A/N: Greetings my darlings! (ha ha that was so cheesy...) so I haven't updated in what? almost three weeks? I know that sucks, I always get super impatient when an author takes forever to update. but I just finished up the spring semester at my school, so that means I have tons of free time now to write. Yippee! I love summer breaks... lol

I want to thank everyone for all the reviews for the last chapter. You've given me some good ideas regarding Rose&Dimitri having a baby/twins. Now the question is, will I take your advice? You'll just have to read and find out... muah ha ha ha ;P

I'm hoping to start updating more frequently now, but I'm working on two other stories at the moment, so it really depends on when I can find the time to work on this story and come up with ideas. I'm writing this as I go, so I honestly have no clue as to what's going to happen next. I also tend to write incredibly random stuff all the time, so when I create a new chapter I'm simply trying to piece things together. Okay enough of my rambling, enjoy the new chapter! : D

Knock. Knock. Knock... "Roza?"

I groaned in response to the noise coming from the bathroom door as I wiped my mouth and stood up.

"Roza open up..." Dimitri pleaded as I staggered my way to our double sinks and started brushing my mouth out. I grabbed the tube of toothpaste, opened my mouth, and let the creamy substance trickle down onto my tongue. Then I started to brush vigorously, determined to get rid of that nasty taste. It's a good thing I managed to lock the bathroom door before I hurled my body towards the toilet.

I've only ever thrown up once in my life before this week, and that had been when I was seven and Jesse Zeklos dared me to chug a whole bottle of gatorade and then to go riding on the merry-go-round in the academy's playground. Not being one to back down from a dare, I did it and unfortunately it ended badly and I remember feeling really embarrassed. So needless to say, I didn't want Dimitri seeing me like this.

I was still brushing my teeth when I heard Dimitri knock on the door again, this time louder. "Roza please, I need to know you're okay..." his voiced was laced with concern. I spat into the sink and put down my toothbrush and replied, "I'm fine Comrade, I need to get ready for work." The tone of my voice was a little harsh, but I couldn't risk letting him see me like this. Not waiting for a response from him, I quickly started the shower and jumped in. I distantly heard him let out a large sigh, but he didn't try to open the door so I turned my attention back to getting ready for work.

After five minutes, I felt great. Like the disturbing fact that I'd just puked vanished and was replaced with a jubilant mood. The hot rushing water woke me up and cleansed my senses. I lathered my favorite strawberry shampoo into my hair and swooned in contentment.

Another five minutes later, I got out of the shower, dried off and wrapped a towel around my body. I stole a quick glance at the digital clock sitting on the marble counter and cursed under my breath. I have ten minutes until I need to meet Lissa at her house. I hurried to the entrance of the bathroom, unlocked the door and swung it open with force. I have just enough time to get dressed and sprint over to Lissa's. But before I crossed the threshold I stopped in my tracks. There leaning against the wall next to the bathroom, with his arms crossed and wearing only a pair of pajama bottoms was my russian god.

He seemed to be lost in thought, but the moment he saw me staring at him, he crossed the distance between us, placing one hand on my forehead while the other cupped my cheek. His face was filled with worry as he asked, "Roza what's wrong?" I hated seeing him so pained over me. But this was the way he is now. Always worried at the smallest signs of me being sick or injured. What can I say? He was a very caring boyfriend, but sometimes a little too caring. I sighed and leaned my head into his touch closing my eyes in the process, he relaxed slightly.

"Dimitri I'm fine. Really. Just a little unset stomach, that's all..." I trailed off and opened my eyes to see him still staring at me with troubled eyes. "Roza that's the third time this week." he simply stated. I placed my hands over his and pulled them down to where they were interlaced near our waists.

Over the past week, I've been getting sick in the mornings. But I just wrote it off as simply a side effect of sleep deprivation. Lissa just started her first week in college, so me and my team of guardians have been switching out of the vampiric daytime, to be out when the sun is when she attends classes. Meaning everyone's been trying to adjust to commuting the Queen back and forth between the royal court and Leigh University and adjusting to the new time schedule of a normal human day.

I've also been stressed out to no avail, over new security plans for Lissa going to school and traveling, so I just wrote off my stomach sickness as the result of not enough sleep and the mental stress catching up to my body. I let out a restless sigh, "Trust me, nothing's wrong. Just a little stress that's all. I have this weekend off, I'll just make sure to get some rest and I'll be as good as new."

