Here it is! One of the chapters everyone has been waiting for! I'm sorry I'm a little later than planned but at least it was only a day.
Thank you to RozaRocks for going over it to make sure everything makes sense!
By the way, while she was going over it and I was waiting I started writing that one shot since it seems like everyone approves so it should be up soon!
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After I showered I just hung out around the house. We all sat in the living room talking and playing with Paul….well everyone except Dimitri who said he has some stuff he had to do and left. About an hour and a half before we were going to leave Dimitri showed up. he went upstairs, showered and got ready. Afterwards he came downstairs with the rest of us.
"Hey Rose can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked. I gave him a confused look but got up and followed him anyways. We went to the back porch and sat on the swing. We sat in silence for a moment before he finally spoke up.
"Tahsa's coming to the fair so if I seem like I'm ignoring you just know it's not because I want to, I just don't want her going after you again. It's not healthy for you or her and the more I ignore you the less likely she is to get pissy," he told me not looking at me.
"Do you hear yourself right now? You seriously are not allowed to hang around me because other wise your fiancé will start pointless drama…that's not very healthy Dimitri. Is it going to be like this the rest of your life? You're never allowed to have friends that are girls ever?"
"Well…not exactly…it's just you. You argue back and she hates that you don't cower down from her. That's what she's always been used to. you hold your own against her plus she's jealous of you. I know it's not healthy but I told her I'd give her one more chance and if she does anything to mess it up we're done. So I'm going to try it and see how it goes," he said still not looking at me.
"I thought it didn't go too well yesterday?" I asked curious as to what lies she tried to tell him.
"It didn't I confronted her and she tried to tell me some BS story about wanting to surprise me but then you showed up and upset her and the baby so she left. She then tried to tell me it was you who tried to hit her first but Ivan held you back or something like that. I told her I was tired of her lies and left. Today I went back and she apologized and said she would try to do better but we'll just have to see about that," he said with a sigh.
"Hey we're about to leave!" called Karolina from inside. We stood up but I turned to him.
"I will try to be as nice as possible but if she starts up I can't guarantee I'll stay quiet for very long," I warned him pissed about the whole situation.
"I would never expect you to stay quiet for very long anyways Roza," he told me with a smile.
"Shut-up! That's not the point!" I told him smacking his arm playfully he looked at me with revenge in his eyes so I ran inside, luckily Olena was in the kitchen so I hid behind her.
"HELP!" I squealed "He's after me!"
"Now that's not very nice Roza. You can't hide behind her forever," said Dimitri coming in after me.
"Dimka leave Roza alone she has to go get changed so we can leave. By the way we don't have enough room so we have to take two cars. Dimka you've got Rose, Vika, and Lissa,"
"But mama I've got to go pick up Tasha, I don't think the girls would enjoy that very much," he said.
"Hey we can take your truck and us girls can sit in the bed while you and Tasha take the cab!" I said excited. I'm not sure why but I love riding in the beds of trucks…well that sounds kind of dirty…I like the freedom of actually driving down the road in the back of a truck. Dimitri still looked like he wasn't sold. "Please? I did it last year and nobody cared…Plus Lissa's never rode in the bed of a truck."
She had come in at the end of the conversation. I knew she had before and she was about to correct me but I gave her a look saying shut up so she went along with it.
"Oh yea I've always wanted to!" she told him.
"Fine!" he finally agreed. He turned to me and smiled. "I'll leave you alone for now but I will pay you back later. For now we'll call a truce."
Olena walked into the living room after that and I went upstairs to change real quick. Unfortunately Lissa and Viktoria had ganged up on me and told me I had to look really cute so I was forced to wear silver flats instead of my usual summer flip-flops. They made me wear dark jeans, a blue halter top, the straps did this crisscross thing on my chest above my boobs then wrapped around and tied behind my neck. The back went right below my shoulder blades. The straps were about an inch thick and the shirt was tight enough that I didn't have to worry about showing anything, and still felt classy. I was just tired of feeling like they're life size dress up doll. I knew with it being hot and all the rides that I should put my hair up so Lissa had to make sure it was a cute ponytail. She had braided part of it and then put it in a side braid, then added a sea salt spray to make the ends wavier.
