Ok here is another chapter and I think it's going to be the only chapter that's not in Rose's or Dimitri's POV. And I want to say that it's true I did get a few ideas from the movie leap year, but it was only a very few. Thank you for all the revies and to everyone who has read my story. Thank you all

Viktoria's POV

The week in St. Petersburg had passed flying, between spending time with my family and my boyfriend Nikolai; I just couldn't get enough of this city. But of course I was counting down the days, hours, minutes, till I got to see Rose Hathaway.

I practically squealed from excitement just thinking about it. I have so many questions to ask her that I grudgingly have to admit I won't get to ask. But still I'm dying to know if she could give a sneak peak of her next story.

Nothing could ruin today, because today is the day. Saturday had finally arrived and all of us fans were squeezed into the store. I could see the table where Rose Hathaway was going to be seated at in about 2 hours. I can't wait till she gets here, not even my boyfriend could distract me with his tentative kisses.

"Oh hi Viktoria." The voice I knew far too well called out to me. I could recognize that voice anywhere, this person has been calling our house non-stop for the past couple of years. Each time I heard her voice in the other end of the phone I would hang up. Damn her for plaguing my perfect day with her presence. I know exactly why she's here. She knows that I'm a big fan of the author and she rightfully assumed that we would be making the trip to St. Petersburg to see her. She was probably hoping that Dimitri came with us, well stick it bitch, he's not here.

"Hello Tasha." I said in my most annoyed voice I could manage. "What brings you here, could it be you were hoping to catch a glimpse of my beloved brother."

"No, I'm actually a fan of the author. Though meeting you here was an added bonus. So where is your brother?" She started looking around trying to look for him.

"He didn't come. He had to stay in the shop; you know being a working man and all." Her face visibly dropped and if I didn't hate her, I would have felt sorry for her.

"Is the rest of your family here?" You could tell she didn't care anymore. What she wanted to know was about Dimitri, and she got her answer.

"They're here, we all came."

"Ok then." She walked away looking dejected, and went with her second half. Ivan was standing there looking impatient. What the hell was he even doing here? It's not like he came to accompany Tasha with all the kindness in his non-existent heart. He has something else up his sleeve, I just know it.

Why had my brother gotten with her in the first place, she's so annoying.

"Hey Victoria, why the hell did you have to drag us here so early. She's not going to get here for like 2 hours." Sonya said in a foul mood.

"I wanted to make sure we get good spots, why the hell would we want to be in the end."

"Oh yeah cause then we would have to wait a while to see her. Oh wait that's exactly what we're doing, waiting for hours till she comes. I can't see a difference between getting here earlier or later." Sonya said with her smartass tone.

"She's going to be making a fucking speech and I want to see her clearly when she does." I mean what's the point of hearing the speech if you can't see the person who's talking. Especially if this person is the one I've wanted to see for months.

The bookstore kept getting fuller more crowded. People who seemed to have no manners were shoving against me; well these fuckers had another thing coming cause I pushed right back. An 80 year old grandma could stand in my way and I would still push her off if she was trying to cut me.

My family kept giving me these distant, she's crazy so don't get on her bad side looks. And they all kept their distance, which wasn't that much considering the packed place. Even my boyfriend wasn't all up on me like he usually was.

I guess they all knew I would bite their heads off if they annoyed me.

All the while I had Tasha and Ivan in my periphery. I couldn't shake the bad feeling I had about them. I mean why should I care if they were there. Dimitri wasn't here so it shouldn't be any of my concern.

The first hour went by slow, I think I could have gone from here to America and back before the hour was over. And the second hour was even slower. I kept glancing up counting the ceiling tiles and when I ran out I moved to counting foot taps. Every time someone tapped their foot I would count it. Boring I know, but there was really nothing more I could do.

The clocked ticked, my family sighed, Tasha and Ivan were doing what Tasha and Ivan's do. And with the clock's final tick I exhaled in a mad fury. I was looking for someone to say that the signing would soon commence. What the fuck it's time already damn it, how much longer do we have to wait.

"Argh." I grunted in frustration.

A pair of strong hands grabbed my shoulders and a voice whispered in my ear.

I froze completely not because this person was some crazy stranger, but because I knew this person to well. And it shocked me that this person was here, what the hell was he doing here.

He turned me around and I came face to face (or more like face to chest, fuckers tall) with Dimitri.

"Viktoria." He was shaking me, why the hell was he shaking me? Oh yeah I was still frozen.

"Dimitri!" I exclaimed. "How did you get here." I mean why would he even come he was adamant in not coming, and now he's here looking at me with a big grin on his face.

And then I remembered. "Fuck, Tasha's here with Ivan. Dimitri you have…Oomph" Something collided with me and I staggered back a few steps. I regained my balance quickly just to hear and annoying voice squeak.

"Dimka." Fucking Tasha just had to run from her spot all the way over here to see Dimitri. She then through her fucking arms around him, and hugged him fiercely. What the hell does she think, that she could just hug him and there.

"Oh Dimitri, I can't believe you're here. I'm so glad you came." Yeah she says that like he came for her or something, Idiot.

I looked over to see Ivan walking towards us. Fuck, well this is just great. This was supposed to be a happy day and now I'm stuck in between Dimitri, Tasha, and Ivan. Not that I minded Dimitri, I loved my big bro. I just wanted Tasha and Ivan to get lost.

In between the mess I found myself in I heard the announcer say Rose Hathaway's name. I turned around and saw the woman that was my favorite author walk into view and face the crowd. I wanted to enjoy this moment but I couldn't. I just couldn't leave Dimitri alone in this mess I had to help him.

