It was certainly true when they said time flies when you're having fun, well, it was definitely true for Rose. It had been a fun 2 weeks and she hoped the fun would continue. Both she and Seth had been getting to know each other more and more and now Rose felt closer to him more than ever. He'd told her everything about his childhood and he'd shared his experiences of RISD and working for Hannah Barbera, he told it with such detail it was so wonderful to hear it.

Seth was also interested to hear about Rose's childhood and she'd told him as much as she could remember. Being beaten nearly every night, she couldn't quite remember much as she'd passed out so many times from the pain her mother had inflicted on her. But she'd told him some of her happier memories and all of her dreams and ambitions making her feel much closer to Seth. She knew that Seth was the one right from the start, she'd idolised him for years and now she was in a relationship with him, she knew it was meant to be. He'd made her incredibly happy and she hoped nothing would destroy that.

Rose sighed happily to herself as she looked back down at her storyboards, she was nearly finished and then she could go and see the rest of the guys. She'd become a regular in the gag room and writer's room and she slowly started to feel comfortable in there. Usually Rose just sat back and watched everybody else pitch ideas back and forth. It was an extremely competitive environment and sometimes people spoke over each other and arguments would start.

There were so many creative minds in there sometimes it just felt like a warzone. But Rose had toughened up and now if she had an idea she'd quickly throw it out into the circle of people and then see how it went. Normally everything would go smoothly but there were sometimes where her ideas just flopped and failed. Everybody denied it, but they hated when their ideas were a fail in the room, they'd laugh it off as usual but Rose was good at spotting body language and she knew they hated being rejected.

"I know you all too well... suckers" Rose mumbled with a pencil in her mouth as she tied her hair up so it was out of her way, there were so many people in the room today it was getting quite warm. Seth had hired quite a few storyboard artists and crammed them all into tiny rooms; maybe he didn't think it through at the time...

"You always seem to be lost in your own world lately Rose" Martin said making Rose turn to look at him, "I'm not and don't hassle me about falling behind because I'm not" she replied sharply and then looked back down at her papers.

Martin hadn't exactly made a good positive impression when he first spoke to Rose; he was from an older generation so he was set in his ways about the storyboards. He didn't like it because Rose could work hard and get the job done quickly without any errors. So he always picked on her and always reminded her about her flaws, this made Rose snap back and stand up for herself. She was used to taking criticism but sometimes she needed to tell people the truth, even though it hurt.

"I didn't mean it like that"

"Then how did you mean it Martin?" Rose replied whilst focusing on the page in front of her, "You haven't exactly been friendly since we first met so why should I bother giving you the time of day?"

"I misjudged you alright? I'm sorry"

"Why exactly did you misjudge me? Is it because I'm Seth's girlfriend?"

"No of course not"

"You thought he'd hire me just because he could? Because I'll have you know I was gonna have my own TV show before I decided to stay here with Seth"

"You had your own TV show?" Martin asked, completely surprised.

"Yes the BBC in London loved it and wanted me to create a series"

"But why didn't you go for it?"

"Because I belonged here with Family Guy, my heart told me to stay here and I'm glad I listened to it otherwise who knows what could have happened"

"I still think you should have gone for it" Martin replied a little forcefully.

"Why?" Rose asked as she wasn't pleased with his tone, what was up with him?

"You shouldn't have given up your dreams just for some man"

"Seth isn't just some man, I love and admire him. And you should respect him as he let you have a job here"

"I do respect him"

"Then why are you acting like this?"

"Because I was in your shoes once, planned a cartoon of my own and it was ready to air but I had a fiancée back then who wanted me to drop everything and start a family with her"

"Oh" Rose said blankly as she swivelled round in her chair to face him, he looked extremely serious and she knew he was reminiscing about it all, "I foolishly agreed so I dropped everything and cancelled my contract with the company, the same time she laughed and walked out on me and took everything with her. I was left with nothing and was devastated"

"Oh"

"So yes I was extremely annoyed with you when we first met because I knew you were doing the same thing, throwing it all away for someone you love"

"It's different-"

"I know it's different with Seth, he's a good man I can see that and he'll take good care of you. But I still think you should have given your TV show a shot"

"There's always the future to look forward to" Rose replied thoughtfully with a small smile.

