We got to Omsk shortly and I was waiting for another long trip to Moscow, mistakenly enough. Dimitri walked along the middle of the airport as if he knew that place like the back of his hand – maybe he actually did – and I just huddled along behind him, now fully aware how weird I looked, in my wedding dress, in the middle of all those people who were now very evidently looking at me.
Looking around, still kind of sleepily, I realised we weren't heading to the gate of the flight to Moscow. We were in a kind of half-outside, half-inside area and Dimitri suddenly appeared beside me – I was so busy trying to figure out where I was I hadn't even noticed he was gone – driving a thing that looked a lot like those golf carts, at least in size.
"Come on, so we don't have to carry our bags around" he said – although he should have really just said so he didn't have to carry our bags around, because the only thing in my hands was the fabric of my dress to prevent me from tripping – after putting the luggage in the back of the car he held out his hand to help me get on it.
"Oh what a gentlemen…" I smirked. My impulse was to ask – again – where we were going, but I stopped myself knowing his answer would only irritate me more.
"I try" he stepped on the gas taking us around the building. My jaw slowly dropped seeing the small jet that awaited us. I looked at Dimitri in awe, he just smiled – he was enjoying this surprise thing way too much.
"We are going in this?!" I looked back at the plane, speaking with a tone of disbelief. Not that I had never been in a private jet, we often used the royal court's ones to move around, but it was different, that was business, this was me, alone, with Dimitri, in the air… I was way too excited.
"Yes…It was Lissa and Christian's wedding gift" he pause to see my reaction "She said, and I quote, it would be too mean to make you guys take twice as long to get there, going by the normal way, and torture Rose with not being able to throw herself at you in the earliest opportunity" I grinned.
"She is too awesome… this must have cost a fortune…" I spoke at the realization of it.
"I said that too, she answered fuck the money, and since it was the first time I actually heard her swear I thought I better not push the subject" I giggled to the thought of Lissa swearing – as rare an event as a solar eclipse.
We stopped and people started taking our bags, pulling them on the cargo bay as we hopped out of the car.
"Come on we're late!" he said leading me by the hand to the small plane stairs.
"Isn't one of the perks of having a private jet the fact that it waits for you?" He shook his head at my comment, almost saying silently typical Rose.
The inside was a little smaller than the court's jet but just as luxurious. It had a sort of couch on one side and opposite there were four, super comfy looking, chairs divided by a table. There was a mini fridge and a small counter in the back next to a door that I imagine lead to the bathroom.
"Oh my fucking lord…" I let out excitedly "This is so freaking cool" Dimitri's reaction to my enthusiasm was so endearing, he smiled and looked at me with a face that seems like I was the Mona Lisa or something, hell, like I was the only thing left in the whole planet.
"Please assume your seats, we are beginning our take-off" we heard a mechanical voice say. On the way to the comfortable looking chairs I noticed a hanger with clothes on the end of the couch. I pointed at it confused.
"So you can change out of that" he explained "you better do it when we are already up. I don't want you to fall and hit your head while in the bathroom cubicle"
"You have so little faith in me, it's unbelievable"
I moved to the window seat and looked the security belt in. Dimitri choose the seat next to mine – instead of the opposite one – I silently thanked for the closeness. "You wanna take the one by the window?" I asked.
"No, I'm good, I know you love watching the take-off and landing" I grinned and leaned over to kiss his cheek.
We started moving and in a few seconds we were gaining speed. I looked out the window to see the people and housed getting smaller and smaller. My attention was diverted by the mechanical voice, this time it was the pilot. I couldn't help but notice his deep Russian accent.
"Good morning, we are taking off from Omsk Airport at 9 a.m. we are expected to arrive our destination at 11 p.m local time. The trip is long so try and get some rest. We are headed to San José, Costa Rica, the weather in the morning is planned to have temperatures around 35 degrees. Have a good flight."
