Chapter 14: The next morning

I woke up the next morning to kisses on my head and fingers combing thru my hair. I smiled as I remember what happened last night and that I was waking up in Dimitri's arms.

"Morning Roza" Dimitri said in a sleep laden voice.

"Morning Comrade" I said as I looked up at him.

"I think I could get used to waking up with you at my side naked." Dimitri said.

"I could too." I said. I looked at the clock on the bed side table and noticed it was still early and we had some time before we were all meeting for breakfast.

I straddled Dimitri and started kissing him. He had one hand in my hair and one on my lower back pulling me to him. When we broke apart to breathe Dimitri looked at me and asked "Are you sure you are not too sore?"

"Never" I replied as my lips crashed down on his. I started grinding my hips on Dmitri as his hands fell to my hips to guide me. It didn't take long for his erection to start growing and I knew the minute he felt me getting wetter as he started to moan and pressed me even harder into him.

Dmitri reached down between us and grabbed his cock rubbing my juices on it before placing it at my entrances as he guided me down onto him. We both groaned at the same time and we quickly set a fast pace. Last night was all about making love and showing each other how much we loved each other, this time, it much more passionate.

"I know we have only made love once, but I think I am addicted to you" I said.

"Me too Roza, I don't think I could ever get enough of you."

With me on top, that left Dimitri's hands to wander all over my body and he soon settled on my breasts palming both of them at the same time. As I was grinding on Dimitri's cock he was bucking from below and he was hitting me deep inside. I was trying to keep my moaning at a decent level as to not alert Yuri and Celeste what we were doing. I only hoped that my room in Russia was far from everyone else so we wouldn't be overheard.

As I was getting closer to my release, my movement was getting sloppy. Dimitri realized this at licked his thumb and he circled my clit and used his other hand to guide me. It didn't take long for me to explode clamping down on Dimitri's cock, which led to his own release. I slumped on top of him as he gently rubbed my back and kissed my hair.

Shortly after we heard an excited yell from Celeste across the hall as Dimitri and I looked at each other and broke out into a fit of giggles. I guess we weren't the only ones taking advantage of the early morning.

As we were coming down from our high I asked Dimitri "So are you going to be sneaking in my bedroom every night to make sure I am 'safe and well-guarded'?"

"Absolutely, you can never be too careful and the shower can be a hazardous area as well." Dimitri said with a smirk.

Dimitri picked me up and carried me into the bathroom. He set me down in front of the shower and he opened the door turning the water on. Once he adjusted the temperature, Dimitri took my hand and led me into the shower.

He got my hair wet and then took my shampoo and was massaging it in and it felt so good. As I rinsed my hair out, Dimitri put my body wash on a wash cloth and started washing me down.

I put conditioner in my hair while Dimitri washed his hair. I started washing him with the wash cloth when he said "Let me wash myself, otherwise we won't ever make it out of the shower."

I rinsed my hair reluctantly got out of the shower as Dimitri rinsed himself off. I dried myself off then wrapped the towel around me. Dimitri toweled himself off and wrapped his towel around his waist as I drooled over his body. I hopped up on the counter as Dimitri got out his stuff to shave. I watched intently as he put his shaving cream on.

"What?" he asked as he realized I was staring.

"Nothing, I've just never seen a guy shave before" I said shyly as it made me a tad embarrassed as to the lack of my world experience.

Dimitri grabbed my face and kissed me with a full face of shaving cream. I laughed and pushed him away. He threw me a towel to wipe my face off as he started to shave. Once he was done he grabbed my hand and first he kissed my palm and then he brought it up to his face.

"Smooth enough?" He asked me.

"I'm not sure" I said with a hint of mischief.

His lips crashed down on me and after a few minutes he pulled back and asked "Soft enough?"

"Yes" I responded still dazed from his kiss. He put his aftershave on and I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. Unexpectedly, Dimitri threw me over his shoulder and carried me back to the bedroom dropping me on the bed. I laughed as I bounced on the bed. He leaned over me putting almost all his weight on me, then kissed me on the nose and got up and went to his duffle bag to get dressed.

I sighed as I missed his warmth and weight on me. I went to my bags and pulled out the red lacy bra and panties to wear. Once they were on I heard Dimitri groan "Roza".

"See something you like comrade?" I asked as I wiggled my hips.

