So I know I've taken forever to update and I wish I could give some awesome excuse but the truth is there is none. I've just been letting distractions get in the way this summer and for that I am really sorry.

That being said, Thank you to everyone who alerted, reviewed or even read the last chapter and pretty much the whole story so far!

I have some of the drama scenes later in the story finished, but I'm kind of out of ideas for them to do in between, so if anyone has some summer ideas for them to do feel free to give them to me. Or if anyone has any ideas on how to catch Tasha in her schemes, that's more than welcome too!

In this chapter Rose is kind of slow, but it's really only to drag the drama out. anyway here's the chapter please feel free to review, add comments, or add suggestions and I'll try to hurry up the next update!

First we went to the mall and went into a few lingerie stores. Vika of course made me try on everything but thankfully she tried some on too. I ended up getting a few lacy bras in various colors, some lacy thongs and panties to match along with a bright red corset night gown that hardly covered anything, and a black night gown that covered my boobs and went right past my ass but was entirely see through except the bra padding, in other words Dimitri is going to flip.

After all the shopping I realized I was hungry so we went to the food court. We stopped by a random fast food place and were sitting at a table laughing and chatting when Mia and Kristina showed up and came over to us.

"Hey what are you two doing?" asked Mia.

"Oh you know just shooting elephants," I said sarcastically.

"Ha-ha smart ass bitch," she laughed back.

"Well don't ask stupid questions," I added with a grin.

"Well what are you doing tonight?" I looked at Vika and shrugged. "Well a bunch of us are going to this awesome little karaoke club and we were wanting to know if you two wanted to come?"

"Well I'm game as long as I don't have to sing," I joked.

"Same here," said Vika.

"Well great, but you both will definitely sing!" she threatened, "Everybody will."

"Yes Ma'am!" I said and threw my hand up in a mock salute.

"Ugh you're such a bitch!" she said with a smile, "I think we'll get along well. Well we have to get going lots of shopping to do."

"Yea I guess we have some shopping to do too now," said Vika with a mischevious grin.

"Well do you want to come shopping with us to find outfits for tonight?" asked Mia.

"Sure" I said knowing there was no way out of it. As we stood up I got a text.

From: Dimitri

Hey, sorry about me being an ass earlier. Forgive me? :)

I quickly replied.

From: Rose

I might but that was a sucky ass apology…I think I might be able to if you can do better than that :)

From: Dimitri

I am so so so sorry for being a complete moronic, stupid, idiotic ass to you earlier. Will you ever find it in you to forgive me? Do I need to come get on my knees and plead for your forgiveness? (is that better?)

From: Rose

That's better…if I said yes would you actually do it?

From: Dimitri

You wish!

From: Rose

I figured but it was worth a shot :) and I guess I can forgive you…

From: Dimitri

You guess? I'll take what I can get for now.

From: Rose

You better mister! Or else I'll make you get on your knees and plead!

From: Dimitri

In your dreams Hathaway.

From: Rose

Well if you'd quit being an butthead I might actually forgive you

From: Dimitri

Did you just seriously call me a butthead? What are we in middle school now?

From: Rose

Hey I just forgave you for being mean once today…you better quit while your ahead, or you might want to think about investing in some knee pads cause at this rate yor gonna need them A LOT :)

"ROSE! Are you going to come back to reality any time soon?" I looked up and saw Vika waving her hand in my face. "Finally, I've been trying to get your attention for 5 minutes now."

"Really Rose what has you smiling so big?" questioned Mia. I for one did not want to face the Mia Inquisition because as stubborn as she is I bet it would never end.

"Oh just one of my friends back in Texas.." I said nonchalantly.

"Is it a he or a she?"

"Definitely a she, the guys in my town suck." I said with a chuckle thankfully getting her started on a rant about guys and how she is lucky to have found Ivan. I checked my phone and saw that Dimitri had replied.

From: Dimitri

I could just borrow yours :) Jk. What are you up to?

Making sure the girls were still busy ranting I quickly replied back.

From: Rose

Your getting closer and closer to needing some so you might want to watch it Belikov! And shopping with your sister…shoot me now.

From: Dimitri

I'll try to be on my best behavior from now on ;D and sorry can't help you there, I'm busy hanging out with Ivan. Shopping for anything in particular?

From: Rose

Ugh you suck! :D Jk. Yea we're going to some karaoke club tonight, wanna come with us?

From: Dimitri

I'll have to talk to Tasha first because we had plans, but I could probably talke her into going!

From: Rose

Fun….Well I'm getting glared at for being on my phone too much. I'll see ya later!

