Author's Note. I've updated this chapter, big time.

I'm sorry my chapters all tend to be on the short side. I try to update as frequently as possible but I don't always have the time to make them as long as I'd like them to be so I try to keep them simple.

Also I know most of you aren't so keen on the idea of Rose being pregnant. I'm sorry but try to stick with me on this one, I have alot of different ideas on how I'd like to continue the story and though I'm not even compleatly sure how it will end yet, I hope you guys won't be dissapointed.

Review and let me know what you think please?

Rose's POV

How can this even be happening?!

I tossed the small stick into the trash can and quickly reached for another package, tearing it open in the process. Maybe I'll have better luck with First Response because the last two didn't seem to be working properly…I mean home pregnancy tests could be wrong, right? It's all in the brand.

This one was see-through, only making me all the more nervous. So as much as I wanted to watch my urine run through the entire test kit, I'd have to decline. Instead of holding on to it, I just placed it on the sink and sat back on the bed. I was in the hotel room that Adrian had booked me. At first I had tried to keep a daylight schedule but it had proven difficult. So I've managed to keep myself some where in between. Waking up in the afternoon and staying up till early morning felt so much better.

My thoughts continued drifting back to the pregnancy test; it should be about time to check it. My heart was about to leap out of my chest at any moment…this was it. If this one came out positive, it had to be true. No matter how impossible it all seemed. Everything I had known to be true my entire life was changing. I took a deep breath and walked back into the bathroom. I picked up the test and closed my eyes. I don't know if I want it to confirm what I already knew. I slowly opened my eyes.

Tears streamed down my face once more. There in my hand was the small + sign confirming all of my worries. I sank to my knees beside the toilet. What was I going to do now? I couldn't just forget about Dimitri…I had promised him. But I couldn't very much fight strigoi with a baby inside of me.

I let out a loud sob. Many images and thoughts filled my head, images of what could've been…and of what was. I saw us raising our child together, I remembered the cabin, sparing with him and beating him just before the attack…how I longed to see him reading those old western novels again, to see him cock an eyebrow at one of my sarcastic remarks. Regret flashed through me. My child will never know its father. It'll never know what a wonderful man he was…what a wonderful guardian,

I was having another breakdown, just like all of the others. I was able to make it to my bed and I lay there sobbing into my pillow. Oh, Dimitri…I don't know if I could keep my promise.

I shook my head. No, I had to find Dimitri. I would find him…I have little time but I have to at least try. I promised… the baby may slow me down but I had to do this.

I slid open the cell phone I had bought shortly after I had left the academy. Adrian had insisted I'd keep contact. I let out a loud sigh, debating whether I should text him the test results. He had told me to notify him as soon as possible but I just couldn't bring myself to type in the actual words.

I had 7 missed calls, all from him of course. (No one else knew this number) No doubt he was worried about me. What would he say once I actually told him the news? Would he actually demand that I return to the academy? He wouldn't do that. He couldn't I was 18, free to make my own choices…though he could always cancel my credit card. That would suck…

I held my breath as I typed in the words I desperately wished weren't true. "It was positive…" I clicked the green send button then closed the phone. He would know what I meant.

I let out another sigh and threw myself back onto the bed. I couldn't go back to the academy. If I turned back now, I'd have to wait 5 years to be able to search for him again. I shook my head, I couldn't wait that long.

My cell phone began to vibrate, I slid it open again.

One New Message: Adrian

"Rose, I'm coming to get you."

I shot up from the bed, what was he talking about? He couldn't come get me…not yet.

I replied. "No, I'm fine."

I couldn't let him take me back. Not until I've done what I had left to do. The phone vibrated again and I hesitated before opening the newly received message.

"I'm sorry little dhampir but I can't let you do this, not in this condition."

What does he mean 'in this condition?' I was pregnant not dying! Who was he to decide what I can or can not do? I still have time, I can still do this.

"No." I replied. That answer wasn't going to change any time soon.

The phone vibrated again, and I wasn't looking forward to reading his reply.

"Think of the baby… Rose, this type of pregnancy has never happened before. We don't know anything about it, except that it was conceived by two dhampirs. Rose we can't discuss this over text, please call me."

I sighed. And debated whether or not I should call him. After a few seconds I had the phone held up to my ear and was waiting for his answer.

"Little dhampir?" I hadn't heard his voice since the other night when he had invaded my dream. I really didn't want to have this conversation, but I knew that waiting would only prolong the inevitable. I'd have to hear about it in my dreams and that's something that I really didn't want to deal with.

"Hey." I replied, unsure of what else to reply. "How's Liss?" I asked trying to redirect the conversation. I knew how she was…I had been trying to keep out of her head but her feelings came in loud and clear. She was still upset about me leaving.

"Not so good…how would you be if she had left you and gone after Christian?" I winced. He had a point there. He must have heard the harshness in his own voice because he immediately apologized.

"I'm sorry, it's just things aren't the same without you. Everyone's aura seems to be getting darker…especially hers. It hasn't been easy for her, she's always…I don't know but that's not the point. Rose you need to come back. Y-your going to have a baby." His voice seemed to break at the end. I knew it must be hard for him. He still liked me, and we both knew that I had been taking advantage of his feelings. I felt horrible about that, even now I was using his money.

"I can't…" was all I could say.

"Rose, it's not just your life you're putting at risk anymore. It's your baby's life too, Belikov's child. Think about it, would he really want you chasing after him, fighting strigoi like this? Think of the baby…" He was silent for a while before he spoke again. "Listen, Rose. You know I care about you… I'll do anything. I'll help you take care of it. Anything you need. Just … I can't have you out there on your own. Not like this, it was bad enough when I hadn't known you were pregnant."

I sighed, I shouldn't have told him. How stupid could I be? I should've just told him it had come out negative. That would've saved us all this trouble.

"I'm sorry." I had meant for my voice to come out strong, but instead all I managed was a small squeak. How pathetic.

"Stay where you are. At least let me help you." He replied.

"I'm not going back." I answered stubbornly.

"Ok, just let me go over there. We'll figure things out; I just don't want you to going through this alone…"

I nodded, even though I knew he couldn't see me. I wasn't in the mood to argue with him…and company would probably do me some good.

"Ok." I replied in a small voice.

He sighed in relief. "I'll get there as soon as I can, Rose. I'll see you soon, little dhampir."