"Dimka!" she cried. "You came!" She threw herself at Dimitri and wrapped her arms around his stomach. He smiled and pressed his face into her hair. The other guardians just stared.
"That's Dimitri's sister," I explained. A guardian who I think was Nicolas frowned.
"You came here to see another guardian's family?" he questioned, not liking it. I raised my eyebrows at Lissa and she took over, telling him why we were here. Suddenly, there was another squeal, and we turned to see Karolina carrying Paul and Sonya holding her stomach. She looked like she could give birth any day now.
"Dimka! You're alive?" Karolina rushed forwards, but Sonya stayed back.
"Karo!" she called. "He could still be Strigoi."
"He's standing in the sunlight." I gestured to the sky and the big smile on Dimitri's face. He still had his arm wrapped around Viktoria. Karolina cautiously moved forward, inspected Dimitri-who was now looking very angry- and then burst into tears.
"You're alive! Oh God, you're alive!"
"Didn't you tell them?" Dimitri asked Viktoria. She shook her head guiltily.
"Oh, wait until Mama sees this!" We all traipsed into the house, leaving the bags in the car briefly, to where Olena was lying on a sofa with Yeva sitting at the side. Her eyes fluttered open and she broke into a smile.
"Dimka!" Olena shrieked. "You're alive! Oh, Rose, thank you so much!"
"Don't thank me," I said. "Thank Lissa." Lissa stepped forward and Olena bent her head.
"Your Majesty."
"Oh, um, please just call me Lissa," she answered awkwardly.
"Of course. I've heard a lot about you." Lissa shot me a dangerous look and I grinned. Yeva stood up from her chair and started reprimanding Dimitri.
"Chto vy dumaete, chto vy delali, malʹchik?" she asked him, poking him in the chest with her finger.
"Mne ochenʹ zhalʹ, babushka," he replied with an anxious look on his face.
"Vy stali Strigoev! Vy izvinite! Chto oni nauchitʹ vas v etoĭ shkole?" Everyone apart from me and one of Lissa's guardians was giggling now.
"What is she saying?" I asked Lissa. I knew Yeva's dangerous reputation. Last time I was here, she pretended not to speak English.
"She's telling him off for not being observant enough in the Strigoi fight."
"Babushka, pozhaluĭsta, poslushaĭte menya!" Dimitri pleaded.
"Net, vy sobiraetesʹ delatʹ to, chto ya govoryu, na etot raz. Chto ya preduprezhdayu vas, prezhde chem poshel v shkolu, chto amerikanskie?" Yeva yelled.
"Budʹte ostorozhny. YA znayu. Roza pomogla mne." At the mention of my name, she turned and, to my surprise, gave me a big hug.
"Spasibo, Roza"
"Uh... Priglashaem Vas." I tried to remember the little Russian that I knew, and she smiled. Dimitri gave me a funny look.
"So, how did you bring Dimka back?" Olena asked Lissa, turning the subject away from her son's punishment. She explained the story, earning a few gasps, and also told about our recent scandal.
"You stupid boy!" she scolded him. "You ran away!" Dimitri look mortified at being told off in front of all these other people. He was really going to get it when we were alone.
"It was for the greater good! Look where I am now!" He gestured behind him, basically telling her that he's guarding Lord Ozera and he has the love of his life. I smiled.
"Do you want to see your rooms?" Sonya asked. I hoped they had enough room for all the guardians.
Lissa and I were staying in the room next to Dimitri's bedroom where he was staying with Christian. After we'd unpacked, I excused myself and swapped places with Christian. Dimitri was sat on the bed, staring out the window.
"Ya tebya lyublyu, Dimka," I told him. The words sounded clumsy coming out of my mouth. He grinned and kissed me.
"Ya tebya lyublyu, Roza."
"Are you glad to be back?"
"Yes. Yes I am. I hoped everything works out okay, though." I hugged him for support and then went back to Lissa, setting up my guarding space for the night.
What do you think? I got most of the Russian off of Google translate so it's probably wrong, but you can probably get the gist of it. So, yeah, Ya tebya lyublyu! 3 please review