A/N: This is my first morning post (it's morning here in the US haha) but I rather post early than really late since I don't know when I'm getting home. I'm glad you guys love it!
To the guest reviewer (Garrett?): Don't hate me when I go back to weekly updates! :/
Disclaimer: I don't own anything VA related and idea belongs to DEE2389
"Rosemarie Hathaway, will you be my girlfriend?" he asked as he showed me the ring.
I don't know how I long my eyes flickered from his deep brown eyes to the ring, memories of every kiss he's stolen. Could I do this? We do spend practically all day every day together. I mean it's not like anything would change. Just more open kisses, walking around hand in hand. We'd still be the same way we've been. Right?
"Roza?" he asked, his smile faltering as he started to get nervous.
"Roza?" Viktoria said, shaking me slightly.
"Huh what?" I asked coming out of my daze. It's been happening a lot these past two weeks.
"I was asking you if you had plans this weekend. Now that you're big race is over and everything," she said, a smirk on her lips. We were in my room lounging around while Lissa was out with Christian and Andre had gone to get dinner. "By the way how did that go?"
"I got third," I said proudly, nodding my head to where my bronze medal was hanging off my vanity mirror. "And I have no plans."
"Oh goody! So…can you please go on your first date already?"
I let out a laugh as I rolled onto my back on my bed. "I guess so."
"Only you and my brother would put off your first date for so long."
"We had a race coming up! I had to bust my ass to make sure we won!"
"Uh huh. Roza, you've been official for two weeks and you haven't done shit!"
"Offical," I said, giggling a bit.
"So you're saying this is official?" he asked as he slipped the ring on. "I can call you my…" His lips turned up into that soft smile he saves just more me as he pulled me into my arms and lowered his head so he was nuzzling my nose. "…my girlfriend?"
I broke out into an ear-to-ear splitting grin. "Yes. I'm your girlfriend," I said before pressing my lips to his.
"Seriously? Again?" Vika huffed as she waved her hands in front of me. I giggled as I focused in on her.
"I'm sorry, Vika," I said, not sounding all that sorry.
"Uh huh. Well Andre and Christian are taking Lissa and I to go see a movie tomorrow. Adrian and Syd are coming too. What if you and Dimka come with us as your first date?"
"What movie?"
"Vampire Academy."
"Oh I'm so in! Did you see the two actors they have? The Russian and the British with two colored eyes? SEX-FUCKING-EE!" I shouted as I got up.
"Don't tell my brother that," she said, laughing. I joined in with her.
"What's so funny?" Andre asked as he came in with the chinese food.
"Nothing," we both said with big innocent smiles.
"You know I had our first date pictured differently," Dimitri said as he wrapped his arms around me from behind while we stood waiting for Adrian to get tickets to the movie.
"Yeah? Well then that can be our second date," I said as I leaned into his chest. "Plus I don't see what's wrong with a movie and possibly dinner? It's a perfectly normal date."
"Sure it is. But with three other couples? I much rather have you to myself."
"Hmm well maybe after the movie we can go our separate way. Sound good?" I felt him nod his head against my neck before planting a soft kiss.
"So the next showing isn't for like two hours," Adrian said as he came back, all of us grouping together. "So do you guys want to go grab dinner?"
Everyone said yes while I looked at Dimitri, raising an eyebrow. Oh yeah, he finally taught me how to do that and now I do it whenever I can. He contemplated going with our friends or taking me on my own before shrugging his shoulder. After telling the group we were in, we made our way to the pizza place. Even though it was a Saturday night, the restaurant wasn't that busy so we were seated and had our order placed in no time. I swear hanging out with them was like being back in Montana. The boys were messing with each other, throwing straw wrappers at each other, while us girls were talking about boys and stuff…except for Sydney.
"Hey, Syd, what do you like to do?" I asked after noticing she hadn't said much.
She just shrugged her shoulders, before saying, "Not much. I like history and architecture it's why I went to the States last summer and I'm going to Greece and Italy this summer."
"Seriously? Do you need a travel buddy?" I asked, my biggest dream was to go see all of Europe. To be at the European beaches laying back with a cold drink in my hand.
She let out a laugh and shook her head. "I highly doubt you'll find what I do interesting."
