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Rose and Drew set a time for Drew to meet Rose at her home and they headed their separate ways to pack their things for the holiday, the smile never leaving Rose's face as she packed.

She was happy Drew agreed to go, even if it was by the persuasion of his gran. He deserved a chance to see life from a different perspective.

When she finished packing her belongings, twice, she began to feel OCD, her memories flooding in when she packed to move to Australia. Flopping down onto her back on the bed she went to sleep, deciding to shower in the morning before she left.

At ten in the morning Rose was soothing her aching joints under the warm spray of the shower. Drew walked into the place like he lived there and heard the shower running, he headed to the kitchen to cook up a hardy breakfast before they headed out.

The towel barely wrapped around her small stomach when Rose got out the shower. Drying off she slips on matching underwear, black skinny jeans without rips in, a guns and roses tee and black converse paired off with a bandanna around her head, she was already heating up and couldn't be bothered to dry her hair as she settles for a wet messy bun.

Grabbing her phone and charger from her room she carries her bags out her too after one final check that she had everything. Dropping them beside Drew's own luggage, she sits at the kitchen island and watches Drew cook the bacon.

He carried the same talent his grandmother did in the kitchen. She was glad someone could cook for her sometimes, back home it was either take-out or she would cook.

"Morning" she smiles out, Drew had his back to her and didn't know she was there until she spoke up.

"Hey Rose, how'd you sleep?" he asks.

Rose sighs in content, "It was good, he kicked a few times but other than that it was okay" she informs him. Drew bobs his head up and down telling Rose he heard her.

Rose didn't mind being woken by her boy kicking, it let her know he was still there and growing, her protruding belly wasn't big enough for her term, he was still small, which made the slightest movements from him a relief.

"Are you sure you have everything packed?" Rose asks Drew as he turns around to serve the bacon.

"Everything ready for sunny Spain" he says with a smile and Rose laughs.

"A whole month of relaxing in the sun" Rose smiled at the thought.

"I still can't believe you paid for the whole trip, I should at least pay for something" Drew mutters, he was upset that Rose denied him any kind of contribution towards it.

Rose shrugged, "Don't care, my treat, besides, I have money to burn right now" she comments.

Drew raises an eyebrow in question at Rose's statement. "And how did you manage that?".

Rose grins cheekily "Robbed a bank" she says with a straight face, acting serious but her laughter escaped "No, I invested a lot of my money into companies across the world, my family doesn't know, I have it in case something ever went wrong and one of the guys needed an escape, so there's a few million scattered across the world for me to access" she says like everyone did something like that.

Only they didn't and Drew was astonished, "Okay, great plan and all, but you seriously have millions?" he asks losing track by a single thought.

Rose giggles "Yes" she says.

"Like how much of millions are we talking exactly?" he asks curiously.

Rose saw the opportunity to play with him not realising he would play right back "Drew are you going to use me for my money?" she says with a dramatic gasp, placing a hand over her heart to feign hurt.

"Yes" Drew says bluntly with a straight face, holding back his laughter.

"I actually don't know how much I have; it increases every hour or so" she waves out.

Drew's eyes almost fall out of his head when she tells him. It took a short while to calm Drew down from the money overload and they then ate their now cold breakfast before calling a taxi to take them to the airport for a well-deserved holiday.

Fortunately, there was no problems during the flight and due to the first class passes and Rose being pregnant, they were one of the first to board the plane which allowed Rose to got to the toilet before they left.

From the airport, they took a taxi to the hotel and Drew once again had his eyes almost falling out and his jaw hitting the ground. Rose laughed, "Close your mouth Drew, people will think you are asking for it" she jokes out.

He composes himself and glares at Rose who laughs and heads into the hotel. The inside was just as amazing as outside, being very classy, Drew and Rose got some looks of disgust as they were the only ones not wearing a suit.

Walking up to a desk Rose hits the bell and as if by magic, a women appears. She looks the pair up and down and scrunches her nose in disgust "The motel is further down the street" venom dripping with each word, her thick Spanish accent wrapping around each English word.

"I have a reservation under Rose James" Rose spits back.

Rose watches as the girl in a smart business suit, acting anything but courteous types away on the computer to search for the name "There is no reservation under that name" the lady whose name tag said Clara retorted.

Rose huffs "Well look again, because I booked it" she says starting to get irritated.

"I made no mistake; you did not book this hotel" Clara all but shouts.

A man walks up to the situation and looks at his employee "What seems to be the problem?" he inquires.

"This person" Clara spits out looking at Rose and Drew in disgust "Says that she made a reservation, but there is no one of that name in the booking system".

Rose rolls her eyes "Well I made the reservation" sending a deadly glare at Clara.

"What was the name again?" the manager asks politely.

"Rose James" she informs him. He too hits a few keys until a beep echoes out the computer "There you are, you booked the queen suite correct?" the manager asks Rose to confirm the booking.

Rose nods her head.

The manager turns to Clara to scold her "Clara you couldn't find her because you didn't do a full booking check".

Clara huffs "But sir, why would I do that when she clearly can't afford a normal suite let alone a queen".

Rose grits her teeth, despite her belly she lunges over the counter, reaching for Clara, Drew grabs her in time to stop Rose as Clara jumps out of arm's length with a squeal of fear.

"You have no right to judge people based off what you can see, for all you know my parents could be one of the richest people in another country and you just cost this hotel a regular client" Rose spits out still trying to get to Clara.

Clara scoffs, "Yeah like you're rich" she rolls her eyes as her manager looks are her with shame on how she was reacting to customers.