"We're amazing!" Vika said turning to Lissa and giving her a high five. I rolled my eyes and went downstairs.
"You look cute!" Karolina told me.
"Thanks, apparently I'm not fashionable enough so Vika and Lissa ganged up on me," I told her with a shrug.
"Well you definitely look awesome," she told me. I just smiled back and gave her a compliment back. Soon we were heading out the door and I was climbing into the back of Dimitris' truck. When we got to Tasha's house I couldn't help but laugh. Apparently Dimitri didn't let her know we were tagging along and he didn't tell her Lissa was in town. When she saw us she stopped in her tracks and glared at me until Dimitri looked her way to figure out why she had stopped. I quickly gave her a smirk.
"Why are they here? And who is that?" she asked disgustedly.
"Tasha," he said in a warning voice telling her to play nice. "That is Rose's friend Lissa and Christians' girlfriend. They're riding with us because there wasn't enough room in the other car and it was pointless to take three cars. Rose here was nice enough to volunteer to ride in the back so we could ride in the front together."
"I'm sure she was," she said like she didn't believe what he said. "I didn't know Christian had a girlfriend."
"Oh he didn't tell you? Yea him and Liss here have been dating for about a year now…except their first date was yesterday…" I told her but then started rambling.
"Oh," she said like she was pissed before Dimitri directed her back to the truck and helped her in. part of the way there Vika pointed out a mansion.
"That's Abe Mazurs house!" she told me.
"No way! I knew he was loaded but I didn't know he was that loaded!" I said I shock.
"Who's Abe Mazur?" Lissa asked. We spent the rest of the ride filling her in on him and my moms past history and how I met him at the store. I had already told her about the attack so I also told her he was the one who had rescued me.
When we got there, it looked like the whole town was already there. The first thing Vika and Lissa spotted was the thing I dreaded the most… the Ferris Wheel. They chatted excitedly about it while I didn't say anything, just tried to figure out how to get out of riding it without letting everyone know I was afraid of heights. Dimitri looked over and gave me a sympathetic look.
Quickly we got in and got tickets. Christian had met up with Lissa and Mia and Ivan ran into us and joined our group. We rode a few rides when I decided we should try a few games. At this point Tasha said she had to go to the bathroom so Dimitri was able to talk and be friendly with us again. I was playing a shooting game and kept missing when Dimitri came up behind me.
"You're doing that all wrong," he told me.
"Well then if you're so good at it show me how it's done!" I challenged. He gave the carnie his money, picked up the gun, and shot every can down without missing once.
"Pick your prize, or you could let the lovely lady pick something," the carnie told Dimitri with a wink. "You can have anything on this shelf," he pointed to a row of medium sized stuffed animals.
"What do you want?" Dimitri asked me.
"Hmmm I think I like the white tiger," I said pointing to the one I wanted. The man handed it to me and I thanked him.
"Why aren't you thanking me? I won it," Dimitri said jokingly.
"Oh yea thank you!" I told him reaching up and kissing his cheek before heading to where Karo had told me they were going to be. I planned on meeting up with the rest of the Belikovs until they left and was hoping that in the mean time, Lissa and Mia would ride the Ferris Wheel so I could get out of it.
"Where are you going?" Dimitri asked.
"To meet up with your family, I told Paul I'd play a few games with him before he left. Wanna join?" I asked.
"Yea let me just text Tasha and tell her where we're going so she can meet up," he said pulling out his phone. When he was done we met up with Paul at the fun house. He didn't want to go in alone but nobody wanted to go in with him.
"I'll go," I volunteered. "I love fun houses!"
