I apologize for the wait. Minecraft can be addicting sometimes. Here is the next chapter and is a bit longer. Enjoy. Disclaimer: I don't own FF7 or the characters. I'm just borrowing them.

Chapter 3 Surprise!

Vincent walked into the house and locked the door behind him. He took off his boots and cloak in the hall like he usually did. He started to make his way upstairs and stopped. There was a smell emanating from the kitchen and it smelled rather sweet. Chocolate?

Vincent went to the kitchen to investigate and see if he was right in what Rose had made earlier. He turned on the light and made his way to the refrigerator and opened it. He was right. She had made chocolate pudding and by the looks of it, it was made fresh today.

He made a mental note to help himself to some tomorrow. Right now, he just wanted to get into something comfortable. When he got to the bedroom, he found Rose sitting up in bed, enjoying a bowl full of pudding.

She looked at the clock on the night stand when he came in. "You're home earlier than I expected." She said looking back at him. "You just might get some pudding after all." She teased.

"Yeah, we finished early." He said, closing the door behind him and started undressing.

"How did it go? Find anything useful?" she asked as she watched him undress.

He nodded. "There was plenty of usable material at the old reactor. Reeve was happy about that." He finished undressing and climbed into bed. She held a generous spoonful of pudding out to him and he gladly accepted it. "What about you? Did you get your design done?"

She shook her head. "Nope."

"Did he change the design again?" he sighed. Shinra seemed to have a habit of that.

"Mm-mm." she shook her head again as she consumed another spoonful of pudding.

"Then what's going on? Why didn't you finish?" he asked.

"I called Reeve and told him that I wasn't going to be the only one to have Shinra dumped into my lap. He has other people who can deal with him too. It's not going to be just me anymore." She answered.

Maybe that was the cause of her stress in the past weeks. Maybe now she would start to relax a little more.

"That's understandable. He has been pretty difficult for you since the first building you designed for him." He replied.

She hummed in agreement as she offered the last spoonful to Vincent which he accepted.

"Now I want to enjoy you." She purred before she started kissing him.

It didn't take them long to shed their clothes and start making love. Vincent kept up the steady rhythm until late into the night. They fell asleep in each other's arms, fully satisfied.

Rose woke up sometime in the early afternoon. She found herself still wrapped protectively in Vincent's arms. She lifted her head to look at his face and found that he was still asleep. That didn't happen very often. She carefully slid out of his embrace, grabbed some clothes for the day and headed for the shower.

She sighed in relief as the hot water ran over her body. She had been having aches and pains that she couldn't explain. Especially in her lower back. Most of her pain seemed to come from there. She reluctantly turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. As she toweled off, she stopped when her attention came to her breasts. They seemed…bigger?

She wrapped the towel around her waist and went over to the mirror. She turned to the side then the other. She faced the mirror again and reached up and grabbed one of her breasts. Her suspicions were right. They had gotten bigger.

The question was, why? Why would her breasts suddenly get bigger? Was she turning into a full vampire and her body was changing to make herself attractive to draw humans to her?

No, that was a myth and she was sure that wouldn't happen. Her features really hadn't changed since she had been bitten. And besides, if she was turning into a full vampire her blood lust would have grown, not lessened. Maybe she should try to get in contact with Drake. He would probably know what was going on.

Then something else caught her attention in the mirror. She took off the towel and turned to the side.

"What the hell?" she murmured as she looked down at her extending abdomen. "I hope Yuffie is up for some sparing. A lot of it."

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Rose leaned against the wall of the training room after having a rigorous sparing match with Yuffie. She was trying to catch her breath and was having a hard time doing it.

"Rose, are you sure you're all right?" Yuffie asked concern in her voice.

She waved a hand at her question. "I'm sure I'm fine. I just let myself go more than I thought I did, that's all."

Yuffie nodded. "Go shower. Vincent's probably waiting for you."

