A/N A little more Dimitri and Rose Fluff for everyone… One thing I wish there was more of the in Vampire Academy Series ( I am counting on this being corrected in Blood Promise, I so can not accept anything but Rose and Dimitri being together forever)….

Thank you for all the reviews and sticking with this story for as long as you have. I originally didn't plan for it to be this long but it became my therapy while I wait to see if the Amazing Richelle Mead will give us all the happily ever after we need. Hope you enjoy the fluff there will be more action to come soon!

I felt Dimitri's hand brush my hair from my eyes as he softly said "Roza, wake up we are almost there."
I shifted in my seat opening my eyes and taking in my surroundings. It was pitch black outside but the streets were well lit and bustling with people.

"I can't believe I fell asleep I'm sorry"

"Don't be sorry, I love watching you sleep you look so peaceful." His fingers softly and slowly brushed down my cheek.

"Where are we anyway?"

"We're in Helena"

"Helena! Really, wow. I didn't know Montana offered this much to do in one area." I was in awe the streets were lined with restaurants, clubs, little stores, and theatres. I couldn't wait to get out of the car. "So where are we going in Helena?" I was still hoping to get some information from him on what this date would entail and so far he had given up nothing.

"We are here" he said pulling into the parking lot of a beautiful building whose walkway and trees were lit by hundreds of tiny white tea lights.

"What is it?" I asked while still staring out the window mesmerized by my surroundings.

"It's a restaurant Rose, it's called Chateau Bell" I still wasn't looking at him but I could tell by his voice he was smiling at my fascination.

"It's beautiful" I said finally turning to look in his eyes.

He just smiled and said "Come on, we have reservations" he was on my side of the jeep before I could blink opening my door and pulling me to him. As he lowered me to the ground my body grazed against his and sent shivers straight down my spine.

"Are you cold" he questioned with surprise, probably because it was a fairly warm spring night.

"Not that kind of shiver Comrade" I smiled with a little embarrassment over my lack of hormonal control, but I couldn't help it being close to Dimitri did things to my body that I just couldn't control.

"Oh" was all he said before taking my hand and pulling me towards the restaurants entrance way. It was so amazing I have never seen a place so elegant and so just exquisite. After we checked in at the hostess stand we were taken to a small room that had only about 5 tables total in it. Dimitri pulled out my chair for me as the hostess opened my menu and handed it to me. I glanced at the menu and nearly passed out. Holly expensive, this place is so totally out of my league, this was the type of place rich Moroi Royalty would frequent. Not a seventeen year old Dhampir. Dimitri seemed to sense my unease.

"What's wrong?" he reached across the table grabbing my fidgeting hands.

"It's just…" I began but had trouble finding my words.

"Rose, you can tell me anything, please? He seemed nervous.

"I just don't know that I belong here" I managed

"What? I don't think I understand what do you mean?"

"Well it is just so beautiful, and fancy and expensive" I said glancing down at my menu again. He laughed at me, seriously an out loud laugh. I was a little irritated, so I scowled at him.

"Roza, you belong anywhere there is beauty, and you bring beauty anywhere you go. I have clearly done a poor job of showing you how amazing you are if you believe this place is too good for you, and for that I am sincerely sorry." He made me feel like no one in this world ever could, I could not believe I deserved this man.

"But Dimitri, it is so expensive." I was still flustered by his words, but I couldn't help my troubled mind.

"Rose, stop. It is unnecessary for you to concern yourself with such things. I asked you on this date, I planned it, and I am paying for it so why are you worrying about such silly things. Please just enjoy it, enjoy us. We never get to do anything like this and I don't want to waste time on discussing it. Please!"

