Now,Michael's birthday passed 2 months ago,and the 2 lovers seem to become zaidi close with each siku that passes.Now,Rose is walking in the little park near kwa her house,and she meets her friend,Alice."Hey,Rose,how are you?I missed you!",Alice alisema sitting on a bench inayofuata to Rose."Hi Alice,missed wewe too,how are you?"."I'm fine thanks,you?"."Same."."So,how's the movie going?Met any guys?Come on,tell me,we haven't talked since wewe started working on that movie!"."Well,the movie is doing great,and I am dating someone,but...I think there'll be a problem this week,with the movie..."."Why?"."Well,my boyfriend is the main character,and this week we have a scene in the bedroom...and I'm nervous about it 'cuz I might get too involved and in that scene,he will be on juu of me ,kissing me,and I might get scared,'cuz I'm too good as an actress,as wewe know I get too involved,and I might say his name again au stop him and ruin the whole movie,'cuz that's what I do when I'm scared,that's my only problem when I'm working and...Idk if I can make it,'cuz they'll suspect that were together,and the director alisema that this can not be,he warned me already he's gonna replace me and I believe him!I'm scared,Alice...I'm so scared..."."It's ok sweetie,I know how wewe feel around men after what happened and I totally support you,we'll find a way to get out of this,don't worry!",Alice alisema hugging Rose,who was crying because she remembered something she prayed so much to forget...The inayofuata day,she was filming with Michael,and they were making the bedroom scene:Michael and her were just married and she was in her wedding dress,he was in his costume,and they entered in his bedroom.It was night,and the moon was lightening the sky and their room too.The wind was blowing slowly,and they were staring in eachother's eyes.In that scene,she was supposed to act normal,with no inhibitions,it was supposed to be a short scene,but Rose wasn't ready for it,she was very nervous,and she saw how calm Michael was,but that didn't helped her at all,it just remembered her of...Michael touched her face,took it in his hands,and kissed her,then he put his hands on her waist...and as the script said,he started to unzip her dress...and she felt very uncomfortable...she broke the kiss,not the way it was supposed to be,and looked at him,frightened!Michael read in her eyes her fear,and said:"Let's dance a bit.",then ziped her dress back and put some music,then he took her in his arms and they started to dance slowly,on the romantic music...After the song ended,he looked at her and hugged her,whispering in her ear,loud enough to be heard kwa everyone,so it could be filmed,:"It's ok...I won't hurt you...I'd never do that..Trust me...I upendo you!",then he kissed her and she got the courage to kiss back...Then,he kissed her neck,and got behind her,kissing her neck stil,and unzipping her dress again,trying not to ruin the scene,making slow moves,not to scare her again...After he took her dress off kissing her neck,he carried her to kitanda and put her down,then he took off his shati and lied on juu of her,then he whispered in her ear:"Don't be scared...Relax,I won't hurt you...",then he kissed her and wrapped his arms around her..."Cut!That was brilliant,better than the script,fantastic!Well done,kid!",he alisema turning to Rose who was getting dressed.After that,they went home,and Rose went to Michael's house,where she moved since their first tarehe after Michael insisted,and he looked at her and couldn't help but ask her:"What happened back there?You were all shaking and...you knew it was just pretending,why did you...Hey,what's wrong?",he asked concerned as she sat down on the kitanda and looked down.He sat inayofuata to her and hugged her tigt and whispered:"Rosie..."."I'm sorry...I was afraid,I get too involved in such things and I had a bad experience with someone in the past and I don't want to happen again and I'm so scared and I don't know,when anybody gets too close,I get scared and think he's gonna hurt me like that person wanted to and this thought drives me crazy and I don't know what to do,I was so afraid that I'll ruin the whole scene with my stupidity,thank wewe so much for helping me out there Michael!...",she alisema so fats,that he barely understood something!But he understood enough:someone once hurt her and she's so scared of being that close to any man,so he had to know why!"Rosie,who and how hurt you?"."It was a friend of my family's,or that's what we thought...One day,I was alone at nyumbani and he came kwa and when he heard nobody else was home,he tried to kiss me and I pushed him back...then he slaped me in the face and I fell,then he dragged me to the livingroom on the kitanda and tried again,but I punched him in the nose and he started to bleed...then I ran and he caught me...he put me down and got on juu of me...I was so scared..I kicked him between his legs and he hit me again,causing my lips to bleed...He took his pants off and because he was not on me anymore,I ran to the door,and when I opened it,there was my daddy...he caught that man and beat him until he couldn't songesha anymore...and since then,I never got near kwa a boy au a man...it was hard with my own Marafiki in the beginning but I got used with it and now I'm better but...I stil have problems whne soemeone undresses me...or stuffs,that's why I got fired last year...me and the main character were not good Marafiki and he scared me 2 days before we had that scene...so I pushed him away and ran out of there,then I tried again,but I was too scared...so I got fired...".Michael held her closer and comforted her:"I'm sorry I asked wewe to remember all these...I'm sorry!".Rose started to feel better,and they soon went to bed.Next day,Michael had nothing to work,there were only scenes with Rose,so he stood nyumbani and waited for Liz,who alisema that she has something to tell him.Liz arrived soon and came in,with a girl.They sat down on the kitanda and Liz spoke:"Michael,she is Alice,a good friend of Rose.".Alice shaked hands wiht Michale and said:"Nice to meet you!"