Chapter 3- Surprise!

I woke up feeling someone kick me right in the stomach. My eyes snapped open as I looked down to see Juliet slightly snoring. I smiled as I slowly looked around to see my alarm clock. Wow. Life does really hate me. I just woke up at five when I was supposed to wake up at six. Night time for humans as morning for vampires. I slowly got up trying not to disturb Juliet. She has an hour left before she I wake her up. I rather her sleep now for she won't be a real pain later. I put on a regular grey t-shirt with blue skinny jeans. I looked in the mirror and looked at my self. I don't look that tired as Adrian said before. I honestly think that he is over exaggerating. I shake my head as I let my hair down. I didn't really feel like putting it up in a pony tail. I noticed that I needed to cut my soon. It fell down to my waist. Yeah, I need to cut it soon… but for right now; I need to make breakfast for Juliet. Well by make I mean pour her some cereal. I
make bomb cereal. I look out of the window and see the moon light pour in. Today is the day I face Dimi- Guardian Belikov. I shook my head at the thought of him. I didn't want him to ruin my morning. Is that even possible? I sighed and stuffed my mouth full of cereal before I could say something stupid out loud and wake up my daughter. I suddenly, felt Lissa coming closer. I quickly got up and opened the door before she could knock. I swear that girls' knocking is loud. Her eyes went wide with her fist in the air about to knock. I smirked, "I felt you coming closer to me with the bond."

She smiled and stepped inside. This was very unnatural of her to come to my house. I usually go to her house to drop of Juliet. She stopped in the middle of the living room, her back to me. I tried to feel what was bothering her but her blocking me out. I crossed my arms, "Ok, spit it out." Lissa turned around fiddling with her fingers not looking me in the eyes, "I- Rose…" she trailed off soon loosing her voice. Now she was getting me nervous. I walked up to her and looked at her hard in the eyes, "Lissa, what's wrong? What happened?" Lissa must have felt my concern and my anger coming as she blurted out, "Nothing! Nothings wrong with me it's just- well…"

"Lissa!" I yelled her name, "Tell me!"

"I wanted to have a dinner." She said.

I looked at her confused. That's what she was scared to tell me? Why was she- Shit!

"They're coming aren't they?" I asked.

Lissa nods her head in response. Juliet comes out of my room rubbing her eyes with her small fists, "Mommy?"

"Juliet, it's ok. I'm right here." She came running into my arms as I picked her up. I couldn't help myself thinking about her father. You're going to meet your father today, I thought. Lissa looked at me and took a deep breath, "Listen, Rose-"

"Hey," I interrupted her, "its ok." I walked over to the kitchen table to sit Juliet down. I then grabbed a bowl and poured her some cereal. I then got Juliet ready for the day. She wore a yellow dress that fell to her knees. I put her long brown curls in two pig tails that fell down her back. Lissa smiled as Juliet jumped into her arms, "You look so beautiful." Juliet smiled and hugged Lissa tighter, "You beautiful." I laughed at the way she tried to say 'beautiful'. It came out as a mumble. Lissa laughed with me as I walked with her to the door. I closed the door behind me and locked it. I turned back to Lissa and gave her hug as well as Juliet.

"Bye mommy."

"Bye, honey" I then turned to Lissa and smiled, "Bye." Lissa hugged me as tightly as she could since she was holding Juliet. I turned on my heels to walk the opposite direction when Lissa stopped me. I quickly turned around.

"I will be taking Juliet to Adrian's. So, when you come back go to his house to pick her up for dinner. I have a lot of stuff do." I smiled and nodded before turning back around to check up on the wards and who knows what else.

