Description: As everything with Royal Life settles down and Jill comes back, Queen Lissa has lots to think about. What to do about the vaccine to prevent the turning of Strigio, about her relationship she wishes to have with her sister, and the fighting off of depression caused by the use of spirits. She also has another person's life to think about, and Christian has a meager decision to make about the next step in his relationship with Lissa.

Christian (Around The Bend)

Royal life was something else, that's really the only other way I can think to explain it. There was always some meeting or some banquet that Lissa had to go to. And then their is Lissa's working with Sonya and Adrian to create the vaccine to prevent the turning of Strigio. I knew I was still important to Lissa, but I also felt like I'm being pushed aside. I knew that her being Queen wasn't going to be easy but I never knew it was going to be this crazy.

I was worried about her use of spirits too. With the vaccine she's had to use it a lot, and I'm starting to notice the side effects that it is causing. She's no longer as happy or perky looking, she's more depressed. I know she needed to use spirits but isn't there a point when I'm aloud to say this is enough? I am her boyfriend after all. I have the right to be worried, I could also see it in Rose. Rose had seen her go over the edge before. I also had to have faith that Rose would say something to her if she seemed like she was going to go around the bend.

Lissa was sitting next to the window in our newly built house, it's the Queen's house. After the last Queen was murdered they thought it might be a good idea to rebuild the building. I think Lissa and everyone was glad about that. I don't think Lissa could handle the fact of living in a house where someone died and there was nothing she could've done to stop it from happening.

I walked over to the window and sat behind Lissa wrapping my arms around her waist. She leaned into me. "Christian?" She asked her voice low and very serious sounding. "What do you think of starting a family?" I was surprised. I knew she wanted to eventually. But I never thought it would be now. I mean with how crazy everything has been and with Rose and Dimitri's wedding coming up. I was just surprised.

" I would love to," I said kissing her neck, she laughed and turned around and kissed me passionately. God I missed being able to spend time with her. I finally had to ask, "When though?"

"What do you think about six weeks ago?" This took me by surprise too. Her green eyes looked at me shinning brightly. And she was smiling, a smile that was true, and that I hadn't seen in a long time. I'd gotten so used to the one she plastered on for everyone else, but I still living for when I got a true smile and these moments where filed away for another time.

"Your pregnant?" That's all I could think to say. Oh my god! If this was true, then I needed to get a ring and propose, it would go against everything if we weren't married and she had a kid. She was trying to get the votes for not needing another family member alive to have the thrown. She wanted Jill to come back and to be safe.

"Yes," she kissed me and looked at the clock, our time lately seemed to be escaping us. I sighed. "I need to get going, I also need to get ready." She and Rose had this weekly kind of date night. Even though Rose was Lissa's guardian didn't change the fact that they were still best friends. Even since the bond broke between them, they like to do this so that they can catch up on stuff going on in their lives. I understood that, which is why I didn't object to it.

An idea popped into my head, maybe while they're out eating and gossiping, I can get Dimitri to go with me to get a ring for Lissa. I think he was wanting to get a present for Rose anyways.

"Okay can I suggest a name if it's a girl?" I asked. Lissa hesitated to answer but she ended up nodding. "What do you think of Rose, or as Dimitri says Roza." This shocked Lissa and lately not a lot of things were shocking her. Royal live had changed her some good while others bad. And then I began to wonder if maybe I could do that twice in one day.

"I was going to suggest that too."

"But on one condition, we are never aloud to name our son Dimitri." Lissa smiled and laughed. She gave me one last kiss before she got up and went to the closet. We each got our own walk-in closet. It was Rose's idea, I still wasn't sure why she'd suggested it. I didn't have much to put in there so it was very empty.

I took my phone out to texted Dimitri asking him if he wanted to help me shop for an engagement ring. His reply came fast. So I guessed that Rose was getting ready for the night too. He said, I'd have to go weather I wanted to or not. Which was true. Then another text came I'll try to find something for Roza while we're out. And with that we were going to have a boy's date night.

I went to go put on some jeans and a button down shirt. That should work right? At least for just going to go get a ring. I hoped Dimitri wouldn't be wearing his usually outfit because we might get kicked out, they might think we are going to try to rob them or something. And to tell you the truth I think that Dimitri could do it without being seen or leave any trace.