Hey guys, yeah I'm on a roll I know, but I really just can't stop.
While I was at home after I left Dimitri with Adrian and my father I got a call from Mia inviting Dimitri and I to a cook out that she was having at her house. I told her I would go as soon as I picked up Dimitri and brought him home to change.
A couple of hours later Dimitri called me from my dad's office and told me that he was all set and they didn't need him anymore.
When we got to the cookout Mia's backyard was full of people.
Another couple of hours passed and we were currently in the process of teasing Jill. Eddie was practically in love with her, but she didn't see it. Of course she was in love with him too, and so we had that kind of situation.
"Jill." Mia took her by the shoulders, "look at him, he is probably looking over here with that dreamy look on his face, and the sparkly eyes. Gosh, what is wrong with you and Rose?"
I looked at her and asked, "What do you mean?"
We were on her pool chairs beside her pool watching the sun set. Everyone that had been there that morning had left soon as they saw the first signs of sunset. I speculated that they were all scared of the woods behind Mia's house; they tended to look creepy when the sun was down. The guys were all by the grill scrounging up any food they could. I looked back at them and smiled. They were laughing at something. I was glad Dimitri had loosened up a bit since he came.
"You both have guys worshiping at your alters, yet you don't pay much attention to it. I'm not going to let you guys just sit back, and let them slip through your fingers," Mia went on.
"Adrian is hardly worshipping at my alter Mia," I laughed.
Mia look at me shaking her head, "Not Adrian, goodness I'm talking about Dimitri. Haven't you noticed that he has been getting comfortable around you?"
"Yeah," Jill added, "He has been cozier around you."
My forehead wrinkled in thought as I realized that he has been acting different towards me.
"That's beside the point," Mia said, "right now Jill is going to pull Eddie away from the boys and have a nice long talk with him about their oh so gushy feelings."
"No," Jill said, "I'm not going to confess my feelings to him just like that."
"If you don't I will," Mia threatened.
"You wouldn't dare," Jill narrowed her eyes. I laughed at their little stare down. They were the cover of 'Preppy and Rich' and their menacing faces didn't fit them.
"I would, so…" Mia trailed off.
Jill stood up off of her chair, and said, "I'll talk to him, that's it." She walked off towards the guy, and pulled Eddie aside. They walked to the other side of the pool and sat on a pair of pool chairs. Adrian, Mason, and Dimitri sat next to us and asked what that was all about. I laughed and told them. We looked at them, and I saw Jill blush. Eddie took her hand in his and started tracing her palm lines. Mia gasped, and said, "Oh, that's stage one." Eddie moved closer to Jill and started playing with a loose strand of her hair, as he said something. He then pushed it behind her ear, but kept his hand on her face. Jill's face was redder than a tomato, as she looked down. "Stage two," Mia muttered. Eddie took Jill's chin and pulled it up to look at him. "Stage three," she continued. I looked at Mia and glared I her; I really didn't need a rundown of all the stages I was very familiar with them, but Mia wasn't even looking at me she was in a trance with the romance she was watching unravel before her. By the time I looked back Jill and Eddie were already kissing. I could basically feel Mia getting ready to say 'stage four' so I just clamped my hand over her mouth.
I stood up and took my purse. "Let's give them some space." All five of us walked into Mia's massive house. We all sat on her maroon couches.
"I knew it!" Mia exclaimed.
I rolled my eyes already knowing what was coming. "What?" Adrian asked.
"I knew that they were in love, I can totally be a love psychic. Oh, I just knew that they were meant to be." Mia smirked and looked at me. "So that means I was right about the other thing too." I'm sure my eyes turned into slits as I mentally warned her to stay shut.
I felt Dimitri's eyes bore into my face from the other couch. I'm sure he knew exactly what she was talking about, but wanted to hear it out loud. "What other thing?"
"Oh I just told her that the love of her life is in this room." I reached over and pinched her- hard. She rubbed her arm. I looked at Dimitri, and blushed.
"Oh," Adrian said, "you must be talking about me." Before I could tell him that he was an idiot Eddie and Jill stepped into the living room the screen door connected to the backyard holding hands. Jill's face still had a slight tint of pick, but her lips were swollen and crimson.
"Wow," Adrian said, "Jailbait you look like you got stung by a bee on the lips." Everyone, but Jill and Eddie laughed, and Eddie smacked Adrian on the head as they passed him.