Rose shook her head. "I'm going to cool down on the tread mill first." She said. She only made it half way to them when she passed out.

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Rose opened her eyes blinked a couple of times at the white ceiling. Judging by the heart monitor she heard she knew she was in a medical wing. A small groan escaped her as she turned her head to the right to find a wall. She looked to the left to find another wall and a couple of empty chairs. Was she in her own room?

She made to sit up, but instantly fell back against the bed. She had a sharp pain in her back and she didn't want to aggravate it further. That was when she realized she wasn't laying flat on her back. The back of the bed had been elevated so she was in a low sitting position as she slept.

She wanted to sit up more than she was right now so she used her arms to hoist herself up this time.

"Ah, so you are up." Leanne said as she entered the door, getting attention from Rose.

Before Rose could say anything and before Leanne could do anything to stop her, Yuffie zoomed into the room and practically tackled Rose back into the bed in a hug.

"Rose you scared the crap out of me when you passed out! You shouldn't have pushed yourself so hard! How are you feeling?!" Yuffie said in a rush.

"Very sore." Rose said.

Yuffie quickly released her and jumped back from the bed. "I'm sorry!"

"Yuffie, quiet down." Vincent said as he took her shoulders and moved her to the side so he could make his way toward Rose. He bent down and gave her a gentle kiss. "Truthfully, how do you feel?"

"Very sore and tired." She said.

"I don't know how you can be tired. You've been zonked out for two days." Yuffie said.

Rose's eyes widened at that and her heart rate sped up a little. What? She's been out for two days? Was there really something wrong with her?

"Rose, calm down." Leanne gently said, taking note of how the heart monitor had sped up.

"No. Something has been going on with me. First bodily changes and then this happens." She fixed her gaze on Leanne. "I want you to take my blood and run tests on it and see what the hell is going on with me."

"I've already done that. It didn't take much and it didn't take me long to figure out what was going on with you." Leanne replied.

"And what did you find out?" Rose practically demanded.

Leanne opened her mouth to answer, but quickly closed it. She looked at Yuffie who was still in the room.

"I don't care that she's in here! Just tell me what you found out." Rose demanded this time.

"Okay." She breathed. "I took some blood and ran a test. I found that your hormones were a little high. So I ran another test to confirm a suspicion about that. I did a transvaginal scan which is an invasive ultrasound and my suspicions were even more confirmed."

Rose opened her mouth to tell her to say what she found out but stopped when Leanne pulled out the sonogram for her and Vincent to see.

"You're pregnant Rose." Leanne said with a smile.

"….Pregnant?" Vincent asked disbelief in his voice even though he was seeing the evidence.

"At least eight weeks." Leanne answered.

Rose stared at the sonogram, dumbfounded by the news and what she was looking at.

"Vincent and Rose are going to be parents!" Yuffie yelled, and started jumping up and down and clapping her hands. "You're wish came true Rose! You're having a baby with Vincent!"

"Two." Leanne corrected.

"What?" Vincent and Rose asked in unison.

"From what I can tell you're having twins." Leanne said as she pointed out the two small forms on the sonogram.

"…H-how?" Rose asked. "I thought this was impossible."

"I think what happened was that when you were changed into a half vampire, the healing qualities you now possess healed what had been damaged." Leanne explained. "I did look at your uterine wall during the sonogram and I couldn't see any the damages that I did before. You're healed enough to carry a child now."

Rose shook her head. "We can't. Not without knowing what's going to happen, we can't."

The room went silent after that, all eyes on Rose.

"What?!" Yuffie exclaimed. "You can't make this kind of decision Rose!"

"Yuffie, this is between Vincent and me. Please leave." Rose said, not making eye contact with her.

"But-"

"My orders Yuffie. Leave." Leanne said firmly.

Yuffie cast another disbelieving look at Rose before doing what she was told. She closed the door a little harder than needed as she left.

"Rose, don't make snap decisions. You need to think about this and take it in." Leanne said.

