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The Angel of Clarity

I was so used to driving back to my apartment after my shift that it completely slipped my mind that I had a date. I was about halfway home before I remembered but I kept driving so I could change out of my work uniform. He said casual so on the drive I thought about every piece of casual clothing I owned and tried to decide what would make me look as hot as possible without making it look like I put too much thought into it.

Just as I reached my place my phone started ringing with my best friend's personalised ring tone. "Hey Liss, what's going on?" I asked holding the phone between my ear and my shoulder while trying to open the door and not drop my bag of stuff. Ever since we were little Lissa and I had been best friends but we had different plans for after we graduated from high school. She went to college but I couldn't afford it so I stayed in New York while she left for school. Ever since then she called me every day to make sure I was doing alright and to tell me about her day.

"Rose I'm going crazy. This wedding is getting out of control and I have no idea what to do. I could really use my maid of honour." I smiled to myself in triumph as I finally got the door open. Lugging my stuff into the apartment and putting it all down on my bench I turned on the light and looked at the clean area.

The kitchen was adjoined to the lounge room where my TV was. It was fairly basic, only suited for one person but I loved it. The hardwood floors were scratched and there was a stain on my couch but this was my home and I couldn't imagine being anywhere else. Unfortunately my rent was getting more expensive so I didn't know how much longer I would be there for. Unless I got a second job or a raise I would have to go back to my parents.

"Look Liss, you're the bride, whatever you say goes so don't let anyone boss you around. Besides you set the date for three years from now so stop stressing out. You have the guy you want and at the end of the day nothing else matters apart from that. Now tell me about your day."

"No Rose you don't understand. It's Christian's mother and sister. They both think that the wedding should be in a huge church and that I should invite every single one of his extended family. When I refused they threw this huge fit, saying that I was a heathen with no respect for his family who doesn't deserve to marry him. They told me that unless I agreed with them, they would do whatever they could to stop us from getting married."

I could definitely believe Tasha would do something like that. I had pissed her off today at the restaurant so she had decided to make things difficult for Lissa. She was the kind of person who would do something so petty. The exact same thing had happened at Lissa and Christian's engagement party when some guy at the restaurant showed more interest in me than in her. We were used to Tasha's routine and just wanted her to grow up and start acting her age.

"Look I kinda pissed Tasha off at work today." I heard her sucking in a breath over the phone, probably to lecture me about being nicer to her future sister in law. "I know, I know, trust me I know. But you should have seen her; she was propositioning a guy I was having breakfast with. Full on propositioning him and it was so infuriating. Who flirts with a guy when he's obviously on a date with someone else?" That was my subtle way of telling her I went out with a guy. It was a little game Liss and I played; she would annoy me about my love life and I would be really sneaky when telling her that I actually had a date. It was fun.

"First of all, everyone knows that Tasha sucks but she's going to be my family and I really need you to try Rose. It's really important to me that both Christian's family and my family get along so because you're the only family I have it falls to you to be the bigger person. Secondly you went on a date, with an actual guy at the restaurant? Tell me everything or so help me I will get on a plane, walk to your house and shake the information out of you." I could hear Lissa's tone of voice becoming more and more excited and I laughed when she threatened me.

"Yes it was an actual, human guy. I met him last night, he's one of Ivan's friends and he came looking for him at the restaurant while I was closing up. He came back this morning and demanded I eat breakfast with him. Then he ordered everything off the menu, there was so much food and it tasted so good. After we'd eaten I asked him out tonight and I'm meant to be meeting him in half an hour."

"Ok but tell me about him. What's his name? Was he a gentleman? What does he do for a living? Does he have any family? Where's he from? You know the basic recon every girl should know after a first date with a guy." Her words made me worry. Sure I knew what country he came from and how many siblings he had but I didn't even know his full name or his job. I could be getting ready for a date with a serial killer for all I knew.

"His name is Dimitri and he's really nice. He's seriously the tallest person I have ever seen and he looks all intimidating but he's a total softie. He's from Russia and he has an accent and he calls me Roza which is my name in Russian. He told me about his family and he was the most perfect gentleman I have ever met. Does that satisfy your curiosity?" Just thinking about him made me melt a little inside. It was a little hard to think that just this morning I was irritated at him for sneaking up on me.

"I can hear you sighing. He sounds awesome but I would like to remind you that you've only been on one date with the guy and he could be a total ass. Just promise me you're not going to exaggerate the relationship into something that it's not because I really don't want to have to take on a giant Russian for hurting my best friend."

"Thanks for worrying Liss and I promise that I won't get too serious about the guy until I know what he wants from me." I smiled due to her concern. We were both fiercely protective of each other but sometimes it felt like I was the one always looking out for her. It was nice to be reminded that she wanted to look after me as much as I did her.

"I should let you go; you have a date to get ready for, after all. We'll Skype this weekend. Bye" The dial tone filled my ears after she had hung up. I really did miss her more than anything. Her family had died in a car crash when we were eleven and my parents were too tired from working and looking after me to pay attention so we'd gravitated together. It killed me when we decided to separate but we both knew that it was time. She was getting married and Christian was concerned about her attachment to me. Both of us knew that we weren't going to be together our whole lives but it was still hard for us. Lissa felt particularly bad about it because while she had a fiancé I had no one.

She had been particularly concerned about my dating life after she left because she didn't want me to be alone. I would randomly get guys calling my apartment because she recommended they call me. It went on for a while until I couldn't take it anymore and told her that if it happened again I would have to disconnect my phone and then she wouldn't be able to talk to me every night. That got her to leave me alone.

Then I moved into my bedroom to get ready for the evening.