"Maybe you should consider pitching it to FOX? They might like it and then you'll give MacFarlane a run for his money" Martin said making Rose laugh and say "Now that sounds like a good idea"

"Then go for it Rose, I gave up my dreams... don't give up yours" Rose just stared at Martin, he did have a point, but she was extremely happy where she was at the moment and didn't want anything to change.

"Thanks Martin... given me a lot to think about" is all she said and then turned to face her desk again. She had no idea what Martin had been through... and why would she? She knew he'd been cold and mean since day one, but now he'd opened up and told her why he was a miserable jerk sometimes. It did shock her of course, nobody should go through that sort of pain, what kind of woman would do that to somebody they love? Sometimes people in this world were ridiculous! Everybody should be treated with respect and nobody should judge anybody!

Rose sighed heavily and then looked at Martin again; he was lost in his own world and looked pretty calm... maybe he was over it? Or maybe not, surely it wasn't easy to get over something like that, giving up your dreams to then have your heart crushed... yeah that would definitely take some time!

"I'm sorry if I seemed a little harsh" Martin suddenly said making Rose slowly turn to look at him, "I just don't want to see somebody so young and smart go down the route I went down"

"Don't worry about me Martin I'm happy with how things are, me and Seth trust each other and I know he won't ever leave me"

"I wish I could trust somebody like that" Martin said glumly making Rose look at him again, she wasn't good with handling people like this; she wanted everybody to be happy and have a lot of fun so this made her feel extremely awkward. Martin was middle aged with iron grey hair and was a plump short man, Rose could tell he used to (or still did) comfort eat and he was usually sad or extremely angry. She knew now that he had a lot of baggage in his life... but she hadn't got a clue how to help him! She had baggage too so it was difficult to be the one to give advice.

Her philosophy on life was to live it to the fullest and have a hell of a lot of fun doing it. So when weepy depressed people were around her, she felt uncomfortable. Rose was the type of person to bounce off other people's moods, which is why she loved being with people who were happy and fun, she surrounded herself with people who were positive. Although she had the occasional off day... she didn't need people who were depressed and lonely, she just couldn't handle it.

"I wish I had a lot of things" Martin continued making Rose sigh and say, "Martin I'm not good at handling people like you, just try and cheer yourself up with something, think about the job you have! Most people would kill to have an amazing job like this and to work with Seth, think about the happy things in life"

"But I don't have anything that's happy, no woman will ever love me" Martin replied and Rose sighed again and said "I've gotta go I can't deal with this"

"But-"

"You're not dragging me down Martin, cheer your sorry ass up!" Then Rose got up from her desk and walked out the door to go and find the guys. She'd finished her workload for the day (thank goodness!) and was now free to do whatever she wanted. But now that she thought about it, she had a lot of unpacking to do back at the house. They'd left the boxes in the hallway and nearly fell over them this morning, so they needed to be dealt with otherwise they'd be there forever. Rose had noticed that Seth could be quite lazy sometimes, she knew he'd hired somebody to clean the house for him whilst he wasn't there, but she was soon gonna put a stop to that. Seth needed to learn what the real world was like and she was determined to show him every little thing... including cleaning the house by himself!

Rose thought about going home now, Seth was caught up in meetings and recordings etc. So he'd be at the studios till late and he hated it that Rose was waiting around bored. She never minded of course, but she knew that Seth never believed her and always arranged for her to go home before he did. She loved how considerate he was, but he needed to learn that she could make her own decisions, otherwise she'd kill him. Both she and Seth had very strong opinions and were both stubborn when it came to things they believed in. If Seth said something Rose would always challenge it and then they'd both try and state their points until one of them was right. But Rose couldn't complain, she loved Seth and everything about him, she'd accepted his flaws and she knew for sure he'd accepted hers. She was a pretty messed up woman with a bad past, but she'd found somebody to love her despite all those things, it was amazing!

"I suppose I better say goodbye to him" Rose mumbled as she walked down the narrow corridors towards his office, she passed many people and greeted every person with a smile. She didn't know every single person yet but she was close, she went out of her way to introduce herself to everybody on all 3 shows to show her love and respect for them.

