This won't be a long chap, it's more of an inbetween kind of thing that was needed for the next chap :)

I promise next chap will be SO much longer and much much more exciting ;) hehehe...

ENJOY! (And remember, Richelle Mead owns V.A)

R POV

I was standing in the kitchen. Just another Thursday afternoon doing the dishes when Ben entered and following him my little chubby Alex.

"Hi Honey" I smiled and washed of a pan and dried it off. He climbed up on the bench sitting there, watching me as his little brother was on the floor playing with a towel I dropped.

"Mom" He said after a while of studying me. I let him think since I knew he wanted to tell me or ask me something but I didn't know what just yet. So giving him time is the best I can do as a parent. And I'm trying to be a good parent to my kids, but I don't think many would agree. The might dig all the love I'm giving but I think people want me more strict. Not really my thing.

"Yes?" I asked keeping my head down watching what I was doing. I started to dish a plate.

"Why aren't you and Dimitri together anymore?"

I froze. He sounded sad and when I looked over at him I saw that he tried to smile but he failed. He looked sad and a little hurt. He was one of Dimitri's biggest fans and I hadn't thought of how it would affect him the "Break up".

"Uh- we just…" I trailed off. I couldn't lie to him. It wasn't a big lie it was only a lie – but still not a lie – to Ve. It was just a little trick or payback in more harsh words. I dropped what I was doing and dried my hands off moving over towards him.

"If I tell you something, will you keep quiet about it and not tell anyone? Especially not Ve"

His eyes lit up, he loved secrets. They made him feel special when we shared one and I just knew he would like this one a lot.

"Yes I can" he said eagerly. Almost bouncing, "Tell me!"

"Shh" I hushed, "We have to whisper or else it won't be a secret" I smiled leaning in holding him in a loose hug. But I could still see his face. "Dimitri and I are still together" I smiled.

"REALLY?" He yelled. I held a hand over his mouth and tried to hold back a laugh, "Not so loud, it's a secret"

Excitement lit up his eyes and an amazing smile was painted on his lips. "Really?" he asked again. I nodded, "But it's a secret ok?"

"Why?" He asked tilting his head a bit to the left confused. My smile grew, "Cause Ve did something bad and I don't want it to affect her too much, so we're doing this a secret thing for a while. Until she learns a lesson"

He snickered, "Ve's bad"

I chuckled, "She can be but that doesn't make her a too bad person, she just needs a lesson to get the deal. So don't tell her anything ok?"

He nodded, "Ok mom"

"Good" I put him back down on the ground. "Now watch TV so I can finish up in here"

He skipped away looking like he owned the world. My little man!

"Morning" I greeted my friends at the salon. I brought coffee – tea for me – for everyone and some doughnuts to celebrate my success in Dimitri Belikov.

"Nice" Mia cheered as I handed her, her latte.

"What are we celebrating?" Lissa asked curious sipping on her mocha latte. Meredith always had her coffee black- rare I know…- I handed her the cup and got comfy in a chair.

"We're celebrating noting special" I smiled, "Just some everyday coffee and doughnuts" I smirked sipping on my tea. I wasn't the coffee person.

"There's something you're not telling us" Lissa grinned elbowing my shoulder. I grabbed a chocolate glazed doughnut and smirked, "Maybe"

"C'mon tell us!" They cheered.

"I'm officially dating Dimitri in secret!" I squealed. They started jumping and squealing but then suddenly stopped. "In secret?" Confusion.

"Yeah eh… Ve kind of went to far so, we "broke up" kind off"

"Woah, woah, woah you broke up?" Mia asked looking utterly confused.

"No we broke up" I said.

"What's the difference?" She asked looking at me like I was insane. I smiled, "When you break up you break up for real. But when you break up it's not for real. It's more like a secret relationship"

"But why would you two break up? I mean I thought you wanted this" Lissa asked looking like I've gone mad. Right now I could see their confusion, I mean I wasn't making that much sense.

"Ok I'll tell you from the beginning: Dimitri and I went out on a date, we had decided a place over a text and then I got ready and walked there. I waited for two hours and he didn't show up"

"Are you serious?"

"I'm not done yet! Then I got kicked out cause I didn't eat or pay for anything, then it started raining. Not like dripping, we're talking pouring and soaked in a matter of seconds. So I walked home my feet dead and looking like fuck and there he was sitting on my doorstep" I said.

"Then we had this huge fight and started screaming at each other and then suddenly we heard Ve's voice through an open window. There we heard she'd taken my phone and texted Dimitri to tell him I wanted to go to another place so both of us would get stood up and in the end break up"

"What?"

"She did that?"

"She truly has your genes…"

"She did, so we came across a plan that we would play fight and break up and then I went really pissed and I'm kind of still pissed at her. So now she thinks were broken up and while she see's me miserable she might apologize"

"That doesn't sound very ethical" Lissa grimaced. I rolled my eyes, "I'm her parent, and I'm allowed to use mad measurements to set her straight"

"What if the plan won't work?" Meredith asked.

