A/N:

Hi All,

You guys pretty much all got the quote right - it was Jurassic Park, the original from 1993.

Thank you guest MelissaDB'slover for your quote. I have been stumped. No idea where your quote "I'm in the pipe five by five" came from. Seems like it's be a surfer movie… Anyway, would love to know the answer. Maybe some else out there knows :-P

Also thank you Lea0014 again. This time you didn't stump me with quotes from "The man from U.N.C.L.E."

I'm taking the opportunity to thank everyone who's favorited, followed and reviewed! Thanks you so muck. In light go that, my next apology is difficult.

My posts will probably be less frequent durning the next 3-4 weeks as my kids are on their summer break. I hope I'll still be able to update again soon.

In any event, here's the next chapter.

Love,

K

Later that night when Rose and Dimitri went to bed Rose asked if everything was alright with Dimitri.

"You seemed distant today, comrade. Ever since breakfast with my father. Is everything alright".

"Yeah. Fine", He answered quickly.

Rose didn't really believe him but didn't want to press the matter. She just figured Abe gave him the standard You're-dating-my-only-daughter threats. She nodded as she laid her head against Dimitri's chest. Automatically, his arms wrapped around her and he kissed her forehead. He ran his fingertips up and down her arm absentmindedly.

After a few moments of silence, before Rose had a chance to fall asleep he asked, "What if there was something about me that you didn't know?"

"Like?" Rose waited for him to answer.

"Like something that would change how you feel about me".

Rose leaned up so she was looking down at him. "Highly doubtful", she smiled to reassure him. She wanted to know what was going on with him, she didn't want to scare him off.

"What if it's something big?"

"Are you married?" Rose asked. He did say it was something big, what else could Rose ask?

"No!"

"I know you're not gay. Do you children you knowingly neglect?"

"No", he answered again

"Committed crimes against humanity?" Rose was starting to reach.

"No", Dimitri knew she was just trying to push him to tell her what was on his mind, she knew better than to ask questions like these.

"Comrade, then there's nothing that will change how I feel about you", Rose said as she looked at him with complete faith.

"Omission is the most powerful form of lie", Dimitri whispered her words from the other day, as if he was ashamed.

"Ok. But we've only known each other for a couple of months. Aren't we still in the get-to-know-you phase?" Rose knew there were things she hadn't had a chance to tell him either. But they couldn't know everything about each other. Yet. "I'm sure when you tell me it'll suddenly seem like not that big a deal".

"I hope you're right". He leaned up and kissed her forehead again.

"You haven't been lying to me, have you?" Dimitri tensed at Rose's question. "About your feelings for me?" She continued.

"Of course not. Never doubt my love for you". Dimitri answered with such conviction, Rose really couldn't doubt his affection for her.

"Then you have nothing to worry about". She planted a chaste kiss on his chest. "Do you want to tell me now?"

Dimitri shook his head. "It's late. You should go to sleep. But we'll talk about it soon. Promise".

Rose wasn't worried, she trusted Dimitri completely. She knew she loved him enough to accept anything about his past.

Little did she know it wasn't only his past that he was hiding. It was his preset.

The days passed. Rose spent her mornings training with Dimitri. She'd mastered the art of making lunch for her friends, though that usually consisted of salad and sandwiches. Later they'd all convene in the living room to play games. Rose made a point of having dinner with Abe every night. If he was busy, then she'd see him first thing the following morning. She got regular updates from Pavel and Alberta. She even had Lissa check up on him every day before lunch, checking his vitals and making sure his prescriptions were filled.

Dimitri surveyed the wing 3 times a day. Sometimes Rose would join him. He continued his daily meetings with Pavel, though more often than not he was meeting Abe without informing Rose. When Dimitri wasn't all business, he was usually just hanging out with Rose, Lissa and Christian.

Some days they played board games. Other days they had xbox tournaments. From time to time, Chris would pull out his guitar. Dimitri tried to teach Rose a few chords but it was a lost cause.

Then came the day when Chris made fun of Rose's combat skills, claiming he could take her. Dimitri scoffed. Christian clearly had no idea what Rose could do.

Rose challenged Christian to fight her. He of course accepted with arrogance. Christian knew Rose was good, he'd watch her spar with Mason. Rose was pretty good back then. Chris just assumed he was better.

"You're not going to try to stop this?" Lissa asked Dimitri incredulously, gesturing towards Rose and Christian.

Dimitri crossed his arms over his chest. "No". He didn't seem worried in the slightest, "Rose can handle herself".

"You think I'm worried about Rose?" Her voice raised. "She's going to pummel my fiancé", Lissa whisper-shouted so Christian wouldn't hear.

As they started to circle each other on the mats in the gym, Rose said "You may have been trained like a cat burglar but I was born a lioness. I'm going to finish you like a cheesecake".

