Author's note: In the spirit of the last one-shot, I am going to do another one with the same theme :)

People who managed to review until now:

1. Rachelalicexx: Thank you so much! I'm going to read your chapter now (I finally have time, yay!) and I hope you got your doze of one-shots for today! ;D

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This is another one for Totalbooknerd13. Enjoy!

(All characters belong to Richelle Mead)

"What is wrong with you, Sydney?" I asked her. "You aren't supposed to be sick. You have the tattoo, remember? So what the hell is wrong with you?" I snapped.

I was starting to pace the room, and her concerned face was irritating me. If Adrian saw me, he'd immediately know something wasn't right and he'd force me into going to every single doctor on Earth.

I hated doctors. That's why I welcomed the tattoo and its effects.

Or he'd simply heal me. I didn't want him to use more spirit than necessary, but I knew he'd insist.

So what was wrong with me, then? The face in the mirror I was looking for hours said nothing to me. And yet, something in me told me it was obvious.

Okay, let's analyze things. I got married a little over a month ago, and since then I've been the happiest person on this planet. Marrying Adrian was definitely a good thing to do, and I didn't care about my father's opinion anymore – or anyone else's, for that matter.

All that mattered was my Adrian. He was as happy as I was, and spirit wasn't bothering him anymore. I was used to getting up early, and I'd often find myself in his arms, warm and safe, and I'd look at him for hours, watching him in his peaceful state. And then he'd wake up, look into my eyes and see all my love in them.

We were happy, we really were. I wasn't an Alchemist anymore, at least not an active one. My father tried to put me on Re-education, but it didn't work and his explanation was that I was too tainted. He practically disowned me, saying he was leaving me to indulge in the evil.

Well, I could only thank him. Since he left me alone, my life has been better and better. I managed to save Zoe… Okay, it wasn't me; it was that crazy boyfriend of hers, Neil. She was very happy when we finally had a talk about our feelings, and we realized we were much alike. She was, like, the less scandalous version of me – I was with a Moroi, after all, fangs included.

I didn't care about that anymore. Adrian refused to bite me, though we both wanted it so much, and we both knew it. He was afraid I'd become addicted, and it'd have a bad effect on my brain cells. I was very disappointed, but I had to agree.

So that left the two of us to live in Adrian's apartment. It was enough for us – we had the kitchen, in which we both often cooked, we had our bedroom, in which we slept and… did other things, and we had enough space not to bother the other one. I also had a lot of money, but I decided to apply to Carlton in September. Adrian almost graduated, so he could secure us financially with his paintings until I graduated architecture and tried to find a job in a school somewhere.

I didn't tell him, but I didn't want to go to Carlton anymore. My big dream was to work as a mechanic, fixing cars the whole day. I didn't have any bigger ambitions, since I wasn't in a need for money and I could become whatever I wanted.

Adrian would freak out, saying I just wanted for guys to look at me, all dirty and stained with motor oil. Even now, in my worried state, I had to roll my eyes. His jealousy was so cute, and so funny… I didn't have a comment anymore.

There was Jill, too, of course. She was still bonded with Adrian, and the hereditary laws were passed, so she gladly stopped being a princess. She stayed here, in Palm Springs, with us, and she was living at Clarence's currently, since the school was out for the summer. Eddie was with her, of course – he was her guardian, her best friend, and her boyfriend. So yes, they were finally together and they were happy.

My sister, Zoe, she lived a little further away. She was in Utah, with mom and Carly, and they both gladly accepted Neil. She said she wanted to be like me, and that she'd marry him as soon as she turned 18. Neil almost choked with the Thanksgiving turkey when he heard that.

My dear Angeline was still here, too. The Warriors were scattered all across the country, so Trey wasn't in any danger anymore and they didn't have to flee anywhere. They were living in Trey's house, and I was very happy to know everything was okay with them too.

Christian and Lissa were a different story. Lissa was eight months pregnant, and many people still wanted to hurt her, so Christian was very worried, but they were fine, surrounded by all those guardians. And yes, they were married now. Rose and Dimitri were married too, and Rose wasn't unhappy anymore. They'd adopt children soon, was the last thought Rose decided to share with me. And I envied them and their strength.

I don't know what I'd do if I was unable to have children with Adrian. It' be very sad, knowing you'd have to be alone for the rest of your life.

Okay. Wait a second. Children.

I got married a little over a month ago.

Eight months pregnant.

Month.

But… no way. I mean, I wasn't taking pills or anything, but this soon? Was it even possible?

