Rose awoke next morning to constant hammering on her door, she groaned as she sat up and held her head. "What the hell happened last night?" she mumbled to herself as she looked around her room, nothing was trashed or broken so it couldn't have been a house party. As she got off the couch she heard clinking of a bottle so she looked down and saw an empty bottle of wine on the floor.

"I drank all this?" she mumbled as she picked the bottle up and walked over to the door, she was gonna knock this person out if they didn't stop the hammering. She opened the door and groaned when she saw who it was, "Good morning!" Came Harriet's sickly sweet voice.

"Meh" was Rose's response as she walked away from the door and back into the living room to sit down again.

"What the hell happened here last night?" Harriet asked as she closed the door and went into the living room where Rose was sitting with her head in her hands.

"Can't remember" Rose mumbled back making Harriet look at her,

"Party for one I take it?"

"Something like that" Rose replied as she dropped the bottle on the floor and winced at the noise.

"You look rough"

"Thanks"

"I'm just sayin' is all"

"Well don't alright"

"Where did you go last night? Why wouldn't you come out?"

"I can't remember what happened last night"

"You drink that much?"

"Think so"

"Jeez" Rose just looked at Harriet confused, did something happen last night between them? Because Rose had got the serious feeling of hatred whenever she glanced at Harriet, who was playing with her hair in her compact mirror.

"So aren't you gonna ask me about last night?"

"Just let me get my bearings" Rose mumbled back as she held her stomach trying to calm the queasiness. "It was just amazing!" Harriet nearly squealed making Rose wince and hiss at Harriet.

"Don't do that" she nearly snarled,

"Well sorry!"

"You should be"

"You're cranky when you're hungover"

"No shit"

"Anyway last night was amazing, we all went to the brass monkey bar thingy and it was awesome. Seth sang loads of songs and even dedicated one to me"

"Seth?"

"Yeah dummy Seth, the one you idolise" Rose suddenly had a flashback of the events that had taken place last night and suddenly felt angry. But she bit her tongue and remained calm whilst trying not to vomit on the floor.

"Oh" is all she said before quickly closing her mouth.

"Yeah he's just amazing, he's got such a wonderful voice and he did Peter and Stewie impressions all night for me, and he brought me loads of drinks and then we ended up in-" Harriet cut herself off and then looked down at the floor blushing.

"Ended up in…?" Rose tried to prompt her to talk and then Harriet grinned.

"We ended up fooling around in the limo!"

"What?"

"Yeah everybody else was still inside so we sneaked out and went into the limo and fooled around"

"Define fooled around for me"

"Basically had sex"

"Oh" Rose felt her heart aching now, he'd had sex with her? What was he thinking?! "Wh-what about you and Josh?"

"Eugh totally over"

"But you were so happy with him"

"I was but decided to move on"

"Have you told him?"

"We weren't official or anything"

"You've still gotta tell him"

"And why's that?"

"Because he'll think you're just stringing him along and that's not a nice thing to do"

"Jeez sorry lady nun"

"That's not funny Harriet"

"Okay I'm sorry I didn't mean it" Rose just sighed and said, "So, so what's it like with… Seth?"

"You mean the sex?"

"Yes"

"Amazing! He's so caring and… how do I put it… big… VERY big"

"What do you mean big?"

"I've got so much to teach you honeybee, he's got a very big… what's the word…"

"You can say it I'm not afraid"

"A huge cock! Oh my god it was amazing! I almost had an orgasm straight away"

"Maybe a bit too much info there Haz"

"Well you asked" Rose tried to stop the blush from forming on her cheeks, she had never really thought about Seth like that. She knew he had a crazy and wild sex life, but she'd never thought about it properly until now. "And oh my god he sounds just like Brian when he moans" Rose just looked at Harriet who was grinning from ear to ear.

"Well Brian is his real voice"

"I know but when he's panting and breathing down your ear it's incredible"

Rose felt uncomfortable now as well as angry. Why did Harriet manage to get him and she couldn't? Then she remembered Alex's words… she was easy.

"So are you seeing him again soon?"

"Yeah we arranged to meet up again soon, why?"

