"You brought me back." Rose whispered, then they both fell unconscious lying next to each other.
We heard an ambulance in the distance, right as they faded out, when we turned back to the wreckage, it was slowly fading, but Rose wasn't, she was more…materialized, then the rest. She was still only half there, but she was more there than she had been before, she flickered, and the Rose I knew took over. 17 year old Rose, took the younger girl's place, and Lissa materialzed beside her, taking Rose's limp hand in hers.
"Here we go, Rose." She whispered, "Let's create another miracle. "
More silhouettes flickered before us and I recognized the Dragomir family, Lissa's father knelt beside her, and the family followed in suit, they pressed their hand to random places on Rose's unconscious self, and a small glow resulted, I closed my eyes just in time for the flash to come on again, when I opened, Rose was there, like really there…
"Oh my god…" Alberta whispered, I knelt beside Lissa's fading family,
"Take care of her Guardian Belikov, I know how much you love her." Lissa whispered, she took her necklace off, and dropped it in my hand, "Give this to her." She whispered. "She's going to be in pain emotionally, she'll need you." I slipped the silver locket into my pocket.
Janine knelt beside me, "Thank you." She whispered to Lissa. Lissa smiled, and nodded to her.
She put her hand on Rose's forehead, "I know you can hear me Rose, I love you, and I'll always be with you, your guardian angel." She whispered, "It's time to wake up." Lissa said then turned to her family, her father pulled her into his arms, and they faded out together,
"Tell her, I'm happy." Lissa whispered, "I'm with my family." Then Lissa faded out completely.
Then Rose gasped, and her eyes opened,
She covered her face, she was beautiful, still wearing the dress, her hair curled, she was an angel. She looked so vulnerable, and scared. She began to cry, I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her up from the ground and into my lap, she curled into me, burying her face in my chest.
"Is she alright?" Alberta asked softly, beside me. Janine was on my other side, Stan behind me, they were all alert, prepared for anything.
"She will be. You know Rose, but being brought back from the dead…for the second time..." I whispered, letting my sentence fall off. I picked Rose up bridal style, and we walked to the van.
I murmured Russian to her, and her crying calmed slightly, her hand was in a tight fist, gripping my shirt.
We got in the van, I held her tightly in my arms, I could see she was exhausted.
"Sleep Roza. I'll be here when you wake up, I promise." I whispered to her, she met my eyes,
"You promise?" She said, sounding so innocent, it reminded me of a broken child.
She didn't eat or sleep well that first week. She would hardly talk to me, I saw her starting to lose weight…she had been hiding it well, and that was when I noticed that the times when I did see her eat, she could have easily just have been putting up a façade. I was going to be sure in about 5 minutes. If my worst fears were true, it wouldn't be going on for long.
She walked out of the bathroom, wearing pajama pants and a long sleeve v-neck, further pressing my fears. She stopped mid step,
"What is it?" She whispered, seeing me watching her, I stood,
"You haven't been eating." I said. The only thing that proved me right was the shock then fear that passed through her eyes.
"What're you talking about?" She asked, sounding confused.
"Take your clothes off, Roza." I ordered, gently but sternly.
Her eyes widened, and I could see her warring with herself, then she took off towards the door, she made it about a foot from the door when I caught her around the waist.
"No! Dimitri, please!" She cried, thrashing in my arms. I didn't want to do this to her, Dr. Olendzski warned me that there was a chance this would happen. With my other arm I pinned hers to her sides, and said quietly in her ear,
"I don't want to do this to you Rose, but I do have a sedative and if your safety depends on it, I won't hesitate in using it."
She gasped, "You wouldn't!"
"I would." I replied, instead of calming, she struggled harder, I closed my eyes and sat on the bed, pulling her with me, it took a minute or so, but I situated her over my knee.
"Noo!" She cried, as I stripped her of her pants and panties, leaving her bare and vulnerable.
"Please, Dimitri, you can't do this!"
I kept her arms pinned behind her back, my other leg over hers, keeping her as still as I could get her.
"I normally would never do this to you Rose. But, seeing you do this to yourself…I'm not just going to stand back and watch. This stops now."
To say the least, it caught me off guard when she suddenly threw he weight into getting free, but I didn't lose my grip for more than a second,
~*Spanking/Reference to Spanking*~
I didn't want to do this to her, but I knew if she continued fighting me like this, in her condition, she could hurt herself, I needed to get control of her. So, that's what I did.
I landed ten hard swats to her vulnerable, upturned bottom.
She cried out in surprise and pain,
"Do not fight me, or I'll be tanning your bottom, understand me?"
She didn't answer at first, "Rose." I said sternly.
"Yes, yes, I understand." She whimpered.
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
I ran my hand over her bottom, "This is taking a dangerous toll on your health. You need to sleep, Roza, you need to heal. And, you are going to eat, even if I have to sedate you every night and hook you to an I.V." She flinched, but didn't say anything, I picked up the needle I had set up before. I ran an alcohol over the spot on her bottom, and she squirmed anxiously.
"What if I just try to sleep without it!?" She tried to reason, but I knew it was pointless.
"Nice try." I said, knowing it wouldn't happen,
She whimpered as I inserted the needle into her reddened bottom.
"Alright." I said gently, and picked her up in my arms, she was fading quickly, I undressed her, and she sighed.
"Not fair." She whispered,
"What's not fair?" I asked, gently.
"I don't want to be the only one naked." She whispered, I smiled down at her as a piece of my normal Roza crept out.
I laughed down at her, and slowly undressed, I picked her up again, and pulled us both under the covers and turned out the lamp, and held her gently, humming a Russian lullaby to her as she fell asleep.