So I'm pretty sure this is the longest chapter I have ever written! It's 15 PAGES! I started it at like 11pm and am now writing this AN at 8:02 Am. Once I started writing I just couldn't stop! Some parts may drag a little bit, if they do I'm so sorry. I blame it on the lack of sleep. The chapter isn't exactly what I had planned but it's not too bad…hopefully it's good. (Sorry I ramble when I'm tired). I have Figured out that unless I combine the next two chapters, which is possible, the reveal will be in three chapters!

I hate to say this but I'm too tired to do all the thank you's right this second so I will ad them in the AN next chapter, sorry.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed, alerted or read. Here's the next chapter and as always please R&R. Even if it's a bad review, especially on this chapter because I'm not too sure how it turned out.

Not 5 seconds later my mom is bursting through the door.

"What is Abe Mazur doing here and why did he say that YOU invited him? Please tell me he's lying," she said glaring at me.

"I did invite him. He said his housekeeper was on vacation so I figured I would save his kitchen kind of how he saved my life and invited him over!" I told her exaggerating just a tad. "I would kind of like to get to know him seeing as he did save my life plus maybe you two can solve whatever problem you have."

"I don't really want you around him Rosemarie. I don't think it's a good idea."

"I really like him. He actually seems really awesome, but don't tell him I said that, can't be too nice. I don't get why you have such a big problem with him."

"We didn't just get in a fight Rosemarie, we were dating. We actually dated all through high school even though he's a few years older than me. Something happened and we ended up calling it quits and haven't talked since." She told me not realizing how much information she just let slip.

"Wait you got pregnant with me you're senior year…he's not…Is he?" I asked.

"Oh no of course not. No I got pregnant with you after we broke up," she said.

"But if you dated all through high school how did you have time to 'fall in love' after him with a completely different guy?" I asked wondering if she was lying to me and if she was why?

"We broke up at the beginning of my senior year. I got pregnant with you halfway into the second semester. There was plenty of time in between."

"OK? So if you fell in love with someone else then why can't I try to get to know him? It shouldn't bother you too bad," I asked her severely confused. I don't know how well I can handle all this drama with Dimitri plus this 'who's your daddy? Oh no not him' crap.

"He's just not good news and I think you'll be safer if you stay away from him."

"Safer? You realize if it wasn't for him who knows where I'd be?" I told her getting kind of pissed that she wouldn't actually give me a good reason.

"Yes, and I'm extremely thankful for that but I think from now on you should stay away from him."

"Whatever. I like him and I think the least I could do is be friendly towards him." I told her before heading towards the door.

"Just be careful Rosemarie, I don' want to see you get hurt." She called after me. She was seriously so infuriating and confusing. Like how could inviting a man who saved my life to dinner hurt me? Like I said earlier I don't know if I can handle this so for now I'm just going to forget about that conversation upstairs with my mother and try to forget this tension with Dimitri and just enjoy dinner. Halfway down the stairs, Yeva stopped me.

"Help show him the way. There will be a big storm, one you might not want to go through, but the storm will always pass. Remember that," she sad then patted me on the cheek and walked back down the stairs. What was that about? Was she talking about Dimitri? It must be him, but show him the way? What way? Yea, that helps me not concentrate on the Dimitri drama right now!

I got downstairs and saw Olena and Abe sitting on the couch making small talk while everyone else just kind of awkwardly sat around the room not saying a word.

"Well looks like you made it. I hope you don't mind Olena," I said figuring she wouldn't be mad but making sure just in case.

"Of course not dear. Dinner's almost ready ready so let me just go finish it up while you all talk. It'll be ready in about 5 minutes." She said getting up and walking to the kitchen.

"Well, zmey how have you been? Burn down the kitchen yet?" I asked sarcastically.

"Zmey? Who taught you that one? And no actually thanks for asking."

"Who said I had to be taught? Maybe I already knew…" I said knowing that he would read straight through me. I have no knowledge of Russian plus how would I know his Russian nickname?

