A/N:
So, everyone got that Deadpool quote right. Kudos all around!
Thank you to Lea0014 for stumping with a quote from 'Spy'. It made me rewatch the movie, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I just love Melissa McCarthy. So looking forward to see her in the new Ghostbusters movies!
I apologize for not getting the chapter out sooner. Funny story (not the ha-ha funny, the huh funny). I have this thing where I write ideas for stories in notes. And I got an idea and the words just poured out of me. Let's just say I definitely have my next story!
Anyway, on with the chapter!
Rose woke blissfully happy that morning. Despite her fear for her father's condition, Rose still allowed herself to feel joy waking up in Dimitri's arms. Even in her sleep she clung to him.
Dimitri woke shortly after. He was a bit disoriented having had weird dreams all night.
Dimitri wake up in the bedroom he grew up in his childhood home with Rose by his side. They traipsed loudly downstairs and into an even louder kitchen. His family greeted them lovingly, asking Rose how she slept. His mama kissed Rose on both cheeks before handing her a plate filled to the brim with her favorite Russian breakfast foods. It was a typical Belikov morning - happy and loud. All the family was eating and laughing, the little ones were making a mess. When Rose claimed the last piece of black bread Dimitri's sister Sonya huffed saying it wasn't fair.
"Since Rose eats the most black bread around here, it's only fair she learns how to bake it!" Sonya teased, knowing that for Rose that would be cruel and unusual punishment.
"That's an excellent idea. Roza," Dimitri's mama said, "Today I'll teach you how to make it".
"I'm not sure my kitchen skills are ready for baking yet", Rose responded.
"You'll do fine Roza", Dimitri said soothingly, and kissed the tip of her nose.
As Dimitri went to refill his coffee, his little sister. Viktoria, took his seat. Immediately she and Roza were giggling about something. He remembered his mother saying those two would be thick as thieves.
Not wanted to disrupt their little pow wow, Dimitri seated himself in sister's chair across the table. That's when his eldest nephew, Paul, started battling his aunt for Rose's attention. Rose was like a pro with the kids. She sat Paul on her lap while he played with her hair. Rose didn't miss a beat of her conversation with Viktoria.
When he realized he was in Montana, in Mazur Manor, he was disappointed. That is until he felt her snuggling closer to him. Rose was kissing his bare chest, tickling him with her nose. He tightened his hold on her wondering if what he dreamt would ever come true. It was a strange dream though, Dimitri thought. Were he and Rose visiting his family? Were they living there? How long had they been together? His mother wouldn't give her black bread recipe to anyone outside the family. She always said they'd have to pry it from her cold dead hands. They way his family acted around Rose, it was like she was a part of his family too.
As Rose continued with her butterfly kisses across Dimitri's torso, Dimitri kissed the top of her head and ran his fingers through her hair. Rose loved his tenderness. She loved the way his hands felt anywhere on her body. She inhaled his scent deeply, committing it to memory. Rose suddenly realized that while Dimitri declared his love for her, she didn't requite his words. She'd never uttered those words to anyone other than her mother. She wasn't ready yet to admit it to herself let alone some else, but it was clear that Rose was head over heels in love with Dimitri Belikov.
The late alarm that Rose had set to join her father for breakfast on time went off.
"Shit. It was 8:30", Rose declared. "I have time to take the fastest shower in the history of showers, get dress in a haste and run to Abe's suite". She leapt out of bed, stark naked. She stalked towards her closet puling out a sundress, panties and a bra. She decided on flip-flops and Abe would just have to deal.
Dimitri laid in bed on his side, his head propped up one of his hands. He was watching Rose parade around the room naked. He took notice of the undergarments she'd chosen with hunger.
Before running to the bathroom she paused."You're coming with me to breakfast with Abe." It was more of a question. As she turned to face him she could feel the heat of his gaze.
"Yes. As your bodyguard I will be accompanying you of course". Taking that literally he got out of bed and moved to join her in the shower.
"Oh now you don't", Rose stopped him with a hand on his chest. "We have to be at Abe's suite in", she glanced at the clock, "23 minutes. We don't not have time for this".
Dimitri nodded, relenting only because this breakfast wasn't just breakfast. Rose needed to have a talk with her father about his health.
"Meet me in the living room in ten minutes." Rose commanded. "And don't get any ideas about waiting for me there naked, Comrade. You better be showered, shaved and dressed".
Ten minutes later they were both exiting the Hathaway wing, showered and dressed. As they walked through the enormous mansion, Dimitri laced his fingers through Rose's. Rose smiled to herself. When they reached the huge oak double doors of Abe's suite Dimitri release Rose's hand. That was to be expected. But what wasn't expected was his question.
