A/N: Hello lovely people! I hope you are all well. I was a little hesitant about this chapter, so let me know if you like it.
I'm sorry that the updates are getting further apart, I have been sending my chapters to my beta but she has been swamped with work, so I have been editing a few chapters myself. I'm sorry if there are errors.
After the doctor left and Dimitri and I composed ourselves about finding out the genders of our little miracles, Sydney let Adrian into the room and he smiles at the two of us. He looks at our aura before sitting down next to me and taking my hand. The hot and cold sensation passes through me and I bolt upright and move my hand from his.
"Adrian! Don't waste your spirit on me," I exclaim but he waves me off, looking a little paler than normal. "I've been practicing, it's ok. Besides, I'm not using that much. They are burns, it isn't like you broken your legs," he says standing up and stumbling slightly.
"Thank you," Dimitri says, standing up to help Adrian downstairs and Sydney walks over and helped me up from the bed.
"So, a boy and a girl. Looks like you two got the best of both worlds," she says, and I smiled at her. The thought excited me about having a boy and a girl. Although, I hope neither of them gets my mouth… we do not need two with a bad mouth.
Laying on the couch watching cheesy Christmas movies that I have come to be addicted to, Mom runs her fingers through my hair as my head lays in her lap. Since we have moved here Mom and I have become much closer, and we have started to get to know each other better.
Christmas is this weekend, and I am already excited about the prospect of turkey dinner. Adrian had healed almost all the burns, and what he didn't heal, Sydney gave me an ointment that helped speed the process up. After a week the burns were faint and were healing nicely.
Dimitri and I set up the Christmas tree last night and it's sad to say that I have never decorated a Christmas tree, so Dimitri tried his best to make it special. We went all out, decorated the living room, hung stocking on the fireplace, even made a popcorn garland.
The best was the ornament Dimitri bought me, blown glass with a photo of the two of us standing on the beach in Turkey; Me perched on his back with my legs wrapped around his waist, planting a kiss on his cheek and him smiling happily. When I saw it, I teared up, hugging him tightly and thanking him over and over for it, expressing my love for it.
Watching the T.V. and laughing at Jack Black and Kate Winslet, I readjust my position on the couch before bolting up right, my hand flying to my stomach. "Ohmygod!" I exclaim. Mom sits up and looks at me with knitted brows and I pull her hand to rest on the side of my stomach, praying I didn't imagine it.
Bump.
A small little kick against my mom's hand and a large smile plasters across her face.
"That's your granddaughter," I whisper excitedly, and she smiles back at me, still holding her hand to my stomach.
"We are not telling Dimitri that you were the first one to feel the babies, he will be crushed!" I say to Mom hopping up from the couch and walking quickly out the door, only dressed in my leggings, sweater, and slippers. Snow blows around me as I hurry down the road towards my parent's house, our little girl still squirming away against my side.
Bursting through the door and startling the Guardian waiting at the stairs, I bolt up the stairs calling out Dimitri's name. Making my way to Abe's office, I open the door to see him, Pavel, Adrian and Dimitri standing at the desk, all of them turning to me.
"Kiz what is it?" Abe asks, walking around the desk.
"The baby's moving!" I squeal, padding towards Dimitri and taking his hand, placing it on my side where our baby is moving. I hold his hand there for a moment and watch as pure joy crosses his face. I look over to Abe and see he is smiling at the two of us, and I am a little shocked. He's wearing jeans and a knit sweater. Everyone, Hell has frozen over, and I do not mean Hell, Michigan.
"Baba, you're dressed like a normal person. You are feeling ok?" I quip to him with a laugh and he smiles wider and chuckles shaking his head.
"Oh crap! I'm sorry, I totally interrupted your meeting," I say apologetically. Pavel chokes out a laugh before trying to muffle it, and I knit my brows at him.
"It's ok, Little Dhampir. We just finished up," Adrian says, giving Pavel and Abe a knowing look. I hug Abe goodbye and mock saluting Pavel, Dimitri and I walk with Adrian back to the house.
