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Ch. 3 Control…or not

The ring was silver, and twisted into an infinity symbol on the front. When I flipped the ring over, I spied some words engraved.

Together forever, Rose and Dimitri

I looked up at Dimitri, my eyes full of emotion. "I love it. Thank you so much."

Dimitri slid the ring over my right ring finger and held my hand in his to admire it. "Beautiful," he whispered.

I hugged him, and I felt his arms go around me.

"It's a promise ring," he said, entwining our hands together again. "I thought a while before I chose this and had it engraved."

"Thank you," I murmured, admiring the ring on my finger too. I knew once it was day again, I wouldn't be able to wear it, but it was the most precious thing I owned now.

Our eyes met, and it occurred to me how there was absolutely no one around. Everyone else was asleep. And it was the middle of the night… Judging from the look in Dimitri's eyes, he was thinking the same thing.

He pulled me to him, and started kissing me. I could practically feel the electricity in the air around us as we kissed and kissed.

He pushed me back onto the bed as we kissed. I pulled his shirt off him, and he let out a soft groan as I ran my hands up along his ripped stomach.

"Roza," he whispered.

I gasped as he ran his lips against my neck and trailed it down to my chest like in the gym. This time, he took off my tank top and kissed the skin in between my breasts. I couldn't help a moan at the feel of his lips there. God did it feel good.

I pulled him even closer to me and kissed his lips and down to his jawline. He sighed, and we kept kissing and getting closer.

As my hands went to his jeans, he held my hand and rested it on his waist. "Be patient," he whispered, bringing my hand to his mouth and kissing it.

I really wanted to pout. "Just when I was going to take that off…"

"Graduation," he promised, kissing my neck.

"You know, for someone who has such good self-control, you really weren't showing it," I teased as I lay my head against his warm chest.

I felt his soft laughter rumble in his chest as he hugged me. "Roza, when will you learn how irresistible you are to me?"

"Never?" I asked flirtatiously as I turned around to look at him.

I remembered I wasn't wearing a top, and his eyes slid from my face and down to the rest of my body. He actually gulped a little.

"You see something you like?" I asked, echoing something I'd said when he'd caught me without a shirt on a few months ago.

"Lots," he murmured, stroking my shoulder and planting a soft kiss on it.

I couldn't help but yawn. He looked over at my alarm clock. The clock read 12, which meant "midnight" for us.

"Time for us to get some sleep," Dimitri murmured, kissing my forehead. He got up off of my bed, and threw my tank top at me. I quickly pulled it on, and Dimitri came back to my side. He'd put on his T-shirt, which hugged his body very well.

"Do you have to go?" I murmured, looking up at him.

"Yes, or I might actually have to cancel practice," he said jokingly.

I stuck my tongue out at him, but he kissed my lips. I closed my eyes, and I felt him tuck my blankets around me.

"I love you, Dimitri," I murmured.

"I love you too, Roza," he answered, stroking my face. "Good night."

Before the door had quietly shut behind him, I was asleep.

The next morning, I awoke with a smile on my face. Last night's encounter with Dimitri made me just want to whistle and skip around campus singing.

I looked at the ring on my finger. With a sigh, I took it off and put it back in the velvet box before putting it safely into my nightstand.

I pulled my hair back into a ponytail and got dressed for practice. Unlike yesterday, I wouldn't have to rush to the gym.

I strolled along the path to the gym. Adrian fell into step beside me, and raised his eyebrows at me. "Good morning little dhampir."

I stifled a yawn. "Morning Adrian. Why are you up so early?"

Adrian held up a bottle of Russian vodka and I groaned, shaking my head . "Getting drunk so early. Do you even have a liver left?"

"I didn't even start on it," he said cheerily. He looked at me as he spoke, and raised his eyebrows again. "Well, someone looks happy."

"Not that you'd care to know," I muttered, taking a sip from my bottle.

"Don't tell me you were with your cradle-robbing mentor," Adrian sighed, taking a big swig of vodka. When I didn't respond, he groaned. "There'd be no other reason why you'd be so happy."

"Oh come on, food does make me happy too," I added, trying to lighten the mood. Adrian was the only one who knew about my relationship with Dimitri, and his own feelings for me complicated things even more.

Adrian shook his head. "I'm not fooled, little dhampir." He swept a gallant bow as we neared the gym. "Have fun with your Russian jail keeper."

I rolled my eyes. "Thanks a lot."

Practice wasn't too strenuous much to my surprise. Dimitri wasn't really acting like himself although he tried to hide it from me.

I watched him when I was doing my warm-ups and cool-downs. He wasn't fooling me.

"What's wrong?" I asked him softly when practice ended.

Dimitri shook his head and forced a smile. "Nothing you need to worry about."

I tried to give him as fierce a look I could manage. Judging from the slightest hint of amusement in his eyes, it wasn't working. "Comrade, I know you better than that."

He shook his head again. "I'll tell you later, alright?"

I sighed. "Fair enough. After school?"

He hesitated. "I'm…cancelling practice. But come by anyway."

Whoa. Something was definitely going on, that he would cancel practice. I nodded, and exited the gym.

So how was my third chapter? I promise there's a plot to this, and it's not just Rose and Dimitri making out all the time. Enjoy :)