Moving Objects

Chapter 27

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I gnawed on my lip as I put the rest of the documents away, humming a tune under my breath of a song that had been playing on the radio. Guardian Croft was surprised that I wanted to continue working in the archives. I enjoyed the quiet in here.

"Red lights, stop signs, I still see your face.." I sang to myself, thumbing through the pages before filing them into the correct drawer.

"You know, I thought Croft was joking when he said you were down here."

I stopped and turned to find Dimitri standing at the door. I smiled at him and put the last of the papers in their files before skipping to him, wrapping my arms around his waist.

"Hey handsome!" I exclaimed with a small smile. "What are you doing down here?"

Dimitri chuckled. "Rose, your shift was over two hours ago."

Oh! Had time really passed that quickly? The last time I looked at the clock was when I came back from lunch. I laughed quietly to myself before slipping away from him, putting away the guide for the archives and coming back to him.

"Alright, I'm ready. Let's head up so I can clock out," I said jubilantly. Dimitri smiled and kissed the top of my head, guiding me out.

"How did training go with your father this morning?"

A smirk crossed my face. "Good, it's nice being able to stretch those muscles you know. It helps that Lissa has learned how to balance Spirit so that the darkness isn't so bad. I feel like I'm finally balanced, you know?"

Dimitri nodded as he slipped his arm around my shoulders. I tilted my head against his shoulder as we walked through Headquarters. I was pleased to know that it was finally the weekend and I could go home and curl up on the couch with Dimitri and a few movies. As we walked I noticed that Dimitri wasn't leading me towards our place, but towards Lissa's.

"I thought we were going to have our movie night?" I voiced to Dimitri, looking up at him.

Dimitri smiled. "We are, Lissa just said that she needed to see you when you were done your shift. That's why I came looking for you," Dimitri explained.

I nodded and tentatively probed Lissa's mind, but she had her mental shields up. I rolled my eyes and knocked on Lissa's front door when we got there. Eddie opened the door a moment later with a smile and let us in. I took my shoes off and padded into the house, smiling at Lissa as I plopped down on the couch next to her.

"Hey!" I said.

Lissa set her magazine down and smiled at me, leaning towards me and wrapping me up in a hug.

"Hey! I'm glad you're here! There's something I wanted to talk to you about," Lissa said, pulling away and faced me. I nodded my head and noticed that Christian had joined us, Dimitri sitting in the chair across from all of us.

"I just spoke to Guardian Croft and Queen Tatiana, since I'm starting my next term in a few months and Christian will be joining me, there needs to be an adjustment to my guarding team."

I nodded slowly and looked at Eddie who took up position behind Lissa, a full fledged smile on his face.

"And?"

"And, you will be joining my guarding team as a near guard," Lissa said excitedly, her smile going so wide that it looked like it was going to split her face in half. I was a little stunned to hear it and looked to Eddie to confirm. Not only did he shake his head, but I looked to Jensen who was standing in the hall and he nodded too. I let a giggle-like squeal pass my lips as I hugged Lissa again, her excitement equaling mine.

Despite wanting to go home and watch a movie, my excitement won over and the group of us spent an hour discuss new rosters and how we were going to make this team work while at Lehigh. Lissa has a small smile plastered on her face the whole time, and I have to admit that my expression matched hers too.

I had been waiting for this for so long and now it was finally here.

Dimitri seemed very happy too as he relaxed in the chair across from us, his expression not quite a smile but light. This would be his first assignment since being restored. As the night started to head into the late hour, we decided that we would pick this up in a few days.

As I got up to leave Lissa waved me into the kitchen.

"What's up?"

"I have to go get my prescription redone, will you come with me?" Lissa asked.

I nodded. "Which prescription?"

Lissa blushed. "My contraceptive. I went on it when I started college. I figured it was time," Lissa explained. I nodded and agreed to go with her.

"You should go on it too, it may help level out your period. I found my period was sporadic and constantly late when I was at Lehigh," Lissa suggested casually. I thought it over and I figured she was right. It would make my life a little bit easier if I didn't need to worry about tracking a period.

I shrugged and nodded my head, but I couldn't let my quip go.

"Hey, now that you're on the pill you and fire crotch don't have to worry so much about wrapping it up," I said as I walked out of the kitchen.

"ROSE!" Lissa squealed mortified. I laughed and said goodnight to the team and met Dimitri outside.

"What did you do?" Dimitri asked, raising a brow at me. I chuckled and fell into step with him.

"I just teased her a bit," I said with a laugh. Dimitri shook his head as he gave me a sideways glance that I returned with a cheeky grin.

"How did you go about that?"

I snorted. "Not important, but in a way, you'll be happy," I said pulling out the keys to our apartment and unlocking to the door. I toed off my shoes and flopped onto the couch.

"How is that?"

"Because I'm going on a contraceptive pill, and if I take it a certain way, I'll only get my period a few times a year," I said raising my brows at him. Dimitri smirked and approached me, growling playfully at me before leaning down and giving me a heavy kiss.

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Only one more chapter before it's over! To think that a movie gave me the smallest spark of inspiration brought me all the way to here.

I hope you all have enjoyed the journey so far!:)

Let me know what you think!