We quickly went through. It was hilarious to watch Paul go through it he was laughing and smiling the whole time. His favorite part was the mirrors. When we got to the end we went down the slide, which doubled as the exit. I quickly saw that Tasha had joined the group but ignored her.
"What's next Paulie?" I asked. This time he chose the huge slide that you have to use burlap bags to go down. I agreed before realizing exactly what I had agreed to. To get to the top you had to go up some really steep and narrow stairs…they were really high. Luckily Dimitri had agreed to go with us and was behind me so when I froze part way up he grabbed my free hand that wasn't gripping the handrail.
"It's ok Roza, I'm right here behind you. Nothing is going to happen. Just hold my hand and look at the stairs. Nowhere else," he said softly enough so Paul, who was in front of me, didn't hear but still reassured me.
"Come on guys! You're going really slow," Paul called back to us.
"You can do it," Dimitri said softly. Slowly I started making my way up the stairs refusing to look anywhere besides the steps in front of me. Soon enough we were at the top.
"You guys are like turtles!" Paul told us. He was already in his bag in the middle slide. The Carny At the top snorted trying to hide his laughter. Usually I would have gotten mad but Paul was pretty funny.
"Well I bet I beat you to the bottom!" Dimitri challenged Paul sitting on the left of him.
"Uh no I'm going to beat both of you!" I told them sitting on Paul's right.
"One…Two…Three…GO!" the carnie said. We all rushed down but of course Paul won.
"I WON!" he shouted in joy at the bottom. Dimitri and I just laughed and walked out of the gate behind him.
"Momma I beat Auntie Rose and Uncle Dimka!" Paul said running over to where Sonya was.
"I saw! Good job!" she told him laughing at his excitement. I happened to glance over at Tasha who was glaring at me…I guess she saw our walk up the stairs…Whoops, not really.
"Why does he call you aunt? You're not even part of the family," Tasha asked pretending it was just an innocent question but I saw the sneer she gave me before everyone looked at her.
"She's my aunt!" Paul said defensively.
"It's ok Paul, Tasha didn't mean to be mean did she?" asked Sonya looking over at Tasha giving her a look, telling her she better agree.
"Of course I didn't I just was curious since she's not related to you all," she said innocently. I almost wanted to laugh out loud but in a way she was right. They're aren't my family as much as I sometimes wish they were.
"Roza is part of our family now, just like her mother is. That's that." Olena said looking at my mom before giving Tasha a look as if to say shut up now.
"What's next Paul?" asked Dimitri. We continued doing stuff with Paul before he started getting tired and hungry. They all left while we went to meet back up with Vika, Lissa, Mia, and their boys.
"About time, we're about to ride the Ferris Wheel, come on!" Vika said excitedly.
"I don't feel like riding that, and neither does the baby," Tasha said.
"For once I think I'm with Tasha, I think I'm going to sit this one out too," I told them.
"No choice, come on." Lissa said pulling my arm. The line was long so we were figuring out who would sit with whom, when Vika's friend just "happened" to walk by.
"Hey Nik! Would you come ride this with me so we have an even amount of people?" Vika called to him. He quickly agreed and came to join us. That left me and Dimitri in a car by ourselves.
"I really don't like this," I whispered to him.
"It'll be ok," he whispered back. "Just like with the stairs, I'll be with you."
Too soon it was our turn to get on, I thought I was going to have a full blown panic attack when Dimitri put his hand on my back urging me forward and calming me down…just a little. We sat down and the carnie made sure we were strapped in before stepping back.
"I don't think I can do this," I said.
"Too late," the Carnie said as we moved forward so the next couple could get on. I started breathing heavily and closed my eyes. I felt put his hand on mine before he grabbed his phone out.
"Tasha just texted me to tell me she was going to the bathroom again and it might take a while so if she's not here when we get done just tell her where we're going," he told me. I looked up and he was still looking at his phone but I saw something walking in my peripheral vision. I looked to see Tasha heading into the woods behind the Ferris wheel…not towards the bathroom. While I was watching the cart moved a little higher and I gasped before closing my eyes and burying my head in Dimitri's arm. He wrapped his arm around me and gave a small chuckle as I buried my head in his chest.
