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Extraordinary
Chapter 22
Turns out Liss and I would have to wait until the Spring semester until we would be able to start classes. Neither of us seemed to mind, it just meant more free time with each other. And we sure knew what to do with all the time, we spent countless hours tanning, even more so shopping, and even more of it with our men. We had more than enough money so we could splurge. And since Dimitri changed all of Lissa's accounts to other names she had nothing to worry about, because no one would be able to find where she was using all the money. She loved spending it too. She made sure everything she owned was top notch and would do the same for me. I loved it at times but sometimes it would just drive you crazy. I was never into material things, all I needed was her, Christian, and Dimitri. But I had to admit her love for shopping was rubbing off on me. I had never thought it could be so much fun. It added even more to our friendship, it gave us time to act our age, and just enjoy each other company. And I loved spending time with her, she was like a sister to me, a very shopping happy sister, but I loved her no less for it.
Both the guys had jobs, though Christian had not kept the job his old company had planned on giving him. In the end Dimitri thought it would give too much away, and Abe would be able to track them down that way, so instead they decided to open a martial arts studio. It was actually quite funny to watch Christian learning. I soon volunteered to work there as well, seeing as that is what I was doing in Boston. We had been worried at first because business was slow, but Lissa took care of that problem. She put forth a lot of time and effort and did an amazing job advertising our little studio. Soon we had full schedules and happy little faces to teach. It had been almost 3 months since we got here and Christmas was fast approaching. It was amazing how fast time flew by. We always had something to, someone to help, and dinners to cook. We had made some new friends our age and we would find any excuse to host partys and dinners just to have some fun, some normalcy in our lives. Lissa had made a huge deal about Thanksgiving and Christian had gone out and bought like a 50 pound turkey, we laughed at it, but somehow all of it was eaten by us and our guests.
I had loved working at Daniela and Nathan's studio but this was so much better. Dimitri had gone through the extra effort to get my name on the lease as well, he had told me he wanted it to be our studio, that I had worked so hard and I deserved to roll around on the spoils. It felt amazing signing the lease and knowing not only that we owned a house but we owned the place that would provide for us, hopefully for years to come. Dimitri had been doing a lot of talking lately and all we recently had been talking about was our future. We talked about marriage and kids, and what we wanted to do with each other. We both wanted to be able to travel, and Dimitri was dying for me to meet his family. This life I was now living was what I had been looking for all my life, some would call it normal, but I knew better it was anything but.
"What do you think about this color?" Dimitri had been wanting to paint the studio, its white walls were starting to get to him. He held out a color pallet and his finger rested on a pale brown color. It was nice to know he had the same like in colors like I had. Even though I wanted a flashy car, I was anything but. I left that to Lissa, she did better with the attention, and I would linger behind her like a shadow, but it never bothered me.
"I like it its neutral, and calming. We could do stenciling or something over it to add some pop." I had been afraid to give my opinion at first but he had told me he couldn't do it on his own because he was man and that would take him only so far. That and he had reminded me that this place was just as much as mine as it was his. So we would have to decide together what would happen in this place, I minded not about that. I loved doing things with him, and it worked so well since we were a lot more alike than we had thought.
"That's a great idea. Hey I was wondering, I needed to do something this afternoon do you mind teaching my class." He said this like it did not matter, and I could not help but get a little suspicious. He had been a little distant lately, and even had left work early all week. I tried not to be like this, but I mean the man was hot. I knew anyone woman would say yes to whatever he wanted. I knew I should not think this way, but I could not help it. Why would he want to leave early again? And he made sure I could not leave and follow.
"Sure. What ya doing?" He wouldn't lie to me would he? I needed to stop this, it was ruining my happy mood, and Dimitri had never given me a reason to not trust him.
"Just some more disappearing of things. I just want to make sure I did everything right. That and I want to hide everything from here." He looked at me and smiled and looked back down to his paperwork. It seemed legit. He had been worried about us being found, also his own family. They had to move again, and were sad to leave the little town of Baia they had learned to love. But it was for their own good, Dimitri would die if something happened to them, and I would too because it would because of me.
"You're so wonderful what did I do to deserve you?" I walked up to him and hugged him from behind. He eased into my touch. How could I have thought he would be cheating. My mind thought too much for its own good. I needed to have a little more faith. I had been lied to all my life, I guess I somehow expected it to still happen.
