"Adrian, I'm pregnant." I open my eyes slightly to see what Adrian's face looks like. His mouth is slightly open and his eyes are wide. I quickly shut my eyes tight again not wanting to see anymore. I can already tell he's shocked.
Adrian doesn't say anything for a minute, but then he does the same thing I did with the nurse. "You're pregnant?"
I nod my head up and down, and I can feel the tears forming behind my closed eyelids. "With twins." I don't even bother to open my eyes. I'm too afraid of what I'll see.
Suddenly there's a hands on my cheeks and thumbs rubbing over my eyelids. "Open your eyes Little Dhampir." I don't say anything I just shake my head keeping my eyes closed tight. "Please," Adrian says voice soft. Slowly I open one eye looking at Adrian's face and my other eye opens once I see there's a small smile on his face and pure joy in his eyes. "We're having twins?" Adrian asks once my eyes are open and I'm looking at him.
A tear falls from my eye and Adrian wipes it away. "That what the nurse tells me."
Suddenly my face is being gently pulled and soon my lips are on Adrian's. I can feel the tears that were building in my eyes cascade down my face in joy because now I know Adrian isn't gonna leave me to raise two kids on my own.
We spend the rest of the morning talking about the babies. We fall silent though when the door opens. We're waiting to tell everyone until we get back to California so anytime the door opens it could be any of our friends. This time when the door opens it's Lissa and Christian.
"Hey!" Lissa says as they walk into the room. She comes over to my bed and gives me a hug. "I would have come earlier but I knew Adrian needed you more than I did." She smiles at both of us.
I smile back at her. "You could have come when ever. I talked to Dimitri a little this morning."
Lissa just shrugs her shoulders. "I know but that was because I was with him when you told me to make sure Adrian got some blood. He knew Adrian wasn't in here. Why else do you think he hasn't come back yet?"
"Oh, that never occurred to me. How's he doing?" Adrian shifts uncomfortably in the chair by the bed. I send him a look that says "what the hell" before turning back to Lissa.
"He's better now that you're up. When he found out you hadn't woken up right after him, he got a little freaked out for some reason. Anyways, now he's better. He's gained back most of his strength. Sydney's doing great too. She's ecstatic that he's okay. She hasn't really left his side unless it's to shower or sleep. Occasionally she'll go and get them both food but for the most part she's always with him. But it's weird you know, it's like Dimitri knew how to bring you back." Lissa fixes me with a confused look.
I'm sure I'm making an awkward face right now as I look at Lissa, Christian and Adrian. "About that," I drag out. When I say that all three sets of eyes eye me wondering what's up. "He did know how to bring me back."
All three sets of eyes widen. "How?" Lissa's the one that asks.
"I guess I have to tell you the whole story." They all nod their heads giving me a "duh" look, so I take a deep breath and launch into the story of the In-between. "After I killed Tasha," Christian visibly paled at the mention of this, "I passed out and was pulled into the In-between. Turns out I was bad but not as bad as Dimitri." When they gave me confused looks I explained. "Dimitri was hurt worse than I was. I mean I was bad but Dimitri was worse. Rhea found me in the room and took me to their old house. The one Liss lived in before they died. Dimitri was there. God, it was awful. I've never seen him so scared in his life." I start thinking about the way Dimitri looked when I saw him when suddenly there was a hand grasping mine. That snapped me back to now. Shaking my head I went on with the story. "I was sent to the In-between to help Dimitri get back. I didn't know how at first but soon enough I figured out what had to be done. Somehow Adrian could feel and hear me even though that's not supposed to be possible."
Adrian's eyes widen. "I wasn't going crazy." I smile at him shaking my head. I squeeze his hand and go on with the story.
"I got Adrian to go to Dimitri's room, and heal him. While Adrian was doing that Dimitri was focusing all of his energy on coming back to the things he loved. Eventually it worked and he came back. He was probably scared when he realized I didn't come back because before he left I told him I was right behind him."
This time it's Christian who speaks. "What took you so long to come back?"
I shift my eyes to Christian. "I had to take care of something."
"What did you have to take care of?" Adrian asked.
I move my eyes from Christian to Adrian. I look at his eyes and I can still see the joy from earlier in them but they now have a slight fearfulness in them. "I had to talk to Andre." Adrian takes a deep breath and lets it out as I continue this time to explain why. "I felt bad for the way things ended the last time I saw him and I got scared that I wouldn't be able to see him again once I wake up. I didn't want to leave things the way they were between us. I only went to him to fix things." I wasn't looking at Lissa or Christian. I was staring, pleading to Adrian. "I love you Adrian and nothing will change that."
The uncomfortable look on Adrian's face turned into a content one. He was smiling slightly and the joy was still in his eyes. "I love you too Little Dhampir."
A smile spreads across my face and I shift my gaze towards Lissa's. "So when can I get out of this prison?"
Everyone chuckles. "Probably two days. That'll give you enough time to gain some energy back on your own but as soon as you're out we're heading back to Cali. There is no way I'm staying here as long as we stayed at the last academy we were at."
Just then the door to my room opens again and in walks two more people. "Rose, it's so good to see you up and moving again!"
I look between Lissa and Christian to see who was at the door even though I could already tell by the voice. "Mikhail!" Mikhail comes over and gives me a hug.
"I told you not to get into this fight Rose," Hans jokes from behind Mikhail.
