Seth got out of his car and shot a look at the guesthouse. He frowned by the thought of her living in there. She had been there for two weeks now. He hadn't even met her yet and he already knew he didn't like her. He didn't like what she stood for. He didn't like how she seemed to have Roman wrapped around her little finger. He didn't like her one bit.

He started walking towards the main house and was met by Roman who came out to walk down to him. He smiled by the sight of his friend. Poor Roman, always so naive and trusting. This time he had really outdone himself.

"Hey Seth," Roman said as they came face to face.
"Hey Roman. So where's the golddigger?" Seth asked.
"Don't call her that," Roman said and frowned.
"Starfucker then? Is that better?" Seth asked and crossed his arms.
"Shut the fuck up and meet her before judging her," Roman said.
"Then let me meet this golden goose," Seth said.
"She's in the gym blowing off some steam on the punching bag," Roman said.

They started walking towards Roman's home gym.

"So why does she need to blow off some steam?" Seth asked.
"She's one of those people life really hasn't been treating kind. Always unlucky, always having shit come down on her. I convinced her it was better to see the faces of everyone who has ever hurt her in the punching bag instead of accidently taking it out on someone real," Roman answered with a sigh.
"Is that why you invited her to live her for six months? Because you feel sorry for her?" Seth asked.
"No, I invited her here because I like her and my family likes her. Her and Galina has gotten close the past year over Skype so she wanted her to come stay with us," Roman answered.
"Seriously, she makes a pair of earrings with your logo and ends up staying here for six month. Must be every fangirl's dream," Seth said with disgust in his voice.

Roman stopped in front of the door to the gym and placed a hand on Seth's shoulder.

"Look, I don't expect you to ever understand. Galina and her have become friends and so have her and I. You don't have to like her but treat her with respect as long as she's here," he said.
"Yeah yeah, whatever," Seth said and shook Roman's hand of his shoulder.
"Oh, and one last thing. When she's in there beating up whoever she sees in that bag, don't go near her and touch her. She's completely in the zone and she'll accidently turn around and hit you. I learned that the hard way," Roman said.
"Oh, that explains the blue mark on your cheek last week," Seth said as he tried to keep a laugh within.
"Yeah. Just call out to her instead. She'll hear you and zone out," Roman said.

He opened the door and they went inside the gym. Seth didn't know what he had expected. Some tiny little thing wriggling her ass for everyone. Anything but what he saw. A woman with curves and long black hair put up in a ponytail. He couldn't see her face since she had her back turned against them.

For a little while they just stood there watching her hit the bag over and over. Seth could see there was force behind her punches and he knew her hands had to hurt.

"Why haven't you taped up her hands or given her gloves?" He asked.
"She doesn't want to. She says she likes the pain," Roman answered.
"Weird," Seth said.
"Anyway, ready to meet her? Play nice, okay?" Roman said.

Seth just shrugged his shoulders. He clearly wasn't getting out of meeting this wonder girl that Roman seemed to praise so high so he might as well get it over with so he could move on with his day.

"Patricia!" Roman called out loud.

She stopped punching and turned around. Dark green eyes stared straight into Seth and for a moment he was taken aback by her gaze.

"Come meet Seth," Roman said.

She walked over to them and stuck out her hand to greet him. He kept standing with his arms crossed, just looking at her hand but refusing to take it. Roman pushed him with his shoulder but Seth still refused.

"So you're the woman living here for free mooching off my friend," he finally said.
She dropped her hand but didn't say anything back.
"Seth!" Roman raised his voice.
"Whatever, I'm done with this shit," Seth said and walked out of the gym.

Roman patted her shoulder.

"Sorry about that. Seth can be an idiot," he said.
"Don't apologize for him. That's not your job. We both knew this reaction was bound to happen at some point from someone," she said.
"But not from my friends. I told him to respect you and be nice," he said.
"It's alright. I don't have to become friends with him. I'll just steer clear of him," she said.
"That can be a little hard when he lives here from time to time," he said.
"Don't tell me I have to share the guesthouse with him," she said.
"He usually gets it but as long as you're here, I'll put him on the couch in our livingroom," he said.
"Thanks. So I take it he's staying tonight?" She asked.
"For a couple of days. Don't worry. I'll keep him on a short leash," he said jokingly.
"And me? You're gonna keep me on a leash too when I decide to bite back?" She asked and winked.

Seth was waiting outside as they came out. He just shot her an angry look but didn't say anything.

"I'm gonna go shower. See you at dinner," she said to Roman before beginning to walk towards the guesthouse.
"Or you could stay away and make everyone happy," Seth said lowly but she heard him.
"And miss out on seeing your happy face? That would be a shame," she said sarcastically, never turning her head to look at him.

Roman waited till she was out of reach before looking at Seth angrily.

"I told you to respect her so you fucking respect her," he sneered.
"Why?" Seth asked.
"Just cut her some slack. She's had a rough life and I like for her stay here to be pleasent," Roman said.
"If her life is so rough, why doesn't she just go kill herself?" Seth said.

He immetiately regretted his harsh words. He didn't mean it. He would never say something like that. It was a low blow and he wished he could take it back. He couldn't and he knew it. Roman grabbed his shoulders and pushed him up against the wall to the gym.

"You're crossing the fucking line here!" Roman sneered.
"I know. I'm sorry," Seth said.
"She doesn't need someone like you making her life more miserable," Roman said and let go of Seth.

He took a step backwards and looked at Seth.

"And for the record, she already tried that before so I would like for you to keep your mouth shut when it comes to saying shit like that. And if you bring it up that you know, you're not welcome here anymore," he said before walking towards the house.

Seth stood up against the wall watching Roman walk away. He looked in the other direction towards the guesthouse. Was she really that far out that she had tried killing herself at some point? Why? How? When? And why did he even want to know? She was still an annoying person in his book but he knew there were lines that even he couldn't cross. This was one of them and Roman had every right to be pissed off about it. He took a deep breath and started following Roman towards the house.