Okay so I am going to take a slightly different approach with Yeva in my story, she is going to be a lot more involved with a lot more appearances and importance. She will also be a little less harsh and cold to Rose and her family. Don't get me wrong she will be harsh but a lot more like a typical grandma

'There here' I whispered, even though I knew they couldn't here me.

'Who are?' he whispered back with a smirk…

'M-my parents' I stutter, why was I feeling so nervous and scared when I knew I could beat them to a pulp with my eyes closed! What was wrong with me?

'Your parents? How do you know that it's them?'

'I can hear them idiot' we were both whispering now as we didn't want any of his family to catch on to what we were taking about.

I nodded before taking a deep breath and looked up to face him, 'I can't go down their Dimitri, I don't know how I'm going to react or if they are going to acknowledge me as a daughter, stranger or at all for that matter'.

'Is Katie with them?'

I shook my head no before letting out a breath; at least she won't be there to be able to blow my cover or anything.

'Rose I think you should go down there and face them, show them that you aren't scared of them and that they can't intimidate you. You know that there are here so you can prepare yourself and for any other scenario they through at you. They might not even know that you're here and it could really throw them off, show them that they don't scare you.' He was gripping my forearms with a smile on those gorgeous lips of his but I couldn't help but think he was absolutely insane.

'Are you crazy? They could out me to your whole family'.

'And if they do they would either look crazy as hell in front of them or you can dodge and out run them if they try and prove it. Come on; show them what you're made of.'

I was about to respond when I heard movement come up the stairs to slow to be Viktoria again.

'Shhh someone's coming' I shushed him, touching his lips with my index finger.

'Rose darling, come downstairs, your parents are here but they don't know that you are. If you hurry you can stop them from talking about your bad reputation with Olena'.

'Grandma?' Dimitri asked in disbelief 'how did you know about that! And how do you know that they are going to bad mouth her?'

'Don't question me young man, just know that sometime I see things that others can't. Now my grandson is right, you need to go down there and show those people whose boss. Connect with your inner animal and think of this as your territory and there in it trying to challenge you and steal it.'

'My what?' I asked shocked. What the hell was she on about with me and my inner animal?

'No time to explain now child just go and I'll see if I can catch up with you later.'

I look at Dimitri and his confused expression before turning back to look at her and shrugged, believing her and walked down the stairs to see my vial excuse for parents.

I stood outside the living room door, wanting to get a feel of what they are talking about and what kind of mood everyone is in, I didn't want to walk in if they had already started trash talking me into next week.

'I wish you would have come earlier, I made a feast of food for everyone as the whole family was home and there would have been enough for you to'.

'Sorry Olena but we had to get Katie to bed and babysat before we could come and see you, you know what she's like about going to bed sometimes'.

'Oh who do you have to babysit her then? I thought she was only okay with Dimitri doing that'.

'That's what I wanted to talk to you about actually'.

'Oh?'

'Well it has come to my attention that Dimitri has been seeing this girl-'

'Oh yes…Rose, what a lovely girl she is too' Olena cut in, sticking up for me.

'Well I'm afraid that's not what I heard-'.

I'd had just about had enough of their lies and deceit. Before thinking any more about what I was about to do I storm past Dimitri and his grandma, down the stairs and into the living room to confront my parents on their lies to try and brake me and Dimitri up.

'Hello I don't think we've met, I'm Rose…Dimitri's girlfriend'. By the look on their faces I could tell that they were shocked and even a little scared at my presence but Abe my father quickly shook himself out of it and stuck his hand in my face offering up a shake of his hand.

'Nice to meet you Rose, I'm Abe and this is my wife Janine'.

I had really hoped that they would have sat there stuttering and gaping like fish for a little longer but it seems I got what little acting skills I have from him and not my mother. I took is offered hand in mine just as Dimitri burst though the door followed by Yeva with a slight smile on her face.

'Look Dimitri Abe and Janine stopped by for a little chat and it looks like you might be out of a job with babysitting Katie, they have someone else watching her as we speak.' I could tell that Olena was joking but Dimitri was in no joking mood as he just stood there with his eyes zeroed in on my hand that was still in a firm hand shake with Abe. I better bring him back to the here and now before he starts to draw attention to us.

'Dimitri you never told me you babysat for a little girl, how cute'. As I said it I walked over to his side and wrapped my arms around his waist, leaning my head onto his chest. 'Maybe I could come with you to babysit some time'. That sentence seemed to snap both Dimitri and Janine out of there thoughts as his eyes finally unlocked from my fathers form and my mother stood up to take Abe's hand in hers.

'We better go honey if we want to make it under the hour for the babysitter otherwise we'll have to pay her extra.'

