This my only my second story my other story is a Harry Potter one is still in-progress but I'm having some writers block so I decided to pause and come back to it later.
"Lissa. NO. Dimitri and I don't want to go on a vacation." I said arguing for the tenth time today.
"But Rose you guys haven't been on a vacation since I became queen and Mysterie was born. That was five years ago. You guys deserve to have a break. Just the two of you no one else" Lissa said back
"Liss I can't go away and have fun. With you not with me. Who would protect you? I'm your guardian." I exclaimed
"I have other people to protect me. Rose. Go on a trip. You know you want to." she said trying to be persuasive. Little did she know it was working.
"No Lissa" I said
"Rose as your queen I am ordering you two to go on a vacation this summer." I laughed at her she pouted
"You may be my queen but I don't always have to listen to you. I don't like rules remember. Even if I agreed. Where would we go? We have been all over the world following you and Christian around. And what about Mysterie I can't leave her."
"You know the one place you want to go too. And as for Mysterie she is starting that acceleration program so she can go to school a couple of months early remember." she said
"Oh yeah I forgot. And where do I want to go on vacation?" I said
"Baia" she said certain that is where I wanted to go. I hadn't thought of it for a vacation but I did want to go back especially now that I had restored Dimitri back to a dhampir. Yeah it had been almost five and a half years since he was turned into a strigoi. Just thinking about going made me excited. Dimitri's family lives in Baia. His mother, grandmother, 3 sisters, and some nieces and nephews. I had only met them once right after Dimitri was turned I went there to tell them.
"Your right that is where I wanna go." I said smiling at Lissa. She smiled back. "I know.
I sighed in defeat "Ok I'll talk to Dimka" I said walking out the door
"Comrade" I called into our three bedroom apartment at court
"Yes, my Roza." He said walking out of our bedroom smiling at me
"Lissa has ordered us to go on a vacation this summer. After Myst starts her camp." I said
"Ok where would you like to go? Roza" he asked
"Home" I said smiling
"St. Vlads." He said looking confused
"No! Not ever would I go there on vacation. Your home, Comrade. Baia." His smiled turned into a frown when I said that. I was confused now.
"Do you not want to go see your family? Comrade. Paul will be fifteen he could use you in his life." I said
"Of course I want to see my family, Roza. But I can't. I can't see them." He said looking very upset
"Why can't you?"
"Because I just can't. Roza please understand. I can't go there."
"I can't understand Comrade. I want to go I miss Vika, Karolina, Sonya, Yeva, and Mama Olena. I can't even think of how big Zoya is and Paul. To think of it I don't even know if Sonya had a boy or girl. Vika probably has a kid of her own too." I was babbling.
"ROZA!" he shouted. I jumped his voice startled me
"What." I said
"Stop. Just stop." he said getting angry
"Why don't you wanna go?" I asked again
"I can't go." He said in a hard tone looking at his feet
"Dimka. Why not?" I said soft and sweetly coming to stand in front of him. He looked into my eyes they said it all.
"Oh, Dimitri. You never told them." I said giving him a hug "Why didn't you tell them that you were no longer a strigoi?"
"It is not really something you can call up and tell someone Rose." He said
"Well then let's go there and tell them." I said he finally agreed
"Where are we going to tell who what?" Mysterie said walking out her bedroom I smiled at my daughter she would turn five in a couple of months. She looked beautiful in the crimson dress Lissa had given her. Her long wavy brown hair was half way down her back and her chocolate-brown eyes melted your heart. She had Dimitri's eyes and skin tone. She had my hair and attitude. A great guardian in the making.
"You are going to camp. We are going on vacation." I said she frowned at me
"So I haven't even left yet and you are already planning your future without me." She pouted
"Myst" Dimitri said softly picking her up "We are going to visit my family and you are going to meet us there after you finish your camp. They don't know that I am no longer strigoi. That is why we are going after you leave."
"Oh ok I love you guys." She said hugging us. "Wait, if they don't know that you are not strigoi then they don't know about me."
"I suppose not." I said
"Cool keep it that way. I want to tell them." she said slyly
I went to tell Lissa we would leave the next week. She of course was happy that she had won the argument. It was times like this I didn't miss the bond.
"I told you." she gleamed
"Yes, you did." I said we talked about our plans while in Baia. She offered to fly down with Mysterie when her two-week camp was over. I was so excited about our trip that the next week flew by. We dropped Mysterie off with Alberta who was in charge of the camp. Then the next thing I knew I was saying goodbye to Liss and Christian at the airport. While we were on the plane I was thinking about how my little girl would be starting school in September. I thought back to when I found out about her.
*A couple of months after Last Sacrifice*
"Rose, Are you alright?" Lissa asked outside the bathroom door.
"I don't know." I said tiredly with my head resting on the toilet seat trying to catch my breath. I heard the bathroom door open but I didn't move.
"Rose?" Lissa questioned starting to softly stroke my hair "You have been in here every morning for the past week getting sick. What is wrong?" I shrugged my shoulders at her not wanting to speak.
"I think we should take you to the doctors. What ever this is I can't heal it I've tried and it scares me. Please Rose." She said looking very worried and on the verge of tears.
"Ok" I said in a raspy dry voice. I was sick of being sick. One thing I was glad about was that Christian and Dimitri were back at court this week while me and Lissa were at our college campus dorm.
When we arrived at the doctors she asked questions which Lissa answered for me as I laid on the examination bench. When Lissa was done answering questions the doctor said
"I have two conclusions in what you could have."
"What do you think it is, doc?" I asked sitting up. Lissa was intent at staring at the doctor.
"The least likely theory is that you have the flu." doc said
"But doc, I've thrown up and super tired and hungry one minute and not the next." I exclaimed
"Yes, but you also have had soreness in your breast, swollen feet, and are fairly bloated for someone of your physical strength. You also said that Queen Vasilisa couldn't heal you. In which she would be able to heal a cold. That is why I think the second theory is a more likely situation." Doc said
"What is the other theory?" Lissa asked impatiently
"I believe Guardian Hathaway is pregnant." She said sure of herself
"WHAT!" I screamed "That is not possible."
"Are you sexually active, Rose?" She asked
"Well yeah, but it is not possible for me to be pregnant." I whispered
"If you are sexually active then it is possible." Doc said sounding irritated
"No, it is not possible because the only person I have had sex with is a dhampir." I explained
"Oh I see, Well then I'm afraid I may not be certain what is wrong with you." Doc said totally stunned she had been so sure of herself.
"Rose, it makes sense you being prrr…egg…nant…pregnant. I mean you haven't had your period since being shot. We thought it was because you lost so much blood. And don't pretend that the only person you have slept with is was just some random dhampir. We both know that you two are both one of a kind. You being brought back to life by me and then by yourself. And come on Dimitri is not a normal dhampir. I mean I'd brought him back from being Strigoi." Lissa lectured
"Ahh Now that changes things. Would you like me to get a pregnancy test." Doc said gleefully. I nodded I was to stunned and numb to talk.
Several minutes after that I found a pink plus sign on the stick. Lissa of course was ecstatic that she was going to be an aunt. I was still in shock. I was far enough along to get a sonograms it showed that I was a little over 3 months pregnant. I thought back to the second time I ever had sex with Dimitri in the hotel. It took me two weeks to tell Dimitri he was even more ecstatic than Lissa. Then on October 31, here came are baby girl after a very short labor of 2 hours. Mysterie Vasilisa Viktoria Hathaway Belikov 12 am 8 lbs. 6 oz. 12 in.
I don't know the exact timeline for the books but it thought that Mysterie being born on Halloween would be cool. Hope you liked it I'll update next week.