"What was she supposed to do? Let me die?" We all look at the door way at the sound of Dimitri's voice. Standing there is Him and Sydney.
"Hey Rose, I'm glad you're finally up," Sydney says from beside Dimitri.
"Whoo! Let's throw a party in my room while I'm cooped up in a bed and can't drink!" Note the sarcasm in the last part of that sentence. Adrian shoots a glare at me and everyone else stares at me like I've lost my mind. Just then it dawns on me what I said. "The nurses told me I shouldn't drink for a while. Something about my body not being strong enough for it yet or something like that," I stammer out trying to fix my mistake.
"Huh, like that'll stop her," someone jokes under their breath.
All of us talk about random stuff for the next hour until a nurse comes in. "Rose we're going to need to do an ultra sound sometime before you leave."
Suddenly every eye in the room is staring at me. My eyes are shooting daggers at the nurse. Then I try to show as much confusion as everyone else in the room but I'm not sure I'm doing a very good job at it. "An ultra sound for what?"
The nurse must catch on because she looks at the papers on her clipboard before looking back up at me. "We just need to make sure there is nothing wrong with anything in your stomach. That's all."
"Oh okay, when would you like to do the ultra sound?" All the eyes in the room aren't staring at me anymore so everyone must have bought it.
The nurse smiles sweetly at me. "Whenever is fine. Once you have that done you are free to go."
I smile at the nurse. "Thank you." With that says the nurse walks out of the room.
It's silent for a while and my mind turns to thoughts of the babies, my babies. Mine and Adrian's babies. I'm going to be a mom.
Suddenly my thoughts are interrupted by Lissa. "Well Rose, I guess the sooner you get you're ultra sound the sooner you can get out of here. Want me to go tell the nurse you're ready to have it?"
"Sure." With that said everyone gets up and heads for the door after giving me a hug.
Lissa stops at the doorway being the last one to leave my room besides Adrian. "Adrian are you coming?"
Adrian looks at me then back at Lissa. "Actually if it's alright with the nurses I think I'm gonna stay with Rose."
"Alright, see you two later." Lissa waves and then closes the door behind her.
I look away from the door and up at Adrian. "That was close."
Adrian's face turns to mine and he nods his head once. "Too close." We both start laughing and fall into a comfortable talk about the babies again.
"Everything looks good. It's a miracle with everything that's happened to you." The nurse says as she finishes up with the ultra sound. "Usually after everything you been through while carrying these two babies either one baby would be dead, both would be dead, or either of them could have serious problems even for being Dhampirs. You two got lucky. Your babies must have guardian angles already." My babies could have died. I could have lost them both. Oh god, what would have happened if they did? It's my fault that they could have died. No, not my fault, my job's fault.
A memory from when I was in the In-between comes back to me. Remember you're your own person. Do what you think is best for you. What's best for me? What is best for me exactly? No, it's not what's best for me. Rhea meant do what I think is best for my family; she just couldn't say it because I didn't know I even had a family yet. And what's best for my family is me retiring. Staying a guardian puts not just my life in danger it puts my babies lives in danger. Hell with the way Adrian was acting while I was gone it puts his life in danger.
I'm snapped back into reality when Adrian's hand closes around mine. "How far along is she?" Adrian asks from beside me.
"About two months." Two months. That means I was drinking while I was pregnant. I was practically killed while I was pregnant. Geez, the nurse was right! It is a miracle my babies are still alive.
"Rose are you okay?" Adrian says giving me a concerned look.
I look back at the nurse. "Can we finish up? I need to talk to Adrian alone."
The nurse smiles and nods. "Of course, we're actually already finished. I'll be getting out of your way in just a few minutes."
She wasn't lying. She was out of my room in less than two minutes. As soon as the door clicked behind her Adrian started asking questions. "What's wrong? Don't you want the babies anymore? Are you okay? Do you need some rest?"
I shake my head at everything he says. I lay my hand on his cheek. "Adrian I'm fine. I just need to ask you something." I drop my hand from is cheek and lay it in my lap.
A scared look crosses Adrian's face. "What is it?"
"Would you be mad if I told you I didn't want to be a guardian anymore?"
Adrian cocks his head sideways. "Of course not, but why all of a sudden don't you want to be a guardian. It's what you've always wanted."
I take Adrian's hand into mine. "I know but thinking about the danger it's put everyone I love in I don't want to be one anymore. You almost starved yourself and I almost killed out babies. I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing I'm the reason you guys died."
Adrian covers my hand that's holding his with his free hand. "Rose you can do whatever you want. It's your decision what you do with your life."
I take a deep breath to ask him something else. "Okay, here's another question then." He raises an eyebrow in questioning. "Would you be mad if I said I didn't want our kids being guardians unless they want to be?"
"What do you mean?"
I sigh not knowing exactly what I want. "I mean, I don't want my kids going through what I went through. I don't want them in that kind of danger. Would you be mad if I told you I wanted to live in California and send our kids to a private school, a human school?"
A/N: So, what did you think? What's Adrian gonna think about Rose's plan with their kids? Hmmm, I wonder. Anyways, let me know what you thought along with any suggestions or comments! Love you guys! Don't forget to review!
Remember to let me know what you think about a sequel also. 110 reviews and I'll put up a sneak peek in an a/n. I know I said the summary but I'm not sure what the summary is going to be yet, but I do have part of the story written already.