I knew it was, but I was just searching for a reason why it might not be. It made perfect sense, really. Adrian and I were married, and we weren't using protection or even thinking about that…

My thoughts were interrupted by my handsome husband. His head was poking through the door, and he was grinning. "Good morning, my beautiful wife," he said cheerfully. I smiled back faintly.

"I didn't want to wake you, so I just got up and headed for my classes," he said as he got into the room. "Hope you didn't miss me too much."

I rolled my eyes. "I got up, like, twenty minutes ago." I sighed, not wanting to stall this any further. "And I threw up in the bathroom."

Adrian's eyebrows furthered and he inspected my face. "You don't look sick," he said, as if he was a doctor. "Those eggs you ate yesterday might've been too much for your stomach."

I shook my head. "I don't… I don't think it's that," I said, barely above a whisper.

"Are you sick?" Adrian said, his face concerned. "If you want me, I can heal you, but you're definitely going to see a doctor. I can make an appointment with a…"

I put a finger in front of me. "Shut up for a moment, okay?" I said harshly, and Adrian smiled.

I rolled my eyes. "Adrian, we're married for a month, right?" I started, leading him to the logical answer.

He nodded. "A month and two days, to be exact," he said.

"And we've been… consuming our marriage, right?" I asked.

He was obviously confused, not knowing where I was heading with this, so he just said shortly, "Yeah."

"And we weren't using any protection, right?" I continued.

Adrian was a very patient person. "Okay, where are you heading with this, Sage? I mean, it's wonderful to talk about our sex life, but I don't see the reason…"

I interrupted him. "Adrian, I think I'm pregnant," I said.

Adrian's eyes widened. "Are you sure?" he said in an uneven voice.

I smiled faintly. "The thought came to me, like, a minute ago, so no; I'm not sure, Adrian."

Adrian smiled back, taking my cheeks in his hands. "Please, don't make me hope for nothing," he said in a strong whisper. "Because I'm hoping you are."

I raised an eyebrow. "You're hoping?"

Adrian grinned. It was obvious he was happy. He started spinning me around. "Of course I am! It's my biggest wish, ever since I fell in love with you. I always wondered how our children would – will – look like. They'll be strikingly handsome, that's for sure."

I laughed. "Not if they look anything like me," I murmured.

Adrian looked at me with an, 'Are you kidding me?' look.

"If they look anything like you, I'll be the happiest man alive," he said simply. "How sure are you?"

I was doing the math, trying to piece the things together. "I'm about 70 percent sure," I said, "but I'll confirm it right away with the Alchemist technology."

Now Adrian raised an eyebrow. "No regular tests for my wife, huh?"

"They're not 100 percent accurate. What I have is, so back away and let me do my thing, Ivashkov," I said and freed myself from his grip.

Well, that went better than expected. I kind of expected him to freak out and get out of the apartment screaming. It'd be hilarious, actually.

I made the Alchemist compound and put it into water. Adrian was still fully dressed, and he was watching me from the doorway, smiling. He was like a mad man, and I was feeling the same internally.

"So, what does it do?" Adrian obviously couldn't wait and see it for himself.

I rolled my eyes again and looked at him. "So, I made a compound of various things, and now I'm going to drink it. If I'm pregnant, morning sickness is going to trigger and I'll throw up. If not, I'm just going to be extra hungry. Not that I'm not hungry already."

Adrian came behind me as I drank the substance, and he wrapped his arms around my stomach, so that he was touching it.

"You understand that I'm going to lock you up in this room for the next nine months if you're really pregnant, right?" he whispered into my ear, making me shiver. "No lifting heavy things, no drinking and eating unhealthy food, but eating a lot…" he started saying, and I had to laugh.

"You are crazy," I said through a laugh. "I'm not going to sit here all day, doing nothing. I'm going to do… something."

Adrian laughed and kissed my left cheek. "Oh my God, I'm so happy," he said in a very cute tone.

"But what if it's not that? It could be a variety of things, really. This is just a possibility…" I trailed off as I felt something in my stomach.

Adrian felt it too. "What does that mean?" he said, his voice a step away from panicking.

"The bathroom," I said and started to walk but I was already lifted from the ground and Adrian was carrying me.

I could barely hold the contents of my stomach inside of me and not puke all over Adrian. The thought was striking me as hilarious, so I balanced between throwing up and laughing.

Adrian held my hair in check as I threw up, and I was thankful for it. I was thankful because I wasn't alone in this. We were going through all of this together.

We both didn't say a single word until I almost cleaned myself. I was washing my hands, and Adrian was behind me, careful not to touch me. I suddenly stopped…

And started crying. Adrian stopped the running water, took a washcloth and dried my hands. I was still crying when he took my hands, led me out of the room and sat us both on our bed.

He turned me towards him. "Okay. Why are you crying, Sage?" he gently said.