Dimitri lightly squeezed my hands, "Maybe you should visit the med clinic. Just to be sure." I knew he was just trying to look out for my health, so I decided to compromise with him. "Okay today's Friday, after the weekend has pasted and I'm not showing any signs of improvement, I'll go to the clinic. Deal?"

You could tell he didn't want me to wait that long, but he nodded his head in agreement. "Good, now go shower. You only have ten minutes before my father shows up." At the mention of my father, Dimitri suddenly stiffened. He landed a quick peck to my lips, avoided my eyes, and strode over to the bathroom and closed the door. I narrowed my eyes at his retreating figure. Dimitri's been acting really weird all week. At any sign of bringing up my parents, he would get this odd look in his eyes and he would get tense. I was definitely going to have to confront him about it later. For now though, I had to rush my ass out of here before Lissa kills me. And knowing her, she'll just bring me back so she can start the process all over again for another day. That's a true best friend I have there...

I got dressed quickly and walked down to the kitchen. I paused for a minute to smile. Dimitri had set up a quick 'to go' breakfast for me. I strode over to the kitchen counter where there was a traveling coffee mug filled with steaming hot chocolate inside it and paired with a paper bag containing two chocolate glazed donuts. God I love that man... I took the mug and gulped down a quick sip of the hot chocolate while balancing the bag in my other hand and pulling out one of the donuts. I walked out of the kitchen and into the foyer as I took a big bite of donut.

I was about to reach for the front door handle when a pair of strong arms wrapped around my waist. "You haven't said goodbye yet Roza", my sexy russian whispered in my ear. I chuckled while trying to swallow my food. I slowly turned around. "Oh how silly for me to forget such a thing." I smiled at him "Goodbye..." then I quickly added on "and thank you for the breakfast."

I was teasing him and he knew it. So I just continued smiling while trying to wiggle out of his embrace, but he wasn't having that. "Oh I think I deserve more than just a thank you" he huskily taunted while pulling my hips roughly against his and hungrily pressed our lips together. I let out a soft moan, oh the things this man does to me...

Unfortunately I was the one to break the kiss, I pulled away and rested my head against his rapidly moving chest. The kiss left us both breathless. "I have to go" I managed to whisper. Dimitri grabbed my donut bag and with the other hand, interlaced our fingers in my now free hand. "I'll walk you" he simply stated. I grinned in response and he did the same, he gave me a quick peck to the lips before leading me out of the apartment.

I distantly wondered how he got dressed so quickly, but brushed it aside. I felt like I was floating on clouds at the moment, I was so happy. Being with Dimitri even if it's just for a little while in the morning before I went to work, made starting my day off wonderful. Just the presence of his living, warm body made me hum in excitement.

Dimitri's thumb started rubbing small circles into my wrist, I met his dark chocolate eyes as he said, "You look beautiful today Roza." I lightly laughed and nudged his arm while leaning into him, up towards his soft lips, " You're not so bad yourself Comrade-"

"Alright you two, break it up. Or do I need to go find a hose?" I jumped with a start to find my father, Abe Mazur, was staring directly at us three feet away.

"Uh I'm pretty sure the hose would made us get closer dad. I am after all wearing a white blouse, right honey?" I turned to look at Dimitri and he was blushing. He was so cute when he got embarrassed, and it turned me on...

"Rosemarie" my father warned.

"Geez lighten up old man, can't you take a joke?" I said in exasperation. Dimitri gently squeezed my hand to calm me down.

"Sure I can, except my daughter is living with a man with whom I don't know very much about." he snapped. Oh great, here he goes again suddenly taking on the 'overprotective father' role. The day I moved in with Dimitri was the day all of this nonsense started. I took a good look at my father now and froze at what he was wearing.

He was covered from head to toe in all black. He had on a thick cashmere turtleneck sweater, dress slacks, and heavy steel-toe boots. I didn't know whether to gulp or start laughing. It was the end of the summer and the August heat was insane so he had to be sweating like crazy, not to mention being out in the sun and him being a moroi had to be uncomfortable. But I don't know, seeing zmey dressed in all black did look intimidating and I was kind of scared to hand my boyfriend over to him for the day. God only knows what he has planned for this so called 'hunting trip' of his.

Deciding to approach this in true Rose Hathaway fashion, I readied myself for a smart ass response, but it was Dimitri who spoke first.