It took me only a few seconds to process what I had just heard, I looked at Dimitri only to get confirmation from the excited and anxious expression on his face.
"Oh my god… oh my god! Costa Rica, that's like sun, and beaches, crystal clear warm water and heavenly cocktails right?!" my smile grew bigger and bigger. He didn't speak just gave me a faint nod of his head, I could see he was quietly assessing my reaction "OH MY GOD!" I repeated before letting out a high pitch ecstatic squeal. I unbuckled my seat belt and half sat, half jumped, onto his lap, straddling his legs "I love, I sooo love it! Thank you" I said wrapping my arms around his neck and plunging in for a kiss, well more than one definitely. I could feel his body relax and an almost unnoticeable sigh of relief. I bet he had doubts about the destination he had chosen. "Ahhhh the sun… I can feel it already…" I said leaning and tilding my head back. Dimitri's hand steadily at my lower back, supporting my weight and preventing me from falling.
"I'm glad you liked the surprise… I had some trouble deciding"
"Really?! I wouldn't have judge you as indecisive…"
"You ruin me Roza" I grinned, just looking deep into each other's eyes for a few seconds, and then without a moment's notice, with one quick move I got up from him "What?" he asked, confused.
"I'm going to change" I winked and started walking towards the bathroom, he followed me with his gaze. I opened the door, and looked over my shoulder back at him with a leer. "Sorry Mr. Belikov, a lass we won't both fit in here" I put on a forced pout, opening the door enough for him to see the small sized bathroom.
"I'm be eagerly waiting for you…Mrs. Belikov" he winked playfully. I had a sudden urge to run to him. Instead I put on my killer wanton face.
"Only to you… Mrs. Belikov, only to you…" I winked back and closed the bathroom door.
As soon as we got out of the plane I started missing its air conditioning. The air was so hot that we were breathless just after taking a few steps, even during the night! The air hostess said we'd get used to it quickly, but honestly I was about to crawl out of my skin.
A taxi took us to the hotel in what was, in my opinion, more traffic rule breaking since the last time I was in the car with Christian. Costa Rican people are crazy. The hotel was beautiful, it wasn't one of those 5 stars modern resorts you usually see at the travel brochures – granted, we weren't in the actually capital – but it had more glamour than any of those in my view. On the outside it was a traditional building, probably had once been a city hall or something because it had a certain strata to it and its red colour totally stood out from everything else, but strangely enough it totally blended in with its surrounding buildings and vegetation. I couldn't help but let out a gasp as we stepped inside. All the interiors had been modernised, and despite noticing tapestries and traditional decorations on the walls and ceilings, we were in a big open space reception with the moonlight coming down through detailed skylights. I was so stunned with everything to notice Dimitri was already checking us in. I rushed to him dragging my trolley behind me and making way to much noise.
"It's beautiful" I said once I reached him. The reception was empty and he was concentrated fumbling around looking for our passports.
"I know" he answered, smiling, stare fixed at the bag, he looked like he was about to spill everything on the counter. I was about to make a snippy comment about how he hadn't even looked at the room we were in, when I remember he was the one who planned this whole trip, so he probably had already seen dozens of pictures of the hotel.
I let my luggage next to him and stepped away to check out some activities flyers at had some really cool pictures of people scuba diving – pretty sure they don't mention the sharks. A few meters away I realised a woman had appeared from the back office with some papers in her hand. She looked up at Dimitri from afar – who, poor thing, was still rummaging the insides of the bag – and smiled …no, not smiled… smirked, once of those smirks that reminded me of the ones I made whenever I saw Jesse. I opened the flyer and pulled it up trying to camouflage myself in the background. She adjusted her uniform blazer and walked up to him. He didn't notice her presence until she spoke.
"Buenos días. En que puedo ayudar?" she made her voice sound as melodious as possible. Dimitri looked up half stunned. She understood from his lack of response that he didn't get any of what she'd just said "What can I do for you, Mr…?"
