A/N- I want to thank hiseask17, bdfm fan for life, Sarahbelikova99, and julia. for reviewing. It means a lot to me that people are actually reading my stuff. I'm so sorry this is really late tonight because I didn't bring my laptop with me today so I didn't get to type up the story in time for lunch.

hiseask17- I hope this chapter is a little less repetitive! They're doing their own things here.

sarahbelikova99- Hey! I miss ya!

Disclaimer: Another one! I don't own any of these characters or the world of VA at all. It all belongs to the wonderful Richelle Mead.

Chapter 5: Awkward Moments

Rose POV:

After I locked myself in the bathroom, I stared at myself in the mirror and tried to calm down. I knew Dimitri didn't mean to be this difficult, but it was just so frustrating sometimes. I couldn't see what the problem was going to be, if his self-control was so great like he claims this should be no problem for him. No matter, I decided as I started the shower to heat the water. If he wanted to suffer on the floor that would be his fault.

I stepped into the hot water and instantly calmed down. The hot water felt so good on my frozen skin, soon I started to forget all my worries and the fight with Dimitri. I was just content to finally be getting warm and comfortable after the long day in the car. It wasn't until I was getting dressed for bed that I remembered the problem we encountered before. I realized that the only thing I packed to sleep in was the nighty that Lissa had bought me. It was a little revealing but I had thought that I would have my own room and no one would see me. I liked to sleep comfortably. It wasn't over the top sexy or anything. But it was short, thin and dangerous on a night like tonight.

I put it on and brushed my hair. I looked like I was trying to make Dimitri want me. The thin T-shirt material that it was made out of made my breasts stand out so much. This was a recipe for disaster. I didn't want to make this any more difficult than it already was. At least my short frame made it longer on me than most girls which was good, but still. I took a deep breathe. "Just run jump in bed. That's all you have to do." I told myself.

I quietly opened the door, hoping to sneak past Dimitri and straight into bed. Of course, I wasn't that lucky. Luck was never on my side. Dimitri looked up at me as soon as I opened the door. He was looking me over which made my body heat up quickly. I felt blood rush to my cheeks. It took everything I had to pull from his gaze. I sat down at the foot of the bed and pulled my hair to the side, brushing it. Maybe I was making this worse, I knew how much Dimitri loved my hair. Maybe I should have finished getting ready in the bathroom, I only thought to leave because I thought Dimitri might want to shower. I started putting lotion on my legs and other things I usually do before I went to bed. In such a small room I couldn't put lotion on my legs anywhere else but here where I could move freely. The lotion was needed from lack of sunlight for dhampirs and moroi. Dimitri was still watching me, unmoving. "What are you thinking about?" I asked, breaking the awkward silence.

"Nothing Roza." he said quickly and quietly. He immediately looked away and grabbed his things from his bag. "I'm going to go change." he said, and he made his way into the bathroom. I watched him walk until he closed the door behind him.

After Dimitri basically locked himself in the bathroom, I finished with my night routine and started to play with the heater. I was still freezing from playing in the snow today. I guess Dimitri was right, I was going to get myself sick. After a few more minutes of tinkering with it I figured out that either I was an idiot, or this place was so cheap that it didn't work.

I sighed. I guess I would have to get bundled up in bed. It didn't help that my hoodie was still cold and a little wet and I didn't have anything comfortable to wear to bed. I looked back at the bed and noticed pillows in the middle of it. I guess he gave in. I told myself as I got in under all the covers.

After only a few minutes of lying in bed, I heard the creak of the door. I sat up, wanting to see Dimitri after his shower. I was just trying to punish myself. Dimitri walked out of the bathroom shirtless, his hair slightly wet like it would be after a shower. He looked so sexy, actually, he looked just like he did when I found him at the beginning of the lust charm. That image brought back so many memories. I didn't realized that I was making weird moaning noises until Dimitri asked, "Is everything okay Roza?"

I snapped out of my daze. Composing myself before saying "Our heat doesn't work." I told him as he looked at me curled up in the bed. He looked so calm, as if he wasn't fazed by our earlier experience at all.

"I'll call down about it and see what we can do." he said. "I think there are some more blankets in the closet. You can use those if you're cold." I decided to look at him again, this time I controlled by reaction. I laid down on my side and played with the part of my hair Dimitri was fond of, analyzing him. He was acting different on this trip. He seemed so distant from my normal laid back Dimitri. "Is there something wrong?" I asked. He looked so very stiff, from his more casual stance earlier.

"Hmm...Nothing's wrong Roza. Nothing you need to worry about." he said. He never wanted to tell anyone his feelings. But I knew if I pushed him enough, he would start talking. It wasn't good to keep everything bottled up. I knew that from a first-hand experience. I turned to my back, staring at the ceiling. I just lay there with my strand of hair in hand. "...We could talk about it..." I suggested.

