Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, but I've sorta been a little stuck for inspiration. No worries, though, because I've updated now and I'll try and post a new chapter soon, but probably not for a while because the school holidays are finished and I have to go back to school :( But I promise I'll post a new chapter every weekend, maybe even two. Just not this coming weekend because I'm moving, so I have to pack, then move, then unpack again, and get the internet set up and blah. I'll update ASAP after I've moved :) Thanks for reading and enjoy the chapter! And don't forget to check out my new story, I Never! Oh yeah and did I mention review? Review review review! :)

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The next couple of days fly by. I have so much homework I can hardly keep up, but Dimitri helps me and afterward we get a little alone time, so I can't complain. All of my stupid pregnancy hormones are making me super emotional and I burst into tears at the slightest thing. It's really annoying, and totally tiring.

After dinner on Monday night, Dimitri and I head up to my room, wanting to fit in a little more alone time. Before we even get in the door, our lips smash together and Dimitri hoists me up and I wrap my legs around his nice. But before we can get any further, a loud cough makes us both freeze.

Dimitri slowly puts me down and I straighten my shirt. Then I turn around and there, sitting on my bed with an annoyed look on her face, is my mother.

Janine looks the same as the last time I saw her. She's wearing the usual black and white guardian attire, and her short red hair is pulled back from her face and exposing the tattoos on the back of her neck. I instantly want to crawl under a rock and hide there forever, because this is not the way I wanted to tell my legendary mother that I'm having a baby with a guy seven years my senior, a guy that also happen to be my mentor and that is technically illegal for me to be with.

Dimitri is standing up straight behind me, and I can tell that he is hating this situation as much as I am. I don't do confessions and Dimitri doesn't do confrontations.

We all just stand there awkwardly for what feels like hours but is probably, like, 30 seconds. So to break the silence I say, "Hey, Mum. This is a surprise."

She scowls and glares at both of us. Neither of us say anything. Eventually she spits out, "Yes, I heard that my daughter is having a kid with someone she never should have slept with in the first place, someone that she shouldn't be able to even conceive with in the first place, so I figured I better come and check it out, see if it's true or not."

I have no idea what to say to this, but Dimitri speaks for me. "We were planning on telling you, we really were, we just hadn't got around to it yet, is all."

Janine scoffs. "I'm sure you were. Someday when your child is all grown up and you two are happily married, never bothering to mention to your own mother, Rose, that you slept with your mentor and that my some weird accident you got pregnant and had a kid together."

This brings me out of my speechless haze. "I swear, we were going to tell you! We were actually talking about it at dinner before and I wasn't sure when but we were going to try and make arrangements so that we could meet up sometime and tell you the news! And our baby is not a weird accident, it is a miracle!"

I can't believe she called our baby, our miracle, a 'weird accident'! She doesn't know anything about anything between Dimitri and I! Or about our baby!

She looks at us both, long and hard, and I have the urge to crawl into a ball at her feet and beg her to just accept mine and Dimitri's relationship and our baby.

Finally she sighs and says, "I am not saying I approve of your relationship, or of your child, but I can see how excited and happy you both are about this baby, and how much you love each other. Believe it or not, I was in love with your father, Rose, when we had you. I know what it looks like. I'm not saying that it's all okay, either, because I would have hoped you told me sooner, so that I didn't have to find out from some gossiping royals, but I'm willing to accept what has happened. And I am a teensy bit excited that I'm going to be a grandmother! I just didn't expect it to be so soon, is all."

Wow, I was not expecting that. I'm still sort of stuck at the whole I-was-in-love-once-too thing, but I still manage to hear the last part about she's excited to be a grandma. My mother, Janine Hathaway, is excited about being a grandma. Who would have thought?

My mouth opens and closes for a while but nothing comes out, so eventually Dimitri says, "Thanks you. You have no idea how much that means to us. To both of us." He smiles down at me, and I grin back.

And then I do something totally out of character for me. I move forward and pull my mum into a big hug. She doesn't react at first but then she relaxes and hugs me back. I pull back slightly and say, "Yeah, Mum, it does. I'm glad you're excited, too."

"Well, don't get too excited, because you have along road ahead of you. Both of you," she adds, smiling at Dimitri. I walk back into his arms and he hugs me tightly. "Well, I better get going, but I'll catch up with you two tomorrow at breakfast, okay?"

"Yeah, see you then," I smile at her and she walks out the door, closing it behind her.

Dimitri lets out a breath I don't think he realised he was holding.

"Well, that was fun, right? Great way to kill the romantic mood," he jokes.

"Totally," I reply and pull him into a long kiss.

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I was so hoping this chapter would be longer for you guys, but I guess a conversation can only be so long when you're sort of on a time budget :) Hope you liked it and sorry it's so short, but please review and I'll try and update ASAP, but I can't promise anything. Also check out my other story I Never and lemme know what you think! Thanks and please review with ideas and any feedback you have! :)