The trip to Baia was as long as usual, and as usual I slept an awful lot of it but thankfully I wasn't the only one because Mason slept too. Dimitri had woke me up to get off the train but once he got behind the wheel we were back in our mentor/student role. Upon realisation I felt strange; almost …empty. Dimitri put his beloved country music and gave me a look almost daring me to change it. I was in no mood to bother so I just decided to go back to sleep. Dimitri made no attempt to keep me awake.
Dimitri woke me once we arrived at our destination. I as usual didn't want to wake up, especially not now after what had happened last time. Dimitri gave up and started to wake Mason up. The next thing I knew I was in Dimitri's arms being carried over the threshold. I really wasn't in the mood to fight him so I let him bring me in and drop me on his bed. Once I was on the bed I just curled up to go back to sleep while Dimitri left. Later I would reflect on the fact that if we were properly back in the student/mentor role Dimitri would have woken me up; probably wouldn't have let me fall asleep in the first place.
When I woke it was dark. My stomach was growling so I made my way down to the kitchen to see if I could find some of Olena's black bread. The house was very quite and I began to wonder what time it was. There was nobody in the kitchen other than Dimitri; he had fallen asleep at the table. I instantly felt guilty because I had been asleep in his bed. Once again upon later reflection I would realise that Victoria's room would have been free as she was still in school.
I rummaged around the kitchen and found three loaves of black bread. I reasoned they were there to be eaten so I helped myself. Once I was finished I cleaned up around me and leaned back against the counter to look at Dimitri. I became so concentrated on Dimitri I never noticed Olena approach.
"Roza are you okay?"
"Emmm yea" I wearily replied "just thinking about something…."
"Or someone?"
"Yea"
"So what's going on between the pair of you?"
"I don't know"
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"I don't know….I don't even know what I'm thinking, how can I talk about something I don't know about?"
"And that, my dear, is precisely why you need to talk about it"
"But I don't know what to say. I don't even know what to think!"
"Well what are you thinking now?"
"Your black bread is delicious"
"Roza"
"What you asked what I was thinking I told you what I was thinking"
"No you told me what you were thinking. So I'll ask again what are you thinking now?"
"That English was never my best subject in school."
"Roza not the whole world is out to get you. If you want to talk you know where I am."
She then left. In a matter of moments I felt guilty. Olena had always been very accepting of me and I had just been very cheeky. She didn't deserve that. I decided I would apologise tomorrow. My mind then shifted to the problem sleeping in front of me. Should I wake him or leave him? I concluded that even though he was asleep he could not be comfortable. After such a long journey I reasoned he should get to sleep in his bed. I could always go sleep with Mason if required.
"Dimitri….c'mon it's time to go to bed" I poked him.
"hmmm Roza?"
"Yea it's me Comrade. C'mon it's time to go to bed."
Clearly worn out Dimitri came with me wordlessly. We both got into his bed. Dimitri was so tired he didn't even undress. My heart went out to him as I cuddled up against him, thinking solely about him.