"Really so you know Russian?" Abe asked.

"Maybe…" I said. He raised an eyebrow at me. "How is it everyone can do that but me?"

"It's a special skill." He told me.

"Well only really uncool people can do that," I said frustrated that I can't.

"Mhmm…So Russian huh?" he said staring me down.

"Fine! Dimitri and Vika told me!" I said caving. He just smirked.

"Dinners done!" Olena called.

"YES, I'm starving!" Viktoria said before hurrying to the kitchen while we followed.

"You've been hanging around me too long Vika!" I called after her. I quickly found myself stuck between Dimitri and my mom with Abe across from me with Vika and Paul on each side of him.

"Where's your entourage?" I asked Abe.

"You mean Pavel?" he asked.

"No the other strange man that's always with you," I said sarcastically.

"Touché, Pavel is waiting for me to call him so he can come pick me up."

"Wait is he your chauffer, body guard, or secret lover?" I asked. Dimitri ad Janine both choked on their drinks while Vika and most of the table just smiled not wanting to offend him.

"You don't filter anything you say do you?"

"Nope," I said popping the "p".

"I like that type of honesty. More people should have it. He's my body guard, but he also drives me around. I'm not gay so you can cross secret lover off that list." He said straightforward.

"Well I'm glad somebody appreciates me not having a filter, usually I get in trouble for that." I said looking at my mom.

"I hope I'm not making you uncomfortable Janine, Rose here just invited me and I couldn't help myself from saying yes," he said looking at my mom. Suddenly the air got really thick with tension.

"It's not problem. Rose here has a mind of her own so I should have expected it sooner or later." She said tersely.

"How have you been recently?" he asked her obviously either not getting her hint or just flat out ignoring it. Probably the latter.

"Fine Abe," she said annoyed.

"Rose told me you're married now. How's that going?" I wanted to laugh outright. He was a very brave man.

"Oh stan? He's great. We're great." She said exaggerating things a ton. I snorted and she glared at me.

"What? He's an ass. No need to lie!" I defended. I looked at Abe and he was softly smiling but everyone else just sat there. Nobody said anything for a minute or two until all of a sudden Paul spoke up.

"Well this shit's awkward…" he said innocently. Vika choked on her drink Sonya and Karolina both looked shocked, Olena and Dimitri had a hint of a smile and I busted out laughing.

"Rosemarie quit laughing!" my mother scolded me.

"What? I'm sorry I didn't expect him to say that!"

"Where did you learn those words Paul?" asked Sonya.

"Aunty Rose said them!" he said proudly. Almost every face turned to me and Abe just smirked. I let my head hang a little knowing I was in deep shit for teaching him the word shit! That's irony for you.

"Well Aunty Rose shouldn't have said that word. Shit is a bad word that you don't say ok?" she asked him while he just nodded his head. "And Aunt Rose is going to watch what she says from now on right?" she asked while I copied Paul and just nodded my head. It was silent again for a minute or two before Dimitri spoke up.

"Oh Rose don't you have something to ask your mom?" he said with a smirk.

"I'll ask her later." I told him trying to convey the message of 'drop it', but of course it didn't work.

"Why not now? It's not like she's busy. Plus I'd like to hear her opinion." He said.

"Fine!" I said glaring at him before turning to my mom. "Before you freak out on me, we have this all planned out. Mia asked Vika if we wanted to go to a karaoke club tonight and I promise I will not go off on my own this time I will always have somebody with me. Can I please go? Especially since I didn't really get to enjoy it last time.."

"Absolutely not!" she said.

"Please? Nothing bad will happen this time!"

"How do you know that? a group of teenage girls will have no effect on three grown thugs."

"Hey I'm offended, I almost got away on my own! Plus we won't put ourselves in that position again."

"How about if Dimitri goes with them?" suggested Abe. "Then he can protect them. Plus they're all comfortable enough with him that it won't be like having a bodyguard"

"I appreciate the thought, but he probably has plans with his girlfriend." I said trying to persuade him to change his mind.

