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Pregnancy is not what I thought it would be. I thought it would be lovely and I'd be happy and glowing and strangers would come up to me and put their hands on mu bump to feel the babies kick and Adrian and I would be blissfully happy. But it is me so of course it is not going to work like that.

As the months went on the bigger I got, and the bigger I got the more uncomfortable I got and the more uncomfortable I got the more irritable I got. I had turned into a monster. And everyone hated me.

I noticed everyone tip toed around me and only asked me something or spoke to me when it was absolutely necessary. A few times I had gotten so irritated with everyone, they had gone and stayed in some of the rooms in the guardian hall, including Adrian. I thought that was a bit much, which in turn, annoyed me more. After Adrian had gone to stay elsewhere, I didn't speak to him for weeks out of annoyance and only did start speaking him because I started having Braxton Hicks contractions.

Despite all of this, everything in the house got sorted. The nursery was decorated thanks to some decorators Tatiana knew and they also did the munchkin's room. Both were painted a pale yellow and had animated characters painted on the walls leaving space for us to use the stencils Eddie and Christian got to paint their names on there too. There was a changing table and toy chest put in the nursery which was slowly getting fuller everyday. The drawers of the changing table was full to the brim with diapers, wipes, baby grows in every possible colour (all of them no doubt designer, which I had insisted was pointless because they would probably get ruined anyway), pacifiers, bibs, different bedding and baby bath things (some of it looked, again, really expensive but I was too tired to argue for once).

The greatest thing about all o the stuff we got for the kids was the crib. It was the biggest I had ever seen. It was the baby equivalent of a four poster bed. It was circular in a pale cream with matching, filmy drapes which concealed a baby mobile with Adrian had custom made, choosing all the pieces himself.

"They said we can add other things on there was well with their names embroidered on them. Or you can change it completely if you want." Adrian said, panic in his eyes as he did the big reveal of the crib, not knowing how I was going to react.

I stood in front of the crib taking everything in and Adrian moved to stand behind me. I ate a spoonful of my mashed potato (which was practically all I had eaten for the past few months, I just couldn't get enough of it).

"What do you think, babe?" Adrian asked tentatively, placing his hands around me and on my bump. I was glad we couldn't see my face. I had tears in my eyes and he worried whenever I got upset, which was a lot.

Wiping my eyes I answered him "I love it!" I turned to face him and he was beaming.

"I'm glad you like it." he said, relief clear in his voice. I tried to hug him but the bump made the difficult so Adrian bent down and kissed me lightly instead.

"Guys," Eddie's voice came from the doorway. "They're here." And he walked away.

"Are you ok? Are you sure you want to do this?" I said to Adrian, continuing to eat my potato.

He took a deep breath. "Yeah I do. This is what I have always wanted." He took my hand, kissed the back of it and lead me out of the door and down the stairs, having to stop a couple of times because it was such a long way.

We entered the living room and Adrian stopped dead. Everyone turned around to face us and Lissa, Mia, Eddie and Christian all left the room.

"Adrian," Dimitri stepped forward, smiling and stood beside us. "Meet your family."

Olena Belikov was a very striking woman. She had the same hair and eye colour as Dimitri but was smaller in stature but had a very commanding presence. Her face was pretty but was aged and I imagined she was younger than she looked. From what I knew she had a hard life.

There were three other women with her who I assumed were Dimitri's sisters. There were also three children, a boy who must be around the age of eight or nine who was spitting image of Dimitri, there were two girls, one was roughly a year old and was clinging to the older of Dimitri's sisters and another was only a few months old and was fast asleep in Olena's arms.

"Mama, who is Uncle Dimka talking to?" The little boy said and I saw Dimitri smile, Adrian was still frozen to the spot.

"That is our brother Adrian, Paul. Which makes him your uncle." The woman, took hold of Paul's hand, still holding the little girl and came towards us.

"Adrian. I'm Karolina. And this is my son Paul and daughter Zoya." Karolina said. She has a stronger accent than Dimitri and has the typical Belikov traits of brown hair and eyes. She was quite tall for a woman and I couldn't help but think she would have made a brilliant guardian.

Paul let go of his mother's hand and stood right in front of Adrian, who crouched down to his eye level.

"Hi there, little man." Adrian said. Paul didn't move for a moment. "How was your trip?"

It was another few moments for anyone did anything, and I could tell Adrian was getting nervous. You could cut the tension with a knife.

"I like him, Mama." Paul said and threw his arms around Adrian, who tentatively hugged him back. "Its nice to meet you, Uncle Adrian." Paul whispered.

After that, Adrian relaxed as we were introduced to the rest of the family. Dimitri's sister Sonya was his next sister and she had baby Yeva, named after their grandmother, who was too ill to travel, and the youngest sibling was Viktoria, who I like immediately.

I think the biggest meeting for Adrian was Olena. Having been so close to her sister Georgiana, I think he wanted that connection back again. On several occasions, he had said to me that Olena had seemed like the mother that he had always wanted.

"Adrian," Olena stepped towards him and he hugged her fiercely. "Thank you for accepting us. You didn't have to do that. Thank you."

"Not accepting you wasn't even an option." Adrian said and I could tell he was crying. I got up from my position from the couch, Sonya, Karolina and I were swapping pregnancy stories and placed my hand on Adrian's shoulder.

He pulled away from Olena and smiled down at me. "Olena, this is my wife, Rose."

"I would hug you, Rose but I don't think I'll be able to." she laughed, placing her hands on my bump, the twins kicking madly.

"Yeah I know, its ridiculous, right?" I laughed with her.

We all sat in the living room and talked. Adrian was awe of the Belikovs. He played with Paul and Zoya, he spoke endlessly to Olena and the girls about their life, what Baia was like. I think he was surprised at how much they had struggled, and it was obvious he felt guilty on his father's behalf with we all insisted he shouldn't.

As evening fell, Soyna and Karolina left for the house that Adrian had got for them to stay in to take the children to bed, and the other's joined us for dinner and the conversations continued.

It must have been ten at night when Olena and Viktoria decided to go to bed and I noticed Dimitri went with them. Eddie and Christian retired to the games room as they usually did and Mia and Lissa started to clean up the kitchen.

Adrian and I stayed in the living room, my head in his lap, him stroking my hair.

"How you feeling?" I asked him

"I can't believe it. They're better than I could have imagined. I finally feel like that missing piece has gone, you know? And I didn't even realise it was there."

"We only have one thing to worry about now though." I said

"What's that?" Adrian asked, worry lacing his voice.

I smiled "Well with such a big family, I worry about the arguments over baby sitting." I laughed and Adrian laughed with me.

And that was when the pain started.

The babies are coming! Next chapter we will meet the baby Ivashkovs and there are surprises in store...

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