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One Year Later...

Light shone through the sheer curtains and beat against the off white walls causing the room to have a warm glow to it. The plush carpet felt soft under Rose's feet as she made her way towards the antique looking vanity. There was a long full length mirror that she stood infront of and examined herself for any flaws she needed to fix. Her blood red strapless dress flowed gently to the ground, swishing at her feet openly. The fabric felt comfortable on her skin and the dress looked like it was made specifically for her.

She wore a beautiful red pendant that hung around her neck and earrings to match the necklace. She wore nothing on her bare wrists except for a chotki Lissa had given her for Christmas that reminded Rose of all the amazing memories with Liss. She flattened her dress with a deep breath before leaning in towards the brightly lit mirror and observing her make up for smudges.

Her eye makeup was smokey, making her eyes pop and her lips were the same deep shade of her dress. Her nails were styled with red and black nail polish. Lissa had tried to persuade her to do roses on her them when they had gone out for manicures but Rose had immediately refused. Her chocolate brown tresses were curled to perfection and framed her face exquisitely. She had curled it herself and arranged it so it fell down her shoulders neatly. She had let it grow out for this specific event. Lissa's wedding.

"I can't believe you're getting married today." Rose said to Lissa while touching up her makeup. She groaned when she realized her lip gloss was almost out.

"I know! I can hardly believe it myself and I'm the one getting married." Lissa responded, happiness was clearly present in her voice. Once she finally found the new white high heels, she stepped behind a silk dressing screen to slip into her wedding gown that they had chosen out together.

"There's only one thing I'm not looking forward to tonight. Dealing with Ivashkov." Rose let out a big huff and pressed down a strand of hair that was sticking out at the top of her head.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Lissa said playing dumb as she attempted to slip on the dress.

"Liss, you know he's going to be bothering me all night." Rose complained to Lissa when she finally finished touching up her makeup. She smiled to herself in the mirror then skipped over to a chair and examined her nails as Lissa change behind the silk dressing screen in the corner of the room.

"Oh come on, Rose. Adrian's not that bad." Lissa insisted, determined to make Rose become friends with Adrian or perhaps more than friends. Lissa's thoughts flashed to the details she received from Rose about their date and suddenly she wasn't so sure she could change Rose's feelings for him.

"Are you joking?" She said in disbelief. "Do you not remember last Christmas when he followed me around with the damn mistletoe?" She remembered in horror and shook her head in exasperation.

"I thought it was kinda cute." Lissa giggled.

"It was not cute! I had a date with me! And to top it off when Adrian wasn't trying to kiss me, he was hitting on the slutty server in the naughty elf costume. Which, by the way, I never understood the need for her to wear that outfit." She tried to reason with her.

"All the servers were supposed to dress up. That one girl just wore a little less than the rest." Lissa explained dismissively then returned to the main topic. " As for Adrian, he was just messing with you, Rose. You can't blame the poor guy for wanting you."

"Yeah, just like he wanted all those other girls," Rose muttered under her breath, too low for Lissa to hear.

"And if I recall correctly you did get him back for following you." Lissa reminded her with a laugh, and Rose couldn't help but smile.

Flashback...

"Come on Rosie, just one kiss." Adrian persisted while he held up a piece of mistletoe over their heads.

"Get away from me, Ivashkov." She gave him a slight shove and moved away from him, slapping his hand that held the mistletoe also. "Don't you see my date right there." She said as she jerked her thumb towards the side where, a little ways across the room, a handsome looking guy stood by getting a drink at the punch bowl.

"Yea, the one staring at the server's nice rack." He smirked and nodded behind her. Rose's head snapped towards her date. Sure enough his eyes were lingering on the slut's exposed chest like a little kid in a candy store.

Rose was getting irritated. First she has Adrian bugging her and now her date is ogling some bimbo. She felt heat rise to her cheeks slightly, and she had the sudden urge to go over to her date and smack him in the back of the head. She wouldn't do that, but she planned on going over there and demand his attention when Adrian spoke again.

