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Taking Out The Trash

In the weeks leading up to American Christmas, Dimitri and I would slip out during the daytime to explore. A little bit of colour returned to our skin and we were able to chalk it up that it was because of the people we were feeding on, and the rest of the team took to it – except Ivan.

Ivan has kept his mouth shut and in private we have discussed what this could mean for the Strigoi, to be able to feel and go out into the sunlight. When Dimitri showed Ivan that the sun would not burn the two of us, he was speechless. Eddie started to clue into something being off, and we sat him down and told him a few days ago.

He didn't believe any of it until I pinned him down and drank from him. After that he sat on the couch with a dazed and confused expression for hours, mumbling about me not telling him earlier.

"So, you can really walk in the sunlight," Eddie says quietly, rubbing his hands over his face. I chuckle and sit down next to him on the couch.

"Yes, but it took us months to get here. Could you hear any of my thoughts or see my memories when I fed on you?" I ask, tucking my feet up under me and crossing my arms over my chest.

"Sort of, it was foggy," Eddie says with a frown.

I extend my arm to him, and he looks at it like it was going to bite him.

"You want me to feed from you?" he asks. I nod with a smile and push it closer to his mouth. Taking my wrist in his hands, he brings it up to his lips and bites down and I sigh, leaning my head against the couch as the small haze passes through me.

Releasing my wrist from his lips he leans back and sigh contently before letting a laugh slip between his lips.

"I just saw way more of you and Belikov than I ever wished too, but you look great," he chuckles, and I whip the pillow at him in jest.

"Shut up!" I squeal. "I didn't think you would see that!"

"Hey! I always knew you were hot, but Dimitri is a really lucky guy!" Eddie laughs and dodges another pillow I aim at his head.

The two of us sit there and laugh like idiots when Dimitri and Ivan walk back into the living room.

"What are you two chuckle-heads laughing about?" Ivan asks as he sits next to me on the couch.

"I saw a lot of Rose's side-boob," Eddie laughs through his tears and Dimitri makes a noise in the back of his throat.

"He saw it through the feeding process," I explain, standing and putting a hand on his chest. He smirks and pulls me closer to him, running his hands over my back possessively.

"It better have just been through the bond. You're mine," he whispers huskily. I wink at him and kiss his jaw.

Turning back to look at Eddie and Ivan, I roll my eyes in jest at Dimitri, making the two of them chuckle.

"I thought we were going out tonight," Ivan says walking towards the front door, and we all follow after him.

The four of us have become frequent flyers at a club twenty minutes from our house, and when we want to get away from the others, we hightail it over here and hang out until closing time. It is also a perfect hunting ground.

"Come dance with me, cowboy!" I giggle pulling Dimitri from his seat. He shakes his head and the other two laugh at my antics, but Dimitri follows, nonetheless.

Wrapping his arms around me and dancing with me in the middle of the floor and let my mind wander to the past.

Rushing to the exit and bursting through it, I sprint towards the gym knowing that Dimitri is going to be waiting for me as usual.