Here's chapter 11!

Sorry it took so long, I've been busy with school, skating and hockey all starting up again. I'm REALLY busy in the fall and winter, so please bear with me!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Academy series or its characters. Ricelle Mead does.

Even though technically it was late evening for the academy, we all met up at 7am on my birthday to leave for the mall. We'd slept most of the day instead, or at least I had.

I walked beside Dimitri in a comfortable silence. One of the things I loved most about him was that there was never the need to say anything all the time. We had a wordless connection that was absolutely indescribable.

"Hey Lissa! Hey Chrissie!" I squealed when I saw them standing right beside the Academy's van. Christian gave me an angry look and tightened his arm around Lissa to pull her in and whisper something in her ear.

Of course, despite Lissa's reluctance to tell him, Christian had been absolutely ecstatic when Lissa told him her news.

"Am I missing something fire boy?" I asked Christian pointedly. He looked up innocently at my glare, then seemed to shrink back a bit. I didn't blame him.

Satisfied, I got into the very back seat of the van and Dimitri climbed in beside me. It was one of those really big vans with three rows of seats behind the two in the front. That way everyone could fit. Christian and Lissa sat in front of us and so did Eddie. Alberta was driving and Stan sat beside her. I wondered where the other guardian was, we were supposed to be taking four. Dimitri, Alberta and Stan only made three though.

I sighed and leaned my head on Dimitri's shoulder. We were still missing Adrian, Tasha and one other guardian. Knowing Adrian there was always a possibility that we was lying passed out in a gutter somewhere, but I liked to think that he cared enough about me to at least be sober and somewhat coherent for my birthday.

Suddenly my mother entered the van. I tensed as she sat beside me. It wasn't like she'd had too, there were still plenty of other seats available. I'd had no idea that she'd be the other guardian and I felt somewhat uneasy. She smiled at me and held out her arms for a hug. I just gaped at her in astonishment until Dimitri nudged me. I could tell he wasn't happy either, but he didn't want to aggravate her again.

"Happy birthday Rose," she whispered to me as she awkwardly wrapped her arms around me. I had my hands firmly on my stomach. I definitely wasn't taking any chances with her again. She just leaned back and smiled at me though before returning her eyes to the front of the van.

Dimitri pulled me closer to him and I fell asleep embraced in his warmth...

"Roza...wake up." whispered Dimitri's soft velvety voice into my ear.

"No." I grumbled. By now he ought to have known I didn't like waking up. He just laughed though.

"Well you could stay here I suppose, but you would just miss the mall and the presents. Not to mention the special surprise I have for you tonight."

Well that got me up in a flash. I sat up so quickly that I banged my head on the roof of the van. "Ow" I said mildly. This was probably a sign that I should go back to sleep, but whatever.

"Come on," said Dimitri, kissing me softly on the top of my head where I'd hit it. "The others are waiting."

We slid out of the van and Dimitri took my hand in his. I was so happy that we could actually be a proper couple for once. Everyone here knew about our relationship, except for Stan, who kept shooting us suspicious looks, but whatever, he didn't matter anyways.

We enterd the mall and I realized that for once, "I don't know what to buy."

Dimitri lookd at me as though he was questioning weather I'd hit my head hard enough on the roof to give me a concussion. I probably had, but that wasn't the point. I was dead serious.

"Honestly. I can't shop for normal clothes, because they won't fit me anyways, not for long at least. And I don't want to shop for...m-maternity clothes." My voice shook and Dimitri, probably sensing an overly-hormonal breakdown in the works, pulled me into his arms.

"Well we'll have to find you a dress for graduation," she reasoned. "I need one too. and the boys will need tuxes," she said, gesturing at Christian and Eddie. Eddie just looked mildly uncomfortable, but Christian looked seriously worried. I had to laugh at his expression.

"Okay!" I responded to Lissa eagerly, my good humour from earlier on in the day returning. Damn pregnancy mood swings.

We entered dress store after dress store, but nothing seemed to catch my eye. Lissa found her perfect dress in the fifth store, lucky her. It was a purple, halter style dress with sequins and other shiny things around the collar. It flowed out into a lovely chiffon skirt that came to just above her ankles. Of course, I was a lot pickier than her.

I was about to consider quiting the hopeless quest to find me the perfect dress when Lissa pointed enthousiasticly at another dress store down the hall. Sighing, I followed her lead.

"This is officially the last store we're looking in!" I called out. It was getting ridiculous now. Even the boys had managed to find tuxes by now. And I was hungry despite the fact we'd eaten a snack at the cafeteria less than an hour ago.

Then I saw it. The dress I fell in love with. It was black and strapless, obviously and flowed in a way that would hide the small baby bump I'd aquired so far without making it look like I was actually trying to hide something. Although there was a bow on it, which wasn't normally my style, it seemed right somehow on that dress.

Dimitri came up brhind me as I was looking at it. "Is that the one?" he asked softly.

"Definitely." He took me into his arms and kissed me tenderly. So maybe the day wasn't a complete waste of time...

Okay, that's all for now. Sorry It's so short! I'm trying to focus more on my other story, "When He Returns, because it's getting more reviews and I kind of like it better." :/

I'll try to post again as soon as I can, but like I said, I'm pretty busy in the fall and the winter.

Thanks for reading, PLEASE REVIEW!

~Kayla