"Just wondering" Rose just looked down at the floor and Harriet sighed, "Look sweetie I know he's your idol and you adore him" Rose looked up from the floor and stared at Harriet, was she trying to be reasonable and acknowledge her feelings? "But I guess fate just had other plans and wanted me to have him not you"

Maybe not…

Rose just cleared her throat and tried to control the anger… oh yeah… their friendship was DEFINITELY over now.

"Anyway honeybee I better get moving, need to bathe and get rid of this ache if you know what I mean" Rose tried to force a smile but couldn't really get one out. She was too pissed off with everything. "Later Honeybee" Harriet called before slamming the door shut leaving Rose alone in her room. Now they were sleeping together? And forming a relationship?! This couldn't be happening!

"Why me?" Rose said angrily to herself, "Why? Why do I always get screwed over by people!" then she got up and threw the empty wine bottle at the wall, it exploded and shards of glass flew everywhere. But Rose didn't care about that, she was so angry with Harriet that if she saw her now she'd kill her.

"I hate you!" Rose screamed out loudly before collapsing onto the couch in floods of tears.

"Heyy you're back" Rose smiled at Trisha who was sitting behind her desk in FOX studios.

"Hey Trisha"

"I was told you were coming by today"

"Yeah I forgot something yesterday I was in such a rush"

"Well I can take you up there and then you can wander around looking for Spencer"

"Is he in today, I know it's Saturday"

"Yes of course he's in"

"Good"

"Just follow me Rose" Rose smiled and followed Trisha to the elevators.

"Your friend not with you today then?"

"Eugh no"

"I must say… that was… definitely something yesterday"

"You're telling me"

"She's energetic I'll give you that"

"She's nothing" Rose said coldly making Trisha just stare at her in surprise.

"Wow she must have pissed you off"

"Has somebody ever embarrassed you in front of your idol by screaming and shouting?"

"No I must say that's never happened to me before"

"Trust me you don't want it to happen" Trisha smiled and when the doors pinged open she said "Well I'll leave you now, it was lovely seeing you again"

"Yeah you too" Rose smiled at Trisha before wondering off down the corridor towards the front desk in the studios.

"Hey stranger" Came a voice that made her smile; it was Artie approaching with drinks in hand. "Hey you" Rose replied cheerily making Artie smile.

"Decided to drop by then?"

"Of course"

"Is it just to collect your artwork or to see me?"

"Hmm well I'd have to say my artwork was more important" she laughed when Artie scowled playfully and then smiled.

"Fine I'm not giving you your drink then"

"I don't want it anyway"

Artie smiled and said "I moved your artwork out of Seth's office"

"Oh, where is it now?"

"In the gag room which is where I was heading too actually"

"I see"

"Wanna come along?"

"Do you think they'd let me in there?"

"Yeah of course"

Rose smiled then and said "Alright then"

"Follow me then" Rose then followed Artie down the long hallways to the gag room.

"Is Seth in there?" Rose asked making Artie look at her,

"Nope he's working in his office"

"Oh good"

"Why?"

"No reason" Artie could sense something was wrong but didn't say anything. Instead he just opened the door to the gag room making everybody look up. "Hey Artie" Danny said and everybody else greeted him. "Hey guys, I brought a friend along with me" then Artie moved aside and Rose walked through shyly looking at the floor. "Yayy!" Came a female voice and Rose looked up to see Alex sitting in one of the chairs with a pen and pad in her lap. Rose grinned and went over to Alex when she signalled for her to come and sit down.

"I was hoping you'd swing by"

"Well I always keep my promises" Alex smiled and then said "Feel like helping us out with some gags and jokes for the show?"

"Sure I'll do my best"

"Great" Rose made herself comfortable and watched the group interact with each other, they were talking and laughing discussing jokes they thought were funny enough to be put in the script for the next show. Rose thought it was amazing, she felt like she belonged with these people and soon found herself adding in comments and coming up with jokes of her own.

