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Natasha Ozera was a name that I had hoped to avoid for at least the next few months; but deep down I knew that this situation had been avoided for far too long.

Natasha, or Tasha as she preferred to be called, had been my friend for as long as I could remember. Tasha, Ivan and I were inseparable when we younger. Other the years Ivan and I drifted apart from Tasha. I concentrated on my sport; Ivan, his love of science and Tasha inherited a lot of money.

This money had at first changed her into a self-centred, spoilt brat. By the time we were twenty she was the heiress to her father's company, whilst my family were struggling to pay the rent for our small house. Our parents had come to a suitable agreement - a wedding.

Sure, Tasha was beautiful with her long black hair, icy blue eyes and tall, thin figure; but I did not want to be forced into a marriage with someone that I had no feelings for. The only feelings I felt towards Tasha were ones of friendship. Despite this I agreed to marry her to help my family. Tasha was delighted because she had revealed that she was 'madly in love' with me.

The wedding was to be Tasha's dream wedding - big, bold and expensive. Very expensive indeed, but her father had promised to pay for everything, including our honeymoon. By taking this job I had hoped to get away from the wedding preparations for at least a few months - until I thought of a way to not marry Tasha, yet still help my family with our money troubles.

"Eeeeeeeeeehhh"

I was shaken out of my thoughts by the unmistakable, signature squeal that sounded the arrival of Natasha Ozera.
Christian, Lissa, Rose and I were waiting in the airport to 'escort' Tasha back to the school. She came running towards us, bags rolling behind her and her arms wide open. Immediately she pulled Christian, Lissa and Rose into a bone crushing hug before her eyes met mine.

"Dimka!" she screamed before jumping up to hug me.

"Wait, you to know each other?" inquired Christian.

"Of course we do. We are getting married." she replied smiling.

"What?" Lissa exclaimed, before blushing in embarrassment.

"Tasha and I are getting married later this year." I told them.

I glanced at Rose just in time to see a small tear slide down her face. It broke my heart in more ways than I had imagined to be possible, to know that I had hurt her after she had opened up to me.

Ladies and gentleman my name is Dimitri Belikov and I am a bastard.

Later that day I made my way to Rose's room, and using the key I had been given for 'emergencies' I opened her door. She laid on her bed, asleep and curled up in a small ball. Her mascara was smudged across her face from where she had been crying, and she still wore the clothes she had worn to meet Tasha at the airport. I shook her lightly to wake her up.

"Roza. Wake up." I whispered.

She replied with a loud groan before her eyes snapped open to meet mine.

"Go away!" she exclaimed.

"Give me a chance to expla-"

"Explain? Explain! What, that you kiss your student while you're engaged? I don't want to know. Get out before I do something I regret." She screeched at me now as she stood up from her bed to prod my chest with her fingers.

I caught her hands so that she'd stay still and would stop poking me. "It's an arranged marriage."

"I- What?" Her mouth hung open in shook.

I explained to her the situations surrounding the wedding.

"You should have told me. I would have understood."

"I'm sorry. I realise now that I should have told you." I nodded sheepishly.

She playfully punched my arm, before flopping back onto her bed. "You're lucky I like you."

I grabbed her feet and started tickling them as she squealed.

"Stop." she giggled.

"Nope."

I pushed her onto the bed so that she was lying down and kissed her roughly. As the kiss deepened and held I slid my hands under her top and pulled it off.

"Ring Ring Ring Ring!"

My phone had chosen that exact moment to ring.

"Ignore it." she told me between kisses.

"I wish I could but it's Tasha."

I rolled off of her and answered it.

"Hello."

Tasha had phoned me to tell me that I was going to breakfast with her tomorrow. I thanked her, said my goodbyes and put the phone down.

"I kind of like being the other woman." Rose smiled.

"Why?" I asked her.

"Haven't you seen any of those really cheesy sitcoms? The other woman is always more beautiful, better at kissing and ends up with the guy. Or at least that's what Lissa told me, I don't watch them." she concluded.

"That is the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard." I laughed.

"Actually it's pretty good logic if I do say so myself." she argued.

I met Tasha for breakfast in a small cafe just outside of the school campus. We sat down when Tasha dropped a bombshell on me.

"After the wedding we should try for a baby, but I think that we should start practising beforehand." she smiled.

"What?" I chocked on my toast. "I never agreed to that."

"But Dimka, we are getting married; don't you want little Dimitri juniors running around? You told me how much you wanted a family when you were older. I can make it happen!"

"I also said I wanted to marry somebody that I love." I muttered under my breath.

"What did you say, I couldn't hear you sorry?" she asked me.

"I said that I need time to think."

"Okay, take all the time you need baby." she kissed me on the cheek.

Great. Just great.

Tasha wants mini Tasha's and me's running around. She probably has names already picked out. Why me? I mean come on; I never did anything bad when I was younger. How did this happen to me? Oh yeah, because I was a good son and wanted my family to have a better life. Being this nice is a curse.

I have five months to earn the money to give my family a better life without marrying Tasha.

Maybe Rose will have an idea...