OKAY SO HERE IS ANOTHER CHAPTER FOR YOU! IT MIGHT NOT BE TOO LONG BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE IN ABOUT AN HOUR SO I WILL WRITE MORE THIS AFTERNOON WHEN I GET BACK…..I DO NOT OWN VA OR ITS CHARACTERS ITS ALL RICHELLE MEAD!

Chapter 24

ROSE POV

I woke up and realized I was in a hospital bed. My head was throbbing. I was trying to remember what happened. It all came back like a movie reel. Lissa, Tasha, Christian and my head hitting the tile. I ran my hands on the back of my hand it was tender and bandaged. There is an IV in my hand and other bags hanging around me. I am alone in my room. I press the nurse button and wait for someone to walk in.

"Ms. Hathaway? You are awake!" A nurse says.

"Can I please go now?" I ask aggravated. "I need to check on Lissa."

"Rose you can't leave yet. I am sorry. I need to get your doctor. She can explain things better. I will be right back." She said walking out.

What the hell is going on? I cracked my head on the tile. I don't need a doctor to tell me I probably have a damn concussion. I try to get into Lissa's head but I can't. A few minutes passed, and I really contemplated just pulling the IV out my arm when the doctor walked in.

"Rose. I am Dr. Conner. You took a nasty fall and have a concussion." She said.

I knew it.

"Okay. Well I will stay awake for twenty four hours. Can I please go now?"

"Rose, there is something else."

"What something else? Come on Doc spit it out. I have places to get to."

I know I was being disrespectful but I don't want to be here right now.

"Rose you are pregnant."

My mouth fell open.

"It's impossible. I cannot be pregnant." I said.

"Rose, I know you are probably shocked, and a lot of people think they took the proper precautions and it's impossible, but I performed an ultrasound on you. You are indeed pregnant, and I would say you are about two months along."

Emotions flooded through my body. Oh My God! Everything started to click together. The weakness, the dizziness, the sickness, the weird food cravings, it all makes sense. I realized everything that I had been doing lately the fighting and the drinking. How could I have not known? How stupid was I? I realized then it wasn't just stupidity it was impossibility. It was supposed to be impossible for Dimitri and me to have a child. Dimitri? Would he be happy? I know he wanted a child, but did he want one right now?

"Rose, I can tell you have a lot to think about. We had to give you some fluids. We ran tests on you and the baby. You are both fine. You were very dehydrated which probably resulted in you passing out. I need you to take better care of yourself for you and your child. I will have the nurse work up your discharge papers. I will give you a prescription for prenatal vitamins, and you need to follow up with a gynecologist. I can refer some to you if you would like." She said.

I was taking everything in.

"Thank you." I said and she walked out.

Pregnant? Pregnant? My mom is going to kill me! Abe might kill Dimitri! Where is Dimitri anyway? I need to get out of here and get to Lissa. The nurse came in and undid my IV. I changed into my clothes in the bathroom. I heard a voice calling my name.

"Rose? Rose? Are you in here?"

I walked out the room.
"Mia? Where is everyone? How is Lissa?" I ask becoming frantic.

"Rose, Lissa is fine. Andre' is a little small, but he seems to be doing fine. They want to keep him an extra day, but for two months early that is a miracle. They don't see anything wrong with him, but they are just taking precautions. Everyone is with Lissa. Dimitri was with you, but they kicked him out earlier and wouldn't let anyone back in. I just happened to walk by and asked the nurse how you were. She said I could go in."

"Lissa and the baby are fine? Really?" Relief was said in every word.

"Yes they are fine. How are you feeling?" she asked.

Confused, scared, excited, shocked that's how I was feeling. Unable to control myself I started crying.

"Rose? What's wrong? Is it serious? You can tell me. I'm here. Please don't cry."

She was consoling me. I mumbled into her chest as she hugged me.

"I am pregnant." I said.

"Rose I can't understand you."

I sat up and looked at her.

"I'm pregnant." I said again.

"What? Are you serious? How?" she was clearly taken aback but smiling.

"I am not sure. I guess it's because I am shadow kissed." I said.

"Rose, that is great! You are going to be a mom." She said.

"Can you please not tell anyone until I tell Dimitri? Not even Eddie. Promise?" I asked.

"I promise! When are you going to tell him?" she asked me.

"I am going to tell him tonight at the rehearsal if the wedding is still on for tomorrow." I said.

"Can you take me to see Lissa?" I asked her.

"Yeah let's go!" she said.

DIMITRI'S POV

I am growing restless. It is taking everything in my body to keep me out of Rose's room. I can't believe they kicked me out. I am her fiancé for God's sake. I need to know what's going on with her. Abe and Janine seem to be going through the same turmoil. I feel helpless; the only good thing is that Lissa and Andre' seem to be doing fine. Christian is in there with him, and the rest of us are still in the waiting room. I stand up and start pacing.

"Dimka, sit down. You are not helping by walking the floor." My grandma said to me.

"I know grandma. I just can't sit any longer. It's driving me crazy." I said.

"Who's driving you crazy?"