"Mr. Mazur, nice to see you. I take it you're ready for our trip today?" he asked formally and let go of my hand to shake my father's.

My father gripped his hand tightly, "Oh yes, I'm very prepared for today. Let's get a move on shall we? I have a lot of activities planned for you and I." His voice was cold and authoritative as his eyes pierced through Dimitri's bottomless brown ones, as if he was reading him like a polygraph test.

Dimitri looked back at him, and he appeared to be nervous? My Dimitri. Belikov. was nervous? Oh shit. This can't be good...

He let go of Dimitri's hand with a satisfied grin. "Aren't you going to be late for work Rosemarie?" zmey asked.

I locked gazes with him, "He better come back in the same way you found him. That includes all body parts intact and fully functional..." I hissed the last part. He didn't seem fazed by my threat and sarcastically replied, "Wouldn't dream of it."

I glanced at my watch and grimaced. I was already three minutes late to go pick up Lissa.

I spared another glare at my father and then turned to Dimitri. He gave me a reassuring smile while handing me my donut bag. "I'll be fine Rose, have a good day."

I leaned up on my tiptoes and gave him a quick kiss on the lips, "Be careful. I love you."

"Love you too Roza." And with that, I turned around leaving my boyfriend in the terrifying hands of my father. What a way to start a morning huh?

When I arrived at the front door of Lissa's house I was eight minutes late. The two guards at the door gave me a curt nod before leaving their posts as I relieved them of their shifts.

I was about to knock on the door when it suddenly swung open. I was a met with the bothered face of the queen. "Where have you been!" she shrieked, "You know my english professor's an ass if people are late!" I pushed Lissa back into the house and closed the door.

"Relax Liss, I'm just a little late. Besides, you know we always arrive there an hour before your first class begins." I soothed. College made Lissa super stressed out than what she already was. So at any sign of a flaw in her perfect morning, she'd go berserk.

She let out a restless sigh in exasperation, she looked a little more flustered today than usual, I mentally noted. Before she could say anything else, Christian decided to make his presence known walking out of their living room with a mischievous grin plastered on his pasty face.

"Well from the looks of that bruise on your neck there Rosie, Belikov kept you up pretty late last night didn't he?" he snarkily snapped.

Oh, he did not just go there. I flicked the hair of my ponytail that had been draped over my neck and flaunted my hickey for the world to see. I gave Christian a sassy grin as I replied "Damn straight he did. It's pretty sad, isn't it fire-crotch?"

Christian's eyes turned to slits as his face started to falter, "What is?"

"The fact that you envy me and Dimitri's sex life so much you have to comment on it daily. I actually pity you, it must really suck not having any stamina in the bedroom. Thank god that's not why Liss loves you, after all, it's your personality that really counts, right?"

All humor left his face as his fingers started to glow with heat. And that just egged me on more.

"Ooo, I'm touching on a sensitive topic aren't I Sparky? Don't worry I think there's a pill you can take to uh, enhance, your rather small assent." That pushed him over the edge. In the matter of seconds, he sent five flaming balls towards my body. I smirked and lunged at him.

He attacked me relentlessly with fireballs, singeing my skin and hair, but that didn't stop me. In one swift movement, I grabbed a hold of both of his arms, pinned them behind his back and shoved his lean frame against the marble floor of Lissa's living room. He groaned as I pushed his face down and the fireballs went out. "Say you're sorry!" I demanded.

"NO!" he protested, trying to focus back on making new fireballs.

I was about to backhand him when Lissa shouted, "ROSEMARIE HATHAWAY! STOP THIS INSTANT" Aw crap that was Lissa's 'queen' voice she was using. And it was hard to resist a command from her when she used that tone.

I immediately stood up and Christian scrambled to his feet. Glaring at me with a burning intensity.

"Rosemarie what has gotten into you! First you're late, then you attack my fiancé! I swear, I don't know what to do with you anymore!" Lissa shouted as her voice got louder with every word. Something wasn't right about her. Her jade green eyes were darker than usual and she just had this 'cold' feeling about her. Her stance was rigid and twitchy at the same time. I glanced down at her right index finger and sucked in a quick breath. I had my answer to my unspoken question immediately.

Lissa wasn't wearing her charmed ring, that's why she was acting weird. The spirit darkness was effecting her. "Liss where's your ring?" I asked her as I continued to stare at her bare right hand.

"I took it off, it felt weird..." she trailed off as she stared off into space. That worried me.

