Sixteen days had passed since their little night in the ocean, where they decided they would take control of this problem and solve it on their own. Despite Dimitri's fears that Alannah might get harmed in this, it had been almost two and a half weeks, he could hardly believe it. Things had felt so much more safe and comfortable than they should have for the situation he was in. Nearly every day he had spent time, hoping to catch sight of his mother of that man in the suit. He saw neither though, even returning to the original alleyway, there was nothing save for some rats. Even so, he never really had the chance to panic. It was very rare that Alannah and him weren't together the second she was done with her shift. He sometimes wondered what she was thinking at work. He certainly knew in this thoughts that he was counting down the minutes until they could be together once more.<br/><br/>After all had been said and done, they were finally going to do it. His parents, they wouldn't expect him to be visiting, they didn't even have a telephone. He wondered if Alannah really understood what she'd be walking into. In Boston, the sounds of horns, cars, boats, chatter, barks, just about everything echoed. Where he came from, there was the wind and the birds singing occasionally. Though, they didn't visit his plot of land in particular. He did realize that this was business, what they were doing. But still, he couldn't deny himself how excited he was for his parents to meet Alannah. With each passing day, he grew more and more comfortable with Alannah. He'd been with her for a month now, he could hardly believe it. It had reached a point where he'd woken up in the same bed as her, it was the first night he didn't spend on her couch.<br/><br/>All he offered to her pokes and jests were smiles, and tired quiet laughs. He couldn't remember a time where he'd woken up so happy before. It was an odd sensation for the moment, he could stay in the bed and just relax. He'd grown up with a very far different way of doing things. He woke up with the sun, no matter how late he'd gone to bed before. He wondered if he'd be able to get Alannah to wake up with him at that time once they were there. A sudden pit of fear opened within him. His head shot upwards. What if something bad happened, and there was no home to go to?<br/><br/>Of course, it was at that moment that Alannah yelled to him that he would have to settle for tea, and her voice soothed those worries away. Several times the two weeks prior, Alannah had managed to make him feel better about seeing his mom. He rested his head down again and let the same blissful sensation take over again until he got up a moment later. He didn't take long getting dressed, putting on the same shirt that Alannah had worn. He wasn't quite sure why, but he preferred it over a clean one. Despite the fact that they were within hearing range the whole time, his grin still widened as he walked into the kitchen to see her on the counter. He wished things could be like this moment forever.<br/><br/>"Lazy ass?" He repeated, despite the time that had passed. Even so, it was the first thing he'd said the whole morning. "That sure ain't what you were sayin' yesterday." Dimitri said, his smile turning into a smirk. "Speaking of last night, that<span style="font-style: italic">was</span>when I was<span style="font-style: italic">supposed</span>to pack." He said, that same smirk not leaving his face. He approached her slowly afterwards, his smirk turning back into a smile. "It's alright though. I have clothes there, and I plan to come back here. So maybe my clothes can stay here?" Dimitri requested, leaning in to give Alannah a peck on the lips.