AN: Here's a quick chapter for you. Things are definitely wrapping up. Probably 3-4 more chapters left! There is a sex scene in here, this one is more detailed than usual but still not graphic. I'm always scared of writing too much info and getting in trouble on here. It is labelled.

As soon as the shot rang out, I collapsed. All I knew was, I hadn't pulled the trigger. I quickly searched my body and saw no signs of blood. I looked up to see Amanda on the ground and Butch standing there putting his gun away. He pulled the gun from her hands and walked towards me.

"Are you ok?" he asked kneeling in front of me.

"I think I'm fine. I was just so scared. Thank God you came out when you did," I gasped clinging to him in relief. He let me go but panic made me cling to him. He wrapped an arm around my shoulder in a protective gesture as he pulled his phone out and called 911 telling them what happened. He then called Chuck.

"Rose is ok but, Amanda got to her. She's dead now. Once the cops get here and I give my statement, I'm taking Rose to the hospital to get checked out just in case. If you want to grab Dimitri and meet us there. I'll call Abe and give him the run down in a little while," he told Chuck, all business. I went to object to the hospital but Butch just shook his head and I kept silent. He ended the call shortly and turned to me. "Let's get you in the car. It's been a long day for you. You can wait in there until the police get here and I can get you checked out. Before you argue, it's happening either way. I'd rather be safe than sorry."

"Fine," I sighed. He helped me stand up but I made it two steps before my legs gave out all the adrenaline leaving my body as I suddenly became bone tired. He scooped me into his arms and walked towards my jeep. As we passed Amanda/Trixie I couldn't help but look down. Her eyes were open. I knew I'd be having nightmares for a while as I shuddered and looked away. He deposited me into the passenger seat and started it. Just to be safe he checked the car to make sure no one else was there. He locked the doors then made sure to stand in my line of sight. I appreciated everything he was doing to make me feel safe.

I started to doze but, pretty quickly the cops showed up. Butch gave his statement and I had to give mine. As soon as he told them I was pregnant and he wanted to take me to get checked out they wrapped up with us and let us leave. When we pulled up to the hospital, Dimitri met us pulling my door open as soon as the car was stopped.

"Are you ok?" he asked as he quickly ran his eyes over me inspecting me for injury when he saw there were none, he pulled me into an embrace.

"I'm fine. Just tired" I sighed breathing him in. "Honestly I don't even need to be checked out. We're fine."

"I already called Dr. O. She said to come up to her office and we can get checked out there. Avoid the ER."

"Fine, lets go so I can go home and go to bed," I said pulling away. Dimitri reached like he was about to try and carry me. "Don't you dare. I can walk. I just may need to lean on you a little. No need risking an injury."

He grumbled but relented helping me down. Chuck walked with us as Butch went and parked the car. Once we got to Dr. Olendsky's waiting area, the nurse went ahead and rushed us back to a room. Chuck thankfully stayed in the waiting room. The nurse quickly drew some blood and brought me to a different room.

"Well Roza, can't say you don't make my life more interesting," Dr. O said walking in.

"Trust me doc, I wish I didn't," I laughed.

"So, what all happened?" she asked.

"Amanda, the girl who had helped kidnap me last time, was hiding in my car when I got in it. She made me drive to some shady motel then took me to the woods behind it. She pointed a gun at me, I also had a gun that I pulled out to defend myself but before either of us could shoot, Butch came out and took her down. When he shot, I panicked and dropped to the ground scared she'd shot me but, I was fine. Now I'm just exhausted because all of the adrenaline is gone."

"I think you should be ok but just in case, lets check out these babies," she said sitting down by the ultrasound machine. I lifted my shirt up as Dimitri came and stood beside me. "Dimitri, how's the gun shots?"

"Almost healed. Just working on re-strengthening the chest muscles," he told her gripping my hand as the screen popped up. Instantly you could make out the shape of two babies. Soon enough you could hear their heartbeats.