I shook my head. "I… I don't know," I said lamely. "I'm so happy and I'm so scared and you didn't say anything after I confirmed that I was pregnant and I thought that maybe you weren't happy about it after all…"

Adrian chuckled. "Wrong reasons," he said.

And then I found myself on the bed, not crying anymore. I was too focused on kissing Adrian back.

"This kid is going to be the most handsome guy ever," Adrian said between kisses.

I pulled back. "How do you know it's a boy?" I asked, laughing.

"I just… I just have a feeling about it," he said and kissed me again, with more passion.

I giggled. "Well, I have a feeling that it's a girl," I said, though I wasn't feeling anything.

"Well, it doesn't matter," Adrian said against my neck, making me sigh, "our dhampir is going to be amazing, and that is a fact."

I froze. I never actually thought about that one, little, tiny thing…

I was starting to freak out, and Adrian knew it. His hands were instantly on my cheeks, and he was whispering, "Open your eyes, Sydney."

"There's a dhampir inside of me," I whispered back. I opened my eyes slowly and saw him looking at me with those gorgeous, hypnotizing eyes of his.

He wasn't offering a smile to reassure me, though. "You must've known this would happen sooner or later," he said firmly. "I mean, I'm a Moroi, after all."

I sighed. "I never thought about it in such a… short notice of time. I'm not even twenty yet, Adrian, and it's okay that I agreed to marry you, but… a child? And a dhampir, at that? It's a bit much for me to endure."

Adrian traced the lily pattern on my cheek. As crazy as it was, it managed to soothe me. "You can always… kill it… if you don't want it," he said in a near-whisper.

He was crazy. I gasped. "Are you crazy?" I practically screamed. "Of course I want to keep it! I just didn't expect it so soon! How can you think I'd want something like that?"

Adrian shrugged. "You were raised as an Alchemist, Sage. I just let you know that I'd do anything you wanted. Even if it was…" he gulped and shook his head. "Damn it, of course I wouldn't let you do something like that."

I smiled and pulled at the collar of his shirt, making him come closer to me. "So is this normal? I mean, are dhampir babies stronger than humans? Nothing's going to happen to me, right? Because I'm picturing the scene from the third part of Twilight right now, where Bella nearly dies and all," I said with a frown.

Adrian shut his eyes tightly. "Don't remind me of that torture I had to watch for nearly five minutes," he said and we both started to laugh.

"Yeah, I suppose that was disgusting," I said, rolling my eyes. "It's just the first thing that came to my mind."

Adrian put his hands on my hips, glancing down at my stomach. "I just know that dhampirs are stronger and bigger and they need a lot more food," he said. "That means you're going to be a rolling ball by the time that baby gets out of you, but I'm not sure if the baby tears its way out of you or something that could hurt you."

Seeing my blank look and mistaking it for fear, he quickly added, "But don't worry, I'll be there the whole time and I'll heal you immediately, just in case."

I hit him in the arm and started laughing hysterically. "You are completely crazy," I said through a laugh.

"Yeah?" Adrian said in a low voice, leaning towards me, his hands roaming down my sides. "You think? Because I'm a spirit user, madam."

I giggled. His lips were a breath away. "I'm a lucky madam, then, having my own crazy Moroi and all," I said.

Adrian laughed breathlessly and his lips were on mine then, kissing me to reassure me, to tell me how much he loved me and the fact I was bearing his child, the fact that I actually wanted it, the fact that it was a dhampir and that I wasn't disgusted, wanting to kill it. I shuddered at the thought.

Adrian was also more careful with me now, kissing me as gently as he could, touching my stomach all the time. Nine very long and very happy months were waiting for us, I knew. And the apartment we were living in was going to be too small for all of us too soon. Perhaps we could buy the apartment next to it and make this a big one; big enough for Adrian, me and our family.

I was really surprised by the fact that I actually saw myself here, getting older, having children, being a mother, being with this crazy man I loved.

But, of course, was there a moment where Adrian and I weren't interrupted? The bedroom door opened and revealed Jill. She was grinning, and she wasn't at all surprised by seeing me half-naked with a half-naked Adrian, on our bed. The bond must be working wonderfully today.

Adrian groaned and moved away from me, so I just rolled my eyes. "Hey, Jill," I said, sitting up and fixing my clothes. Jill totally ignored Adrian; she jumped on the bed in her long, blue dress, and hugged me.

"Oh my God, congratulations! Adrian managed to pull me in when you told him, and it didn't happen for at least an year! I'm so happy, Sydney! This is amazing! I am going to be an aunt," she practically screamed.

"Yeah, Jailbait, hello to you too," Adrian said from behind me.