"Guys," I said, "We should just go back outside and make a bon fire." I waited for them to decide if it was a good idea; they eventually decide that it was and we all went back out side.
The guys did an amazing job making a fire, and Mia brought out the graham crackers with the marshmallows, and the chocolate. The seats around the fire were in pairs, and Jill and Eddie were sitting on one, Mia and Mason on the other, and Dimitri and I on another, and Adrian was alone on the last.
"Well, this blows" Adrian pouted, "I give up on Rose. I need to find myself a girlfriend."
Mia laughed and said, "Finally, you've realized there is no hope."
I laughed. They were always bickering. At first I thought that they were the ones that were meant to be, but they have the sibling kind of bond, and then she and Mason became a thing.
I had a wooden stick with a marshmallow stuck to the end of it sizzling above the fire. The tip was turning from a light caramel color to a chocolate brown to a charcoal black. "You're doing it wrong," someone whispered in my ear. I looked up and was a little surprised to see Dimitri's face just inches from mine.
"Oh, yeah?" I asked. "So tell me, Comrade, how do you do it?"
He smirked at me and took my hand that was holding the stick. He pulled my hand in and removed the stick from my grasp. He detached the marshmallow from the end of it and threw it in the fire where it was engulfed. He took a new marshmallow and attached it to the end of the stick. He put the stick back in my hand. He took my other and put it around the stick. By that point I had both hands tightly gripping the stick. Dimitri then put both of his hands around mine and pushed our hands closer to the fire. The marshmallow was lightly grazing the fire. Occasionally Dimitri would twist his hands to get an even burn on the marshmallow.
He pulled it out when it was completely golden brown. He momentarily removed his hands to get the cracker, and the chocolate. Dimitri lined them all up perfectly and caught the marshmallow in between. When the marshmallow was clean off he squeezed the S'mores tighter. When he was satisfied he held it out in front of my mouth. I reached up to take it from him, but he pulled it back and held it in front of my mouth again. I took the hint, and took a bite. I chewed slowly, and smiled.
"This is pretty good; better than any I would have made," I admitted.
"I told you," he smirked, "I can make a killer S'more."
I took the S'more from him and held it in front of his mouth. He took a bite, and smiled as he mistakenly got some marshmallow on his nose. I laughed and wiped it off of his nose with my index finger. I licked it off my finger and looked at him. That was when I realized that was either a very good thing to do or the total opposite. Dimitri's eyes turned a few shades darker. The fire reflected wondrously off of his eyes. It was like there was genuine copper in his eyes. I took my finger away from my lips, and bit them. Dimitri pushed a strand of lose hair behind my ear. In my head I could basically hear Mia saying 'stage two'. I smiled, as his hand took mine.
Dimitri stood up pulling me with him. "Why don't we go take a walk?" He asked. I nodded and he pulled me toward the woods. We walked hand in hand. I heard someone whistle behind us, and I rolled my eyes.
When Dimitri and I were deep into the woods Dimitri spoke. "How far into these woods have you guys wandered?"
"Not far," I replied, "I mean we have tried to, but during the day it's really scary too, so we just don't come in here much." I accidentally tripped over a log, but Dimitri kept me steady. I smiled a 'thanks' to him and we kept walking.
He suddenly halted, and pulled me to a stop with him. He pulled me into his chest, and wrapped his arms around me. As my head was resting against his chest; listening to his heart beat, he lowered his mouth to my ear. "Roza," he whispered. That one word alone sent shivered down my body. I looked up at him and smiled. "Yes?" I asked.
"I really want to thank you for getting me that job with your father." He said.
"Oh, Dimitri," I tucked a lose strand of hair behind my ear. "Really it was nothing. You're doing them more of a favor than they are doing you."
He laughed. "Well I just wanted to tell you that now with this new job I can get out of your hair."
My heart stopped. I didn't want him out of my hair. Actually I quite enjoyed him there. I had gotten used to his presence in my house. For once I didn't feel lonely in my own home.
"You don't have to go." I said. I didn't want to sound too desperate. "You can even stay long term with me. We can split the bills or something."
Dimitri laughed. "I really don't want to impose."
"You are not imposing." I said. "I really like having you around. Also you cook really well, and I wouldn't want to lose that."
He smiled. "Okay. Roomies then?" He stuck out his hand.
I shook it. "Roomies."
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