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Chapter 14

So leaving didn't go all that well. "What do you mean you over booked first class?" I practically screamed at the cashier. She looked as if I were any other kid who was pissed at their flight being messed up. "Ma'm, I'm sorry, but theres nothing I can do. I could get you a later flight or you could fly coach. Your choice, but your holding up the line." she was a large woman with beautiful carmel colored skin. I glanced back at the line of tourists and turned back to her. I heard Dimitri say something about it being ok and that we'll fly coach but I ignored it. I glared at the woman. She at first looked afraid but then decided that I was s teenager who wasn't a threat for a security guard who would come for me the second I tryed to hurt her. If only she knew. "How about this. I get you two coach seats by yourselves. Its the best I can do, and atleast no one will be sitting in your row. So do you want the deal or not?" I sighed. "Fine. We'lll take it." I said. She gave us our tickets, and I made a point of storming away. I know i was acting twelve, but public airlines are not to be trusted.

After boarding the plane, Dimitri and I settled down into our two seats in a row of three, which one seat stayed un occupied. "This is why you should let me handle situations like this. You shouldn't be mad at her, she had nothing to do with it" Dimitri said softly. I kind of felt like I was back at St. Vladimirs going somewhere on a guardian missoin with him, and this was one of the rare times he let his guard down around me. Forbidden love, but it was so sweet. Not sweet enough to trade for this open, almost easy love. Yeah, there were people who looked down on dhampirs dating dhampirs. Thats why we didn't show too much PDA. But all in all, it was so much easier than both of us trying to deny our feelings and get on with our lives. "Well, just because it wasn't her fault doesn't mean she was out of the line of fire. And all you could have done is been nice, and we would have some annoying, overweight guy sitting in between us. I think it worked out." I replied. He rolled his eyes, and pulled out a book. A western, no doubt. I decided i would read over his shoulders to see what the fuss was all about.

The book was not a favorite by a long shot. Infact, it was a least favorite. No way could I understand why Dimitri could read that. I was estatic when we landed in seatle. One reason, I would be sitting in quiet first class, and two, I could listen to music or watch the movie without disturbances for the next eleven hours. Little conversation went on between Dimitri and me, but it wasn't a bad silence. It was the kind where theres nothing to say, so you just enjoy eachothers presence. Once our flight took off, I found that after a while I could sleep. My last thought before drifting off to sleep was that of Adrains last visit. I knew he wouldn't come back unless I needed him, but I missed him enough to need him .

The flight was simple enough, so when I got off with Dimitri I was in a good mood again. I didn't nessicaraly want to go running around Novibrisk though. Although I was excited to be in Russia with Dimitri, it brought back moemories from when I was looking for him. Those pushed aside, this felt right, me being here with him. Like we both were meant to be here together. And I really liked that feeling.

"Here we are, Roza!" Dimitri told me with wonder in his voice. He too seemed excited to be here with me. I smiled, and as we walked around the sidewalks looking for a place to get a rental car, he would tell me about the things he wished we would see one day. I had actually seen some of them on my last trip here, but I didn't acknoledge that. We finnaly found a place that looked good, and Dimitri got his wish. I let him handle this situation, mostly because the rental guy spoke in Russian. I was even having fun listening to the conversation, partly because it was so different from english, and partly because Dimitri sounded really sexy talking in Russian. Ok, mostly because of Dimitri.

