A/N: There is lots of swearing, violence and time skips in this chapter. Just thought I'd warn you. ^_^

Chapter 14

Rose POV

I woke up to find Adam snuggling next to me. I had a feeling that he was only wearing boxers; due to the fact I could feel his skin touching me everywhere.

Adam stirred behind me; I quickly pretended to be asleep. He started drawing patterns along my arm. "Rose." He whispered into my ear, he was obviously trying to wake me up. I 'decided' to wake up slowly. "Rose, will you pretty please make me breakfast." Bastard. He woke me up just for this? Well I had already been awake, but still. I sighed, getting out of bed, putting on the red, silk dressing gown which matched my night dress.

I pulled out some bacon and eggs, frying them. Adam came downstairs in just jeans and wet hair, I would honestly say that he looked hot, but it didn't change any of my feelings towards him.

After the tour around the house, Adam left to deal with some things at 'work'.

I cleaned the house and then found a reasonable book to read in the library. I had nothing else to do.

OOO

I had been here for about a month now, the same routine day in and day out. Adam would wake me up, I would make him breakfast. He would go to 'work', and I would do the household chores. I would then find a suitable book to read, before making dinner. I would then socialise with Adam, whether it was watching TV or going to parties, I never liked it. We would then go to bed before starting it all over again the next morning.

There had been a difference in the last couple of days though. Adam hadn't noticed it yet because it happened in the afternoons. I was being physically sick. There were a few other symptoms as well, which gave me the nagging feeling that I was pregnant.

I hadn't had sex with Adam yet, I refused every time. I knew he would force me sooner or later though. But this only left one possible person who could be the father, Dimitri.

I had to do some shopping yesterday, and I had picked up a pregnancy test, unknown to Adam.

I was in the bathroom now, waiting for the test to confirm or destroy my worries.

The three minutes were up. I took a peak at the stick, hoping it was negative. While I didn't mind being pregnant with Dimitri's child, I knew that if Adam found out that I was, me and the baby would be in so much trouble.

There was a little plus sign on the screen. Shit! Fuck! Shit!

"I'm home." Adam shouted from downstairs. He was home early. Double fuck!

"I'll be down in a moment." I called down to him. Shit! I had to hide the test now!

He knocked on the bathroom door. "Are you alright in there?" I opened the door and stepped out with cleaning gloves on my hands.

"I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"I just thought there might have been something wrong." Shit! I'd forgotten how perceptive he was. Shit! "I bought you a present." He was holding a dress in a clear bag.

"Oh, it's so beautiful." I said faking enthusiasm in my voice.

"I thought you would like it. Would you wear it tonight for a party we have been invited to?" I nodded. "Good. Now I have the rest of the day off. What would you like to do?" he surprised me with that question. "We could go watch a movie and then do some shopping if you like?"

"That sounds nice." Not. All I wanted to do right now was to cry for the safety of my unborn child. I would have to escape before he found out. The sooner the better.

OOO

It had been a month since I had found out that I was pregnant. I was starting to show a little. I knew that I needed to get out soon. I was already two months along now.

We were at another party tonight. I was hoping that it would provide a distraction for me to escape.

"Adam." He looked over at me and motioned for me to carry on. "I'm feeling a little tired, may I go back to the house?" Of course I was only putting on an act.

"Are you sure you can't last nay longer?" I shook my head. "Alright. I'll get Jimmy to take you home now. I should be back in about an hour or two." I nodded, hoping he would be longer.

OOO

The car went back to the party. I sped upstairs to get changed.

I found one of my bigger bags to stuff a few clothes and my few precious belongings into, as well as some money I had saved just for this time, my escape.

"Where are you going?" I stopped. How did he know? "I suspected you would pull something like this sooner or later. I know that you're pregnant." What! How could he know? "I've known for some time now. And I know that it's his." Shit! Shit! Shit! I couldn't think of anything to say. I needed to get out now, but Adam blocked my main exit. The window seemed like my best option right now. I jumped.