"Okay, is someone finally going to tell me what's going on? She practically ran all the way here, not telling me what was wrong. I thought it was a Strigoi attack," I heard Eddie say. He was standing in the doorway, frowning.

"Sydney is pregnant," Adrian and Jill said in the same time, and then looked at each other, grinning evily.

"Oh," Eddie said, scratching the back of his neck. He slowly approached Adrian, and put his hand in front of him for Adrian to shake it. "Well, congratulations, man," he said.

It was so funny, and Jill poking my stomach gently just made me giggle more. Adrian raised an eyebrow and then pulled Eddie into a hug. "Thanks, Castile," he said cheerfully. "I'm waiting for the moment when Jill announces the same thing."

Eddie froze. "I think it's a bit too… early for that," he said, a blush creeping up to his cheeks. Jill giggled and turned away from him.

"Oh, Sydney, I'm so infinitively happy," she said and squealed, touching my stomach again. "And is it going to come out already? I want to see the baby! I want to see if it'll have blonde or black hair, if it'll have green or brown eyes, if it'll be tall or short…"

I laughed. "I'm going to quote Eddie – I think it's a bit too early for that, Jill."

Jill rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right. I'll ask you in nine months if it's too early. And I'm going to… kill that child with presents! Let me call Angeline. I didn't have time to do anything." She moved away from me and started typing something on her phone with her long, pink nails.

I decided to do the same. Adrian and Eddie were having a conversation about… Jill getting pregnant soon, as it seemed?, so I took my phone out and dialed Zoe. She was going to freak out.

"Yup," she answered immediately. I had to roll my eyes, and I started laughing.

"Sydney?" Zoe said warily. "Are you… drunk?" That just made me laugh harder.

"I'm… Zoe, I'm pregnant," I said simply.

A long silence on the line, and then, "Oh my God."

"Is that a good or a bad reaction?" I asked, frowning.

"A good one, believe me!" she screamed. "Oh my God, Sydney! But you married a couple of days ago!"

I giggled. "A month and two days, Zoe."

"Whatever," she answered. "Let me call mom."

I heard her say "Mom!" in a muffled voice. "Something happened to Sydney!"

I rolled my eyes. Mom was going to get a heart attack, thinking a Strigoi killed me or something.

"Is she okay, Zoe?" I heard mom ask. Then she obviously took the phone from her, because it made strange sounds. "Sydney? Honey, are you okay?"

I giggled again. "I'm okay, mom, Zoe is just crazy. I'm just… pregnant." God, why was it so awkward to say this? I couldn't get used to it.

"What?" mom shouted. "Are you a hundred percent sure? Is it the vampire's?"

"Who else's would it be?" I asked, slightly offended.

"Just checking," mom said. "Let me talk to Adrian, please."

I sighed. "Don't say anything inappropriate, mom," I warned her and gave the phone to Adrian. He looked at it with a confused face.

"Yes, Miss Sage?" he asked. He started grinning. Jill was squeaking in the background, pointing at my belly and making Eddie laugh and look at her adoringly. "Of course, miss Sage. I won't let her work as a mechanic… or lift heavy things," and he looked at me with a knowing look, "and I'll lock her in the apartment until the baby's here. Sydney and I already discussed it and she's fine with it."

I started to get up, and suddenly got dizzy. Adrian was there in an instant, preventing me from falling. "Gotta go, Miss Sage," he said and shut the phone off.

He gently pulled me back onto the bed and pointed a finger at me. "If I need to, I'll tie you to this bed," he said. "And make you eat at least ten times daily."

I rolled my eyes. "It's because I was lying in bed for so long, not because I'm pregnant," I said.

"Yes? Of course, Angeline, I'll give her to you immediately," Jill said cheerfully, handing the phone to me.

"Yeah, you're all happy for me, I know," I said with a sigh.

Angeline was screaming in the background. "That is so cool! I'm actually taking Trey to my family next month, and he'll ask my brother for my hand! Isn't that awesome?"

I rolled my eyes for the millionth time today. "Just call me, I want to be there and watch," I said, laughing.

I glanced at Adrian and his happy, warm face. His feelings were reflected in Jill, and Eddie was watching her with passion and love.

"Are we going to try soon?" he asked Jill. She just looked at him, grinning, and started to cry. "I'm so happy for all of us," she said as Eddie pulled her into his chest.

I caught Adrian's hand, feeling as happy as I never did before. I realized I was where I belonged, with who I belonged, and I knew whatever happened, Adrian and I could get through it together, with those we loved.

"Jillian, if it's a girl," I whispered.

"And Edison, if it's a boy," Adrian whispered back.