"Belikov" he answer clearing his throat clearly taken aback from her sudden present and probably also her raw natural beauty. I decided not to interrupt my sick sense of curiosity made me stand back and see where this would lead.
"Oh…Yes… I, I have a reservation under Dimitri Belikov" He said finally finding his passport and handing it to her.
"Oh Russian… are you enjoying the warm weather?" she asked, her accent prominent in every word she said – which probably made her even more appealing in an exotic kid of way… sometimes I wished I had an accent – her flirty tone accompanied by the positioning of her hand next to his.
"Yes, not quite gotten used to it yet, though I've lived in America for a long time now" He replied politely, probably oblivious to the woman's game.
"Well, let me check your registration… Here it is, double room suite on the fourth floor…it's a very nice room, it has a great view you know? To the pool and the sea…Here you go" she handed him a card key to the room, touching his hand slightly "If you need any help, if you need a name of a bar to go to I know some nice ones…"
"Oh thank you…" he was totally stunned, he got hold of his luggage but the woman's stare was like it was holding him in place. I decided my curiosity had enough, I had to break this off. I put the flyer back in the little shelf, put on my I-can-kill-you-with-only-my-thumb look and walked over to them. As I reached Dimitri I slid my hand from his shoulders to his lower back, pinching his bum. If he was possible his face got blank…even more than it already was. I held his hand on mine and passed it around me so it rested on my left hip. Public displays of affection had never been our thing, especially at Court where everybody was practically watching us 24/7. But here we had the luxury to do whatever we wanted, nobody knew us…and I was going to take use of it.
"Are we checked in yet?" I asked Dimitri with my best man-eater voice. I looked down from him to the woman in front of us, whose expression matched Dimitri in surprise "Is our room nice…honey?" I emphasised the last word, used obviously only to make a point because the only term of endearment I could hear myself call Dimitri was comrade or Dimka, anything else sounded weirdly odd. I don't know if he wanted to humour me or he was just too embarrassed to process.
"Yes… this nice lady said…" he clearly was too oblivious for his own good…. It was actually kind of endearing… and stupid "that the room has a view to the sea!" I wanted to roll my eyes in despair, but instead I put on my giggliest, cutest, and disgustingly honey-coated smile.
"Oh my god, really? We never get to see the sea, that's great!" okay I don't know who this person was, but it certainly wasn't me… "Is everything ready then? Can we go, husband of mine?" I gave a high pitched giggle "Husband... it's so funny to call you that now" I half hugged him and turned my stare to the woman "We're on our honeymoon, isn't it perfect?" she put on the fakest of smiles and bestowed her congratulations, though I don't think she meant him, I could almost see her hopes of shagging him being shattered on the floor. Dimitri looked down on me, his expression, pleading me to end his misery. I had to milk the situation a little bit more. I got on the tips of my toes and kissed him full on the mouth, got down and pulled my luggage near "Let's go then" He did the same and paced back a little. I turned around to the elevator and got in, hearing Dimitri behind me dragging his bag. The elevator doors closed and silence filled it. Not even one of those irritating ambient songs started playing. I looked straight ahead a huge proud grin on my face. I felt Dimitri's eyes on me I think he was probably too weirded out by my strange behaviour. He finally broke the silence.
"What just happened?" he asked, not taking his eyes off me. I looked up with a isn't-it-obvious look.
"Nothing"
"It's like you were possessed just now…"
"Dimitri, the sleazy woman was clearly hitting on you, I was just making her aware of where I stood"
"She wasn't, she was just being nice" he took hold of the card and passed it on the reader. I entered the room.
"You are too innocent…that or you're going blind, but it's okay, you behaved properly honey"
"Stop it Rose, that's creepy" I laughed.
"Okay okay, I'm gonna stop…" I entered the room, overwhelmed by the wall in front of me, all glass, with the amazing view to the pool, surrounded with palm trees, and then on a distance, the sea "Oh my god, she wasn't kidding, this is beautiful!"