'Oh please don't leave on my account' I stated looked as innocent as I possibly could pulling Dimitri down onto the sofa so I could sit on his lap and try to hide id ridged and tensed up muscles. I drew soothing circles into the back of his hand, like he had done with me the other night when I last saw them and it seemed to work slightly as I felt some of the tension leave his body. 'Don't blow this Dimitri' I whispered in his ear just low enough for only him to hear 'we need to play it cool so your mum and Viktoria don't suspect anything'. I was just glad that Karoline and Sonja had already left while they came in and we were upstairs, it's two less people I have to worry about convincing.

'Oh no we really do have to go, what with the babysitter and everything, we'll catch up some other time okay Olena?' My mother rushed out looking flustered at being caught.

'Oh okay well I'll see you again soon some time, real soon'. I said it very sweet and innocent but if you looked into my eyes you could tell it was a threat more than anything but I was careful that only the people it was intending to show it to saw it. It would have been hell to explain to the others the look of pure hatred and disgust that was clear to see in my eyes if they had seen it.

As Olena walked them out of the door I released a breath I hadn't realised I had been holding and felt Dimitri relax significantly behind me, obviously he wasn't as relaxed as I thought he was.

'Well that was a close one' I observed as Dimitri chuckled slightly at my obvious matter of fact statement.

'Yeah that could have ended very badly if I know you at all'.

'Hey!' I said lightly punching him in his side 'I'm not that bad and you know it, I kept my cool throughout that way more than you did'.

He just shrugged at that with a simple 'whatever'.

'I don't know whether I would prefer you two to be upstairs and out of sight so we wont have to be subjected to you obvious PDA or to make sure you stay down here so I don't happen to walk in on anything much worse later' Viktoria stated from across the living room. We had been so engrossed in each other that we had completely forgotten about the fact that we weren't the only two people in the room. Thank god we had been talking quietly enough so she couldn't hear us or that would have been another unexplainable mishap.

'Well I have a very simple explanation for your problem my dear Viktoria' Dimitri replied with a grin 'you simply don't watch us or walk in unannounced'.

'Oh for god's sake will you go upstairs? I really can't stand the sight of-'

'Me being happy?' Dimitri asked her with an innocent look on his face.

'Of course that's not the reason and you know it, I just can't stand couples that display their affection towards each other in the company of others now shhh my programs on so go upstairs where you won't distract me'.

I laughed as Dimitri got up off the sofa before offering me his hand to pull me up as we obeyed his little sister and went back to his room, leaving her to watch some modelling program.

As we settled onto Dimitris bed again I couldn't help but wonder about what Yeva had said about me tapping into my animal side, let alone that fact that she seems to know more about what's going on with me than I do. It innerved me, knowing that someone knew about me when I hadn't told them about it personally. It just reminded me of my parents and how they had done all that crazy stuff to me after they had found out. It still angers me everyday to know that they still had this hold over me, this fear about what they are going to do and if anyone is going to believe them. Even before I know they were here I still let them run my life by not letting anyone in or letting anyone, especially Dimitri, touch my back.

I knew to let it go I had to tell him about it and why I just couldn't deal with the physical contact but I was scared that he would take one look at the hideous scars under and around my wings and run. It's a stupid thought I know as he didn't run when he found out my biggest secret, well only slightly but he came back for me. I think it was because I didn't want his image of me to be tampered in any way.

'Hey are you okay?' Dimitri asked, slightly shacking my shoulder to rouse me from my inner monologue.

'Yeah I'm fine' I replied with such little conviction I could tell that he wasn't going to fall for it.

'Rose please don't lie to me, I can tell when you're not happy or upset and this is one of those moments'.

I sighed before turning slightly to face him as I take his hand in his. I didn't want to tell him the whole reason why I was upset but I think I could tell him my original thought which brought me into this mood. 'I was just thinking about your grandma and how she seems to know so much about me that I haven't even told her, that I didn't even know for myself for that matter.

Dimitri nodded 'yeah that is weird but she's my grandma and she has always been like that so just accept it and don't think too much about it, in my experience she always explains her self sooner or later.'

I just nodded my response, suddenly to tied to think anymore.

Dimitri seemed to notice this as he shifted slightly so he could take me in his arms and lie down on his bed 'you take a little nap and I'll wake you up when its time for you to go okay?' he whispered in my ear, obviously trying to relax me and not jolt me from my sleep with his voice.

The only response I could manage was a simple 'I don't have a curfew remember' before my eyelids closed but just before I drifted into unconscious land I swear I heard Dimitri reply with a faint chuckle and an 'I know'.