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We arrived at court and Eddie helped me and the twins get unpacked and settled into our room. Since we were only going to be there for a day or 2 so the kids were going to sleep in the bed while I took the couch.

Conner and Annabelle were in the bedroom drawing while I was in the kitchen making lunch. I know Rosemarie Hathaway cooking but if I can be a Mom then I definitely cook right? Just then the door bell rang and I went to get it but the kids beat me to it.

"Hey guys, is your Mum here?" I heard Eddie ask.

"Mommy's in the Kitchen" Conner replied. 2 seconds later Eddie came into the Kitchen with the twins behind him.

"Hi there Rose Lissa is ready to see you" I froze.

"Ok let me just feed the kids then we can go" I said putting the salad sandwiches on the table where the kids were. They looked at me silently saying you-expect-me-to-eat-that?

"Guys if you eat them I will get you a donut on the way to see Aunty Lissa" I said but when they heard the word donut they immediately started eating. I just laughed and started to clean up.

"Mommy you have to eat as well" Conner said sounding all protective again.

"I ate while I was making the sandwiches sweetie so you don't have to wait for me." Conner seemed satisfied with my answer and finished his sandwich. I finished cleaning up and we left to go see Lissa.

Once at the Court Hospital we went straight into Lissa's room because Eddie was a head of us to make sure no one was in there. Eddie was going to stand outside and tell us if anyone was coming.

I walked in to find Lissa lying on the cot hooked up to a lot of machines. Conner and Annabelle went to either side of Lissa and held her hand. She looked at them incredibly. With shock and amazement coursing through the bond I could tell that she saw the resemblance between me and Dimitri in both of the kids.

She looked up at me with teary eyes and a wide smile on her face. I couldn't help but miss Lissa, she was always like a sister to me and I loved her so much.

"Aunty Lissa My name is Conner" He said shaking her hand. Lissa looked at him and smiled.

"Nice to meet you Conner" Lissa replied shaking his hand. "And who is this?" she asked turning to Annabelle.

"My name is Annabelle Aunty Lissa" she answered shaking Lissa's hand. "Aunty Lissa are you going to be ok?" Anna asked.

"She better" I answered for her, "I need her here with me" I said grabbing Lissa's foot.

"How do you guys know about me?" Lissa asked looking between the two.

"Because Mommy always tells of a beautiful blonde Princess in her fairytales and she showed us pictures of you and Mommy" Conner explained looking very serious.

Did you tell them about everyone? Lissa asked through the bond.

I just smiled and nodded.

"Every night they insist on hearing something about Aunty Lissa or Uncle Christian....... or their father." I said hesitating on the last name. She nodded in understanding.

"So Conner and Annabelle it looks like I am going to be fine because Mommy said so" Lissa said almost as sarcastically as I would have.

"Yep Mommy is always right" Conner replied. He leaned in to whisper in her ear. "Especially about Strigoi" He looked around as if to make sure no one was listening.

Lissa's eyes widened then she immediately looked at me.

"How could you tell 4 year olds about Strigoi?" Lissa asked, the way she said it made it sound like I told them about sex and where babies come from.

"Well it was kinda hard not to when you are attacked by them and they won't leave your side until they find out what was going on." I snapped.

Then It hit me there was no physical paint to Lissa it was the darkness building up from 4 years overflowing and slowly taking her down internally.

Lissa looked at my face and knew what I just realised.

"Let me take it" I said to her pleading. She can't die when there is something I can do to help her.

"No Rose think about Conner and Annabelle." Lissa said gesturing to the kids. They looked up at me with sad smiles.

"Don't worry i have found a way to control that" I said going up to stand behind Anna. I placed my hand on Lissa's shoulder and drew all the darkness away from her. I could feel all of the times when the darkness started to rear its ugly head. I could feel how depressed she was sometimes and how sometimes it came too close to the way it used to be before the hole Victor incident happened.

I dropped to the floor and the last thing I heard were Conner and Annabelle running to my side.

I woke up to water being dumped on my face. I wiped it away from my face and looked at Conner he looked very guilty holding the water bottle.

"Don't be mad at him Mommy it was my idea. We were worried because you wouldn't wake up" Anna explained.

"it's ok babies Mommy needed a refresher anyways" I said trying to make them feel better. I tuned to look at Lissa but instead she gave me a bone crushing hug.

"Thank you so much Rose you saved me and don't ever do that again" she said slapping me across the face, "You scared the hell out of me." She finished hugging me again. Ouch shit she just slapped me. Damn she had become tougher than last time I saw her.

"Lissa we have to get going before we bump into you know who I said stepping back out of the hug. Lissa's face immediately lit up and she started jumping. Ok......weird.

"Dimitri is in Russia for the next couple of years on official business. So you can stay here for a while please Rose." Lissa begged. I looked at the kids and of course they wanted to stay. They wanted to meet everyone from the fairytales.

"Liss what if he comes back early?" I practically whined. I really didn't want to see him after what happened.

"He won't I made sure of that. I knew when you came you would pull the darkness out so I made sure that I at least get to spend more time with you and the twins." She explained and through the bond trying to will me to stay.

