Ok, so my plan to update daily didn't work out so well. I'm sorry about that, but it was not my fault! I took my laptop in for my technician to fix it for me and it took a bit longer than I thought it would, so again I'm sorry.

Thanks so very much for all of the amazing reviews my dear amazing people! I hope your holiday season is treating you all really amazingly because you all deserve it! So this one's a little late, you already know why, so enough chit chat.

Summary: while the entire world is only just waking up to thanksgiving, a small group of people are already having dinner. Thanksgiving dinner with the VA gang is sure to be interesting, and despite Lissa's annoyance, she knows she has a lot to be thankful for. But will it all end well?

Yeah, yeah, I don't own va.

Thanksgiving Dinner And An Annoyed Queen.

I tried unsuccessfully to rush around, or more like waddle around the group of people currently standing in the middle of the freaking isle. Trust me; I wanted to know why they were just standing there on a busy day like today to. It wasn't easy to get around, not when everyone kept stopping me to talk.

Being the moroi queen had it's perks, but right now I really wasn't seeing them. I didn't even understand what was so dam intriguing in the first place. I was only picking up some things for thanksgiving dinner. I'd made it clear from day 1 that I was no damsel in distress, but right now standing here smothered by all of these people, I actually did feel like a damsel in distress.

It felt like I'd been here for hours, though in reality it couldn't have been more than 30 minutes. Normally, that wouldn't be a very long time. But when you lived not too far away, and had to spend 30 minutes in the store, on thanksgiving no less, because your fiancé sent you to pick up some things for him, yeah I'm sure you could see why I was pissed. Around me people bustled about, talking loudly and making my head pound. Dam it where the hell was the cheese!

"Having trouble there, Lissa?" I whipped my head around so fast I could've gotten whiplash. There he was in all his 6/7 glory walking toward me. Conversations came to sudden halts as the crowd scrambled and parted like the red sea for him to pass. No one around here was stupid enough to disrespect the badass Dimitri Belikov, but disrespecting their queen enough to not give her a moment's peace? Yeah, that was apparently no problem for these people.

"Dimitri," I said eagerly. My energy renewed, I rushed forward and was at his side in an instant. "I don't think I've ever been this happy to see you, it seems I can't go anywhere without being bombarded lately!" He chuckled good naturedly at me and I let loose with a glare. It was halfhearted though and he knew it.

"You know they're just concerned Liss," He said reasonably. I nodded, because yes, of course he was right. At 26 weeks pregnant I guess some concern was to be expected. Hell even warranted, but that did not mean I liked it.

"Yeah, I guess. But that doesn't mean I have to like it." I grumbled. This time, Dimitri rolled his eyes and turn to walk away.

"Dimitri, please, stay with me until I can get out of here!" I said grabbing his arm. He was my savior in a cowboy duster, my ticket out of here. If I let him walk away I'd never make it home. This got full out laughter.

"Of course Liss, it's not like I've got anywhere else to be," He said. "Roza made it more than clear that I wasn't allowed back in the house without her ice-cream."

"Thank you, guardian Belikov." Dimitri glared at me before grabbing my arm and pulling me to a somewhat clear area of the store. I smiled to myself as I grabbed the cheese and a bottle of none-alcoholic whine. Dimitri held out a pack of chocolate chips to me and just like that, less than 5 minutes later, we'd paid for our items and were making our way out of the store.

"Thanks for helping me out in there," I said as Dimitri turned to head back to his and Rose's suite. He shook his head and flashed a smile.

"No problem, your majesty." He bowed lowly and I smacked his arm.

"Geez, Dimitri, what have I told you to call me?" I asked narrowing my eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, Liss I know. I was just playing," He said, eyes sparkling. He flashed another smile and then he disappeared around the corner.

"Your majesty, your majesty, your majesty!" Oh, you have got to be kidding me! Couldn't a girl catch a break? For the smallest part of a second, I contemplated ignoring this person. I could always say I hadn't heard, but dam my parents for doing such a good job raising me that being impolite was not possible. Couldn't I take a page out of Rose's book just once? I plastered a fake smile onto my face and turned around.

"Hello there," I said sweetly. "You don't live here do you? What's your name?" The girl looked startled at being addressed even though she'd been the one to call out to me, but she recovered rather quickly.

"I'm Saraya, Saraya Badica. It's an honour to meet you, your majesty-I mean Lissa. I can call you that, right?" And on she went talking a mile a minute about how people said that I didn't like being addressed formally unless in a formal setting.

"Yes, Saraya. You can call me Lissa. It's great to meet you, too." The only reason I hadn't snapped at this girl yet was because she kind of reminded me of Jill. I liked that people were finally getting the message I tried to portray, but this girl was talking about me as though she'd known me forever, almost as though she was talking to someone else about me.

I didn't like that. I didn't like that everyone around me except my friends were treating me like a flower. The way I saw it, I was still me, still the girl I'd always been. Just because I had a jeweled crown made from jade stone and other gems whose names I didn't even know did not make me any different. At least it hadn't in my eyes.

Their protectiveness and concern had only gotten worse the farther along I'd gotten in my pregnancy, and quite frankly I'd had enough. Especially when Saraya, like many other people had, started literally telling me how I should do the baby's nursery. I didn't know if it was the sharp kick I received to my bladder that made me want to run to the nearest bathroom or what she was actually saying, but that was the moment I put my foot down.

