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Dimitri's point of view-

Rose was sweating like crazy when Dimitri glanced up. She was taking shallow breaths in, clearly trying to breath.

"Rose? What's wrong?" Dimitri asked standing up from his seat to crouch down next to her.

"I-I can't breathe." She replied in between gasps for air. Her throat felt like it was constricting, literally getting smaller so that less and less air was given to her lungs.

"Why?" Dimitri asked, stunned. That's when it dawned on him. "Are you allergic to anything?" he asked hurriedly.

She nodded her head slightly, turning pale. "Nuts," she choked out and then focused on breathing while closing her eyes.

Dimitri made a quick dash for the phone calling an ambulance, telling them to hurry.

What the person on the phone had told him to do was try to keep Rose calm but not to make her talk. Panicking wouldn't help the situation and she needed to focus on breathing rather than talking.

Dimitri hurried back to Rose's side, and he saw that her eyes were still shut and she was barely able to sit up straight.

"It's ok, Rose, help's coming. Just focus on breathing." Dimitri said while supporting her wait to keep her upright. He felt a pang of guilt knowing that he was the one to cause her grief. That he was the one who had put the nuts in her cereal in an attempt to make it taste better.

Dimitri calmed down a bit when he heard the sirens. He ran to the door to let the paramedics in.

There were two males, one with chocolate brown hair that was slightly greying and the other with jet black hair. They were pulling along a stretcher and walking quickly towards the house.

"What happened?" the one with greying hair called.

"Rose, she-she's allergic to nuts. She-she can't breathe." Dimitri replied, his voice stuttering.

"Where is she?" the one with black hair asked rushing ahead of the older one.

Dimitri lead them to Rose who was so pale she looked like a ghost. She was hardly breathing and was holding on to the back of the chair in a weak attempt to stay sitting.

The paramedics rushed forward doing their job and Dimitri was forced to watch as they placed an oxygen mask over her mouth and nose. Rose looked so scared, and Dimitri felt so helpless.

Rose was loaded onto the stretcher and was wheeled out the front door and into the ambulance. Dimitri climbed into the front passenger seat refusing to be left behind. He winced as the sirens were turned on letting other cars know of the ambulance's hurry.

"What's your relationship with her?" the black haired one asked, he was the one driving with the older one attending to Rose.

"She's my sister." Dimitri lied fluently, not taking his eyes off of the road.

The driver nodded, "Where are your parents?"

"They died," Dimitri replied, trying to sound a little upset over mentioning it.

"Oh, I'm sorry," The driver was at least thirty and he seemed to be a little taken aback as he glanced at Dimitri out of the corner of his eye.

Dimitri shrugged not meeting his gaze. "Is she going to be ok?"

"Well, she's in a pretty bad way. But, we should be able to help her. We got there just in time."

Dimitri nodded his head solemnly. He understood the message in between the lines. Rose had almost died on his watch. He was supposed to be protecting her and she'd already almost died.

Suddenly Dimitri's phone rang. They were already almost at the hospital, but he decided to answer it. "Hello?" He questioned.

A familiar voiced replied, "Where are you? I'm at your house but you're not here." Mason paused for a second and then continued, "Is that a siren?"

"Rose is allergic to the nuts I gave her. She needed an ambulance. We're headed to St Patrick's hospital." Dimitri muttered he still couldn't believe that had happened.

"What? Alright, I'll be there." With that Mason hung up. He'd sounded rushed and panicked.

Dimitri sighed; he was going to hear about this later.

Dimitri was impatiently waiting in the hospital waiting room for any news of Rose. They had only just arrived, so there was little chance of an update at the moment.

Mason hadn't arrived yet, so Dimitri was waiting alone.

He sighed impatiently, constantly glancing at his watch. Seconds ticked by, then minutes without Mason or information.

However, Mason soon arrived looking panicked.

"I would have been here sooner, but I was speeding and the police pulled me over. I have a $200 speeding ticket!" he complained offering Dimitri a sheepish smile. "But, anyway, how's Rose?"

"I don't know, I haven't been told anything yet." Dimitri replied angrily.

Mason sighed and took the seat next to Dimitri slouching slightly.

Both of them waited with people coming and going around them. They sat like statues anxiously awaiting news. Dimitri stared at his hands that were both balled into fists while Mason was watching the surrounding people checking for possible threats. At first every time that the doors leading to the emergency room opened Dimitri and Mason would glance towards it. But, this happened too many times without anything about Rose so they stopped it. So, when Rose's doctor stepped through the door, none of them noticed.

The doctor glanced at the sheet that was on his clipboard and asked, "Rose Belikov's brother?"

Dimitri and Mason glanced up simultaneously and both stood as quickly as possible. They hurried towards the doctor with their faces worried.

"Is she ok?" Dimitri asked.

"Which one of you is her brother?" the doctor asked glancing towards both of the boys.

"I am," Dimitri answered, "But, he's a close friend of the families." Dimitri said pointing to Mason.

The doctor nodded his head and responded, "It was a very close call, but she'll be ok. We want her to stay overnight for observation and in the morning she'll be a little weak, but she'll be alright. She's in room 215 if you want to see her."

Dimitri sighed in relief and his stance relaxed as the doctor walked away. However, Mason turned to face Dimitri an angry look on his face.

"She almost died on your watch!"Mason yelled to Dimitri.

"I didn't know that she was allergic to nuts!"Dimitri replied defensively.

"Did you even ask?" Mason whispered. He was glaring directly at Dimitri.

These words caught Dimitri off guard. Mason was right. Dimitri hadn't taken enough interest in Rose, and hadn't even thought about the possibility of Rose being allergic to food. If he was going to be spending a few months with her, he needed to start caring for her. It was going to be hard considering Rose reminded Dimitri so much of his sister, Viktoria, who had run away from the family to live with some guy, but, he had to try. He wanted Rose to be safe, he wanted to care for Rose like a brother would, and he wanted to be the brother that he hadn't been for Viktoria.

Rose's Point of view-

My eyes fluttered open, but quickly closed again. They were sensitive to the bright light that was placed just above my head. Once my eyes had adjusted to the light I glanced around the unfamiliar room. I couldn't work out where I was until the memories of the nut incident came back into my mind. I remembered everything, the feeling of suffocating, the weight of my head, the paramedics running to my side, and Dimitri's worried expression as I was loaded into the ambulance.

The room was pretty bare; it only had the bed that I was lying on, and a bedside table. The door to the bathroom was open revealing a toilet, a very small shower and a sink. There was another door to the right of the bathroom which led to the hallway.

At first I hadn't noticed Dimitri was sitting on my left beside my hand, but when he moved to look at me I noticed his movement. His eyes filled with relief as they met mine and a small smile played on his lips.

I opened my mouth to talk to him and I noticed that talking was a little harder than usual. I guess my throat was still tender. "What did I ever do to you?" I asked him.

Dimitri's expression changed from relief to confusion at my question. "Pardon?"

"You tried to kill me." I answered, but, instead of saying it seriously I just smiled.

Dimitri looked down and leant forward slightly. "Rose, I'm so sorry." He whispered, "I didn't know that you were allergic to nuts. Not that that's any excuse. I should have asked."

"It wasn't your fault." I replied strongly, I was already regretting my joke. "I should have told you. I just forgot."

"I'm the one taking care of you! I should know better than to feed you something without asking if it was ok." Dimitri said not even listening to my words.

I sighed in defeat. I knew that it wasn't his fault, that it was just an accident. But, it appeared that convincing Dimitri of that would be impossible.