"It's not like it'd kill you, it's just a kiss. Plus the dude's a stiff anyways."

"It very well might kill me to kiss you. And he is not a stiff! He's smart and handsome and respectable and-"

"Boring." Adrian finished cutting her off with a yawn to emphasize his point and Rose glared.

"Ugh! You are the most annoying person ever!" Rose groaned and rubbed her temple where a headache was forming due to the one and only, Adrian.

"Yes but you didn't deny that he's boring." He chuckled and wiggled the mistletoe above them again. "So what do you say? Just one kiss." Adrian pleaded again with a cute pout.

"Fine! Just one. But there are rules." Rose caved as she gave him a stern look.

"Okay..." He said with a wide grin, feeling proud that he was able to make her accept.

"Okay, you need to close your eyes and don't move, no touching me. And if you peek or touch all bets are off."

"Agreed." His response was quick and his eyes snapped shut.

Rose quickly walked a few feet away and quickly grabbed Jesse, one of her gay guy friends that was at the party. She whispered in his ear, "Hey Jess, will you help me?" He nodded politely so she continued with a large grin. "Adrian wants a kiss under the mistletoe. Just come over there with me and plant one on him?" Jesse agreed instantly and it was her turn to stifle a laugh as they made their way over to where Adrian still had his eyes closed.

"Rosie? I'm waiting." He prompted with a smile.

"Relax, I'm trying to get prepared for this." She held in a laugh. "It's not that easy kissing someone as annoying as you." Finally, once she had Jesse in position she spoke. "Here it is." Jesse leaned in and kissed Adrian directly on the lips.

Rose watched Adrian smirk into the kiss and Jesse traced Adrian's lower lip with his tongue.

"Well that was a pleasant surprise." Adrian said breaking away from the kiss while slowly opening his eyes happily.

Rose couldn't contain her laughter as the look of horror covered Adrian's face. He stared at Jesse with his mouth wide open then his expression morphed from shock to anger. Adrian began wiping his mouth profusely and glared at Rose.

"What? I never said I'd be the one to give you that one kiss. Plus, you seemed to like it so no harm done right?" She laughed loudly and he glared even harder but it had no effect on her. He turned and headed towards the bathroom, wanting to wash the kiss away with some soap and mouthwash as quick as possible.

"Oh and Adrian," She called sweetly and he stopped briefly to look at her over his shoulder. "Don't ever call me Rosie." She winked and smirked, linking her arm with Jesse and walking towards her date, leaving Adrian staring after her. After a few moments, Adrian turned and stormed off towards the bathroom.

...End of Flashback

"It's not like he didn't like it." Rose smiled as she remembered Adrian's kiss, proud of her smart thinking. Adrian had left her alone for a while after that but not even a gay kiss could stop him from talking-more like flirting- to her again.

"Rose?" Lissa whined.

"What?"

"Please play nice with him today." Lissa told her in a pleading tone. Rose sighed.

"But, he's the one the one that always starts it!" Rose insisted like a five year old.

"Please, Rose. For me?" Rose could hear the pleading tone in Lissa's voice that broke Rose's refusal.

"Alright Liss, but only because you're like my sister and I want your special day to be as perfect as possible." She conceded then stood up from her chair, fixed her dress and breathed out. " Did you get your dress on so I can zip you up and finish getting you ready?"

"Yup" She responded as she stepped out from behind the screen.

Rose walked over to Lissa and zipped up the back of the gown.

"So?" Lissa prompted with a large grin. "Worthy enough to get married?"

Rose sucked in a deep breath as she took in Lissa's full appearance when she turned to look at her. Rose couldn't think of one word to describe her best friend. Perhaps stunning or gorgeous but those didn't even do her justice. Lissa looked stunning in her wedding gown. It was also strapless like Rose's but hers was elegant and it was all white with a stylish bow

"Christian's going to have a heart attack when he sees you!" She squealed as tears began to well in her eyes.