"It's ok Roza, I'm here with you. Nothing bad will happen." He told me still chuckling. I slapped him on the chest..not hard of course.
"It's not funny! I didn't want to ride this thing in the first place!" I told him. We started moving again but this time didn't stop. "I'm going to die!"
"Roza look at me. Just me." he told me gently pulling my chin up so I would look at him. I kept my eyes closed afraid of what I would see. "Open your eyes," he said and I reluctantly did.
"Do you trust me?" he asked.
"Yes but…" he cut me off.
"But nothing. Just trust me. You are not going to die, I will be here to protect you, we're safely strapped in so you can't fall out. We're ok." He said softly.
"Yea of course, nothings going to happen even though we're 100 feet in the air! It's not like rides ever break or anything," I told him sarcastically.
"Hey just trust me. I've got you. Look at how beautiful it is," he told me. I just shook my head. "Come on, just try it and if it scares you more I will let you continue to bury your head in my chest with your eyes closed as tight as possible."
"Fine," I reluctantly agreed. I peeked out and what I saw made me gasp. You could see the whole city plus some. In a weird way I was terrified but couldn't look away, it was just too pretty.
"Told you,"
"Shut up, I'm enjoying the view," I muttered too scared to talk loud. Scared that if I did the lovely sight would go away somehow. He just chuckled. Too soon the ride was over and we were back on the ground.
"See that wasn't so bad," he joked.
"Whatever, maybe you win this one. But I can't guarantee I'll ever ride one again!" I looked and saw Tasha was still gone. I quickly told Dimitri I'd be right back and went to Vika.
"Hey I need you to come with me…NOW." I told her as I pulled her behind the Ferris Wheel where I saw Tasha head. I put my finger to my lips telling her to be quiet. Not too far in we found Tasha with some blonde guy. We crept a little closer so we could hear. Vika grabbed her phone out and quickly took a pick.
"Of course I don't love him! How many times do I have to tell you that?" she told the guy. I quickly pulled my phone out and started videoing her. I handed Vika my phone and took hers. I quickly pulled up her text messages and selected Dimitri. I attached the photo she took and added a message saying where we were and too be quiet but hurry. Luckily Vika had still been filming Tasha like I'd hoped she would.
"No, the baby isn't his! I've told you that over and over Todd!" she told him. He was standing bent over her while she was as close to him as she could be with her belly, with her hands on his chest.
"Then why won't you tell him and finally be with me?" the guy, Todd, asked her.
"I will but not right now! I've already told you why!" by now Dimitri was there. Instead of listening he just jumped right in.
"What's going on Tasha? Who's this guy?" He said storming up to her. At this she jumped away and ran to Dimitri.
"Oh thank God you're here! This guy wouldn't leave me alone even though I kept trying to get away so I could go back to you!" she said playing innocent.
"Bullshit!" Vika said coming out of hiding. I quickly followed. "Tell him what you just told Todd here!"
"How long were you spying on me?" Tasha asked in surprise definitely angry.
"Long enough," I added. "Why don't you tell him? Tell him what you said about the baby!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" she said playing dumb.
"Vika," I told her nodding to the phone. She quickly started the video and handed the phone to Dimitri. My heart fell as I watched his face. He looked so hurt and angry that I wanted to cry for him.
"Is this true?" he asked looking up at Tasha. She went to speak but Todd cut her off.
"Yes it's true the baby is mine not yours Tasha just refuses to tell you!"
"No one asked you. If you value seeing tomorrow I suggest you leave…NOW!" he said angrily. "Tasha is it true? And keep in mind we're done no matter what your answer is."
"Yes, it's true." She said in defeat. I would have smirked if I didn't feel so bad for Dimitri.