"Ok seriously that can not just be one of your GIRL friends from Texas! That smile definitely says that it's a boy you have the hots for" said Mia trying to grab my phone. I quickly went avoided her and put it in my pocket.

"It's no one, seriously. I do NOT have the hots for who I'm texting," I replied.

"Mhmmm."

"Seriously he's just a friend," too late I realized my slip up and unfortunately Mia caught it.

"So it is a he? See I told you. And you might be in denial but I know that smile that you had, you're falling for him."

"Well for everyone's sake I hope not," I mumbled. Immediately concern crossed her features.

"Why?"

"He's kind of taken and it would hurt a lot of people if I end up falling for him."

"Or it would help a lot of people," Piped up Vika.

"No it wouldn't"

"Why would you say it would Vik?" asked Mia. Luckily Kristina was off looking at some clothing rack.

"Because from I've heard his girlfriend is a bitch and his entire family hates her."

"Oh well then go ahead and steal him…why does that sound so familiar? Hmmm oh well." She said looking curious for a second and then shrugging it away.

"Come on why are we still here talking? We need some outfits!" said Vika.

"Let's shop till we drop!" agreed Mia.

While shopping Mia informed us that it was a dancing club when people weren't singing karaoke. We all ended up finding some cute dresses, then each headed home until we had to start getting ready.

When we got to the Belikov's we still had about three hours before we had to get ready so I went to the kitchen to fix myself something to eat.

"Hey Rose can you go to the store and pick up a few things for me and Olena?" asked my mom coming in the room.

"Yea sure just make me a list."

"ok here you go," she said handing me a list already made.

"I take it even if I said no I was still going huh?" I asked with a laugh.

"Pretty much" she said with a chuckle.

On my way out I ran into Dimitri coming in.

"Hey, where you headed to?" He asked.

"Store."

"Well a pretty lady like you shouldn't be all by herself at this time of…day. I should escort you and make sure nothing happens to you," he joked.

"Oh my! What a true gentleman. A lady never does see them around these parts too often!" I joked back with a huge extra twang added to my voice.

"Wow your really good at that." He laughed.

"Hey I live in Texas, I'm supposed to be good at faking twang. I don't need protection, but if you want to come with me then come on, we need to hurry so I can get ready."

We walked to the store and had gotten almost everything, but Dimitri had run off while I was in line to get something we had forgotten. While I was standing there a man stood behind me. Apparently he didn't like silence so he struck up a conversation.

"I haven't seen a pretty girl like you around here before…are you new to town?" I took a good look at him and almost burst out laughing. He had on some weird suit with a flashy scarf and one earring, but his eyes looked familiar, I just couldn't tell why.

"No I'm here visiting some close friends of the family with my mom."

"Oh did she used to live here? Most people here have lived here their whole lives so I doubt any friends moved here."

"Yea she graduated from here." I don't know why I was answering all of his questions, I just felt like I could actually trust him and not have him use all this information to cause harm.

"Oh really? With your age I'm guessing it was a while ago?"

"Class of '92. Got pregnant with me near the end of her senior year."

"Oh really? If I may ask what's your moms name?"

"Janine." Something changed in his face but I didn't know him well enough to actually know what it was, but it kind of resembled pain.

"Janie Hathaway…" he whispered.

"No I said Janine, not Janie." I said almost confused.

"Oh yes of course."

"I take it you knew her?"

"I thought you looked like her. You could say I knew her, in fact I knew her pretty well in high school. If you don't mind me asking what's your name?"

"Rosemarie but no one calls me that, I go by Rose. and your mistaken, Olena and my mom say that I get my looks from my father, part of the reason stan resents me so bad," I muttered the last part but he still heard.

"Yea I can see how people say that you look like your dad. Who's Stan?" he asked curiously.

"My evil stepfather, he's a douche. Hates me because I remind him of my moms 'first love'" I said sarcastically. By then Dimitri had gotten back and was standing watching our exchange silently, Abe looked like he just noticed him.

"Dimitri! How are you and your family?"

"We're good thank you for asking," he answered politely.

"Well it's about time for us to get going." I said as the Cashier rang us up. "I'll talk to you later, maybe." I started to walk away but then turned around, " I didn't ask what's your name?"

"Abe, my name is Abe." He said with a small smile.

"Later Zmey." Said Dimitri as we walked off. When we were out of the store I turned to Dimitri.

"Who was that man and how do you know him?" I questioned.

