A/N hey guys! Thank you for all the reviews! It means a lot! well here is chapter 2! Enjoy! ***I DON'T OWN VA***

Chapter 2: reassurance

"MOM! NOO!" I struggled with getting out of the car. A piece of the building flew towards wear we were. "ROZA GET DOWN!" I dropped towards the car floor then Dimitri got on top of my body and covered me. "CRASH!" the windows were shuddered everywhere and the roof of the car was dented.

"Shit!" I looked at Dimitri's face and saw that he was injured. "Dimitri, are you alright?" he looked at me and I saw love and concern in them. Wait. Love?

"I'm fine Roza. How about you?" I felt his body covering every inch of mine. He was warm. I also felt something poking my thi- oh. It was his…thing. I blushed. "Yeah I'm fine." A little too fine I thought. Hold on. MOM!

"Dimitri get off me we have to fine my mom!" he nodded and opened the door with his foot. He struggled to get out but when he did he helped me get out. But when I did I saw the most horrible scene that will forever be in my mind. The building. Fire….everywhere. And blood. Lots and lots of blood. I froze. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! "MOM!" i screamed. "MOM!" i started running towards the burning building. But then someone grabbed me for my waist. "LET ME GO!" then I was pushed to that person's body. "Shhhh Roza. It's me. Calm down please." Dimtri said while staying calm. "YOU WANT ME TO BE CALM WHEN MY MOTHER IS IN THAT BURNING BUILDING!" I screamed while trying to get loose. "ROZA! ROSE! LISTEN ALRIGHT! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO! THAT BUILDING IS UNSTOPPABLE AND IF YOU GO IN THERE YOU'LL ONLY GET YOUR SELF KILLED! I WONT LET TO DIE! I PROMISED ABE THAT I'd LOOK AFTER YOU AND IM NOT BREAKING MY PROMISE!" He shouted while crashing me into his chest. "sshhhh. You're alright. I'm here. I'm not leaving you." he said while I started sobbing. "my mom….and my baby brother…gone….just like Mason.." then I felt his hands run through my hair and then he picked me up and cuddled me like a baby. "Shhhh. Everything will be alright Roza. Everything will be alright-"

"AHHHHH! RUNNN! THE BUILDING IS COMING DOWN!" shouted a woman. Dimitri and I both looked up at the same time and saw the building going oddly off balance. Dimitri gasped and his hold on me tightened. Then he ran. With me in his arms like I weighed nothing. I looked back and saw the building come down right before my eyes.

Flashback over:

Yeah that's a day I'll never forget. But now it's been four years since then. I was on my way with Dimitri to my mom's grave. It was May 22nd 2011. Four years since then. Four years since I last saw my mother living and breathing. And four years since I last touched my mom's stomach to talk to my baby brother Mason.

"Roza? Are you alright?" Dimitri said while whipping away a tear that escaped my eye without me noticing. I'm twenty-one, living with my father, have the best two friends anyone can have, and urged for a child of my own. But I never met the one. So I'm single and still a virgin. Dimitri and I have been the bests friends since childhood when he saved me from these two bullies. We were both eight but Dimitri was very tall for his age. We connected like that and have been inseparable since.

"I'm fine. Just remembering that day…" my voice trailed off. His face showed concern and understanding. "Roza I know you. Your blaming yourself again aren't you? Listen it wasn't your fault. It was out of our hands. There was nothing we could have done. Please stop blaming yourself over something you had no control over." He knew me so well.

"I know, I know but that doesn't stop me from at least thinking of it." I said.

"I know Roza. But that's in the past. Think about your future. Have you thought about what you're going to do after collage? It's our last year."

"I don't know but I'm not leaving my father. I know that seems childish but I can't be away from him after everything….." he took my hand and used the other to steer.

"Roza I understand and that's not what I meant. You don't have to move out or anything because to be honest I'm still going to stay with my mom too. I meant what type of job are you going to apply for?"

"I don't know….OHHH! Dimitri I have the most brilliant idea EVER!" he jumped when I said OHH. I laughed.

"What is it Roza? God you scared me. Don't do that." He said while nudging me on my shoulder.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you. Okay how about we open a Martial Arts dojo!" he looked surprised. "Come on you know you want to! It's been our dream to open one together!" his eyes told me all that I needed to know.

"That's a great idea Roza! I'm sure Abe will agree to that idea. Which reminds me, Abe told me to tell you that I'll be staying with you guys while my family goes to Russia. I would have gone with them but exams are on Monday so yeah." That got my mood up.

"SHUT UP! ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS! YESS!" I hugged him and we both laughed. The great thing about Dimitri is that he knows how to cheer me up. He understands me more than everyone else. He knows everything about me. More than Lissa.

"We're here." Dimitri said. I looked out and saw the cemetery. Everyone i love and that knew my mom was here. Here we go.