"Ok, Comrade, what do you want to discuss" he broke through to me, he was right we were finally able to enjoy each other and here I am stressing over it. I must be out of my mind.
Once I got over myself and how uncomfortable I felt being in such a fancy restaurant, I was able to enjoy the evening. The restaurant really was beautiful, it was dimly lit with wall sconces giving off just a slight light and the candles from the tables provided the room with a soft and romantic glow. The waiter came by to take our drink order and I bashfully ordered a Long Island Ice Tea, I mean might as well right. The waiter looked at me for a moment obviously trying to determine if I was of age, he glanced at Dimitri who just slightly nodded at him before Dimitri turned his attention back towards me and said "How about a bottle of Champagne instead" in a soft voice.
"Champagne sounds lovely" I tried to use my most adult and suave voice but I am not sure I pulled it off. The waiter still looked at me reluctantly, Dimitri cleared his throat to gain the waiters attention and said "Please bring us your best bottle of Champagne" then strangely Dimitri took the waiters hand and shook it, it seemed a really strange act. Normally people don't shake the wait staff's hands right? Then it dawned on me; something I had seen in an old movie and I asked Dimitri "Did you just slip him money?"
"I offered him something for his troubles" he eyed me with a serious expression before leaning closer to me and whispering "I am asking him to break the rules and serve a minor. Not everyone breaks the rules as freely as you do Roza."
I blushed softly and Dimitri gently caressed my cheek before I was able to regain my wit and reply "and not everyone is as good at breaking them either"
Dimitri looked at me and laughed out loud "Your not that good Rose, you almost always get caught"
"I almost always get caught byyouand that is only because I can't help but want to be caught by you, before you came along remember I quite easily got away with things. Until you came along I managed to break all the rules, or did you forget my two years on the lam. You might not want to so quickly dismiss my skill." I challenged.
"I would never be so foolish as to underestimate or dismiss you or your many many skills" Something in his eyes coupled by his soft and deep voice when he spoke those words sent shivers to all the right places in my body. Before I had a chance to respond again, the waiter appeared with our Champagne. It was a bottle of Cristal, now I don't know much about Champagne but I know Cristal is way out of my league in price range. You can thank my hip-hop obsession for providing me with that knowledge. I looked at Dimitri, I know he said their best but did he realize how much their best might actually cost. He raised an eyebrow at me as if to say 'didn't we already discuss this', so I didn't say anything. I just accepted my glass and took a small sip.
"It's lovely" I said again trying to sound like a mature adult old enough to drink, and not some seventeen year old kid who was totally out of her element. Dimitri smiled and said "Yes it is" he never took his eyes off of me. The waiter went over the specials but I don't think I heard a word he said, I was too busy staring back into Dimitri's eyes.
"Will you allow me to order for you" Dimitri's voice broke through my haze and I realized the waiter was also looking at me. He must have asked if I was ready to order, I really had to stop getting lost in Dimitri and start paying attention. Some guardian I was turning out to be huh!
"Yes, please" I said grateful to Dimitri for taking the task off my hands. Besides I couldn't read half of the menu I think it was in French. Dimitri graciously ordered for both of us and then off the waiter went again leaving us to just enjoy each others company.
"Thank you"
"For what"
"For this, all of this, it's amazing."
"So are you"
A young girl came over and with a basket full of Roses, to ask if Dimitri would like to buy one for 'his lady' as she termed it. His response was "Although they will pale in comparison to the beauty of My Rose, I think I shall take Seventeen please." She was elated to have made such a big sale but when he slipped her the bills she seemed concerned. "I don't think I have enough change for this Sir" she said pulling lose dollar bills from her pocket.
"No change necessary, thank you".
"Are you sure Sir, for this you could purchase the whole basket."
"No thank you, the seventeen will be sufficient"
She counted out seventeen roses and handed them to me, while keeping her eyes on Dimitri, she seemed to be trying to figure something out but I couldn't be sure what.
Once she was out of hearing distance, I ambushed Dimitri.
"What is with you tonight, you are making me nervous."
"I don't think I understand, what do you mean?"
"I mean where is the other shoe?" Dimitri now looked completely confused. Sometimes I forget he is Russian and has difficulty understanding some of our phrases here. I clarified for him. "I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop; you know waiting for the bad." He still looked confused. I tried to explain further, "Dimitri, you planned this amazing evening for us, you keep dropping money like it is going out of style and I happen to know that Guardians don't make all that much money. So what gives, why all the extravagance? It is making me nervous, like you are trying to make up for something. Dimitri did you do something I am going to be upset about?"
"Please Rose, I have told you over and over that I just wanted us to have this night. I want it to be special. Though I hope to never again upset you, I am not a perfect man and unfortunately I am sure I will disappoint you in one way or another at some point. But I assure you this night is not to make up for anything, it is just about us." I wished I could believe what he was saying was true, but I knew Dimitri too well and I could see he was hiding something from me. It frightened me more than I cared to admit, but before I could give it any more thought the waiter returned with our food. Dimitri ordered steak for himself and Lobster for me it was like nothing I had ever eaten before, it melted in mouth. I loved it. I again became distracted in the wonderful evening we were having and forgot my worries and concerns over why this night was so important to Dimitri. We ate and laughed and just enjoyed the night just like he had asked. I was having a wonderful time, as we finished I wondered if we had to head back to the Academy. How Long did he get permission for us to be away. We left at a time that was nighttime in our world, and now as the hours ticked on we were approaching the time our friends and colleagues would be rising to start their "Day". Did that mean we had to return now? I hoped not, I wasn't ready to go back not just yet. I wanted more time. Dimitri paid the bill and led us back out towards the parking lot, but instead of leading me to the car, he started towards the bustling streets.