"I can't watch this", Lissa said to Dimitri. She exited the gym, heading for the kitchen. She stole one of Rose's chocolate bars from her stash and headed back to the gym munching on the sweet goodness. By the time she got back to the fight, it was over. Rose had Christian pinned while he was tapping the mats in concession. Rose jumped up from poor Chris and landed on the balls of her feet, throwing her arms to the sides as though she was an olympic gymnast sticking the landing.

Dimitri chuckled while he clapped. He wolf whistled at Rose's devastating victory over Christian.

Lissa rolled her eyes and just thanked who ever was up there watching that Rose hadn't knocked her fiancé on conscious.

Dimitri came out of the surveillance room one evening and found Christian had set up 40 shot glasses in groups of 10 along with a bottle of vodka.

"Wha't are you doing Chris?"

"It's games night, Dimka". Dimitri rolled his eyes at his childhood friend. "We're playing 'never have I ever'. It's a game where -"

Dimitri cut him off. "I'm familiar with the rules".

That's when Rose and Lissa joined them. "Surprise!" Christian yelled.

"I can't believe you remembered", Rose smiled. Truly touched by the gesture she stepped forward and hugged Christian. Though they'd never admit it out loud, Rose and Christian loved each other like brother and sister.

To answer Dimitri's raised eyebrow, Christian explained. "Every Friday before Rose's birthday we play it".

Dimitri was speechless for several moments. How could he not know about his girlfriends birthday? Granted he had a lot on his mind, but still. How could Christian and Lissa not tell him?! He cleared his throat. "When's your birthday, Roza?"

"Um, Saturday?" She answered sheepishly.

"To- Tomorrow? Your birthday's tomorrow? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I don't like to make a big thing to of it". She shrugged.

"Don't believe her", Lissa interjected. "She loves making a big thing out of it. Besides, It's the big two oh!". That surprised Dimitri. It was the first time he heard how old Rose was. While he himself was almost twenty seven, it didn't seem like a big difference.

"You seem to have a lot on your mind lately", Rose answered. "Besides, it's not like I can go anywhere".

"Why not?" Chris asked. "Just put on your hooker costume and let's blow this joint!".

"It's not that simple. Anywhere we go would have to be secured to begin with, we'd need more guards and-"

"And your making excuses because your scared", Lissa cut her off.

"I am not!"

"Yes you are." Lissa continued, "You're worried that it'll be too risky for me given what happened. You're scared that Dimitri might actually have to guard you, and you don't want that. Plus I know for a fact that you hate that stripper outfit".

Rose huffed. It was not a whore costume or a stripper outfit. It was supposed to be a mistress-of-the-night thing. She was supposed to be incognito. What did they know?

Dimitri already knew what his gift to Rose would be. Granted he'd have to run some errands early the following morning but it would be worth it to see Roza happy. With his plan for tomorrow already set, he suggested they not argue the night before Rose's birthday and just play the damn game.

"Wait," Lissa said, "Is the winner the one with the most full shot glasses or the most empty shot glasses?"

"Well the looser is the one with the most full glasses", Rose smirked at her double meaning.

"Rosie, it's your pre-b-day party. Start".

"Never have I ever kissed someone with blue eyes". Rose said smugly, knowing she at least burned Lissa. But Lissa was not the only one who downed a shot. Dimitri and Chris did as well.

Chris was up next. "Never have I ever had a parent who was in the mob". He smirked.

Rose took a shot, but then so did Dimitri. "My father wasn't a good man", he explained. "He was a thug and a lowlife, but he was a parent technically, and he was in the mob".

Lissa turn came. "Never have I ever had a crush on a friend's relative". Lissa brought her A game. She knew it would burn Dimitri, who had a crush on Christian's aunt, and Rose, who had a crush on Andre her brother.

"Never have I ever", Dimitri said, "proposed to a woman".

Of course Christian took a shot. As did Rose. "It was on a dare!" Dimitri chuckled.

Rose's turn came again. "Never have I ever had sex in a night club bathroom".

Christian and Lissa took a shot. "That wasn't very nice, Rosie".

"Then you and your fiancé shouldn't have had drunk sex in stingy club bathroom", Rose smiled sweetly.

Now it was payback. Chris was next and he was plotting vengeance. "Never have I ever had sex with a virgin". He smirked.

Lissa took a shot. Her first time with her boyfriend in high school was his first time too.

Chris looks pointedly at Dimitri. "Well?"

"Well what?" He asks.

"You had sex with a virgin". Chris claimed. Rose was shaking her head at Chris, begging him not to with her hands.

"I think I would know if I had". Dimitri answered.

Then Rose resorted to the swipe-your-thumb-against-your-throat-in-a-cutting-motion threat. This was all behind Dimitri's back, of course.

"Rose was a virgin". Chris continued. There was no stopping him. Rose threw her hands up.