"I'm serious that's really funny" Danny said as he calmed himself down from laughing so much. The morning progressed into late afternoon and everybody was still having fun and laughing. "It's not that great" Rose said and then grinned as Danny giggled. "It is, I can just picture her getting every cleaning appliance out to clean up the tiny stain" Rose just shook her head and smiled at Danny's laughter. She'd told him about her Auntie having a serious cleaning problem, everything had to be spotless in her house and if you told her she'd missed a spot, she'd go crazy and start cleaning like a crazy woman. It was funny to watch but she didn't know it'd be so popular that they'd want to use it as a joke in the show.

"You've got a talent for this stuff," Alex said with a smile making Rose blush slightly.

"You think so?"

"You've certainly got the brains to run your own cartoon, I'd certainly watch it if it went on air" Rose smiled again but then looked up along with everybody else when the door suddenly flew open.

"Afternoon Seth" Alex said cheerfully and Seth looked over at her and smiled. "Afternoon Alex, guys" he nodded to the whole group but then spotted Rose. "Rose" he said quite surprised.

"Afternoon Mr MacFarlane" she said politely making him smile. "Please call me Seth" Rose just smiled and then looked back down at her note pad, where Alex had drew hearts around Seth's name. She heard Alex sniggering beside her so she elbowed her making Alex cough to hide her laughter.

"Something wrong Alex?" Seth asked noticing her strange behaviour and Rose blushing whilst scribbling something out on her notepad. "No we're okay Seth" Alex replied after calming herself down.

"What was with the whole bursting through the door scene? The building on fire or something?"

"No I just pushed the door with too much force"

"Remember it's not automated like your one" Danny said making Seth glare at him, "And the blinds have to closed by hand if the sun's in your eyes" the group sniggered but Seth continue to smile, "How's your paycheque every month Danny?"

"Fine" Danny mumbled suddenly falling quiet making Rose smirk but hid it when Seth looked in her direction.

"What brings you here today Rose?"

"Oh err I just came to pick my artwork up and then Artie asked me if I'd like to hang out for a while, but I'll go if I've outstayed my welcome"

"No it's alright, no worries there"

"Are you sure"

"Absolutely" Rose smiled but then said "I've gotta shoot off soon anyway to get to work"

"Where'd you work?" Alex asked curiously and Rose smiled and said "Just a local restaurant near the Uni"

"Would that be Trudy's restaurant and bar?"

"Yeah how'd you know?"

"It's one of our favourite bars to hang out in," Alex said with a smile making Rose quite surprised.

"Wonder why we've never seen you in there before"

"I mostly work around the bar and sometimes serve food but the bar is my main station"

Alex smiled again and said "I'll have to pay you a visit tonight then" Rose smiled but then said "Well I better shoot off, start to get ready for my shift"

"Okay I'll walk you out," Seth said before anybody else could respond. Rose was surprised but then bid everybody goodbye before heading out of the gag room with her artwork clutched under her arm.

Seth led rose down the corridors and then said "I'm glad I caught you on your own"

"You are?" Rose squeaked out quite nervous as she realised she was alone with Seth for the first time.

"Yes I am... I was quite upset I couldn't speak to you yesterday"

"You were?"

"You did win the competition and I was interested in meeting you, but things got in the way"

"I know" Rose said coldly and then scowled causing Seth to turn around and stare at her.

"I'm sorry it upset you, it was something I never planned"

"I understand, sometimes things get in the way"

"I loved your artwork and again I apologise for not getting a chance to look at it with you"

"It's alright; it's lovely to hear that you like it"

"I do it's incredible, how you've sketched every little detail, it plays smoothly on the paper and the story is amazing"

"Wow that means a lot to me, thank you so much"

"No problem" Rose smiled at him feeling a lot happier but then remembered he was dating Harriet so she looked away and stared at the floor.

"I'm sorry you couldn't come out last night, I felt awful"

"Don't worry it was my decision to not come out"

"I still felt bad"

"I'm sure you had fun though" Rose almost glared at him but had to remain calm and pretend she didn't know anything about him and Harriet sleeping together.