"Adrian and I have to run out to the city, are you going to be ok at the house with your Mom? We will be back before dark," Dimitri says while wrapping his duster around me. No doubt he is irritated that I yet again, left the house without a coat on.
"That's fine. I think we are going to order some food and watch some more movies," I say walking back into the house. He smiles and waves to my mom before dropping a kiss on my nose.
"I love you," he says. I smile and press a kiss to his lips. "I love you too. See you when you get back."
Closing the door behind him with a goofy smile on my face, I turn around and see Mom standing there with her brow raised and arms crossed.
"Granddaughter?"
Oh crap. I let the secret loose. Dimitri and I had decided to wait until Christmas dinner to tell my parents, and video call his family in Baia to tell them. Right after we moved here, Dimitri and I called his family and shared our news. They were all ecstatic, and Olena cried in happiness for her son before scolding him for not marrying me before we got pregnant.
"That was supposed to be a secret," I say, bounding my toes off the floor.
"So I have a granddaughter?" She says, a smile spreading across her face.
"And a grandson," I say, matching her smile. I step forward and wrap my arms around her tightly. "Don't say anything, we planned on telling everyone at Christmas dinner."
"I won't" she whispers, hugging me tighter before pulling back and placing her hands on my stomach.
Someone is stroking my hair softly, but it's not Dimitri or my mom, I've grown accustomed to their touch. Stirring and breathing in deeply, I smell a mix of jasmine shampoo and Crabtree perfume. I open my eyes I see a pair of jade one looking back at me, a large smile spread across her face.
"Lissa?!"
"Hey," she says softly. I sit up and hug her tightly, knocking her back into the mattress. "What are you doing here?" I murmur into her shoulder.
"We had to beg Queen Tatianna, and I mean beg to get her to let us come see you. I couldn't bear not spending the holiday with you. So, after a ridiculous amount of flights to make sure nobody was following us. Tatiana thought you might want to have a proper holiday," Lissa said, stroking the back of my head.
"Us?"
"Come downstairs, we just got here 10 minutes ago," Lissa said pushing me up off her. Standing and fixing my shirt before wandering down the hall and stairs to see a few familiar faces at the island with my parents and Dimitri. Eddie, Mia, Christian and Lissa were all here in the house, with Adrian sitting on the couch with a tumbler of scotch.
"I can't believe you all are here," I exclaim rushing over to Eddie and engulf him in a hug.
"You can thank your boyfriend for that too. He and Adrian have been talking back and forth with Her Majesty about having us here. We've all been sworn to secrecy, and with what happened last week, we all felt you needed a little pick me up." Mia explained sweetly as I move from hugging Eddie to hugging her.
Pulling out of her embrace and turning to face Christian, I give him a sidearm hug before walking to Adrian and thanking him. I walk back towards Dimitri and stretch up to wrap my arms around his neck.
"You are getting a very special thank you later," I whisper in his ear and kiss him chastely before facing everyone else.
"Congrats to the two of you, by the way," Eddie says raising his glass of water to us. I look at Abe who winks at me. "We know. We have been compelled not to tell anyone, by both Lissa and Adrian. Spirit compulsion is strong and slightly nauseating," Eddie adds at my confused look.
"Does Tatiana know about this?" I ask hesitantly looking up at Dimitri, he smiles and wraps his arms around my waist. "She knows, she gave the ok to telling them," he says, kissing my temple before moving into the kitchen with Christian.
"So, tell me what all has happened," I say gesturing for Eddie, Mia and Lissa into the living room and plonking down on the couch.
Talking with the four of them while my parents venture into the kitchen with Christian and Dimitri, I stretched out and put my feet up in Lissa's lap, shifting trying to get comfortable.
"You ok?" Mia asked, setting her pop down on the table.
"Yeah I'm fine, just have two babies sitting on my bladder and kidneys. I'm just a little uncomfortable. And I feel like a house," I sigh as Lissa strokes my socked feet.