"Oh no you don't!" Lissa quickly intervened. "If you cry, I cry and then our makeup will be ruined! You can't do that to me!" She teased. Rose sniffled and took a deep breath.

"You're right, sorry." She gave Lissa another hug.

"Aww, how cute." A man's voice gushed from behind them.

"Really Adrian? Why the hell are you here?" Rose groaned as she sent him a glare.

"Oh Rosie, that hurts. You're not happy to see me?" She glared at him again but didn't answer. "So I'll take that as a no. Well, I'm here to collect Lissa, it's time she gets married to my best friend." He smiled at Lissa.

It was then Rose noticed Adrian's appearance that almost made her jaw drop. She really didn't want to admit it but Adrian looked stunningly gorgeous. He wore a good looking tux that fitted him perfectly, making him look more muscular than he actually was. His brown hair was styled in a messy cute sort of way and his green eyes gleamed with excitement. Adrian was one of those guys who got by with their perfect features and charming personality that needed some work on.

"Not without me she won't." Another voice startled Rose out of her thoughts.

"Baba!" Both Rose and Lissa squealed, and the man in the doorway let out a hearty laugh.

"I'm glad to see you too, my beautiful daughters." He walked over and hugged them both. Adrian who had been quite decided to speak up.

"Baba? Daughters?" He inquired.

"If you were smarter than you'd know -" Rose began only to be cut off.

"Rose!" Lissa chastised her.

"Sorry, Liss." She sighed before speaking to Adrian, "Baba is Turkish for father. This is my father Abe Mazur. Baba this is Adrian Ivashkov." She introduced them. Abe gripped Adrian's outstretched hand and gave it a firm shake.

"It's my pleasure, but I'm still confused. You said daughters..."

"Yes. Lissa is like my daughter. She may not be blood but I love her all the same." He smiled at Lissa lovingly, who was smiling back in return.

"Adrian, when my family died the only person I had left was Rose. Then along came Abe. He treated me like his own, took care of me. He is my father." Lissa said. Tears glistened in her eyes, one strayed and found its way down her cheek.

"Don't do that." Abe brushed away her lone tear with his thumb. "You look too beautiful to cry." He gave her a smile which she returned.

"You're parents would have been so proud." He whispered to her as he hugged her small body to his. "Alright then, how about I walk you down that aisle?" He asked her.

"Thank you, Baba." She kissed his cheek and walked out the door with him, leaving Rose and Adrian in the room.

"So that's your dad, Hathaway?" Adrian teased.

"Yes." She answered as she slipped on her strappy blood red heels. "And I'm warning you now Ivashkov for your own safety. Try something and you'll be unconscious on the floor in two seconds."

"But your last name is Hathaway and his is Mazur." He said confused.

"I have my mother's last name." She said stiffly, but Adrian didn't catch on to her tone even though she tried to make it obvious that he was nearing a boundary.

"Oh, will I be meeting her today?" He waggled his eyebrows playfully.

"No, Adrian, you won't be and I'd appreciate it if you never mentioned her again." Her voice was eerily calm. It was so calm it was scary.

Adrian had never seen Rose like that. He'd pissed her off countless of times yet she'd never been like this. He could see hatred burning behind her warm brown eyes and for some reason he wanted to make it go away.

"Rose, I -"

"Save it Adrian. Let's go get our best friends hitched." Rose walked quickly out the door without another word, leaving Adrian to follow behind her.

**Page Break**

"Hey Pyro!" Rose greeted a flustered Christian as she walked into the groom's room with a large grin.

She couldn't help but laugh at his frazzled appearance in the mirror as he tried to pin his boutonniere to his tuxedo jacket. His hand fumbled and he had a look of frustration on his face as if he wanted to murder the pin.

"Damn it!" He cried angrily. "Must you insist on calling me that!" He gave her a glare, taking his frustration on her but Rose was unaffected.