"Well Tasha can come with right?" asked Olena innocently. I looked at Vika and gave her a look. I would have rolled my eyes but that's too obvious.

"Of course, I'll have to ask her first though." Dimitri said a little stiffly, not enough for anyone to really notice but I definitely did.

"Fine, if Dimitri goes then you can too," my mom said a bit reluctantly.

"YES!" squealed Vika. "Let's go get ready!" she said jumping up and heading upstairs. I quickly got up and followed. We hurriedly got dressed, she had picked out cute dark blue skinny jeans, a purple tight shirt that drooped at the top showing a little cleavage with a black sparkly belt that went around my waist and black leather knee high boots for me. She wanted me to wear a dress, but with the bruises and scrapes I quickly cut that out. She was wearing a similar outfit with a green sparkly top, regular blue skinny jeans, and light brown leather boots. I let her do my make-up since that's her specialty and was amazed with what I saw. She had done a silver smoky eye, with dark pink lipstick, and light blush. What amazed me was there was no hint of the bruises; in fact the only thing that you could still see was where my eye was still swelling just a tad. The bruises had all faded but not much in just a day, so I had been worried about them but Viktoria took care of that. I quickly ran a curling iron through my hair just to enhance my usual wavy hair and we were ready. We headed downstairs to find Dimitri in the living room wearing, get this, a purple button up with dark blue jeans and black boots. Luckily he was wearing a dark shade of purple where I was wearing a bright purple, if we would have completely matched, lets just say…awkward. I looked towards Vika who was smiling, she probably had something to do with this. When he looked at us his jaw dropped just a tiny bit but he quickly put his blank mask on.

"You two look nice. You'll be happy to know Tasha is not coming tonight, she says she's sick." He said but I could tell he didn't know whether to believe her or not.

"You're not too bad yourself comrade and Sorry to hear that," I said as I grabbed my clutch and started to the door.

"No you're not, you hate Tasha," Vika said as if she didn't what's happened between Dimitri and I.

"You're right I'm not. I am sorry she's bailing on Dimitri though," I said honestly. I hated to see Dimitri hurt but I couldn't outright tell him to leave her. He'll have to learn on his own or find out the hard way.

"Let's go!" I said heading to the car. Dimitri drove and I ended up stuck in the front seat with Vika in the back. Mia and Kristina would be meeting us there because there wasn't really enough room for Dimitri in Mia's car with the rest of us girls.

"So Dimitri, looking forward to a night out with the gals?" Vika asked laughing.

"Oh wouldn't miss it," he said sarcastically.

"Well you can just drop us off at the club and then go take care of your fiancé?" I suggested half being a smart ass and half hoping he would go for it. I wanted a night away from him yet AGAIN people had different ideas. How is it really this impossible to get away from him?

"I told you're mom and mine that I would go with you so I am. Plus Tasha is not really home sick," he said.

"Why do you say that?" I asked as if I really cared.

"Because we just passed her house and her car was gone," he said squeezing the wheel a little tighter. I put my hand on his. I might be mad at him for being an ass but he really doesn't deserve Tasha playing these stupid games with him.

"I'm sorry," I told him sincerely. He glance in the rear view at Vika but she had her heaphones in and was staring out the window bobbing her head (in other words she was listening to our conversation but trying to pretend that she wasn't).

"Don't be, it's because she's still mad at me for yesterday. She probably just went over to one of her girlfriends houses," he said so obviously ignorant of Tasha's real motive.

"HA," Said Vika with a laugh. I turned and looked at her questioningly and she tured her head towards me.

"OH DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD?" she said way too loudly, still trying to keep up the pretense she was listening to music. I nodded my head and gave her a look while she just smiled. "SORRY IT WAS A FUNNY LINE IN A SONG THAT I JUST FINALLY UNDERSTOOD!"

I just shook my head and turned back around.

