AN: Sorry it's taken so long hopefully it won't next time. Everytime I plan on writing, my professors assign extra homework or something but I'll try to update faster.

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Finally I decided to go visit Adrian. I knew he still had a job at the convenient store down the street so I figured that'd be the best place to find him. I walked over to it since it was just a few blocks away. Once I got there I was able to sneak without him seeing me because he was so busy so I hid in the back waiting for the line to go away. The last girl in line was a some blonde bimbo and Adrian was definitely flirting with her.

"Well hey there cutie, what's your name?"

"Mia." She said with a grin.

"Well has anybody ever told you that your damn sexy?" he said with a smile.

"Aw thanks but I don't think my boyfriend would appreciate you saying that." She said innocently.

"Well he doesn't ever have to know. I can be our little secret."

"You know what else can be our little secret?" she said seductively leaning over the counter.

"What?" he asked.

"This…" she said right as she swung her arm back and punched him in the face, not hard enough to break anything or do major damage just enough to hurt. "The fact that you just got punched by a chick You pig, your not even my type."

I couldn't help myself I busted out laughing, I thought she was a bimbo but I was waaayyy wrong!.

"Damn girl that was awesome!" I said going up to her and giving her a high five.

"Thanks I try." She said laughing with me.

"ROSE?" Adrian asked finally realizing who I was.

"No the cookie monster, yes it's me?" I said still laughing.

"Wait your Rose? Rose Hathaway?" Mia asked.

"Yea why?" I asked curious as to how she knew my name.

"I'm dating Ivan, Dimitri's best friend." She said and I just gave a small nod to show her that I knew who he was but was still confused on how she knew me. "Dimitri talks about you ALL the time, hell here recently we haven't been able to get him to shut up, ever since he found out for sure you were coming. I feel like I practically already know you!"

A part of me was shocked he talked about me, and the other was very flattered.

"Your going to the volleyball game tonight right?" she asked.

"What volleyball game?" I asked curious as to why she would assume I was yet Dimitri hadn't mentioned it.

"Our annual 'beach' volleyball tournament." She answered with a 'duh' tone in her voice "of course we don't actually have a beach around here so it's actually just a sand volleyball court but it's still loads of fun. You should come, all the teams are filled up at the moment but we always have somebody not show up for some reason or another. I'm actually surprised Dimitri didn't tell you about it. He signed up weeks ago, along with his sister Viktoria."

"Hmm….well neither mentioned it but I'll be sure to come it sounds fun!"

"K well i'll see you there!" she said with a smile then walked off.

"You know I think I might like her." I said more to myself then Adrian, as I started walking over to the counter.

"she sure pacts one hell of a punch.." he muttered causing me to laugh again.

"Adrian it wasn't even that hard of a punch. Get over it."

"Tsk tsk little vixen I was going to come give you a hug but seeing as your being incredibly rude I think I just won't" he said using the nickname he game me last summer.

"Oh Adrian I'm horribly wounded! I don't know how I can live now!" I said over exaggerating, being the sarcastic bitch that I am. I grabbed onto my chest as if I'd been shot or stabbed.

"Haha very funny." He remarked dryly.

"Here is this better? Oh Adrian I'm so sorry that I was such a horrible bitch to you can you ever forgive me?" I asked just as sarcastic and overly dramatic.

"A little." He said a hint of a smile playing on his lips.

"Too bad, like I'd ever actually say the word sorry seriously!" I said laughing

"Oh how I've missed you my little vixen." He said with a grin, "Life is just too boring without you!"

"Oh I know how do you survive in this little town without me?"

"I'm not quite sure." He oked back. Then he jumped over the counter and gave me a hug.

"I thought I was too mean to hug?"

"Just shut up and hug me!" he said with a laugh. "Why didn't you tell when you were coming?"

"Because I didn't really know. It was kind of spur of the moment."

