Me: No, I'm not admitting it!
Rose: Say it… *holds hands out for Dark Magic*.
Me: You can't take me alive!
Rose: No one said anything about taking you alive…
Me: *swallows nervously* Um, I don't own anything…
Okay, so now that Rose left me alone, I can continue with the story…
Chapter 10: Alek Christian Belikov
Rose
The sound of quiet breathing on the back of my neck woke me up. I was careful not to disturb Dimitri as I crawled out of the bed. I got changed and headed downstairs to get some breakfast before going to the doctor's office on the other side of Court. When I was in the middle of eating, Dimitri came down the stairs, Ari upon his shoulders. "Hey," I greeted when he kissed me. "Momma!" I took Ari down from his shoulders and held her on my lap. "And how's my darling girl?" I asked. "Good," Ari then looked quizzical. "Why are just the grown-ups awake, and not the others?" "Because today is a very special day," I answered. Dimitri smiled at me, and Ari checked to see if my stomach had gotten bigger, and it had. "What's today?" She asked. "Well, today is your little brother's birthday." I told her. "But I don't have a little brother," Ari looked at me like I had gone crazy. "You will soon." I said. Oh, right. Did I forget to mention? My due date is today, and it's about time; because ever since the doctors told us it was a boy, he's been kicking and punching from inside of me, like he didn't know what he was himself. Lissa laughed at Ari's confused look, and Christian smirked. Dimitri picked Ari up and whispered something in her ear. Her eyes got really wide, than stared down at me. "Why didn't you tell me?" she demanded. That reminded me of when Dimitri first came over with Tasha, and she asked that same thing. Only that time she was mad and crying; this time she was shocked and surprised. "But how?" she asked her father. "How what?" Lissa asked. "How did Mommy get him in her stomach?" Her eyes went wide again. "He didn't crawl in there…did he?" Christian burst out laughing. Lissa giggled, and I rolled her eyes at her message through the bond. Declaring that was the "Cutest thing she's ever heard". "No, he didn't crawl in there…" Somehow I knew the next question was coming… "How did he get in there?" I decided to go with an excuse all kids (well, our kids) would believe. "Auntie Lissa's magic put him in there," I said. Lissa looked at me. Just play along. I sent her. She looked back at a smiling Dimitri and an excited Ari. She jumped down from his shoulders—Yes, his shoulders—and just as I was about to catch her, she twirled in the air, and landed gracefully just outside the reach of my arms. Everything was silent, because no one expected her to do that. "Where did you learn to do that?" Christian asked, putting more food on the table for the kids. Lissa got up to get them dressed. Ari just shrugged, and Dimitri laughed. I walked up the stairs to follow Lissa into the kids' bedroom.
Later that day, Dimitri and I were walking through the crunchy leaves toward the doctor's office to get a clear picture of how close we are to delivering. About thirty feet away from the clinic, I had a huge contraction that just about killed me. I fell and Dimitri crouched beside me, panicking. "What's wrong?" Then his face went calm, probably thinking that being calm is best right now. I just shook my head, trying to clear it as one million thoughts raced through my mind. Then I felt something wet. Crap. "Dimitri, the baby's coming," I told him calmly. He picked me up carefully, and ran toward the clinic. He was there in about five seconds, had the door open in one second, and I was on a cart ten seconds later. They were wheeling me away, and someone said something about a C-Section. (My mom had an emergency C section because I was three monthes and 19 days early…I was one pound four ounces, if you were wondering) Someone put a mask on my face, and some disgusting scent made my head light and my eyes droop. "Count down from ten to one, please," a nurse said. I did as she said, but I was out before the number five left my mouth.
The first feeling I had was being groggy. The bright light of the clinic didn't help either. Then there was a knock at the door, and a nurse came in. "Hello, Rose. How are you feeling?" "Groggy, but that's about all," I said. "That's good. Great, actually. We have some pills that you need to take if you feel lightheaded at all." "How is he?" Throughout this whole thing she hasn't said anything about my baby. "The C-Section went well, and they're cleaning him off now. Are you okay if you get some visitors? There are some people who want to see you." I nodded and she went out. A couple minutes later, almost the whole family came through the door. All the kid's were there, Dimitri, Christian, but no Lissa. "Where's Lissa?" I asked. "She had a couple things with the Royals to take care of. She'll probably be there when we get you out of this place." "Okay," then the nurse came in again, but with a little blue bundle in her arms. She set him down on my lap. I held him as close as I could. "How do you want him to be named on the certificate?" She asked. I looked at Dimitri. We had talked about Russian names, but we hadn't decided yet. Don't even get me started on the middle name… "Alekander," he said. I looked at him strangely. "Alekander means 'Defender of Men' in Russian." I nodded and then decided suddenly on the middle name. "Christian, for the middle name." Christian looked at me gratefully. "You really shouldn't have Rose," he said. I used some of my sarcastic way when I said jokingly, "You want me to name him Pyro?" "No!" Dimitri and Christian yelled at the same time. I laughed. "Okay, so Alekander Christian Belikov, then?" the nurse asked. I nodded. "Well, he certainly is a cutie." The nurse said, then walked towards the door. Right before she left, she told me that I can leave anytime I feel comfortable. After looking at Alek, who had dark brown eyes, light tan skin, and a little tuft of brown wavy hair, we signed the release papers and were headed home. We all walked home, and when we arrived, Lissa was sitting on the couch. When she saw us she shot up like a jack-in-the-box and ran over to us. Lissa cooed over Alek, as Dimitri and I looked at each other. I gave Alek to her, and she gladly took him. Raising Ari was hard, but at least this time I didn't have to do it alone…
I'm home sick from school today, so I figured I'd devote my time to FF…
Promise I'll put more up soon!
All the best,
Guardian2Be