Sorry it has been so long and sorry this is so short but I promise the next one will be longer and a lot more will happen. This one is just kind of a filler and for that I'm also sorry but I promise it will start picking up soon!

Afer getting all my sorry's out I have to tell you I changed something in the if you don't feel like re-reading it, in which I don't blame you, I'll just tell you what it is here. Rose lives with her mom and step father Stan! NOT ABE! Abe is not in this story or at least not yet (maybe ;D). Stan and Rose do not get along and you will find out more about it later on.

Ok now to the story. Please R&R and thank you to every single one of you that reviewed or alerted!

As soon as I got to the bathroom I realized I had a problem. Dimitri had just wrapped my wrist and I wasn't paying attention to how he did it, but I'd have to take the bandage off for the shower. Then it hit me that Olena was a nurse so I could ask her. I got in the shower and stopped to think about earlier events. Maybe I had over-reacted by saying our friendship was crumbling but there was partial truth to it. From the moment he says 'I do' on things will change. It won't just be Dimitri my best friend but instead Dimitri, Tasha's husband. 'Screw her, I'll just have to apologize for earlier and work on using all the time before the wedding to make sure we have the best summer ever!' I thought to myself.

I got out of the shower happier than when I got in and hurriedly got dressed. I walked out of the bathroom and back to Vika's bedroom. She of course was sitting there waiting for me.

"Soooo….." she drew out when I just went to the bed and sat down.

"Ugh you're so impatient!" I laughed.

"Just like somebody else I know now tell me what the hell happened!" she demanded.

"Vika language!" I jokingly reprimanded her. She just crossed her arms and glared at me. "Fine, I'll tell you now. I jokingly was pretending to be seductive to get a reaction out of your brother like I always do and he flipped out and told me that I can't do that anymore because it would piss off Tasha."

"Oh I hate her!" she grumbled. "It's not like you were actually hitting on him or being serious. You've done that since you first met him….unless he's developing feelings for you and doesn't want to admit because of Tasha and the baby."

"Yea right," I said. I didn't want to admit it to her or myself but somewhere deep down a little bit of hope sprouted, but was quickly crushed when I realized that was stupid.

"I know but a girl can hope, anything to get him away from her…it's not like you actually like him like that.

"Of course not" I said a little too quickly, then quickly looked down. Unfortunately she caught all of this.

"You don't do you?" she asked.

"No….I don't know….possibly….NO! No I don't like him, I couldn't even if I wanted to," I rambled on.

"Oh my gosh! You do!" she squealed.

"No I can't. I just I don't know I've been having really weird thoughts lately that are confusing." I admitted. I laid back on the bed and let out a sigh.

"Ok explain please."

"Ok so when I first learned about the baby and engagement for just a split second I felt a tingle of jealousy but then I realized it was stupid then pushed it away. Then at the game when he was laughing right before he attacked me when he was laughing I realized I could hear him laugh for the rest of my life and that still wouldn't be enough. But he's my best friend of course I love to hear him laugh because that means he's happy. Who doesn't want to see their best friend happy?"

"Could you hear me laugh for the rest of your life?" she questioned but I didn't answer. "Exactly. You my dear are falling for my brother." She said with a smile. At this point I sat back up and looked at her.

"Don't smile like that Vika! That's not a good thing IF you are right and I'm not saying you are because we are just friends! But even if I were it would only end up in heartbreak for me, he's engaged with a kid on the way."

"If the kids even his! Which I definitely don't believe it is."

"You don't?" she shook her head "Good I'm not the only one. Have you told your brother your theory?"

"Yea but he doesn't listen to me. But back to the situation at hand, how about we take this one step at a time. If anything random happens again you tell me and we'll see how this summer plans out because I think with you around his relationship isn't going to last very long."

"If this baby is his, I hope that's not true. What am I saying? I can't believe I'm even having this conversation! Even if I did like him I am not nor will I ever be a home wrecker no matter how horrible that tramp is."

"Well it looks like we have some work to do." She said mischeviously.

"What do mean?" I questioned hesitantly.

"Well I know my brother and if this baby isn't his and she's been lying to him you won't have to do anything for them to break up. he'll leave her on his own."

"You may be right but have you stopped to think how much it's going to hurt him if your right?"

"I know it will but he will have you and his family to help him through it."

"We can not be having this conversation! We are just assuming she's lying but what if by chance she isn't? I know its impossible to believe but there is a chance that she's telling he truth you know."

"Well then I tell you what, if we are wrong then I will actually get down on my knees and apologize for being mean and assuming she was lying in front of her and Dimka."

"Really?"

"Ok so I might not get on my knees but I will apologize. That is how sure I am that she's lying." I went to get up and put my hand down to push off the bed momentarily forgetting about my wrist until I got a sharp pain.

"Damn it I forgot about that!" I mumbled. I got up this time making sure not to use that hand. I turned and faced Vika. "Ok fine if we're wrong I'm holding you to that. I'm not going to start going all james bond trying to figure out if she's lying or not but I will see what I can do."

She grinned like the Cheshire cat. "I knew you'd come around."

"I said I will see what I can do. Now if you don't mind I'm going to get Olena to wrap this then we are going shopping!"

"Really? Why?" she asked looking as if she was unsure of whether she should be happy or not about it.

"Well I do believe your brother has to do my laundry for the next week and I really don't have much that would make him blush or freak out so we need to fix that." At this she squealed and started making a list of things to get while I just shook my head and walked out of the room. I made my way downstairs and found my mom and Olena in the kitchen talking.

"Hey," I said letting them know I was there.

"Hey honey, you hungry?" asked Olena.

"Sure." I said reaching for a plate from the cabinet.

"Don't worry I already have you a plate ready," she said chuckling.

"Olena you know me so well!" I said with a laugh. "but first can you re-wrap my wrist? I had to take a shower and am not sure how to do it myself."

"Sure honey," she said grabbing my wrist softly and started wrapping it.

"So I noticed that Dimitri left a little while ago not looking too happy…" my mom started, "know anything about that?"

"Yea we kind of got into a disagreement but its ok as soon as I see him again I'm going to fix it."

"What did you two disagree about?" asked Olena.

"Well aren't you two a couple of nosy old lady's? Do we need to just go ahead and turn your kitchen into a beauty salon and invite some of the neighbors over?" I joked with them.

"Hey I am not old young lady!" said my mom playing back.

"You know I'm just kidding. We just have differing opinions on how friends are allowed to treat each other. I playfully said some things to make him laugh…they weren't that bad but you know him he's so stuck up sometimes that I wanted to get him to loosen up and he ended up getting really mad."

"Oh honey just ignore him he's been so stressed out lately he's almost always being his usual uptight self. Actually since you've been here I've seen him smile more than I have in the last month." said Olena comforting me.

"Don't worry I have a few things in store for him. I think you'll be seeing him smile a lot more while I'm here. I just have to remind how to loosen up." I said grinning.

"Well hun I wish you all the best because if anyone can get him to loosen up it's you," she said with a wink. About then Viktoria came down stairs ready to go.

"Well mom, Olena…phase one of my plan is about to commence so me and Vika need to go get prepared we'll see you two later."

"Be careful!" my mom called after us.

"I'll try." I yelled back giving her my standard answer. Then we headed off to go the mall to start phase one of my plans for Dimitri.