"I don't mean to be rude," I said, cutting her off mid-sentence. She looked a little pissed, and I realized that I was wrong. This girl was nothing like Jill. My sister was sweet and shy, but this chick had only been pretending to be so she could talk to me.

"But I really have to get home. So if there was actually something you wanted except for telling me how I should do my baby's nursery..." I let my voice trail off as I waited for her to take the hint. And she did, after a few minutes of just staring at me like she was stupid.

"Oh yes, I'm sure you would want to get home, it's thanksgiving after all, well I just wanted to wish you a happy thanksgiving." She said, that earlier sweet smile which I now knew was fake returned.

"Thank you," I said flashing a smile that matched hers. "Same to you." With that, I turned and walked. I didn't even get far when someone else called out to me.

"Your majesty," I knew better than to correct this person. This was Maggie, one of the feeders here who reminded me a lot of Alice a feeder from the Academy. I'd told her time and time before that she didn't have to call me 'your magesty' but she never listened.

"Happy thanksgiving, Maggie," I said a genuine smile tugging at my lips. She lit up like a Christmas tree.

"Same to you my dear," She said. After that, I was able to get home without much interruption.

Once I'd opened the door, I kicked off my boots and walked inside closing the door behind me. Then, I leant against it and took a few calming breaths. Placing a hand on my belly, I rubbed in gentle circles as I tried to calm the over excited baby inside.

"Christian, the next time you need to get something from the store, please do not send me!" I snapped the moment I walked into the kitchen. He and Rose burst out laughing and I instantly glared.

"Oh so you guys think it's funny? Well I would like to see you go out there and deal with those fake bitches!" That got even more laughter and once Christian had calmed down, he took the small bag out of my hand.

"Thank you, your majesty." He said and I hit him. Enough was enough. After spending the last half hour and then some surrounded by people who all wanted something and had no problem using my queen status to get it, I really didn't need any more and especially not from him. Rose's laughter filled the room and then I finally realized that she was sitting in my kitchen as though she belonged there.

Wait Rose what are you doing here? I thought Dimitri had to get you ice-cream or something?" She nodded.

"Yeah, but I kinda thought he might've come over here or something seeing as how he took forever to get back! Only when I got here, only he was home." She said looking annoyed that she had to spend so much time with Christian. I only rolled my eyes at their antics.

"Well, I better get a move on then, I'll see you guys later." With that she stood to leave but I stopped her before she got even half way to the door.

"You don't have to leave, why not just call him? I'm sure he wouldn't mind." She looked at me for a few seconds before nodding. She walked out of the kitchen phone in hand, and then Christian pulled me into his arms. I went willingly and before I knew it, his lips were pressed against mine in a slow, meaningful kiss. I kissed him back with just as much passion, but another sharp kick to my bladder had me pulling away. He gave me a questioning look that made me giggle.

"I have to pea," I said and made a run for it. I was halfway out the door before the sentence was even fully out of my mouth and Rose who'd only heard something about pea gave me a weird look.

"Oh hey Dimitri," I greeted as I returned to the kitchen. "Can I have some of that, Rose?" Rose shot a nasty glare my way that instantly had me cringing away.

"Never mind," I grumbled and stalked over to my own fridge. The guys just gave us weird looks, but neither of them said anything. During my pregnancy, I'd kind of built up quite the reputation among my friends with some seriously deadly mood swings, so they knew better than to say anything.

I didn't know if it was the hormones or spirit's dark side, maybe a combination of both, but whichever it was seemed to be rubbing off on Rose. I had no idea how that was even possible seeing as how the bond had broken years ago, but she'd recently started matching my moods to a t. She'd even been complaining of nausea so much so that Dimitri and I insisted she pay the doctor a visit. After much convincing on both our parts, she finally decided to go a few days ago. She had yet to get her results back, though.

I had a slight inkling in the back of my mind as to exactly what was wrong with her, but I pushed it right out of my head. Because the idea that was going through my head was impossible. It was absurd, in sane, crazy. It was outrageous and I couldn't believe that I was even thinking it much less to say it to anyone.

Maybe it was because I was still tired from my run to the store, or maybe I was just hungry. Because though I was craving ice-cream and we had none, it didn't bother me. Instead, I grabbed a strawberry yogurt and settled down at the table across from Rose. We both ate in silence as we watched our men work.

It was always amazing to me how the badass Dimitri Belikov was so lethal when wielding a stake, yet he was as soft and cuddly as a teddy bear around those he loved. He was also pretty domestic especially in the kitchen. So it was no surprise that the moment he showed up, he jumped in and started helping Christian. I helped out as best as I could even though I wasn't as good as the guys, and so did Rose.

Before long, the final touches were being put on dinner, and the rest of my weird group of friends who were more like family had arrived. Gathered around the table, I couldn't keep the smile off of my face. Even though being queen wasn't the easiest thing to do, I knew that it wasn't easy for mine and the other guardians either. Things were slowly changing though, and despite my modesty whenever someone mentioned that change was happening because of me, sitting here surrounded by the people who believed the most in me, I had to admit that they were right.

The room was filled with happy chatter and contagious laughter until Rose's phone rang. Everyone paused momentarily as she answered and left the room. A couple minutes later when she reentered, I took one look at her face and knew that something was very wrong. I never got the chance to ask, though.

"Um, so that was the doctor."

Yes, I really did just end it like that. But you see, there really is no need to flip out, because I'll do a part 2, that is, if you want it… So, do you want it? Review and let me know, k?

Review lovelies and Dimitri will make you thanksgiving dinner and eat it with you ;)

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Roza

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