"Yeah it was… Interesting" Seth replied as he rubbed his chin and Rose just looked at him, "I'm sure Harriet had fun"

"Yeah she sure did"

"You don't sound too happy with that comment"

"I don't know what to be happy about anymore Rose"

"Lots of things, your show, your wealth and how respected and loved you are... you should be proud of yourself and happy" Seth smiled and then said "You always have such sweet things to say" Rose blushed and felt herself falling deeper for this man, but then remembered he was with Harriet and she cleared her throat, "I best take off"

"Right… okay if you have too"

"Can't be late for work"

"Wait I have something for you" Then Seth walked off quickly and Rose just stared at him, "What?" she mumbled to herself as she saw him quickly go into the conference room. He came out shortly afterwards carrying a bag, which looked extremely full, "This is for you" he said holding out the bag for Rose to take. She reached out and took it but her fingers brushed against his making her jump slightly. But then she remembered he'd touched Harriet with them and pulled away quickly like he was diseased, which he probably was after touching that dirty slut. All of the things Harriet had said to Rose suddenly started creeping into her head and she suddenly had to get away from him. It was too hard being around him knowing he was secretly screwing Harriet.

"Are you alright?" Seth asked noticing Rose looked confused and upset.

"I've gotta get outta here" she whispered trying to fight back tears.

"Have I said something wrong?"

"No I ju- I gotta get outta here, but thank you for the lovely gifts, I'll cherish them forever" then she smiled a weak smile before sighing and heading towards the elevators leaving Seth awfully confused.

It reached 8pm and Rose was working down at the restaurant, it was pretty busy so all the waiters and waitresses were too busy to talk. Rose was on bar duty and having some fun mixing drinks and interacting with the customers. She'd soon cheered up since the whole incident with Seth and she was trying to put it behind her. But Harriet kept calling her saying Seth had phoned her to arrange another date. It was bugging the hell out of her, but she had to pretend to be happy for Harriet, even though what she'd said earlier hurt like hell.

"But I guess fate just had other plans and wanted me to have him not you" her words still ran through Rose's head and she couldn't get rid of them. They stung and hit home hard, making her feel like no man could love her, especially somebody as wonderful as Seth.

"Rose please focus" Came a voice from behind her making her jump and turn around, "Oh sorry Scott" it was her duty manager.

"You've been awfully distant lately, is everything okay?"

"Yep as far as I'm aware"

Scott smiled and said "We might need to put you on waitress duty a little later"

"Okay that sounds fine"

"There's a big crowd of people coming and Michelle and Andrea are tied up in orders already so we're relying on your support sweetie"

"No problems Scott I'll do my best" Scott smiled and then walked off to serve more customers. There was a big party of people coming tonight? Hmm she wondered who that could be...

"Do we really have to come here?" Seth said as they got out of the limo and stood outside the restaurant.

"Yes Seth we do, to celebrate our success last night" Alex replied straightening her dress out and smiling.

"Yes but why here?"

"Because the food is excellent and they have good service" Seth just sighed and then felt somebody take his hand,

"Rose works here" Harriet said as she looked at Seth, "I know, she told me"

"You've spoken to her?"

"Yeah she came by the studios earlier today"

"Oh"

"Why?"

"Nothing"

"She just came by to get her artwork" Alex replied curtly as she looked Harriet up and down. She was wearing the shortest dress and completely caked in make-up again, what Seth saw in her would forever be a mystery. "Let's go inside and say hi to Rose" Harriet said tugging Seth's hand as she led him into the crowded restaurant. They were a pretty big crowd and the Maître D showed them to their table, which Alex had reserved earlier.

"Wow this is nice" Mila said sitting herself down next to Mike and Seth Green.

"Rose really works here?"

"It was just a temp job but they loved her so much they made her permanent" Harriet replied and then rolled her eyes making Alex frown; she was full of pure jealously.

"So how did you two actually meet then?" Alex said with a small smirk, she was going to bug this girl all night for revenge.

"It's such a long story" Harriet replied.

"We've got all night sweetie"

"Well I first met Rose in Uni, she was pretty much the loner around the place and the dork, so I showed her around and we got to know each other. She was pretty much a nervous wreck most of the time"

"Why's that?"

"Because of her past"

"What happened?" Artie realised what Harriet was about to tell the whole group about Rose being beaten so he tried to change the subject.

"Guys can we talk about something else?"