As my shift was over I was nearly tripping on my own two feet from how tired I was. But I had to stay awake for Lissa's dinner. I was walking towards Adrian's room and knocked once. I waited for a few minuets. No answer. I knocked again, this time a little harder and longer. No answer. I was starting to get worried. Why wasn't he answering? I banged the door with my fist, "Adrian! Open the door!" No answer. I started to panic. My heart fell to my stomach. I couldn't breath. What happened? The next thing I know is that I kicked the door. It didn't budge. I kicked it one more time, a little harder and the door swung wide open. All the lights were off. Everything was in place and not broken. Still. They're not here! I turned on my heels and ran as fast and as hard across the field to get to Lissa's. I needed an answer. I needed to know if they're ok! Before I knew it I opened Lissa's door wide open, rushing in, "Lissa! Have you
seen-" I stopped at my tracks as I examined the room. Lissa was coming out of the kitchen with a pan full of food with worry written all over her face. Christian was sitting on the couch watching TV. Adrian was leaning against a wall smirking drinking some kind of alcohol. Tasha was sitting on the table researching for wedding supplies. And finally my eyes landed on Dimitri and Juliet. Juliet was on top of Dimitri's lap. I looked back at Dimitri, our gazes lock and suddenly I felt a chill run through my whole body. Those brown eyes full of concern. I thought I could forget him. To think of him as my old mentor but I couldn't. I just couldn't not when those eyes stared back into mine. I had to look away but not when I heard a familiar voice scream, "Mommy!" Juliet struggled to get down Dimitri's lap and ran towards me. I bent down to hug her, "Hey!" She pulled away, "Mommy, I had so much fun!"

"That's great," I said. I then stood strait and looked at Adrian hard in the eyes. He shifted uncomfortably, "Rose, before you say-"

"No!" I yelled and pointed a finger at him, "Do you have any idea how worried sick I was!" to this point I knew my face showed anger.

"Rose," Lissa said, "calm down."

"Calm down? Calm down!" To this point I was furious. I couldn't stop myself. Was the dark magic getting to me? I tried to shake it away but I was too upset. I had to show them how angry I was. I walked right up to Adrian and without hesitation; I punched him in the face. "Rose!" Lissa yelled. Adrian stumbled back hitting the wall behind him. He grabbed his nose, knowing all to well that it was bleeding, "what the hell!' I wanted to so badly punch him again. I was walking closer to him and brought my fist up. Adrian's eyes went wide. Before I could hit him in the face again a hand grabbed my fist and stopped me. Dimitri. He stood in front of Adrian now, shielding him from my sight.

"Rose," was all he said. I looked up in his eyes. He was sending me a million messages but for some reason I didn't want to pay attention to them. I pulled my hand away from his grasps, "Move!" I ordered.

"Rose-"

"Move!" I yelled. Dimitri flinched at how loud my voice went. He stood tall and shook his head, "No." he said calmly. This was pissing me off even more. I could hear Lissa in the back ground talking to Christian. She was telling him to take Juliet in their room. I heard her cries for me but I couldn't move. Not until I beat the shit out of Adrian for worrying me sick.

"Get out of the way!" I yelled trying to go around. Dimitri reached out and pushed me away by my shoulders. He didn't push me to hard to go flying. He pushed me with enough strength to get me out of arms reach. Suddenly, I felt the darkness of the spirit overwhelm me.

"It's the spirit," Lissa said. I felt her hand grab my arm but I pushed her away.

"Get out of the way Dimitri," I said through gritted teeth, "or else…"

Dimitri crossed his arms and as calm as ever and said, "No."

That did it. I snapped and lunged forward. I caught him by surprise and landed a blow to the side of his face. He faltered and soon he regained his balance. He looked at me strait in the eyes and right there and then. I knew that I had crossed the line. Before I even realized what was happening I was picked up by the waist and tossed over his shoulder. I banged my fists on his sturdy back. I was kicking and screaming, "Put me down!" I heard Dimitri say that he was going to take me on a walk. This was no walk!

I didn't even know where I was until Dimitri put me down. I looked around at my surroundings and noticed that I was outside. It was nearly sunrise so everyone was already asleep He was acting normal like nothing happened to us. He had a daughter that he didn't even know he had. He left me for Tasha! I couldn't take it anymore. I ran towards him but to my luck he saw me coming. He dodged my hit and grabbed my hand. I kneed him in the stomach. I was satisfied when I hard him grunt. He pushed me away. I stumbled back trying to regain my balance, suddenly I felt a strong arm wrap around my waist stopping my fall. He pulled me towards him into a tight embrace,

"Let go of me!" I yelled.

