Ok so this here is for a great friend roza m belikova's birthday is today and I wanted to write a chapter dedicated just to her... She here you go chica thanks for the support, the reviews and for being such an amazing friend. I hope you all enjoy this as well... thank you again to everyone! Enjoy!
The rest of the week flew by. I spent my days split between hanging out with Lissa, and sneaking in time with Dimitri. The time was shorter with him since Christian started to work at the bakery but I was guaranteed all morning and lunch spent with him. And honestly as much of a smart ass as Christian was he was actually fun to hang out with. Though he would go out of his way to say hello to me and make sure to stay by my side. At work the three of us were like old friends, laughing joking and just having a good time. I had even invited Christian to my graduation celebration he had said yes without any hesitation, when I had told Lissa she had nearly fainted. I had not noticed how much she really liked him, in a way I felt bad for her because she said he still paid her no mind at school. But it had sent her into a planning frenzy, what was she going to wear, what she would say, and whether or not he would sit next to her. I had spent hours calming her down, telling her it was all going to work out, of course none of it had worked. I was also worried at how excited Christian was about it, he kept asking me questions and was making a very strong effort to be nice to me.
I had learned rather quickly that Lissa's emotions ran deep and strong. They almost reminded me of a swelling river, there was nothing you could do to stop it but sit back and wait for nature to run its course. I also learned not to laugh, laughing was worse than doing or saying nothing at all. I have a rather large bruise on my shoulder as proof of this. Who would have ever thought that someone so petite could hit so damn hard, but then again she did hit me with a hair brush. And I did nothing to stop her thinking she would never harm me, boy was I wrong. Yes, she had apologized a million times and then some, but nonetheless it still hurt. And then I had spent another hour telling her it was fine. She had even shed a few tears.
"What are you wearing tonight?" Lissa was currently tugging, yes tugging, my hair to perfection. Actually she had spent the last 3 hours glamourizing me. Waxed eyebrows, low lights in my hair, curlers, light make up, and not to mention the dozen of dresses she laid out for me to pick from. I thought it was all a bit much but she told me to take it as a graduation present, since she did not actually buy me something.
"Liss you're acting like I'm going on a date or something, its just dinner with you guys." She huffed at me and continued to tug on my hair. I knew this was so much more to her, I was just trying and failing to make her calm down.
"Rose this is your chance, Dimitri is coming, and well he's going to be looking at you, and talking to you since he doesn't know anyone else. So you need to impress." She looked over my shoulder and I smiled at the reflection in the mirror. She rolled her eyes and proceeded to pull more curlers out. I never knew those damn things could hurt so damn much. Whatever happened to a curling iron, it would have taken less time. But Lissa refused saying the curlers were the way to go.
"I just want to be me Liss. Yes, I have my sexual urges but I can't make those show with my brother around. Knowing Mase if he sees I'm interested in Dimitri he will do everything he can to scare him away. As it was he threw a fit when I told him Dimitri and Christian were coming. You should have seen what he did to my neighbor Jesse when he caught us kissing." I shuttered a little, slightly ashamed at ever kissing that boy. Well that stopped Lissa's tugging. She dropped her arms and spun me around. Eyes wide, and fear shot through me, what did I do now.
"You mean Jesse Zelkos? Like hottie with a body Jesse?" I couldn't hold back the laughter anymore. Lissa just had a way with words, her descriptions of people were totally out there. Mia the porcelain bitch. Camille the flocking bird. Jill, clearly jailbait. I did not know any of them but she constantly talked about them, making me laugh with every new description.
"I mean yea he use to be hot, until Mase cornered him and he started crying and begging for mercy. Total turn off by the way, and he drooled too much for my liking." Ugh the drooling, a total waste of a kiss, I regretted it as soon as it started. Lissa cracked a laugh of her own and spun me around again.
"Goes to show you, not all men are as macho as they claim to be. And you missy are trouble. I thought you were sheltered or something?" She raised her eye brows and looked at me accusingly. If she only knew how much I snuck around, I was a virgin as I stated but boys were always a favorite topic of mine.
"I was trust me. You really are like my first friend ever. But I don't know I've always been a curious one. And a lot of boys live in my building." Lissa's eyes widened and I noticed what I had said. "Oh god no Liss not like that. I've done a whole lot of kissing, just kissing, I'm still a virgin."
