Hi again, so the other day I posted a Romitri oneshot and asked about Christmas ones. Most of you readers said yes, so without further do, I welcome you to my very first oneshot collection! Right now I aim to post one of these at least once weekly as I still got school and exams coming soon, but come Christmas break, I'll try to do one daily.

I'm not sure how I should rate these, but since most of them are going to be rated t, cause Rose Hathaway's involved, I guess that'll be the rating. Of course, we can't have the holidays without a sexy Romitri lemon, right? :d don't worry, they'll come, sometime soon.

Ok, so this one's in Lissa's pov. Here's a little summary.

To everyone, she has the perfect life. But what happens when the love of her life is turned leaving her to take care of their 6 week old daughter? With the help of friends who are more like family and a best friend whose more like a sister, can she do it? And more importantly, will she get her Christmas miracle?

Ok, read on. I don't own VA; I do own Christi, though!

And for whoever wants to know, no, this isn't being edited as my beta has enough on her plate at the moment. Actually, I don't even know where she is? Mitrioselove? Where have you gone?

Best Friends and a Christmas Miracle,

LPOV.

As I sat on the floor with my back resting against the couch, I couldn't help but think back on how much my life had changed this year. This time last year, I was heavily pregnant with my first child, a little girl named Christiana Rose Dragomir Ozera, surrounded by friends who were more like family and a loving husband, but this year there was none of that.

Ok, that wasn't really true. This year, Christiana or Christi as we all called her was here in my arms and already 10 months old. I still had friends who were more like family, but a part of my soul was missing. A part of my soul died that day in a dark parking lot.

We'd all gone out shopping, Mia, Sydney, Adrian, Christian, Jill and me, and of course we had the best guardians protecting us, Eddie, Rose and Dimitri. We'd left early, but because it was winter it had gotten dark earlier than any of us expected meaning that undead monsters like the strigoi could come out earlier than usual. And come out early they did.

I watched my friends and guardians fight a deadly battle that cold winter evening. They did an amazing job putting their training into effect and putting moroi life above their own, and even though I knew it was what they were trained to do, it made me angry. Dampir life was just as important as that of any moroi. They piled us safely into the suv. They even instructed Sydney to drive us out of there, she was about to, and just when I thought it was going to be ok because Rose, Dimitri and Eddie were kicking ass, Christian just had to go and play hero.

I remembered him pulling me in for a kiss, one last kiss, and kissing Christi's 6 week old head before violently tugging on the handle of the door and then with one last look, he turned and headed in the direction of the fighting. I screamed for him to come back, I told him that they had it under control, and they did. Right up until Christian slammed the door and stepped into the fray.

Rose yelled at him to get his ass back in the car just as she threw her body in front of his and collided with a strigoi. I watched as Dimitri and Eddie fought strigoi of their own. Each guardian was so distracted fighting their own battle, and Christian was setting strigoi after strigoi on fire making it easier for our friends to stake them.

The magic was starting to take effect though, and he was tiring quickly. So when a strigoi came up behind him and 6 more charged for Rose, Dimitri and Eddie, there was nothing he could do. I watched in horror as the strigoi's fangs neared Christian's neck, and he summoned whatever last bit of fire he could conjure. It wasn't enough.

"Get them out of here, Sydney, now!" Those were Rose's orders, and like it always was when these Hathaway women gave orders, Sydney was all too eager to follow them. With a nasty curse, something she didn't do very often, Sydney slammed her foot down on the gas effectively taking us away from the scene.

I remembered screaming at her, begging and almost sobbing as I asked her to take us back. I could've healed him, but she didn't listen to me. Instead, Jill placed a comforting arm around my shoulders and told me that my concern right then was the crying baby in my arms.

Needless to say, that was the last time I saw Christian. When Rose and the gang met up with us later, it was without his body. Apparently, he had been taken, and because of the stigma that his parents turning left, no one went after him. Rose and the rest of my friends were more than ready and willing to go after the strigoi, but Queen Ariana never gave the ok for them to.

"Mama." My daughter's angelic voice snapped me out of the past. Looking up, I realized that she was standing right in front of me, ice blue eyes just like her father's looking knowingly at me. She leant against me and placed a sloppy kiss on my cheek. Instantly, I smiled and took her in my arms. She hugged my neck just as the front door opened.

For the smallest part of a second, I expected to see Christian's smirky smile and blue eyes, but then I remembered and sighed sadly as I tightened my grip on Christi. If I had a penny for all the times that'd happened this past year, I'd be the richest girl around.

"Lissa?" I was greeted by my best friend, but there was something off about her. I didn't have time to ask her about it though, because Christi started reaching for her and babbling happily. She sure loved her aunt Rosie.

"You need to pack a bag and come with me." She said, and reached for the overly happy toddler. I froze.

"What?" I squeaked. "Why? What's going on, Rose?"

"It's a surprise Liss. Now go and Lissa, for god's sake, only pack the essentials." I glared. I no longer liked surprises, and Rose knew that.

"Just go already," She said exasperatedly. "We don't have all day!" Then she cuddled my baby like this was some usual visit. Grumbling about people and stupid surprises, I did as told and was done in record time.

As I pulled on my coat, Christian's leather jacket that still smelt like him, I tossed Rose a change of clothes for Christi. Then I pulled my hair up into a messy bun and slipped on my boots. It had been snowing since I got out of bed this morning and hadn't stopped yet.