"Guys if you want to stay here we will as long as you want" I said looking them in the eyes.

"Mommy we want to stay with Aunty Lissa" Conner said and Anna just nodded in agreement.

"Well than I guess we are staying at court" I said but before I was finished Lissa, Annabelle and Conner jumped at me and hugged me.

I was buried in a group of people on the floor and we were all laughing when someone cleared their throat at the door. We all looked up at the doorway to see Christian leaning against the door with a smirk on his face.

"Uncle Christian!" Anna and Conner screamed running at him and tackling him to the ground as well. Lissa and I got up off the floor and looked at Christian with the kids. He was looking at them shocked; first because they tackled him and he didn't know these kids, and second because of the resemblance between me and Dimitri in them.

"Soldiers in line" I said and the twins stopped hugging them and stood straight next to each other looking at Christian. Lissa and Christian looked at me with amused look on their faces.

"Introductions" I said and they saluted me.

"Uncle Christian my name is Conner Hathaway" He said putting his hand out for Christian to shake. Christian shook Conner's hand and bowed his head in respect.

"I'm his twin sister Annabelle Uncle Christian but you can call me Anna" She said shaking Christians hand.

"Well it's nice to meet the both of you but how do you know about me?" Christian asked looking between all of us.

"Well Mommy showed us a picture of you and tells us stories about when she was at school with our uncle Christian" Annabelle explained.

"Well I hope she didn't tell you too much" Christian said with a smug look on his face. They looked at him like he just said a bad word.

"Sorry" he apologised. After a while of talking and catching up we all went back to my apartment. Lissa and Christian suggested that we stay at their house and of course the twins were all too happy.

After weeks of moving the twins and I had finally moved into an apartment close to Lissa and Christian. It was 3 bedrooms but the twins still wanted to share a room so we had an extra one for guests and when they get older and don't want to share a room anymore.

Their room was separated into two sections. Anna's half was purple and Conner's side was blood red. The lounge room was covered in toys and books mainly old westerns that they want me to read to them. Just like their father.

I went to the gym everyday to keep up my strength and I even got accepted to become a guardian. I wasn't sure what to do about the kids because I didn't want them risking their lives for people who would most likely not even appreciate them.

They ended up getting homeschooled by Lissa. She wanted the kids safe to so she taught them everything they would need in the human world while I taught them everything they would need as a Dhampir.

On the kids 10th birthday I decided I wanted to take them to Russia because that's where Dimitri grew up and I wanted them to know everything about their father without me actually having to meet them.

While at court I bumped into Adrian and he was still single and of course he started hitting on me but Conner put a stop to that straight away. He told Adrian that the only man in my life would be him.

I didn't object. So Adrian went on hitting on me when Conner or Annabelle wasn't around, which means in my dreams because I was almost always with them.

Adrian had insisted on paying for me and the twins but I told him that I had saved enough money. Conner told me to let him pay as saying sorry for hitting on me, so I let Adrian pay for our trip.

Lissa and Christian were coming along as well for moral support. Adrian unfortunately tagged along as well. Conner wasn't too happy with that but I told him that Adrian and Aunty Lissa were looking for more spirit users.

I even learnt Russian just In case we got into a little bit of trouble. The kids even got to meet their Gramma Hathaway. That was really scary she was furious with me for leaving then she saw the kids and immediately fell in love with them and most of the things I had done was forgiven.

She even came with us to Russia so she could introduce me to my father. So It was really exciting of course Eddie was coming because he was Lissa's guardian but Mia also came because she was going out with Eddie.

So there was quite a few going but it was still nice and it felt like finally I was with my entire family. I mean I really love my kids but it was nice having adults to talk to for a change.

Once we got on the plane I suggested to Conner and Annabelle that they show off the new outfits Aunty Lissa bought them so they ran in to the back rooms to change. I stood up the front of the plane in front of everyone.

"Excuse me everyone can I have you attention please" I yelled at everyone. They all turned to look at me.

"Conner and Annabelle would like to put on a fashion show for you" I said and they all clapped and cheered. I went to the back room to check on them where I found them in their matching outfits.

"You guys ready?" I asked. They smiled at me then pulled out my outfit that matched theirs. Lissa thought it would be funny if we had matching outfits.

"Mommy you have to show off your new cloths too" Anna whined. I chuckled and put on my outfit.

We all had a medium blue snow jacket, white snow pants and Black snow boots. We all had beanies with our names on them as well. (Picture on profile)

I walked back out once I was dressed and everybody looked at me funny.

"I thought the kids were putting on a show" Adrian stated "But if there are other outfits I can help you change" He did that cool eyebrow lift thingy. Conner could do it just like his dad but me and Anna couldn't do it.

"Well we all have matching outfits and the kids wanted me to dress up too" I explained and threw a pillow at Adrian's face. We all laughed and then I clapped my hands for everyone's attention.

"Ok guys come and strut your stuff" I yelled. Conner and Anna came out with their arms linked strutting down the middle of the plane while everybody cheered for them. Once they reached me the 3 of us pirouetted showing off every aspect. Adrian wolf whistled which earnt him a glare from Conner.

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