"You really believe that?" I asked him.

"Let's just drop it," he said a little harshly.

"We're HERE!" Vika said excitedly from the backseat. Dimitri quickly parked and we headed in. We quickly found Mia and Kristina at a high top table by the stage, a pretty good way away from the bar.

"Finally!" Mia said. "I've already signed you up for songs when it starts in a little bit, but first let's dance!"

I'm not going to lie usually I am pretty self conscience about public dancing but tonight I didn't care. I followed them to the middle of the dance floor and we started dancing. Dimitri stayed at the table but I quickly tried to forget about him. Hilariously enough the first song that came on was 'Gangnam Style' by Psy. We were having a blast imitating the dance, some of us better than others, and my stomach hurt from laughing by the end of it. Quickly the song changed to a remix of 'Die Young' by Ke$ha. I guess because of my good mood I grew a little bolder than usual because when some stranger came up behind me and started dancing half way through the song I didn't push him away. I glanced over and saw Dimitri looking over, For a minute I almost felt guilty but then I realized I had no reason to, he's the one that's been an ass to me and as of right now he's the one that's engaged, I'm single. The music switched to an older song and the whole club cheered. It was "Get Low' by Lil Jon. I would like to say at that point I finally pushed the guy behind me away but I looked back over to where Dimitri was and he was glaring our way not even trying to hide his emotions. I met his eyes and I could see a tinge of anger and was that Jealousy? He had no right to be Jealous! So of course that sparked my vengeful side so instead of doing what I probably should have, I started dancing just a little bit dirtier just to mess with him.

"That your boyfriend?" the guy behind me asked noticing Dimitri's glare.

"He wishes!" I joked. Looking at the guy behind me. He was actually pretty cute, he had light brown hair and piercing blue eyes. He had one of those baby cute faces that could look really sexy on some people, and for him it definitely worked.

"Want to make him wish more?" he smirked at me.

"Definitely," I said with a grin. This time when the chorus came I dropped to the groundand came back up repeating it a few times before going back to regular dancing. His hands were on my hips but he slowly started raising them, that I wasn't comfortable with. I quickly put my hands on his and pushed down. He unfortunately got the wrong idea and started traveling his hads lower on my body before I grabbed them again.

"None of that." I told him.

"Thought you wanted to make him jealous?" he asked innocently.

"Not that bad," I said. When he started raising his hands again I quit dancing and turned around to face him. "I said no!"

"Oh come on. What are you a prude?" he asked smirking.

"The lady said no," came a voice behind me. Well shit, that worked in the complete opposite way I wanted it to.

"Whatever I was just trying to have fun," the guy said before walking away.

"You didn't have to come over, I was handling it!" I said turning to face Dimitri.

"I'm your body guard, it's my job to chase away scum like that," he said with a smirk.

"Whatever," I said before turning towards the bar area.

"Where are you going?" he asked grabbing my arm. I quickly yanked my arm away.

"To the bathroom. You going to follow me in there too?" I snapped. He held up his hands.

"No, go ahead."

"Oh thank you!" I said in a sarcastically over sweet voice.

I headed to the bathroom and just sat in front of the sink for a minute I glanced up in the mirror and noticed my eyeliner had started to smear a little from the dancing so I quickly started fixing it. When I looked better and had cooled down a little I left the restroom. I went and stood by the bar to get a water but had to wait on the busy bartender.

"You look like you could use a shot," said a voice beside me. I looked over and saw Ivan, Dimitri's friend.

"I wish, but I don't think Dimitri would approve very much." I said wistfully.

"Who's gonna tell him?" he asked winking at me.

"I don't know…." I said hesitantly.

"Trust me you need a shot. I would have been plastered by now if I were you." He told me truthfully.

"He told you?!" I asked.

"Told me what?" he asked giving me a look that told me he knew but that he would pretend he didn't.

"I'll take a shot," I said sitting on the stool beside him. He called the bartender over ad ordered two shots.

