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CHAPTER 33

RPOV

I woke up early in the morning with a smile on my face. Today was the day. The day I'd move in with Dimitri. I had to keep in mind that it was only for the summer, but, even so, I was excited. I was going to spend my whole summer with Dimitri and his kids and I already knew it was going to be awesome.

The rest of my stuff was packed in a box and I had some other things stuffed in my backpack. I wrote a note to Avery, saying that I'd left and that I wouldn't be back until the end of the summer.

Whistling, I left my dorm and walked to Dimitri's house. I would run if I wasn't carrying a heavy box in my arms. And my backpack wasn't a lightweight either. I was relieved when I finally came to a stop the front door. Shifting the box in my arms, I reached out with my free hand and rang the bell.

"Comrade!" I greeted happily when the door opened. When Dimitri didn't step aside, I said, "Hey, you going to let me in or what? This box is heavy!"

"Rose…"

I frowned when I heard the tone of his voice. It didn't sound good to me. I put the box down on the ground and looked up at him.

"What's up?" I asked.

Dimitri glanced behind him and then, with a sigh, he stepped out onto the porch and closed the door behind him.

"Okay, you're starting to freak me out," I said, only half joking. "What's wrong?"

"You can't move in, Rose," he said.

I stared at him for a few moments, not sure if I'd heard him right. "W-what?"

He sighed and looked away. "You can't move in," he repeated. "I'm sorry."

I frowned. "But…why? Is it because of the kids? Did they say something?"

"No," he said.

"Then why?"

"We can't do this anymore, Rose."

I was starting to panic right now. There was something really, really wrong. "What do you mean?"

His eyes met mine. "I can't hold you back any longer. I've been doing it for too long already. So… I'm letting you go now."

I could only stare at him. "Are you kidding me?" I managed to say after a few moments of dead silence. "Because if you are, this is a really bad joke."

"I'm not kidding," he said. "I'm being serious. I don't want you to feel like you're stuck with me."

"I don't-"

"Maybe not right now," Dimitri interrupted, "but you will – eventually. And you'll resent me for it."

"I won't!" I said fiercely.

"Rose, you know I'm right. You should enjoy your life instead of taking care of three kids. You're too young for this kind of life."

"No!" I said angrily. "What's going on, Dimitri? Why are you saying these things all of a sudden?"

"One day you'll thank me for it," Dimitri said calmly, ignoring my questions.

My eyes filled with tears. "So we're done? You're breaking up with me?"

His voice wavered for a moment as he said, "Yes. I'm breaking up with you."

I was shocked. I had not seen this coming. How could I have? I mean, he asked me to move in with him a few weeks ago. Yesterday, we'd packed up my stuff and moved a large part of it to his house. And now he was breaking up with me? That was just absurd.

"Dimitri-"

"I'm sorry, Rose," he cut me off, "but it's over."

I wiped at my eyes, trying to keep my tears at bay. "Fine! Have it your way!" I said, my voice trembling with anger. "But what about the kids? Can I at least still babysit them?"

Dimitri looked down. "I think it's better if you don't. It's going to be hard enough already and if you're hanging around here… Besides, Hayley can babysit them from now on."

I looked at him, hurt. "Hayley, huh? What, you like her better all of a sudden?"

"No, it's not that," he said, suddenly looking pained. "I just can't see you anymore or I'll-" He cut himself off and the pained look on his face disappeared. "You just can't come here anymore, okay?"

I looked up at him as the tears finally spilled over my cheeks. "I never thought I could hate you, but in this moment, I do. I really do."

Then, I picked up the box and turned around, walking away before I'd break down in front of him.

DPOV

Rose left, crying. It took all of me to stay put, to not run after her and tell her I was sorry, to take it all back and wrap her in my arms where she belonged. But I couldn't do that. I was doing the right thing by letting her go and one day she would understand why I'd done this.

She needed to be able to have her own family in her own time. She shouldn't be stuck with me and three kids that weren't hers for the rest of her life. I was doing the right thing. I had to keep telling myself that over and over again, because breaking up with Rose hadn't felt right. Not at all.

"Where did Rose go?" a voice behind me suddenly asked. It was Liam. "I thought she was going to move in today?"

I forced a smile. "Not today."

I was in no mood to tell my kids that Rose wouldn't be moving in, that she wouldn't be here at all anymore. So I didn't. Instead I went to my room and sat there for hours, dazed, while Hayley watched the kids for me.

Suddenly, I noticed the picture frame on my nightstand. It was a picture of Rose and me, taken a few months ago when it was Rose's birthday. She was smiling and her eyes were sparkling with happiness as I had my arms wrapped around her.

I took the picture from my nightstand and stared at it for a few moments. And, suddenly, I couldn't hold it together anymore. I cried like I'd never cried before. Because, I realized, I just lost the love of my life and I would never get her back.

RPOV

When I came back to my dorm room, I was glad Avery wasn't there. I didn't need her to see me crying. I noticed the note I'd placed onto her desk, telling her I was moving in with Dimitri for the summer. I was glad she hadn't seen it yet. I crumpled it and threw it in the trash.

I let myself fall onto my bed, buried my face into my pillow and cried my eyes out. How could my life get ruined in one day? Seriously. Everything had been fine yesterday – except my mom coming over for one of her visits. And now, everything was messed up.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. I didn't get up to see who was at my door. Nobody needed to know I'd been crying. There was another knock and then a voice, "Rose, open up."