"What are we going to tell Abe about us?" Dimitri asked, wondering how the hell he was supposed to tell the Turkish mobster he was in love with his daughter.
"I hadn't really thought about that", Rose answered. She wanted so badly to lay it into Abe for basically hiring Dimitri as a personal bodyguard-slash-concubine, but didn't really want to get into the details of their relationship because they themselves had yet to discuss the matter either. "What do you want to tell him?"
"I don't want to tell him anything", Dimitri murmured. "I like my penis just where it is", he whispered.
"Met too", Rose smirked.
"The man may have implied he wanted me at your beck and call, but I highly doubt he wants to hear anything about it".
Rose smiled devilishly. Maybe Abe hearing about the ins and outs of whatever was going on between her and Dimitri was the exact type of payback he so richly deserved.
"Don't… Don't make that face Roza", Dimitri nearly whined. "It's your I-have-a-revenge-plan face", Dimitri pinched the bridge of his nose.
Rose's smile only grew. He knew her too well. "Don't you think he deserved some discomfort?"
"I think revenge is a dish best served cold". Dimitri tried desperately to convince Rose not to do anything he would regret.
"Only Klingons say that, Beside," Rose took Dimitri's hand back in her own, "I like my revenge steaming hot", she said wickedly.
"He's going to dismember me".
Though Dimitri was talking more to himself, Rose answered, "Don't worry comrade. I'll protect you and your member", Then knocked loudly on the door.
Alberta opened the door. She just finished setting up the breakfast table that had been brought in. Usually Abe was served his Turkish coffee and toast in his office. Lately, he'd been taking it in bed. But today he wanted to have a full breakfast with his little girl.
Pavel was in attendance as well, standing like a statue in the far corner of the room. Alberta excused herself, stating that Abe was freshening up and would be joining them shortly.
"How's he doing this morning?" Rose asked Pavel cautiously.
"Much better. Up to his old tricks as usual", Pavel smiled and winked at Rose. He always had a soft spot for her.
Rose nodded at Pavel and turned to Dimitri saying "Good. Then it won't kill him when he walks in on this". Dimitri cocked his eyebrow but didn't have a chance to protest when Rose pushed him back into a chair none to gently and placed herself in his lap. She pressed her lips to his, slowly breaking through his discomfort.
As Dimitri thawed his left hand traveled to Rose's hair and his right secured her to him around the hips. The more they kissed the more lost they got in the moment. They only broke apart when Abe cleared his throat.
"Dad!" Rose greeted her father. As always she ran to his open arms. "How are you feeling?"
"Much better", he answered truthfully.
"Good", Rose's happy demeanor quickly changed to one of rage. "What the hell is wrong with you?! How could you not tell me about your heart attack? How could you not tell me you were sick?!" Now her hands were on her hips and she was full on scolding the man. "And more important than that how could you be so careless and reckless as to not take better care of yourself?!"
Abe had taken her assault with stride. "I didn't want you to worry about me".
"I'm your daughter, I'm supposed to worry about you".
"I didn't want you to think of me as an weak old decrepit man, Rosemary".
"You are Ibrahim fucking Mazur. You don't fear death. Death fears you", Rose said. To this Abe smiled from ear to ear. She continued, "And you will never be considered weak. You could be six feet under and still put fear in the hearts of your enemies". She really was a daddy's girl. He couldn't be prouder.
Abe took Rose's hands in his and kissed them lightly. "You remind me so much of your mother". Abe knew dwelling on the similarities between his darling daughter and his dearly departed wife would only make Rose more upset. So he quickly segwayed into other topics.
"I see you and Belikov are getting along", Abe said as he guided Rose to the breakfast table while giving Dimitri the stink eye.
Now Rose decided to execute that rest of her diabolical revenge plot. "Yes, Abe we're having sex regularly". Dimitri froze. He prayed he'd make it out of this with all his bits and pieces still attached.
When she did't get a rise out of Abe, Rose carried "Did you audition him for the part? Ask him to drop trou? Because honestly, he's the best, not to mention the biggest, I've ever had. Really. Kudos, dad. The first time I saw it I didn't know whether to start sucking or offer it a peanut, it's that marvelous. Superb work, old man. Superb".
"Are you quite done, little girl?" Abe was only marginally annoyed. He'd figured early on in his daughter's rant that she knew he propositioned Dimitri to take care of any of Rose's needs.
"Superb", Rose said once more. "Now, I'm done. This is your chance to explain".
"I won't be around forever and I needed to know that you weren't alone. That you were loved and had some you could build a life with". Abe answered in candor.
Rose wasn't expecting that. "This isn't love. We're just screwing". Dimitri knew she didn't mean that, she was just trying to rile up her father. But it still hurt. Especially since Rose never told Dimitri how she felt about him.