"Oh well I'm going to take my break so lets go outside shall we?" he asked holding his arm out for me to link mine into.

"Your so weird." I said with a grin linking my arm with his. We went outside and he leaned against the wall while lighting up a cigarette.

"So the volleyball thing tonight…you going?" I asked him.

"Hell yea! Hot babes in bikini's and sports bra's!"

"You realize that's why Mia punched you right?"

"I'm aware.'

"Ok just checking. Where is it?"

"The park down the street." And so our conversation went until a customer went inside. He had to go back to work but said he'd catch up with me later.

I decided to walk back to the house. When I got there my best friend Lissa texted me.

L-Guess What?

M-What?

L-I'm coming to Montana to visit….if Olena says it's ok..

M-AWESOME! Call me now!

She did and we talked for a few hours she told me why she was going to come visit, something about her parents can't do the full vacation they promised instead they're cutting it to only one week instead of one month so to make it up to her they said she could come to Montana. Really the main reason she wanted to come was to see Christian, her kinda boyfriend thing. Christian is Tasha's little brother and also Dimitri's friend, and he walked in on me and her skyping last summer, then they started talking and now are going out. It was kind of weird to me seeing as they've never actually met just skyped but whatever. I filled her in on everything that has happened minus the whole thinking that I might like Dimitri for a millisecond thing. I don't know why but I just felt it would be better if I didn't tell her about it, but I promised myself if anything similar happened I would tell her immediately. Finally we hung up and I went to get ready for the volleyball tournament. I decided to wear my spandex shorts from a volleyball camp I helped run a few years ago and my bright red sports bra, with a random white t-shirt with the sleeves cut out. As I was getting ready Dimitri texted me, me being me decided to mess with him.

D-what are you doing tonight?

M-Hanging with some friends I met today….why

D-Oh….

M-Why?

D-Well I was going to see if you wanted to come to this thing with me tonight but I guess if your busy then nevermind….

M-oh sorry if I would've known sooner I would have said no….

D-No it's ok go have fun I'll ttyl

M-k ttyl.

'If only he knew' I laughed to myself as I walked out the door on my way to the tournament.

As I pulled up I saw a huge crowd. Probably the whole city as small as this town is. I parked and ran to find the people I did know. First I ran into Mia.

"Guess what Rose!" she exclaimed.

"What Mia?" I shouted back at her laughing.

"Somebody on my team bailed so you get to play on my team!"

"Awesome! We are so going to dominate!" I said excited I get to play, just then I saw Dimitri and he was turned around so that his back was facing me, standing in front of a bleacher.

"Hold on I'll be right back." I said to Mia, she looked over to see what I was looking at.

"Ok well our first games at 6:30 on court 2" she hollered after me. I snuck up behind Dimitri being as quiet as possible. I ran onto the bench, using it as a step then jumped onto Dimitri's back and covered his eyes laughing. He caught me like I knew he would, but he did stumble just a tad.

"Roza?" he asked laughing, even though I knew he already knew the answer.

"Damn how'd you figure it out?" I said uncovering his eyes but staying on his back, he turned to look at me through the corner of his eye.

"Because you're the only one brave enough to do that" he said still laughing. 'I wish I could hear him laugh everyday' I thought, then quickly shook my head trying to get rid of those thoughts.

"Yea I am pretty tough, I'm not scared of you at all." I said jokingly. Stepping back onto the bench. He turned around and faced me but I stayed on the bench, liking the feeling of finally being tall.

"Oh is that so?" he questioned with an evil gleam in his eye.

"Yes, your really not that scary." I said egging him on, even though that was pretty much a lie. When he wanted to be he could be scary as hell, luckily he's never scared me personally but I've seen him when Viktoria's boyfriends' come over.

"Well I think we're just going to have to change that." He said and as soon as he finished he lunged at me. The whole time he'd been talking I was walking towards the other en of the bench but it didn't help me at all. He grabbed me and started tickling me again!