She walked further down the corridor until she reached the cubicles where Artie and Spencer were based. Both of them were sitting there working but looked up when they heard movement near the corridor, "Hey stranger" Artie said with a bright smile when he saw it was Rose.

"Hey guys" Rose replied as she walked towards their cubicles to talk to them, "What's happening?"

"Nothing much, just the usual crappy paperwork" Spencer replied as he threw his pencil down on the desk and sighed, "It's pretty slow today as usual"

"Can't you go and see the guys?" Rose asked thoughtfully.

"Yeah we might do later, go and see what they're up to"

"Dude we gotta finish this thing first though" Artie replied making Spencer nod and say, "Oh yeah that thing"

"What thing?" Rose asked curiously.

"There's a group of girls coming to tour the studios next week"

"Oh right, how come?"

"They won a competition to come and tour the studios"

"Oh like I did?"

"Not really, they run a website for Seth and MTV got involved and arranged for them to tour the studios"

"I thought it was up to Seth if competitions were arranged?"

"Nah not really, it has to be run through us and then we pass it along to Seth and he approved"

"So there's a tour next week?"

"Yep looks that way"

"Is it just girls?"

"Yeah a big bunch of girls who are completely obsessed with Seth"

"How obsessed?"

"Obsessed to think they can do impressions of the characters and get jobs here"

"Oh I see"

"Don't worry Rose we'll keep them away from you"

"Spencer why would you think I'd want to keep away from them?"

"I have no idea, you just don't see happy with the idea of people touring the studios"

"I honestly haven't got a problem with anything; I'd happily help you to give them the tour"

"But you still get lost in this place" Spencer teased making Rose glare at him and say "I'm getting better, I made it here to Seth's office all by myself"

"Mmm okay I'll let you off then"

Rose gave him a smug smile and then said "Is Seth around at all?"

"He was but then he had to shoot off somewhere"

"Oh okay then"

"Did you have something planned?"

"No I was just wondering where he was because I was gonna head off home but I needed to tell him"

"You finished your work?"

"Yeah everything is finished; I couldn't wait to get out of there!" Rose sighed out of frustration making Artie and Spencer look at each other, smirk and say, "Martin"

"How did-"

"Trust me Rose we know about him" Artie replied and smirked again, "You're not the first one to dislike him"

"He was the one who hated me when we first met"

"He's still bitter about a few things"

"I know, I got the full story"

"He told you everything?"

"Yeah I got a lecture on how I was stupid to give up my own cartoon show to chase after Seth"

"But... you're not chasing after Seth, you love each other" Artie said confused making Rose nod and say "Exactly! But he went crazy and then went depressed; I can't handle people like that"

"We know how you feel; I used to work in that room and I had to put up with him too"

"Can't we just build a new cubicle and put him in it?" Rose asked making the guys laugh and then Artie said, "He is a good worker and Seth likes him, but he's just gotta snap out of this depressive phase"

"Tell me about it! He brings the whole room down so then everybody is miserable and I just can't work when everybody is like that, it's too difficult when they're moaning about what they haven't and can't get" Rose shook her head and then stared down at the floor, some people really needed to appreciate what they had!

"Hey don't get angry on us, remember you're supposed to be happy and positive" Spencer said making Rose look at him and say "Don't worry I know I've been through some sketchy phases but I wouldn't go as low as him"

"Good girl" Rose smiled but then sighed and said, "It's a shame I can't get hold of Seth, I just wanted to let him know where I'll be in case he worries"

"We'll tell him for you if you like, I know it sucks but we can if you want"

Rose sighed and said, "Okay then, I'll only be at home so tell him there's no need to worry" Artie could see that this really did affect Rose, of course she didn't show it but there were still signs that she was upset.