"Then she'll have to deal with it and then just start liking him anyhow" I said stubbornly. All of them smiled, "You're such a good role model Rose" Lissa winked and grabbed a strawberry doughnut. I smiled, "I might not be the ideal parent, but Ve's a tiny copy of me and if I can handle this she can to"

All of them rolled their eyes and shook their heads. I love my friends…

"So what about Dimitri?" Mia asked sitting down next to me.

"What about him?" I grabbed another doughnut.

"I mean like what are you two going to do now?"

"We're sneaking around. It's a lot more fun than I thought it would be though. It's exciting in a weird way. We meet in allies, at weird café's and I hope he will take me to his place soon. That would be the peak of our relationship" I winked.

"Oh" Mia winked, "Anxious for some sex eh?"

I laughed, "Mia! It's not like he's my toy boy or something"

"Rose, you've had four kids and still looks kick ass, how could he not want to screw that?"

I rolled my eyes and was about to open my mouth but got cut off. "And don't say he's deeper than that. I'm tired of Lissa using that line on Christian all the time"

"He is deeper than that!" Lissa said stubbornly.

"Yeah right" Mia grinned and rolled her eyes. "So Dimitri, any idea how big he is?"

I blushed slightly, I mean I haven't had sex in like a while… "Well, he's got big shoes"

All of them laughed at the Notting Hill joke. "And you know what they say, big feet big… shoes" We laughed together. It wasn't that funny but we had a little insider thing that was fun enough to laugh about. We're weird I know.

V POV

I had totally succeeded with my mom and Dimitri. I mean seriously and I the queen of breaking people up or what? And they didn't even see it coming. I know I'm kind of good. Michelle totally freaked when she heard it.

"You did it? Seriously?" Michelle sounded completely awestruck.

"I totally did, they are fighting right now. I haven't heard mom this pissed since dad scared that last guy away. But her was a total douche I mean piercings. Really?"

"It's unbelievable that you actually succeeded. Is she pissed?"

"Like I said, a monster!"

I was pretty satisfied with myself when I hung up. They had been quiet for a while, I guess this was when they went silent cause they 'didn't want me to hear'. I shook my head, I've already heard them and I couldn't be happier!

But in a weird way that happiness disappeared when the door opened and I saw mom's face. She had tears on the verge off falling in her eyes, she was soaking wet and she was barefoot. I moved closer.

"What was that all about?" I asked trying really hard to look concerned. In one-way it was easy cause she really did look hurt. But it was nice to gotten rid of Mr. Belikov.

"None of your concern" She snapped and the tears were gone. Her eyes were now only anger.

"Did you two have a fight?" I asked trying not to look too happy about it.

"You got what you wanted now didn't you Veronica" I flinched. Veronica. She never used my full name. Was she really hurt-

"No more dating for me. I'm never seeing another man in my whole life" She raised her voice hanging her things a stool.

"That's a little harsh" I said looking at her wet stuff, "Maybe you'll find someone better than him?"

"Anything is better than him" She said stomping past me towards her room. Before she disappeared I just had to as one thing. Something I needed to know.

"So there's no more Dimitri Belikov?" I asked sounding a little bit too hopeful!

"Dimitri Who?" the door slammed. Damn…

I was walking into the kitchen the next morning and mom was standing by the fridge grabbing some breakfast.

"Morning" I said happily. Sweet victory. She huffed and just closed the fridge door. I rolled my eyes, "Seriously mom, it's just a guy"

She put the things down a little too harsh, "Just a guy? Just a- I like him a lot Ve and he stood me up!" She said harshly. "What kind of fucking ass would stand anyone up? That's just a fucking low blow and than you just stand there all alone looking like a sad piece of crap"

Shock shot through me, "It couldn't have been that bad-" I started but she cut me off.

"It was" she snapped, "It was worse. I was alone Ve, I was alone like the last fourteen years I've been alone!"

The look on her face made me feel horrible. Had I really cause her all that pain? Did I do that? Break her heart? Or was it Dimitri?

Great now I'm throwing the blame at the man that tried to love her. Great job Ve!

In school…

I knocked on Dimitri's door. The silence was heavy and it felt humiliating to be here. What could I do?

The door opened and there he was. Dimitri Belikov in person. "Yes Veronica?" he sounded irritated. I guess my harm went a bit deeper than it intended to. Or was it the liking going to love that I killed. Maybe I could fix this- no why should I? I mean I don't want them together. Why should I want that now. Mom can meet so many so much better men than Dimitri. What's so special about him anyway? O, big muscles, long hair and accent. That's so mainstream now a day's.

"Can I help you with something Veronica? Cause if you're just going to stand there all day I have other things to do"

"Somebody's PMS-ing" I teased. His eyes narrowed, "I'm closing the door now"

"Fine" I said. The door closed. Yeah that went well… I don't even know what I was doing there? Why should I fix them together when I finally broke them apart? That's just bullshit!

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