."Nice to meet wewe too,Alice,!",Michael said."Rose introduced us a few days ago,and Alice told me that in 3 days is Rose''s Birthday."."Really?Why didn't she tell me?"."Rose is the kind of person that doesn't think she is important,she always puts the others before herself.",Alice said."I see...And what do wewe have in mind,Lizzie?",Michael asked."Well,a party,of course,and Alice has some great ideas,about what Rose likes most and we could use.Tell him dear!"."Wel,she likes roses and red,she's obsessed with them!She's also crazy about puppies,the white ones are her favourites,and she likes italian food,besides pizza!And she loves to have water balloons fights and mto fights too!She was always winning when we were kids!And we must bring her parents here,they're at her grandparents,in Europe,she misses them so much since they left!And there are a few Marafiki she made on the Internet,they're from USA,and she'd upendo to have them here,she always dreamed to meet them!And...Oh,I'm sorry,I didn't realised what I was saying...God,I'm so stupid!"."Why?",Michael asked confused.Liz knew what she was talking about and said:"She is thinking that all of Rose's wishes are too expensive!",smiling."Nothing is too expensive for her,ok?",Michael alisema then winked."Wow,are wewe serious?Man,she's so lucky to have you!Btw,she never told me,since when are wewe 2 dating exactly?",Alice said."Well...it's been zaidi than 2 months,that's for sure!Why?",Michael asked her."Well...you know about her problem,right?",Alice alisema looking at him."Yes,she told me last night...we had a scene and..."."Yeah,she told me about it,how did it go?"."It was ok,I gave up on the script and started to do it in my own way,so she relaxed,I guess,and we finished the scene well..."."What scene?Michael,what did wewe 2 do?",Liz asked confused."Well...we had a scene...in which the characters...um...spend their first...night together,after they get married and...I was supposed to...um...get on juu of her and...kiss her...on the bed...and she was supposed to...be half naked...and um...it all went good,anyway!",Michael alisema trying not to seem nervous 'cuz just now he realised what they just did yesterday in that scene and how it must have affected her!Liz started to laugh and said:"Oh,Michael sweetie!Why are wewe so nervous,you're 27,you're a grown man!!And besides,you 2 are together,and wewe did nothing..."wrong"!"."Oh,shamone Lizzie,I'm stil a kid!",Michael smiled.After they decided what muziki and what chakula they'll have,Rose came home,just when Liz and Alice were about to leave."Hey Liz,Alice!Alice,what are wewe doing here?",Rose said."I wanted to meet your boyfriend,and Liz brought me here.Ok,now,I'll go home,so,see ya!By Michael!"."Bye Alice,bye Lizzie!",Michael alisema coming to the door.After Liz and Alice left,Michael hugged Rose and kissed her,then she said:"Ok,what did she asked you?"."Not very much,she wanted to know about our scene...by the way,I just realised how much it must have affected you,I mean,you were half naked and I was...",she stopped him putting her index on his lips;"Michael...I don't wanna talk about it,it's too much for today,I already had to deal with all the girls in the movie set because we didn't follow the script,and again,I was called a whore,'cuz they saw me going nyumbani with you...Michael,why is this happenning to me?",she cried in his warm hug.Michael took her to the kitanda and they sat down,him stil hugging her,and her stil crying on his chest.He started to comfort her saying:"Shh...it's ok,I promise you,no one will ever say that again,tomorrow,I'm coming to make some scenes,and I'll make sure no one will ever hurt wewe again!",then he touched one of her ribs and she groaned of pain.Michael released the hug and looked at her:"What's wrong?".She looked down and he went behind her and took a look at her rib:all the area was purple!"Oh my God,Rose,who did this to you?".She kept looking down and he knew:"It was one of those girls,am I wrong?",he asked a bit mad.She shook her head in sign of yes."This must stop!Now!I'm not gonna let them hurt wewe again!I'll call a doctor,don't move.",he alisema and then he called for a doctor,who came in 5 dakika and alisema that there's nothing to be worried about,then he gave her a pill for pain and left.In that night,Rose slept well,but near kwa the morning,she ha da nightmare about her being killed kwa one of the girls and she woke up screaming,and Michael comforted her:"Sh,I'm here,it's ok,it's ok,there's no one here except me and you,it was only a nightmare,go back to sleep...",then she slept well again.The inayofuata day,when they went to work,Michael asked everyone to pay attention:"I've heard that Rose had some bad incidents here and I saw with my own eyes that some of wewe are too violent,so,I proposed to the director,and he agreed with me,that those who bothered her not to be payed for a month.".Everyone started to argue,and he yelled:"She is one of the main characters as well,and you're treating her like she'd be a maid,and she's really doing a great job acting,does she deserves to be treated like this?!Does she?!".The boyfriend of the girl who hit Rose in her rib yelled:"You're only protecting her because she's your girl!If she wouldn't sleep with you,you wouldn't care about the way she looks au is treated here!".Michael's eyes were red and he rushed to the man and punched