"I know its hard Rose but you've gotta understand that Seth is a busy man, he's pulled from pillar to post on all 3 shows and everybody always needs him"

"I know guys I understand and I've accepted that he's busy, trust me I know what he's going through, I'm not upset about it because that would be selfish and unfair on Seth if I moan at him constantly. I knew what I was in for when we first started dating and I haven't got a problem with it" Rose replied with a bright smile, it really didn't bother her that Seth was always busy because she knew he'd make It up to her in other ways. She knew that other women wouldn't have the patience for a man like Seth; he was stubborn when it came to his work and it always came first. Rose wasn't upset about that, she respected his decision as she too, put work first. So their relationship was stronger when it came to them going home as they could relax and unwind together.

"I'm happy you feel that way Rose" Spencer replied as he watched her lost in thoughts, "Most other women wouldn't have the patience to put up with him, how do you put up with it? He can be a pain in the ass with things!"

Rose laughed and then said, "If you love somebody you accept everything about them, good and bad things and I know he loves his work and he can be a bitch about it, but he recognises when he's gone too far and then apologises"

Artie smiled and said "You two are made for each other, just marry and get it over with"

Rose laughed at that and shook her head, "Oh please! That wouldn't happen"

"Why not?"

"I dunno... I always thought Seth wasn't the marriage type really, he likes to embrace life and wouldn't want to be tied down yet with being so busy an all"

"You never know what could happen with him Rose, he's always changing his mind and surprising us"

"Nahh I'm not getting my hopes up about anything, I wouldn't wanna think about it and then be disappointed"

"Never say never Rose" Spencer replied with a small smile making Rose smile and say "I guess so, anyway guys I'm heading out now... tell Seth to call me if he needs me"

"We will don't worry; want me to give him a kiss from you to?"

Rose just laughed and said "Look whatever makes you happy" making Artie laugh and then say "We'll talk to him don't worry, how are you getting back?"

"By cab I think, I'd say walk but its miles away"

"Take one of the cars; surely somebody will wanna drive you home"

"No its-"

"I'll arrange it now" Artie said before Rose could even respond, instead she just smiled and shook her head; they were too good to her!

"Transport will be on its way soon"

"Guess I better wait out front for it, I'll see you girls tomorrow" Rose replied and then waved to both men,

"See you tomorrow Rose" they both replied making her smile as she turned around and headed towards the exit to wait outside for her transport.

Rose made it outside and stood in the warm summer breeze, the weather was always perfect around this time of year and she loved to be out in it. It did bother her that she couldn't walk home to Seth's, but it would be a helluva long way to walk! So she had to settle for transport which hadn't arrived yet, so she walked a little closer to the parking lot so they'd spot her when she arrived. But as she looked around she noticed there were a few people hanging around, of course that wasn't unusual... people where always hanging around seeing if they could get autographs from Seth and the cast. So Rose just shrugged her shoulders and thought nothing of it, but she was surprised when she heard a voice beside her, "Excuse me?"

"Yes?" Rose replied quite startled as she wondered where the young woman had come from, she just came from out of nowhere!

"I was just wondering, are you Rose Daniels?" the young woman asked as she looked Rose up and down,

"Yep that's me"

"So you work here?"

"Yes I do it's a dream come true" Rose replied with a bright smile making the woman smile back and say "I can imagine it is, creating Family Guy must be incredible"

"It is believe me"

"I'm sorry I should have introduced myself, I'm Nicky Miles"

"It's nice to meet you, you know my name already... for some reason" Rose replied suspiciously making the woman laugh and say "I know somebody who knows you and I just recognised you from their description"

"Oh... okay then" Rose replied blankly as she stared at the woman, she didn't like where this was heading, who was she? And who did she know that knew her? Rose only had a few friends and most of them kept quiet about things, so who could have said something to this woman? And what did she want?

"I'm sorry to be a pain I know you don't know me"

"It's okay no worries"

"So heading anywhere fun?"

"No I'm just heading home for the time being"

"That wouldn't be Seth MacFarlane's home would it?"

"Erm..." Rose replied and then trailed off; she casually stared at the women and noticed she had a pen in her top jacket pocket and what looked like a notepad in her other pocket.. oh crap, this wasn't good! She was a reporter, Seth had warned her about this type of thing happening, she really needed to be careful about who she spoke too, as she couldn't trust anybody anymore.