Damn it, I hope Tasha and Ivan go to the deepest pit of hell for this. The only reason Dimitri didn't come with us was because of these two assholes. And now that Dimitri did come, completing our family the two people Dimitri didn't want to see are here.

Crap, why couldn't Tasha stay where she was.

I turned to Dimitri and saw something I would have never have guessed. He was smiling, like a real smile. It wasn't one of those fake smiles that you give people when you want them to think that you're ok. This one was genuine. What the fuck, am I missing something, did he suddenly choose to forgive those bastards. Or worse is he actually going to take Tasha back. I would kick his ass to next week if he chose to take Tasha back.

But when I looked closer into his face I noticed he wasn't smiling at them at all. Actually he was smiling at someone in the front. What the hell, it looked like he was smiling right at Rose Hathaway. But he couldn't, he never smiles like that to a stranger, it's usually to someone he knows and cares very dearly about.

"Hello everyone, thank you for coming to the book signing." Rose Hathaway's voice broke through my thoughts, and Oh my this is the first time I have heard her talk. She was no longer a picture in the back of my book cover, she was here talking. "Let me tell you, I have had quite an adventure trying to get here." Really, I didn't think taking a plane ride here was an adventure but to all its own. "And I'm not talking about the plane ride, that was actually quite boring though it didn't bring me to my destination." Oh that clears it up.

"How many people here have heard of a town named Baia?" Rose Hathaway asked. What the hell did she just say Baia, as in my small little village. Nah she couldn't of I mean why would she.

"Oh, I see that not very many of you." Rose continued. "Well my plane crash landed in the airport nearby, and let me tell you, I had to walk a couple of miles from that airport to reach actual civilization which happened to be the small town of Baia." Oh shit she is actually talking about my town, she was actually there in my fucking town. Out of all the ironies in the world this was the one that had to bite me in the ass. She just had to be in my town when I left. Great, just great.

"Any ways, I had a lot of help from a certain someone from that town. And thanks to that person I'm here. So I wanted to take a second from my speech to say thanks to…" Rose froze mid- sentence, and was staring wide eyed in my direction. Or more like what was behind me.

Tasha had crushed her lips against Dimitri, and was giving him a furious kiss. Well, looks like she was trying to use Dimitri's distraction to her advantage. Dimitri was so engulfed in Rose's speech he didn't notice Tasha's advance till her lips were right on him.

That bitch, luckily my brother has fast reflexes because he quickly pulled her away.

"Dimka what's wrong. Don't you love me anymore. We could have that family Dimka, remember the one you always wanted. We could live in our house till old age watching our children and grandchildren grow up. Please Dimka, you got to understand, me and Ivan aren't together anymore. I merely live with him, but we both have our separate lives now. I want to be with you." Tasha kept going on and on with her bull crap. I mean she fucked up and now she thinks she could easily go back to how things were without any consequences. What a dumb ass.

"Dimitri." Fucking Ivan spoke his name and I literally saw Dimitri's face harden. Ivan hadn't spoken to Dimitri in 7 years, I think I could have cut the tension in the atmosphere with a knife.

"Dimitri, I just want to say that it's true, me and Tasha aren't together anymore. You can have her, I don't want her anymore." Ivan sneered. "I mean what else do you got Dimitri, you have no one, the only person you had I took. I mean look at you, you haven't even taken on a real girl. I took your dream Dimitri, your dream to be married with your girl, to have kids run around in our town. But look I'm nice enough to give her back, so take her Dimitri, go ahead."

All of this bullshit was making me nauseous, and all I wanted to do was throw up, hopefully on Ivan and Tasha both. Maybe I could position myself so that my vomit lands on both their faces.

I didn't realize that everyone was looking in our direction, and I felt someone brush by me. It took me a second to realize that the person who brushed by me was Rose Hathaway in the flesh. Holy shit I almost reached out and touched her so that I could say I've touched Rose Hathaway, but I realized she was headed towards the trio.

Ivan was still sneering at Dimitri, daring him to take his bull crap generosity. Why the hell would my brother want that bitch back. I bet Ivan would just love it if Dimitri took Tasha back because it would proof that all that he said was true. And it would also take Tasha off his back, because I suspect that she has annoyed the hell out of him too.

Rose Hathaway approached them and to my extreme astonishment she looped her arm through Dimitri's. I think my jaw hit the floor, and my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"What's going on over here, and what are you saying to my man." Rose Hathaway said. And it might have been my imagination, but there was a possessiveness to her tone when she said my man. "Hey babe you alright back here." She reached up to her tippy toes and gave him a lingering kiss in the mouth.

I think everyone in the audience mouth dropped. But no one was in more shock than Ivan, Tasha, and of course myself. I mean when, how could this have happened, I only saw my brother like 5 days ago and now he has a girlfriend, and the girl is Rose Hathaway.

"Anyways." Rose continued once her lips were free from Dimitri's. "I was going to tell everyone that Dimitri here is the reason that I got here on time. He took me in when I was lost in Baia, and was there every step of the way getting here. So I was going to say, in front of everyone thank you Dimitri."

Rose reached up and gave Dimitri another passionate kiss before she went back to the front to continue the speech and signing.

Well this whole day went from weird to weirder. How the hell could Dimitri be with Rose Hathaway. Not only that he's kissed her, on the lips, I mean I'm not jealous of that but he got to actually hang out with her. What I wouldn't give to…. Oh wait. If Rose is really Dimitri's girlfriend I am so making him bring her to us. I have like a million questions to ask her, and he owes me. He took my dream right from me, he got to spend unlimited amount of time with Rose and he knows that's what I wanted.

Well, at least I could ask her questions now…