Chapter 9: Welcome Home
All has gone good and Lily is off her oxygen. Lissa and I were planning to go take pictures of the babies together in a couple of days. "So I got a text from Aaron." Lissa said.
"What? When?" I asked.
"When I awoke up this morning, I checked my phone and there it was. A message from Aaron."
"What did it say?" We were sitting in the living room and the babies were in the nursery sleeping.
"He said that we can't keep running away and that we need to go back to the Academy. Or else the Academy will find us. And aren't you afraid that they'll track our phones and find us?"
"Ha. Uh huh, like they're going to find us in the middle of nowhere. Aaron can shove it up his ass. No one needs his non-sense right now. It's about the babies right now. Not him, me or you. Them. And no I'm not afraid of them tracking our phones. Because, we'll keep running, while they keep chasing."
"I'm glad Lily's home. Have you thought about Dimitri?"
"No. Well, I mean, yes. Of course, but it's just that the babies can't see him. And I'm so sorry, but it just can't happen." Lissa looked at me as to say she wasn't understanding. "Ugh. Lissa, look. If I contact Dimitri now, then the Academy will follow. Which in other means, we'll get caught and then there will be no more Lilyana or Emmalyn. Do you want that? Because, I don't. I want to be here for them. Care for them. I'm never leaving them. And if you want to, then that's your decision. But, as far as I go, I will die before those babies step one foot on Academy grounds."
"Rose, I understand. You want them to be safe and you don't want to leave them. But, do you really want to keep them from their father? Forever? The man that you have loved all these years?"
"No Lissa, I don't. But, what other choice do I have right now. I may love Dimitri more than I could love any other man. I always will. Until the very day I die. But, the babies mean one hundred times more than that to me. And it's printed all over: If you want Dimitri, you're getting the Academy. And if this is what it'll take, then so be it."
"Rose, think of it this way: Dimitri is pregnant, and he runs away while pregnant with your kids. You'll probably never see your kids your entire life. They will never know who you are. What would you do? Would you want that? For you? For those babies?"
"Dimitri? Pregnant?" I started laughing.
"Rose, seriously. Snap out of it. Come on. What would you do if you could never see Emma or Lily again? Because, right now there is a man out there searching for his kids. He's probably not focusing on his job as a guardian. He's probably freaking out and doing stupid things just to find you."
"Lissa, I never told Dimitri I was pregnant. He doesn't know I had the babies."
"'Secrets' in the Academy are never secrets, Rose. And of all people you should know that. Someone told him I'm sure and he's probably been searching this whole entire time for you."
"Well, he can keep looking. But, I'll keep running. Nothing, absolutely NOTHING, will get between me and those girls. So, if any little prick thinks that they are going to step in, they better have more than just a weapon. Because, I will shove my foot so far up their asses that they'll never have to shit another day of their lives. So, all in all, for every mother fucker out there, to hell with you, and don't you think for a second that you'll get between me and those babies, because if that's the case, you've come to the right place to get your ass whooped. I'm done. Period." Lissa gave me a look of horror.
"Rose, I think…I think you should go rest. This isn't you."
"Oh. It's me, Lis. But, I have more than just one person to protect. I have three."
"Mhm…I see." She shook her head and had big eyes.
"Lissa, stop talking and looking at me like I'm crazy. I'm just protecting the babies and you. And Lilyanna just got home. So to end this conversation I just want to say, 'Welcome Home, Lily'. Welcome home.
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