"Not this again!" I exclaimed between laughs.

"Say I'm scary."

"No….your ….just…annoying….as…hell!" I said laughing. He started tickling me even more when I said that. I'm sure we had a pretty good crowd watching us but I didn't care, it was as if they weren't there.

"Roza I'll quit if you just say it."

"IT!" I shouted being a smartass.

"Wrong!" he said laughing at me.

"Fine…you're a big scary Russian!" I shouted trying to wiggle out of his grip.

"That's better." He said with a smile as he quit tickling me.

"You're so mean." I mumbled.

"What was that?" he said bringing his hands back up.

"Nothing!" I exclaimed quickly. "I said your awesome!"

"You better have." He said with a serious face, but I could see the amusement in his eyes.

"God I've missed this!" I exclaimed with a laugh.

"Me too Roza." He said with a chuckle. Then the bitch decided to show up an ruin it all.

"DIIIIIIIMMMMMKKKKAAAA!" she squealed way too loud. I just rolled my eyes and he gave me a look. "I've been looking all over for you!" she said wrapping her arms around his possessively.

"Sorry I've just been talking to Rose." he said motioning to me.

"Oh, Well the match is about to start and the baby's hungry!" she whined.

"Ok here's 10 dollars" he said reaching in his bag handing her a 10 dollar bill "Rose do you want anything?"

"I'll take a water." I said not passing up the opportunity. Tasha just glared while he looked at me but as soon as he looked at her, her expression brightened, not that you could tell much difference.

"Get Rose a water too please." He said to her.

"I'm not her maid." She smarted softly not thinking we could hear her.

"Tasha! Please be nice. Rose is my friend and I would really appreciate if you'd quit being so rude to her."

"Fine, I'm sorry." She said, even though we all knew it was fake.

"Thank you." He said. She turned to go to the concessions. He sighed, and turned towards me expectantly, probably figuring I would say something about her.

"I'm not saying a word." I said holding my hands up.

"That's a first." He joked.

"Hey I resent that!"

"Oh and big words too! Wow it's just a day full of firsts!" he said laughing. I playfully slapped his arm.

"Quit being mean I was trying to be good!"

"Ok ok." He said smirking. Then he looked at my outfit. "I take it you found a team to play for?"

"Oh yea, I ran into Mia and SHE told me about the tournament and said that there would be a very good chance that I could play. She was actually very shocked that I had no idea about the tournament."

"Hey I was going to tell you about it earlier, when I was texting you. Its not my fault she beat me to it. I was shocked though to see you here though, thought you had plans?" he asked teasingly.

"I do, to kick your ass at some volleyball" I said smugly.

"And what makes you so sure you can? And who's team are you on?"

"Because I'm like awesome at volleyball. And Mia's."

"Well I bet that I'm better."

"Oh yea? I'll take that bet." What do you want to bet?" I said praying I'd win.

"20 dollars."

"Really comrade? That's a lame bet make it something exciting like loser has to cut their hair or something." I said laughing knowing neither of us would ever do that. As expected his face visibly paled. "I'm kidding Dimitri, I would never make you cut your hair."

"Good, cause I will not cut my hair and I'd kill you if you cut yours. How about loser does the others' laundry for a week?"

"Sounds good." I said still thinking it was lame but better than money and hey now he gets to wash my clothes for me. We shook hands and about then Tasha walked up.

"Here" she said throwing the water bottle at my face, not expecting me to catch it, which I did. When it didn't hit me she scowled even more.

"Thanks Tasha! Your such a doll!" I said over sweetly.

"No problem." She said a little too nicely.

"Well I just saw Viktoria so I'm going to go talk to her, we have a lot of catching up to do." I said trying to get away from the she-devil in front of me.

"Ok see you on the sand!" said Dimitri.

"Don't worry you will see the sand, face first!" I said laughing. I ran over to join Viktoria in the concessions line.

"Hey Vika" I said scaring her.