"I ask myself that question every day about you." He turned around and pulled me down on his lap."Lissa wanted me to tell you she wanted to see you after work."
"Did she say why?" I was curious as to why she wouldn't contact me directly. I mean we hung out almost everyday, but she had said she was busy today.
"Something about a surprise." He shrugged and gave me a kiss. "I'll see you later darling." He kissed the top of my head and left me to my thoughts.
I spent the rest of the afternoon in a happy daze. I let the kids get away with goofing off, and I even let them punch the punching bag. I did not know why I was so happy, but I had no reason to not be. As soon as I closed down I headed straight to Lissa and Christians place. As soon as I knocked on the door, I was tackled to the ground. Lissa was extremely happy and I had no idea why. She had an almost scary smile on her face and she helped me up and brought me straight to her bathroom. It was a cheery yellow and made me feel like I was sitting in the middle of the sun. But I was too distracted by Lissa to focus on why the hell she would paint her bathroom such a vibrant shade of yellow. She was up to something. I knew that look. She was on a mission, and I was her target. That was never a good thing.
"OK go shower, wash that hair then I can get to work." She smiled some more and I just had to ask. I could not go through another one of her intense make overs. The last time it had last hours and my head ached for days after. I looked great, yes, but I could not help but think it was not worth all the time and effort. I much preferred to not wear make up and do my hair. I liked the natural look.
"Lissa what's going on?" I did not liking being in the dark and she was acting so creepy. Was she distracting me from whatever Dimitri had been doing? Was she in on it? Oh my god what if she knew he was cheating on me and wanted to let me down easy by being nice and pampering me.
"Trust me shower let me get you ready, and then you'll find out you're going to love it. And calm down you're shaking" She was not going to tell me so I left to shower.
I had no time to think as soon as I got out of the shower. Lissa pushed me onto a chair and started her magic. She pulled my hair, curled it and I swear she must have use an entire can of hairspray. I had no idea what it looked like because Lissa took away all the mirrors she said it was a surprise. She soon was working on my makeup and I couldn't help the blush the crept onto my cheeks. Dimitri had asked her to do this. I should have known, the smile on her face told me this had nothing to do with something bad. She was excited, she was happy for me. It was radiaiting off of her and I imediately felt bad for thinking something bad had been going on. Dimitri had been taking me on many dates the last few months. We went out to eat, on boat rides, mini golfing, and so much more. He was always romantic, and always made me feel like royalty, but he had never surprised me. I was never one for not being in the know but something told me it was going to be great.
Lissa pulled me into her room, and pulled out the prettiest red dress I have ever seen. It was a one shoulder knee length dress that clung to my every curve. She paired it with some black stilettos. I felt sexy and like a vixen in this and I could not wait to see it. When I stepped out of her walk in closet she gasped and I swear I saw tears in her eyes. I was going to ask her what was wrong but she waved me off and brought me to a wall mirror she uncovered I was still looking at her and she smiled wanting me to turn around.
"Oh wow." It was all I could say. I had never seen myself look so good before. I looked so sexy, so pretty, and I knew Dimitri was going to love it. He always told me I was beautiful but this was a whole new level of me. One that I never knew I had in me. Lissa had not over done everything, but yet had enhanced all my features. It almost looked like it was all natural, like I belonged looking like this. I felt in an ache in my chest, and it was not because I was sad or angry. I was happy. I was so happy that, that girl in the mirror was actually me. I was hot.
"Wow is right Rose. He won't be able to keep his hands of you. You are amazing you know. All I had to do was just work with what you had." I hugged her and tears threatened my eyes. "No don't cry, you'll ruin the make up and we have no time to fix it. Go to your place now and Rose, have a great night." She basically pushed me out of the bathroom and I swear I heard her sobbing. What was going on with her?
With that I walked to her front door only to be stopped by Christian. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and a white button down. He looked handsome as can be but I was confused as to why. Why the hell would Christian be dressed up, and wearing that damn cocky smile of his. I raised my eyebrows and smiled.
"Hello Rose. I'm here to walk you over." I giggled at him but took his arm without any thought.
"So what's going on?" He would at least tell me. I mean he loved ruining surprises.