"Is something wrong?" Nicky asked noticing Rose had trailed off and then got lost in thought, but she soon looked at her and said "No nothing is wrong I just erm... have to go for my transport" Thank goodness her transport had arrived and luckily it was Daniel so she was safe for a little while.

"But wait you didn't answer my question!" Nicky said and then followed Rose who was marching towards where Daniel had parked. "Afternoon Rose" he said brightly as he noticed it was Rose he'd be driving around, "Everything okay?"

"Just drive" Rose said quickly as she scurried into the car and closed the door and then locked it. Daniel got in shortly after and started the car and soon they were leaving the FOX lot to head home.

"Rose what happened back there?"

"Some reporter girl wanted to talk to me and ask me questions"

"About what?"

"About whether I was dating Seth and if I was heading back to his home" Rose replied as she stared out the rear window seeing the FOX studios disappear into the distance, and that reporter thank goodness.

"Yeah it does get pretty bad with reporters and paparazzi down there, you always have to watch what you say" Daniel replied as he glanced at Rose in the backseat and then stared at the road again. "You mean you get asked questions too?"

"Everybody does, they want to know what goes on in there and who Seth is dating. It drives them crazy that they have no information on anybody"

"She just asked me casual questions at first and then asked me about Seth"

"And did you reply?"

"No of course not! I looked at her and knew instantly who she was, so I kept my mouth shut and luckily you arrived"

"Why was she following you?"

"Because I didn't answer her question about Seth, she knew who I was before I could introduce myself. She said she knew somebody who knew me but I can't think of anybody"

"Maybe she's friends with somebody inside the building?"

"Nah if she was friends with somebody she'd know I was dating Seth, everybody knows I am"

"Hmm well like I said, just be careful from now on, they'd love to get gossip and spread it any way they could"

"Trust me they're not getting anything out of me, I can spot them easily. They don't exactly hide it that they're reporters because it's obvious by the way they ask questions"

"Really?"

"Well she gave the game away by having a pen and pad so I knew she was trouble"

"Yeah that's a pretty dumb thing to do"

"But do you think she'll come up with some bogus story now? I couldn't afford to have my face in magazines and all over the internet"

"Just keep your eyes peeled in case she does"

"Well what can I do if she has made a story up?"

"I'm sure Seth and his many lawyers etc can take care of it"

"Seth has lawyers?"

"Of course! He needs them for the type of cartoon he has, that man has been in trouble quite a few times"

"You mean he's been to court?"

"Well the show has been taken to court but he doesn't need to be there, his lawyers and some members of the FOX team take care of it"

"Has anybody ever won a case?"

"Not as far as I'm aware, nobody could win against a billion dollar cartoon Rose"

"Well that's true I guess"

"So don't worry about anything okay? Any trouble then tell Seth and he'll get his lawyers to sort it"

"Yeah okay then I wont think about it"

"That's good then, I take it we're heading back home?"

"Yeah to Seth's house"

"Don't you think of it as your house too?"

"Well... I kinda do but its Seth's house so I just refer to it as that" Daniel laughed and said "Okay then, to Seth's house it is" Rose just smiled when he said that, and then looked out the window getting lost in thought. She was so glad she didn't talk to that reporter... otherwise who knows what could have happened!

Rose made it back home and sighed as she looked around at all the boxes, there were too many! "A lot of work to do now I guess" she mumbled as she shrugged her jacket off and hung it up and then slipped her shoes off. Music was the best cure for a job like this and luckily, Seth had wired speakers all around the house, so which ever room she was in she could still listen to music. That man had thought of everything... he really was a genius!

Rose just grinned as she walked into the living room towards his stereo, he had hundreds of CDs and all of them were very old music which made her smile again. He really didn't like modern music, he said it had the same boring melody whereas an orchestra had more variety and you could relate to it more. Rose didn't disagree with him as she loved listening to big band music too; she could sit and watch the Family Guy orchestra for hours because they were so passionate. But she didn't rule out other music, she still loved listening to country music and that's what she decided to listen to. So she threw on one of her CDs and smiled when it started playing loudly in every room... it was perfect!