It was silent for a while. Finally Dimitri murmured, "I don't know where to start Roza..." in a dejected voice. Fine if he wasn't going to share then I would just ignore him for the rest of the night. It was no fun interacting with an uptight Dimitri. I dropped my hair and pulled the last sheet over my shoulder. I took a deep breathe. Our room was loosening what heat our showers had made. "Then let's do as we always do and not say anything.' I muttered.

Dimitri POV

After Rose ran away into the bathroom, I decided it wouldn't be wise to follow her into the bathroom. I paced the small space of room that was left, trying to figure out good sleeping arrangements. I tried to sit on the floor, I could get my legs straight but if I leaned back a bit I bumped into the nightstand. I tried to do the same at the foot of the bed but then there would be no place to put our bags. Plus the space was far too narrow to sleep in. I cursed, there was no solution to this wretched problem. Either I slept in the bed or I stayed up all night. Might as well sleep on the bed, I finally decided. I would need to energy to finish the drive tomorrow. It was only one night, I tried to reason with myself. I could control my testosterone for one night. I started to arrange the pillows in the middle like Rose wanted. When I finished I sat on the bed, just thinking and meditating. Finally the shower shut off.

When I heard the door open I looked up at Rose. I cursed again under my breath. Roza was wearing a thin red cotton slip making her breasts prominent and beautiful. It was like she was trying to test my self-control, even though I knew Rose wasn't doing this on purpose. I took a deep breath, it was taking all of my strength not to dash across the room and take Roza into my arms and kiss her senseless. When I finished scanning her body, our eyes met. She moved to the foot of the bed, pulling things out of her bag to finish getting ready for the night.
I just kept staring at her, unmoving. I didn't know what to do. Wasn't there anything else she could wear. I could feel my fingers twitching.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked. I shook myself out of my daze. "Nothing Roza." I said my accent getting thicker by the second. "I'm going to go change." I shoved my way to the bathroom and locked the door. Inside leaned on the door and I breathed a sigh of relief. I can do this, I chanted to myself. I can do this. I was just going to change but then I decided it was still early. I needed to take a shower to help me cool down, a very cold shower.

Once I was more relaxed, I got dressed and gave myself another quick pep talk. Just go in there and don't look at her. Go in, get on my side of the bed, and read a book. Pay no attention to Rose. I peeked out of the bathroom and found Rose already in bed. She looked up when I opened the door, damn it, I meant to sneak past her. She was staring at my chest, I looked at her and then myself. I guess I forgot to grab a shirt to sleep in, I didn't think of packing it because I never slept with a shirt on.

Rose started making unintelligent sounds. "Is everything okay Roza?" I asked, genuinely worried. I didn't want her to go into shock or something. I also wasn't sure if she was still cold from before. Surely that little scrap of material was incapable of helping Rose warm up. Suddenly she spoke up, "Our heat doesn't work."

Now that was concerning. For a "good" motel or so they claimed you would think they would have better accommodations. I was still worried about Rose getting sick. She was sitting cold and wet in the car for at least an hour and even though we were dhampirs, we could still catch the common cold once in a while. That wouldn't be good for either of us. "I'll call down about it and see what we can do." I told her, walking to the nightstand to call reception. "I think there are some more blankets in the closet. You can use those if you're cold." I pointed out to her.

I called reception informing them of our heating problem. They politely explained that sometimes when there was a hard storm like this one that the heating would go out. They said that we were fortunate to have electricity and heated water. As much as that was useful it didn't help my situation right now. I got more tense at the thought that I might have to warm Rose up to keep her warm. That would lead to crazy actions that I wouldn't regret but was not supposed to do. I sighed and thanked them and put down the phone.

After I hung up, Rose spoke up again. "Is there something wrong?" That was the second time she asked that tonight. "Hmm...Nothing's wrong Roza." I said. There really was nothing wrong that could be remedied anyway. It was all my own internal struggle. "Nothing you need to worry about." I placated her. Honestly I was just tense from being in such close quarters with her, but I certainly couldn't tell Rose that.

Rose was silent for awhile. She turned away from me and I could hear her breathing steadily. "...We could talk about it..." she suggested quietly later. I thought she would have fallen asleep by now. I knew the girl loved the sleep. The evidence was her proximity to being tardy to our early morning training sessions. I didn't know what she wanted me to say? That it was her that was the problem. That I was the problem. Our feelings, our love? "I don't know where to start Roza..." I sighed sitting in my side of the bed. I put my face in my hands, they needed to be doing something. My hands were twitching to just take her into my arms and sooth her. Rose just ignored me turning away, rolling to her other side murmuring to herself.

A/N- Again I'm so very sorry that this is late. But hey, I still got it to you guys on this day :D
Honestly I thought this was going to be a really short chapter. I started with a fairly short outline but once I put all my thoughts it ended up being over 2000 words! Maybe I'll try to do that now. Make every chapter a little longer. Anyway read, review, favorite, follow, and enjoy!

Ciao!

~Tiffany