"Yes Rose. Think about this." Vincent said.

"I am thinking about it and rationally. You two aren't." she replied. She looked up at Vincent, a few tears escaping. "I'm sorry Vincent. Unless I know these two won't be vampires I can't do this."

Leanne let out a small sigh after a moment. "Rose, I won't perform an abortion right now. It's basic protocol to give the patient ample time to take in the information and make a proper decision."

It wasn't the complete truth, but she did want to give Rose a chance to think about her decision before acting on it.

"How long are you going to make me think about this?" she asked.

"A few days, but anywhere after a week I won't ethically perform an abortion. You'll have to go to someone else." Leanne said. She started to fill out some papers on her clipboard. "I'm signing release papers. Don't stay late at work, and get plenty of rest. You need it."

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After dressing and leaving the infirmary Rose and Vincent parted ways. She had two days worth of work to catch up on and she didn't want to talk about the pregnancy right then and there. They would talk about it at home and away from anybody listening in. Rose entered her office and sighed when she saw Yuffie leaning against her desk waiting for her.

"I won't let you do this Rose." She said.

"This isn't any of your business." Rose replied.

"It is when my friend is talking about killing two innocent lives." Yuffie argued. "What happened to your thoughts about abortion? You were against them! You were the one who convinced Sephiroth to wait and see."

"I am against abortion when I know the child conceived will most likely not become a rampaging monster." She said.

"What if this decision causes you to lose the relationship you have with Vincent?" Yuffie asked. "What are you going to do then?"

"Then I guess I'll have to find a way to live without him." Rose answered.

"I can't believe you." Yuffie growled before pushing past Rose and slamming the door behind her.

Rose let out a sigh before sitting down at her desk and getting to work.

When Rose walked in the front door it was quiet. She had expected Vincent to be there ready to talk about the pregnancy, but he wasn't there. He had been home recently, she could tell from his scent that was still fresh. The other scent that was fresh was Yuffie's.

She moved into the house, making her way to the living room where she saw boxes littering the floor. She approached one and looked into it and found her stuff inside. It looked like Vincent didn't want her here anymore and decided to throw her out. Yuffie must have been here to be supportive of him. They probably went out to get more boxes.

She made her way upstairs to the bedroom to see the progress there and saw a few boxes in there as well. One of which was only half full. She made her way over to the dresser and pulled off her engagement ring and set it down on top. She pulled out a drawer and started packing its contents into a box.

She continued to pack even though she heard the front door open. She didn't look to the doorway when she heard him come up the stairs, but continued to put her things into a box.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"What's it look like I'm doing?" she replied. "I'm picking up where you and Yuffie left off."

Vincent glanced at the boxes before turning back to her. "I didn't do any of this."

"Yeah, that's why your and Yuffie's presence is still very fresh in this house." she retorted.

"Yuffie was the one who was packing. I just got rid of her." he calmly replied.

"Yeah I'm sure you did." she said, tears finally escaping and rolling down her cheeks. When she starred to rip her clothes from their hangers from the closet Vincent made his way over to her.

"Stop." he ordered as he put his arms around her. When she tried to escape from him he wrapped his arms around her's, pinning them to her sides. "Please Rose, stop."

She couldn't hold back anymore. She completely broke down, her legs no longer able to hold her weight. Vincent kneeled down with her, holding her on the floor.

"I'm sorry Vincent." she said between sobs. "I can't give birth not knowing what will happen."

He gently shushed her. "Let's try to do some research. See what we can find." he suggested.

"There's not going to be anything out there on this." she instantly shot down. "How many vampires do you know are going around giving birth?"

He let out a small sigh. She did have a point. "No matter what you decide Rose, I'll back you up on it. We'll get through it together."

A/N: Surprised?... You probably saw this coming a mile away. I know Rose sounds brash about her decision but don't go hating her yet. There is more to come. Please R&R.