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Chapter 4;

RPOV -

"I want to help, now come on. I know from the experience of having three sisters that girls love to shop." She almost cracked a smile as I lead her out to my car.

The gratitude I felt towards Dimitri as we walked around the mall, him carrying many bags full of clothes and other necessities for me, was beyond comprehension. I actually found myself laughing and joking around with the man, knowing already that I could trust him. He was different to the other men that visited me, he didn't want cheap sex. He filled a hole in me that I had forgotten was there. After all, doesn't every human need to feel accepted and friendship and love. I never thought I would feel those things again after I'd been on the street for so long. I, meeting Dimitri, was just random chance, a stroke of luck – me winning life's lottery.

"Are you hungry?" Dimitri asked after my stomach rumbled. I smiled sheepishly – something I'd been doing a lot today.

"Just a little." His eyes were soft as he looked at me.

"Come on, I know the perfect place." I followed him back out to his car. He dropped the shopping into the trunk and led me back into the mall. We sat down outside a coffee shop and ordered a light meal along with a coffee for Dimitri and a hot chocolate for me. There was a comfortable silence that surrounded us as we waited for our drinks to arrive.

When they did arrive shortly after, Dimitri took a sip of his coffee before speaking. "Rose, I know that you don't know me all that well, but I have a new job at St Vladimir's as the new headmaster and I would like for you to come with me. Forgive me if I am out of line, but I am only concerned for you and your safety at the moment and I feel…" he paused, "I feel this urge to protect you." He was looking down, embarrassed about admitting such things after knowing each other for barely a day. Tears sprung to my eyes. He wanted to protect me, a nobody off the street who he'd met only last night.

"I'd like that" I whispered roughly around the tears that threatened to fall. I reached across the table, surprising myself along with Dimitri, and grabbed his hand in mine. "I feel safe with you, I haven't felt safe in a long time."

We sat there with small smiles on our faces while we waited for our food to come.

DPOV -

She's going to come with me to my new job. I smiled on the inside. She didn't even think my irrational feeling to protect her was weird – I made her feel safe! As we ate she asked me questions about what my role would be at the school and what she could do to occupy her time.

"I don't know yet, but I will find you something." She smiled at me.

"I've never had a real job before." I squeezed her hand.

After we'd eaten, I payed the bill and we headed back to my car. When we got home, I would have to start packing.

"Can I please," she said dragging out the please, "help?" Upon arriving home I told her to just go and do whatever she wanted – TV, computer, read etc – because I had to start packing before the moving truck came tomorrow. As I started to shake my head at her she stopped me. "You brought me hundreds of dollars worth of clothes. I'm helping." And then she'd smiled as she headed into the lounge room to grab a box.

After we'd packed almost everything, Rose collapsed exhausted on my bed and fell asleep. I felt myself smile as I left the room. She really was something.

I grabbed myself a quick snack and then flopped down onto the couch. I fell asleep instantly.

~~*A WEEK LATER*~~

After long discussions with all the teachers at St Vladimir's I had finally found something for Rose to do. She was going to have a similar job to the school counsellor. The only students that Rose would deal with however would be the extreme cases, just like she was.

"I think I may have found something for you to occupy yourself with," I said to her casually over breakfast. The beginning of the school year was today and we were heading out to an assembly soon where I would be introducing myself.

"REALLY?" Her fork clattered to the ground and I laughed. I nodded and she jumped up and down in her seat. "What do I have to do." I became a little nervous. What if she wasn't comfortable with it? Well, I'd find her something else to do.

"The school has a counsellor, but I was wandering, if it was ok with you of course, if you could deal with the more extreme cases with the children." I knew she knew what I meant; those who had been abused and worse in the past. She made an uncomfortable face. "You don't have to. I can find something else, I just thought it would be good for them if they were talking to a survivor, so they might have some hope that things do get better." She didn't say anything for a long time. She seemed to be pondering the job. Slowly she nodded her head.

"I would love to help them." She smiled at me, a genuine smile, and we both went back to eating.

Heading over to the assembly hall the nerves began to set in. I'd never had a job like this before. They kids were either going to respect me because I was closer to their age than any other principal OR they were absolutely going to terrorise me. I remember high school, and when we received a new principal we chose the latter – to destroy them.

"Dimitri" Rose said interrupting my thoughts. I Looked over to her. "Stop worrying." Then she did something that completely shocked me. She pulled me in for a tight hug. "You are going to be great." As quickly as she'd pulled me in for the hug, she'd let go and we continued our way to the hall. Well, I thought to myself, that was interesting.

As I walked up onto the stage I remembered Rose's hug and it gave me the confidence to address the little rascals.

"Welcome Back, to St Vladimir's."

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