"Well, I did choose the room" he walked up behind me, his words, spoken against my skin.
"You have excellent taste" I chuckled, closing my eyes as he laid kissing on my shoulder. I span around to face him, bringing my hands to his neck.
"I really do" he said with the most loving smile you'd ever see. It was when he said things like that that I swear I started to blush. I glanced away for a second. I had always had a lot of self-esteem, I was always proud of the way I looked, and over the years I've taken advantage of it also. But hearing it from him…hearing that I am beautiful and perfect and knowing his love, feeling his love, always made me awkward. Happy, ecstatic also, don't get me wrong. But I guess since I knew how deep he meant it, how he knew me, and saw me, like no one other had ever did.
He cupped my face with his hands, making me stare right into his chocolate brown eyes. We hovered there for a couple of minutes, exchanging silent words, there was no need to speak them out loud. He bought his lips down on mine. My hands tangled in his hair. He held me up and took me to the huge balcony, laying me on one of the stretchers next to the Jacuzzi. I pulled back.
"The balcony?" I questioned him. His lips parting from my neck with a mischievous smile.
"You started it with feeling me up in the reception, now it's my time to prove where I stand"
Preventing me from coming up with a rhetorical, he kissed me again. In the back of my mind I thanked the fact that it was dark… and that the architect of the hotel for making the balcony fence higher than usual.
We woke up blissfully with the sun streaming through the open window, the warm air, even so early in the morning, was thick and suffocating especially for us who weren't used to it. I guess the day of exhausting activities in the Jacuzzi hadn't helped in the climate adaptation.
I opened one eye lazily, my face half covered by my arm creating a pleasant shade. Dimitri was next to me, still sleeping, probably still tired since my guess was that we only started sleeping around 5 a.m. I raised my head slightly, his naked body on top of the silky sheets completely illuminated by the morning sun like some renaissance master-piece…and god what a master-piece…
I never understood how he was able to sleep without anything on him, for me it was unconceivable. For me, even without any clothes and the 35 degrees outside, I had to have the sheets on top of me, even if it just covered my leg or a little of my lower back, I couldn't sleep otherwise. I moved slowly and kissed his bare shoulder. He responded with a soft groan. I left a trail of kisses up his neck and started nibbling on his lobe.
"You are going to kill me…" he spoke almost in an inaudible tone and, sensing me stopping turned his head to face me.
"You are a god, I could never kill you" I grinned and gave him a quick peck.
"Even gods need to rest you know?" he smiled and closed his eyes again.
"Well it's not my fault, you are too much of a tease, you and your dark hair and your godly naked body lying on top of the sheets, I'm only human…"
"If I'm a god you're a god…" his hand slid on my lower back, under the sheet that covered it.
"Goddess…" I corrected "okay comrade, sleep a little more, I'm gonna go take a shower cause it's like my skin is catching fire" I said, dragging myself out of bed while Dimitri gave me a contempt grunt and turned the other way.
I must have taken half an hour showering, but can you blame me? The cold water was just too good to be true. I wrapped a towel around me and came into to the bed-room to find a newly awaken Dimitri sitting against the headboard on his phone.
"Well… I thought you wanted to sleep until noon…" I smiled and sat next to him on the bed.
"It's too hot… "he said not deviating his look from the screen.
"I never gathered you for a phone addict"
"I'm checking out the weather… it's going to be very cloudy today… hot, but cloudy" to his answer I looked out the huge open window to see a bunch of clouds gathering up in the sky, the sun still too close to the horizon to be hidden by them.
"Oh… so, no beach today?" I said with a disappointed tone. I had my mind set up on going to the beach every single day – even if just for a couple of hours. He turned to me with a smile on his face like he just had a fantastic idea.
