Thank you celticshieldx for the idea of having Roman's POV first I think it made the chapter work way better that way. I tried hard to set up more info about the characters in this chapter so please let me know how I did and review! Thank you:)

*Roman's POV*

I walked around the city for a couple hours. I'm pretty sure I lost some fans who now think I'm an ass hole. Any time someone tried to stop me for an autograph or a picture I just walked off pretending they didn't exist. I loved my fans and loved stopping for them but this wasn't the time. I started walking back to the hotel and sat on a bench outside of it and called my dad.

"Hey son, how is Europe?"

"Brittney wants to take Jessica away from me." I sighed leaning back onto the bench.

"What?! Roman what happened?" he asked completely shock. I heard my mother in the background before I heard him click on speaker phone.

"We have been having problems for a while now. I've been wanting to end it for a while and finally pulled the trigger on that and she told me basically she was going to take my daughter. Dad..what do I do?"

"Roman now listen to me." I heard my mother say "You are a great father and we all know it. She's not going to take her away. The courts won't allow it."

"They will when they hear about my schedule." I ran a hand over my face.

"No they won't son. The most that can happen is give her full custody but they would learn your schedule and give you visitation. Since you've done nothing wrong they most likely will give you over night visitation." my mother said.

"She's going to find a way to take her ma!" i raised my voice and instantly regretted it.

"The only way she could do that is if she proved you were an unfit father and a danger to Jessica which we all know you're not. Son I hate to say this but if she wants to fight for your daughter with fire, we'll fight right back. If she tries to drag your name through the mud we'll bring up her constant partying and us watching Jessica so she can drink and party. We'll bring up the cheating, showing she has strange men around and that's harmful to Jessica."

"I don't want to do that dad.. I don't want to hurt Jessica anyway through all of this."

"Hopefully we can keep her out of all this okay? We're watching Jessica tomorrow while Brittney is at work so we'll talk to Brittney about it tomorrow and see if we can work it out without the courts. I know this is hard but you need to try to relax and get some sleep you have a job to do."

I let out a shaky breath.

"Roman..we're not going to let her take your daughter, trust me." I heard my mom say in a soothing voice.

"I love you guys. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"We love you too. Try to stay positive." My father said then hung up.


I walked back into my hotel room and saw Rox sitting on her bed staring at me intently while I walked to her bed and sat on the edge of it.

"I'm sorry I snapped at you, I just ca-"

"It's okay Roman. I completely understand."

"Rox.. I don't know what they're going to do."

"They?" she asked slightly confused.

"The courts. I've never been through anything like this."

"They're going to hear her side of the story and yours. Most likely, I know you're going to hate this, they're going to ask Jessica. They're going to want to know how she feels about being with you and spending time with you. Roman that little girl has you wrapped around her finger, she loves you so much, there's no way in hell Brittney is going to be able to keep her away from you."

"Everyone keeps telling me that but...what if they do? I can't lose my little girl." I laid back on the bed covering my face.

"Roman.. so many people know how you are with her and will back you in court, that little girl will not let you go. She's not going to take her away. It's going to be a long process but Brittney will lose."

"What if she tries to prove I'm an unfit parent?"

"What is she going to say? ' Oh yeah Roman is here during every big event, every holiday, every birthday, he sees her every week, he flies her out to shows, he spends all his free time with her, he is a bad dad'? That sounds ridiculous and there's no way she can even try to prove you're 'unfit'." i felt her rubbing my arm and sat up and hugged her.

"There's something I need you to do for me Rox." I said pulling away and looking her in the eyes.

"Anything Rome."

"Make up with Dean"

"What?! Why?"

"Because I need my best friends right now! That includes Dean and I can't deal with any tension or bull shit between you two. Please?"

"Fine. For you" she sighed and got up. "I'll go talk to him right now." She said walking towards the door.

"Thank you Rox" I said quietly and went to my bed and laid down.


*Rox's POV*

I really didn't want to talk to Dean but if that's what Roman needed right now I'll do it. For him.

I knocked on Dean's door lightly bouncing on my feet. He finally opened the door and rolled his eyes.

"Let me in." I said.

"How about a please?"

"Please?" I asked irritated.

"No" he said and went to shut the door.

"Roman needs us." I said and he opened the door again.

"Us? For what?"

"Let me in and I'll tell you okay? It's big. Please?" He contemplated it for a second before moving to the side and opening the door for me to come in. I walked in and sat in the chair in the corner of the room.

"What's going on?" He said while sitting on the bed looking at me expectantly.

"Basically Roman told Brittney about us. It turned into a huge fight and she is trying to take Jessica away. He told me he needed us right now without any drama so we need to fix this and at least be friendly..for him"

"What a bitch. Who the hell does she think she is taking away his kid?! Without him they wouldn't even have a fucking roof over their head!" Dean yelled getting up and pacing. I just sat there watching him before he walked over to the sliding glass door to his balconey, opened it and then walked back to the bed.

"So we need to put our bull shit aside and be there for him." I said clasping my hands in my lap and crossing my legs.

"Mine as well just get everything out in the open then" he huffed.

"You're right."

"So... you talk first" he said gesturing toward me.

I inwardly groaned and looked at the opened door then back to him.

