AN: I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to update but the other day I heard a song and it gave me inspiration. I was just going to write the chapter with that song in it but it's at least a few chapters away so I told myself that I absolutely will not write it until this chapter was done.

This chapter is kind of short but I decided to end it where I thought it was a good place to stop. On the bright side I am about to start the next chapter and hopefully will have it finished ASAP.

I do have a question though, after reading this I would appreciate it if you want me to write it in Dimitri's point of view to see exactly what's going on in his head.

Also I posted a not on FF asking about an idea to write a different version of this story with lots of more drama, but I only got 2 responses and one said yes do it and the other said no. If you might possibly want me to write it or add some of the drama in this story then let me know, even if you don't want me to that'd be helpful too.

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I was having this really awesome dream that involved a beach when all of a sudden I'm freezing and feeling like I'm drowning. I bolt up from the bed only to find the top half of me is soaked. I looked up to find Dimitri trying his hardest not to bust out laughing and wake Victoria but it was a battle he was almost losing, especially when I started glaring at him.

"Dimitri Belikov would you explain to me why I am soaking freaking wet!" I whisper yelled.

"I've been trying to wake you up forever and nothing was working so I went to plan c."

"Why the hell are you even trying to wake me up this early?" I asked looking out the window to see it was still dark but dawn was close.

"Haven't you been asking me to help train you and teach you how to fight better? Well come on."

"Seriously? NOW is the time you decide to teach me? What the hell is wrong with your crazy mind?" I said forgetting to whisper.

"Would you two leave or shut up? Some of us are trying to sleep here" mumbled Viktoria.

"Get dressed and meet me in the backyard in 5 minutes" Dimitri commanded.

"I'm going back to sleep" I said trying to lay back down but before I could Dimitri had me in the air over his shoulder. I let out a small squeal but hastily cut it off so we didn't disturb Viktoria anymore.

When we got downstairs I fake slapped Dimitris arm."That was uncalled for. I need my sleep."

"Well it's train now or never take your pick." I thought about it. I have been really wanting to learn to fight, especially since my run in with Jesse and his friends.

"You're demented you know that?" I glared at him and he just smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

"That's a matter of opinion."

"Well now that I'm all the way down here my clothes are upstairs,"I pointed out.

"Well I figured this would happen so I grabbed some of your clothes last night and figured you wouldn't mind seeing as I'll be doing your laundry for the next week anyway."

"Asshole," I muttered.

"Sorry what was that roza?" he asked with a grin.

"Nothing where are my clothes then?"

"In the bathroom down the hall." I headed into the bathroom and shut the door.

"Damn him" I cursed under my breath when I saw the clothes. I opened the door and hollered softly to him.

"You know I'm not huge into fashion but none of this goes together at all."

"Oh whoops I just grabbed the first things I saw. Sorry about that but unless you want to go upstairs and chance waking Vika up that's all your options." He said walking down the hall and stopping outside of the door. I looked closely and saw a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"You did his on purpose but don't worry I'll get you back." I told him then walked back into the bathroom. He had picked out purple shorts with green stripes on the sides, a bright orange old raggedy t-shirt that I use only for sleeping in, a pair of mismatched socks one blue the other yellow and my pink and black running shoes, oh and a gray sports bra. I decided to just forget the shirt and put on everything else. Without the shirt I somewhat matched but still looked like a color blind 'fashion don't'. I'm not sure if he realized it or not but the purple shorts were a little small, they fit perfectly around my waist but surprisingly were a little too short. 'Oh well I look damn sexy for going to work out' I joked to myself. I walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen.

"Ok I'm ready," I told him as he turned around. For a second I thought I saw something flash in his eyes but quickly he regained composure.

"Ok lets go out front then." When we got out there he lead me all the way to the side walk and stopped.

"K comrade what first?" I asked still a little pissed because it was still dark out but the sun was starting to show.

"First you run around the block twice and I will time you," he said with a dead serious look on his face.

"Run? You got me up this early to run? I thought you were going to teach me to fight. I already know how to run."

"Then good this should be easy for you," he said with a smirk I just glared at him. "Ok fine how about this, we race twice around the block and if you win you don't have to run anymore if you lose you shut up and do what I tell you." He said the last part with a smile.

"I can't guarantee the shutting up part because that just comes out whether I try to stop it or not," I joked. "But fine we'll race and if I win no more running, you win I'll do whatever you say."

"Good on the count of three?" he asked and I nodded getting into position. "K one….two….three!"

I took off not quite at a sprint because you always save that for the last bit, but fast enough to get ahead of Dimitri. This was going to be easy….except it wasn't. As I was nearing the end of the first go around I started getting really tired not quite realizing just how big the block was. Dimitri ended up right beside me.

"Oh come on don't tell me your giving up already Roza?" he questioned.

"This is a huge block you could have told me that from the beginning." I replied.

"It's not that big, one time around makes it about 2.5 miles."

"Holy crap, in school during track season I only ever got up to running 3 miles and that was 4 months ago and now you want me to run 5! You are insane."

"Like I said that's a matter of opinion, but you better hurry if you want to win." He said speeding up. by now we were about a quarter of the way into our second lap. I tried speeding up to catch him but quickly lost my momentum. I was briefly considering fake falling and saying I had hurt myself but before the thought was even finished, gravity kicked in. while I had been thinking I didn't look down to see if anything was in my was and ended up tripping over a huge crack in the cement that was sticking out of the ground. As I fell I let out a little squeal on accident and put my hands out in front of me to brace the impact. As I landed a sharp pain shot through my wrist and my elbow buckled under me.