I quickly reached into my pant pocket and pulled out my spare ring Sonya Karp had made me. I immediately grabbed Lissa's right hand, she struggled against me, but once I slipped the ring on, she immediately relaxed.

I glared at Christian now, "Why the hell didn't you notice she didn't have it on!" I snapped.

He gave me a guilty look as he said, "Last night I had a little accident when making dinner. That's when she took off the ring and then healed me. I must of forgot to remind her to put the ring back on." He looked down in remorse.

I let out a loud sigh of frustration, "Liss I thought we talked about this! You can't just heal whenever you get the urge to do it. You can't handle the side effects by yourself. And since you refuse to go back on meds, that means we have to use Sonya's charms sparingly." I chastised. God, I feel like my mother.

Lissa met my furious eyes and they were guilt ridden, "I kn-know but I just couldn't help myself. But Rose you don't have to worry about that anymore. It's my responsibility." I felt my face falter. Lissa had a point. It wasn't my place anymore to lecture her on using spirit. This was something she had to handle on her own now. We were no longer bonded.

I gave her a sad smile, "I know, but that doesn't mean I can't worry about you." I pointed to the charmed ring that was now on her finger, "That was my last one though. I'm going to have to call Sonya later to see if she made me another one."

Lissa's eyes suddenly lit up, "No. She's already done too much for us already." I was about to protest, but she put up a hand to stop me, "Besides she's on her honeymoon. Maybe I'll call her when she gets back."

I hated it when Lissa overruled me with her logic. She was right. After Jill was announced as a Dragomir, Sonya and Mikhail ran off together. They got engaged and had a small private wedding ceremony which me, Lissa, and Jill were bridesmaids for. And they were now currently on their honeymoon in the Caribbean. But before the wedding, Sonya would come and visit Jill and give Lissa spirit lessons. She's been showing her how to make healing charms against spirit darkness, but Lissa still hasn't mastered the charms yet. They only last her maybe an hour or two at most and then she get tired from using so much energy to wield the charms.

So Sonya made me and her a few charms to last her until she masters it. Unfortunately Lissa's been using a lot of spirit lately and she's been going through the charms like crazy. I couldn't help but worry over her and her mental health and inner battle with spirit's darkness. But there was only so much I could do, the rest was up to her.

I smiled at her and pulled Lissa into a big hug. "Okay, but in the meantime, promise me you'll try harder to resist." I pulled back to see she was now smiling too. "I promise", she held up her pinky finger to which I chuckled and wrapped mine around hers too.

"Uh what about me? Don't I get an apology?" Christian interrupted, ruining our little moment.

I averted my attention back to him. "Oh yes, that reminds me. Stop being such a clumsy housewife!" And so began another fifteen minutes of fighting with fireboy until Lissa intervened, reminding us she was going to be late for class...

Later I sat down next to Lissa in her first class of the day at Leigh University. It was English 102. Liss was such a nerd, she'd already taken a college english course when we had been on the run and left the academy long ago. Luckily, she got to transfer the credits over hence her taking a more advanced class as a freshman.

"Rose are you feeling okay?" she suddenly asked. We were surrounded by five guardians posing as students so I let myself spare a few minutes to give her my undivided attention.

"I'm fine, why?" I whispered to her turning my earpiece off and lowering my voice so no one else would listen in on our conversation.

Lissa looked away for a moment before continuing, "I don't know, your aura's different."

I gave her a quizzical look, "What do you mean?"

She squinted her eyes at me, "I don't know how to explain it. It's brighter now without all the shadows and not to mention you light up like a flipping christmas tree whenever Dimitri's around" I lightly blushed at that remembering last night with him, "But there's something else about your aura. It still has it's normal sea-foam color but the center of it is golden. With violet flares radiating off of it. It's like you suddenly have your own 'mini sun'. It's so strange."

That was disturbing. "Maybe it has something to do with me no longer being shadow kissed?" I asked.

"Maybe." Lissa replied.

"Have you ever seen it on someone else before?" I quickly asked. She opened her mouth to speak but abruptly stopped as her professor started his lecture. I leaned back in my seat and flipped my earpiece back on. There was no way to get Lissa to talk once lectures were started. She's such a nerd...

In my opinion, I didn't see the appeal in anything the guy was saying, but Lissa was hooked onto his every word. I rolled my eyes, this was going to be a long day. I started my routine scan of the room, making sure all the guardians were alert, but I suddenly stopped my search as my nose scrunched up in discomfort.