"No I wanna tell it!" Harriet said hotly making Artie just look at her, Rose had told her some personal secrets and now she was going to expose them to 20 people she barely knew. "Rose had a pretty bad upbringing, her dad left when she was young and from then on her 'mama' as she calls her, beat her every night with a belt"

Seth spat his drink out in surprise and said "What?"

"Yeah she beat her, blaming her for the divorce"

"But you say it like you don't care" Mike said with disgust in his voice.

"It's her past, I wasn't there to help"

"But she's your best friend, you should at least care" Harriet just shrugged and then drank some of her water leaving some of the table stunned, including Seth. She was such a sweet young woman, how could someone treat her like that?

"She's got all these nasty horrid scars on her back too, they're gross" Harriet said and then laughed, "My skin's completely smooth yet she's got crisscrossed scars and everything"

"I've heard enough" Alex said getting up from the table and heading over to the bar. Harriet was a complete bitch and she couldn't believe Seth wanted to date her!

Rose watched from the bar as the cast of Family Guy walked through the door, "Oh crap" is all she whispered as she saw Seth with Harriet wrapped around him. Just perfect, this was all she needed! She watched them all sit down and get comfortable and felt like throwing her shoe over at Harriet and knocking her out. She was trying to be the centre of attention as usual but was just making a fool out of herself. But something didn't seem right; the group seemed stunned by something. And it was even more confusing when Alex suddenly got up and headed over to the bar area.

"Alex" Rose called softly making Alex look at her and smile.

"Hey Rose"

"You alright?"

"No not really"

"Why? What's happened?" Alex looked hesitant at first and Rose frowned, "What's Harriet said now?"

"She's erm… told us about your…" Alex trailed off and Rose just stared at her with wide-eyed.

"She didn't, she can't have"

"She did"

"But she promised she'd keep it a secret" Rose felt her temper rising, this was the final straw.

"Rose" Alex said cautiously as she noticed Rose going red with anger, "Don't do anything you'll regret"

"I'm not"

"Good cause I won't allow you to lose your job over her"

"I just can't believe she's telling everybody"

"It sounded… brutal"

"It was" Rose said in a small voice feeling uncomfortable and angry at the same time. Harriet was dead when she got hold of her. "Rose, can you please wait on that table?" Scott said coming up to Rose whilst she was making a drink up for Alex.

"Yes Scott" she replied with a fake smile plastered on her face making Alex laugh slightly, "I'll walk you over"

"Show time" Rose mumbled to herself as she came from behind the bar and picked up her notepad and pen to write down their orders. It was going to be a long evening.

"Thank heavens that's over" Rose said to herself as she undid her shirt after shutting her door and switching the lights on. It was past midnight and she was shattered, waiting on tables sure did wear you out! She'd been busy waiting on Seth's party all night, bringing food and drink over to them whenever they asked for it. She'd managed to speak to Artie and he'd given her his cell phone number so they could keep in touch. Rose appreciated his kindness and was glad she could stay in touch with him, as they'd grown quite close.

The one thing that bugged her tonight was Harriet, she'd completely crossed the line tonight by telling everybody about Rose's past. It was something she wanted to be kept private and not blurted out to famous people. Seth kept giving her sympathetic looks all night and was driving her crazy!

"I don't need your looks Seth I need you" Rose mumbled to herself as she clambered into her bedroom to change into her pyjamas. She was tired and didn't want any disturbances from anybody, especially Harriet.

Ever since dating Seth she'd gone completely crazy and forgotten who her best friend was. She had a huge head and only thought about herself. She hadn't exactly made Rose's job easy tonight as she kept sending back her food, she was lucky Rose didn't pour it all over her head. Scott kept a close eye on her whenever Harriet sent the food back; he was beginning to think Rose was doing it on purpose. If she got fired from this job because of Harriet she'd kill her and bury the evidence.

Everything was becoming much more difficult since meeting Seth yesterday, maybe winning that competition wasn't a good idea after all. It hadn't changed her life for the better; it had made it worse. Rose just sighed as she snuggled down deeper into her bed and closed her eyes. But all she could see was Harriet wrapped around Seth talking and laughing with him. He looked happy around her, surely that wasn't right?

"Gotta move on," Rose mumbled to herself as sleep overtook and she was soon off in a dream filled sleep.