"I had a though there's a natural reserve park near here, since it's cloudy we could go hiking, they say there are some waterfalls on the park as well"
"Sounds good, go take a shower to freshen up, I'll go get dressed"
We only managed to leave the hotel one hour later, due to an improvised and very steamy make-out session. Finally out and about we managed to catch a touristic bus that lead us straight to the park, Dimitri promised me a swim in the waterfalls and I'd be dam if it didn't happen so I kept bugging him to check the map for the correct way to find it.
After I-don't-know-how-many hours we finally got there. Don't get me wrong the landscapes were mesmerizing and the air was slightly cooler than in streets near the hotel, but it was still too hot, I desperately needed something to cool me off. So to prove me wrong it was clear that Dimitri was able to read maps, the only down side was that we reached the waterfall from its highest point, we had to go around it to get to the small lake on the bottom. Dimitri was tossing and turning with the map, looking at it with a confused expression. I dropped my bag on the grassy ground.
"I have a very easy solution for your problem" I said turning to him and putting my hands on my hips. He looked at me with a quizzical stare.
"We'd have to walk about… 50 meters to go around, I guess it's not that far" he looked down at the map again as I started taking my top off, my navy blue bikini contrasting against my skin. He looked back up "What are you doing?"
"I'm gonna jump" I stated as the most obvious thing ever.
"What? No you aren't"
"Oh yes I am"
"Rose, you don't know how deep the water down there is, it's probably too shallow for you to jump from what, 15 meters?"
"It'll be fine, it looks deep enough" I peeked over the edge with a daring smile.
"Rose, please be careful" he warned. He was actually worried. There was only one thing left to do…prove him wrong. I gave him one last time and in a second I bolted to the edge and jumped. The adrenaline rush was amazing, it was like flying. I felt the air brushing through my skin now cold and freshening. I tried to control the position of my body so that I would hit the surface with a splash, which would be indeed painful. In a couple of seconds I felt the cold water surround me and as I opened my eyes I realised the small lake was actually a lot deeper than Dimitri would ever have guessed. I enjoyed the submersion, I was about to push myself up when I thought about teasing Dimitri a little bit longer. I tried not to move and held my breath for as long as I could. I heard in the distance a muffled cry of my name. I could no longer hold my breath I needed air. I pushed up and broke the water surface into the warm and sultry surroundings. I leaned back and floated on my back looking up at Dimitri who was a little more than slightly pissed off.
"Are you insane?!" he yelled "I
"See, totally safe! I checked the bottom is more than deep enough" I sniped back. The distance between us and the water in my eyes was probably distorting my sight but I could swear I saw a mischievous smile.
"You are going to pay for that" and without a moment's notice he jumped. He landed about a meter away from where I floated and his impact on the water made me loose balance and swallow some of the cold half salty liquid. I dipped and swam underneath the surface to where he was. He raised himself up and I quickly wrapped my legs around his body for support, my hands locked together behind his neck. His hands slid down my waist to my upper thighs holding me steady. I put on my killer smile.
"I told you it was safe" and I kissed him.
He sat me up on a rock and reach away to catch my bikini top that was floating away from us. He put it over my head and tied together the strands of fabric on my back, kissing my shoulder as he did so.
"You know… the list of places we've had sex in is pretty crazy" he looked up at me with a intrigued look.
"We have a list?" he asked.
"A sex list! Well in my head, not actually written down that's my point, imagine someone getting a hold of it they would think we're some depraved wanton creatures that like to do it all over the place" he smirked at my comment.
"Well you are pretty wanton Miss Rose" I faked an insulted look.
"Excuse me? I am? Me? Just me, and only me?" I pinched his arm in punishment for arguing that the blame was solely mine and got up, turned my back in a dramatic way and started to walk away "And it's Mrs. Belikov to you sir…remember?" I bat my eyelashes in the distance and resumed my slow walk.
"Mrs. Belikov…." He started. I responded with a wordless hum "Well… I think you forgot something" As I turned around to see what the hell he was talking about something hit me. I looked down and my bikini's bottom part was hanging on my shoulder. It must have fallen off during our water dalliance and I totally forgot about it. I had a sudden feeling my cheeks were turning red but my mind reminded me to act cool.