"So, whats been going on at the house? I mean, is everyone ok? I know that they know about us, but are they ok with it? How do they like you?" Dimitri went on. It was unlike him, but if I were in this situation I'd be worked up to. "Well, nothing out of usual. Yeah, they're all great. Karolina and her kids are doing good, and Yeva is...well you know. Olena is still a wonderful mother, and Viktoria's a nice young girl. And I think Sonya still might be pregnat,too." I though for a second. Mainly about Viktoria. I continued," Yeah, they all are fine with us. As for liking me...Well its like...its like I am part of the family. they welcomed me in, and they even asked me to stay and live with them. They told me I could get a job locally andlive in your room. I almost took them up on it, but I had to save you. I love them all so much, and they remimded me of you. Viktoria is the only one who might have a problem with me though..." I thought that I might as well tell him. I looked at him, and he was smiling. I knew he liked the idea of me there, part of the family. "Good. I'm so happy that they were kind, but that was expected. They really wanted you to stay and become part of the family? And what about Viktoria?" Dimitri asked. "Yes, they were more than kind. And Viktoria, well, she brought me to meet her boyfriend once, his names Rolan, and some things happened. When I met him, litteraly tried to make plans with me. I Didn't tell Viktoria, but they went into this place together. Abe came up and told me about what he was doing to her in there. So, I got them to stop her. She got mad at me and Told me that I didn't belong in the family and that I should leave. So, the short story is that she got mad at me from or stopping her from becoming a blood whore." I glanced up at Dimitri, wondering if he would be mad at me or her. From the look of his face, it was her. he sounded frustrated when he said,"Why would she say that to you? I'll talk to her about this. I can't believe her. Ugh." He was shaking his head, too. i tried to soothe him. "Its ok. I left that night. If it wouldn't have been for that episode and Yeva, you would probably be strigoi now. Don't worry. We'll work things out." He seemed satisfied by that. I really hoped things would work well.

I swear I think I sat in the car with Dimitri for a whole hour before I walked up to the door. Even then, I waited for a moment to even out my brething. I knocked on the door twice, and Paul opened it. I gave him a warm smile,and he surprised me by hugging me! "Rose ! Your back! I didn't know where you went. All Yeva would tell us is that you had work to do. I missed you! We all did." I told him how I missed them all too. He finnaly let me in, and thats when Olena almost dropped the dish she was washing before coming to hug me and kiss my cheeck. Sonya was in her room feeding the baby that she had just had-her name was Ali. Viktoria was to be home from school at any moment, and Karolina would be home from work at the same time. So I sat with Olena and Paul, who kept telling me how he had just turned eleven. I told him how big he'd gotten, and he ate it up. After a while, I made an excuse to go back to the car, and I told Dimitri that he would need to hide somewhere or else Viktoria and Karolina would see him. He agreed, and It turned out I was just in time.

"Rose, is that you? Oh! Come here!" I went to hug Karolina, and I stopped at Vikotria. She didn't exactly freak out, but she higged me. She looked like she might be upset, but if it was at me or her, i didn't know. I told them that I needed to tell thim something, and Sonya asked,"More bad news?" I gave her a small smile and shook my head.

"Ok. Well, I don't really know how to say this, So I'm going to tell the story from the night I left." I was leaving out somethings. If Dimitri wanted to tell them about it, he would. "I came here to kill Dimitri. I had to free him frim the state he was in. After I left here, I went to Novibrisk with those kids. We fought some strigoi, and I made them tell Dimitri I was looking for him. One day, I wasn't paying the best of attention, and Dimitri found me. I hesitated, and he took me. After a while, I broke out, and learned it was possibale to save a strigoi. But the bad part was it involved me breaking out a criminal out of a high secruity morio prison. So I did, and I learned along With Lissa and some other friends, how to save a strigoi. It involved a spirit charmed stake being shoved through the heart of a strigoi by a spirit user. I had my chance when Dimitri captured Lissa and her boyfriend one day, hoping to bring me to him. Well, he did, but I came with a guardian army. " I paused for a moment and seen that everyone was thinking that I had finally killed him. I continued, not wanting any more tears about him dying. " We won, but at great costs. But, it wasn't me who peirced Dimitri through the heart. It was Lissa, a spirit user, who did it. And thats what i wanted to tell, well more like show you, today. Stay here." I got up and went to the door. They all looked extremely confused, but they sat tight. They all started chattering as soon as I walked out the door to retrieve Dimitri. "Come on. Now's as good as time as ever. I didn't tell them anything but what was nessicary." He shook his head, and Like me, took deep breathes before walking in behind me. No one even noticed us walk in, but when I said,'Every one look. Dimitri is alive.". All hell broke loose.