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Chapter 7: Giving In

Dimitri POV

Her lips were so close to mine...all red and puckering up for the forbidden kiss. Then she spoke, so hesitantly, like I never heard Roza speak before. Fuck it all, I decided and I put my lips to hers pouring all of my passion into the kiss. Her eyes widened and she went still. She froze for a bit before kissing me back. We threw ourselves into that kiss; tightening are arms around each other, our bodies pressing close. Soon I felt her start pull away from the kiss. I pushed her back a little, our foreheads resting on each other to breathe. "How was that Roza?"

She laid there in front of me silently. I took the time to gaze at her face. I stared at every smooth plane, every little blemish, her cheeks were still flushed. I was scared when she didn't answer. I was so worried that it was bad. It's been awhile since I've kissed someone. Finally she spoke, "No one has ever kissed me like that..." she said in a husky voice. When she said that my heart dropped a little. It must have shown on my face because then she kissed me again. I didn't know if it was to stop me from worrying or if she just wanted to. "Its just...this is...so new." she gasped after we pulled apart again.

I hugged her more closely to my body. Just laying like this in each other's arms was perfection. "I wish everyday could be like today Roza." Rose had always fit so perfectly into the crook of my body. Rose smiled at me. " What if we just pretended tonight. What if we just told each other things that we're not suppose to." she said.

I wasn't sure what she was requesting. "What happens here says here?" I asked her confused. We already tell each other regardless of our feelings. The conversation started to go in a weird direction. We were in a happy place right now I didn't want anything to burst our little bubble. "Isn't that the way you would want it. We both know that's how it should be...because of Lissa." she asked in a quiet voice.

I heard the sadness in her voice. I didn't want Lissa to come between us...I was planning to ask for a transfer once Roza graduated. Maybe to Christian, or dare I say it, Adrian. Someone who was close to the Princess so I could be around Rose. Looking at her sad face, I was trying to determine whether I was going to tell her my plans or not. I was planning to make it a surprise at graduation, but I really wanted to cheer her up. This vacation was a disaster. "Lissa won't be a problem after graduation." I said with a straight face. Rose stared at me blankly.

All of a sudden she tackled me and kissed me. She was so happy now that she was covering me with kisses. She smiled so widely, it was such a good decision to tell her now. I wanted her to always be happy like this. I smiled one of my full smiles and her. "I take it this idea makes you happy?" I teased.

"You just made me very happy Dimitri." Rose said seductively, pushing my hands to her waist, while she started rubbing against me. The friction through my pants was painful, I groaned. She left little kisses in the side of my neck and sucked on that sweet spot. "Roza..." I moaned. I wanted to pull her even closer, but if I wanted to have any control left I had to push her away now. I tried to move my hands up to her shoulders to push her away, we couldn't go any farther than kissing. Not tonight."We can't go there yet Roza. Once we do there's no going back. After graduation I promise." I say between kisses.

At last we both pulled away. "I'm sorry." Rose said to me. She had nothing to be sorry about, I loved every second of it. "I got carried away and I…" I silenced her with another kiss. This one short and sweet.

"It's alright Roza. We just can't take it too far yet." I tried to explain, even though all I wanted to do was rip her dress off and kiss every inch of her body. In return she just cuddled into me and smiled. I could feel her lips on my chest when she asked, "How many have you had? Women I mean...have you been with?"

It was such a surprising and awkward question. Even Rose, who was one of the most straightforward people I know, couldn't say it without stuttering. I mean I did expect her to ask me that, but not this soon. Maybe I could get her off topic, I didn't feel like ruining the moment by sharing. "That's a question for another day Roza." But Rose was persistent.

"I'm not asking to judge you Dimitri. If you don't tell me I'll make up a estimate." Oh Roza. Knowing her she would think of an absurdly large number. I regretted sleeping with those two women before. If I could go back in time I want to make Rose my first and only. I tried again to change the topic. "Oh Roza do you really want to know? I'm not asking you to tell me how many guys you've been with." I figured she at least wasn't a virgin, not with the way she held herself around other boys.

She hesitated. Rose looked at me thoughtfully before she said quietly, "I've never...not yet any way." I was shocked. Rose Hathaway, the girl who could charm her way into anyone's pants has never been with a guy. That would mean I would be her first. It brightened my mood, this meant that Rose would be mine and mine alone. "Oh…" I decided to tell her since she opened that secret to me. "Well it's been two Roza...only two others."