"Yes." She responded cheekily, plucking the flower and pin out of his hands. "It's not my fault you like to play with fire." She sniggered at the memory of when she first started calling him that. "Poor Mason's eyebrows will never be the same." She chuckled while pinning the flower to his jacket with ease and stepping back to examine his appearance. He was wearing a new tux Adrian had picked out that fitted him handsomely and his jet black hair was styled neatly. His piercing blue eyes showed how nervous he was.

"How'd you -?" He stared at the flower then looked at Rose as if she just performed some sort of crazy magic trick.

"Dude, you need to relax." Adrian told him as he leaned in the door frame calmly. "You're girl looks beautiful. You have nothing to worry about."

"Yea Pyro, take a chill pill." Rose laughed as Christian let out a huff in annoyance but he knew they were right except he couldn't stop thinking about the wedding...And Lissa. He hadn't seen her for a few days because they were both getting prepared and in a few minutes, they would see each other and officially become a married couple. Christian's worry reappeared as new thoughts came to his mind.

"What- What if she changes her mind and says no?" Christian said suddenly, his eyes wide with worry as his mind conjured worst case scenarios.

"What if she leaves me there?" He continued in fear.

"Dude," Adrian said in disbelief and exasperation. Christian turned his stare towards Adrian. "You sound like a girl." He finished causing Rose to crack up. Christian scowled at both of them.

"I'm being serious!" He was outraged by their lack of understanding, waving his hands around. Rose sobered up a bit before responding to him, grabbing his shoulders so he faced her instead of freaking out.

"Christian," Rose began as her laughter finally stopped, her tone serious and sincere. "Lissa loves you more than anything. She would rather hurt herself then ever hurt you. I can assure you that when you stand at the altar waiting, she will walk down that aisle to you and claim you as hers, officially that is. We all know how damn possessive you two already are of each other." She finished trying to calm his nerves and ease the tension.

Christian took a deep breath, taking in what Rose was saying to him but his mind continued to betray him. "But-"

"No buts about it, Pyro!" Rose shouted in frustration, smacking his arm lightly. "She loves you, and you love her! I didn't spend hours getting her and myself ready for her not to say I do!" She glared playfully at him, her hands on her hips. Christian was much taller than her but somehow she was able to make herself look much more fierce.

"And if you don't finish getting ready you're gonna be late." Adrian finally added, glancing at his watch that showed they had just about five minutes to get into positions.

"I am ready. Why do I not look like I'm ready? Is there-" Christian frantically looked around his body for any flaws, his hands shaking with fear.

"Jesus, Pyro! Grow a pair, or did Lissa take them?" Rose threw her hands up causing Adrian to snort.

"You're acting worse than Lissa! You look dashing, handsome and exceptional. Now if you're done being a spaz would you like to go wait at the altar so you could marry my best friend or would you prefer standing in front of the mirror screaming at yourself?" She asked with one eyebrow raised.

"Oh Rosie, I'm more than ready." Christian smirked, using Adran's nickname for her that he knew she hated more than her full name Rosemarie.

"If you weren't getting married and Lissa wouldn't be upset with me, I'd totally kick your ass." She huffed before heading towards the open door. "Now go take your spot." She told him sternly before walking out the door with her head held high.

"You're woman has one crazy best friend." Adrian laughed with a smirk.

"Yea, but she's pretty awesome." Christian complimented Rose and walked out the door toward the alter, not seeing the agreeing nod that Adrian gave behind him. He did think she was pretty awesome, possibly more than that, but he'd never admit it to anyone, not even himself.

A.N. Sooo? We really hope you enjoyed Ch 2! Next to come is the Wedding! Sorry for the wait on Chapter 2 but we've been busy. We'll get the next chapter up as soon as we can. :o) We love you all for fovoriting and alerting and reviewing! It makes us so happy to get them so please keep it up. We didn't get the amount of reviews we would have liked on Chapter 1 so hopefully you won't let us down on this one! Please, please, PLEASE Review! Thank you!

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