"Right let's get to it" Rose said happily as she walked back into the hallway to start moving the boxes around, Seth had arranged for somebody to bring the rest of her furniture to his house so now her dorm room was completely empty. She was no longer a university student, just a regular young woman... working for Family Guy, she certainly couldn't complain about that!

She never liked to brag... but sometimes she just couldn't help it.

All she could do was grin to herself as she started to lug some of the boxes upstairs, she never realised how many clothes she had until now. But most of them could be thrown out; they were old and worn now and were just no good. So that was another job to do but the main one was to clear the hallway before Seth came home. She knew he was obsessed with being clean so she needed to act fast before he came home and went crazy at her. So she picked up the pace and then started to sort through some of the clothes in the boxes.

"Wow I haven't seen these in a few months" Rose said and then smiled as she pulled out some of her favourite baseball t-shirts which were in different colours, she loved being colourful and wasn't ashamed of it. Most people criticised her and picked on her clothes when she was in a class, they were just pathetic no good idiots really who were jealous. Why pick on other people? It's just pathetic!

"No good losers" Rose mumbled as she started to hang up her clothes in her new walk-in wardrobe, it was amazing and was sooo roomy! Seth really was too good to her; he gave her everything she ever wanted and more. Of course she always tried to be considerate and say she didn't deserve it but he was not having any of it. Whenever they went shopping she always came back with something new, from clothes to jewellery.

Thinking of this made Rose reach up and play with the pendant on her necklace, she'd spotted a beautiful necklace with a diamond heart and fell in love with it instantly. She'd tried to hide it but Seth brought it straight away even though it did cost him a fortune but he didn't care. He'd told her he had money to spend and so he brought her something incredibly special. It was something she'd treasure forever.

"You're too good to me Seth" Rose mumbled as she sat on the edge of the bed and thought things through for a while. She knew that Seth could be sweet and incredibly generous, but she knew he had a wild streak in him too. He loved to go out and party with his friends and sometimes his sense of humour did shock her, he could be rude and crude and Rose didn't know how to take it. She was incredibly sensitive and sometimes took things to heart that were meant to be a joke. Seth couldn't see this yet, he thought she found everything funny like he did, he laughed things off and could come up with quick responses when people criticised him but Rose couldn't do that.

Growing up with a mother who treated her like dirt sometimes made her feel worthless, so if Seth ignored her to party with his friends she did get upset. Seth knew a lot of famous good looking women and whenever he introduced them to Rose they'd snigger and look down at her. And again, Seth couldn't see what the problem was... he thought everybody could get along in this world but that wasn't true. Some women got very jealous and it always pissed Rose off, she loved Seth for his heart not his money. Yes he was incredibly gorgeous and amazing but Rose didn't get with him because of those things, she just loved him because they had a lot in common. A guy met a girl and they fell in love, what was wrong with what? Some people needed to grow up!

Rose just sighed as she looked down at the floor and saw that there were clothes strewn everywhere, it seemed to be a much more difficult task than she expected, she felt alone and sad. But she knew she had nobody to fall back on as Seth was incredibly busy and couldn't come running home just because she felt lonely. That was just sad. So she eventually pulled it together and forced a smile on her face as her favourite Lady Antebellum song started playing. She needed to stay focused and get everything sorted otherwise she'd be here for hours.

Many hours later Rose had finally finished unpacking her stuff and had tidied up the house so it was spotless, now she was exhausted. It was getting quite late and there was still no sign of Seth which did concern Rose, he was usually home by 10pm and now she began to worry. But there was no point worrying too much, he'd been up to his eyes in projects lately so it was no wonder he was working late hours.

All Rose did was sigh as she got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen, she'd decided to watch movies all night to keep herself entertained. Without Seth around she was quite bored, of course she'd been texting a few people from work but that didn't make her happy. Whenever she was on her own she felt lonely and bored, so she always tried to keep her mind focused without feeling weepy and depressed. To fight the boredom, she'd decided to watch scary films all night, but this was a stupid decision because now she was terrified somebody might burst through the door and murder her.