"Don't you think I don't know that you were enjoying the view…you depraved creature…"
It was probably around 3 in the afternoon and from where I stood we had been circling the dam park for 2 hours… Thank god for the sandwiches I had insisted on buying on the store near the reception. Not that Dimitri wouldn't have found some berries, weird fruit or eatable plants cause I bet that man could totally survive the apocalypse with just the shirt on his back. I on the other hand, was high-maintenance, I needed my Cheetos and ham sandwiches.
Dimitri was about 10 meters in front of me looking around probably praying for god for a sign about which way to go. I sat down on a log where a little bit of sun hit, which was a rarity today, so I decided to enjoy the direct warmth. I must have closed my eyes for what?! Two freaking seconds and when I opened them Dimitri was nowhere to be seen. I figured this wasn't god's sign to me because we had just gotten married and he wouldn't be so mean and to get rid of my husband so early on, so I got up and started walking in the direction where he was.
"Dimitri?" I called out, deciding to stay put because I definitely didn't want to get lost in the middle of Central America "DIMITRI BELIKOV THIS IS NOT FUNNY!" I yelled – since my first approach wasn't very successful.
"Rose over here!" I heard a voice coming from my left. I starting pacing slowly in that direction "This is amazing" he added.
"What?" I asked loudly, my voice echoing through the deserted landscape of green and brown hues. I looked down and started noticing that wild heaves had grown from between the cracks on the stone that lay beneath me inconspicuously. Five more steps and I looked up. A huge building of what looked like it used to be a church contrasted against the greenery. The stones looked fragile like they were a hundred years old or more. There was no ceiling and some of the walls had collapsed over time. In the distance I was able to notice Dimitri. The ruins that stood before me looked fascinating obviously but - in my opinion - best appreciated from afar. It was clear enough that Dimitri didn't share the same opinion. He was determined to explore, and I…well…I was determined not to die 3 days in to my honeymoon.
"I'm right here! Come on! It's beautiful, you need to see this!" he yelled peeking through a whole where I think there once was a window.
"We've had this conversation! I wanna die either in battle or as a really old lady sitting on the front porch…NOT under a 300 year old collapsed wall in the middle of nowhere!" Dam it…I walked a few more meters feeling my clothes getting stuck on the thorns of the weird looking plants. It's not that I didn't like nature, don't get me wrong, I love climbing, and hiking and all that stuff, just wasn't fond of getting myself under that old carcass of a building. I finally reached where he was standing just a minute ago, just to find out he had moved…again, he was now apparently with the intention of going up a very doubtful set of stairs.
"We have to go up Rose, the view must be amazing from up there!" he was halfway up. Dam it…I knew it.
"Have you lost your dam mind?! Come down this instant Dimitri! You still owe me 3 days of honeymoon, I'm not letting you off the hook so easily!"
"Ow how the roles have reversed…" he said stepping down the stairs, grinning.
We spent the days going back and forth from the hotel to the glorious beaches, because what else were we supposed to do? And what was better than a day in the beach, under the sun, with Dimitri? Well, the fact that my lovely husband bought a fantastic lunch for us to enjoy. So yeah, it was our last full day on honeymoon but right now I couldn't care less. The sun was perfect, the sand was perfect, the food was perfect, dam, the entire world was perfect.
"What are you thinking?" his voice made me realise what a figure I was making, leaned back on one hand, the other one holding a chicken and pepper taco, blissfully smiling, eyes closed.
"Just how you're probably going to have to tie me up and drag me out of this heavenly place because I'm way to happy here to leave on my own free will" I took another bite of my taco, not being able to contain a pleasure moan from the sheer taste of it.
"You're too hard to tie up" he let out a hoarse laugh.
"Well if anyone can do it, it's you" I leaned forward and with my free hand pushed a strand of hair from his eyes, his head laid gently on my lap.
