Sorry, a thousand times sorry... I was drowning in education!lol! Survived it though.. its short but im already working on the rest of the plot for this chapter!

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Chapter 18: The past

Third POV

The emotion that Rose felt when he kissed her back after that was beyond anything she had experienced in the past with the few high school boys that she had kissed, this was beyond imagination that she could imagine. Carefully, not wanting to scare him she wrapped both her legs one after another around his lower back tightly which allowed her to pull him closer, wanting the warmth that he provided by being close to her; her solar warmth.

"Roza, tell me to stop" he said weakly as if that was not something he wanted her to do but could not take her rights away from her.

She pulled back, freeing herself from his lips, taking that as an answer he tried moved away from her but she tightened her legs more tight around his waist.

"What if I don't want you to stop?" She asked breathlessly with a smirk on the corner of her sweet lips. He smiled as he looked down at her, her trapped between him and the bed.

"What are you going to do about it?" He answered her with a question of his own.

"Well let's see," she tapped her finger on her chin as she thought about the question before quickly, very quickly that he was surprised at the sudden feel of her lips on his before he deepened them with everything he had not caring about how delicate she is. He had full trust that she would be able to match his strength of love and passion with her own. Soon they found themselves in their under clothing; shorts for Dimitri and bra and pant for Rose before the pulled back a bit as their actions caught up with them . He waited as Rose struggled with the decision of whether to go farther with him or not. After what felt like a look time, he felt his head being pulled down as she attached their lips back together.

"Rose, you value your virtue?"

"How do you know I have one?" she wiggled her lower part of her body up against him.

"Oh, I know you have it." He kissed her, "Not sure if you would be intact by the time you leave this house, though." Even though it was meant as a joke, Rose knew the warnings behind the joke.

Rose laughed, "Be careful, dad's going to kill you if he ever hears you say that…literally"

"I would too if our daughter's man says something like that to my ears."

Rose looked up at him with a strange look that he had not seen on her face yet.
"What?"

"Our daughter?" her voice broke while letting those words leave her mouth.
"Yes? What's the problem?" He smiled as she struggled with emotions on her facial expression.

"Umm…?" He laughed at her struggle to form a sentence. "Not now or anytime soon, Roza. I have to marry you first, sweet cake."

Rose moved him off and away from her; "Mood gone" was her explanation. She puts on her clothing as she left the room and headed downstairs.
When Dimitri arrived downstairs, the same way he heard her footsteps go, he found her curled up on the couch; the same place he had fantasized doing bad things with her.

"Roza, did I say something wrong? Don't you want to hopefully be married to me? I know I wanted…want that with you"

Rose looked up at Dimitri with a sad smile on her face, "You did nothing wrong!"

"Then why?" He was disappointed that she skipped the question about marriage but he supposed that was a quick move on his half. Why would she marry someone she barely knows? Was the thought that was running in his head as he watched her.

"There's something I need to tell you" she moved aside, making room for him. He slowly sat beside her with as much space as he could away from her, afraid of frighting her farther.

She took his hand for strength, "Two years ago, I was in my room; quite a boring night it was" she laughed out loud but not from happiness. "I heard noises coming from the other room away from where my bedroom was. I let it pass by thinking it was my family." She turned to him as she held his upper arm tightly, "See, they were away when I arrived back from Eddie's house. He's a friend. But soon, I heard glasses being crushed against the wall and floor, I was so scared especially in those days where I was not a fan of being alone at night" she shook from the memory of that night and Dimitri could not help himself as he pulled her against his body with her head resting on his chest and his arms wrapped her tighter, wanting to provide warmth and safety to her.

"Roza, you don't have to tell me anything if you're not ready. I can wait for the day you are" with a calm breath, Rose placed a soft kiss on his lips.

"I have to tell you…want to tell you, I feel so calm and I forget everything bad when I am with you".

With a smile, Dimitri replied "And I with you" with a kiss on the side of her head.

"I went into the hall, hoping whomever it was would still me downstairs. I did not have a phone line in my room at the time, never needed it before, but there's one just few feet from my door, you should have noticed it when I dragged you into my room." He nods to conform that he had indeed noticed it.

"Well I was wrong, there were two people there waiting. And the strangest thing is, they didn't normal…kinda like you when I first met you. They would repeat 'payback time' over and over. I lost most feelings after a while of being thrown against objects. They would lick my wounds, enjoying themselves. But I wished they had stopped there." Dimitri rubbed her shoulders in hopes of relaxing her, as he could tell she was not with him while talking the story. He had thought it was normal robbery but with that last detail, it was turning out to be more.