"Ow Damn it!" I cursed trying to lift myself back up but my wrist wouldn't hold the weight and I slipped again. By then Dimitri had came back for me and liftedme into a sitting position.

"Are you ok Roza?" he asked gently all traces of the pain in the ass trainer side of him gone.

"Yea but when I put my arms out in front of me to brace for impact I landed wrong on my wrist now I can't put pressure on it." I was looking at it and couldn't see any signs of swelling just yet but knew it was coming. "I think I just sprained it but I'm not sure."

"Let me see it." He said, but I shook my head no. I wasn't about to let him touch it because I knew he would make it hurt worse. It might be childish but it already hurt like hell.

"Roza let me see it i'll do my best to not hurt it more," he promised and looked sincere.

"Fine," I sighed and held it out. The cool thing about Dimitri was that he worked part time as an firefighter and part time teaching self defense classes at a local dojo so he knew quite a bit about first aid.

"Does this hurt?" he asked just barely and slowly moving my wrist up.

"Ow. Yes." I said when it was almost all the way bent upwards and again when he bent it almost all the way down.

"Ok well it looks like you have a minor sprain. Let's get back to the house, put some ice on it and I'll wrap it for you.

"Ok," I grumbled. After he stood up I raised my arms. "Help me."

He shook his head at me but still grabbed my uninjured hand and my other forearm. As a joke he pulled a little too much but I wasn't expecting it so when I was up a stumbled and fell into Dimitri's chest and his arms wrapped around me to make sure I didn't fall again. At first I just looked up at him in shock but then we both started cracking up. While we were laughing in the back of my head I couldn't help but think about how wonderful he smelled and how I could listen to him laugh for hours. When we finally stopped laughing I pulled away and we started walking towards the house.

"You know since it's your fault I got hurt AND that my legs already hurt, you should carry me back to the house," I suggested playfully.

"How is it MY fault you fell?" he asked curiously.

"Easy it's your fault I was up this early and my brain wasn't functioning properly and your fault I was running to begin with."

"Hey I didn't force you to run." He stated.

"No but you said that was the only way you would help me learn self defense, which you know I've been asking you to do for the past 4 months.

"Oh Rose." he said shaking his head and laughing at me. He put his hand on my arm to stop me and turned with his back facing me. "Climb on."

I jumped on his back and he put his hands on my thighs to hold me up.

"That better?" he asked with a smile. That's about when I got the brilliant idea to mess with him. I put my mouth near his ear and started whispering seductively.

"Well it would be better if I was on the other side of you…and on a bed." Then I started rubbing my hands over his chest and shoulders. The whole time I was watching his reaction. His jaw dropped and closed again quickly and he opened his mouth to say something but yet again shut it quickly.

"What's the matter comrade? Did I make you speechless?" I asked just as seductively in his ear. By now his face was turning beet red from embarrassment. After a few seconds I couldn't hold it in anymore and started giggling which turned into light laughter. "I'm just messing with you comrade relax."

"That's not funny Roza."

"Oh comrade I think THAT'S a matter of opinion." I said quoting his words from earlier.

"I swear you'll be the death of me." He muttered and started walking again. While he was walking I leaned forward and rested my chin on his shoulder and wrapped my arms around his neck. When we got to the house he brought me to the living room and I sat down on the couch while he got me some ice then went to find an ACE bandage to wrap my wrist with. Olena walked into the room about then.

"Good morning," she said cheerily until she saw my wrist. "What happened dear?"

"Dimitri thought it would be a good idea to wake me up before the sun even came up to go run."

"How did that happen while running?" she asked looking at my wrist.

"She tripped and fell and sprained it," Said Dimitri coming back down the stairs.

"It's still your fault," I muttered. She laughed and went into the kitchen.

"Be nice or I'll wrap it wrong on purpose," he joked.

I playfully gasped, "You wouldn't!"

"Try me," he grinned and started wrapping it.

"I'd love to!" I said yet again seductively and then started laughing.

"Roza you have got to stop doing that."

"But comrade it's so funny, you should see your face."

"It might be funny to you but I am engaged and she would kill you if she ever heard you."

"Relax comrade I'm just messing with you," I said getting slightly irritated.

"I'm serious Rose," and I could tell he was by him calling me Rose and not Roza, but that pissed me off more. by this point he was done wrapping my wrist and was just holding it in his lap. I pulled it away an stood up

"Geez Dimitri lighten up I was just joking. I've always messed around like that since the day you met me and you've never had a problem with it before." After that I went upstairs and into Vika's room. She was awake but not out of bed yet.

"Good morning," she said sleepily.

"Morning," I said kind of shortly and started getting clothes to go take a shower.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing." I said.

"Rose don't lie,"

"Can I tell you after I take a shower? I'm gross because your brother had me running this morning.

"Yea but hurry up," she said as I was walking out the door. as I turned to go down the hall I bumped into Dimitri who was walking towards his room.

"Sorry," he muttered but kept walking without even looking at me. All I could think was how our friendship was slowly crumbling and I wasn't sure I could fix it.