She cuddled deeper into me. "Hmm I'm shocked. I was expecting something like 33." she teased. I looked at her intently. Did she think I was a crazy teenager like her? I knew I had self control issues but I was never like that with women. I was always too awkward to get a date. "What do you mean Roza?" I asked.

"I just see how other women look at you." she said with jealousy in her eyes. Pulling back and looking at her, I said, " I only have eyes for you Roza," before kissing her softly on the lips again. We kept kissing deeply. Not moving any farther than that. We were pressed as close as we could to each other. Well as close as we could without taking our clothes off. Rose broke away again, " Can we just hold each other tonight?" she asked nervously. I was more than happy to accommodate her request. "That would be perfect Roza." I said, I kissed her on the nose and then shifted her comfortably in my arms.

"How are we going to be normal at school now?" Rose suddenly asked. Personally I didn't really know. It was hard enough with the lust charm but now that we knew our true feelings for each other is was going to be hell staying away from each other. This vacation was just going to make matters worse. "I hate to say it but we're going to have to go back to how we were before." I say to her sadly. "Your training has to be taken seriously." I wanted the world to know that Roza was mine, even if I couldn't touch her or kiss her in public.

"Then why are you holding back with me now?" she asked. I was holding back because I knew that if we went any farther I wouldn't be able to control myself, but to Rose, I was the picture of control. I couldn't destroy that image. "I'm just waiting for the right time." I said. I want our first time together to be perfect. It should be romantic, not in a old motel room during the middle of the snow storm.

"Dimitri…" she yawned. Roza fell fast asleep in my arms. I watched her, she looked like an angel. So peaceful and perfect. This was the first time I saw her asleep without tossing and turning since Spokane. While we were at the academy I frequently went to check on her at night. I thought that she would have trouble sleeping and I was right, but there was nothing I could do at the academy. I watched her a little longer, before snuggling into her and falling asleep myself.

Rose POV

Our faces drew closer and closer until he kissed me. I couldn't believe that he actually broke the rules, and kissed me. Willingly! I closed my eyes, my head was in a daze from the kiss. My whole body was pressed to him and my hands tightened around him. I leaned against him more and deepened the kiss. Then, a thought came to my mind. I wondered if Dimitri knew I was a virgin. I was nervous, what if he thought I was a slut. I remember the time he had caught me with Jesse in the lounge a few months ago. Plus all those nasty rumors about me. I hope that Dimitri didn't think that I was girl that got around. These thoughts made my kissing slow down. It also made me tremble at his embrace. I didn't deserve him, not with the reputation I had. "How was that Roza?" he asked after we pulled back.

I stared at him in silence. His kisses were amazing, they always were, but I was just so surprised. I felt so much passion from that one kiss. I always pictured myself as one of those people who never shut up during anything sexual. I was wrong. The thought of opening my mouth and saying the wrong thing made me sit there almost in breathless silence. " No one has ever kissed me like that..." My voice was low. I saw Dimitri frown a bit at my words. I kissed him again and let my lips linger against his, needing to reassure to him that I loved him even though I couldn't say the words. I was panting as I hovered over his chest, pressed to him. " Its just...this is...so new." I said.

Dimitri hugged me tighter. "I wish everyday could be like today Roza." I did too Dimitri, I wished for it everyday. Maybe it was selfish, but sometimes I wished we both weren't dhampirs so that we could just be together and now be judged. "What if we just pretended tonight. What if we just told each other things that we're not suppose to." I asked. I just wanted one night of happiness. However, if we did act that way then it would make everything so much harder in the future.

"What happens here says here?" he asked, like he didn't understand what I was saying. This would just make things more difficult, but I was content to be the way we were now. I spoke again, "Isn't that the way you would want it. We both know that's how it should be...because of Lissa." I tried not to let my feelings show as spoke, but in a way I envied Lissa. She could be with whoever she wanted when ever she wanted. The moroi weren't judged for being together but dhampirs were. Another problem we had to solve. But I would never let Dimitri know that I envied Lissa, he might think that it would make me an inadequate guardian if I let my personal feelings get in the way.

