Eric POV

Rose was rushed to hospital and we were all waiting for her to wake up. She wasn't badly injured. Before we left I saw her mother look after Rose worriedly and know here was Rose's parents looking at me and Rhea.

"is she okay?" Janine asked. Her eyes red from crying for her daughter. Rhea walked over to her and put her arms around her friend.

"She's fine, she just wants parents to love her." I looked at Abe.

"We had to, it was are only chance at keeping her safe." I almost laughed.

"safe? Safe? Look at your daughter! When Rhea found her, she was living by herself since she was twelve years old, in a crappy motel room that was unhygienic. She had no money and hasn't eaten in a few days." I looked at Janine. "She couldn't even write."

They looked at me.

"When she's eighteen, you tell her, or we will."

I turned to look at Rose through the window.

Rose POV

I woke up t whispering and a big hand squeezing my hand. I smelt him and I knew who it was, ad gripped his hand tight, and slowly opened my eyes.

"Hey, your awake." I smiled weakly.

"Hey." I sounded horse and I sighed.

"DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!" Lissa attacked me and I smiled at her and did the best laugh I could. Dimitri got me a glass of water. ( I don't know why, but I'm fussy with water, I can only drink water from my house taps, no one else and they come from the same place :/)

I could see Eric, he was outside the window and I smiled as he waved at me.

"Great Sixteenth!" I yelled as best as I could and everyone laughed.

Two years later

I loved Eric and Rhea with all my heart. I was standing in the shower washing and shaving for tonight. It was my eighteenth and because we didn't get to celebrate my sixteenth, we were going out to a restaurant to celebrate. School is brilliant. I have been getting along great and know I'm going to pass all my finals. Dimitri and I were stronger then ever and he wants me to go meet his parents. He already graduated with him being to years older then me. I sighed and got out, scrubbing my teeth clean and putting on my make up and dong my hair, I put on a strapless dress that came mid thigh. It as a deep purple and I put on black heels and my birthday present from Lissa, which was a charm bracelet. I wouldn't let anyone get me a necklace because I wouldn't wear one, only the one Dimitri gave me, and the locket I always had since I was but into foster care. It was the only source of love I could tell my parents had for me. I wouldn't open it and I never did, I didn't really want to see what they looked like.

"Rosemarie!" called Rhea from downstairs. I took one more look in the mirror ad walked down the stair to meet everyone.

"Hello, Mr and Mrs Mazer." I smiled and hook their hand. Mrs Mazer was my gym teacher and I learned that they were life long friends with Rhea and Eric. They smiled at me and the door bell rung.

"I'll get it." I annoyed and went for the door. Lissa and Andre was in the kitchen getting some snack and when I walked away I heard.

"She's eighteen, you have to tell her Janine and Ibraham." I looked back but just shook my head and walked to get the door. I opened it to reveal Mia, Christian and Dimitri. I smiled and hugged Dimitri and let everyone in.

Dimitri held my hand as we walked into the living room, and Christian went to Lissa, and Mia to Andre. when we walked into the room, I saw Mr Mazer's eyes go down to Dimitri and mine hands and glare as if he could will it off, but Mrs Mazer bumped him and he looked away. No one else noticed.

We were all laughing over our meals.

"I was five okay!" I laughed. I was telling them about what I got up to when I was in foster care. I had loads of stories and they were all funny ones.

"Do you ever wish you met your parents?" asked Mrs. Mazer. The question took me off guard, but I answered honestly.

"Honestly, yea I do. I have so many questions I want to ask them, questions that they only have the answers to." I smiled sadly. I saw Eric give he Mazer's a look as if to say 'see'

"what would you ask them?" Lissa asked me with a squeeze of the hand.

"Why they abandoned me." I looked down. "I always wondered if I was a really bad kid or if they hated me or if they couldn't handle me, I just need to know why because I always feel it's my fault. I feel like they never loved me." I shrugged. The Mazer's looked pained.

"They don't hate you." said Mr Mazer and I snorted.

"If they didn't hate me, then whey haven't they tried to find me for eighteen years." I looked up. "I would do really bad things to get sent back to the Foster House for unwanted kids. I always did bad things because I didn't want to stay there in case thy came back for me. You know because that's where they left me." Dimitri squeezed my leg and I smiled at him. "I gave up on that when I was twelve."

Lissa POV

No wonder her eyes are always dark with sadness and pain. She missed her parents an she has given up hope of ever seeing them again.

Eric POV (after the diner)

"You have to tell her!" I whisper yelled at Janine and Abe as the kids walked to the cars.

"We know." I looked at them and they sighed.

"we wanted to go back for her, always did, but I don't regret leaving her there. She was safe there." Janine looked pained when Rose was telling us her story.

"Well she's eighteen, you promised us when she was born that you would tell her everything once she's that age, and if she wasn't with us, you'd go looking for her." I growled and walked off leaving them looking at my back.

Rose POV

Everyone was still in bed to bed, but I couldn't sleep so I pulled on some fluffy slippers as the morning sun filed my room and walked down stairs to get a snack, but stopped when I heard voices from the living room. The door was closed but was still agar so I could hear the voices. I was going to go back up stairs, but stopped.

"Rose is your daughter." that caught my attention and I walked closer, looking in the door to see who he was talking to. Mr and Mrs Mazer was in the room, looking at Eric and Rhea.

"I know Rosemarie is our daughter!" my hands went to my mouth and tears fell from my eyes.

"Tell her!" Eric all but yelled, but Rhea, caught his arm and looked towards me. All their eyes fallowed hers and landed on me. I dropped my hands from my mouth and ran. I ran out the front door and into the cold morning sun, I wouldn't disturb anyone from sleeping so I ran to the trees and hid there.

Eric POV

"Rose!" I yelled after her and ran after her, but I lost her. I walked back into

The house and slammed the door. Janine was crying on the sofa and Rhea and Abe had their arms around her. Rhea looked at me but I shook my head and looked out the window, waiting for Rose to come home.