"Everything! But please put some clothes on if you want me to survive a meeting with your parents and Pavel."

I laughed "Well, it's all yours tonight!"

"Not helping Roza" Dimitri sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose.

I put on a pair of jeans, a tank top, zipped up hoodie and my boots. Dimitri looked good in his dark jeans and a dark knit sweater. I went into the bathroom to put on a little bit of makeup as Dimitri came up behind me and his arms circling my waist.

"Beautiful" he said as he kissed my neck.

Dimitri and I walked out to the living area where Celeste and Yuri were waiting.

"Morning" I said to them and they repeated it back. We went over to my parent's room and the hotel staff was already there putting out breakfast.

"Morning Mom, Baba and Pavel" I said as we walked in.

"Morning everyone" Baba said "Why doesn't everyone grab some food and sit down at the table and we can discuss everything."

Once we were all seated, Pavel handed Dimitri, Celeste and Yuri folders. "Inside you will find a contract with salary information, review it and let me know if you have any questions. The plan for today is after breakfast we are going back to St. Vladimir's so Rose and Dimitri can pack and Celeste and Yuri as well if you decide to take our offer."

Yuri spoke "Celeste and I talked last night and we both agree we would like to continue to guard Rose."

"Thank you" I said to Celeste and Yuri as I gave them both a big smile.

Pavel continued "Rose, your parents will get copies of your medical records from the infirmary and then they will talk with Headmistress Kirova to discuss the best way to continue your education. We will all meet up at Guardian Petrov's office to have Dimitri, Celeste and Yuri resign from the academy and then we will fly out after that."

Dimitri spoke up first "Abe, Rose will need her medication to fly, can you pick some up at the infirmary when you get her records?"

"Why do you need medication to fly Rose?" my mother asked.

I looked at Dimitri quickly and he gave me a nod so I said "Because I am shadow kissed, whenever I am outside of the wards I get intense headaches and I see black orbs around me, sometimes I see the faces of people who have died."

Baba spoke up "I have heard about being shadow kissed but I not sure I really understand it well."

"When I was younger, I was in a car accident with Lissa's family. Her parents and brother Andre died and technically I did as well, but Lissa healed me with spirit. So now I am bonded to her, I can go inside her head if I concentrate hard enough, but if she has strong emotions I can get pulled in. Plus when she uses her magic she builds up darkness that can seep into me and causes rage in me. We haven't figured it all out yet, we are sort of learning as we go."

"Okay, I will get someone on that to start researching information" Abe said.

"Will I have time to say goodbye to my friends before we leave?" I asked.

Baba answered "Of course, it's still early in the moroi night, why don't you text them and have them go to the guest room your mother and I were sharing. Tell them to meet at 4pm and we will clear it with the headmistress so they won't get in trouble for being out."

"Thank you Baba" I started "and Mom and Pavel, I appreciate everything you're doing for me."

My mom responded "Rosemarie, we would do anything for you and I wish we would have made different choices back then."

"It's okay, I never would have met Dimitri, Lissa and all my other friends. I can't imagine them not in my life." I said.

Pavel said "Why doesn't everyone go back to their room and pack and we will meet downstairs in about 30 minutes to go back to St Vladimir's, the cars should be here shortly. Dimitri, Celeste and Yuri you will be in the third SUV with Rose. I would like to be ready to fly before the sun goes down."

"Wait, I don't have a passport." I said panicking.

"It's a private plane Rose, you won't need one. But we will get you one for the future, just in case, but I doubt you will ever need one." Baba said.

"Why?" I asked not following him.

"Because I have a fleet of private planes, all different sizes depending on the need for the trip." Baba explained.

"Fuck me" I said.

"Language" Dimitri said shaking his head.

"Rosemarie" my mother said.

"What" I laughed as I looked at Baba who was laughing with me and winked at me.

Dimitri said "Alright Rose, let's go get you packed."

We walked back to the suite and Dimitri and I went into our room. Being Mr. Tidy, Dimitri went to work quickly, he emptied both of our bags. He put all our dirty clothes in one bag and then we went to work folding my new clothes and putting them in the other bag. I pulled out the red corset, holding it up for Dimitri "So….."

I watched as his eyes turned black with lust and a big smile came across his face as he said "Can't wait to see you in that."