him in the face,causing his lip bleeding and grabbed him kwa his collar:"Listen,maybe all these girls here are sluts and maybe all the girls wewe worked to slept with you,and wewe enjoyed it,but she's not like them and I'm not like you!!!Got it?!" and the man shook his head in agreement.Then Michael released him and said:"Me and Rose are closed Marafiki and that's all,ok?!Does anyone has a problem with that?!".Everybody shook their heads in sign of no and then they continued their work.In a break,she told him:"Thank wewe for not telling them that we're zaidi than friends,that could cost me my job!".He hugged her and said:"I'm sorry for making such a big deal from this thing,but it is and I'm sorry if I scared wewe when I rushed to that guy,but he deserved it!And don't worry,I'll keep this secret as long as wewe need,ok?",then kissed her.After 3 days,it was her birthday,and she was supposed to arrive from a dakika to another,from work,with Michael.Everyone was so impatient,and when she walked on that door with Michael,they all jumped and screamed :"Happy Birthday Rose!".And she was surprised and so happy to see everyone,and she saw some poeple she didn't knew:"Wow,thank wewe everyone,this is amazing,did wewe all did this for me?Wow,thank wewe everyone!But,who are they?",she alisema pointing to the people she didn't knew."They're your Marafiki from the Internet!Remember them?",Alice alisema happily.Then she came and hugged everyone and she saw her parents,and she ran to them:"Mom,Dad!",then she hugged them and after that,the party started!She thanked everyone for everything and then,the presents' tiem came and she received so many nice things,and then,Michael gave her a wonderful dress in black and red and a mkufu with white diamonds,and she went to change into them.Michael was once zaidi surprised kwa her beauty and he sand "P.Y.T." for her,as a part of his gift.After the party was over,they went o bed.And so,their relationship became stronger and after a mwezi and a half,it was a week before krisimasi and she was going to spend it with her parents,so her house needed to be cleaned and since her parents were not home,sheahd to do it herself.Michael came kwa and decided to help her.And the funny accidents didn't left themselves waited too long!Rose just washed the floor when Michael rushed in the livingtoom to answer his phone,and slipped and he didn't stopped until he reached the furniture,he ended up with a leg over the kitanda which was upside-down!No one got hurt,not even Micahel,but Rose's stomach was hurting her so bad...from laughing!Then,when they were trying to dust the high furniture,Rose was on a chair,and Michael came there and dropped his watch,so he kneeled and he moved the chair,Rose falling over him.Again,nobody was hurt,but they were laughing and they could swear that the birds were laughing too!Then,Michael tried to fix the curtain,but his fingers looked like they were all broken and he had casts,that's how much bandage he used!Rose was laughing and Michael,as a punishment,lifted her up and spun her around the room,and they fell on the bed,him on juu of her,then he kissed her,and they kept kissing,until she broke the kiss and they returned to their work.So,after a week,it was the krisimasi eve,and Micahel was kusoma a book to the kids who came in visit to sleep over at Neverland.He finished the book and then,the kids asked him if he knew any krisimasi legens,and he told them a legend he heard as a child,then they all wet to sleep,in thier rooms,and Micahel called Liz and Alice and started to put the presents under the tree.At some point,one of the boys woke up and came to the jikoni to take a glass of water,then he saw someone in the livingroom and thought it was a roobber!It ws actually Alice,but the boy couldn't see through the darkness,so he ran to Micahel's room,but he wasn't there,then he searched for him everywhere,but he was nowhere to find,so he decided to catch the robber,but he needed help,so he woke up all the kids(they were like 11) and started to think of a strategy to catch the robber.Then,they attacked:Michael was bringing a big present,when he heard the kids and deicded to hide in a closet.Liz was at the car,bringing the presents,and she saw that thre was only one person moving in the livingroom,and Micahel left from a while!It was Alice,indeed,but she was now attacked kwa the kids,and they decided to keep the light off,so the robber won't see their faces.Luckily,Micahel called Liz and she distracted the kids making some funny noises,while Micahel took Alice out oon the back door.The kids were so amuzed,that they forgot about everything,including Santa,and went back to bed.The inayofuata day,they were so excited and happy to see all the presents and a bit surprised to see Micahel,Liz and Alice so tired.One of the boys asked Alice about her swollen foot,and she alisema she fell on the stairs.Michael gave Rose a beautiful bracelet,made at order,special,just for her,and she gave him a nice necklace,original from India,to bring him luck.Liz got some jewellery and Alice got some nice clothes and a necklace.Then,the New mwaka came,and Micahel and Rose spent it in his house,all alone,having a wonderful dinner,and while they were eating on the couch,Michael leaned to kiss Rose and their meal was interrupted,but none regreted!Anyway,she had to stop again,because she was too afraid,after all that happened in her past...They spent the whole night outside,ater they ate,watching the stars,and they fell asleep in a tent.They saw the sunrise and he said:"I used to think that there's nothing zaidi beautiful than the sunrise au the sunset,but I found you!I think we should go to sleep now,it's late!",then he kissed her and they got into the tent.