"Where are we going, don't we have to get back, everyone at the Academy is going to be waking up soon?"

"What did you think that was it, I drove you 300 miles away to take you to dinner and return you right after? Not a chance Roza, I am not giving you back for a little while yet."

"If you never give me back it would be too soon" It came out as a whisper, but I knew he had heard me. He turned in front of me coming to an abrupt stop; I crashed into his body unable to stop my forward motion. He held me before him with such a serious expression I was startled.

"I have to return you, even if I don't want to. You understand that right Rose? But please know nothing would make me happier then if we could run away and be together just us forever, so please don't tempt me with such thoughts. I am just a man, and a man who is helpless to deny you your wishes." His intensity deepened and again the electricity between us began to crackle. He leaned in and kissed me so deep and so strong, I knew his words were true. He wanted nothing more then to take me away so we could be like this forever, but we both knew that could never happen. We made promises a long time ago that we were held to. I could never walk away from my responsibilities; I could never walk away from Lissa. Though for the first time in my life I wished I could.

We stood locked in our embrace for an endless moment. Our kiss never lost the deep need and passion it held but never moved into more either, we were in public and though we didn't have to hide here, we didn't need to be inappropriate either. Dimitri was too much of a class act for that, I would have jumped him in the street, but we all knew what little self control I had over my hormones where Dimitri was concerned.

When he finally broke our kiss he said, " How would you like to dance with me Roza?" I loved dancing, and picturing Dimitri and I with our bodies grinding against each other in some dark night club, sounded great right about now.

"I love dancing, lead the way!" Something occurred to me right then that made me giggle slightly. Dimitri glanced at me puzzled and I said " We are talking real dance music though right. This outfit certainly wasn't made for line dancing" I ran my hands down my body for affect, one that was definitely not lost on Dimitri. " And Hell can you even dance to When The Doves Cry?" He took my hand again brought it to his lips once more for a kiss, his eyes were smiling and just looked beautiful. As we started walking, it occurred to me he never did answer me. We turned into an alley a little off the main road and were just walking through a semi-hidden door. It looked different then the hip hop dance clubs Lissa and I had frequented when we were on our own for the past two years.

"What kind of club is this" it looked dark and kind of underground. I could hear music coming from the area below us as we walked in but I couldn't quite make out what kind of music it was.

"It's Salsa" I froze in place at his words. I turned to look at him with incredulous eyes. "I can't Salsa" I was embarrassed that my voice trembled slightly but was he crazy. I had never attempted any type of formal dancing in my life. Sure could I shake my hips and grind with the best of them. My generation perfected that style of dancing, and my body was made for that kind of dancing but Salsa was a completely different story. Salsa had actual steps to it, how did he expect me to know how to do that.

"You know if you wanted to take me Salsa dancing you might have thought to teach me a couple steps at least first."

"Roza, Salsa doesn't require steps it just requires you to know how to move your body. I know you don't have a problem moving your body." The way he looked at me right then, I would have followed him straight into the pits of hell. Seeing his effect on me, he grabbed my hand and pulled me down the stairs into the club.

It was dark, the music was different nothing like I had ever really listened to before, but I liked it. My body could feel the beat, like it was throbbing in harmony with my blood. I felt a part of the rhythm almost immediately. Though I could feel the music when I saw the way the people were dancing, all my fears came rushing back to me. These people could seriously dance the way their bodies moved I was dumb struck. Dimitri led me to a table close to the dance floor and pulled me into a booth right up next to him. I never looked away from the dancers though. A waitress came up to us and asked if we would like something to drink. Dimitri ordered for us, because I still couldn't pull my eyes away. There was this one couple in particular that had my attention. The way they moved so in sync, they were so close you couldn't be sure where one of them stopped and the other began. It was like that through the whole dance too, they never pulled apart. It was like they knew every step the other would take, every arm movement, every leg movement, every hip turn. They were mesmerizing and at the same time, it was almost too hot to watch. I felt almost voyeuristic invading on something so intimate. Dimitri finally stole my attention back with his voice breaking through my haze.

"Rose, are you still with me?"

"Yeah, Sorry" I turned my attention back to him, but kept sneaking glances back at the dance floor.

"Shall we give it a try" That got my full attention.