"If it helps any, I think he should pick you. I don't trust her as far as I could throw her." He said leaning down so I could hear him. Karaoke had started while I was in the bathroom and somebody was now on stage screeching so it was hard to hear.

"Not really. He's Dimitri Belikov, the good guy. The one that always does what he thinks is right so it's not like he'll leave her. Plus he doesn't like me like that. He told me himself."

"And you honestly believed him?" he asked like that was a shock. "You have to know he was lying even if he doesn't quite realize he was. He's so in love with you, he just won't accept it because like you said, he does what he thinks is right."

"Yea right. He is not in love with me but that's fine because I don't love him either," I told him lying. About then the shots were placed in front of us. Ivan quickly told the bartender to get us two more, I looked at him questioningly.

"Trust me you'll need it here in a minute." He said. We quickly downed the first set of shots. "So who are you trying to fool here, me or yourself?"

"I'm not trying to fool anybody," I told him. "Just telling the truth."

"You're a horrible liar. Want to know what I do for a living?" he asked. I shrugged wondering where this was going. "I'm in the military, and based on my tests, they trained me to read people. They can't send shrinks overseas with every group so they try to train at least one person in each group to read people, that way I can tell if a person is handling things well or if he's about to lose his marbles. Not only am I trained to read people, I'm one of the best at it so I can tell you're lying without you even saying a word. Why do you think me and Mia get along so well?" he joked. "So it's extremely pointless to even attempt lying to me. from the moment you got here this summer I could tell you loved Dimitri, even when you didn't realize it."

"Ok fine, so I love him! What's that solve? Absolutely nothing. He's still engaged with a baby on the way!" I told him frustrated. What's the point in admitting my feelings, when it does no good?

"Why did Tasha not come?"

"She's supposedly sick at home, but her car's not there." I told him.

"Ofcourse it isn't because look behind you by the exit." He said nodding his head in the direction. I looked up and saw Tasha laughing at something but I couldn't tell who she was with.

"Oh my gosh! Is she really that stupid? She came to the club she knew we were going to?" I asked astounded.

"She's never been very bright." Ivan said. I quickly pulled out my phone.

"Let me see your phone," I told Ivan. He gave me a questioning look but handed it over. I got it to the unlock screen where it said the date and time. I held it in front of my phone's camera and took a picture of her making sure to get his phone in the picture so Dimitri couldn't deny when it was.

"Smart idea," Ivan told me.

"Thanks now where's that other shot?" I asked. He handed it to me and I quickly gulped it down before getting up and heading towards Tasha. Ivan tried to stop me but quickly realized it was pointless. I yanked Tasha's shoulder making her face me.

"So much for being home sick," I said glaring at her.

"Oh hey it's the town whore!" she said cheerfully. Ivan put his hand on my shoulder to calm me down, it kind of worked but very well. "Damn Rose how many guys are you screwing? You've even added Dimitri's best friend to the list? That's low even for you, I wonder how Mia your so called friend would feel about that?"

"Ok for one I'm not a slut like you. Two I'm not screwing anybody especially not my friends boyfriend. Three I may not have proof that you're a lying cheating whore but I'll get some soon so Dimitri will finally see who you really are."

"Who do you think you are miss high and mighty? If you haven't realized he chose me. We're getting married and I'm having his baby!"

"Do you even know who the father is?" I asked. She gasped and slapped me. I balled my fists but didn't make any moves toward her.

"How dare you!" she yelled. "Get out of this fake reality you're in bitch. I have Dimitri wrapped around my finger and he's not going anywhere!" she said before storming out of the club.

"I'm proud of you for not hitting her," Ivan said with a small smile.

"She might be a bitch and deserved it but she's still pregnant. She tries it again I can't say I will say the same thing,"

"Rose there you are I've been looking for you!" Dimitri said from behind me.

"Perfect timing," I muttered. Dimitri didn't hear me but Ivan did and gave me a wink and a small smile.

