A/N: Thank you guys for all your great reviews :) please keep them coming.
So this chapter is dedicated to FreedomWriter2010, sorry if I didn't update early enough! I tried, though :/
Lastly, I think the grammar's good, but honestly I'm not sure and I didn't check, so I'm sorry for any mistakes that you find along the way, I hope you still like the chapter :)
Disclaimer: I don't own any VA characters, and the idea originally belongs to DEE2389
"MMMM," I moan as I laid down at the beach in my bikini, my top and shorts on top of my bag next to me. Always prepared for the worst, Lissa had us bring two bikinis, so today I had on my black push-up bikini with a fringed top. "God I love the sun."
"And the beach," Viktoria said, putting on her sunglasses as she joined me. We all got up to find a good place on the beach. Viktoria had on a cheetah print halter bikini with pink strings and a bow tied in the front, and dark wash denim shorts. Lissa had on a bright pink halter top bikini, with black strings and hems and had on short black sarong. Jill had on a light pink string halter bikini, with yellow, green, and pink floral print on them, and a bow in the middle, and had a light pink sarong on. Lastly Sydney had a pale coral halter bikini with shorts that were light blue with some coral Hawaiian style flowers on it and coral mini pompoms trimming the bottom hem.
"Is this all we're doing today?" Jill asked, her voice drifting like the beach waves.
"Yup. For right now it's just relaxing under the sun," I said, slipping my sunglasses on as I began to drift into a nap.
When I started to feel like I was in the sun too long, I got up and dived into the beach, feeling cooled and refreshed at once. Soon I heard a lot of splashing and when I came up I saw my four friends by me.
"This water is so refreshing," Lissa sighed as she dipped her head back and into the water.
All I could do was moan in response, floating on my back as I enjoyed the sun's heat and the coolness of the ocean. However all that was ruined when someone splashed me.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry, Roza!" Vika said as she turned around, her eyes wide with surprise.
Growling, I responded maturely by splashing her back, but i over shot and got Sydney wet too. I tried to hold in my laughter when she gasped and her jaw dropped in shock, but when her angry, death glare turned on me, I couldn't hold it any longer and bent over laughing. Which ended with me choking on the water Sydney threw my way, and Jill shrieking from being collateral damage. By now we had gone into a full on splashing war, taking many hits and laughing the whole time. After a while it died down and we went back to enjoying the water and riding the waves.
When our skin started to prune up, we decided it was time to get out and returned to our towel to sun dry. However that didn't last very long before a volleyball hit me on the stomach.
"Ugh," I groaned as I curled into my side. "What the fuck?" I got up and looked for the owner of the ball. When I didn't see anyone coming to claim ownership, I asked the girls if they wanted to play. They all got up and we split two and two, blondes vs brunettes, while Sydney opted out and referred the game.
"Ready to lose, Liss?" I taunted as I back walked to hit the first serve.
"Rose you forget I was picked to be captain of the volleyball team," she teased. Frowning, I threw the ball up and hit as hard as I could, taking pride as it soared over the net and Lissa just barely hit it to Jill who bumped it over the net. Like that, we got lost in the game, filled with friendly competition.
"Last point wins!" I shouted before I hit the serve. We had been at it for a few hours. After 15 points, one of us would go out and whoever was referring would come in. After a long match, Syd and I got the point and won the game.
"Oh my god!" Sydney huffed as she collapsed onto the sand. "Are we done?" I nodded my head, handing her my water bottle while I helped her up.
"So now what?" Jill asked, cooling herself off by dumping the rest of her water on top of her head. Lissa was resting on her elbows, letting the light wind cool her off, while Vika reclined against the pole and messed with her hair.
"Now we go have lunch and then get ready," I said as I walked back to where my shirt and bag was laying next to my towel.
"Why?" one of them asked as they all followed me.
"Because we have a concert to go to tonight."
"Are you guys ready?" I called out, running up to my room to grab my clutch. Well trying to, since I had some insane black stilettos on, the heels probably 5 or 6 inches, while the actual shoe came up to my knee, open toe with flower cut out design so you saw more skin than shoe, with a satin ribbon tied in the front. It went with my dress though. It was all black with a princess tutu skirt that came down to the middle of my thigh, a black lace overlay that made it sleeveless with a round neckline, and a solid black ribbon band under my breast. I had my hair braided while I got ready so that now I could undo it and let my wavy hair flow down. For make-up I did light smokey eyes and red lipstick.