"Hey Rose I didn't think you'd be here! I didn't know if Dimitri told you or not."

"He didn't but Mia did."

"Oh really who's team are you on?"

"Mia's."

"Really me too!" she exclaimed.

"Sweet!" I said giving her a high five. "Who else is on our team?"

"Sydney sage, Eddie Castile, me you, and Mia."

"Are they any good?"

"We're the freaking best." Said Mia coming up behind me.

"Better be, I just bet Dimitri that we would beat his team."

"What'd you bet?" asked Vika

"Loser does laundry for a week." I said. They both started laughing.

"You better hope we win!" she said "It'd suck to do Dimitri's laundry!"

"I know right?" I exclaimed, "So y'all better make sure to do your part so we can win."

"Well it's 6:20 so lets go get warmed up." Said Mia looking at her watch.

"K I'll be right there." Said Viktoria, about to get her a water. Mia and I walked off and headed for the courts ready to kick some butt.

~A Little Later~

Our first game had went by really quickly seeing as we completely stomped the other team, and the rest were all pretty similar. Now we were in the final match against none other than Dimitri and his team. I do have to hand it to him, they were really good and secretly I wasn't so sure we'd win but I didn't let him know that. His team was almost all guys except one girl named, Kristina. He had Kristina, Ivan, Christian, and a friend I met once last summer named Mason. We were down to the last 2 points and we were tied. it was Masons' serve.

"Hey Mase!" I called out giving my best maneater smile and winking at him. "Hit it to me!"it worked in successfully distracting him so he hit it out of bounds.

"No fair Roza play right!" said Dimitri who was in spike position just like me.

"What'd I do?" I asked innocently. He just laughed. On this serve Mason got it over and Vika hit it to Mia, who hit it towards eddie who hit it over. They did pretty much the same but when it came over Mia set it towards me and I spiked it over. Dimitri in his haste to get it tripped in the sand and fell face first letting it drop.

"Told you that you'd be seeing the sand face first!" I joked.

"Oh its on Roza!" he said with a smirk. It was now Viktoria's serve and just as she started to serve I turned to Christian who was right in front of me at the net.

"Oh I forgot to tell you Christian Lissa's coming to town." He stopped and looked at me.

"What when?" he asked as Dimitri hit the ball over to us. I set it to Mia who spiked it towards Christian, he of course was still distracted and missed it giving us the game point.

"Haha Eat that Comrade!" I shouted laughing at him as Mia and Viktoria tackled me in a group hug.

"Not fair you distracted him on purpose!" said Ivan.

"Quit being a sore Loser honey." Said Mia laughing and standing up. Viktoria and I walked over to Dimitri.

"Well comrade?" I said chuckling.

"You won, a deals a deal." He sighed. Christian came over to me.

"Is she really?" I laughed and nodded. "When!"

"In two weeks, if all goes well."

"Awesome!" he shouted as Kristina walked over to me and Viktoria.

"Good game." She said shaking our hands. Looking at her you could tell she had played sports for a while. She was short, about my height if not an inch shorter, and was skinny but very muscular, but not in a nasty way. She had brown hair that went to her shoulders, and looked like the type of girl I could actually get along with, and there's not very many that I do.

"Thanks you too." I said with a smile.

"I'll see you around." She said and walked over to talk to Mason.

"DIIIIMMMMKKKAAAA! I'm tired can you take me home?" whined Tasha, coming over towards us.

"Yea lets' go." He said grabbing her hand, "See yall at the house"

"K, I'll bring you my laundry tomorrow!" I said after him.

"You know he's going to find a way to get you back right?" Viktoria asked.

"Go ahead and let him. It will be funny for now." I joked. "Come on lets' go home, I'm hungry."

"Your always hungry."

"Your point is?"

"Nevermind" she said laughing as we walked towards her car. When we got to the house I ate dinner, showered and went to bed exhausted after all the volleyball tonight.