Preoccupied in my own thoughts I almost didn't hear Dimitri say, "Lissa won't be a problem after graduation." I didn't know what he was saying at first, was Lissa going to die? Where my grades too bad to get me Lissa as my charge? I gave him a questionable look until the plan clicked in with me. It wasn't I who would have to move charges, Dimitri was going to. Once it did my eyes grew huge and I basically tackled him with a roll as he laid next to me. I smiled as if I hadn't been crying or anything. I kissed Dimitri in small butterfly kisses. "I take it this idea makes you happy?" he said between kisses and groans.

I kissed his jaw and slowed down my pace with him again. " You just made me very happy Dimitri." I told him as my hand moved down his arm all the way to his hand. I slowly pushed his hand from my ribs to my waist. "Roza…" he moaned. "We have to…" I didn't listen to him, I kept his hand pressed to my waist. I grinded into his hips while his hands set a rhythm. I leaned in and kissed the side of his neck. Letting myself nip at it every couple of soft kisses. "We can't go there yet Roza." Dimitri said stopping the kiss. "Once we do there's no going back. After graduation I promise." I was really worked up now. I needed a releaser. I kissed his jaw and rolled a few inches from him. " I'm sorry." I breathed hard and noticed how heated my body was. But I was also scared shirtless."I got carried away and I…" Dimitri shut me up with a kiss.

I looked at him and smiled. Cuddling up to his chest so I could hear his heart beat. " How many have you had? Women I mean...have you been with?" I asked the question so awkward. Unusually I was filled with dread over asking such a personal clone. "That's a question for another day Roza." But I was persistent. I quirked my lips at his answer. " I'm not asking to judge you Dimitri. If you don't tell me I'll make up a estimate."

It got really still for a few moments. Dimitri tried to avoid the question again. "Oh Roza do you really want to know? I'm not asking you to tell me how many guys you've been with." I was embarrassed. I didn't want Dimitri to know that I have no experience. It might drive him away. "I've never...not yet any way." I say.

"Well it's been two Roza...only two others. Dimitri said. I leaned up and cuddled into his neck. "Hmm I'm shocked. I was expecting 33." I teased to loosen the tension. What do you mean Roza?" he asked. "I just see how other women look at you." I noted to him against his ear.

"I only have eyes for you Roza." he said sweetly before kissing me again. I laid back and gave a lazy smile up at him. My lips soon finding his again, staying slow with him. We kissed and kissed pressing our bodies together. I wanted to get so much close but Dimitri had said not tonight. He wanted to wait, it was sweet but also really annoying. I started getting sexually frustrated myself. After kissing a bit more I leaned back and noticed myself getting heated up again. "Can we just hold each other tonight?" I didn't want to put him in a uncomfortable situation. I knew and understood he was a man and I was being a tease. "That would be perfect Roza." he said, kissing me on the nose.

I laid there cuddled up in his arms. " How are we going to be normal at school now?" I asked. I didn't want all of this progress to go to waste. I didn't want us to be like yesterday. I wish the academy's rules didn't exist. I just wanted to be with Dimitri and let everyone know that he was MINE. Too many people looked at him like he was a tasty treat already. Oh Dimitri was a tasty treat all right, but he was my treat. No one else could have him.

Dimitri spoke again answering my question. "I hate to say it but we're going to have to go back to how we were before. Your training has to be taken seriously." Training, of course, the thing that made me fall in love with the Russian God in the first place. Well since we had to go back to before at the academy. I saw no reason why Dimitri and I were stopping our actions now. "Then why are you holding back with me now?" I asked him. While I was happy we weren't rushing into anything, I was feeling extremely frustrated for myself. It did make me wonder why my dress hadn't already been ripped off of me, I knew I wasn't helping with my seductive nature. Down deep I had a feeling that this was just his perfect gentle nature.

"I'm just waiting for the right time." he said to me. Of course, how sweet was he. Dimitri was perfect. I leaned forward and kissed his jaw. My eyes lightly flickering open and closed. My being had grown sleepy in his arms. I snuggled closer into his body. " Dimitri..." My thoughts were lost as I fell asleep on his shoulder.

A/N- Please don't hate me if this chapter was really silly or bad. I finished it just now and its late and I'm about to fall asleep on my computer. I can fix the chapter Sunday, I might not be able to post on Saturday because I'm going to a party :) This was 3000+ words. Long isn't it, well I'm completely reaching my goal.

Ciao

~Tiffany