Right below where me and Lissa were sitting, some guy opened a paper bag and started eating his breakfast he smuggled in with him before class started. It was some greasy fast food sandwich and the smell of it made me feel nauseous.

And then just like earlier this morning, I had that queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. My mouth felt dry, yet sour at the same time. And in that moment, I knew I was going to throw up again. I abruptly stood up and tried my best to walk out of the classroom without attracting too much attention. At this point I was only interested in one thing, finding a bathroom.

I took a sharp turn down a long hallway, and sprinted until I found the woman's restroom sign and all but kicked the door down. I knew the layout to this college like the back of my hand. I scrambled over to the first stall just in time as my mouth ripped open and my stomach muscles convulsed wildly.

After all of my breakfast was pumped out of my stomach, I stood there gripping the sides of the stall as I dry-heaved. When it was over I slowly walked out of the stall clutching my stomach. What the hell is wrong with me? I thought at the same time as a male voice sounded in my ear "Guardian Hathaway is everything alright?"

I growled, walked over to the line of sinks in the bathroom and washed my mouth out before replying, "I'm fine." that seems to of now become my new catch phrase. "Miller take the near guard position with Vasilisa. I'll meet you guys after class."

There was a bit of static but he quickly responded back, "Yes ma'am." I looked at myself in the mirror and flinched. My skin color had paled a few shades and I had faint dark circles under my eyes. I needed more sleep.

I rinsed my mouth out again and washed my hands. But I still had that bitter taste in my mouth. I walked out of the restroom and popped three pieces of minted gum into my mouth and started chewing. I sauntered over to a vending machine and bought a life water. I twisted the top off and took a few swigs. The flavor immediately tingled my taste buds and I relaxed. It was fuji apple pear, my favorite.

I slowly walked back in the direction of the classroom. When I reached the door, I leaned up against the wall next to it and sipped on my drink. I realized that maybe Dimitri had a point to my odd sickness. Maybe I do need to go to the clinic...

My thoughts were soon interrupted as the door opened and students started filing out. "Okay people, showtime. Miller return to your original post." I mumbled into my earpiece as I spotted Lissa emerging from the classroom flanked by two male guardians.

The taller one, with blue eyes just nodded at me as I approached Lissa's side. "What's going on?" Lissa hissed at me as we made our way outside where we were off to her next class.

I waved my hand, "It's nothing Liss. You ready for your first quiz?" I successfully redirected the attention off of me as her eyes widened. "Thanks for reminding me, I need to reread the chapter summary..." she trailed off as her hands rummaged around in her messenger bag for her political science book...

The rest of the day went off without a hitch. It was boring but went smooth. After Lissa's last class ended she told me she wanted to stop by a drug store on the way back to court but she only wanted me going in the store with her. I was suspicious, but arranged a place where she and I could go...

We walked through the automatic doors of a small store and Lissa started sprinting off in the direction of the medicine aisle. The two guardians I had posted at the front of the store outside, tensed but I wove them off as I hurried to keep up with her.

"Liss slow down. What's up with you?" I hissed at her as she continued as her quick pace and ignored me. Damn, since when did she become so fast?

I almost bumped into her as she abruptly stopped in front of a shelf that had caught her attention.

My eyes bulged out of their sockets as I noticed what the shelf had placed on top off it. Pregnancy tests.

"Holy shit Lissa! You're preg-" I was cut off as she clamped a hand over my mouth.

"No." she answered too quickly. She held my gaze as she whispered out her next words, "They're for you." I think my mind stopped working after she said that because she shouted my name a few times trying to get my attention.

Aw man, Lissa really is starting to go crazy, I thought. I shook my head and looked back at her with a sympathetic look. "Liss that isn't possible. Are you sure they're not for you?"

Lissa let out a sigh as she combed her right hand through her platinum blonde hair. "It would explain why you've been sick all week. And um..." she trailed off looking uncomfortable.

"And what Lissa, come on, spit it out." I demanded.

"Do you remember what I was saying earlier about your aura?" I nodded my head, "Well you asked me if I'd seen it on anyone else before. And I have actually."

"Who?" I wasn't liking where this was going.

She took a deep breath, "I've only ever seen that kind of aura before on pregnant woman." She stood there looking at me calmly, awaiting my response.