Once Christi had been changed into the pink body suit and fuzzy boots that I'd given Rose, she placed her back in my arms and grabbed the 2 bags that laid on the floor near the couch. "Come on," She instructed and stepped out ahead of us subconsciously scanning our surroundings.

"Where are we going?" Rose only fixed me with a look. It'd been probably the 4th time I'd asked that question since we'd left my apartment and she had yet to answer.

"We're here," I looked up groggily at the sound of her voice. We'd been driving somewhere for god only knew how long and I'd given up asking anything a long time ago. I stared out the window and blinked. Were we even still on court grounds?

"Um, where exactly is here?" I asked lifting a sleeping Christi into my arms.

"Where you're going to get your Christmas miracle," Rose said, and grinned at me. I had no idea what she was talking about, but I knew I wasn't going to get any answers either. So with a sigh, I adjusted the baby in my arms, draped the blanket over her and got out of the car.

I followed closely behind Rose trying to ignore the unease creeping up my back. Around us were trees, trees and even more, yeah you guessed it, trees. Where the hell was this girl taking me? When I saw where, I almost tripped over my own feet. Thankfully, I had a best friend with badass reflexes. She grabbed my shoulder and steadied me.

"Whoa there, Liss. Don't want you falling over now," She said teasingly. In front of us was a 2 story cottage all made of wood. It was beautiful.

"W-where are we?" I asked. Rose shook her head.

"A few miles out of court, but don't worry it's totally safe." Yeah, as if I was worried about that. What I wanted to know was why we had left court in the first place, and what was she going on about Christmas miracles.

"Shall we?" She didn't wait for an answer. She took my hand and led me up the path to the front door. I expected her to at least knock, but no, not Rose Hathaway. She opened the door and waltzed right in dragging me along behind her. The door led into a spacious living room, and my breath caught when I saw who was sitting on one of the couches.

"No," I murmured disbelievingly. "I'm dreaming, this has to be a dream."

"No, no dream Liss. Only spirit and a silver stake." I looked up at that voice and was instantly greeted with a head of messy brown hair and emerald coloured eyes. He looked like he was barely holding himself up and I wanted to go over there and make sure he didn't fall over, but my legs were frozen solid. Then my mind picked up on what he'd said.

"What did you just say?" I asked stupidly. Dam suddenly I felt a little woozy, and had to lean against the wall to keep myself up.

"He said that this isn't a dream. It's really me, Liss." I shook my head wanting so badly to believe it was true, that my prayers had been answered, but I couldn't have my heart broken again. This time I really may not recover.

"Chris-"I cut myself off. I couldn't even bring myself to say is name. "But how? How does someone disappear for almost an entire year and then suddenly show up again?"

"Spirit, Liss. You of all people should know that," Rose said gently. "You saved me, remember?" I looked up to the other guardian in the room. Dimitri. He wouldn't lie to me, right? I met his brown eyes and he nodded.

"It's true, babe." That was all it took. That voice, it sounded too reel to be a fake, his eyes, they called to me, beckoning me closer. To fuck with if this was a dream. If it were, I'd pick up the pieces tomorrow. Right now, I needed this.

Rose, seeing resignation in my eyes reached for the baby and I gladly handed her over. Then, I lunged forward slowly, hesitantly at first, but then that urge I'd had to have him hold me again sprang to the surface and I was running across the room and so was he.

We met right in the middle of the room and as though he knew what I'd been wanting, he wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me into the air. As one we started leaning in until finally our lips met. They moved slowly at first, but then like a windmill taking speed with the force of the wind, our kiss intensified. Our lips moved as one, as though we hadn't just been a part for the last 8 and a half months and it was perfect.

It was everything I'd been wanting, everything I was sure I could never have again because I didn't want any of it without Christian. So, Christi became the Centre of my world and I made everything revolve around her. My daughter had been a source of calm when my friends, even Rose couldn't get through to me.

"What is it?" He asked suddenly. I'd been unintentionally staring at him for a while now, but I couldn't help myself.

"I can't believe you're here," I said once we'd broken away from each other's lips. I laid my head on his chest instantly at peace when I heard the steady thud of his heart.

"It's like you're back from the dead," I said, feeling tears well up in my eyes.

"Hey, it's ok. I'm here now Liss, and I'm not leaving you ever again." I smacked his chest because even though what he'd said was touching, I didn't want him making promises he couldn't keep.

"Dada." There was no keeping the smile off my face. Christi was a smart girl, and unlike many babies her first word was mama, not dada. But as Christian held her with her head resting on his shoulder, she seemed to know just who he was.

"Yes baby," He said happily. "Dada's home."

It wasn't until later when we were all hanging out at mine and Christian's place did I realize that it was going to be the perfect Christmas. Just like last year, everyone who mattered to me was here, all safe and happy. Once again, Rose had come through for me, but I was never going to be able to repay her for this, but she wasn't expecting me to. If that wasn't a best friend and a Christmas miracle, then I didn't know what was.

So? Did we like it? Let me know in a review guys! Also, if anyone has any ideas, prompts requests etc., feel free to let me know! Hell, if you feel like writing one of these with me, let me know! Pm or review, I don't bite, at least, not in the way we're all afraid of ;)

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Roza