"I dunno finding cool looking buildings and learning history doesn't seem all that boring, plus you can do your thing, I can do mine, then at the end of the night we get together and go out to forget about our day."
"I would rather go back to the room and read at the end of the day," she said, causing me to make a face and bring my straw to my lips to take a sip of my soda. Before I could reach my lip though, Sydney had my fingers in her hand as she examined the ring on my index finger. "Where did you get this?"
"Oh um Dimitri gave it to me when he asked me to be his girlfriend. It was too big for my ring finger, but it fits my index finger, which ended up working out. It's a…uh…a…" I trailed off, forgetting the name of the ring.
"It's a Claddah ring!" she said excitedly. I couldn't help but look at her skeptically as she looked at my ring in awe. "Do you know what it symbolizes?"
"Oh I got this!" I said but wasn't given a chance to show.
"The heart symbolizes love. The hands mean friendships. And the crown stands for loyalty. Oh my god! That's so sweet!" She gushed, going from minimal interest to overload on emotions in record time.
"Yea I thought so too," I said, a small smile on my lips as I twirl the ring around my finger. "How do you know about it?"
"I told you…I love history. The ring was designed in the 17th century named after an Irish village outside of Galway. And you're wearing it right!"
"There's a wrong way to wear it?"
"Well if it's on the right hand with the heart towards your finger than you're single. If it's on your right hand with the heart towards your wrist, you're taken if it's on your left hand then you're engaged or married. And you have it on your right hand, facing in."
"Oh," I said like a genius. "I like you Sydney Sage and we're doing this Eurotrip."
"Why do I feel like I'm begging for trouble by agreeing?" she asked nervously. I flash her a sweet smile, making her shake her head. "By the way. Adrian! How come you've never done something so romantic?" she whined to her boyfriend across the table from her.
"Geez, thanks Belikov. Making me look bad in front of my girl," Adrian complained, getting a smug smile from Dimitri as he winked at me."Babe I'll get all you the rings and diamonds you want. Just say the word."
I saw a mischievous glint pass through her eyes.
"My client and I will have to consult the offer before making a request," I said, giving Sydney a look.
"Since when did you become a lawyer?" Christian asked, joining the conversation.
"Since my girl here needs help. I'm only looking for her best interest," I said, acting a bit hurt before turning to Syd. "What's your favorite subject? Like out of all of history, what's your favorite period?"
"Oh. Ancient Greece or Rome."
"Hmm let's see what I can find," I said as I pulled out my phone and searched for something. "Sydney, would you call yourself a simple woman?"
"Yea," she said slowly, not sure where I was going.
"So how about this ring?" I asked a while later after the pizza came and I had a few slices. I showed her a simple silver ring with the grecian line design. "Or this one?" I showed a simple band that had diamonds all around.
"It's fine. You know he gave me this necklace?" she said, pulling out a simple gold cross on a gold chain, a sweet smile on her lips as she remembered. "My parents had given me one when I was born and when I went to Palm Springs I broke my chain and lost the whole necklace. Well I flipped out, scared my parents would be pissed. When I got back home Adrian had the same necklace in a box, waiting for me. He had gotten someone to make an identical necklace going off his memory."
"That's sweet," I squealed. Yes. Squealed. "I don't know what you're complaining about. For all his facade, I can tell he really cares about you. You're lucky."
"Same to you. The Dimitri that's here is different than the Dimitri I went to school with for four years. You and Lissa have completely changed him and Christian."
"What can I say? We woman have a lot of power over man," I commented as I grabbed another slice.
"Says who?" Andre asked.
"Do you want your girlfriend to know the shit Lissa and I made you do growing up?"
Immediately, Andre shut his mouth, glaring at me, before turning back to Viktoria.
"It can't be that bad compared to what our older sisters made Dimka do," Viktoria said giggling, making Dimitri blush.
"I want to hear this," I said, laughing at Dimitri's horror-ridden expression.
"Come over to dinner this week. They can tell you there," he said, not wanting anyone else to know.
"Fine, but we should probably head over now if we want good seats together," I commented as I finished my drink. Everyone nodded and we all got up, taking a final slice with us as we made our way back to the theater.