I laughed at him and we put all the lingerie at the bottom of my bag to hide it from prying eyes and used some of the shopping bags to put my casual clothes and workout clothes in. Plus I had my three dressy outfits in a garment bag and I frowned and looked at Dimitri and asked "do you think I will ever be able to wear theses?"

Dimitri walked over to me, placed the garment bag on the bed and pulled me to his chest and looked me in the eye "Of course you will be able to wear them, it's at least two months away, we will work out a way to get you back here to celebrate with your friends."

"Thanks Dimitri" I said as I gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Dimitri went in to the bathroom and collected all our toiletries. I took a quick look around to make sure we didn't forget anything. We went out into the living area and saw that Yuri had gotten the hotel's luggage cart, not that we had a ton of stuff but then we didn't have to carry everything.

We made it downstairs and found three SUVs, we went to the third one as Yuri was loading all our bags into the back. My parents came out shortly after and got into the second SUV. Pavel walked over to us and said "Guardian Adams, who is in the driver's seat and Guardian Smith who is in the passenger side will be driving you back and will wait while you pack your belongings and will take them to the plane which is waiting at the academy's airstrip. Guardian Franks and Guardian Drozdov in the first SUV will guard Rose while everyone packs. "

With that, Dimitri and I got into the SUV and sat in the way back of the SUV and Celeste and Yuri sat in the middle. It was an uneventful but long ride back to campus and due to our activities last night it didn't take long for me to drift off to sleep. I woke to Dimitri kissing my hair "Roza, we are at back on campus"

I slowly opened my eyes and looked around and saw we were outside the guardian dorms and Dimitri's duster was laid over me like a blanket. "Thanks Comrade" I said as I gave his duster back.

"Anytime Roza, I figured we would pack my room as it shouldn't take long and then we can pack up your room."

It was around 12pm, the middle of the moroi night. I checked my phone and saw that everyone had responded to my text to meet at 4pm to say goodbye. We got out of the SUV and Guardian Franks and Guardian Drozdov introduced themselves and they followed Dimitri and I as Celeste and Yuri went to their own rooms to pack. Once we got to Dimitri's room, the two guardians stayed outside at the door. We had grabbed a few empty boxes from downstairs and Dimitri pulled out a suitcase and I asked Dimitri "Where do you want me to start?"

"Can you empty my drawers and just place them on the bed and then I can pack them up." Dimitri said as he grabbed his clothes on hangers and a few pair of shoes. I was impressed as I watched Dimitri pack, he was so organized and it was like watch a game of tetris.

Once I had emptied his drawers, he pointed to his bookshelf and asked if I could get his books as well as the pictures of his family on his bed side table. Once he was done with his clothes he took his suitcase off the bed and then he took of the quilt that his family had made him and folded it and placed it in the box with his pictures and books. He looked around to make sure he didn't miss anything and then we left. He gave the box to the guardians waiting in the SUV, Celeste and Yuri were there as well. We all walked to the novice dorms. We went to the suite we were currently staying in, Dimitri packed the few items he had in his bedroom, and he slipped a couple of books into his duster that I assumed was for the plane ride to Russia. We went over to Celeste and Yuri who were finishing getting Celeste packed. Dimitri still had room in his suitcase so he was folding the clothes that I had here before moving over to my old dorm room.

Celeste and Yuri were going to check to make sure that the suite was empty. I brought my gym bag and school bag which had been packed from the other night and I looked around my old dorm room and while there wasn't much, it still seemed daunting to pack it all up. Dimitri sensing my feelings said "Milaya, let's figure out what you really need and then we can pack everything into boxes and I am sure Alberta can ship them or we can keep things here and we can come back later. It's not like they are hurting for novice dorm rooms."

"True" I responded. I went to my closet and looked at my clothes I asked Dimitri "What is the weather like in the artic wasteland like 200 degrees below zero?" as I winked at him.

"It's still winter and we use the Celsius scale so you better get used to it. We can pack your summer clothes in boxes for now."

Since Dimitri was the expert packer, I went thru my closet and pulled out my warmest clothes throwing them on the bed letting him fold them. We filled up Dimitri's suitcase as Yuri and Celeste showed up and they took Dimitri's bag to the cars. Dimitri asked them to grab a few boxes on their way back.

