Disclaimer: I do not own VA, it belongs to Richelle Mead. :(

Hey everyone, so here is the next chapter.

I am so sorry for taking so long to update but year 11 has kept me busy and I wanted to make this story as good as I could make it so I needed to focus when I was writing it.

So I hope you like it.

Chapter 4

Lissa had just left to go find Christian before first period started. She had come over to walk me to school this morning seeing as there was no way I could hide my bump anymore. There was absolutely no way seeing as I was about 20 weeks pregnant.

Although I figured that since my morning sickness won't go away, I don't have to face all the questions of the curious and obnoxious students who think they're better than everyone else. I groaned as I lay back in my bed.

My head ached and my stomach couldn't control itself for two small minutes.

As I lay there I heard all the Moroi and Dhampirs speaking to each other in their usual morning happiness.

I groaned as I realised that I was alone, except for Lissa, Christian, Eddie and Mia. The love of my life had left me and my Mum hadn't even contacted me since our fight. And she is supposedly the adult. Pfft.

I remember the conversation I had with Christian, Mia and Eddie, I wanted them to know before everyone else, it was just the right thing to do.

*Flashback*

I sat on my bed as I watched Christian and Lissa walk into my room. Christian's arm was slung around Lissa and shoulder and it felt painful watching the intimate gesture as ii knew that Dimitri and I would never be like that.

What shocked me was when Eddie and Mia walked through the door holding hands.

We had accepted Mia into our group after what had happened at Spokane, but no one ever spoke of what happened that day.

"Hey Rose, what's the big meeting about?" Christian asked as he looked at me and smiled.

Yes Christian and I had gotten a little closer because of Spokane but I still teased him as it kept the humour in our group and made it feel like normal.

"There's something really important I need to tell you guys, is that okay Sparky?" I laughed as his face became more concerned.

"Is everything alright Rose?" Mia asked worriedly.

"Yea, I just wanted to tell you guys something big, something that will change my life and yours' too if you want to be a part of it." I said.

"Rose, just tell us. What is it?" Eddie asked anxiously.

I opened my mouth but no words came out. I tried to spit it out but I just couldn't.

"Rose is pregnant." Lissa said calmly.

I gave her a look of thanks as I couldn't actually say the words myself.

The room was so quiet following the confession that I could hear my stomach rumbling. I really should have eaten something before I decided to tell them.

It took about two minutes before someone finally said something.

"Are you serious?"

I looked to where the voice came from and looked at Eddie's shocked face.

"Does it look like I'm joking?" I said sarcastically as my hormones got the better of me.

"Who's the father Rose?" Christian asked cautiously.

I had a battle on the inside of my head when he said this. Do I tell them, or don't I tell them. I bit my lip as I looked at all their faces.

Lissa had a mask of relief as I had finally told my friends. Christian looked astounded, I don't think he thought I would ever get pregnant this young. Eddie's face was a mix between anger and shock. Anger because I know he thought of me as his little sister and knowing someone had touched me in that way probably made his blood boil and shock because I was going to have a baby. And Mia actually looked happy for me, it was like she was saying that she'd be there for me.

"It's… Dimitri." I said as I decided that they deserved to know the truth and that they would support me even though I made a stupid decision. But how was I supposed to know. Dhampirs aren't supposed to be able to have children together. Apparently that's not the case though.

"But how?" Mia questioned as she was thinking the same as me. "You're both Dhampirs. And he's a teacher, or was a teacher."

"The only thing that we can think of that might have caused this is because of me being shadow kissed. And we were seeing each other. Yes I know it's wrong but we were in love. Or so I thought." I muttered the last bit quietly, but Christian still heard.

"Oh God Rose, I'm so sorry. Does he know, I'm sure Tasha would let him come back if he knew and wanted to be involved." Christian said.

"No he doesn't know. I don't want him to."

"But…" Christian tried to say before I cut him off.

"He left me before even knowing about this child because he obviously doesn't love me. The last thing I want is for him to come back because he feels the right to look after this child. This child was I thought made with love. So this child will only be looked after by people who love both it and its mother. And I don't want anyone contacting Dimitri or telling anyone about Dimitri being the father. Understood?" I asked feeling a bit annoyed because I was thinking about Dimitri leaving.

They all nodded. Nobody moved for a few minutes after that.

Mia was the first to get up off the floor and she practically launched herself on me. I had to put my arms out to rearrange her so she didn't land on my stomach.

"Oh Rose, you're going to be such a great Mummy." She practically cooed at me.

I let a small smile creep onto my face. It was so nice to see that someone else apart from Lissa thought that I would do a good job.

That's when everyone else got up off the floor and joined in on the group hug, it was at that moment that I felt loved. So loved that for once I actually thought I might be able to do this without Dimitri.

*End of Flashback*

I was startled out of my memory as I heard my phone ring. My ring tone, 'We found love' by Rihanna and Calvin Harris, reminded me of Dimitri's and my love. How we found love or how I found my love in a place where we weren't meant to be together.