"Oh no no Rose. Just go with it. You'll love it." He put extra emphases on the word love, but I shrugged it off, I had no idea what he was talking about. He opened the door to my place and pushed me in when I was inside he closed the door. I was a little stunned by his abrupt exit, but I knew that was so like him. Get me in and leave, he probably had plans of his own to have his way with Lissa, and oddly enough I was happy for him, not disgusted.
I turned around and what I saw made me stop. There were roses everywhere, I was never a huge fan of them but right now they added romance to my already wonderful home. No lights were on and only soft candle light filled the room. My eyes landed on a bouquet of lilies laying on the side table. I walked over to them and found a note telling me to head to the deck and to grab a candle. I could not help the smile on my lips I also wanted to cry but took in a deep breath. This was beyond amazing, I was so lucky, he always seemed to get better and better. I was even more surprised when I walked outside on the deck to see it had been transformed into a small dinning room. There were flowers everywhere and salads ready to be eaten, he had even gotten a small staff to serve the food. Dimitri was one in a million. This date had been planned with purpose I just had no idea what he was getting to. There was red and hearts everywhere, and if I had not known how manly he was I would have made fun of his sexuality.
"Miss Rose Hathaway, please let me help you to your seat." A young man led me to the only table and helped me sit. I looked around wondering where Dimitri was.
"You look breathtaking." His small whisper in my ear caused me to close my eyes and moan. He had such an affect on me. His voice alone would send me into a frenzy.
He sat down across from me and started eating his salad, he looked up at me after every bite and smiled that smile that made me weak to my knees. We ate in silence and just stared at each other, I am sure the staff was thinking we were weird, but this was perfect. After dessert was set in front of us the staff said their good byes and left us alone. I looked down to see they were homemade mini doughnuts with a side of chocolate for me to dip them in. He had made everything I loved and I knew he had cooked it because it tasted just like his recipes. He once again had put more effort into this night than I thought he should have. I would have been just happy laying with him on the couch watching a movie. But he wanted everything to be special for me, and I was thankful for it. When he made me happy it made him happy. And a happy Dimitri was a great one.
"What are you thinking?" It was the first thing he had said all meal.
"This is amazing Dimitri. You just keep getting better and better. I cannot believe I could be this lucky." I could no longer hold back my emotions I had to tell him how I really felt. I had been wanting to tell him for months now but did not want to rush things. But I had truly fallen for him, I loved him. I was about to tell him when he leaned in and kissed me, when he pulled away I could not speak. That kiss was different than the rest, it felt amazing it was like he was trying to tell me something with it. I looked into his eyes and I saw that he was nervous. I could not help but wonder what would make him nervous, it was just him and I. He had nothing to worry about.
"Rose, I know we have known each other for only months, but I knew I felt something from the moment I first saw you. You make me so happy, so free. You are amazing and I am so lucky to be able to call you mine." He smiled at me and traced his hand on my jaw.
"I love you." We both managed to say it at the very same time. Both our eyes widened and we both nervously laughed. Before I knew it his lips where on mine, and this kiss was incredible. It was hungry and passionate. It was conveying everything we felt for each other. He had made this moment so special, so amazing. He had made sure he told me I love you in the most breathtaking way ever. I knew not many would go through this effort just to say I love you.
Before I knew it we were somehow in the bedroom. I had no idea when we had moved, I had lost track of everything as we never parted our kiss. It was weird to think that his kisses did this to me, we had walked through the house and up the stairs and I never noticed. As I let my setting come through I noticed he was holding me with my legs around his waist. I started to laugh and he pulled away.
"I love you Rose." I could see his love in his eyes and I kissed him.
"I love you Dimitri." He studied me and then laid me on the bed. I started to pull on his shirt but he stopped me.
"Rose I didn't say I love you to get you to give this to me. I'm fine with the way things are." He tried to pull away but I wasn't having it.
"Dimitri I wanted to do this before this even happened. I love you. Only you and I want you to be the one. I mean if you don't want me to be yours I understand." I shied away but he wasn't having it.
"No Rose I want this, I have wanted since I first kissed you. But I respect you too much. I only want to do this if you are sure." I studied him and could come up with no words. So I kissed him. I tried to tell him in that kiss that I was ready, that he was the one. When he pulled away he looked at me with such passion such lust.
"I love you Rose. With all my being. I will never let anything happen to you. I promise to always be there for you." And with that we both lost control.
So what do you think? They finally say those three words... How romantic was Dimitri? Ok review and you will get your freaken lemon!