I paused for a minute before I burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. "You're- kidding -me-right?" I managed to gasp out in between laughs. But the scary thing was, Lissa wasn't laughing with me. She had a serious look on her face and that's when my laughs died out and I took a hard gulp.

"I c-can't be. It's impossible..." I trailed off as the wheels in my head started turning. I've been so stressed over my new job that I honestly can't remember my last period. My breathing started to go ragged, it's just not possible I kept mentally chanting to myself.

Lissa smirked beside me, "Around us, since when is anything impossible?" She quickly picked out a test and practically dragged me to the check-out counter where she hastily paid for the test and start tugging me towards the restrooms.

When I realized where she was leading me to, I froze dead in my tracks. "Oh no, I'm not-"

"Rosemarie you will walk into that restroom and take this test now. Or so help me I'll use compulsion on you to do it." Lissa had sharply cut me off as she shoved the small box into my hands and glared at me.

Her normal angelic face was twisted into her 'no bullshit' queen look and her tone of voice was all powerful and commanding.

Not being one to disobey the queen or provoke her dangerous spirit side, I snatched the test out of her hands and stomped into the woman's restroom, like a child throwing a tantrum to an angry parent...

I stood in the large handicap stall pacing back and forth like a feral animal in a cage. There's no way in hell I can be pregnant. The only person I've had sex with was Dimitri and he's a dhampir! Well, a dhampir again.

The timer on Lissa's phone went off and I froze mid-step in my pacing. "Time's up Rose. Go check it." Lissa's voice sounded from the other side of the stall door. The moment I walked into the restroom, I dashed over to the farthest stall I could find and immediately locked the door. There was no way I was going to let Lissa know the results. I was in too much shock at the moment.

I slowly crept over to the small 'stick of doom' that I peed on just a few minutes ago. I picked it up off the metal handles that where anchored to the wall where I had balanced the test on. It was a nice one, digital.

I closed my eyes for a brief moment, calming my nerves and then I popped them open and read the results like ripping off a bandaid. I stood there frozen for a minute, unsure of how to react. And then came the profanity. I don't think I've ever cursed that much in my entire life. And that's really saying something.

"THAT, MOTHA. FRICKETY. FRICKIN'. FRICK. OF A BAST-" I was cut off mid-word by Lissa's worried voice.

"Rose what does it say?"

I froze again, firmly clutching the test in my hands. I wasn't ready to tell anyone the results. Hell, even I couldn't believe them. So at the same time I realized this my grip tightened around the plastic stick until I heard the satisfying 'snap' as it broke in half.

"Rose what was that noise?"

I ignored Lissa. I wasn't quite done yet. I snapped the two halves again and threw them down to the tiled floor where I began to pummel them. In the end, the test was unreadable. It was just a scattered pile of broken pieces. Grinning, I unlocked the restroom stall door and ripped it open. Lissa fell forward seeing as she was leaning against the door. I caught her fall and started ushering her out of the restroom.

"It was positive wasn't it?" she asked with a mischievous grin plastered on her face.

"You are not to say anything Liss, I mean it" I harshly snapped.

This only made her grin wider, "Oh my god! YOU'RE PREG-"

"Don't even think about it." I snapped, cutting her off. By now we were walking out of the store and heading towards the black SUV waiting for us. I all but shoved her into the car...

For the rest of the day I remained silent and slipped into my stone-faced guardian mode. Lissa tried carrying a conversation with me, but I ignored her. I was too wrapped up in my own thoughts to concentrate on anything else. At the end of my shift I walked straight to the apartment. It was around 7pm, meaning the vampiric day was just starting.

I sat down on the couch in the living room with no lights on, trying my best to calm my thoughts down. But it wasn't working. I came to the realization I need more confirmation about this news than a store-bought test.

I heard the handle of the front door turn and saw Dimitri walk in. He had this glow to his face that I'd never seen before. I guess the trip with my father went well. He walked farther into the apartment and suddenly spotted me curled up in the corner of the couch with my legs pulled up near my chest. The moment he saw my facial expression he charged up to me and crushed me to his chest, "Roza what happened?" he questioned as his accent laced every word with concern.

I leaned into his embrace and breathed in his heavenly scent before I backed out of the hug, and gripped one of his hands in mine forcefully.

I held his gaze as I sternly said, "We're going to the med clinic now." And then I tugged him along with me as I marched my way over to the only place that could truly confirm my new fate.

A/N: Next chapter is filled with surprises... : ) Review!

~Fabulous