"No, it's not", Abe retorted. "When Belikov first arrived here I informed him that any part of him that touched any part of you, would be chopped off. Only a stupid man would risk getting his manly bit chopped off for random fucking. But for love? A smart man would risk anything for love. Isn't that right, Belikov?"
Dimitri swallowed hard debating for a minute if he should side with Rose or Abe. Currently the bigger threat to his life came from Abe. "It is, sir".
Rose crossed her arms childishly. "Alright, so he passed your little test and didn't fuck me right away. That doesn't mean it's love, it means he's trying to save his balls".
Dimitri took a sharp breath. Is she trying to get me killed?
"Actions speak louder than words, love." Abe said. "The way Belikov looks at you is a dead give away. You'd never be able to convince me he's not completely in love with you. As I'm sure he's already told you".
"He has", Rose was still trying to be the one to put Abe in his place, he had no right to intervene in her romantic life like that. "But there's no way you could've know this would turn into love".
"Oh, please". Abe countered, "You think I didn't do the research? He's practically your mail order prince charming. And any man who didn't fall for you is either already in love, gay, blind or stupid".
"My mail order prince charming? How do you figure that?" Rose asked, still trying to be insolent.
"You made a list of demands, of what your bodyguard is required to be, traits he has to have. Rose you were describing a soulmate, not an employee".
"Oh yeah, well-"
Before Rose had a chance to say anything else, Dimitri cut her off. "Roza stop". His voice was calm and gentle. "You're not going to make him feel guilty about this. He's not going to learn his lesson and he's not going to stop meddling".
One look towards Dimitri's pleading eyes was all it took to calm Rose. He was right. Abe was Abe. He wasn't going to change. Especially since he was technically right.
"You balance each other so well",Abe commented. After a moment he added, "I am sorry for the ruse. What can I do to make it up to you?"
Rose pretended to ponder that for a while before answering. "You need to take better care of yourself old man. No more drinking, no more smoking. Eat healthy and make sure you take your medication. I'm going to be asking you every day if you took it from now on. I'll have Pavel and Alberta spy on you and report back to me if you're cheating".
Abe turned to glance at Pavel, who answered, "Don't look at me boss, she's scarier than you are. And besides, it's for your own good".
Abe turned back to Rose and Dimitri. "Fine. I'll take better care of myself".
They three of them sat down to breakfast at last, making small talk, discussing music and movies. When Rose finished stuffing her face with sweets, Abe asked to speak with Dimitri in private. Do to their conversation from earlier, Dimitri and Rose were rather nervous about Dimitri being alone with Abe.
"Rose, Pavel will escort you back. Have a good day, dear. I'll see you tomorrow", Abe said goodbye to Rose with a kiss on her forehead. He whispered in her ear "Don't worry about your Belikov. He'll return to you in the same condition you left him here". Rose nodded, gave Dimitri a small wave and silently left.
"Belikov, my boy, I think it's time we get down to business". Abe rubbed his palms together.
The men stepped out to Abe's private balcony overlooking the gardens and outdoor pool. He took a cigar out of his jacket pocket, cut the tip with a clipper and lit up. "Don't you dare tell Rose about this", Abe said to answer Dimitri's questioning look.
"Well I'm already lying to her so much, what's one more little fib, right?" He said bitterly.
"You and I both know Rose is better kept in the dark. Any knowledge of our other dealings will only upset Rose. Remember the only reason you're here is because I allow it. When this is all over, you can tell Rose whatever you like".
Dimitri huffed. "It's difficult lying to her. Especially now that we're… That I'm in love with her".
Abe caught Dimitri's falter. "She's in love with you too. She may not have said it yet. It's difficult for her to talk of matters of the heart. If she's anything like her mother, she'll make you beg for it before she finally admits it. But make no mistake, she's in love with you", Abe smile.
"How do you do it? Lie to Rose like that?"
"You're young. You've only been doing this for what a few years or so? I've been in this for almost 3 decades". Abe puffed his cigar.
"She'll never forgive me for this. In case you haven't noticed, your daughter's big on trust".
"She'll forgive you because she loves you". Abe said. After a pause he continued, "I want you to get out of this life after this job. Rose is going to need you afterwards. Get out, go home, take her with you." Home, Dimitri thought back to his dream that morning. "Besides," Abe added "I made a promise that I wouldn't let you get killed".
A/N:
And the plot thickens with Abe and Dimitri's plotting. What are they hiding? Stay tuned.
As for our quote of the week segment, let's see if you guys get this:
God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth.
Other gems from the same flick include:
Hold on to your butts!
Life finds a way.
Good luck!
Ciao,
K