Chapter 2 Reliving the past

Rose POV

4 years later…

I woke up at the sound of the alarm. I groaned and turned it off. I got myself out bed and walked into the shower. I had exactly 50 minutes left to get ready. I had to go to work. I worked as a teacher in art in high school. When I was done I walked to the sink. It had a mirror above it. I looked into it at my short, brown hair. It was on shoulder length. I sighed.

I got into my car and drove to the café near my house. I usually had breakfast since the day I moved to Boston. I walked in and a familiar face greeted me. This person became my best friend instantly.

'Hey, Liss. How are you doing today?' I asked yawning. Lissa and her husband Christian owned the café. It is how I met her. I came in a little lost because It was my first day in a big city I didn't know. I sat down at the table near the window.

'Good as always. Didn't get much sleep did you?'

'No, I had a meeting yesterday and I had to grade pieces of art' I explained.

'Now I get it. Let me guess the usual thing? For Wednesday then' she asked. She knew me so well. I nodded and looked outside. At people who were rushing to their work, taxi drivers waiting for people to bring them somewhere and a lot more. I loved the city. I never regretted moving here. I pushed the thought of the past out of my mind. Maybe it was a long time ago but I would break down again. I told Lissa all about it she understood me and supported me through the rough times after that.

'Earth to, Rose?' Lissa said again. My head snapped up to her. She looked at me funny. 'What were you doi-' she tried to say but got interrupted by Christian. He grabbed her from behind and tickled her. She giggled and he muttered something in her ear in the form of hello beautiful.

'Uhm, I am still here and other people' I said laughing. Christian looked at me with and wiggled his eyebrows. Lissa looked sorry. Christian and I were a lot alike. We became friends to and he was perfect for Lissa. She broke herself free from him.

'Your food is on the table' she said and pointing at the freshly made pancakes with chocolate sauce. As always in the morning she down across me. It was one of the only moment we really had time for each other. Christian stared at us. He then shrugged and walked to the kitchen.

'Thanks again, Liss' I said to her.

'You know it's no problem. So where were we? What were you thinking about?'

'Things' I said trying to avoid her question. She shook at her head at me. 'You know. That. Just a second. You don't have to worry. I am good mental and physically.'

'Okay.. So any news about the raise of your salary?'

'No.. but..' The rest time we talked about all kind of things and when it was time to go to work I hugged her tight. We said goodbye and I left. When I arrived at school and walked to my classroom I saw a class waiting in front of the door. I opened it and everybody sat down. I started class.

'Good morning everyone. We are picking up where we left off. You know the drawing of yourself. If anyone has questions just come to me. You can listen to music but do not go on social media. Well you can start. Good luck.'

I sat down behind my desk and started my computer. I saw the first girl walking over to me. Her name was Rachel. She was sweet and very shy. She was around 15 years old. If I had favourites it would be her. I knew she loved art and was serious about to study it later in college. I helped as much as I could.

'Miss Hathaway?' Rachel asked shyly. I smiled at her.

'Yes, Rachel. What is wrong?'

'I drew something. Would you want to take a look at it?'

'Of course. How is everything going at home?' I asked her. I knew she had trouble at home and she came to me with it. She trusted me. She just found out she was adopted and her parents were getting a divorce.

'It's okay, I guess' she said looking at the ground.

'You know if there's something wrong you can come to me.' She looked up at me. She nodded and handed me over the drawing. She walked back to her table next to her friend. Lilly. They talked a little and then focused on work. I looked at the drawing and it was beautiful. It was a landscape from mountains and waterfall. She drew every little detail. She was so talented. The rest of my work day I had different classes and again a meeting in the end. I was done at 4 o'clock and came to realize I still had to pick up groceries. I had to eat.

I was trying to pick something up from a high shelve, washing powder when I noticed something. Rather someone. His back was turned at me and I couldn't see his face. But it was the one person I would recognize everywhere. His brown hair was still loose and long. The way I loved. He turned at me and I saw his beautiful brown eyes looking at me. Dimitri.

Dimitri POV

I was in Boston because I was visiting Victoria. We were very close and that's why I did that every week. I only lived about 20 minutes away so that was no problem. Tonight we would cook dinner together but she still needed to get stuff. We drove to the supermarket together.

'What do you want to eat, Dimka?' Vika asked. She seemed happy as always. I laughed because of her.

'I don't really care. As long I can spend time with my little sis' I replied.

'Uhm.. Okay. Don't you have to work tomorrow? You know on that big case.' She looked uncomfortable talking about it. I didn't blame her. It was a sensitive subject. Our father beat our mom and I made him leave. It was why I wanted to become a lawyer. This way I could help people in the same situation.

'You mean the one with the abuse? Yes, I have that one and no. I asked for a day off.'

'I get it. You are never sick. And I mean never.'

'That's true.'

'So how's Tasha doing?' she asked with irritated tone in her voice. She didn't like Tasha very much.

'Fine. We are both looking for a perfect house for the two of us' I said. Tasha and I were together for over a year. We decided to move in together. After Rose left I had a hard time get over it. When I finally moved on after almost two years I met Tasha. And well.. Things were going great between us. Vika didn't reply anymore. I knew she liked Rose more than Tasha but what could I do about it? It had been four years and it wasn't if she was going to come back.

When we arrived at the market we both went another way too be faster. We decided to eat something simple. Pancakes. Our mom learned us to cook. Unfortunately, she moved back to Russia so we didn't see her as much as we wanted. I walked through the backing section when I had the feeling someone I knew was close. I turned around and looked right in familiar eyes. Those from Rose. It was like I was dreaming. She hadn't changed one bit. The one thing that did change was her hair. It was still wavy and brown but short. Her eyes were still as beautiful as on the day I met her. We stared at each other for a long time. But then she literally ran away, dropping her basket on the floor. I saw Vika and before I could even rethink the situation I handed her the basket over and mumbled something about the car. I ran after Rose and when I was on the parking lot I saw her struggling with her car keys. I walked over to her. And spoke.

'Rose..' I said carefully. I saw her freeze and slowly turning around. She looked ashamed and in shock. She didn't smile and neither did I. I took her in again. Her beautiful face was full of pain.

'Dimitri. Hi. Sorry but I have to go' Rose said nervous. Before I could say something she got into the car and drove away. I stared at the place she stood just a few moments before. I felt tears coming back into my eyes. Every feeling of the pain of losing her came rushing back. No. This couldn't be. I was over her and I knew that for sure. I heard Vika approaching me. She saw my face and hugged me instantly. Just like the way she did when Rose left four years ago.

'What's wrong?' she asked worried.

'Rose…' was the only thing I said before I hugged her back.

A/N: YAY 9 follows! That is so much. Thank you! Is means so much to me. Here is chapter 2. I couldn't wait again to update and I am so glad you like it. So what do you think about Roses reaction? Sorry if there any mistakes didn't get time to look it trough. Have a great day!