Why did Seth enjoy watching these films? She didn't mind the blood and gore but did they really have to burst through the door and make her jump? She'd spilt popcorn all over the floor about 3 times now, it was funny at the time but then she started to get bored of cleaning it up. This film was far more scarier than all the others she'd watched, it was that scary she'd decided to keep a few kitchen appliances close to her, surely she'd be able to attack someone with a wooden spoon right? That would scare them off!

"Oh my god this film just gets worse" Rose mumbled as she lifted the blanket up to her eyes so she could hide from the scary bits. Why did she have to watch somebody being chased through the woods with an axe? Stuff like this terrified her! All she could do was hide under the blanket until it was over, but she jumped out of her skin and grabbed hold of the spoon beside her when she heard a voice, "What are you doing?"

"Jeez don't scare me like that!" she replied in a panic as she held up the spoon making Seth smile slightly, "Why do you have a spoon?"

"Just in case"

"In case what? Who are you gonna kill with a spoon?"

"I just watched somebody get killed with a pencil, so yeah... I could kill you with a spoon" Seth laughed as he walked over to where Rose was sitting and then sat on the edge of the couch. He looked around at all the DVDs she'd been watching and soon said, "You've watched all these?"

"Yes"

"Why?"

"I just wanted to keep myself busy and so I watched horror films all night"

"That's fair enough"

"But can I ask you summat?"

"Yes babe as always"

"What's wrong with you? Why do you have these films? They're awful!" Seth laughed again at her question and said "I was always a fan of horror films when I was younger, and they've just stuck with me"

"You must be mad"

"You're the one that's mad watching this film on your own" Seth said looking up at the TV to catch a glimpse of the film Rose was watching, "This one gave me nightmares for a couple of days"

"I think I'm gonna have nightmares for the rest of my life now!" Rose replied as she sorted out the blanket to find the remote to pause the film.

"You've really scared yourself silly haven't you?" Seth asked noticing Rose looked extremely on edge and frightened, "No" is all she replied blankly as she looked at the window in case anything was standing there watching her.

"Rosie come here" Seth said soothingly as he outstretched his arms to show he wanted to cuddle. So Rose scooted over to him and sighed as she snuggled into him to get comfortable. Seth responded by wrapping his arms tightly around her and then kissed her on the head, "Better?"

"Yes" Rose replied softly as she snuggled deeper into the blanket making Seth smile and say "Wanna watch the rest of it? I'm here now to protect you"

"Okay then lets watch it together" Rose replied as she picked up the remote again and pressed play so the film started playing again. Seth felt Rose tense again as another scary bit started and then she soon gasped and hid her face in his chest, "How are you watching this? Aren't you scared?" Rose mumbled as she buried her face deeper into his chest making Seth laugh lightly and wrap his arms around her again, "I don't get scared Rose, not ever"

"Then you're weird" Seth just laughed again as he stared down at Rose, she looked adorable wrapped in his arms with her face hidden, he could tell she was shaken from watching the films so it was probably best to switch them off, "Come on baby it's time for bed"

"But don't you wanna watch the ending?"

"I know what happens and believe me, it doesn't end very well" Seth replied as he scooted forward on the couch with Rose still in his lap. She didn't weigh anything so he had no trouble reaching over her to get the remote to switch the film off. Then he got up from the couch carrying Rose who looked extremely sleepy. "Time for bed for you"

"I'm not sleepy" Rose mumbled as she fought to keep her eyes open making Seth smile and lightly kiss her nose, "You can't lie to me"

"But we haven't spoken about your day"

"Honey we can talk all day tomorrow, my schedule is pretty light so we'll see each other" All Rose did was mumble a reply as she was falling asleep now, Seth just sighed and said "Exactly the response I was looking for, love you too babe" then he smiled to himself as he carried Rose upstairs to their bedroom. He certainly had his hands full looking after Rose, but he couldn't complain as he'd be extremely bored without her. She'd changed his life for the better and made him see that there was more to life than just working. Rose was incredible and Seth could only smile at her, he thanked his lucky stars he met her and hoped that nobody ever took her away.

Author's Note: I know i know, Rose seems quite bitchy in this chapter.. but you wanted her to stand up for herself! haha :) plus i was in a bitchy mood when i wrote this and whenever i'm in a mood i somehow manage to write good chapters :D x