Dimitri placed his head in the crook of my neck, holding me tighter, "This isn't you." He whispered. I felt my eyes start to water, "Let go!"

"Please, Roza."

Suddenly I couldn't hold it in anymore. I felt my tears fall down my cheeks. I broke down right there in his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck tightly afraid if I let him go he'll vanish. I know deep down that I shouldn't be doing this. But it feels so right. He let me go. I looked up to Dimitri in the eyes as he looked down at me, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Thank you." I pulled away from him. We just stared at each other for a moment.

"We should go." Dimitri said. I nod my head in response and walked side by side with him. I couldn't stop myself from taking a side glance at him. He really hasn't changed. His skin is the same tan he always had. His hair was tide back behind his neck. And his brown eyes still had the same impact on me every time I looked into them. Dimitri must have noticed me staring and glanced at me with a smile. I looked away.

"You haven't change." He said, "You're still as beautiful as the last time I saw you."

His words made me look back up to him in surprise. I wasn't expecting any of this from Dimitri.

"Really?" I asked, wanting to hear him repeat it again.

He nods and stares strait ahead, "You are just as beautiful as your daughter."

Now I had to look down again. Not only it hurt me to hear him say that she was MY daughter alone but it pained me for him not to know that she was HIS daughter as well. I missed Dimitri. Yes, with all my heart. But I just don't know if I could forgive him for leaving me. Us. Wow, one day I see him and I almost loose control over the dark spirit and now I'm having second thoughts on how I truly feel about Dimitri. Ugh! He always had this effect on me that I could never shake away. Why can't I stop loving him so much?

"Rose?"

I was pulled back to reality. I realized that I had stopped walking out of nowhere. Dimitri was in front of me looking at me with concerned. Huh? That's why I can't stop.

"It's nothing. I'm just thinking about Juliet. "I said, half telling the truth.

"Speaking of Juliet, she reminds me a lot like you." He said as we started walking towards Lissa's again.

SHE REMINDS ME LIKE YOU, I wanted to say but instead I said, "Really? I tried my best for her not to really turn out like me."

Dimitri rose his eyebrow, "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, it's just... you know, I'm a trouble maker."

Dimitri laughed and it filled me with so much warmth. I had to smile back.

"There's nothing wrong with that, Roza."

"Well, there's nothing I can do about that anymore. She has her tantrums that remind me of so much of... well, me."

Dimitri smiled and shook his head, "Maybe the world needs more of Rose Hathaway's'."

I had to laugh at his words, "Why do you say that?"

Dimitri shrugged as we reached the front door of Lissa's dorm, "I don't know," he said, "maybe it's because you're so determined and cares for others before you. Maybe because... I've always loved you." I opened my mouth to say something when the door opened. Tasha was about to step out when she stopped a little suprised,"Oh, there you are. I was about to go see if you guys were ok."

"We're fine." Dimitri said.

Tasha smiled and faced me," Juliet is fast asleep."

I nod my head. Why was Tasha so damn nice?

"Thank you." I told Tasha. I then turned to Dimitri, "And thank you again. I don't know what would've happened without you." I said honestly. I didn't want to put my heart out there just yet.

Dimitri shook his head, "No need to thank me, Roza, I'm always here for you, no matter what."

I pulled him into a tight hug and whispered in his ear, "I missed you, comrade." And with that I walked inside to get Juliet and return for the night. Before I left I hugged Lissa, "I'm so sorry for your dinner. I didn't mean to-"

"It's fine. I'm the one that should be saying sorry for the-"

I shook my head, "No, you shouldn't. "

"Oh my gosh! Just don't apologize at all!" Said, Christian.

I glared at him and shook my head, "You should check your boyfriend before my fist meets his face."

"Don't worry I'll have a talk with him," Lissa said smiling.

"I'm right here, you know?" Christian smirked. I walked up to him and patted his shoulder, "See you later."

I walked out with Juliet in my arms. This was going to be a long nine months and I'm afraid that I would be falling in love again. Heck! Maybe I'm in love already.

A/N: Thank you guys for reading. Please review! :)