"I'm emotionally compromised…I'll just call Christian to mentally manipulate you into caving" he smirked.
"Psst, no way" he raised his eyebrow in defiance "okay…okay…let's just enjoy today"
We must have stayed for 3 hours just lying in the sun, I think I even feel asleep at some point, I don't think Dimitri slept though I would have heard the light snore his so usually denies. When the sun started to set – which in no way meant the air got any cooler – we decided to leave, I wanted to pass by the town centre before we headed to the Hotel, I wanted to buy Lissa a souvenir.
As we passed by one of the small public gardens we noticed a village fair. The noise and the lights bought some much live to the place. There were shooting stands and those ones where you throw the little hoop, there were even bigger rides, like little boats with water around them – it was filled with little kids laughing – my eye caught the bumper cars in the distance. The souvenir would have to wait. I held on to Dimitri's arm and basically started dragging him towards it.
"Omg we have to go on the bumper cars! I've always wanted to try them!" he was showing some reluctance on the matter.
"I don't know… there's only kids there…"
"Oh come one, it will be fun!"
"We probably won't even fit in the same car"
"Oh of course we will!" I insisted.
"Okay…" he gave in "On one condition…" I looked at him severely so that he would go on. He grinned "I get to drive"
I let out a loud groan of frustration, this man and cars…they were like stuck with super glue or something. "Fine…" don't blame me for caving in okay? I really wanted to go on the bumper car ride.
We got into a green car, more like squeezed in, poor Dimitri it was cruel to fit a man of his size in a bumper car, even if we had chosen the bigger one. A loud set of sirens started playing warning for the beginning of the journey, Dimitri quickly fumbled around the small wheel and put the car moving. It was kind of funny to see him around such a small wheel. Before we knew it we took a hit. And it was not a soft hit, it was a bruise your neck from the sway kind of hit. I looked around to see the hooligan who was behind the strike. It was a freaking kid! No older than 12 years old with the most mischievous, mean look on his face. Dimitri looked startled I guess he wasn't expecting a kid with less than half his age to be on the car. We took another turn around the ring and suddenly BAM another hit from the creepy kid. Dimitri expression turned from annoyed to determined. I swear I thought for a second I saw a younger version of Dimitri sitting next to me. I touched his arm in anticipation of what was to come. He put his foot hard on the pedal, holding the wheel fixed ahead. We hit the kid's car so hard he jumped on his sit. As I expected the fire in his eyes diminished slightly, it was replaced by a hint of fear…after all I don't think he expected a comeback from us. I saw him look at us, more specifically at Dimitri assessing the situation, not backing down. Dimitri started, slowly to move forward. In a matter of seconds the kid started to move backwards. Without any of us expecting some other car hit the kid's. He spun so that he was half turned back to us, I could see it in his expression, he was going to run…apparently Dimitri saw it too – dam it was like watching a god/cat fight – as soon as the kid turned back and bolted away from us Dimitri steered right behind him, following on his exact trail.
"Dimitri stop this right now!" I pulled his arm trying to prevent him from chasing the kid, no success however "Dimitri!" I insisted. He continued to ignore me.
The kid probably had like 5 seconds ahead of us and that was the only thing that saved him from a bump that would probably make him fly off the car. I had given up dissuading Dimitri, that man on a mission was unstoppable. I was only thinking about which way should I run when the police came yelling in Spanish trying to take him away from killing the kid. As an answer to my prayers the bells starting ringing again to warn that the circulation time had ended and the electricity to the cars was cut off leaving us froze in the middle of our chase, the kid's car about a meter away from us. He looked behind, stared right into Dimitri's eyes and smirked. The dam kid smiled! And then just got up and ran away. I heard Dimitri mumble angrily something incoherent.
"You're not going after him are you?" I asked doubtfully.
"Of course not!" he hesitated at first but then sounded insulted by my question "I'm not a child" he added helping me up from the car.
