(A/N)
So, this story is kind of my welcome back to fanfiction and getting the feel of it again. It's not exactly flawless and I love this idea but it's so hard for me to write. Anyways, it'll be short maybe 15 chapters, and then I'll start longer more detailed work and I might even mosey my way on over to start writing with mew characters. I'm already working with original characters on wattpad, so be sure to follow me on there. Hopefully, you guys and love this story as much as you've loved my past works!

"You need to leave now," I said quietly. "You have no business here." He backed up which ended up taking me back with him and then slammed me against the wall. I wanted to fight back but my dhampir instincts wouldn't let me.

I couldn't hurt what I was born to protect. Also, I couldn't hurt him in general. A man I loved.

"You have my child and don't tell me? You just take her away to some place where you sell your body and hide her away in a small apartment?"

"Didn't think you want a slut as your child's mom. Go try again with some classy Moroi."

"Shut up."

"No you!" I got over my instincts, my feelings, and shoved him back and stood there, hugging myself. I felt tears sting my eyes but I tried to push it down.

"You don't get the right to talk about what I did. I wanted to tell you, but you told me to fuck off. That you didn't want me. So I left."

"Is that what you really think?" He growled. I felt my heart lift at the possibility he hasn't meant that. I was a fool. "You were leaving me for Dimitri. The fucking guardian god. You just kept toying with me until you decided I wasn't what you wanted." I hated that he could see how I felt, see that even if I acted like I wasn't phased his words has changed everything.

"Well it's too late for that now. Please leave."

"Not without my child." That's when I heard a blood curdling scream. I turned quickly, stepping in front of Adrian protectively. One of the random guards was on the floor gripping her neck which was now pouring blood.

"Close the bathroom door," I growled. Adrian handed me a stake.

"Moroi have to carry one now too."

I just took it and ran. The other guard was ushering Mia, Christian, and Lissa to a corner while Dimitri and Eddie took on the other strigoi. I realized they didn't need my help and went towards the bathroom.

I threw open the door and took her from the bath. She was crying. I quickly jerked on her once piece footie pajamas. I carried her out of the bathroom and saw they had taken both of the strigoi down. The previous guard who was now dead had taken hers with her right as he has bitten out her throat. I put a hand over Addison's eyes.

"I'm not leaving you here," Adrian said from behind me. I nodded and went to pack a bag. I would never put my child in danger over my pride.

"Mommy, I'm scared."

"I know baby, but I've got you. I'll never let anything hurt you." She just nodded, hiding her face in my shoulder. I put all of her clothes in a bag and then mine in another.

"We need to pick up Jess," I said. "She's my roommate. She's still at the club." They just nodded. I began to follow when Mia touched my shoulder.

"I missed you too. Eddie, he's been weird since you left. He might've been hurt the worse, more than Lissa," she whispered. Then she went to catch up with him and I sighed.

How has my desperate attempt at escaping hurt everyone else so badly.

We got in a huge limo and it took us back to the club.

"Don't take her in there," Adrian whispered.

"I've done it before, I'll take the back way. I can't leave her like she is now." She was pulling at my shirt as if that would get her closer to me than she already was.

"Then I'm coming too."

"Adrian we don't have guards to spare right now," Eddie muttered.

"Rose is a guard, and she has my stake." He left before they could say anything else and we walked into the club. It was loud, but not as loud as usual if we'd went through the front door. I walked to the back, hiding Addison's face. Right as I got backstage I saw Jess walking off the stage with money in every string of her small outfit.

"We need to go," I said. "The limos out back, I'll be waiting." I walked out quickly, getting us back into the car.

"Are we going home?"

"No baby," I said, rubbing her hair. "We're going to a new home." I ran a hand over her long dark hair, feeling the dampness from her bath.

"Maybe you can stay with me a while, I have an extra room and -" he stopped when he saw the look I was giving him.

"Do you have toys? Or a puppy? A kitty?"

"Well, no, but I can get lots and lots of toys. I'm not sure if a pet is a good idea." I saw her face fall and I sighed.

"Addy, we'll get our own place, maybe with Jess."

"But what about the toys, he said toys?"

"You can always visit."

"Adrian, stop meddling."

"It's not meddling when it's my child."

"Yours?" Her voice was tiny, but it hit me like a brick wall.

"Addy, shh. Just go to sleep, you must be exhausted." She looked at me with her big green eyes and nodded, tucking her head into my neck. We reached the limo and Adrian motioned for me to get in first and I did.

Lissa was beside me and she just stared at Addison, who was now drifting off. She picked up a piece of her hair, as if it was a way to check if she was real.

"I can't believe you had a baby. Rose Hathaway, pregnant." The door was thrown open and Eddie tensed, holding his stake out. Everyone let out a sign of relief when Jessie practically shoved herself between me and Adrian, giving him a hateful look.

"How's my favorite girl?"

"Sleeping finally." I looked around at the people in the car with me. "So what are we doing."

Christian spoke up this time. "We're going immediately to the court. We'll set you up with a house and we'll take it from there. This attack is a normal thing, nothing too serious. Business will go as usual, except of course you'll be there." It was silent and Jessie looked over at me, sudden fear in her eyes as she realized whether she wanted to or not she was now trapped.

She was going to the court, she couldn't leave me and she couldn't fight guardians.

"I don't want to go," she whispered. "Mom saved me from this and I don't want to go. It makes everything she did useless. Useless." I used my free hand to reach over to hold hers.

"Laws are changing," Lissa spoke. "It's not cruel for dhampirs anymore, there's choice. Morois and dhampirs are marrying and it's happier. I'm really working on it."

"I don't doubt it. Regardless, I'm leaving when it's safe."

"Roza."

"Don't talk to me," I spat. "I'm only coming back for Addison, we'll find a new town and a new home. She needs to go to school like regular kids, she doesn't need to know about vampires and all this blood and murder. Why should she have to go through that, it's horrible. She can be a normal kid with a normal life with normal friends." I felt tears fall from my cheeks.

"You can't hide it forever."

"I know I'll tell her when she's older. She'll understand why I kept it a secret, she'll be happy."

"She's an Ivashkov, she can't be hidden any longer," Lissa whispered. "No one will think her eyes are a coincidence."

"I didn't want this for her," I whispered. "I wanted to be a great guardian, to protect you. I wanted to be happy and get married and everything was going to be perfect and then it all changed."

"Roza."

"Stop calling me that!" Addison stirred and I rearranged her body in my arms.

"Rosemarie." I flinched. "You know she belongs with her own kind, so do you. You had a childish adventure and you ruined her first few years, now she's young, two tops. Stop-"

"You don't get to speak to me like that. This wasn't a childish adventure this was my escaping you." I looked at Adrian. "And you." Then I slowly turned to Lissa. "And you." I looked down at Addy's long dark hair. "It was too much, I couldn't stand it. I was pushed behind because Dimitri was so special and he pushed me behind because Lissa was the universe, and Adrian. You were my only person left and even you pushed me behind."

"I didn't push you behind, you did this, you left!"

"Save it for the Court," Lissa snapped. "We're almost to the plane. I can't believe it, I thought having you back would fix everything, Rose. Let's all just have a breather, we can discuss this later."

The rest of the way across the country was eerily silent.