Moving Objects

Chapter 2

"Sorry," he said as I narrowed my eyes at him. I sniffed and turned back to face the wall while he finished with my shoulders. He put on a few bandages before pressing a gentle kiss to the back of my neck, just below where I would get my promise mark.

I turned to look at Dimitri and smiled at him while his hand came up to my face. I leaned into his hand before stepping closer to him and raised up on my toes, my face just a breath away from his. I was hyper aware of his other hand coming to rest on my bare waist, gently coaxing me towards him. I could feel the heat from his body as I stretched up further and brushed my lips against his, and that was all it took for him to crush his lips against mine.

I let out a small moan against his lips as I stumbled back into the table and his arm slid around my waist. If I could, I would have practically climbed him to get closer, but the contrast between his dry clothes and my wet ones were startling. It also brought me out of my haze.

I pulled away with a groan and rested my forehead against Dimitri's, letting my breath wash across his face. Dimitri sighed and lifted his hands to stroke my cheeks. "Sorry, I got a little carried away," he said. I laughed lightly and pecked his lips twice.

"It's ok. I did too. But I'm soaked and it's starting to become uncomfortable," I said. Dimitri chuckled and said something under his breath in Russian to which I raised my brows. He smiled in a way that seemed mischievous and leaned down to kiss my cheek.

"Head on back to your dorm, Roza. We'll skip training today."

I gave him a cheeky smile and pulled my shirt back over my head. "Thank you! I really didn't want to go through with practice wet, or with a hurt shoulder."

Dimitri gave me a smile before turning to put all the stuff away, and I skipped from the gym, already dreaming about curling up in my bed.

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"ROSE! Open the door!"

I groaned and rolled over in bed, shoving my head under the pillow. The thumping at my door continued, and a part of me wanted to cry in disappointment. There is no way it was time for training. I lifted my head up to find that not only was it too early for classes, but the sun had only risen a few hours earlier. I was only asleep for three hours.

I pushed myself up and stumbled from bed, wrenching the door open and leaning against it with one eye open.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Lissa squealed as she launched herself at me, and I stumbled back from the door. I wrapped my arms around her with a grunt and steadied the two of us.

"Liss, what are you doing? You're supposed to be asleep... like I was," I said as she pulled away.

Lissa looked surprisingly chipper for being up so early. Or late. Whichever.

"We are going shopping, so get dressed!" she exclaimed before heading back into the hall. I groaned loudly and swung the door shut, but not hard enough for it to close all the way. I was too tired for that. I shuffled back to bed and flopped down onto it, cuddling my pillow as I got back into a comfortable position. I used to laugh when people would lay on their stomachs with their one knee pulled up, but it was surprisingly comfortable.

I was almost asleep again when I heard my door creak.

"You really should wear pants to bed, Rose. You never know who may come into your room."

I lifted my head and peered at Dimitri as he leaned against the doorframe before flopping back into bed. Hey, if I didn't make statements when people wore pajama sets to bed, nobody should have said anything about me wearing a tank top and underwear to bed.

"It's not like you haven't seen it before," I mumbled into my pillow. I heard Dimitri's soft chuckle before the door shut and the edge of my bed dipped.

"Happy birthday," Dimitri said as he ran his hand through my hair. I hummed and turned my head.

"Thank you, but if I'm going to get ready to go, you need to leave."

Dimitri laughed and pressed his lips to my forehead. "It's not like I haven't seen it before," he mocked before getting up and gently swatting my butt. I squeaked and sat up as he walked out the door, winking at me in his departure.

I huffed and finally got out of bed, getting ready to go. I yanked a brush through my hair and pulled on some comfortable but nice looking clothes and headed to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I saw Dimitri standing at the end of the hallway and I waved at him half heartedly as I wandered in.

I brushed quickly and headed back out to the hall and headed down to meet Dimitri.

"I'm not going as part of training, right?" I asked through a yawn. Dimitri shook his head and ran his thumb over the corner of my mouth. I furrowed my brows at him but he gave me a smirk before directing me towards the stairs.

"Toothpaste."

I nodded my head and wiped my hand over my mouth to make sure I got all of the dried paste before we headed to the others. I winced as the door opened and I was met by the sunlight, but smiled regardless.

We met Lissa, Christian, Adrian and Eddie at the cars and I was surprised to see that there were two other Guardians there. Lissa skipped over and gave me another hug while Christian said happy birthday. I was swooped into a hug by Eddie the minute Lissa let me go.

"Ready to get your shop on?" Eddie asked as he put me down. I chuckled and playfully punched his shoulder.

"Are you?" I asked.

"I think we all are. Besides, we have to get your gifts," Adrian said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, which I slid out from under. I didn't want to give him the wrong impression by letting him do that.

One of the Guardians guided everyone into the SUV and I climbed into the back, hoping to catch a few more hours of sleep on the drive to Missoula. Dimitri climbed in beside me and I practically thanked the heavens that Adrian didn't sit beside me.

"I'm so excited! We haven't been shopping in so long!" Lissa exclaimed from the middle row. I nodded and rested my head against the headrest, pulling my legs up onto the seat. Lissa chatted on about all the shops she wanted to stop at but I started to zone out, my eyes fluttering closed.

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