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Since times are crazy right now, I hope that you're all safe and also take time to sit back and relax.

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CAUTION: This chapter could include some tragic events and should be read with caution.

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"Your husband is alright and just wake up any minute. There should be no long lasting complaints. You can visit him now. He's in the room 1724." He shook my hand one last time and left us behind.

After I thanked him again, my friends and I went to Dimitri's room to check up on him.

He was still laying unconscious in bed, but looked so much better than when he laid on our living room floor.

Pulling the chair next to his bed, I sat down, after giving him a small peck on the lips.

My friends gathered around the bed and let me sit there for some quiet moments.

"So," again it was Avery who started the conversation. "How come we just get to know by accident, literally, that you are married to the Russian god?"


Chapter 12

Simon looked a little ashamed that it has been his girlfriend to start this topic again, but still they all looked curious to get to know why. Avery was just the only one brave enough to ask directly.

I swallowed, before starting to tell them the story of how I met Dimitri and how we fell in love.

"We planned on telling you together, after everything had calmed down. You had time to get to know him and maybe change your probably bad opinion you have right now, given the fact I have told you next to nothing. I swear we really wanted to let you guys in on what happened, but it's not so easy to talk about that time of our lives."

With that I started the history of our love story and the girls all sighed as the hopeless romantics they were. Until I got to the part where I found out I got pregnant.

"Wait, what?" Adrian gasped.

"Yes. I was pregnant and after nine months I gave birth to a beautiful little baby boy."

"So you're a mother?" Sydney asked, a little dumbfounded.

"But how come we never saw him or heard about him? Does he live with your parents at home and that's why you drive there so often?" Mia continued the interrogation.

"I'll get to that part. Could you please be a bit more patient?! You'll get to know it early enough." I snapped a little harsher than intended.

They shrugged and nodded, so I continued telling them about the different reactions and how we moved in together, got married and build ourselves the perfect little home for our small family.

I told them about his first year and when I came to his first birthday it was hard to keep the happy demeanor upright.

My friends noticed the shift in my mood. I started talking about that night and I could see that Lissa already had a bad feeling about how the story continued. It was at times like these that it sucked to have such an empathetic friend.

As I continued and got to the part of the story where I found out what happened to my baby, I let my gaze wander to the blanket on the bed, because I couldn't face one of them while retelling how I found my baby in his bed. Dead.

"-and then I went over to his crib and saw him lying there like he always did….. But I couldn't see his chest heave and he even looked a little paler than usual too. When I touched him while I wanted to cover him, I could feel his cold skin against my fingers…. That's when I registered what must have happened…"

They all collectively held their breaths.

"…From that moment on, everything just felt numb. I can't really remember anything that happened then. I vaguely remember screaming and then Dimitri came into the nursery." I took a shaky breath after telling them about this moment in my life.

A voice behind me continued to tell the story and startled me for a moment.

"It had been the most ear piercing scream I had ever heard." Just then I noticed Dimitri woke up and sat up straight behind me. He had took over telling them about this tragedy in our lives.

"I think I'll never forget that sound. You could literally hear the heart break in this scream…. After that night, I knew that nothing could ever hurt this much, nothing could ever be worse than seeing your dead son and the feeling that you can't do anything for your wife to help her, to ease the pain, because you're so heartbroken yourself."

He had his hand on my shoulder and I squeezed it to show him I knew what he meant. I felt a tear leak down my cheek so I washed it away before more tears could follow.

"The only thing that hurt remotely bad enough to make me feel something was leaving and loosing you as well." Dimitri said, barely whispering and I turned around, hugging him with all my heart.

When I turned back around, I saw that all of my friends were crying to different extents. The boys tried to hied it, while holding their girlfriends which sobbed uncontrollably.

It took all of us some time to calm down.

Considering they heard the story the first time, they took it pretty good. Better than my friends back home when it all happened.

This just proved to me that my friends are the best friends I could wish for.

Some minutes later a nurse came in to check on Dimitri and asked everyone to leave.

Stubborn as I am, I refused to leave the room.

The nurse just shrugged after a while and after Dimitri reassured her it was alright, since I was his wife.

Shortly after the nurse had left, our friends came back, with the doctor in tow.

"Mr. and Mrs. Belikov, I have good news. Your vital signs are good, you can leave the hospital and spend the night at home." With that he left and told us to get signed out at the front desk.

"That's fantastic," I exclaimed and kissed Dimitri again, before helping him getting ready to head out of here.

Everyone helped me and we got out after only eight minutes.

Luckily my friends came in two cars, so none of us had to take the bus or a taxi.

We arrived at college in the wink of an eye and we all decided to call it a night, so everyone retrieved to their designated rooms, except Dimitri.

"Can you please spent the night?" I begged him, when we were the only ones left.

"I have to have you close to me to make sure you're alright, please?"

It wasn't like me to beg, but I really needed him. I couldn't leave him after a night like this.

Especially not when I could've lost him tonight… And considering I've never had a real good nights sleep since he left…. I was desperate to have him close to me again.

"Okay, Roza." Was all he said.

Finally lying in bed with him holding me in his strong arms, I felt safe. These arms were my home, where I always felt protected and loved. In all this time I never realized how much I missed him and everything about him, until now, until I almost lost him. Again.

So I told him just that.

"You know that it was just an allergic shock, right?" he asked with a little laughter in his voice.

"Of course I do, but this could have took you away from me as well as a bus or plane crush could have. Don't you dare make fun of me Mister Belikov, because that's-" Quickly he stopped me and pressed his lips to mine.

"You're right, okay. I'm sorry, Roza. I should've remembered my allergy and be more careful. You have to believe me, that I never wanted to scare you like that. Can you forgive me my love?" his puppy dog eyes looked deep into mine and everything was forgotten.

"Yes, I forgive you. I mean, I just got you back and I sure as hell plan on being an annoying wife for the rest of your life, so I can't let you go just now." I answered while snuggling closer into his arms and resting my head on his body.

"Good night my Roza, my annoying wife. I love you." He kissed me goodnight.

"I love you, too, you annoying husband, Comrade." I closed my eyes.

"You have no idea how much I missed hearing this nickname." He said and chuckled.

"Considering how much you first hated that nickname, it's a real miracle."

"Now I love it… Because I love you."

And with that we fell asleep, glad to be able to sleep in each others embrace again.