Oh here comes Janineeeee! Duck and cover Dimka, we like your face the way it is!!!!
lol. anyway i just wanted to say thank you all for the amazing reviews, they make me smile, and want to write so your happy!!
So that is why i am spending most of my Saturday in the house writing, apart from the two hours im going to ring the salvtion army bell at walmart!!
Anywho, here you have it folks, enjoy!
I can see why people are afraid of her. She can be extremely scary for someone so small! Her scowl was definitely not helping her looks. She is normally a moderately attractive woman, but the murderous look on her face right now was making it hard for me to remember that. "Someone better tell me what the hell my daughter is doing out here making out with her half naked mentor in the middle of the day, when she should be in bed resting from the attack!!!" My mom all but snarled at us.
"Janine I can explain-" Dimitri began, but my mother cut him off.
"I will deal with you later Guardian Belikov" She growls at him "right now I would like to know what is going through that brain of my daughters"
"Mom, calm down" Bad choice, her eyes got- if possible- more furious. "I know how this must look to you, and I know that you will probably have a hard time accepting this, but I absolutely love Dimitri mom. I love him with everything that I have. Please, please don't do anything drastic" I beg her.
"Don't do anything drastic Rose? He is your mentor for Heavens sake. You're underage, your a student" and she gave Dimitri a look so full of fury that I was surprised physically harm him "and she's my daughter" she spits at him.
"I know she is, trust me I don't think anyone else could be as stubborn as her" that earns him a glare from both Hathaway women " But stubborn or not Janine, I love Rose. At first we tried to stay away from each other, and I swear to you Janine I vowed to myself not be anything but a mentor to her, and I tried my hardest but there is just something about her that pulls me in. Something about her that I can't stay away from. Once we realized that we couldn't be apart we decided to try our hardest to stay away from each other just until she graduates, and turns eighteen. Then the attack happened, and I had a new perspective on life. I don't want to lose the time I am given with her. Being a Guardian, you must understand that our lives can end at any time, and I want to spend the time that God gives me with Rose. She is the most important part of my life now and I love her more than I ever thought possible." Throughout his little speech my moms face was softening. It never lost the scowl and she still looked seriously pissed but I didn't think she was going to kill anyone.... today at least.
"I do understand what it's like being a Guardian, and the same question keeps coming to mind. What do you two plan on doing now?" Mom asks "What kind of future do you have, being Guardians. Both of you are supposed to be guarding Lissa after graduation, and this is putting her at risk"
"I am going to ask to be reassigned" Dimitri whispered. I know it hurts him that he won't be able to keep Lissa safe. He loves her too. But it was really the only logical thing to do. Staying as her guardian would put her at risk, and we could never do that.
"And then what? Is a romance that isn't..." she seemed to rethink that " can't go anywhere, worth risking your whole future's for?" I don't think that my mother was being intentionally mean, she just wanted to know if we had really thought about this.
"I've thought about it mom," I tell her " And I just can't imagine my future without him. Any time I try to envision a happy future for myself, he is in it. He's what makes it happy, because he makes me happy. I love Lissa, but Dimitri gets a part of me that Liss never could, we're from the same world. We belong together, that's really all there is to it. He has my heart, and soul, and he'll keep it, for the rest of forever." Dimitri looked precariously close to crying. This shouldn't be anything he didn't know already!!
"I couldn't have said it better myself" Dimitri murmured, sliding his arm around my waist and hugging me to his side. My mother narrowed her eyes at his arm but didn't say anything.
"So you're saying you love him then?" She asks me skeptically
"More than anything. He is one of the most important people in my life. Right up there with Lissa and …. well, You." I tell her. I had never admitted to her how much I loved her, and how proud I was to be her daughter. Then something extraordinary happened, Janine Hathaway, Badass Guardian extraordinaire, had tears in her eyes. I was truly surprised. I know I wasn't always so friendly towards her, but she is my mother! She blinks the tears away and turns her glare Dimitri's way.
"And what about you Belikov? Do you love my daughter?"
"I do. I love her with every fiber of my being. Every part of me. Everything I have. My Heart, My Soul, My Love, My Life, is hers, for as long as I am on this earth. She is my my soul mate. And I will love her until the end of my existence." I couldn't help the blush that rose to my cheeks. He was just so perfect, and he loved me. Why should I be so lucky? I guess God doesn't hate me after all!
"You guys know that I have to report this right?" Mom says, at my look of horror she continues " I don't have a choice. It's illegal. You are a minor Rose. And he is seven years older than you, It might not be a lot in a few years, but now it's pretty significant!"