"We were all virgins once", Dimitri answered.

This was almost too good, Chris thought. "Rose was a virgin until you shtupped her".

Dimitri cracked up. "Good one, Chris". He did not believe in Rose's virginity in the slightest. That couldn't have been true. And if it was he fucked up big time.

No one else was laughing and Rose avoided making eye contact.

"No," Dimitri shook his head. "It's not possible. I would've known. I would've felt... something... And shouldn't there have been blood?"

At the mention of blood Chris paled even more than usual and quickly excused himself. Lissa followed quickly knowing Rose and Dimitri needed to have this talk in private.

"Is that true, Roza?"

Rose nodded.

"How is that even possible?" He was clearly still shocked.

"I'm almost twenty. It's not that big a deal. And I have trust issues". Rose counted off the reasons she usually told herself in the past were the reasons she hadn't had sex yet. They were all true. Her biggest issue was trust. But more so, she never wanted anyone. Not like she wanted Dimitri.

"That's not what I meant. I really didn't feel like… Did I hurt you?" Dimitri was almost panicking.

"NO! Look, for my eighteenth birthday I splurged on an assortment of vibrators and dildos. Let's just say I got a little over zealous and more or less deflowered myself. If you want to get technical about it, you didn't break my hymen but your were the first man I've ever been with".

Dimitri was quiet for a while. "So it's true then? I was the first man you slept with?". The thought thrilled and saddened Dimitri at the same time. Knowing no other man had touched her the way he did bought him an obscene sense of triumph and possession. Rose was his in every way. His and no one else's. But that's not how her first time should have been.

Rose nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me? I could've really hurt you. Especially the next morning…" Dimitri said, remembering how rough he had been when he pushed Rose against the wall. Then again, he clearly remembered Rose shouting 'harder' and 'faster'.

"I didn't want you to change your mind when it didn't matter to me. I wanted you. Just you. No holding back, no feeling guilty or that you owed me anything. Just you".

"Still. You should've told me" Dimitri said gently. "That's not how your first time should've been".

"How should it have been? Enlighten me". Rose challenged.

"It should have been sweet. And gentle. With someone you're involved with. It should have been special."

"You were sweet. And gentle was the last thing I wanted. We're involved now. It's not like we didn't care about each other. As for being special - it was. Very special. It was special because of the way you looked at me and the way you made me feel. And I'm not just talking about multiple orgasms", Rose smile.

Dimitri smiled back. "How did you even stay a virgin for so long?"

"Trust issues, remember? And I really do have a whole drawer full of dildos and vibrators. Though I have to say you put all those to shame. I mean when I bought them I was told they were huge and that nobody is that big in real life. If only I could parade you in front of the sales lady now you'd get a standing ovation".

While Dimitri was pleased with himself, he still needed to return to the topic at hand, "Were you disappointed?" Dimitri asked. "As far a first times go?"

"God no. How could you even ask that? Wait, were you?"

"No", he smiled. "I can honestly say you're the best I've ever had".

"The best?" Rose questioned, feeling a level of smugness that was completely new to her.

He nodded.

"And have you had many woman?" Rose had been wanting to ask that for a while.

"Not many. I don't believe in having sex with a woman I don't care about".

"Oh come on!" Rose yelped. "You can be more specific than that".

Dimitri rolled his eyes. He never did understand why the number was so important to so many people. Except when the number was zero. "Including you I've been with 6 women".

Rose wasn't phased by his answer. Truth be told she thought it would be much more. "Was Tasha one of them?"

Dimitri smirked. "Don't tell Christian".

Rose chortled. "Yeah right. I'm going to insinuate it then deny it every chance I get. Bring on the mind games".

Dimitri pinched the bridge of his nose.

At some point Christian came back to the living room to reclaim the alcohol. He figured Rose and Dimitri had moved to their bedroom. He was wrong. He walked in on the couple making out on the couch. What was worse was that they drank all the vodka.

"Seriously?!" He yelled. "Can't you guys get a room?!"

Rose and Dimitri staggered drunkenly to the bedroom, never once taking their hands off each other.

"You owe me a bottle of vodka!" Chris called after them.

The next morning Dimitri made Rose breakfast in bed and kissed her tenderly before going off to make arrangements for her birthday.

"But I want to spend my birthday in bed with you!" Rose whined as she shoveled blini into her mouth. "MMhh", she moaned at the taste. "This is so good".

"I'll be back soon. Wait for me in bed" Dimitri winked at Rose before he exited. That small gesture was enough to leave Rose hot and bothered waiting for her lover to return.

A/N:

Sorry I didn't make the big reveal about Dimitri and Abe's arrangement. I had other stuff I wanted to write before that. It'll happen for sure next chapter, I'm just not sure when that'll be. I hope you enjoyed the chapter anyway. I didn't have much time for editing. Forgive me.

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