"Really? I thought, I don't know I thought you would have done that already." She suddenly looked uncomfortable. I felt it too, I had never talked to anyone about my sex life, and just like her those who met me assumed I was easy and put out.
"Have you had sex?" She let out a nervous laugh and proceeded to spray my hair with far too much hairspray, I caught her hand. "Liss have you? What's it like? Was it amazing?" I had always wondered what it would be like I always imagined my first time to be amazing, planets aligning and shit. I mean your first time was suppose to be special.
"Umm well I mean, it is good, but my first time well it wasn't what I was expecting." I eyed her and soon saw that something was wrong. I suddenly became very protective of her and wanted to know what happened, and who I would have to beat up to make up for it.
"What happened Liss, did someone hurt you?" I stood up slowly and brought her to me. I pulled her into a hug, I hoped she knew I would be there for her no matter what. I heard a soft sob leave her but I could tell she was trying to be strong. Whatever it was it must have been bad, who could ever hurt someone like her? Someone evil and cruel, someone I needed to find and beat the shit out of.
"I was dating this kid Aaron, I thought I was in love you know. He was cute and was treating me great. But I refused to sleep with him you know?" She pulled back and tears were streaking her face. Heartbreak, poor Lissa had gone through it and by the looks of it, it had been horrible and still affecting her. "He convinced me he loved me and that we should have sex, so I did. I gave him my virginity and he took it painfully so, he was not gentle at all. And then... And then he dumped me the next day for this girl named Mia." She looked away and wiped at her face. I felt rage rise in me, how could he? I needed to figure out who this Aaron was and show him what assholes got. "It's in the past though, I have gotten over it. But its the reason I have like no friends at St. Vlads, they spread rumors and I guess they never went away." She was doing a good job of being strong, but I could only imagine something like that really hurting and effecting someone.
"Oh Liss hun I am so sorry. I can kick their asses for you?" She laughed slightly but shook her head in disapproval. She was never a violent person, I was learning that quickly. The most violent I had seen her was with Adrian, trying to get him to actually work, and even that was more of a teasing. Just thinking about it made me laugh, Adrian truly was something else.
"Nah Rose that was two years ago, plus I graduate in a week and I'll never have to deal with them ever again, plus aren't you going to get Christian for me?" She turned quickly and started doing her make up. Oh yes Christian, I had to do something about him, every time I brought Lissa up he changed the subject. I had no idea why, but it was starting to annoying. Every time I brought her up somehow the subject changed back to me, or he would tell me something about himself.
"That I am, that boy is going to fall head over heels for you. Come on let me help you!" I wanted to comfort her even further, but Lissa was a lot stronger than most gave her credit for. She had learned and grown from that experience and it made me want to make sure Christian saw her more, she could make him so happy, he would be lucky to have someone like her. And honestly he was not that bad of a person, I had learned his bad boy front was just that a front. He was a sweet guy, but he did not want people to see and judge him. God men were so annoying.
Liss and I spent hours getting ready. We tried on outfit after outfit, and nothing seemed to be right. Maybe it was the fact that she had given us too many choices, I never knew someone could have enough money to just blow on outfits to try on. They all had the tags and I knew mine were bought just for this purpose, Lissa was not my size, and was taller than me, needing longer dresses. Maybe it was because we were female, but it was probably because we had men to impress, I could not help but love it, it was nice to have so much to choose from. I finally ended up in a red strapless dress. It was tight around my breast but flowed nicely to my knees. It yelled classy yet sexy, and I was actually impressed, I had never worn anything like it, and I would like if it did not help boost my ego. Liss ended up in a pale pink dress, one I could never pull off with my skin tone, but with her pale skin and blonde hair it fit her wonderfully, it held the same style as mine, but on her it screamed princess. We were quite the pair, her thin tall and pale, I being shorter tanner and curvier. As we stood by the mirror I could not help the smile that crossed my face.
"God damn are we two hot as fuck bitches." I could not help myself. Lissa looked at me and we both lost it laughing. We were, all the time prepping had really paid off. I was about to say something but a knock on the door had me shutting up. Lissa stopped laughing and turned around.
"Hey girls I was..." Mason stepped into my room and his jaw dropped. He looked at me and it was like he could not recognize me. "Wow Rose, you look gorgeous." He walked into the room and to my surprise grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug. All while ruining the moment as he whispered into my ear. "That guy you invited better not even look at you." God what the hell was wrong with him, I wasn't a little girl anymore. No I was a woman, a woman who was looking for a man.