"I'm ready," Lissa said, coming out with her vibrant dress. It was a sleeveless dress that had a black lace top with an open sweetheart neckline and a hot, magenta pink satin skirt, with black tulle underlay that made it poof a bit, and a black ribbon bringing the two parts together. It was edgy punk meets pink ladies. She paired the dress with black faux suede strappy peep toe platform heels. She put her hair up into a bun, leaving two strands out to frame her face, and her make up was light so it wouldn't take away from the dress, but her lips were painted with her Run Away lipstick, a bright, mid-tone plink that popped like the skirt of the dress and had a strong cool undertone.
"I'm hungry," Viktoria whined as she came out of her room. She had on a body hugging black sleeveless dress with a chocker neckline and fell down to her mid thigh. The sides and bottom of her dress were see-through lace and a belt went around her waist. She had one black suede ankle boots, with a sharp stiletto heel, pointed toe profile, and a narrow cutout in the front from the top to where the toes begin. Her hair was loosely braided tot he side and slightly teased, side parted so she had some bangs. She had dark smokey eyes and ruby red lips, which were right now pouting at the lack of food in her stomach.
"Then grab something to eat," Sydney said in an annoyed tone. "We probably are going to grab on the way to the concert, though." Sydney was putting her hair up into a french twist, pinning her bangs up. She had on a sheer black dress with white lace embroidery on the top of the dress, around the sleeveless straps and the scoop neckline, and on the hem of the dress. The bottom of the top part and the first half of the skirt had black lace embroidery. A ribbon was tied around the middle and a skirt had a tulle underlay that made it poof and come up to her mid thigh. She had on simple black heels with white trim around the top that came together in a neat bow. Her makeup was minimal, even her lipstick was a sheer pink shade that matched her lips.
"Can someone help zip my dress up?" Jill asked, walking out with the back of her dress flapping around. I got up to help her while she carefully lifted her hair, which was half pinned up with a bump and the rest was curled to perfection. She had on a off beige mini dress that went a little higher than mid thigh and showed off her long legs, and was sleeveless with a neckline that framed her neck. It was lace on top with gold and silver swirls all around and a bow tied at her midsection. She paired the dress with gold platform heels with a strap across the foot and ankle. After I zipped her up, we all got our things and left for the theatre.
"Aren't you girls a little dressed up for a concert?" I heard an all too familiar voice say behind me.
"What are you guys doing here?" I asked, turning around to see Drew and his friends in the seats a little behind us and to the side. Not the best distance for talking.
"Kevin here promised Jenny a souvenir she'd like and she loves Lana del Ray." He talked while the boys climbed over the seats until they were seated right behind us. "You never answered my question."
"Oh well we're girls. We find any reason to dress up and we weren't about to come in jeans and a t-shit," I said, eyeballing their outfits. To be honest, they had leather jackets too.
We talked for a bit and then the announcer said it was about start, so we turned around to sit in our seats. Except I didn't see the guy walking behind me, so when I turned around, I hit him and his big cup of beer poured all over me.
"Oh my god!" I shrieked as the cold liquid ran down my body, clinging my dress to it. I tried not the breathe, the stench too much and too close for my liking.
"Watch where you're going next time," the man gruffed, walking away. Oh hell no. I grabbed his arm and tugged him so he faced me.
"Maybe next you time you won't be such a fucking idiot and go down the right stairways. And learn to say sorry you ignorant asshole," I said, still struggling to breath.
"Hey watch what you say," the lady next to him said, pushing me away. Luckily Lissa caught me while Viktoria pinned the bitch against the seats in front of us.
"Apologize to her," she said in a low and threatening voice, but the lady held her own and didn't say anything.
"It's fine, V," I said. "It's not their fault their hillbilly asses don't know anything about manners."
"Say that to my face, bitch," she said, pushing Viktoria away and almost got to me but Drew got in front and blocked her way.
"Do we have a problem here?" A security guard asked in a gruff voice, flashing his bright ass flashlight.
"Yes, sir," the rude bitch. "Her and her friends started accosting my father and I as we tried to get to our seats."
"He spilled his beer on me and didn't apologize! And she pushed me!" I shouted back.
"You're the one who turned into him. So it's not like he did it on purpose!" She shouted back.
"Maybe next time you guys won't be so fucking ignorant and will say 'Excuse me' so we know you're behind us." She was about to shout something back but I held my hands up. "Don't wanna hear it bitch. It's your fault I hit you and it's you who pushed first so don't throw the blame on us."