"I know almost everyone in this town Roza, but remember how I told you about my father and how I beat him up?" when I nodded he continued. "Well afterwards my family needed a little help and Zmey was the one to give it to us."

"Why do you call him Zmey? What's that mean?"

"It means snake in Russian. We call him that because the business he's in isn't very…well…for the most part it's illegal. He's very slick at what he does cause he hasn't been caught yet and probably never will."

"Like he's a Mobster?"

"Something like that," he chuckled. " Come on let's get this stuff home, plus you have to get ready." He kind of looked like he was hiding something but I just brushed it off.

When we got to the house me and Dimitri started putting the stuff away when Olena and my mom came in and started to help.

"How was the store?" Olena asked.

"Hey mom where do these go?" he asked pulling a bag of carrots out of the grocery bag. Olena gave him a questioning look before she answered.

"Dimka they go where they've always gone, in the fridge drawer."

"Oh yea duh..that was stupid of me," he said with a nervous chuckle. We all gave him a weird look but I brushed it off.

"Anyways.." I said turning to my mom and Olena. "It was just like every other trip to the store, until I met this strange man. He was asking all these questions and I ended up finding out he knew you when you lived here mom."

"Oh…Did he tell you his name?" my mom asked putting a can up in the cabinet.

"He said his name was Abe…He even told me I do look kind of like my father. Which is weird because I've never even heard of him and you talk about your old friends all the time." I looked up and saw my mom and Olena had frozen in their spots.

"I think I forgot to grab something from my room," my mom said hurriedly walking out.

"Ok that was weird. What was wrong with her? Does she not like that guy or something?" I asked confused.

"They used to be…friends but then they got into a fight and haven't spoken since."

"Oh, must have been a big fight if it still affects her like that after all these years…"

"You could say that…" Olena trailed off. "Anyways aren't you kids going out tonight? You should go get ready."

"Oh yea thanks for reminding me." I said running up the stairs.

~~~~~~~~~~(Surprise Dimitri POV!)~~~~~~~~~~~

Roza and I were in the kitchen putting stuff away when Mama and Janine came in and started to help.

"How was the store?" Mama asked.

"Hey mom where do these go?" I asked pulling the first thing out of the bag that I could. I was trying to distract Roza so she shouldn't mention seeing Zmey because I had a huge suspicion of who he really was and figure that Janine will not like Roza talking to him. Unfortunately the first thing I grabbed was carrots and Mama just looked at me like I was going crazy.

"Dimka they go where they've always gone, in the fridge drawer."

"Oh yea duh..that was stupid of me," I said with a nervous chuckle.

"Anyways.." Rose said turning to my Mama and Janine. "It was just like every other trip to the store, until I met this strange man. He was asking all these questions and I ended up finding out he knew you when you lived here mom."

"Oh…Did he tell you his name?" Janine asked putting a can up in the cabinet.

"He said his name was Abe…He even told me I do look kind of like my father. Which is weird because I've never even heard of him and you talk about your old friends all the time." I looked up and saw my mama and Janine had frozen in their spots.

"I think I forgot to grab something from my room," Janine said hurriedly walking out.

"Ok that was weird. What was wrong with her? Does she not like that guy or something?" Rose asked confused. I wished I could tell her my suspicions but first I needed answers.

"They used to be…friends but then they got into a fight and haven't spoken since."

"Oh, must have been a big fight if it still affects her like that after all these years…"

"You could say that…" Mama trailed off. Right then I knew exactly why Janine had that reaction. "Anyways aren't you kids going out tonight? You should go get ready."

"Oh yea thanks for reminding me." Roza said running up the stairs. As soon as I knew she was gone I turned to mama to confront her.

"Zmey is her father isn't he?" I asked already knowing the answer.

"Yes but please don't tell her. Janine has her reasons from hiding the truth from her and this is between them. How did you figure it out?"

"Their looks especially the eyes they have the exact same eyes. She's almost a spitting image of him, I'm surprised she didn't figure it out too. You realize if I don't tell her and she knows I knew she will be furious? She has always wanted to know who he was."

"I know Dimka and I know it's hard trust me I've almost told her myself, but you need to wait and let Janine tell her when she's ready too. She feels like she's protecting Roza and doing what's best by her. We need to try and respect that."

"Fine but when the time comes can we please not tell her I already knew?"

"Yes, I will try to keep you out of it."

"Thank you mama," I kissed her and walked up the stairs trying to figure out how to keep myself from telling her something that she's wanted to know her whole life. she's always wondered who he was and why he never contacted her or tried to save her from that asshole Stan. If she finds out I know, she might never forgive me.