"I was wrong. I shouldn't have snapped on you for being a good friend and looking out for me. After talking to Roman about it and thinking about it you and Seth were completely right about the money. I was mad you were questioning my relationship and my decisions like I was a child. I'm just trying to be a good girlfriend and you made me feel like I was a stuipd 15 year old who had no idea what she was doing."

"I didn't mean to make you feel stupid Rox. But as a best friend I'm supposed to look out for you correct?" I nodded my head and he continued "So when I think a guy is trying to take advantage of you I'm going to call him out on it pretty much. I don't think of you as a child but I do think you have such a ...need to make someone love you and accept you that you would jump into things before fully thinking about it. Such as giving a guy you haven't even been with half a year thousands of dollars just to feel loved. I feel like Jason is a predator. I think he sensed that and he knew he could easily presuade you."

"I don't think he is trying to take advantage of me Dean. I feel like I dangled his dream in front of his face and took it away. I don't think he is a predator."

"Dreams are one of the first things you discuss with people Rox. That's just you, you're a huge dreamer. Somewhere in you talking about your dreams his would have came up but they didn't. So why is this his dream all of a sudden? Why does he suddenly want to go back to school?"

"He thought it wasn't possible so he never brought it up." i shrugged.

"You thought being a diva wasn't possible but you still brought it up every chance you got. You found a way to afford school and training. You found a way to make your dream come true without relying on anyone. And if this is his dream he will make it happen without your money."

"I already told him about his other options Dean. He was mad at first but told me later he understood and it was okay just to keep my and his business between us and not bring you into it." Dean just nodded his head and continued to sit there.

"You have nothing else to say? Nothing else you want to get out in the open?"

"I just don't want you with him but I know that's not my place to say."

"But Dean why? Besides this money thing?"

"I just get a weird vibe.. I don't know. I just don't trust him. Honestly Rox I want to tell you something but I don't want to start another fight." Dean started rubbing his hands together and I knew that meant he was really nervous.

"Tell me. No fighting. I promise."

He took a deep breath "I am scared for you."

"What? Why?"

"I don't know that's the weird thing. I have no idea why I'm scared for you when you're alone with him but I am. Every time you are alone with him I just get this urge to text you or call or show up to make sure he hasn't hurt you. I never got that vibe from anyone and it makes me feel sick. I don't trust him and I think he'll hurt you. I'm just not sure if it'll just be a emotional way."

"Dea-"

"And I get he doesn't want me in your business but you always tell me your business. And he got so mad because I told you not to do it. I think if I told you it was a good idea he'd have no problem with me knowing what's going on."

"Where is all this coming from?" I asked.

"It's a gut feeling. I just.. I don't think you're safe with him." Dean looked up at me and I saw the concern on his face.

"He won't hurt me Dean."

Dean just sighed and nodded. "But Rox?"

"Hmm?"

"If he does... tell me. I'll help you get out of there okay?"

"Dean he won't."

"Promise me you'll tell me if he does something to you." I have never seen Dean look more serious in my life.

"I promise."

We sat there quietly for a few minutes before I spoke up again. "I know you get sick of me saying I'm sorry but I am. I know I've been messed up and all these fights are my fault and I'm going to try to fix myself so we stop fighting okay?"

"I know. I know you're really sorry."

"Were you really going to be done with me?" I said a little shaky.

"No. I was mad admittedly still kind of am but you're my best friend, you're like my sister I'm never going to be done Rox."

"I thought you were. I thought you had finally given up on me." I said as a few tears slid down my cheeks. I wasn't expecting to cry. Dean walked over to me and kneeled in front of the seat while wiping my cheeks.

"I told you once I was not going to give up on you and I meant it okay? We've been through way worse and I stayed didn't I?" I nodded my head and he smiled.

"I'm always going to be here for you even though I hate you sometimes. Tell Roman I'm sorry about everything and anything he needs me to do I'll do it okay?"

I nodded and stood up. Dean walked me to the door and I turned and hugged him tight.

"Thank you for not giving up on me Dean.. I love you"

"I love you too. Now go be with Roman I have a feeling he needs you" I nodded my head and went back to my room.


"Everything better?" Roman asked sitting up when I walked back in.

"Yeah. We fixed everything. He said anything you need him to do he will do."

Roman nodded and I walked over to my bed.

When I got settled in Roman looked at me "Thanks for being here for me."

"Of course Roman." He turned off the bed light and we both fell asleep.


I woke up about 2 hours later. I had a nightmare. Not really a nightmare, more of reliving a memory. I sat straight up I was drenched in sweat and shaking. I turned on the light and saw Roman looking at me groggily.

"Jesus Roman! Don't do that!" I said grabbing my chest.

"Do what?" he asked in a deep tired voice.

"Be staring at me when I turn on the light!"

"Sorry." he mumbled

I kept staring at the door waiting for my nightmare to become a reality once again.

"Rox.. are you okay? What's going on?" Roman said sitting up looking at me concerned.

I just kept staring at the door breathing hard when I felt Roman put his arm around me and I jumped. Badly.

"What is wrong?" Roman asked concerned.

I shook my head and slowly laid back down. Roman laid down beside me stroking my hair looking down at me.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Roman asked.

"Something like that." I said quietly moving closer to him.

"Please sleep next to me tonight." I said while looking up at him.

He nodded his head and turned off the light snuggling into the bed and holding me.

I kept sneaking peaks at the door over him before he pulled me closer to him and held me tighter.

"Nothing is going to come in here Rox. It's fine."

I've heard that before though.