"Does it feel weird?" Lissa asks and I shrug. It does feel weird have something moving around inside you, but anytime I get worked and feel them move around it makes me feel better.
"Not really, it's actually really cool at times. Dimitri felt one of them kick for the first time today. The other one is doesn't move a lot yet, I feel the baby stir a lot, but never a kick," I explain, rubbing my belly. I pull my legs off Lissa's lap and move to lay my head down in it instead. Rolling onto my side so I can look at the others I move Lissa's hand down to my side, hoping that one of them will move a little for Lissa to feel.
We continue talking for a bit more before Christian comes out and tells us that dinner is ready, and I sit up to let Lissa stand. I stand up and plop back down with a bout of dizziness.
"You ok?" Eddie asks.
"Yep, just got a little dizzy," I say standing back up slowly and walking with him into the dining room.
"Never would have thought I would have seen this table full," I say as I sit down next to Dimitri. Dinner looked delicious, chicken and potatoes with green beans and carrots. I load my plate and look over at my family seated around me and feel my overall mood lift.
"So Pyro, did you cook dinner?" I ask while shovelling food into my mouth, savouring the delicious taste of the chicken.
"I helped, it was mostly Dimitri," Christian says as he pours water into Lissa's cup and handing it to her. I nod and continue eating, listening to the chatter. Dimitri and I were both quiet, just enjoying the company of everyone at the table. After the meal was finished, I hopped up and started clearing away plates, waving Dimitri off when he stands to help me.
"Baba? Can you help me with these?" I ask Abe and flicking my eyes to the kitchen. He nods and helps me collect everything and bring them into the kitchen.
"Something you want to talk about?" Abe asks, scrapping the plates while I fill the sink with hot water.
"I wanted to know if you have found anything about that package," I ask quietly, mindful of the Moroi in the next room.
He scoots me out of the way of the sink and hands me the towel for drying before pushing the sleeves of his sweater up to start washing.
"We checked the surveillance cameras around the house, and we identified a woman dropping the package onto the porch, but when she looked up her features were distorted. All we can tell is that it was a woman and that she had dark hair. The box itself only had a few fingerprints on it, and Sydney is looking through all the databases she can to try and get a match," he says rinsing plates off and handing them to me to dry.
"Anything else?" I ask resting the plates on the counter to be put away.
"The box that exploded in your lap was a fire and earth charm. The earth charm bound the fire to the box, making it so that when it opened it ignited. I have seen earth magic like this before Kiz - I know how to do this type of charm - it is not easy, and it is very unstable. Whoever left this wanted you to be hurt. The carcinogens were a mixture of Methane and Ethyne, both are odourless gasses, there were traces inside the box still."
"And the photos? Did you uh, look at all of them?" I ask wincing a little. Praying that he didn't see the ones of me and Dimitri in a private setting.
"I saw most of them, some were a little more difficult to look at given the circumstances, but whoever took them knew what they were doing," Abe said slowly, twisting his mouth up at the end and pulling the plug from the sink, rinsing the last of the dishes off.
It's one thing for Dimitri to see the photos, but to have your dad see them makes me gag a little. That is so not something either of us is comfortable with.
"Do you think all of this is connected? I mean, Lissa had that necklace that was designed to forces the darkness into me along with harmful thoughts, the car accident, and now this… There is seriously something wrong here," I say tossing the towel down onto the counter and collecting the plates to put them away.
"Don't forget Tatiana's attempted assassination, they made it look like you did it. It was deliberate, someone wants to hurt you," Abe said leaving against the counter stroking his goatee.
"The note that was in the box said that I would wish that I had died in the crash, so they must be connected, right?" I say to him after putting everything away, wrapping my arms around myself. Abe sighs and steps towards me and pulls me into a hug, cupping the back of my head to his chest.
"I am going to figure out who is trying to hurt you Kiz, I promise that," He says and kisses my forehead before resting his face against my head. I wrap my arms around his waist and hug him back, taking a moment to relish in the comfort he's providing me.