"You're crazy; I told you I can't dance like that. And after watching them, I am not even willing to attempt it. I would make a fool out of myself! No thank you!" I finished, crossing my arms across my chest.

"You will not make a fool out of yourself and you can dance so much better then they can. We can dance so much better then they can." He seemed so sure; he had gone insane, finally lost it.

"Dimitri, I am starting to worry about your mental health. You have been so unlike yourself tonight and now you think we could dance better then they could. They have obviously been dancing together for years. Would you look at them, Seriously!"

"I did look at them. Now you look at them, really look at them. Look past the outside movement, look deeper into it. It isn't that they have been dancing together for years that allow them to move like that. It is the desire they have for each other. The way his body naturally pulls towards any direction hers moves and vice versa. Watch how they never stop looking into each others eyes, they can read each other. It's intimate, it's sensual." He moved away from me exiting the other side of the booth.

"Trust me" he said with his hand extended to me. "We can do this, just let go. Trust your body and mine." His eyebrow rose just slightly as he said it with a sexy little smile across his lips and again I knew I could deny him nothing. I was still terrified but I did trust Dimitri in ways I have never trusted before. I allowed him to pull me towards the dance floor. We stepped closer to each other on the dance floor trying to position ourselves, but it felt awkward. I was listening to the music not sure how to start the dance. I started to gyrate my hips a little to the beat but it was off. Dimitri gripped my hips and stopped me. He placed my hands on his chest keeping his hands on my hips and pulled me flush against him. I felt his body pressed against every inch of mine, the feeling was distracting.

The sexual tension between us still blazed, and my body was rigid trying to fight the desperation I had to feel more of his touch. He leaned his mouth towards my ear and whispered, "Let it go Roza, Relax and just feel me." Then he took my chin and tipped it up towards his face, our eyes locked and I lost all thought and worry. I felt my body release and settle into his. Before I knew what happened we were moving. Dimitri stepping backward, my body naturally moving with his to ensure our embrace remained unbroken. Our feet planted now Dimitri leaned forward causing me to lean back but not away he came with me. My hips moved forward to him, as my upper body circled left then right. He stepped forward with his right leg slipping in between my legs with ease, so I was positioned straddling high up on his leg. For a split second I wondered if my shirt was too short for this particular move, but feeling the pressure of his thigh at my core made it hard to care. Then as if he knew my exact thoughts, I felt Dimitris hands slide slowly down my hips. His fingers were spread open wide trying to feel as much of me as he could on their journey. His hands stopped on the tops of my thighs where my skirt met my bare skin. His fingers locked into place there and I realized he planned to hold my skirt in place for me.

There was something so sexy about that; it caused my breath to catch. Dimitri definitely noticed and his grip tightened as he leaned into my neck just below my earlobe. He whispered, "You have no idea, what you do to me do you? His breath was hot against my skin. I already felt like my body was on fire and this just sent me over the edge. A shiver went through me causing me to twitch slightly above Dimitri's thigh. Dimitri growled, one arm grabbing me and locking me in place, pressing me deep into his thigh. His other hand went into my hair grabbing a fist full of my locks and pulling my face close to his. The look in his eyes was wild, and needy. After staying locked in that position just rocking with each other for a few beats, Dimitri leaned in to kiss me. Or so I thought; but instead he moved my upper body backward left then right in the same circles I had made before. The positioning of his leg between mine was causing sensations in me that I could barely contain. My breathing was heavy and deep, but so was Dimitris. I was starting to get the feel of the dance and more comfortable with the sensuality of it. I started taking over some of the movements. I moved backwards similar to the way that Dimitri had moved us when we first started and without missing a beat he moved with me. I dug my hips even deeper into his and he responded with a low growl and a slight shiver. Power surged threw me. I loved playing with my sexuality with Dimitri. I loved exploring the extent of the affect I had on him. This dance provided the perfect way for me to test my effect. My movements became even more sure, as we continued to dance. Dimitri would take the lead back making me follow his movements again, only to have me steal it back. It was similar to way we fought, battling to get the upper hand on each other. We never faltered, never broke eye contact, and never broke body contact. I don't know how long we danced for, how many times the song changed. I lost all focus on anything that was not Dimitri's body or his eyes. I felt like we were looking right into each other's souls I didn't want to stop. If it wouldn't have been entirely inappropriate I would have begged him to make love to me right then and there. In fact, I almost felt like he already was. His hands traveled everywhere on my body with no uncertainty. He possessed me, and I possessed him. There was no hesitation in either of us, no fear of being caught, no feelings of guilt or denial of feelings. We were lovers, even though we still had yet to make love.