"I'll throw something as at you then, you bastard." She was about to throw herself at me but the guard caught her.
"Ok that enough from both of you. You two are coming with me." That immediately got my friends into the mix, shouting that it wasn't my fault and I shouldn't get in trouble.
"Ok! Enough!" Another guard said. "All you are coming with us too."
Grabbing our bags, we filed out and did as they told. In the end, one guard escorted the other family out and another guard took my friends, Drew and his friends included, out the other way.
"Do you guys have anything I could change into?" I asked him as we got backstage. He barely glanced at me before shaking his head. "Please! I don't care if it's an oversized security uniform. I just need to get out of this dress. The beer smell is really getting to my head and making me nauseous."
Before he could say something a door opened and someone asked what was going on. Turning around, we saw it wasn't just anyone. It was Lana del Rey.
"Nothing Miss Del Rey. Just some people fighting and now we're walking them out."
"What's that awful smell?" She asked, my stench probably reaching her. I don't know why, but all of the sudden I felt tears in my eyes and slowly they trickled down my cheek.
It's me. I got beer dropped on me and now I'm missing your concert and I smell worse than a frat house and I feel like throwing up."
She looked at me for what felt like an eternity before something clicked in her head and she opened the door wider.
"Bruce, these people aren't going anywhere. They're staying right here with me. And you -"
"Rose," I piped in, the tears calming down.
"Rose. Come here and let's see if there's anything in here you can wear."
"Oh thank you!" I said, quickly running to her, but stopping myself when the beer smell hit me again. She let my friends come in with me and the girls helped me find a dress.
"If you want you can take a quick rinse in the shower and I'll have Stephan walk you guys to your seats when your done."
Nodding my head, I quickly jumped in. I don't know or why, but I was suddenly in such a good mood I started singing. When I got I out, I quickly changed into the dress. It was a shot dress that fell right above my knees and hugged me perfectly. With a scoop neckline that shows enough cleavage and the sleeves didn't go past my shoulder, punching right where my collar bone line is. It was all covered in gold sequins in jewels, but the sides were a lighter gold color, really bringing out my figure. Slipping on my shoes, I went outside to join my friends.
Stephan definitely didn't take us back to our seats. Instead we stayed backstage and went to the curtain side to watch the concert. And it was amazing! But that wasn't the best part...
"Thank you Instanbul! You guys have been wonderful," Lana said into the mic as she put it back on the stand. "I have one last song to sing, but I want to bring someone out to help me with it."
There was a collective gasp in the crowd as everyone, including me, wondered who it was.
"I heard her singing in the shower recently and well I think everyone deserves to hear her beautiful voice. Please welcome Rose."
Me? She picked me? I didn't know what to do. It wasn't until everyone nudged me forward that my feet took control and walked to the middle of the stage, my hands accepting the microphone Lana held out for me.
"So Rose, do you have a song in mind for us to do?"
I didn't say anything for a while, but then I found my voice and suggested "Young and Beautiful" since all my other favorites had already been sung. But my pick wasn't a bad, if anything it was perfect. The way we bounced off each other, picking up where the other left off and then harmonizing with each other during the chorus. Whenever I've sang along with my iPod, I could only hope I matched the same tone of voice she used, but singing with her live told me our voices were one in the same. This high I felt as I sang couldn't be compared to anything else but how I feel when I'm with Dimitri, nothing but pure joy and a rush of adrenaline coursing through my body. This was something I could never dream of having the chance of doing, and I hope to God someone took a picture or video so I could have this memory engraved forever. When the song ended, I felt my cheeks turn pink as everyone stood up, the stadium filled with their cheers and clapping. Looking to the side, I saw all my friends beaming with joy and pride and the guys with their jaws on the grounds. But there was someone missing, aside from Dimitri. Looking around, I found the platinum blonde in front of me, on the other side of the stage, two phones in her hand.
After waving goodbye and walking off stage with my elbows intertwined with Lana's, I was ready to grab my friends and soiled clothes and heading back to call Dimitri and tell him about tonight. But it seemed fate had another plan in store. Walking out, we saw a limo blocking our way. Before any of us could react, the door opened and Lana stepped out.
"I know this is unexpected, but I was wondering if you and your friends would like to join me in going to an after party downtown," she said to me. No one said anything but slowly we collectively nodded our heads before shuffling in and continuing this dream of a night.
Andre POV
"Paul! We're leaving!" Dimitri shouted up as we walked out of the paintball field, everyone covered in paint splatter.