"Everything looks normal. Heartbeats sound good and strong. I'll check the blood work but I think everything looks fine. I have a question though," she said smiling over at us. "Would you like to know the gender of the babies?"

"Isn't it too early?" I asked in surprise.

"Nope," she smiled. I looked over at Dimitri.

"Up to you babe," he said. I could see the excitement in his eyes but I knew he meant it.

"I think I don't want to know just yet. We talked about doing the combo twin/gender reveal and I think I like that idea if you're ok with it?" I asked him.

"I think that sounds perfect," he smiled happily. I turned towards Dr. O.

"Can I trust you not to peek if I put it in an envelope for you to give who ever is in charge of the reveal?" she teased.

"No, probably not but, you can trust him. Give it to him and I promise to try my hardest not to look at it," I laughed. She wiped my stomach off and started cleaning the wand. When she was done she walked over to the desk and wrote on a piece of paper then opened a cabinet and pulled an envelope out. Once it was all sealed and she made sure you couldn't read it through the envelope, she gave it to Dimitri.

"Now it's all in your hands. It's up to you what happens now," she told him dramatically. I laughed as he put it in his pocket and mock glared at me. I turned serious as I looked back at her.

"Are you sure everything looks good?" I asked.

"Yes ma'am. Everything looks fine. The heart beats are good which means they are not in distress. Like I said I'll run the bloodwork and call you as soon as it comes back but I don't see any problems popping up. I'm not going to have you stay overnight because let's face it, Dimitri will keep a better eye on you than anyone in this hospital could," she smiled. "If you start feeling any cramping, pain, or abnormal discomfort come straight to the ER. Same with any bleeding. I think you should be fine though."

"Ok then lets get home. I'm hungry and tired," I said turning towards Dimitri.

"Yes ma'am," he said offering his hand to help me off the bed. I righted my clothing as Dr. O opened the door and guided us out.

"I'll see y'all in two months, more than likely with it being you sooner but the goal is two months," she teased.

"Two months. Got it. See you in two months doc," I told her heading out to the waiting room. Out there, Butch and Chuck were gone, when we got downstairs I realized why when they pulled up with the my jeep and Dimitri's truck. Dimitri nodded his thanks as he opened the back door of the Jeep and helped me in. He surprised me by sliding in the backseat with me. I gave Dimitri a look but he shrugged then tucked me under his arm sliding the middle seat belt over my hips and locking it in. Chuck slid in the front seat and started us towards home.

"Hey, can we stop by the McDonalds across the street? I'm starving," I asked.

"Sure thing," he nodded getting in the turn lane. We quickly got our food and started our way home. Not too long, I found myself laying in Dimitri's lap, him running his hand through my hair and quickly falling asleep.

"NO!" I gasped sitting up. I quickly looked around and took in my surroundings.

"What's wrong?" Dimitri mumbled sitting up beside me. As my heart rate got back to normal and I realized I had fallen asleep in the Jeep, I turned to Dimitri.

"Nightmare, it's fine. How did I get in bed?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him.

"Butch carried you," he said halfway pouting and pulling me back down to lay by him.

"Aw, I'm sorry," I smiled at his wounded look. I know it hurt his pride to not be able to carry me himself. "You could have just woken me."

"I tried," he said sullenly. He smiled softly. "Someone is stubborn and didn't want to get up so Butch offered to carry you. Just future reference, you're not allowed to fall asleep in a car again until I'm strong enough to carry you myself."

"I promise to try my hardest," I laughed laying my head on his good shoulder.

"Want to talk about your nightmare?" he asked rubbing my shoulder softly.

"Trixie and Tasha had kidnapped me again. By the way, what kind of name is Trixie? This time I won by shooting them both. I woke up when I freaked out staring at their bodies laying on the ground and realizing I had done that."

"Tasha is still alive and you didn't kill Trixie. Her death is not on your shoulders."

"She just…she seemed mentally unstable like maybe with the right help she could have been saved. I hate that she didn't get that chance."