I knew better than to answer him back. He had been worried about Christian and Dimitri coming along. Something about how boys should stay away from me. If he only knew what my plan was. Dimitri was going to love this look, if not I was going to make him. Someday soon he was going to have to let me go. I could not stay by his side my whole life, though he would argue that I could. My 18th birthday was coming up and adulthood sounded amazing. I wanted to experience it all. And lately everything I wanted to experience involved Dimitri and I, in a bed, in a car, against a wall. I was becoming a horny wreck. And spending the last week with Dimitri had not helped. He had become touchier, grabbing my hand when we saw each other, especially in front of Christian, he made an extra effort to touch me and even started hugging me before I would head home.
"Stop worrying, you know I love you." He pulled back and glared at me. I knew he would worry no matter what, I did the same with him, but his was more of this protectiveness I could do without. Yes, he had reason to worry, but I was growing up, he should be more worried about what little Eddie was doing. I caught the damn 10 year old going through Mason's stack of badly hidden porno magazines. I almost showed Mason to embarrass him but I did not want to get Eddie in trouble, he after all was just a curious young boy. I was just glad he still believed girls had cooties, though I knew that was slowly fading.
"Come on lets go." He walked out of the room, leaving me smirking at his protectiveness. If there was anyone who could emasculate him it would be me.
Soon the four of us were squeezing into Masons little Prius. I could not help but roll my eyes at the damn thing every time I saw it. It was blue. Small. And not manly at all. Mason insisted it was a good car, but he lost points because it was totally not cool, I mean what man drove a prius? If he was going to spend that much money on a damn car he should have gotten a nicer one. I mean Dimitri's Dodge Charger was freaken awesome. But then again everything he had was great, a man like him just made everything look and feel better. As we drove to the restaurant we all were silent. Giving me time for my nerves to be worked up. I was afraid I was pushing my luck with Dimitri. I mean was I being to forward?
Wasn't the man suppose to make the first move? Had Dimitri made the first move, but I was so inexperienced to understand, finding some boys to kiss me had been easy, boys were always so eager and many thought they were going to get more out of it. All week he had been giving me signals, or so that was what I thought they were. He had taken me out to lunch almost all week, that was until I told him it was unhealthy. He caught me by surprise when he brought in home cooked meals. Meals made by him the night before so we could eat them at the bakery. He still shut down the bakery, but it was nice to not go anywhere. It was wonderful for it to truly just be the two of us. And yesterday he had complimented me, I know I was going soft, but he told me I looked pretty. I was wearing black skinny jeans and a blue halter top, one he seemed to really like because I caught him on more than one occasion staring at. No to mention he found many excuses to touch me.
"We are here!" Eddie's cute little voice rang through the car and he rushed to open his door and run out. What the hell was he doing, he knew better than to do this.
"Eddie wait up!" I yelled after him but he was not listening. He started running zig zag around the cars and I feared someone running him over. I panicked when I saw a car coming by, one that was clearly not paying attention to their surrounding just before Eddie ran into their path someone grabbed him throwing him over their shoulder.
"Dimitri!" He looked over and I saw how much of a close call it had been. He set my little brother down just as Mason came over grabbing him, thanking Dimitri, then going straight to yelling at little Eddie. I hated when he did it, but right now it was called for. With us forgotten I focuses on Dimitri.
He was wearing a pair of black slack, dress shoes, and a black button down. A look he pulled off flawlessly. He looked fucking hot. Simple yet amazing. It was funny how simple he was but everything he did and said was extraordinary, and lets not mention how godly he was.
"You look good." I could not help complimenting him. He really did look good. He wore plain jeans and t-shirts all the time at work, this was new, this was nice. I could definitely go for this look on him more often.
"And you look, wow, amazing Roza." He reached out to me and surprised me by bringing me into a hug. One I took advantage of and inhaled his wonderful scent. And if I heard correctly he was inhaling my scent too.
"Thanks." We pulled away and the sound of a throat clearing.
I first saw Lissa, leaning against a car, smirking. I knew why too, the dress had definitely caught Dimitri's attention. Then I looked over and saw Mason. Oh poor Mason. He was shooting daggers at Dimitri. I knew he was not happy to see a man hugging me, and worse yet a man he knew had hired me and would soon spend a lot of time with me. It was a good thing he did not know I had been spending all week with him. A lot of time flirting, baking, and growing close to. Mason would have had a cow, though he could not keep me hidden forever. Rose Hathaway was out to play and she was going to be having some fun, looking again at Dimitri I felt that familiar ache between my legs, god just looking at him did things to me.
