Chapter Elven: Labor Scare
Adrian's POV
I sauntered into my great Aunt's office. She was doing some kind of paperwork so I just plopped down in a chair in front of her desk and lounged.
"Can I help you Adrian?" she asked without looking up. I smirked and decided to have some fun with this.
"I heard about you taking Aria." I said acting as if it was no big deal, which it wasn't not after I tell her what will happen if she even tries it.
She looked up. "Who?" I rolled my emerald eyes and sat up straight. "Aria, Rose's baby. Aria is her name!"
She shrugged. "I didn't realize the Hathaway girl already named it."
I huffed. "Anyway you aren't taking Rose's baby." She leaned back and shook her head. "Now Adrian I know you have some sort of fascination with this girl but she is a Guardian and needs her head in her job not at home with a screaming infant. If she wants to keep her child she can quit and go live in one of those bloodwhore communes."
I smiled. "Oh she won't be living in a commune. If you insist on taking Aria then Rose will quit and I fully intend to marry her and provide for her and Aria."
By this point my aunt had taken a drink of coffee and as soon as I made my threat her eyes bulged and she spite her coffee all over the papers she was working over.
She looked at me like I was insane, which if you think about it what with spirit and all, I was kind of insane. I continued to smile at her as if I hadn't just said I was going to completely ruin my family name and marry a dhampir that was pregnant with another man's child.
I really would marry Rose if I thought she'd actually agree but her heart belong to Belikov just like that baby that was growing inside Rose.
"Adrian you said that that baby wasn't yours." My aunt said as I saw her begin to gather herself.
"It's not." I said as I lit a cigarette and began to smoke it. "But that baby means a lot to Rose and I don't care what I have to do she's going to raise her baby. Now you can keep her as a guardian and allow her to raise her baby and send it to the Academy when she's old enough or you can gain a dhampir for your great niece in law and another dhampir for a great, great niece. What do you say Aunty?"
She had her face in her hands as she took deep breathes. I knew for some reason she despised Rose but this was ridiculous.
"You'll really do it won't you Adrian?" she asked me. I nodded. Oh I would. I wouldn't do anything with her if she didn't want me to but I would legally marry her if it would make Rose's and Aria's lives easier.
"Fine. She can keep the child. But if this interferes with her duties I'll have her stake."
I smiled and jumped up.
"Thanks Aunty trust me Rose will be able out work just fine. Me and the others will pitch in to help her then there's the daycare center when Aria is old enough."
She sighed. "Fine just go."
I happily walked out of the office and once I was out of the building I saw Abe.
He looked angry and ready to kill, good thing I had good news.
"Rose can keep Aria and her job. I just had to threaten that if she made Rose quit I might have to marry her. HA!"
"Oh really?" Abe said and suddenly I was very scared maybe I shouldn't maybe mention the bit about marriage.
"Ivashkov if you marry Rose I'll make your life a living hell." I nodded and gulped. Then the mobster hugged me.
"Thank you." Then he walked away probably going to tell Rose the good news. And me? Well I went to the nearest bar. I needed a scotch.
Rose's POV
I was home alone again. Abe had just come by to tell me that Adrian had talked to the queen and whatever he had told her must have been enough to get her to back off. I was sitting on my couch and absently rubbing soothing circles on my belly as I looked at the picture of Dimitri and me. I really wished I'd had taken his picture more often.
I hummed quietly and suddenly I felt a swift kick under my hand. I laughed softly and looked lovingly down at me belly.
"You like to hear mommy's voice baby?" I asked and received a kick in answer. I couldn't stop smiling as I softly sang the words to keep you safe by J.J. Heller
"Quiet your heart
It's just a dream
Go back to sleep
I'll be right here
I'll stay awake as long as you need me
To slay all the dragons
And keep out the monsters
I'm watching over you
My love is a light
Driving away all of your fear
So don't be afraid
Remember I made a promise to keep you safe
You'll have your own battles to fight
When you are older
You'll find yourself frozen inside
But always remember
If you feel alone
Facing the giants
And you don't know
What to do
My love is a light
Driving away all of your fear
So don't be afraid
Remember I made a promise to keep you safe"
As the song came to an end Aria settled down and I imagined her sucking her thumb and falling asleep.
I couldn't wait to hold her and I couldn't wait for December.
The doctor said my due date would be around December 24th so she was going to be a Christmas baby.
I went back to looking through my old pictures when suddenly I felt this real intense pain in my abdomen. It hurt a lot. I dialed my mom's number I didn't know what was going on but I wasn't taking any chances not with my baby.
"Hello?" my mom answered.
"Mom something's going on. I don't know why but stomach hurts really bad." Just then another sharp pain shot through me and I gasped in pain.
"Hang on Rose I'll be there as soon as I can." Then she hung up and I sat back and tried to take deep calming breathes and I prayed that nothing was wrong with my baby.
Mom got there in record time and helped me up and took me to the clinic.
We didn't have to wait long to see Dr. Grey she had me in a room in no time and she took my vitals.
"Ok Rose," she said as she fluttered around the room and got things together. "It looks like you're having contractions."
I held my belly and winced when another pain shot through me. I was scared. I could have Aria now! I was only thirty weeks.
"W-what do we do?" I asked as tears began to run down my cheeks. It was too soon!
"Your water hasn't broken yet and you're not dilated so we can give you a medication that stops the contractions." I nodded my head. I'd do anything take anything to keep Aria safe.
Dr. Grey gave me the meds then told me that she was keeping me overnight to make sure I didn't go into labor again.
Before mom left Dr. Grey came into talk to me. When I told her about everything that's been going on from Tasha to the Queen and, at mom's instants, Dimitri she told me that my premature labor scare had most likely been due to stress and because of that I was confined to bed rest which sucked.
"There is a good chance Aria will be born a little earlier but if you once you hit the thirty-six, thirty-seventh week mark you should be fine."
I nodded my head and laid my head down. She would be ok. My baby would be ok. That's all that mattered.
Hey Everyone! This story is almost over then I'll start on the sequel to For Her. Which should be a lot longer lol. I have recently gotten a job as a Teacher's Assistant for a pre-k special needs class and I wont be able to write as mush as I have been but I will write the story. Updates will just take longer then normal. Thanks for reading! Please review.
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