I picked up the phone. "Hello." I said.

"Rose." Said the other voice on the end of the line. The voice I knew to be of my mother, Janine Hathaway. The same mother that told me to get rid of my baby.

"Mother." I said coldly into the phone.

"Don't use that tone with me. I just wanted to say… sorry." She breathed out.

I almost choked. "What?"

"I want to say sorry." She said. "For telling you to get rid of your baby. I'm disappointed but I did the same thing when I was your age. I kept you and you are… the best thing in my life."

"Really? This is how you treat the best thing in your life? I am scared out of my mind and all you do is yell at me and tell me you are so disappointed in me. Sorry to tell you, but it doesn't make me feel any better." I scream into the phone. I can feel the tears threatening to spill but I hold them back.

"Rose, I'm trying to tell you that I'm sorry." She said like she was exasperated.

"Well it might just be too late." I said as the tears started to flow from my eyes. I then ended the call and threw the phone down onto the bed.

I lay back and stared at the ceiling with the tears still flowing from my eyes. And a few seconds later Lissa slammed into my room looking around.

"What happened?" She said as she saw me lying on the bed with tears rolling down my cheeks.

I watched silently as she came and slid onto the bed next to me. I leaned forward and she slid herself behind me and I leaned into her embrace as I started to sob.

"My mum called, that's what happened." I said sadly as I closed my eyes and willed myself to stop crying.

"Oh Rose." She said sympathetically as she wrapped her arms around me and hugged my tightly. "What did she say?"

"She said she was sorry but she was disappointed in me." I said quietly.

She stayed quiet for a minute before she spoke. "That's a good thing though. Why are you crying then?"

"Because she said I was the best thing in her life and she treats me like this. How can you treat your child like that? Liss?" I said and looked up at her. "If I ever do this to my child I want you to stop me."

"Okay Rose, I will, I promise." She said.

I looked up to her and nodded. She could tell that I was slowly starting to calm down.

"Have you thought about Dimitri lately?" She asked quietly. I think she was afraid that I was going to break down again, which was quite likely or yell at her.

"Every night." I sighed. "Every night."

"Why not just tell him Rose? Maybe he does love you and just wanted you to be safe." She said quietly.

I sat up and looked at her. "Safe?" I questioned. "What would have been safer than staying with me? We were great together and if he had of stayed he would have known his child."

I started to get up. I needed to go for a walk. I needed to do something. To do anything.

"Let yourself out whenever and lock the door behind you." I said with a small, sad smile as I turned and walked out of the room.

I was walking around the courtyard when I heard some of the Moroi's talking.

"Didn't you hear?" The first one, a girl named Abbie Capen said. She wasn't royal but she did get along with almost everyone.

"No. What is it?" The second girl said, her name was Lindsey Neville.

"Tasha Ozera, she was killed." I sucked in a breath. Could it be true? No it couldn't be. I continued to listen to see if they really were telling the truth.

"Really?" Lindsey said.

"Yeah, and remember Dimitri?" Abbie said. I completely stopped then. I was completely still as she said this.

"Of course I remember him. Who wouldn't? He was a God." Lindsey said smirking.

"Well, he was there in the house when the Strigoi attacked. He tried to stop them but there were about ten apparently. He fought as many as he could and Tasha apparently was burning them but she got exhausted really quickly and couldn't use her magic because she was really weak. And there were still five of them. One of them went to Tasha and drained her of all her blood and then snapped her neck. Dimitri then went blind with rage and took them all down. But one of them hit him hard and he has a few broken ribs…" Abbie said.

I couldn't listen to anymore. I had to know if this was true. Ran to Kirova's office and let me tell you, it was extremely hard to do.

I barged into her office.

"Rose, what is it?" She said quickly taking in my out of breath appearance.

"Is it true? Is Tasha dead?" I said, confirming her assessment as I was out of breath.

I saw the sadness in Kirova's eyes as she confirmed it. "Yes Rose, she is."

Oh God, poor Christian. His only living relative is now gone. The only person that he has is Lissa. I felt so sorry for him. But then I remembered Dimitri, my baby's father.

"What about Dimitri?" I asked her. I feared for the worst.

"He's alive, Rose. A few broken ribs but he's alive." I breathed out a sigh of relief. As mad as I was at him, I couldn't let my baby never meet his or her father, ii wanted them to get the chance to if they wanted to.

"Thank you." I said as I turned to leave.

"Oh and Rose?" She said getting my attention again.

"Yea?" I said as I turned to face her.

"You'll have to tell Dimitri that you're pregnant to because he's coming back here to teach." She said and the answered her phone that had started to ring. She gave me a small smile as I turned and walked out of her office.

Dimitri is okay. Dimitri is coming back.

SHIT!

For everyone who likes Tasha, I am so sorry. I like her to but this just fit with the plot of the story.

I'm thinking the next chapter will be in Dimitri's POV. I didn't want to change POV's but I think you guys need to know what he is thinking and feeling.

Anyway let me know what you think and I'll try to update quicker this time. I PROMISE!

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