"Whyyy?" he whined as he caught up to us.
"Because it's getting late and Mama wants us home for dinner." We were starting to strip out of gear when Dimitri asked if we wanted to join. After we agreed to join, we left and piled into Dimitri's truck.
"Hey D, do you know what the girls were doing today?" Christian asked while he fiddled with the music. "Lissa said Rose was keeping it a surprise."
"Yea. Somehow she got some tickets to some concert. Um Hanna…Dana…"
"Lana?" Eddie offered.
"Yea! Lana del something. I wasn't really paying attention," he said, his cheeks blushing a bit. I could guess why he wasn't paying much attention.
"When's Roza coming back?" Paul asked from next to me.
"I don't know, Paul. Later next week."
"So did she get some front row seats or some nosebleed seats?" Adrian asked while he played on his phone.
"Wouldn't know. All she said was that she found some great tickets and was excited for the concert."
"Have you talked to Rose since Christmas?"
"Yea. Except for Monday when her and the girls went out, we talk pretty much every night." When he mentioned the girls going out, everyone heard Christian start grumbling.
"I don't like that the girls go out at night alone," he said.
"Actually, Rose told me they met some guys that have girlfriends back home so they went with them to keep pervs at bay. Unfortunately, they couldn't go with them to the concert," Dimitri said, oddly at ease with this recent discovery. How could he be so calm about guys hanging around our girlfriends? I sure as hell wasn't. I trust Vika, but that doesn't mean I like the fact that a guy gets to be around her while we're all the way here.
"And you're ok with that?" Adrian asked, putting his phone down to look at Dimitri.
"Of course I am. I trust Rose. Plus, we broke up because we didn't communicate with each other and jumped to conclusions. I'm not going to make the same mistake twice," he said, his eyes on the road, but when he finished he cut us a glance, a smirk on his lips. "Plus if our phone calls are any indication, she's satisfied with what I give her."
"DUDE! SHE'S LIKE MY SISTER!" I shouted, covering my ears and trying to burn the image that formed in my head.
"What do you give her, Dimka?" Paul asked naively, making all the other guys laugh and for Dimitri to face the road again, his face slowly reddening.
"Love," Dimitri said as he turned the corner and pulled into his driveway. "Lots and lots of love."
"Oh. Ok," Paul said before sliding out of the truck and running home, Dimitri behind him telling him to wash up for dinner.
"Hey, you guys," Christian said as we migrated to the living room while Dimitri helped his sister with getting Paul ready for bed. "Is it just me or is it really weird that Dimitri's cool with the girls being friends with some guys they met on the trip. Like how did they even meet them?"
"I mean I get his point," I said. "But I don't like it. I trust Vika just like he trusts Rose, but I don't like some guy being with her when I can't. I'm not scared he'll sweep her off her feet and take her away, but I don't like it either way."
"What if it's some friends from school? Or Lissa and Rose ran into old friends from America?" Eddie asked.
"Because a. they would have named the guys if they were from here and b. Rose and Lissa would never get chummy with any of the guys from our old school. They were all asses and I'm pretty sure Rose kicked their ass at least once in their lifetime," I said.
"Hey guys have you been on Facebook recently?" Christian asked, his face glued to his phone. The three of us shook our head, Eddie and I quickly gathering around Christian to see him flipping through pictures of the girls at some party. And some guys with them. I lost count of how many pictures there were in total. There was group photos, pictures with the singer, and then buddy shots.
"No offense, but Rose seems to be really chummy with that guy. You sure she's not some friend or something from Montana?" Eddie asked.
I shook my head. "I've never seen him before. But are you guys sure they're the guys they're friends with? Don't artists usually have a group or something do an opening act? Maybe they got into some elite party and that's the group that opened the show."
"I guess there's really only one way to find out," Adrian finally said, getting up from his seat to join us and flipping his phone to show us confirmation for five train tickets. "Pack your bags boys, we're going to Turkey."
"Who's going to Turkey?" Dimitri asked, coming into the room. Quickly, Christian exited out of Facebook and had a confused look like he didn't know either.
"We are," Adrian said simply. "So pack your bags, Russian giant, cus you're driving us."
OHHHH BOOOOY! The guys are going to Russia! Anyone excited to see how that's going to end up? And any ideas?
Btw! Sorry if I shined some bad light on Rose in the end, didn't mean to. Basically everyone took pictures with everyone but Rose and Drew were together in a lot of them, but keep in mind they have a brother sister relationship and I have no intention of having that turn into anything else.