RPOV
I'm crying uncontrollably. Hugging her tightly.
"Rosemarie, my baby, listen to me. Don't cry baby, I'm here. Okay? Don't cry." She said wiping my tears.
"What is that sound? What is it?" I asked her. There was a huge sound coming from the outside.
"It's nothing baby, it's nothing. Listen how about we play a game sweetie? " She told me.
"What game?" I asked her hugging my doll tightly to my chest.
"Hide and seek, you go hide under our secret hiding place under the stairs." She told me.
"But why now?" I asked her.
"just go baby," She told me. Suddenly the sounds became louder and louder. I whimpered. She looked at the door and turned to me.
"Listen my sweetie. Do not come out no matter what okay? After you go there I want you to open our small underground back door silently and once you go out you have to run as fast as you could. Do not look behind, okay sweetie? Run until the sunrise. You are so strong you can do that." She told me with unleashed tears.
"But... but what about you?" I asked her.
"I have to go, sweetie. I have to go to heaven. But I'm always with you okay? Always" She told me and I cried harder.
"Don't ...Don't go?" I told her.
"I'm sorry sweetie. but listen well." She told me and touched my head and I felt something going through me.
"Don't ever tell anyone my name. There is only one person that you can tell my name. And once you see him you will know. Tell others that you don't remember." she told me and tears spilt out from her eyes.
"Is this happening to us because of father? Are we crying because he doesn't love us?" I asked her feeling angry.
"Oh no no sweetie. Your father loves you so much. Now go, hide and run. Be who you want to be. Don't ever be afraid. I'm always with you."She gave me a forehead kiss and I ran and hid.
Suddenly a huge sound came and I peeped. I could only see feet and I heard sounds.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" A strong sound came from a man.
"Get the fuck out of my house!" I heard mom telling him.
"Oh no! Not now." He said.
Suddenly I heard some weird sounds like metal clashing. I knew my mom was fighting. yes, she is a fighter. Should I go help her? No, mom told me not to. I have to listen to her. I have to prove to her that I'm a good girl.
Suddenly I heard a high pitched scream. I have to go! No, I shouldn't she would get angry with me.
"Why Janine why? Why are you keep fighting? You know a beautiful whore like you should not fight, they should be there to warm our bed." I heard him saying.
"You, son of a bitch! I will never lay with you!" I heard mom saying.
"I know you won't. But I'm here to help you, So without talking much I'll ask you. Where is he, Janine? Where is he?"
Who is "he"? I thought.
"I will never tell you, you hear me NEVER!" My mom screamed and I heard a huge sound like a slap.
"Bitch! Fine, where is your beautiful daughter? Huh? Where is she?" Is he talking about me?
"Beat me. Kill me, Do whatever the fuck you want to but I will never abandon them" I heard mom talking.
"You don't have a choice, Janine." I heard him telling.
"So then kill me." I heard mom saying.
"I'm not here to hurt you. I don't want to. You're too beautiful to do that. So tell me."
"You are an idiot who can't understand a single word, aren't you? No" I heard mom saying.
"Enough with your smart mouth. Try last time Janine, I bloody dare you, You will be in huge trouble."
"Do you think I'm afraid? Oh no, I'm not." Mom said.
And I couldn't stay there anymore. I remembered her words I have to run. I ran away from my hidden place and came out.
"there she is." I heard someone telling. I saw soldiers coming to me but suddenly they all were burning in flashes. I looked back at my house and saw my mom looking at me. And soldiers were pulling her but she kept blocking them.
"RUN!"
She screamed and suddenly a man stabbed her with a sword and she gasped but still, she didn't stop blocking soldiers. Blood spilt out from her mouth, nose and wound.
"Run" She mouthed me.
I ran. Without looking back I ran. When I looked back I saw a huge smoke in the sky. I kept running. I didn't stop. I heard sounds but I ran. I've never run that much barefoot but I ran.
Suddenly I gasped waking up!
"Rose, Roza! It's okay! Come on" I heard someone stroking my hair and rubbing my hands so gently. I turned out to find out that it was,
"Dimitri?" What the hell?
"Are you alright?" He asked me.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him while running a hand through my hair.
"I... I'm really umm" Wait a minute! How long has he been here?
"How long have you been here?" I asked him.
"For like 4 hours!" He told me and looked down. Embarrassed.
What
The
Hell?
"4 hours?" I asked him and he nodded.
"Look at me," I told him. And he looked up at me.
"How uh hum...How long have you been creeping up on me?" I asked him and he blushed.
"Dimitri?" I asked him in a warning torn.
"For like two weeks," He told me.
"2 weeks?" Holy shit
"Yeah. I'm sorry. I swear I didn't mean to be a creep. I just... just like watching you sleep"
Watching me sleep? Weird!
"When was the first time?" I asked him.
"When you were injured in the ship. I watched for a night and after we came here for like 2 weeks" He told me.
"You do know that this is weird right?" I asked him and he nodded.
"Why do you like anyway?" I asked him.
"You look so peaceful when you sleep. I just wanted to watch. I swear nothing else." He told me.
"Okay but don't do it anymore. I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night to find King of Russia staring at me." I told him and he smirked.
"Speaking on waking up, what kind of a dream was it? For this whole time, I've never seen you waking up from a nightmare." He asked me and I looked down.
"It was a memory, Dimitri." He opened his mouth but I insisted. "Something I don't want to talk about," I told him and he nodded.
This is something I like about Dimitri. He understood me perfectly.
"If you ever want to, I'll be there." I nodded.
"Was it so bad because you were crying and whimpering?" He told me.
"So bad," I whispered and two tears escaped from my eyes. He stroked them away.
"I'm here for you milaya. Always" He told me and I looked into his eyes. Once again I got lost. I finally nodded.
"Go to sleep again Roza. you need it." He told me and help me to lay down. once he wrapped covers on me he got up to leave but I stopped him. He looked at me.
"Can you stay until I fall asleep?" I asked him. He smiled and nodded. he lay beside me and I laid my head on his shoulder. He started singing a Russian lullaby which immediately drifted me to sleep.
The last thing I felt before I completely drifted off to a peaceful sleep was two lips touching my forehead, then a whisper to my ear.
"Good night my Roza"
