(TADA! Chapter four. Thanks for all the support you guys have given me. I hope you enjoy it.)

Chapter Four

Christian POV

This extremely attractive and hot woman standing in front of me was Rose Hathaway. The same Rose that loves making fun or messing with me. The same Rose that is a badass and a bitch when she wants to be. The same Rose that was fucked over by everyone she ever cared about in the last few months. We were staring at each other until my drink came. I grabbed my beer and smiled at Rose. She is standing in front of me, I might as well attempt conversation.

"Hey, Rosemarie. My night was fine so far. How was yours?" I asked I called her by her full name. I knew she hated it but I like messing with her as well. She glared at me and gave me her best man eater smile. I felt my "friend" wake up but I ignored it.

"I've had better nights than this one," She sighed and sat down next to me. She looked miserable. Rose was just staring at her drink blankly. What happened that made her look this sad? Who did this? If I could take a wild guess, I bet it had something to do with those class A assholes. I grasped her arm gently and spoke to her softly.

"Hey, you want to talk about it? I'm a very good listener," I told her. She gave me a sideways glance. I gently smiled at her as a way of telling her that it was alright. She smiled and sighed. She then told Mikey to get another dirty martini and two shots of vodka. When she got them, she dumped both shots into the martini and stirred them with a stirrer. She then took on big gulp of the concoction and placed the glass back down. The glass was half empty.

"Ok, now I'm ready. Well, earlier today, I bumped into Dimitri, Lissa, Tasha, and Adrian in the café. I was in the middle of having lunch with Ambrose when they all waltzed in. We all stared at each other until that dickhead Adrian said something. Of course I said something back to him and then Lissa had the nerve to butt in and "lecture" me about my manners. Since when does she give a fuck? Anyway, I said something bitchy to her and than Dimitri tried to say something. I said a bitchy comment to him to and left. A few hours later, Dimitri comes to my room and starts lecturing me about my "bad behavior" today in the café. Then he had the audacity to blame me for everything that happened between me and the rest of them. So, I punched him in the face twice, yelled at him, threatened him, and kicked him out of my room. As a result of all of those things, I came down here to drown my sorrows in liquor," She finished. For a minute I saw red. How can he blame her for what happened? How can he say that to her? Poor Rose. She already lost everyone that met something to her and then this douche bag comes and tells her that. Does he realize how much he has hurt her? Rose just looks so defeated and broken. Man, I wish he was here so I could set him on fire.

"What a complete asshole. He has no idea what he is talking about. It isn't your fault. I know you well enough to know that you would never want this. You deserve someone better than him and he is just a douche bag who doesn't know what he is missing," I said. I meant every word that came out of my mouth. Rose then fully turned to me and smiled. It was a beautiful smile and I then realized that I want to make her smile some more. She then did something that was totally unexpected. She hugged me. Rose Hathaway hugged me. I never thought this would ever happen but here she is holding onto me like I was her life preserver. I then felt my shirt getting wet and she was shaking a little. I grabbed her shoulders and pulled her away from my chest.

"Rose, are you crying?" I asked in disbelief. She just looked at me as tears fell freely down her cheeks. The bridge of her nose and cheeks were a little red. Holy shit! Rose is crying. She was really crying and it's their entire fault. Instead of saying anything else, I just grabbed her. I started stoking her hair and whispering to her.

"Shhh. It's alright. It's not your fault. I'm here for you," I kept chanting to her. I knew she was hurt but I didn't know it was this deep. I then decided to pull her onto my lap because the way we were hugging was pretty awkward. She still didn't stop crying. She just kept going. I just sat there with her until she stopped. However, when she did stop, she was asleep. I thought about waking her up but decided against it.

I paid Mikey for our drinks and carried Rose out of the bar. I'm really glad that I worked out because the distance from the bar to our rooms was far. I walked all the way to my room because I didn't have Rose's key and I didn't have the heart to wake her up.

When we reached my room, I gently put Rose down on the floor so I could get my key. After the door was open, I picked her back up and walked into my room. Well, I couldn't really call it a room. It was more like a mini apartment. It had a very big living room, a kitchen with an island and mini bar. In the back was my room which had its own personal bathroom. Another room and another bathroom right across the hall. I took Rose to my room and laid her down on my bed. When I got her all situated I was about to leave, when she grabbed me. I realized that she was still sleep but her hand was on my shirt sleeve.

"Please don't leave me. Please don't leave," She mumbled before she let me go. I stared at her and then I realized that I didn't want to leave. I wanted to protect her and be there for her. I wanted her to confide in me and trust me. I wanted to be everything that Dimitri failed to be.

"Trust me Rose, I will never leave you. No matter what," I whispered to her before I left the room. I wasn't going to let Rose be alone ever again. She needed me and I needed her. Wow, its amazing what can happen when everything goes to hell.