Chapter 4 : Heartbeats

I woke up on one of the clinic's beds dazed and confused. I saw Dimitri looking at me with a drained expression. "What happened is Alex okay?" I asked frantically. "The baby's fine Rose," he said. Relief washed through me. "What day is today Rose?"

I guessed it must have been a day after so I said, "March 20 ?"

Dimitri closed his eyes and muttered something in Russian. "Roza, today is April 6th. You've been in a mild coma for two weeks and 3 days."

I rubbed my stomach gently. "Will I be okay, what happened?"

"You were under intensive stress and it upset the baby. The sharp pain was just a signal that something was wrong. Other than that you'll be fine. You don't know how relieved I am to hear that you and Anna are safe."

I had to laugh. "You still think we're having an Anna huh comrade?"

He smiled."Yes. I know we're having an Anna." He whispered to my belly in Russian and I could bet he was saying Anna because he knew I preferred he'd say Alex, or Anna or Alex when he talked to the baby. "Whatever comrade. Can I leave now?"

"Yes, Dr. Olendzki said that when you woke up you'd be a little disoriented, but you could leave."

"Good, I'm gettin real tired of this place. A person can only take so much visits to the clinic."

Dimitri laughed. "Come on, you have rest to catch up on. You have to stay on bed rest for a week."

My face lit up. "With you?"

"Yes, my Rose with me," he smiled at me. He kissed me quickly before helping me up and we both went back to my dorm.


While we were on my bed talking I suggested to Dimitri that we tell everbody about my pregnancy, except my mother. He said he'd do whatever I'd wanted so I invited Eddie, Adrian,Christian and Lissa. I told them everything and they surprisingly took it well. Only one thing shocked me though, Adrian already knew.

"How did you know? I haven't told anyone but Lissa." I all but shrieked. I then turned to glare at Lissa. "You told him."

Liss shook her head. "Calm down little dhampir. I can see your baby's aura. I noticed something different the day you were upset with me. Your stomach looked different somehow, like it had an aura all its own, but I couldn't quite tell because it was the same colour. When I saw you walking with Belikov the other day, I put two and two together."

"Oh. What does it look like?"

"It changes to fit your mood. If you're angry like a while ago, the baby's aura changes to angry too."

I rubbed my belly protectively."Great now I have to be all smiles and sunshine so my kid doesn't become one of those weird emo kids." Everyone laughed. "I'm glad you guys are so accepting and I have a few announcements to make." Everyone leaned in closer and focused on me.

"I want Christian, Eddie and Adrian to be the godfathers and Lissa you'll be the godmother slash aunt."

"Aww thank you so much Rose." The guys all accepted too and then I asked a question. "Whoever thinks it's a boy raise your hand."

Eddie,Christian and me raised our hands. "See Liss and Dimitri, I told you it was a boy."

"Whatever you say Rose, I still think it's a girl."

"Me too,I change my mind, I think it's a girl," said Christian. "Come on Fire boy just because your girlfriend thinks something different doesn't mean you have to go along with it. I thought you had a mind of your own," I pouted.

"Yeah but Lissa is a spirit user and they tend to be always right."

"She's a spirit user, not a freaking psychic!"

Dimitri touched my shoulder gently. "Oh right the baby." I calmed down instantly. "Whatever I'm six weeks so we'll find out in ten weeks."

"Oh yea that reminds me Rose. Dr. Olendzki told me to tell you and Dimitri that she wanted you guys to stop by and do an ultrasound."

"Thanks Liss. We'll see you guys later. And don't forget I still want to do the shopping later Lissa."

She nodded and Dimitri gave me a 'what are you talking about' look. "I'll tell you later," I whispered.


I lay as comfortably as I could on the bed in the ultrasound room and turned my face to the left and looked at the monitor. Dr. Olendzki was gently rubbing the wand along my stomach. "Now listen closely and tell me what you guys hear."

"It sounds like a horse galloping," I said trying to express the sound as best as I can. "That's your baby's heartbeat," she smiled. I felt the tears pooling in my eyes. I touched the monitor and rubbed the image of my baby. "Alex, I can hear your heartbeat,"I whispered to the screen. Dr. Olendzki looked confused and gently moved my hand away from the monitor. "Rose I'm detecting two heartbeats."

"Is something wrong?"asked Dimitri looking worried. "No. It just means that you two are having twins!"

"OhmyGod Roza," said Dimitri as he kissed me. "I can't believe it! Twins!"

"This is amazing . Thank you so much for telling us!" Dimitri held my hand and I saw him cry then he kissed my hand gently. "I love all three of you."

"We love you too," I said, trying so hard not to cry. Those two little babies on that monitor were depending on me. I was a part of them and they were a part of me. I would love them no matter what. For the rest of my life I would be a mother, and no one could take that away from me. I continued to listen to the heartbeats of my babies while Dr. Olendzki gave us some privacy. "Wow Dimitri this is the best thing ever."

"I know," he whispered with a smile on his face. "So I was thinking if it's two girls we would name one of them Anya like we planned and just name the other one Anna. If it's two boys Aleksis and Aleksandr." Dimitri nodded. "They're great names love."

We both looked at the monitor and the only sound was of our babies' heartbeats. "That's the sound of love Dimitri. That tells me I can't give up on anything especially not you or them."

Dimitri kissed me again and slowly stroked my hair. He wiped off the jelly then kissed my stomach. "You are both much loved," he says to my stomach. "No harm shall ever come to either of you."


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