"See the movie wasn't that bad, now was it?" I asked Dimitri as I wrapped my arms around his waist while we walked out the theater.
"No it wasn't," he said, giving a small chuckle. "I like the action scenes and the way they ended. I kinda want there to be a sequel."
"Mmm well I'm glad you like it," I said, stepping in front of him and getting on my tippy toes. Getting the message, he leaned down and met my lips for a sweet kiss. His hand cradled my face as he deepened the kiss while my hands pressed into his back, bringing us closer. Somehow we made it to the bench close to us and he sat down, bringing me to his lap, without breaking the kiss.
"Some of us would like to go home," Andre said, shattering the bubble we had put ourselves in.
"Then go home," Dimitri growled, his lips attaching to my neck. I giggled as Andre huffed and stormed off, everyone leaving with him.
"That wasn't very nice, mister," I playfully chided as I brought him to the same level as me.
"Interrupting wasn't very rude. But now that they're gone, how about we enjoy this quality alone time," he said, giving me another kiss, hotter than the last one. I wasn't one to complain and quickly opened my mouth, loving the feeling of the kiss. After God knows how long, he broke the kiss but kept his face close to mine, his eyes the only think I could see. "You want some desert?"
"Isn't that what this is?"" I joked. "How about ice cream?" He nodded his head and helped me off the bench.
"What can I get you?" the guy behind the counter asked, openly checking me out.
Turning to Dimitri, I asked, "Do you wanna share a banana split, babe?" Nodding his head, he smirked at the guy before giving me a quick kiss. After picking the basics (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry) for the split and paying, Dimitri and I looked for seats.
"Over here guys!" Lissa called, singling to the table her and everyone else were sharing.
"I thought you guys left," I said, getting a spoonful of ice cream and banana.
"We were going to, but you were our ride home," Andre said. Andre and Viktoria rode with us since Dimitri didn't trust them in their own car. "And the girls wanted ice cream."
"Oh well that's a nice coincidence." I was about to eat another spoonful but Dimitri leaned over and nipped it, planting a cold kiss in the process. "Hey! That was my scoop!"
"Here, you can have mine," he said, laughing, as he fed me, my pout turning into a smile as I took it.
"Stop you guys. Just stop," Christian said, covering his eyes. "You guys are so…" He trailed off, shuddering. "I feel sleazy for watching you guys." Lissa slapped his arm, but everyone was laughing.
"Too X rated for you, Sparky?"
"More like PG rated," he grumbled.
We spent the next hour or so enjoying the ice cream and messing with each other, every now and then Dimitri and I would feed each other. Christian couldn't talk because Lissa would do the same.
"Do you guys want to come back to our place?" I asked as we headed to the parking lot.
"I gotta get Syd home or her dad will castrate me with a crucifix," Adrian said, getting an elbow to his ribs from Syd. He gave her a peck on the cheek before helping her inside his car.
"We were…uh…planning to go to Christian's for a bit," Lissa said, blushing profusely. Oh no. They were going to do the deed!
"Be safe," I called out as I hopped into the front seat of the truck. Lissa just blushed even more, her face completely red as she got into the car.
"Rose they're not gonna…?" Andre asks as he pulls Viktoria to his side.
I shrugged my shoulder. "Don't know. You could ask her…but she'll probably skin you in your sleep." Not wanting to go into this more, I turned on the radio.
"What in the world is this?" I asked, looking at Dimitri. "Is this 80's music?" He didn't look away from the road, but from the clench in his jaw I knew I hit the jackpot. My mouth shaped into an 'o' as my eyes twinkled. I wasn't sure how to react. Part of me wanted to laugh, actually almost all of me did, but another part of me kinda liked that he had a dorky side. Well dorky's not the right word, but it's a part of him that didn't give a fuck for what people would say or what was normal.
"I got my own secret likings too," I said, smiling when he looked at me. The intensity of his stare made me feel like his mind was going somewhere else with this, but all too soon his eyes were back on the road.
"Do you guys want to make a snack or something?" I asked once we got home.
"Whatever's fine," Viktoria said politely. I nodded my head and had just open the door when something flew past me and tackled Andre, who almost fell back from the impact.
"Miss me, baby?" Avery said, planting a hard kiss on Andre.