"Sorry as I was coming out of the bathroom I saw Ivan and we got to talking." I explained.

"Why is your face red?" He asked grabbing my chin and tilting my face towards the light. "Did somebody hit you?"

I quickly yanked my face out of his hands. "Just some drunk girl in the bathroom. She was trying to hit someone else and I just happened to be in the way. No big deal."

"Well come back over to the table, the girls were starting to get worried," he said giving me a look like me didn't believe me but wasn't going to ask any more questions about it. I turned towards Ivan.

"Does Mia know you're here? Why were you at the bar and not with her?"

"I was going to get a drink then go surprise her but then I saw you." He explained.

"Hey Ivan, can I have a word with Rose really quick? We'll meet you at the table. They're just over there." He told Ivan pointing to our table. Ivan walked off but when he was out of Dimitri's line of sight he turned around smirked then winked at me. Dimitri was luckily still turned sideways not looking at me so I put my hand behind his back and flipped him off.

"I'm sorry," Dimitri said quickly getting my attention. I looked back at him and he turned towards me.

"Good start but what exactly are you sorry for?" I asked.

"For everything…except running that jerk off. I won't apologize for that."

"Honestly I don't want you to, if I was honest with myself I would have said thank you instead of yelling at you but you still do have to try and let me handle things by myself. I know you were trying to help but if I'm ever going to get over what happened I need to learn to defend myself not have someone else do it. But thank you I do appreciate it."

"Anytime…I'm sorry for being a complete jerk to you, you did nothing wrong and I never should have taken things out on you."

"You think?" I asked sarcastically. He gave me a look that said shut up. "Sorry it's habit, but it is the truth…shutting up now!"

"You were right about Tasha, I do need to seriously think about things with her. I'm tired of her games and how she is so clingy, but I don't know if that's good enough reason to end our engagement. I'm just really confused right now and I ended up taking that confusion out on you, like I said I'm sorry for that.. I need to seriously think about things and not make any hasty decisions. No matter what, you're still my best friend and always will be."

"Well you already know what I think about this so I won't say anything but start ignoring me and I won't forgive you so easily!" I told him. I probably shouldn't forgive him so easily but I miss my best friend. If he stays with Tasha and I continue to have these feelings for him, I don't know how much longer I'll be able to handle being so close to him so I really need to cherish our friendship while I can.

"I promise if there's a next time I might even get on my knees and beg your forgiveness," he smirked referring to our conversation a few days ago.

"Thought you were supposed to do that this time?" I asked.

"Well you already forgave me," he said with a smile.

"Who said that? I just said next time I won't be as easy as this time. I never said I forgive you." I said with a chuckle.

"Are you really going to make me get on my knees in front of a bar in this crowded club?" he asked.

"I guess not this time, but if there's a next time definitely!"

"Thank you!" He said gratefully.

"Now let's go have some fun!" I said dragging him to the table. About then Mia made er way to the stage. She sang 'Run The World' by Beyonce.

"Where have you been?" Vika asked.

"Sorry there were a few distractions on my way back from the bathroom. I actually have something to show you later. Remind me." I told her. She gave me a questioning look but I shrugged it off. By then Mia was done and it was Kristina's turn to go up. she sang 'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen. Mia, Ivan, Vika and I decided to go dance again. As we were dancing I felt someone come up behind me and start dancing I turned around to tell them off but when I saw who it was I started laughing. Of course he'd be here.

"What? Can't I dance with you little vixen?" he asked with a grin.

"Whatever but no touching inappropriately" I warned not wanting a repeat of earlier. We started dancing again and before I knew it, it was Vika's turn. She did 'Blow' by Ke$ha. Soon enough it was my turn and I was curious what song they had picked for me this time. Luckily they had given me one I already knew so it wasn't too bad. It was 'Domino' by Jessie J. While I sang I danced around the stage, the shots from earlier making me a little braver than I usually was. Fortunately the song was over pretty quick. I went back to the table and sat down. I was just sitting there at the table with Dimitri not really saying anything, we didn't have to, and wasn't really paying attention to what song somebody was singing until one of the lines hit me hard.

