“I can’t,” I repeated regretfully. “Not with everything going on.”

She sobered a little. “No. I suppose not.” Glancing at Rose, she said teasingly, “I hope you realize what a hard-gore role model you have here. He’s never off duty.”

“Well,” Rose said copying her lilting tone from earlier. “for now, at least.”

Oh Rose, I thought. She couldn’t play nice for one minute. Tasha looked puzzled. She was oblivious to the fact that Rose was making fun of her. And I hoped the look on my face proved just how disapproved I was.

“We’re finished here, Rose. Remember what I said.”

“Yeah,” she said turning away. “Definitely.”

Eventually Tasha coached me up into her room. But not before I could call Janine and ask if she needed me. She reported: “No, I don’t need another guardian sitting here debating on what to do when we’re getting nowhere.”

After that I hung up and let Tasha drag me up to her room. At first we talked the way we always had. And then…things got hot…

I had been sitting on the edge of her bed, talking to her about older times. And before I knew it she was sitting next to me, making my breath shallow as my heart beat faster for her. She may not be able to do the things that Rose does to me, but she was pretty close.

She leaned in to kiss me and I let her. Sometime between the kissing I managed to get her top off, feeling her body against mine felt perfect. She edged her fingers up under my shirt, feeling my stomach and chest, which only made me moan.

The last time I had been in this position was with Rose. The night she and I had both fallen victim to Victor Dashkov’s lust charm, there had been a lot of passion going on there. I had controlled it, though, so we had taken things slowly… that had been wonderful in it’s own way. But most of the time, we hadn’t been able to hold ourselves back. I could feel it all over again.

The way her hands had run over my body. The deep, powerful kisses. The way her hair had felt between my fingers, silky and smooth.

I ran my hands through her hair then, and realized something. This was Tasha’s hair. And I was kissing her, but in my head,  I was with Rose. I was imagining I was with her, right now. With my eyes closed it was easy to imagine.

But when I opened them I saw Tasha’s deep blue ones. They were filled with love and longing and it was then that I knew this wasn’t right. I wiggled out of her arms and stood up. I realized then that I could never be with her this way, if this was the result.

I finally accepted to let Rose back into my life.

She sat up on the bed in only her bra and underwear, completely surprised by my abruptness. “Something wrong Dimka?”

I ran a shaky hand through my hair. “yes… but I’m sorry… This isn’t going to work.”

She nodded as if she understood. “I was going to fast for you I understand. We can take things slower---“

I shook my head cutting her off. “No. I meant this isn’t going to work. You and me…”

She gave me a resentful look. “What do you mean?”

I sighed and headed for the door, shirt in hand. “Goodbye Tasha.”

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Whoo hoo! Go Dimitri! Haha I hated Tasha so much but now we don't have to worry about her anymore. (: What a relief! and the next chapter will either come later today or tomorrow.. And its the part when Rose and Dimitri are on the roof holding each other and then when Rose runs off to save Mason and Mia and Eddie (: Can't wait for this next chapter! Finally we get to see some action (: Thanks for reading and I hope you like it!

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