"Mason, this is Dimitri, my boss. Dimitri this is my asshole brother Mason." I pointed to Mason and I swear I saw smoke coming out of his ears, I would be hearing an earful later on for that comment. Mason moved forward right hand extended, one that Dimitri took and I swear I saw his confidence dwindle.
"Pleasure." Dimitri suddenly squeezed my brothers hand harder, and I thought I saw approval in Mason's eyes. Huh, that was strange, Mason usually did not approve of anything I did. Well it was not like I was doing Dimitri. Yet.
As soon as I thought Dimitri had an in though Mason turned towards me and gave me a disapproving look. Damn that bastard. I wanted him to like Dimitri, I mean what the hell was not to like, he was polite, sweet, caring, and lets not forget so damn fucking good looking. I knew Mason would make it hard for us if he didn't like Dimitri and so far he looked pissed and completely unimpressed. I politely flicked Mason off and made my way closer to Dimitri, I linked my arm with his and led him to the restaurant. I wish I had a camera Mason looked on the verge of killing someone, specifically Dimitri. When we came to the door Christian was waiting there, with wait for it, his aunt Tasha. What the fuck was she doing here? Did that woman have nothing better to do. I mean she could have just dropped him off and left, but it was clear why she was here.
I saw her eyes widen when she saw Dimitri and I's arms linked together. And I knew I was wearing a smug look. Take that you old hag. Christian rolled his eyes and walked towards me, which confused me because he was looking at me longingly, but once again Mason stepped in trying to be all macho. This time I was thankful for it. Christian was being weird, had he not noticed the gorgeous Lissa near me.
"And you are?" God he was trying to be intimidating instead he just came off as a jackass.
"I'm Christian. I work with Rose. And this is my aunt Tasha who was just leaving." He gave his aunt an evil look and turned to Mason shaking his hand, though I was confused why Christian was being so nice to Mason. He didn't have to impress him, Christian was just a friend. I quickly noticed that Mason's glare softened, he approved quickly of Christian, though I had no idea why, the boy was totally retarded. I mean he was a friend but if Mason really got to know him I was sure he would dislike him, I laughed internally this whole situation was rather amusing.
It took all my might to not die laughing at Tasha's expression. She looked like her favorite puppy had been run over. Mason walked over to her and they exchanged a few words. Mason for some reason agreeing to drive Christian home, did he not know how fucking tiny that damn Prius was? Ugh what was he thinking. Without one look to the rest if us Tasha nearly ran to her car. With that we all entered towards what was sure to be the most awkward dinner ever. As we sat down confusion ran through me, Dimitri sat to my right, him sitting next to me was expected but Christian insisted sitting to my left, leaving Liss to sit between my two brothers. I gave Christian a look and he simply shrugged bringing his chair closer to me. And of course both Lissa and Dimitri noticed.
Let us not talk about the look of rage on Mason's face every time he looked at Dimitri. What the hell was going on? When the waitress came over I welcomed the distraction and apparently Dimitri used it to his advantage. He grabbed my hand under the table and gave it a light squeeze while Christian ordered, though he did notice Dimitri's gesture. I could not help but look over and smile at him. His returning smile made this whole mess better. I needed to know what Christian was up to he was going to ruin everything. Lissa was also starting to look very uncomfortable, this was suppose to be her chance to impress Christian. And Dimitri was suppose to be making headway with Mason not Christian. Mason kept asking Christian questions and every answer made him seem even more intrigued by Christian.
I spent a lot of time getting Lissa to talk to me but I knew she wasn't into the conversation anymore. She kept stealing glances at Christian but unlike the bakery Christian didn't even spare her a glance. Instead he was staring at me, and every time Dimitri would touch me a growl would come out of his lips. I was seriously lost. Christian likes Lissa right? I mean it was obvious that I liked Dimitri I did nothing to really hide it.
"So Rose you were saying you like Muse." Christian looked at me and I smiled. That was random.
"Yea they're a great band." Where was he going with this?
"Well I have tickets to see them next Sunday if its ok with your brother we could go?" Wait what?! What had just happened. There was no way he was asking me on a date, right? Not in front of Liss. And he was asking for Mason's approval, he did not own me. Before I could even answer someone else spoke up for me.
