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Spirit Baby

Chapter 7

A week had passed and Rose Hathaway was still fighting with her best friend. Everyone had thought their feud would be over the next day; nobody thought it could last this long. The brunette wanted to have her friend back. She missed talking to her and laughing with her; she wanted to comment on her small growing baby bump and think baby names with her. Rose wanted to reconcile with her best friend so bad but couldn't seem to accomplish her goal; though it wasn't for lack of trying.

It had been two days since their big fight and Rose felt terrible; she felt guilty just by looking at her friend's face and thanks to her working as Lissa's guardian, she couldn't just avoid her. They, the blonde and her two escorts (the brunette and other guardian), were walking towards a fancy restaurant on Court were the Queen was meeting some important royal Moroi for business. They walked silently, the tension slowly building up, until Rose couldn't handle it anymore and exploded.

"Hey Liss, can we talk please?" She said, walking to her; guardians usually stayed a few feet behind their Moroi "I'm so sorry for what I said to you the other day. It came out completely wrong; you know that's not what I meant."

"So what did you mean when you said I was acti—" She stopped herself and took a deep breath. "I know you didn't. But it hurt anyway. I think I just need a little time to think and calm down. And I want to ask you not to pressure me while I do it, Rose. I simply need some space."

A little space from me, Rose thought bitterly.

She was speechless; Lissa never stayed mad at her. She really thought the blonde was going to forgive her. She was sad. She was really expecting to have her best friend back, but at the same time, Rose was angry. She felt angry at Lissa for holding a grudge against her. Admittedly, she had said some mean things to her and felt awful for it, but she had apologized. Lissa didn't have any right to be mad at her just because she didn't tell her first. It was her baby after all, she could choose whoever she wanted to tell first. Her fists curled themselves as she walked; her feet hit the ground so hard the other guardian wondered if it hurt.

Calm down, Rose thought to herself. She's sad and angry and need time, that's understandable. There's so good in getting angry too; you'll just make things worse.

….

Vasilisa Dragomir-Ozera was having a bad day. A bad week to be specific. Since her fight with Rose, everything just seemed to go the wrong way. Royal Moroi were pressuring her to do something about the lack of guardians; Christian was on her ass about forgiving her best friend; and above everything she also had the stress of the incoming spirit baby.

Lissa was about to go crazy. She wanted to rest and the other Moroi to understand her, but the thing she wanted the most was her best friend. She could always calm her when she was in a bad place; it didn't matter if it was spirit induced or just stress from work. But she was still a little mad at her and she wanted to make Rose suffer; make her feel just like she felt. It was childish, Lissa knew it, but she wanted Rose to feel what it was like to miss your best friend, to feel like you're losing her for good. That's how the blonde had felt the last few months when she had barely talked to Rose, each one too involved in their work. And how she felt when she had heard the brunette had told Sydney before her. Replaced.

So she decided she wouldn't talk to Rose in at least two weeks. But it was hard. Lissa was used to feeling her friend's presence all the time; even when they didn't talk, just smiling at her made her feel better. This ice cold wall that stood between them was something foreign and, if Lissa was being honest, it really sucked. It got worse, and truly unbearable, ten days after the fight.

The Queen had just gotten out of meeting with some royal Moroi about the dhampir situation and felt completely drained of energy. She just wanted to go home and sleep and cuddle with Christian. Unfortunately for her, on her way home, two non-royal Moroi stopped her and started questioning her about her work and her personal life.

"Is it true that you're pregnant?"

"Are you going to include non-royalty in your meetings?"

"Are you fighting with guardian Hathaway?"

The list went on and on. It was so overwhelming it made Lissa cringe. She tried to answer as many questions as she could with a smile; then excused herself and ran home as fast as she could. She wasn't going to risk running into more people. The Queen walked into her house and called for her husband, just to find a Post It saying "went to work with Mia on a new strategy to teach defensive magic. Be back soon. Love ya".

Great, she thought. No husband, no friends. Just great. Lissa sat on her couch angrily, tears of rage and frustration running down her cheeks. She was so done with not talking to Rose; she wasn't even mad at her anymore. The blonde was only being silly and childish, not queen-like at all. So Vasilisa stood from her couch and marched out the door, her guardians following her, confused. She walked directly to the best friend's apartment. She soon arrived -their houses were only a few blocks away- and with the key Rose had given her, the blonde stormed into the house. Lissa found her friend lying on the couch, playing in her cell phone something that looked suspiciously like Candy Crush, and eating watermelon, in her pajamas.

"Liss..? What are you doing here?" Rose asked, frowning in confusion. She was definitely not expecting company. "I've had a really crappy week and I miss my best friend. I'm sorry I didn't want to forgive you. I needed some time to think but I also wanted to make you feel how I felt. It was like you were…"

"Like you were losing your best friend" Rose agreed, finishing her sentence for her. Lissa didn't have to tell her; she knew what she felt. She always did. "That's why you freaked out so much when I told you were being a bad friend. Especially after I told Sydney before I told you."

"I am so sorry. I was wrong; it is totally your decision who to tell. I missed you so much, Rose."

"And what makes you think I don't need some time to think, too?" asked the brunette seriously.

"Oh. That's….ok. I mean…I—" she stopped short when she saw Rose snickering. "You're playing with me!" she exclaimed.

"That's because you're so easy to fool." She hugged the blonde. "I missed you, too, Liss."

They clung to each other for a long time; neither of them wanting to let go. Until Lissa did. "Now, back to business: we need to host you a baby shower."

Rose laughed, thinking of what Adrian had said before. "Calm down, Queen. One step at the time."

FIN. I admit it's not my best chapter. I'll try harder next time. Love it? Hate it? Please let me know. CHAOO