Rose laughs, many people nearby stopping to see what was happening "Sweetheart, I own half of sixty worldwide companies, in two years' time I will be a billionaire".

A few people listening including Drew gasp upon hearing that information. The managers eyes widen in surprise, "Miss James, I am so sorry for the behaviour of Clara, perhaps there is something we can do to make your stay more comfortable" he offers.

Rose rolls her eyes, "Thank you but it isn't necessary, just keep her from me for the next month I am here and we won't have an issue" I say and he nods before turning around to get the key-cards for the room.

"Alfred will take your bags and show you your room" the manager says and Rose thanks him before taking Drew's hand and following the bell boy who was already waiting in the elevator with their luggage.

The ride was silent, Drew as still processing the new information, Rose didn't divulge all information about her investments, but he never thought it was that big.

Upon entering the room, Rose tipped the boy and he swiftly left upon leaving the bags in the room.

Rose looks out the large walled windows in awe as did Drew, "This is amazing" he says not taking his eyes away from the beautiful sight in front of him.

"I know, I could like here forever with this view" Rose comments with a dreamy sigh.

They unpacked their things and changed into their swimsuits upon Drew's request to go to the hotel pool which Rose was happy with, she could relax.

She intended to wear a full costume, but her belly prevented that, and she had to settle with a bikini which Drew complimented when she walked out of her room.

Packing a beach bag, the headed out the door to the pool that merged to the beach. It was an amazing sight and there was barely any children present which meant it was a lot quieter.

"Do you want to go to the beach or stay at the pool?" Rose asked Drew, he looked around and saw the amount of older people who looked stuck up and decided on the beach.

As they walked onto the sand to find a nice spot to lay, many girls checked out Drew and scowled at Rose, she laughed every time it happened wanting to tell them that Drew didn't bat for their team.

"Are you going in the water?" Drew asks as Rose settles on a deck chair.

Rose shook her head "I'm going to lay down for a while, my feet hurt" she says.

Drew nods "Okay, but not too long, it's not good for you or the baby" he says then takes off into the water.

The parasol covered her body, so she was safe from the sun rays and sighs in content at doing barely anything for a month.

*

When the plane landed, everyone got out, greeted by Ricky waiting to take them in at the club for their stay and they were grateful.

Scott and Leighton smiled when they saw their old friend.

Ricky pats them both on the bags and gives each of them a hug "Long time no see brother" he says.

"Jesus Ricky, you haven't changed a bit" Leighton comments when he pulls away from the hug.

Scott and Leighton introduce the rest of the guys and they head right for the diner, not wanting to wait any longer.

You could feel the tension in the air as everyone anticipated seeing Rose again, hoping she was healthy, and Scott could hold her again after so long.

Ace was already freaking out, the guys in the car could see him react but remained silent letting him deal with it alone. His leg bounced erratically as he waited for the car to come to a stop.

The moment the car stopped her was the first one out with the others close behind. The diner was packed, and it filled even more when eleven guys entered with heavy breath.

Dana looked at the men breathing heavily from the quick sprint from the car and raised an eyebrow in question.

"Can I help you gentlemen?" she asks figuring they weren't there for food by the way they were acting.

Scott steps forward and placed his hands on the counter to keep him steady "I'm looking for my daughter, I was told by a friend she worked here".

Dana scrutinised the man before her and saw the resemblance "You're looking for Rose" she states.

Ace jumps forward with begging eyes "Where is she?" he begs out wanting to know.

With the way the boy looked Dana knew who he was "Ace?" she asks him.

He nods his head "Please, where is she?" he rushed out wanting to know.

Dana sighs, they weren't going to like what she had to say, "I'm sorry, but she is no longer here".

A round of curses filter out the men's mouths.

"She has gone on holiday, I don't know where, but they will be gone for a month, they left this morning" she says, she did know where they went, but they needed the time to be free, she could see how much pain they men were in wanting to see Rose, but both those kids need a break from everything.

Leighton picked up on something in the sentence, "They?" was she with someone?

Dana nods, "She took my grandson on holiday with her, to get him away from the town".

A month Leighton mutters as he runs his hand through his hair in frustration.

"Is there any way to contact them? A number to phone?" Dominic pipes up.

Dana shakes her head "They made it technology free, with the baby coming in a few months and the constant hospital appointments they just wanted to be cut off for a while and I don't blame them", Dana never understood the need for so much technology.

Everyone heard the mention of regular appointments at the hospital "Why is Rose going to the hospital a lot?" Scott asks beginning to worry for his daughter more.

"Rose is around twenty-four weeks, but she looks half that, the baby isn't growing much so she has to go for regular check-ups to make sure the baby is okay".

A small amount of relief left the men's lips, but they were still scared for Rose and the baby.

Ace dropped his head in shame, he hated himself for what he had done to Rose, even his mother chewed him out. She even told Ace about the time Rose questioned Lara about the family including Ace and on his personnel life. Lara believed Ace hadn't been with a girl since high school, and that was technically true.

He failed to inform his mother of the many one night stands he was having with girls that hung around the gang. Rose would have been the first relationship in a long time. However, his reckless behaviour had him messing with the one good thing to practically fall into his lap because he couldn't control his hormones and his men.

After that night with Rose all those months ago, he hadn't been with another girl since, for a girl that was a virgin she sure knew what she was doing and had Ace wanting more before they even stopped.

Many girls came up to Ace and try to sleep with him, but there was always something telling him he was betraying Rose despite not knowing her. He felt a connection, he could talk to Rose easily and she never judged him on his work, she accepted every part of him, even the worst bits, and he still managed to screw it up.