Disclaimer: I do not own vampire academy
10 years after ruby circle
Rose was sick. Not sick minded like most people thought, but actual honest to God, flu type sick. Her husband Dimitri was holding back her hair, as she heaved into the toilet the 3rd time that morning.
"I don't understand," she groaned once the horrible feeling stopped, "how could this happen?!" It was extremely rare for dhampirs to get sick, let alone the flu.
Dimitri helped her into bed then looked at the clock, he gave an exasperated sigh, "Maybe I should stay home from work..."
"No no, I'll be fine," Rose said with as much conviction as she could muster, and really she was, "My stomachs already stopped hurting."
Dimitri looked torn, "Okay, but call me if you need anything." He gave her a kiss on her forehead and then left their room to get ready for work.
She was still really tired, from having to work late the night before, and so she just rolled over and went to sleep.
And right away she could tell that she was being pulled into a spirit dream.
"Hey little Dhampir," Rose whirled around to see Adrian Ivashkov, he was tall, like most Moroi, however he was looking tired, I guess being a father of two had that kind of effect on you.
"How are Carly and Declan?" She asked referring to his kids.
"Their great," he said smiling, "Carly is starting kindergarten this year actually."
"Oh, really" something like longing entered her voice, 'if only I could have kids' Rose thought to herself, but out loud she said, "And Sydney?"
"She's doing great too, got another promotion at work, that over achiever,"
"That's great," Rose said, really happy for her friends good news.
"But how are you doing Rose?" he asked, I guess wasn't much better than his
"I just have a little stomach flu," Rose said with a grimace.
"Really?" Adrian replied, he then really began to look her over. Rose knew that he was seeing her aura. His eyes began to focus on her stomach, and then they widened in surprise.
"What is it Adrian?" Rose asked feeling her heartbeat in her ears.
Adrian's response was quick and clipped, "uh nothing, gotta go."
"Wait!" Rose was julted awake, shouting at an empty room. "What the hell just happened?" She hopped out of bed and started getting dressed. She was no longer feeling tired, but anxious and worried. She was just about to grab her phone when it had started to ring. She checked the caller ID, and saw that it was Sydney.
"Hey Sydney, what's up," Rose tried to leave the anxiety out of her voice.
"Rose, we need to talk." Her voice was alchemist serious.
"What is it Sydney?" Rose felt sick again, but she didn't think it was because of the flu anymore.
"We should do this in person. How fast can you get here?" Sydney asked.
"Well if I talk to Lissa I'm sure I could get ..."
"Great talk to Lissa I'll see you soon." Sydney cut in.
"Sydney what is this about?"
"Gotta go Rose, bye."
"Sydney!" Rose shouted, but the line was already dead.
...
Dimitri walked in to see his wife sitting on the bed staring at her phone, a look of worry scarring her perfect face.
"Rose, what happened?"
Rose slowly looked up. "What are you doing home?" She sounded very dazed, it was almost as if she'd seen a ghost. Which wasn't possible since the breaking of the bond.
"I managed to get off early once I told them that you were sick." Dimitri said gently, almost as if to sooth a wild animal. "Why were you staring at your phone?"
"I just talked to Sydney and Adrian."
There was a long pause.
"And..."
"I gotta go." and like that she stood up and started packing.
"Rose, what happened?" She ignored him and kept on packing. "Rose." nothing, "ROZA!" at that she looked up, and Dimitri could see that there were tears in her eyes. "What happened?" Dimitri spoke more gently this time.
Rose broke down and told him everything. "I'm scared comrade." She whispered.
"It's probably nothing." Dimitri said, rubbing his wife's shoulders.
"It has to be something, they sounded very serious, and why wouldn't they just tell me what it was!" Hysteria was rising in her voice again.
"You'll be fine, and I'll be there with you. Whatever it is, I'll always be there for you."
"Thank you," Rose said feeling herself calm down. "God, I don't know why I was getting so emotional, I'm never like this." She said wiping at her eyes.
"I'll go see Lissa about a flight and talk to Hans about some time off. You finish packing." Dimitri stood up, and then went to go see the Queen of all Moroi.
...
An hour later they were on a flight to go see Adrian and Sydney. When the flight landed, they drove straight to the Ivashkov's. Dimitri could already feel Rose's anxiety, and tried to calm her down by holding her hand. He squeezed it a few times to help bring her back to reality. Rose turned to him and smiled, failing to hide her true feelings.
They pulled up to the driveway, then just sat for a few minutes. After a few more deep breaths, and another reassuring hand squeeze from Dimitri, Rose lead the way up the walkway. She gave one last scared glance towards Dimitri, then knocked on the door. Sydney opened it up almost immediately. She was extremely calm, but Rose knew that that was only from years of being an alchemist. She only looked momentarily surprised to see Dimitri, but seemed to take it in stride.
"Rose, Dimitri... Why don't you come in?" She smiled, and opened the door wider. Rose and Dimitri entered quietly as Sydney ushered them towards the living room. "Please have a seat." She said.
After a few moments of awkward silence Sydney said, "So would you guys like something to drink, Rose I just bought some hot chocolate..."
