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"Rosemarie Hathaway, what did you just say?" Janine asked.

We had just ordered our food in the restaurant and the waiter was walking away.

"I said, 'I'm pregnant'," I repeated myself.

My mother looked at her surroundings, unable to meet me in the eye. Dimitri had his head in his hands already knowing what was coming his way.

"What were you thinking having sex without protection?" She asked.

"I didn't think I needed protection, the only person I have ever had sex with and will ever have sex with," I shot at Dimitri, "is a Dhampir."

"Do you really expect me to believe that?" She asked.

I explained to Janine everything Dr. Olendzki told me, about being Shadow Kissed, and about being able to have kids with Dhampirs.

"Ok, if this is true," she paused, "who's the father?"

I looked at my hands and stayed quiet. I felt her stare bowering into the top of my head.

"Ok, Rose won't tell me, Dimitri do you know?" She asked.

I looked up into the Dimitri's eyes, and then he looked to Janine.

"I do know who the father is," he said matter-of-factly.

"Ok," she said, "Who is it?"

"I will tell you if Rose wants me too," he said looking at me. I nodded.

"It's- well the father is- the father is… I'm the father."

Everything was dead silent even the other people in the restaurant fell quiet, as if they could feel the tension.

I took Dimitri's hand and looked at my mother. She was frozen in her spot. All too suddenly she got up and punched Dimitri in his left eye. Dimitri, unprepared, fell back taking his chair with him, Janine immediately jumped on him and started beating his face in. I was sure he could take her if he wanted, but he was too modest to hit a girl. He was blocking his face the best he could, but you could tell that he was still getting pretty hurt.

I took action and tried pulling her off of him to no avail. When I realized that pulling her wouldn't work I took five steps back. I ran at her and rammed into her side and successfully pushed her off. She rolled a couple of times, but recuperated quickly and came back at him. I stood in front of him protectively.

"Rose, don't protect him," she snarled. "He did this to you and he needs to pay. Men can't get away with rape, it is wrong."

I had to replay what she had said to make sure I heard right.

I laughed. "You think he raped me? He didn't force me, trust me I wanted it."

She looked at me, breathing hard. There was a small crowd around us, observing the scene. She looked around, nostrils flaring. She disappeared into the crowd saying, "I'll be in the car."

I looked down at Dimitri and tears sprung to my eyes. He was sitting in a chair with a bowl of water and a small towel. Someone must've brought him the water. He was washing his face of all the blood that was pouring out of his cheek.

I pulled a chair in front of him and took the towel from his hand and started cleaning his wounds.

The crowd started to disperse around us and got back to their business.

"That went well," Dimitri said, chuckling.

"Yeah, if your definition of well is getting pounded in the face then yeah, 'that went well'" I said.

I finished cleaning him up and we walked to the car. When we got there Janine was in the driver's seat with the car already started. Dimitri and I sat in the back seat. We were both tense just in case she gave another unexpected attack.

About twenty minutes into the ride she pulled over onto the side of the road. She got out of the car, so we did the same.

She was on the grassy area looking into the woods.

"Tell me what's going on before I kill one of you," she said.

"I love her, with all my heart," Dimitri said.

"How do you love her, you barely even know her," Janine said.

"How could you even say that, I spend every morning and afternoon with him, which is a whole lot more time than I spend with you," I said. "I can bet my life that he knows me more than you know me."

"How did this even happen? Not the Dhampir, Dhampir thing. How did you guys get away with having sex?"

"It was before the attack when I was pounding on Jessie. Dimitri took me away to a cabin in the woods and it happened," I explained.

"How did I not know, I mean the way he talks about how you are doing in class. I thought it was pride, but it turned out to be lust," she sneered at him.

"With all due respect, Guardian Hathaway, it's not lust it's love. I love Rose with all my heart and soul and honestly there is nothing you or anyone else can do about it," Dimitri said.

Janine looked between Dimitri and me. "Ok," she mumbled, expecting us not to hear her, "let's see what your father says about this."

"My father?" I asked.

"Yeah," she said, "I guarantee you that he will be the one to do something about it."

"I didn't even know you talked to that guy." I said.

"I barely do, but I have his number. As a matter of fact I'll call him right now to see what he has to say about this."

"You can't tell anybody, Dimitri will get fired," I said.

"He won't tell anyone, trust me he has enough secrets, he knows how to keep just one more." She pulled out her phone and started dialing.

After a minute or two, someone must've answered because Janine said, "Ibrahim, we have a situation."