I looked up and saw my Roza standing in the doorway. I crossed the room quickly and picked her up and held her in my arms.

"Comrade, I am on doctor's orders to take it easy and rest." She said.

He didn't put me down. He sat down in a chair and put me on top of his lap. His arms never moved from around my waist.

"Rose, are you okay?" my mom asked.

"I have a concussion, I will be fine." I said.

Dimitri's hands were roaming my face and gently touching the back of my head.

"I am fine! It's going to take a lot more than a hard tile floor to take me out." I said trying to lighten his mood.

I tried to get up, but he wouldn't let me move.

"Dimitri, I need to see Lissa. I am fine!" I said

"Rose, you need to rest." He said.

"I will rest after I see Lissa I promise. I need to see her now." I said.

Dimitri got up to go ask a doctor if I could go see her in her room.
Adrian got up and sat next to me.

"Lil' Dhampir if you need some place quiet to rest. You can always stay with me." He said jokingly.

"I would love to." I knew he was just joking but he in for a surprise.

I had to laugh at his confusion.

"I was joking!" he said.

"I know Adrian, but I am not sleeping with Dimitri the night before we get married, and some peace and quiet is exactly what I need." I said.

"Okay Lil' Dhampir but you are going to be the one to tell Dimitri not me." He said.

"Scared?" I asked.
"Hell Yes!" he said.

I laughed.

Dimitri walked in the next minute with a wheel chair.

"Rose you can see Lissa now" he said.

"Comrade, are you serious? I do not need a freakin wheel chair." I said standing up.

"If you want to go see Lissa, you will have to sit in this chair." He said blocking the doorway.

"Rose, sit in the damn chair." My mother said.

"Fine, but I am going on the record that this is against my will." I said sitting down and crossing my arms.

"There is the Rose we all know and love." Eddie said.

I stuck my tongue and Dimitri started rolling me down the hall.

We reached the maternity ward, and Dimitri knocked and entered the room.

Christian was in the corner. He looked completely exhausted.

"Rose?" Lissa said looking up at me.

"Lissa!" I said and started crying.

Dimitri rolled me right next to her bed. Lissa was holding the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

"He is so small!" I said through tears.

"He is strong and a fighter just like his aunt." Lissa said.

"Hey!" Christian said.

"Like his daddy too!" Lissa smiled at him.

"Do you want to hold him?" she asked me.

I guess I better get used to holding babies.

"Sure." I said.

Lissa sat up and Dimitri took Andre' out of her arms and put them into mine. Dimitri seemed so comfortable. I on the other hand was not.

"It's okay Rose. Just make sure you are supporting his head like this." Dimitri said showing me what to do.

I smiled at him and then looked at Lissa.

"You're a mommy!" I said.

"Yep!" she said.

I just sat there staring at this gorgeous little miracle. He had Lissa's blond hair and Christian's blue eyes. He fell asleep in my arms.

I looked up at Lissa.

"I am sorry I didn't get to you sooner, maybe I could have stopped this from happening."

"Rose, do not apologize for things you couldn't control. I am fine, Andre is fine that is all that matters." She said.

"Lissa, do you want me to postpone the wedding? I want you all to be there!" I asked.

Dimitri seemed a little worried at my question, but he quickly regained his normal guardian façade.

"No, we will be there. Everything is going to go as planned. Tonight we will do the rehearsal and tomorrow morning they will discharge Andre and we will be ready to go for the wedding tomorrow night. We are not changing a thing. Clearly Andre' was meant to attend the event!" she smiled.

"Lissa are you sure?" I asked.

"Rose he is fine. Look at him. I would take him now if they would let me. I have pretty much healed myself and I know that is why he is as healthy as he is. He is going only going to improve. We will be ready. You will get married tomorrow!" she said.

"Well I am glad that is all cleared up! Can I please go back to sleep now?" Christian said.

He really did look exhausted.

"Yes, Christian go back to sleep. I am going to go home and take a shower and get ready for tonight. Lissa call me when they release you!" I said.

Dimitri took Andre out my arms and returned him to Lissa. He stayed in his sweet sleep the whole time never waking up from the movement. I looked up at Dimitri and couldn't help but think he is going to be a wonderful father.

"Come on Roza. Let's go!" he said wheeling me out the room again.

We stopped in the waiting room to let everyone know that we were leaving. Everyone decided to come back and see the baby after Christian and Lissa got some rest.

Dimitri had pulled up with the car and put me in the passenger seat.

We buckled up, and he looked over to me.

"Roza, I love you!" he said.

"I love you too!" I said back.

I decided now was the time.

"Dimitri, there is something I need to tell you, and I am not sure how you are going to react." I said truthfully.

He just stared at me, and I started telling him.

OKAY I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE MAD THAT ROSE IS PREGNANT, BUT I HAD THAT PLANNED FROM THE FIRST STORY I WROTE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE IT. SORRY! THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET VERY INTERESTING! ANYONE STILL WONDERING WHO THE MYSTERY GUY IS THAT WANTS ROSE? YOU WILL FIND OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE CHAPTERS…..SO PLEASE REVIEW. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! MORE TO COME LATER TODAY!