"It is terrible and I wish she could have gotten help too but, from my understanding, she was in a mental health facility meaning she had the chance. It didn't work. Maybe it would never have worked for her. You can't sit here and play the what if game. Unfortunately, she made her choice and it had consequences."

"I know, it's just…sad. At the same time, I feel so relieved I don't have to worry about her anymore. Who gets happy about someones death?"

"That's why I love you. You get kidnapped by her twice then get upset because she never got the help she needed. Then feel guilty that she can't hurt you anymore. You seriously have the biggest heart I've ever seen."

"Lies. I'm a bitch," I laughed.

"Well, I mean I didn't say you weren't that also," he teased. I gasped and playfully slapped his chest.

"Rude!" I told him with a mock glare. I pretended to pull away from him but he grabbed me quickly. I playfully tugged away before he cheated and started tickling me. I laughed as I fell on my back and he leaned over me torturing me. "Dimitri Belikov!"

"That's my name," he laughed.

"More like asshole," I laughed out. That made him attack me more. "I give!"

"You what?" he taunted.

"I give, just stop!" I laughed trying to roll away from him but was trapped. After a couple more seconds he stopped. I glared up at him.

"Cheater."

"Not cheating," he laughed from above me.

"Definitely cheating," I told him sticking my tongue out at him. "I'd like to see you ever best me when you don't resort to tickling."

"But, it's the easiest way to take you down. Plus, I love hearing your laugh," he said smiling softly.

"Oh, that's smooth. You're an ass," I smiled at him.

"Because I like to hear you laugh?"

"Because you torture me for it plus, how can I be upset when you say stuff like that? Not fair," I told him honestly. He reached his hand up and cupped my cheek.

"Just speaking the truth," he said kissing the tip of my nose.

"It's funny how Adrian and them called you the stone and ice king but, you're really such a sap," I teased him lovingly.

"Only for you," he stated. Even though my first thought was 'not with Tasha?' I immediately squashed it knowing he was never like this with her. This side of him has only ever been reserved for me, I know that without a doubt. I pulled him down to me and kissed him pouring all my love into the kiss. I pulled away reluctantly. It had been a long exhausting day and as exhausted as I was, I didn't want to push Dimitri. He had already been exhausted before the kidnapping and mad dash to the hospital.

"I love you," I breathed out against his lips. I pulled away cupping his jaw with my hand, my thumb running softly over his bottom lip. "I love us and our life and that we've gotten to this point. I want to say back to where we were but, we're so much further than we ever were if that makes sense. I mean don't get me wrong, I would trade just about anything to have Connor here with us but, I feel like everything we've gone through has just made us that much closer."

"I understand what you mean," he said honestly. He leaned down and kissed my chin gently. As he continued to talk, he continued to place kisses all over my face and neck avoiding my lips and forehead. "I wish I could take back all the hurt I put you through but, I do love where we are now. I can see in your eyes that you finally trust me completely, trust us and that means so much to me. Makes me feel on top of the world."

"As weird as it is, as much as I loved you back then, it's only grown and gotten stronger. Even with our separation," I told him running my fingers through his hair as he continued to place kisses behind my ear, down my neck and along my collar bone. "Comrade? Kiss me."

He pulled his head up and smiled softly at me. "As you wish."

I laughed as he kissed me, for once he was the one quoting movies in bed. (LEMON ALERT!) Pretty soon he had me gasping against his lips. "I need you. Now."

Instead of making me wait or taking control like he normally would, he rose up and slowly pulled his shirt off. I took that as my green light and quickly clothes were flying until we were both naked. He kissed me hard as he entered me. I gasped against his lips as we quickly found a rhythm. Despite frantically pulling the clothes off, this stayed slower, not rushed. This was the definition of making love, not just screwing. With every touch, caress, kiss, you could feel the love between us growing stronger and stronger. When we finally climaxed, we came together as one.

(END LEMON) Dimitri collapsed on the bed pulling me onto his chest. I kissed it softly while we both waited for our breathing to slow down.