When the one you love's in love with someone else,

Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.

Well that solves it. Fate definitely hates me. Here I am starting to have a good time and forget the drama but then comes this song to remind me of my problems.

"I'm going to go talk to Vika real quick," I told him heading towards the restroom where I just saw her head towards.

Still I want to touch you, hold you

When you look at me that way…

Keep walking try not to focus on the song Rose.

When the one you love's in love with someone else,

Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.

Just ignore it.

One look in your sad eyes and suddenly

My heart can't tell you no.

So much for ignoring it..

I beg you for mercy.

When the one you love's in love with someone else,

Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.

When the one you love's in love with someone else,

Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.

Living hell

When the one you love's in love with someone else,

Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.

And there I go, tearing up damn it! Why would this song come on right now? It's just cruel! Here I am in this love triangle and here comes a song about a man loving somebody else. I honestly don't know what to do anymore.

"Vika! Help!" I said running into her in the bathroom. Luckily we were the only ones in there.

"Did you just hear that last song? It was so heartbreaking!" she said ignorantly.

"Really because that's not the reason I'm in here right now. I just heard a song about how horrible it is to be in love with someone who's in love with someone else! I can only imagine how horrible that must be!" I said sarcastically.

"Oh I'm sorry Rose, I didn't even realize. On the plus side the one you love isn't in love with someone else!" she said cheerfully.

"No, he's just engaged and having a baby with somebody else!" I smarted off.

"Only out of obligation but we're going to fix that soon right?" she asked. "Speaking of what did you have to show me?"

"Oh this!" I said as I pulled out my phone and pulled up the picture. "I saw her earlier, took the picture, then confronted her about it. Long story short I told her that somehow I was going to get proof about what a whore she is, she slapped me and told me to get back to reality cause she's not going anywhere."

"Seriously? And you didn't hit her back?" she asked shocked.

"Why is everyone so shocked? She's pregnant! I'm not going to hit a pregnant woman no matter how much she deserves it!"

"What do you mean by everyone?"

"Oh Ivan, he's the one that spotted her first." At that somebody else entered the bathroom

"come in let's go talk outside," she said pulling me out the door.

"Can we just head home? I think I'm done for the night. My mood plummeted and I don't see it coming back up tonight," I told her.

"Yea sure let's go get Dimitri," she said. We quickly found him and headed home. Nobody really spoke. I told Dimitri I was just tired. As soon as we got home Viktoria and I headed upstairs for bed. We quickly got ready and were laying down when she all of a sudden spoke up.

"What are you going to do about the picture?"

"I'm not entirely for sure. I think I might wait until I have more proof but then I feel like I should show it to him now. I know it's not enough for him to really do anything about it. If I could have gotten her with a guy that would be different but I only got her by herself. Plus I really don't want to hurt him like that."

"It's better to hurt him now then her do it later on down the road once they're married with a ginger headed kid with freckles," she said with a small giggle.

"That's not very nice," I chuckled with her.

"What? I'm just saying if her kid pops out a ginger then you know it's definitely not Dimka's considering she has black hair and he has brown!"

"Whatever, I'm going to bed. We can talk more tomorrow or whatever." I told her rolling onto my side. I yet again had the night replaying in my head. What if he doesn't leave Tasha? What if he stays with her? What does it eve matter? He doesn't love me! No matter what Ivan says. I doubt I will ever believe it until I hear the words come directly from him, even then who knows what I'll believe? Guys like that don't love girls like me. Girls with step-daddy problems, self-esteem issues, girls with my past…They just don't. I'm pretty sure it's a fact of life. Even if he did can I burden him with all of my problems? As I slowly drifted to sleep I had one thing replaying in my head on repeat.

When the one you love's in love with someone else,

Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.

Song used in end is 'My heart can't tell you no' by Sara Evans.