"Thanks Baba, I love you," I say and he squeezed me gently.
"I love you too Kiz, now let get back to your guests," he says and guides me back to the dining room.
After everyone bar, Lissa and Christian left, so I showed them to the guest room and bid them goodnight before venturing into my room and shut the door softly. Dimitri is already dressed for bed; he places his book down on the table beside him and smiles at me.
"I take it you were happily surprised," he says folding his arms across his chest with a grin.
"I was, is that where you and Adrian went this afternoon?" I ask slipping out of my clothes and tugging one of my prettier sleeping gowns on before switching off the overhead light, leaving the ones on the bedside on.
"Yes, we were discussing it when you oh so gracefully barged into your father's office this afternoon," he says sarcastically and I throw the shirt I picked up off the floor at him, and he catches it before it hit his face.
"Well forgive me that I was excited that she was kicking and didn't want you to miss it," I sniff, faking irritability. Walking over and plonking down on the end of the bed I rip my socks off and drop them on the floor, staring him down and I do so, knowing he hates it when I do that. He shakes his head at me with a chuckle and tosses one of the throw pillows on my side of the bed onto the chair in the corner and pulling the bed sheet down for me.
"I'm not ready to go to bed yet," I simper with a wag of my brows, crawling up the bed towards him with a saucy smile on my face and he raises a brow at me.
"I did promise a special thank you," I whisper crawling into his lap and cupping his face, kissing him deeply. He grasps my hip tightly, pulling my down into his lap, nipping at my lip. I move to kiss his neck and bite gently before soothing it with another kiss. His hands pull my hips closer to him, and he flexes upwards at the same time.
"We are not the only ones in the house Rose. Lissa and Christian are in the room down the hall," he says thickly. I sigh, pulling my nightie off and toss it to the floor.
"Then we will just have to be quiet then," I purr grasping his hands and moving up my waist to my chest, cupping my heavy breasts with his hands. He sits up and kisses me while kneading my breasts firmly, rolling my nipples between his fingers before tugging on them.
"Oh god," I gasp, trying to keep my noise to a minimum. Dimitri leans forward and sucks on the soft skin of my chest causing me to squirm in his lap. He chuckles against my skin before moving up my neck, nipping and sucking before he reaches my ear, his hands moving down my body and running his hands over my stomach and back to my hips.
"You are so beautiful," he whispers on my ear before flipping us over and propping me up on the pillows before continuing his kisses across my flesh. Moving down to my chest again and placing open mouthed kisses and sucking gently, kneading the skin of my hips and thighs. He moves down to my stomach he presses a kiss above my belly button and below it, taking special care to kiss all the fading burn marks from my skin, flashing me a smile and moving lower causing me to squirm again but not in a good way.
"Dimitri," I say with a tap on his shoulder. He lifts his head from the apex of my thighs and looks up at me.
"Are you ok?" he asks rubbing his hands over my hips soothingly,
"Um…as much as I love when you do that, I uh. I don't really feel comfortable with you going down on me right now," I say, fumbling with my words and biting on my lip.
He smiles sweetly and leans up and presses a kiss on my mouth. "That's ok, I just want you to comfortable."
I smile and cup his face and pull him closer to me, sucking his lip into my mouth as he braces himself over me with his arms, holding his weight off me. I wrap my legs around him and use my feet to pull his pyjamas down and he kicks them off his legs.
Lately, I haven't felt all that confident. My stomach ballooned and I had a complete meltdown over it. I didn't even want him to touch me because I felt so fat and uncomfortable with my own body. Hell, even when Dimitri would tell me I looked nice or called me beautiful, I didn't really take it to heart.
"You tell me what's comfortable for you, ok," he says shifting so that he knelt between my legs and propping my back and butt with the pillows. I nod and wiggle my hips towards his and he leans forward to capture my lips in his as he slowly pushes himself into me. I groan and fist my hand in his hair and clutch at his shoulder, rocking my hips a little to accommodate him. He leans back and pulls out then pushing back in again, starting slow and building gently, gazing into my eyes intently.