"You don't have to do anything you don't want to. You are Janine Freaking Hathaway for Christs sake. The Strigoi killing badass, you don't have to do anything. You don't answer to anybody. And I know that for a fact. I had to get it from somewhere." My mother smiles slightly. She knows just how stubborn I could be. "Please mom, I mean haven't you ever been in love?" I ask desperate.
My mothers face softens completely, and she has a faraway look in her eyes. I wonder what she's thinking about. Who could put that look on her face? Whoever he was, he must be amazing, because she looked.... nice for once. Not murderous at all anymore. "Once" she tells me "It was a long time ago, but I can still remember every moment we spent together. He was a wonderful man, Abe, and I did love him." My jaw drops. Holy Crap.... my mom was in love once? Somehow I just never thought of her as a person who fell in love, I was just grasping at straws!
"Why did you guys break up?" I ask tentatively .
"We decided it would be best to go our separate ways when I got pre....." My mom breaks off suddenly. Was she just about to say ….. when she got pregnant? So this man she was in love with was.... my father? Hmm. "Well that doesn't matter right now, what matters is this" she points between the two of us " and what we are going to do about it" she finishes.
"we?" I ask confused. Sense when was she a part of my love life?!?
"Yes, we. If this is going to work, you two are going to need help. No one, and I mean No One can find out about this. Does anyone else know?" she asks.
I wince "Lissa and Christian know, but they promised to keep it a secret too" I assure her.
"well that's something at least. Now you will have to be way more discrete if you don't want to be caught, what if it was someone else who had stumbled upon you?"
"I would have rendered them unconscious" I joke, her and Dimitri both frown at me. "Joking.... what are you doing out here anyway?"
"I was on guard. I was actually waiting for Guardian Belikov to come relieve me...." she says "what were you guys ….. wait I don't think I want to know." Dimitri actually blushes and I smile, "No you probably don't want to ask that question" I tell her. She narrows her eyes at Dimitri again and opens her mouth to say something I'm sure would have been mean and explicit, so I interrupted her "But we should probably go, Dimitri has a shift, and we don't want to keep you out here any longer than necessary" I tell her, begging her with my eyes not to say anything I will regret!
"Yes, you probably should be getting inside Rose. Guardian Belikov, I will speak to you about this privately at a later time" she glares at him again but he just respectively nods his head, his eyes show a little of the fear I know he is feeling. I can't believe he's afraid of my mother!
"you're not going to report it are you?" I ask her, wanting to make sure we are out of danger for now.
" No Rose, not right now at least. You should go get some sleep, I'll see you later" it almost sounds like a threat. She turns to walk away and stops to call back "and I will be expecting you in twenty minutes for your shift Belikov, so don't get distracted" she tells him.
I couldn't help it I laugh at that. My mother is so not as stealthy as she thinks she is! Beside me Dimitri lets out his breath, as if he's been holding it for a while. "I am honestly surprised I am still alive." he chuckles.
"Don't worry, I'm sure she's not done with you, and I think you made it on the Janine Hathaway shit list" I smile sweetly at him.
"well, as long as I'm at the top...." he says " I do love being on top" he gives me his sexy grin.
"Stop right there Dimitri Belikov, we are not allowed to get distracted, and if you don't stop talking to me like that, we will definitely get distracted, and my mother will probably kill you. Slowly, painfully and with a blunt object." I inform him.
"well I guess it will have to wait until Hathaway Sr is not waiting for me Huh?"
"I'd like to see you call her that to her face" I tell him, and start back toward the dorms. "or maybe I could do it for you, I would love to see her face"
"You wouldn't" he tells me
"and why would you think that?" I ask.
"because you like me the way I am, Alive, and not paralyzed" He smiles at me.
"you're right. But I might still tell her if you piss me off enough" I smile my best You Don't Mess With Rose Hathaway smile. He laughs "Wouldn't think of it. God knows the world can't take two pissed off Hathaway's at once!" I smile.
"You're asking for it Buddy" I warn him. He doesn't look that worried.
"Of course Roza, I'm always willing to take it, if you're the one I get it from." He gives me his best seductive smile.
"Mean Belikov, that is just plain mean" I tell him before stomping off towards the dorm. I hear him laugh before I sneak through the front door and up to my room. Ahh, my bed. What a wonderful sight. Only thing that would make it better, would be if Dimitri were in it! But a girl will take what she can get, so I undress quickly, put on a big T-shirt to sleep in and climb into the blissfully familiar bed, and fall into a peaceful sleep.
So no cliffy this time. Didn't want you guys to die of the suspense from two cliffhangers in a row!!
Oh and as of right now Janine and Abe are wining the poll for my oneshot.
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