"That sounds like fun I'm sure Rose would love to go, be a great birthday present." Mason. Of course he would agree to that, the one thing I did not want to do. Was this seriously happening? I didn't want to go out with Christian I wanted a damn date with Dimitri! My first real date was not going to be with arrogant sarcastic Christian. He was suppose to be going out with Lissa, this was such a mess.
I felt Dimitri stiffen next to me and Lissa quickly excused herself to use the lady's room. If I wasn't so shell shocked I would have poked fun of her use of lady's room. Did this just happen? I pinched my thigh slightly to make sure I was really awake. Yep, totally awake. That just happened. I looked over at a waiting Christian and all I could do was nod. Maybe he was just being a friend, yea a friend. He knew my birthday was coming up and he just wanted to get me a present. Who was I kidding, he was giving me a look with his eyes, a look I knew all to well because I used it constantly on Dimitri. I turned away and then excused myself in hopes of finding Lissa and mending our now obviously train wreck of a friendship, she must hate me.
"Liss." I saw no one in the bathroom but I knew she was in there. A small sniffle confirmed my suspicion. "Liss Hun I'm sorry." Yep that sounded as lame as I thought it would "Open up." Suddenly fear washed through me what if she would no longer talk to me? I really liked hanging out with her.
After a few minutes and a lot of sniffling Lissa unlatched the door and stepped out. The sight before me broke my heart. Her eyes were puffy and tears still leaked through. I wasted no time and hugged her and to my surprise she hugged me back. Maybe she knew this wasn't my fault, I mean Christian was so stupid. Why was he doing this? He was ogling her like crazy a week ago! Plus she looked gorgeous, how could he not even look at her.
"Oh Rose he hates me!" What was she thinking! How could anyone hate her. I was seconds away from going back to the table and punching him until he came to his senses.
"Are you crazy? No way! He's just blind at the moment we will get him to see that he's just being a dumb fuck." I pulled back and looked her in the eyes.
"Rose he likes you." Her bottom lip started to tremble but I wasn't going to have it.
"And I like Dimitri. He's just being stupid I'm sure it's just a friendly invite ok? I'm going to fix this. He can't possibly be this stupid?" She looked at me and even though she was sad she managed a small smile.
"I'm sorry. That was so pathetic of me. I just... I just like him so much. And he hasn't even looked at me." I pulled her into another hug.
"I'll make him see the light. He's male he's bond to do stupid things." We both laughed at that.
After some much needed freshening up we both walked out arm in arm but this time I switched seats with her, claiming I wanted spend time with my brothers. I shot Dimitri an apologetic smile and he returned it. Christian being the stupid fuck he was looked around confused at what had just happened. After dinner we all got up to leave but Dimitri held me back, not that I minded.
"Your birthday is next Friday right?" He looked at me and his eyes showed he was nervous. Why I did not know.
"Yea it is. Why do you ask?" I grew even more confused when he smiled and took my hand.
"I was wondering if you were free if I could cook you dinner that night. You know, you and me." No fucking way! Was this a date? A present? Was I even still alive. Was this real life?
"You mean like a date?" I know it was stupid to ask, but I had to find out. He looked at me but looked unsure.
"I mean yea, but only if you want it to be." My smile grew and I was sure he knew my answer before I even spoke it.
"Yes. I'd love that!" And I really did. This was what I had been longing for. I Rosemarie Hathaway had a date with Dimitri Belikov. My boss and sexy as fuck Russian! Now to get Christian out of the picture and into Lissa's arms. That dumbass had to go and mess things up.
Dimitri grabbed my hand and walked me outside to Mason'a car. The sight waiting for us was rather amusing. Christian stared at our linked hands with a confused glare, while Mason looked like a savage animal about to pounce, Dimitri clearly his intended prey. Oh this was going to be interesting. My once dull life was slowly filling up with drama so good it could be called a soap opera. Eh what did I care Dimitri had asked me out on a date. Nothing could ruin my good mood. Boy was I wrong.
First off wtf is wrong with Christian? What do you think Rose will do? Mason like Christian but does not like Dimitri oh hell no! And yes yes yes he finally asked her on a date! What do you think will happen? Will Lissa stay as nice? Will Mason flip? Is Christian truly retarded? Review my sweet loves... And maybe I'll give you some action for the date wink wink