Tilting my hip up at his thrusts, I moan quietly at the friction is causes and grip his arm, digging my fingers into his skin. Slipping his hands around my back, he pulls me up into his arms, and places me directly in his lap, changing the depth and angle and I whimper, placing my head in the crook of his neck and I roll my hips in his lap. Whimpering his name over and over into his neck as he lifts my hip off him and back down, hitting the perfect spot inside, I feel my limbs starting to shake and the coil tightens and I run my nails down his back while he clutches me to him as much as he can.
He moves onto his back with me sit in his lap, bringing his knees up for me to support myself on, I bounce on him as much as I can, grasping his legs for support and groaning as I climbing closer to my climax. He runs his hands up my body, kneading my breast firmly again, thrusting up into me and I shake apart in his hands. Gasping out as my orgasms peaks, I tilt my head back and close my eyes, sighing at the bliss that is spending through my body and feel Dimitri hitting his as well, moving a hand to my hip and grasping tightly, groaning my name. Slumping forward onto his chest, I run my hands up and down his sides, smiling at the shivers it causes.
"Hey, how did me giving you a special thank you turn into you pleasuring me. That is not what was supposed to happen here," I laugh sitting back up and smacking his chest playfully. He laughs a little and runs his hand through my hair, tucking stubborn strands behind my ear.
"This makes me feel good. Making you feel good is as perfect of a thank you as any, I know that you are having a hard time with your own body so making you feel good makes me feel even better," he says sweetly, running the tip of his finger down my nose. I kiss the pad of his finger and climb off his lap and curl up beside him, his hand falling to his favourite place and stroking my stomach. I place a kiss on his neck and feel a small nudge on the other side of my belly, where our son has laid unmoving. Dragging Dimitri's hand over to where he has kicked, we wait for our son to move again and I smile because it causes his sister to squirm too. I look at him and see his eyes are closes, but his smile on his face is the one that he holds just for me and I smile even more.
"I accidentally spilled to Mom that we are having a boy and a girl this afternoon," I say shifting around to get more comfortable in his arms.
"That's ok. I told Adrian the day after we found out."
I sit up and look at him with my mouth gaping "That was right after we said we were going to wait," I laugh.
"I'm sorry. I got excited and as much as I used to hate Adrian, he's really easy to talk to when he's not being a prick," he says and I start to laugh when I hear his choice of words. Never would I have thought I would hear that come out of his mouth, and his accent makes it sound even funnier.
"You two are working things out then?" I ask laying back down. I had worried when we moved here that they would but heads, especially since Adrian and I dated for a few months.
"Yes. It helps that we are family, I guess. We sat down about a week after we got here and had a few drinks while you had gone out with Abe. We talked things over and learned that we are more alike than we both thought. He's not that bad of a guy," he explains, running his fingers of his other hand up my arm.
I turn onto my side and snuggle closer to him, resting my head on his chest and look up at him as a deviant thought skims through my mind. With his eyes still closed, I reach up and kiss the edge of his jaw as I run my hand down his chest, grasping his semi-hard shaft in my hand, pumping lazily.
A shaky breath passes from his lips and his eyes flutter open as he looks down at me. He tilts his head to kiss me hotly and pushes his tongue into my mouth, cupping the back of my head with his hand. I squeeze him gently and pump a little faster, twisting at the crown to send little shivers through his body. He moans into my mouth and I nip his tongue before pulling away and sitting up, moving myself to lay across his legs.
Leaning down and licking him from base to tip he groans and rubs his hand over his face roughly before looking back at me and biting his lip.
"You have to stay quiet, or we will be interrupted," I say to him before taking him into my mouth and sucking gently.
Let's just say that even though we weren't interrupted, he definitely was not as quiet as he should have been, but I enjoyed sucking him off as much as he did.
Hope that lemon makes up for the tease in the previous chapter