As you can guess, when I woke up, Adrian was there. I was so excited! If I were able to move, I would be smiling. But, since I couldn't, I listened harder to what Adrian was saying. Something didn't sound right. Someone else was there with him. Not a nurse. I listened harder.

"Come on Adrian! Don't do this! I know that Rose should be up and running- trust me- I want her to, but she can't. She just isn't able. Not now. You know that. You of all people."

Of course… Who else would do the good thing just because it's the right thing to do? This person was none other than Dimitri. Did Adrian seriously think that telling him would be a good idea?

"Trust me. She wants this. I can't not give it to her. You know what happened last time I made her mad. Besides, I love her. How do you say no to someone you love?"

Dimitri already knew how to do that. He said he didn't love me anymore. And trust me. I tried that. Not easy stuff. Moving on just… isn't my thing. I think Dimitri was thinking the same thing, because he didn't say anything back. Not for a long time. And he didn't get the chance.

"Can I help you gentleman with anything?" A nurse said.

"Yes" Adrian said as a matter-of-factly. "I need you to take Rosemarie out of her coma, please."

She laughed. "Sorry. Can't do that. She just got herself shot. She won't be up for a while. If you can believe it, some people don't like how it feels to be up after a bullet goes inside them." She chuckled again.

"No, I'm serious. I've been talking to Rose. She wants it."

"Sure," She said. "If you want to come back in a week or so, she might be up then."

I can't wait until then!

"She can't wait until then!" Adrian said, taking the words out of my lips. As one last desperate attempt, he said, "Rose… If you want to get out of your coma… Don't do anything!"

Stupid, I mumbled. You don't say that. I'm in a freaking coma. Even still, I couldn't help but mentally smiling. He was such a dork.

"Okay. I believe you! Let me go get my supplies. I'll be right back." She said, sarcastically.

"Thank you!" Adrian said, happily. She left. After maybe 5 minutes of waiting, he asked Dimitri, "She's not going to help us… Is she?" Dimitri chuckled.

"And someone finally catches on!" He said.

I imagined Adrian had a pouty face on.

"You know she can hear you." He said.

"What was that?" Dimitri said.

"Rose. She's listening right now. She can hear us. She knows about all of the shit going on around here. Say hi." Adrian announced with a smug tone.

I heard someone's footsteps on the tile.

"Roza?" Dimitri asked. "Roza? Are you there?" He touched my arm. "I'm sorry if you did want to come out, but I can't let you do that. You're in a fragile state. Don't take it personally. I'm thinking about what's best for you." He held my hand and rubbed his calloused thumb over it. Then he kissed it. "I'll see you tomorrow. Okay? I have to go. You know they've been questioning all of us? Oh, I hate it. And they have a tracker inside of me. They say they aren't taking any chances if I actually did do it. How silly?"

I laughed, and he kissed my hand another time.

"Sleep well, Roza."

As if with a magical power, I felt sleepy. What the heck? I didn't know.

Slowly, my dreams took me away.

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