Hey! Sorry I took so long to update. I have been really busy lately. I will try to have the next chapter posted soon because school ends on Tuesday. I do not own Vampire Academy or its characters, though I wish I did. They belong to Richelle Mead. Please review!

RPOV

I woke up to hear Dimitri snoring softly in my ear. I rolled over just as his brown eyes opened. "Good morning, my Roza," he said groggily.

"Good morning, Comrade," I replied. He reached up to brush a stray strand of hair off of my face. That's when I noticed that his arms were bruised. As a matter of fact, so was his cheek.

"Comrade?" I asked lightly brushing my fingers across the bruises on his arms. "Where did you get so bruised up?" He smiled sheepishly.

"Well…when I told the guardians yesterday, someone that is very closely related to you might have been standing in the corner, and I didn't notice her until after I had announced that you were pregnant," he said.

"Oh shit…well that explains it," I said. "How many good hits did she get on you?"

"She only got one really good one," he said gesturing to his cheek. "My arms are bruised because I blocked so many of her punches with my arms. I do have to say, it is very interesting to have a conversation with another person when they are throwing punches at you. I finally kicked her feet out from under her and sat on her. She calmed down, and I let her get up. She took it okay, I guess."

"Yes, Dimitri, because having my mother repeatedly throw punches at you is taking it well," I said rolling my eyes.

"Well it could have been worse…" he replied.

"You are right. I'm pretty sure I need you around to help me raise this baby. Otherwise, I don't think I will be able to do it," I said, starting to cry. He wiped the tears from my eyes.

"Roza, what's wrong?" he asked.

"Damn hormones," I muttered. We both chuckled. My stomach seemed to growl right on cue.

"How about some breakfast, my love?" he asked.

"Yes, please," I replied.

After he made me breakfast, we got ready to go to my doctor's appointment. I decided to just give birth at the clinic at the Royal Court, so I didn't have to go very far. We drove over there in about five minutes, and walked in. The clinic was not far from the entrance of the Court.

"You must be Rose and Dimitri Belikov," a short, young blonde woman said, shaking each of our hands. "I'm Doctor Smirnov."

"It's nice to meet you," Dimitri replied being his usual polite self.

"So how far along are you, Rose?" she asked me.

"Around 11 weeks," I replied.

"Have you ever had a full exam before?" she asked.

"I haven't," I answered.

"Alright," she said, opening a drawer and handing me a paper gown. "Please change into this gown. Take everything off except for your bra. I'll be back in a couple of minutes."

I did as she said, and five minutes later, she knocked on the door. "Is it okay for me to come in?"

"Yes," I replied.

"Would you like your husband to stay in the room for the exam or would you like him to leave?" she asked, gesturing toward Dimitri.

"I'm okay with him staying if he's okay with staying," I said. I looked at him and he nodded.

"I need you to lie back and place your feet in these stirrups," she said, draping a sheet over my thighs and sitting down on a stool between my legs. I did what she asked and she inserted a cold, hard thing into me. Dimitri sat next to me and rubbed circles on the back of my hand.

"Everything looks okay down here," she said. She took the cold thing out and helped me lie down more comfortably. "Are you ready for the ultrasound?"

"Yes," I said.

"This will probably be a little cold," she informed me, squirting some cold gel onto my stomach. I shivered a little.

She took out a plastic thing and placed it on my small bump. Immediately, the room was filled with the thumping sound of the baby's heart. I looked at the screen and saw a little gray dot. She pointed to it. "That's your baby."

I looked at Dimitri. He had tears in his eyes. That only made the tears that dripped down my cheeks flow faster. He kissed me softly.

"I won't be able to tell the sex of the baby until 20 weeks, so you can't find that out today, but your baby looks completely healthy. Congratulations!" she said.

"Thank you," I said. When she told me I could get up, I changed back into my regular clothes, and she wrote me a prescription for some prenatal vitamins. Dimitri and I left the Court grinning, hand in hand.