Rose's Point of View

When I came to again, the first thing I could think of was: I've got to stop waking up like this!

"Roza?" I heard the voice of an angel call out.

That's when it hit me; I hadn't died a fiery death in that burning SUV. I was alive and well and Dimitri was here with me!

Dimitri!

I had to tell him about the baby!

Without thinking I tried to sit up a little too quickly only to fall back down on the bed.

Wait, the bed? Where the hell was I anyway and seriously how long have I been out of it?

"Dimitri?" I croaked turning my head to look for him. I wouldn't be satisfied until I could see his face.

"I'm right here Milaya, just try to relax. The doctor should be in here any minute." He cooed.

Doctor huh? So I guess that means I'm in a hospital.

I wanted to bombard Dimitri with more questions but the moment my eyes made contact with his dark and earnest gave, all my previous thoughts just flew out the window. I was alive and Dimitri was here and our baby…

Our baby!

"Dimitri!" I cried, my hands automatically flying to my stomach. I had no idea what kind of damage my body had sustained in the accident.

"The baby is fine Roza, just breathe." He reassured me, a slow goofy grin spreading across his face.

Wait a minute did he just say the baby was fine?

"Adrian told me." He explained, obviously understanding the shocked confusion on my face.

Well that made a lot of sense, although I'd have to remember to ask him later just how those two came to work together.

I wanted to ask him how he was feeling about all this, but before I got the chance the doctor came in.

"Welcome back Rosemarie. It's good to see those eyes open." She smiled warmly.

I looked between her and Dimitri slightly panicked.

"How long was I out?"

It would really suck to be one of those people who spent years in a coma only to find the whole world had moved on without them.

"Don't worry Milaya, it was barely two days." Dimitri reassured me, taking his large hand and gently covering mine.

Okay two days wasn't that bad, but that didn't mean I was happy about it. A lot could happen in two days and the less foggy my mind became the more I needed some answers.

"Now I know you probably have about a million questions, but let me start by telling you, you're going to be just fine." She smiled confidently. I looked to Dimitri for confirmation and he gave me his own smile in return.

"And the baby?" I asked, turning my attention back to the doctor.

"The baby too." She grinned. "You've got quite the little fighter on your hands."

"Just like its mother." Dimitri chuckled softly. One look at his carefree and relaxed smile was all the reassurance I needed. Now we could move on with the rest of my inquisition.

After a few routine exams, the doctor gave me the all clear and the moment the door closed behind her, I started in with the questions.

"Tell me everything." I ordered. "And don't even think of leaving anything out."

Dimitri shook his head and laughed.

"One thing at a time Milaya." He chided me, abandoning the hard plastic hospital chair to come lay beside me. It didn't take a genius to figure out that he'd been waiting two days to hold me like this and he wasn't going to wait another second.

Despite my obvious impatience, I decided it wouldn't kill me to humor him. For me, I hadn't even noticed the time passing but poor Dimitri had been forced to watch me laying here unconscious for two days. He deserved a couple of minutes to enjoy this.

"Do you have any idea how scared I was?" he asked, pressing a soft kiss into my hair. I had to admit it felt nice being cocooned in her strong embrace; but not as nice as it would be to get some answers…

"I might have a better idea if you told me what happened…" I hinted. I felt Dimitri's chest rumble with laughter underneath me before he let out a heavy sigh.

"What do you want to know?" He asked and I smiled widely at my victory.

"Everything!"

Unbelievable.

Un-freaking-believable!

How could Tatianna do this to me?

I'd just spent the last 20 minutes listening to Dimitri explain how this whole horrid abduction came to be. I'd always known Tatianna was off her rocker, but conspiring with Strigoi? I just couldn't believe it!

Dimitri also explained the sequence of events that had transpired after he and Adrian pulled me from that burning car.

Apparently Victor and his minions had walked right into an ambush and although a few of the guardians had suffered some injury, they'd all managed to walk away in one piece. Christian even got the honor of setting fire to Victor himself.

I had to admit I was pretty jealous over that one. What I wouldn't give to have seen him go up in flames.

As for Tatianna's part in all this, that much as still a little tricky. Having Adrian discredit would go a long way to help but she was still the Queen an there wasn't much we could do without hard proof.

"So you're telling me that bitch is going to get away with this?" I shouted.

Where was the justice in that?

"That bitch is leader of the Moroi world Rose, and for the record, that's not what I'm saying at all." Dimitri countered. "It just means that were going to have to get creative."

Sometimes he was so reasonable it was nauseating…

"Roza, I know you are angry, but please just trust me when I say this, we are going to make things right. She won't get away with it."

I wanted to believe him but the world hadn't given me many reasons to. I mean it's pretty hard to keep a sense of humor about how the universe operates when you feel like the joke is always on you.

First my mother "dies" when I was a child, then I watch one of my best friends get his neck snapped while trying to help me escape a crazed kidnapper; After which my entire surrogate family suffers a horrible death only for me to get kidnapped again just a few years later.

I guess that's one of the remarkable things about life; it's never so bad that it can't get worse!

"That woman is pure evil Dimitri, so don't think for one second that I'm about to just let this go." I warned him.

I felt Dimitri let out a heavy sigh from beneath me.

"Just promise me something." He started. "When it comes to life and death matters, try to remember you're thinking for two now."

Speaking of which…

"You know, you never did get a chance to tell me how you are feeling about all this. I mean a baby is kind of a big deal…" I trailed off.

Dimitri and I had talked about starting a family before, but it had always been in the abstract. I still wasn't even sure how this happened!

"Well…I'd be lying if I said I was shocked." Dimitri admitted. "But once that part wore off I found out that I was actually pretty excited!" I tilted my head to look at him only to find he was wearing that same goofy grin he had on the last time someone mentioned the baby.

"So then you're happy?" I clarified, not even realizing until this moment just how important that confirmation was to me.

"Roza I'm more than happy." He grinned broadly.

I looked up into those beautiful brown eyes of his and I couldn't help but smile just as goofily in return.

"Were having a baby Comrade!" I cried out in a terribly embarrassing squeal. Dimitri chuckled lightly at my sudden exuberance before pressing a sweet and tender kiss upon my lips.

"We're having a baby." He smiled.

Any thoughts on how we should expose Tatianna?

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