I didn't know whether the baby would be hurt by this escape, but now wasn't the time to check or to think about that. Safety must come first.

I ran, fighting anyone who got in my path. Once the road was clear in front of me, I ran at full pelt.

Within five minutes I was in the centre of town, Adam didn't live too far away from there.

I heard a car behind me and ran faster, I saw a club up ahead and I knew that I had to at least reach the outside of it.

Just as I reached it, there was a bang. Pain in my shoulder. The ground rushing up at me. People screaming. Nothingness.

OOO

Dimitri POV

It had been two months since Rose had gone away. No the story had been that she had died. Why couldn't I believe that?

Because I knew she wasn't dead. I knew that she was still alive somewhere, at least I hoped she was.

Just before she left, I had given her the necklace I'd planned on slipping into her locked before the strigoi had attacked us. That way hopefully she would know that I would always love her and that I would be here, waiting for her to come back.

I was at home at the moment; it was the only time I ever let myself think about her. I f I thought about her at work, I would most surely blurt out the secret about how she wasn't dead.

There was a knock on my door. Lissa was on the other side, when I opened it. "Um, would you like to come in?" I should be polite to her.

"Sorry for not coming sooner, but I was grieving, as I am sure you were too."

"What's this you're talking about?" It seemed like she knew about a lot of secrets of all sorts.

"I know that you two had gotten together, just before . . ." She laughed at the surprised expression on my face. "There wasn't much me and rose kept from each other. We were just so tuned into each other that we were likely to guess things anyway."

"Oh, I guess it's alright then." I felt even guiltier for lying to her now. "Would you like something to eat or drink?"

"A cup of tea would be nice. Thanks." We were both silent as I made a tea for her and a coffee for me.

We sat down at the dinner table with our hot drinks and I just felt like I couldn't keep it in anymore.

"Rose isn't dead." There was a look of surprise on her face. "She told me to tell everyone that she was. She's with the strange man everyone knows she went to see. I remember that he looked vaguely familiar to me. I think she did it to protect everyone from harm." I finished explaining everything I knew about the situation.

"Do you know the man's name?" Maybe Lissa would know more about this than me.

"I didn't find out his name personally, but there are rumours from those who were in the last cars. Rumours which say she called him Adam." The look of pure shock and fear on her face confused me. "Does that name mean something to you?"

"Adam. I'm surprised you don't remember." I was still confused and she could see it, so she carried on. "You know the incident with the clingy, obsessed ex-boyfriend." I nodded. "That was Adam." Suddenly everything clicked into place.

"He was released from prison over half a year ago . . . and only a few months later the strigoi group popped up . . ." this realisation hit us both hard.

"What do you think we should do? Should we respect her wishes or attempt to rescue her?" Lissa asked, trying to bring her job into her personal life.

"I don't really know. It seems that love makes you do weird and stupid things, don't you think?"

"Yeah, it really does. You two should have gotten together earlier. Did you know that me and Christian are together? Have been for a while now." What? They had managed to stay together under the radar that much and for a long time. "Rose knew, I mean knows, won't get used to that. She's the only person, besides you now." Wow, maybe we could take tips off them . . . If rose ever came back that is.

The phone rang. "Sorry I'll have to get that." She nodded in acknowledgement as I picked it up. "Hello?"

"Dimitri, I know that you're not on duty tonight, but could you come in for a little bit? Something urgent has come up."

"Um, sure Alberta. I'll be there as soon as I can be." She hung up. Something was wrong, very wrong. I could tell. "That was work. They want me to go in for some reason."

"Oh, okay. I'll take you down there; I was going to pop in quickly after I came to see you anyway." I nodded and we then made our way into work.

A/N: I probably won't be able to update for a while now. I have very important exams in January and until those are over I will be focusing on them. I might have one update between now and then but don't be on the lookout for it.