My suitcase was at the top of my closet and as I stretched to try to reach it wondering how I had gotten it up there in the first place, I felt Dimitri's warm body behind me as he reached around me and grabbed my suitcase.

"Thanks" I said as I turned to my workout clothes, since I had gotten new clothes on our trip, I did a quick check and threw out anything that was stretched out, had tears or holes in them. I gave Dimitri the rest. Next I gave Dimitri my pajamas and bras and panties, I could tell he wanted to make comments, but the fact that we were expecting Celeste and Yuri back shortly and the door was open so the other guardians could hear, he kept his comments to himself.

Dimitri filled my suitcase and gym bag with all the clothes I was going to take to Russia. I grabbed the photos I had hanging on my walls of my friends so I could bring them with me and placed them in one of the pockets of my back pack. I looked at Dimitri and asked "What do you think I should bring for school stuff?"

"Just bring your stuff for your current classes and we will figure out the rest from there." Dimitri stated. He started folding my summer clothes as Celeste and Yuri returned with a few boxes. Celeste offered to pack my bathroom and I handed her a backpack that I no longer used for that. Yuri just relaxed on my bed as he seemed slightly uncomfortable being in and packing up a teenage girl's room.

Celeste came out with everything packed up as Dimitri had packed up the rest of my clothes. He taped it up and put his home address on it as we didn't know the address of where we would be.

"Anything else Milaya?"

"No, I think that is it." It was weird my entire life since I was four was packed up in less than an hour. "Wait, where's Pavel?"

"He's in my bag Roza" Dimitri reassured me.

Yuri spoke up "Pavel?"

"Yes, Pavel gave me a stuffed dog when I first came here and apparently I named it Pavel."

We brought the rest of my stuff to the SUV as Baba's guardians went to bring it to the plane and then we headed to Alberta's office. It was about 2:30pm by the time we reached her office, she looked exhausted as it was technically the middle of the night.

"Rose" she called as she came around to give me a hug "I can't believe your leaving."

"I know me either" I said as I was trying to blink back tears. Alberta had been my surrogate mother since I was four.

"And you are taking three of my best guardians." She said attempting to look stern but failing miserably.

"Sorry" was all I could say.

"Your parents are finishing up with Headmistress Kirova, but while we are waiting I have papers for the three of you to fill out so that you can resign from your posts here at the academy. I spoke with Guardian Croft and he said if you desire to return to a post under him instead of private duty, you will just need to ring court and they will provide you with the correct documentation for taking a leave of absence and then reinstatement when you are ready."

Just as Dimitri, Celeste and Yuri finished up the paperwork, Pavel and my parents walked in. Alberta went over to my mother and gave her a big hug and she also hugged Abe which shocked me. Pavel introduced himself as he shook her hand. Dimitri, Celeste and Yuri stood up giving up their chairs for my parents.

"Rosemarie, we have your medical and school records just in case we need them. Here are your pills for the plane ride. Dr. Olendzki suggested that you take one before take-off and if you need more relief you can take a second one." Mom said as she handed me a pill bottle as I gave it to Dimitri to put in his duster pocket.

"Rose, we spoke with Headmistress Kirova and it was her suggestion that your teachers in your non-combat classes will record their lectures for you and you will be doing your coursework long distance over email. And best case scenario, you will come back here for your trials and final exams, then you can participate in getting your promise mark, graduation and the senior ball." Baba stated.

I couldn't help the smile that came across my face until Baba continued "But if we feel it is not safe for you we will have to come up with alternative plans."

"That sounds fair" I said until I dawned on me "wait, does that mean I still have to sit through Stan's boring lectures!"

"Yes Rose you do" Dimitri said from behind me as he chuckled at my realization.

"I don't know what you are laughing at Comrade, you are going to be right there next to me as I watch it." I smirked and raised both eyebrows at him as Dimitri's face dropped as he realized what I said but the rest of the room broke out laughing.

Just as we were getting ready to say goodbye to Alberta and head back to guest accommodations to say goodbye to me friends, Alberta's phone rang. She listened to the speaker on the other side of the phone her facial expressions went from happy to worry.

"Lock down the campus now!" Alberta yelled into the phone as she pressed a big red button near her desk. The red buttons were located throughout the academy usually in case of a strigoi attack, but seeing how the sun was out, it was not strigoi attack.