"Well you sure acted like one just now…" I intertwined my arm in his as we left the bumper car ring, hearing the sirens for a new round beginning. He gave me a dismissive sound like that was impossible "I think you had killed the kid if you reached him in time"
"Nonsense… but he should not have been so rude." I laughed.
"Oh yeah cause the whole purpose of a 12 year old in the bumper car ride is NOT to hit people" I got on the tip of my toes and kissed his cheek "You are so competitive"
"I am not!" I responded to his denial with a disbelieving hum. I saw something on the corner of me eye and pulled Dimitri to its direction.
"Now I'm the one who gets to play…" I said with a victorious look. The shooting stand had only 3 kids playing, neither of them properly hitting their respective targets. The mock rifles looking cartoonish on their small hands.
"Fine…" he pulled me closer to him and kissed my forehead, making then a very upset expression "But I wanted to win you a teddy bear, like in the movies…" I smiled endearingly. It was incredible how thoughtful and sweet he was. I kissed him again. It was like we were covered with honey, powdered sugar and everything sweet. My sugar levels were probably through the roof just from thinking about how cute we probably looked to outsiders.
"I can win one for you instead" he laughed and winked.
"Deal"
I got hold of the gun like a pro. I grinned to myself. I knew perfectly well how to make a show. The owner of the booth was staring at me, mouth half opened in surprise, it was like I could feel Dimitri's killer stare from behind my shoulder. I aimed for the centre target, I had five pellets. There was 4 targets in total. I focused and took a breath – honestly I hadn't shot a gun in almost a year….like riding a bike right? – I shot 2 times at the centre target and then one time in each of the remaining. I hit every single one of them right in the middle, god I was good. Well I guess after one spends her entire life training the aim of a stake in a moving target's heart, shooting a gun isn't that difficult. I put on victorious look and looked back at Dimitri, sticking my tongue out. I swear the guy was in a inner battle between drooling and starting to clap.
"Muy bien, chica! Estupendo!" He said taking from behind the counter a bear that was half my size and handing it to me. I held the stuffed bear and turned around, with a huge grin I stretched my arms forward putting the animal in Dimitri's hands. He smiled in amusement.
"My honeymoon gif to you Comrade" I said giggling at the image of a 6 foot, muscular man holding an oversized stuffed bear, but he was totally confident. He walked like it was the most normal thing in the world.
After a few meter I noticed a couple of people staring, even some kids laughing that the situation. I started pondering if it wasn't too humiliating for him to do that and he didn't say anything to humour me – it wouldn't be uncharacteristic of him.
"Dimitri do you want me to carry the dam bear? Everyone is looking at us with mocking looks" I sounded worried… I wasn't… I just didn't want him to be embarrassed or something.
"What? Absolutely not! I love my teddy bear" he paused and glanced around "My wife won me this teddy bear!" he spoke louder "MY WIFE WON ME THIS TEDDY BEAR! SHE'S AWESOME!" He yelled.
I bought my hands to my face and just laughed. I didn't have the guts to tell him that probably people hadn't understood what he said – maybe it was for the best. We continued on our way to the hotel. He gently squeezed my arm in his and the teddy bear to his other side.
I nodded my head half in amusement, half in disbelief. I didn't want to leave this place and go back to reality, it was too perfect.
THE END
I wanna start off by saying i'm sorry for taking so long to finish but i had a crisis of inspiration and some troubles with uni, so i hope you can forgive me, and that it was worth the wait.
That said, THIS IS IT the honeymoon chapter, i had a lot of fun writing it, and i hope you have fun reading it. Tell me what you think!
Since i'm finished with this story if any of you has any ideas, or prompts they would like to see writen for fic or drabbles etc, let me know, you can write it on the comment seccion or just leave me a message at my tumblr (my url is the same as here).
I hope you all liked this jorney and enjoyed it as much as i did writing it.
xoxo my fantastic readers