"Sydney what is it?" Rose finally burst out. "Please tell me I can't take it anymore, is it bad, am I dying, is it.."
"Rose calm down," Dimitri said, taking her hand and giving it another squeeze. He then turned his attention back to Sydney.
"Your not dying Rose." She said. It's just, well... Adrian and I may have left out some very important information."
"How important?" Dimitri asked.
"Something that we should have told you about 10 years ago." Sydney took a breath, "Declan was adopted."
There was silence.
"What ... what does that have to do with me?" Rose asked.
"Declan wasn't exactly conceived in a normal way. His parents were both dhampirs."
"That's not possible," Dimitri was in full denial.
"It is if one of the parents used to be Strigoi." Sydney spoke the words softly, but Roses attention jerked to Dimitri.
"We... we could have kids." Rose whispered in disbelief. She then turned to Sydney, "Why didn't you tell us sooner?"
"Adrian and I planned on it trust me, but we were also terrified for Declan."
"What do you mean?" Dimitri asked.
"Declan would never have a normal life if the world knew, and we had figured that the more people who knew..."
"The more likely the secret would get out." Rose concluded.
"Adrian and I had meant to tell you, but we just kept putting it off. Eventually we thought that there must be something wrong with either your eggs or your sperm," Sydney gestured to Rose and then Dimitri.
"Oh." Rose said her voice edged in disappointment.
"Why are you telling us now?" Dimitri asked
"Well Rose, Adrian told me you've been feeling sick."
"And..." Rose said.
"Have you also been having dizzy spells, felt hormonal, and been excessively tired?" She asked.
Rose thought for a moment, "I guess but..."
"Rose when was the last time you were on your menstrual cycle?"
"You think I'm pregnant!" Rose burst out.
"Roza calm down," Dimitri whispered, grabbing on to her again.
"There really is only one way to find out." Sydney said. She then pulled a box out of a brown paper bag. On it was the label pregnancy test. "Just pee on the stick."
"I know how it works!" Rose snapped. Sydney looked taken aback but let it slide.
"Roza, why don't you just go see if it's true, it can't hurt." Dimitri said.
"Fine, but no promises." And like that Rose was off to the washroom. It was awhile before Rose reemerged. Dimitri could tell by the look on her face what the test said. He could see the fear and disbelief in her eyes. Immediately he ran to her side, and wrapped his strong muscular arms around her smaller frame, as she began to cry. "Stupid hormones" she murmured into his shoulder. Sydney let them have their moment, but soon cut in again.
"Now we have to discuss your options." She said, drawing the couple apart.
"What options" Rose sniffled.
"Well you two are pretty much famous so there's no way to hide the pregnanc-"
"I'm not getting an abortion!"
"Rose!" Dimitri exclaimed, "Let Sydney continue."
"Agreed," Sydney said, "But you'll have to have a cover story. I mean, unless you want your child to become an outsider." Rose shakes her head. "Well then you have one of two options, isolation, stay hidden during the obvious points of the pregnancy and then either put the child up for adoption or claim that you yourself adopted the child."
"I couldn't stay away from Lissa that long." Rose said.
"And wouldn't others find it odd that the child looks a lot like me and Rose," Dimitri adds.
"Agreed, so that brings us to option number two. Artificial insemination."
"Artificial insemination!" Rose repeats, "Sydney I'm already pregnant, I don't see how this will help."
"You just tell everyone that baby was inseminated by Moroi sperm. And then just go with it from there, no one would ever have to know that the child was Dimitri's."
"But Moroi doctors don't do AI." Rose said pointing out the only flaw in the plan.
"However human doctors do." Sydney points out, "and they can even let you choose someone you know to be the doner."
"But no Moroi would do that." Dimitri says, "that's why this has never happened before."
"Except I know someone who is willing to put his name on the child." Sydney says.
"Who?" Dimitri and Rose say in unison.
"Adrian."
"No." Rose says, "no no no. Sydney I can't do that to you, people will talk."
"And I'm prepared for that, please Rose, Adrian and I know that this is our fault. We should have told you sooner, but we didn't so now we are prepared to help any way we can." Sydney pauses for effect, "besides Dimitri and Adrian are cousins so any similarities can be blamed on their close relations, besides you both have brown eyes and brown hair so no one will question colouring."
"Wow Syd looks like you've really thought this through." Rose said than looked at Dimitri and smiled, "I guess we're having a baby."
Dimitri smiled back and decided at that moment to pick rose up and twirl her around. He laughed as Rose squealed, than he said, "Oh, Roza I never thought you could make me any happier but I was wrong. He put her down and wraped her in a bear hug.
Months passed, and no one questioned Roses pregnancy, Lissa was extremely excited, and Rose knew even before the child was born that she was gonna spoil the child beyond imaginable.
"I still can't believe Adrian was willing to do this for you." Lissa would say. Rose and Dimitri never let on the truth, like Sydney and Adrian they too were terrified of the truth coming out. And when the baby girl was born, she was blessed with the green eyes of the Ivashkov's, and so the truth would never be questioned. They named her Jade Elena Belikov.