"That was incredible," I smiled up at him laying my chin on his chest.

"Yea, it was," he smiled back. We lay there for a while in silence just relaxing with each other. His hand drifted to my stomach and started to rub my bump.

"You know since I'm already this big, that means I'm going to be huge by the time they come," I told him with a smile. "I hope you're ok with dating a whale."

"You'll be the cutest beached whale out there," he teased. I playfully swatted at him. "I'm actually excited. You can't get rid of me that easily. I can't wait to see you grow with our babies in here. That means they are healthy and happy."

"I hope you think that when I get grouchy because I can't see my toes anymore," I smiled.

"I'll take pictures for you so you'll remember what they look like," he joked. I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"As long as you're massaging them too," I quipped back.

"Of course. What kind of man do you think I am?" he asked playfully offended.

"Only the best," I told him. "I have been thinking about when they're older. I think once they start going to school I want at least one of use here throughout the year. I want this to be our home base and while they're in school, I don't want both of us touring. I don't want the kids to miss growing up in a small town and I don't want our lives to give them a messed up childhood with no stability because they're always on the road with us."

"I think that sounds perfect. I don't want them on the road with us all the time either. Plus, how can I coach their baseball team if I'm gone."

"Well, I hate to break it to you but, I will be coaching them," I smirked. "I'm definitely the better player."

"That's definitely debatable," he laughed.

"I seem to remember a certain homerun that kept you on your toes," I teased.

"Yea and ended with you broken," he smirked. "And out."

"Well that's because a Russian oaf tackled me for no reason."

"I got the out," he grinned proudly.

"Yes, but was it worth the guilt after?" I joked back.

"Oh definitely, I'm too competitive for it not to have been."

"Glad to know getting an out was worth crushing my ankle," I laughed rolling over and facing the wall but pulling his arm my head was on in front of me. He rolled so he was spooning me and put his other arm on my hip rubbing my belly. He kissed my neck softly under my ear.

"You know I felt like shit about it for weeks," he chuckled as continued kissing me tickling my neck with his lips.

"Mhmm," I laughed. "But it was worth it remember?"

"I mean at the time it definitely was. If it was now, I wouldn't do it again," he said and I could hear the smirk in his voice. I turned my head towards him and fake glared.

"Only because I'm pregnant. If I wasn't you would still take me down."

"Like you wouldn't do the same," he laughed. "We're just too competitive."

"Well duh I would take you down. I'm like half your size. It would be a miracle if I managed so I'd definitely try my hardest."

"My point exactly," he smiled.

"Shut up," I chuckled turning my head back towards the wall.

"You love me anyway. In fact you love how competitive I am. One of my many wonderful traits," he said laying behind me he scooted up just a tad so his head rested above mine and my body fit perfectly in front of his.

"I mean, if our kids aren't as competitive as you and I it would definitely be a shame but it would probably also save us some medical bills," I chuckled.

"With you and I as parents, we might need to start a hospital fund and a college fund," he joked, only it was probably true.

"Good thing you're rich."

"Hey, pretty soon you might be richer than me," he said proudly.

"Well I am more talented," I taunted.

"That is true," he admitted.

"Suck up," I laughed.

"I love you," he replied and I could hear the smile in his voice.

"I love you too. Well, unless my other boyfriend comes back," I teased referencing our earlier conversation that seems like a year ago now. "Geez, was that really only today?"

"Unfortunately. You better hope that other boyfriend doesn't mind being in second place," he joked back but held me a little tighter. I know today scared him, it scared me. I could sense his mood shift. "You don't have to feel guilty because you feel relieved. You can both be sad and relieved about what happened today. It's only natural."

"Thank you, I told him turning my head to kiss him softly before twisting back around and closing my eyes. "My other boyfriend definitely is in second compared to you."

"Gee thanks," he snorted.

"Night comrade," I murmured already starting to drift off.

"Ya lyublyu tebya moya dusha," he said softly back. (Translation: I love you my soul)