I groaned. "Go away, Mom! I don't want to talk." I thought that would be the end of it, but, really, I should've expected she'd ignore my request. "Oh my god, Mom! I told you I don't want to talk! Leave me alone!"

She closed the door behind her and looked at me with almost a soft expression on her face. "He broke up with you, didn't he?"

I wiped my tears away angrily. "How do you know that?"

She shrugged and the somewhat soft expression on her face disappeared. "I went to talk to him last night. Apparently, I've gotten some sense into him."

"What?" I said, outraged. "You talked to him? Why would you do that?"

"Because you wouldn't listen to me," she said.

"I don't know what you told him, but he broke up with me because of it," I said angrily.

"I know. That's what I was hoping for," she said calmly.

I stared at her, shocked. I couldn't believe my mother had done this to me. And I couldn't believe Dimitri had listened to her.

"Why would you do that to me?" I cried. "You know I love him! You know he loves me! Why would you do this?"

"Love isn't enough, Rose," she said. "Your relationship with him would've never worked out."

"You don't know that!" I yelled.

"Yes, I do!" she yelled back, finally losing her calm attitude. "You would've ruined your future if you'd stayed with him! You would've lost your freedom to take care of his kids. You're only twenty-one, Rose. Maybe now it is all okay, but that will change. Trust me, you don't want that kind of life!"

"How would you know?" I screamed. "You've never been there for me! How would you know what kind of life I want?"

"Because I've been there!" she said. "I've been down that road before and, I assure you, it's nothing like you think it'll be."

"What the hell are you talking about? You've been with Dad since college. And after that…" Well, I would sure as hell know if she'd been in the same situation as me.

Mom gave me a pointed look and then I realized it.

I jumped up from my bed, pumped up with anger. "Oh my God! Are you saying that-" I shook my head. "What are you trying to say?"

She sighed. "Your dad and I… We married because I got pregnant. He didn't mind marrying me – he loved me – but I… It was different for me. I was scared of what would happen if I had to raise you on my own. I wasn't ready for it. I was overwhelmed. So I married your father because I knew he would be there to take care of you…and me." She glanced away and wrung her hands together. "I guess I married him for the wrong reasons, but like I said, I was scared. I didn't want to end up alone. Abe was all I had."

I stared at her, stunned. It's hard, hearing your mother tell you that she only married your father because she was scared to raise a child on her own.

"Why didn't you just get an abortion? Why didn't you just get rid of me if I was such a problem?" I bit out.

"Rose," she said, looking pained. "You might've been an accident, but…once I knew I was pregnant of you, I couldn't just… I couldn't get an abortion. I couldn't do it. And your father wanted me to keep you. He really wanted us to become a family."

I crossed my arms and scowled at her. "You didn't want to. But you didn't tell him, because you were scared of being left alone." A tear rolled down my cheek. "I guess you must've been happy when Dad died. Now I understand why you had a new boyfriend so soon after he'd-"

"No, Rose," she said quickly. "I loved your father, but not…"

"Not enough," I finished for her.

She looked away. "It wasn't the life I'd wanted for myself. I didn't want to be tied down when I was just twenty. I felt like I had a whole life ahead of me, but Abe and you… Well, I was responsible for you. I couldn't just leave you."

"So, what, you blamed us because you couldn't leave?" I exclaimed, outraged again. "Is that why you barely talk to me?"

"No! I love you, Rose, but I'm… I'm just not good at being a mother," she said uneasily. "Your father, though… He was wonderful with you."

"Yeah, well, he's gone," I said bitterly. "And the only parent I have left ignores me most of the year and when she does show up, she ruins my life."

"Rose, I just did what's best for you," she said. "You would've start to feel trapped, being with Dimitri and having to take care of his kids. And then the fighting would start. And those poor kids... Better to leave now than in a few years when they're too attached to you."

"Your situation is nothing like my situation!" I said. I don't think I've ever been this angry before. I was yelling so hard I think the whole dorm could hear me. "You didn't love Dad enough to get married, but you did it anyway because you didn't want to take care of me on your own. I love Dimitri enough to stay with him for the rest of my life and help him take care of his kids, even if that means I'll have to make some sacrifices. I'd gladly do it if that means I get to spend the rest of my life with them. And it's not just Dimitri that I love. I love his kids too. They mean the world to me. And because of you, I don't get to see them anymore!"

"Rose-"

"No, I'm done talking to you! Go back to your boyfriend and leave me the fuck alone!" I screamed. She stared at me, speechless. I think she hadn't expected this. "Get out! Get out! Get out!"

She looked hurt. It was a look I'd never seen on her before and if I wasn't so angry at her right now I would've felt sorry for her. But I was too outraged, too furious to care about her feelings. She never cared about mine so she didn't deserve any better.

"I'm sorry, Rose," she said at last, "but there will come a day you'll thank me for this."

"I doubt it," I snapped. "Now get out."

With a nod, she turned around and walked out of the door. As soon as she was gone, I started crying again. I slammed the door shut and then slid down to the floor. I buried my face in my hands, still sobbing, and wishing I could erase today from my memory.

I know you probably hate me right now for breaking Rose and Dimitri up, BUT they will get their happy ending, I promise. And don't think this was easy for me. I hate breaking them up but it really adds up to the drama. And that's what you wanted, right? You guys wanted drama but no Hayley drama so I gave you different drama ;) And don't be too mad at Dimitri. He's just doing what he thinks is right ;)

Have a nice day/evening! :)