we got back, the front porch was almost flooded with snow. All the babies except for Jared and Katherine were asleep, so I grabbed Jared and fed him. Then, I burped him and his eyes started to get droopy. I laid him down on his crib and he fell asleep. I kissed CC on the cheek and led Dimitri to our room.

"So," he started, "what am I going to do as your slave?"

I had gotten a few ideas when we had been skiing, so I was well prepared.

"Well I've got a few things planned," I breathed, my fingers trailing up his chest. I felt him shiver under my touch and I smiled widely. "But you'll have to wait 'till tomorrow."

For the first time ever, Dimitri Belikov pouted. I couldn't believe it myself.

"Tomorrow's our anniversary," I reminded him. "So we'll have to make it extra special."

Clearly speechless, Dimitri just nodded. I smirked at him then changed into a pair of mint pajama pants and a white long sleeved shirt. I left my hair down, mostly because it was too cold to tie it up. I closed my eyes and fell into a great slumber in Dimitri's arms. But about thirty minutes later, I woke up and found that I couldn't sleep anymore. I tried squeezing my eyes closed, but it didn't work. So I shimmied myself out of my god's strong hold and went downstairs. I looked up at the clock, which read 11:39 PM. So I crept down the stairs where the lounge light was on. Curiously, I walked over and found Christian and Lissa watching tv.

"Hey," I greeted, still a little groggy. They turned to me and smiled.

"Hi," Lissa said. "Couldn't sleep either?"

"It's way to cold," I complained, plopping down on the love seat.

"Don't you just wish at these times, the space heater Jacob Black would be here?" Lissa joked.

Christian and I looked at Lissa, then shook our heads.

"What?" she muttered. "Twilight's okay I guess..."

"Anyways," Christian interrupted, "We have a surprise for you."

I raised my eyebrows at them. "What? You bought me a heater? You got me a puppy named Bert?"

Christian rolled his eyes. "Tell her, Liss."

Lissa couldn't stop herself from smiling. "I know it's your and Dimitri's anniversary tomorrow, and I thought you guys wanted to be alone or something. So since Adrian has connections, we've booked you guys a room at that hotel a couple of minutes away. All four of us will watch the kids, so don't worry about it."

"Lissa..." I shook my head. "No. I really appreciate it though, but I think I'll miss CC and Jared too much. And how about feeding Jared? You can't feed him unless I'm here."

"Rose, come on," Christian reasoned. "Lissa has that formula that's just like breast milk, so you won't have to worry. And tomorrow's your anniversary, so make the best out of it and have fun."

Even though I really wanted to, I still disagreed. "You guys really don't have to do this. Honestly, I'm fine celebrating our anniversary here."

Lissa smirked. "But there's a heater in each hotel room. And we've booked you guys the master bedroom, with those fancy pillow chocolates and champagne...and thick walls." She said the last thing with emphasis.

"Yeah, Rose," Christian continued. "And plus, Dimitri already knows about it so...it's not like you have a choice."

Wow. Always thinking ahead. I guess everything was already planned. Christian, Lissa, Aleyna, and Adrian would watch over the babies. Dimitri and I would spend the whole entire day together, and just together, not with any disturbances.

"Alright," I agreed, standing up and heading back up the stairs. "Goodnight, mischievous Moroi creatures. Thanks again."

Mmm, wouldn't it be heaven if Dimitri was your slave? Yummy!

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