"How could you?" he asked betrayal written all over his face along with anger.
"It was that night of the party when you left early." Tasha said.
"Because I left you decided to go to the next guy that would hop in bed with you? That's really low even for you Tasha."
"Well I wanted somebody and you weren't there. You were off chatting away with her and left me alone!" when she said her she made it sound like something disgusting and looked at me.
"Don't go blaming this on me I didn't cheat on you and then lie when it back fired!" Dimitri retorted
"Dimka, I'm sorry."
"I think it's time for you to leave Tasha. I need to sort this all out. I'm sure Todd won't mind giving you a ride home."
"But Dimka!" she half squealed.
"Tasha leave please." He said restrained. He went and sat down and put his head in his hands with his elbows on his knees.
"Fine but this isn't over!" then she turned to me "This is all your fault you stupid whore!"
"Yea because I cheated on MY boyfriend and lied about it." I said sarcastically. With that she did a little "hmph!" and stormed off.
"I'll give you a bit," Viktoria said walking away. I started to follow but changed my mind. I whispered I'd be there in a minute and walked back to Dimitri.
"Dimitri.." I started but then he cut me off.
"She's right you know," he said quietly.
"Right? About what?" I asked confused.
"This is my fault. And yours."
"Oh please explain how it's either of our faults?" I said in disbelief.
"Because I did leave her that night to go talk to you. If you hadn't called with all of your stupid drama I wouldn't have left. But no, you did call so I left and practically forced her to cheat." I was taken aback by that. Did he really not remember why I had called him that night? It wasn't pointless drama. Better yet was he really trying to blame us for her mistakes.
"Dimitri Belikov" I said angrily. "Do not believe her. This was not because of anything we did. There's no telling how many people she cheated on you with before or after that night."
"No this was because of both of us. You decided to think only of yourself and not of what I was doing or who else you would effect and I stupidly couldn't tell you no, and look at how that turned out," he started softly but as he kept going his voice got meaner and louder. For some reason, even though I would usually cower down, I got pissed and didn't back down. I guess it's because even though this side of Dimitri was scary, I knew deep down he would never hurt me.
"Do you remember why I called you that night?" I asked almost beyond mad, I was borderline furious.
"No probably some pointless drama that your life is so full of," he said. I knew it was his anger and hurt causing him to say all this but I couldn't care less. What he was saying hurt and cut me deep. I remember exactly why I called him that night…it was one of the worst nights of my life!
"If you really want to blame yourself and me for her cheating on you go ahead. But you deserve so much better than her. If I was her there is no way in hell I would ever even think about cheating on someone as amazing as you. You are so much better than her and deserve a hell of a lot better than her. But if you really want to blame me go right on ahead and I will remember for future reference not to call you again, because then your so called girlfriend makes stupid decisions. I know that this is just your anger and pain talking but right now I'm not even sure why I'm in love with you. I'm sorry to have bothered you with all my pointless drama I thought you honestly cared but now I see you didn't. Just know that honestly you deserve so so much better than her or me," by the time I was done I had traitorous tears streaming down my face. I quickly wiped them away and turned to walk away.
"Rose.." he started but I quickly cut him off.
"No you've made it clear how you feel, Don't worry though I'll be out of your hair soon so that I don't ruin your life again. I am honestly sorry that she did this to you because you don't deserve it." With that I turned and ran away. I wasn't sure where I was running to but I made sure to avoid where I knew the group was. I ran on the outskirts of the Carnival so nobody would see me crying and soon enough was on the sidewalk by the street and out of the field where the Carnival was. I kept running not really knowing where I was going until I found myself at a giant security gate. I quickly hit the call button.
"Who's there?" came a familiar voice.
"It's Rose, can I come in?"
Don't get too mad about the ending…..everything happens for a reason :)
Can anybody guess where she went? I don't think it's much of a challenge but hey you never know! I wrote it so of course it's obvious to me : D