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"Well, well Rose. It is nice to see your face here again. We were all worried you'd run off to be a blood-whore." Jesse's voice wafted over to us. I groaned and stood up, mumbling good-byes to my friends as I did. I walked to the doors, barging past Ralph and Jesse in an attempt to avoid a name-calling war. Just before I was out of arms reach, Jesse just had to grab my ass. Ralph laughed.

I spun around and kicked him in the side, making him stumble sideways -right into Ralph. They both went down and all eyes turned in our direction. My sneakered foot came down on Jesse's neck, not hard enough to actually choke him, like I wanted to. I bent down. "Just remember," I sneered. "Shane and Justin aren't here to save your sorry asses anymore. And I doubt anyone else wants to come to your rescue." I straightened up and once again, swept gracefully out the doors.

Just another grand exit by me at St Vlad's.

Chapter 8

Dream

I was sitting on one of the hospital beds. Dr Olendzki had insisted I lay down even when I said I could stand all day if I wanted to. Okay, maybe that was an exaggeration, but laying in bed while waiting for pregnancy test results was just ridiculous. I heard the door open and was kind of glad when Adrian walked in. He'd been with me quite a lot, but I'm not complaining. I was sort of getting attached to him too.

He sat in the chair by the bed and took my hand. I sighed, "You have no idea how ridiculous I feel. Normally women who think their pregnant have home pregnancy tests and are up pacing while they wait for the result. Me? I'm stuck in a hospital bed with blue nails. If that's not weird, I don't know what is. Well, obviously there are some things weirder than blue nails, but this is the worst I've seen. And-" I was cut off by Adrian pressing his lips against mine.

Shock coursed through me. I knew I'd been rambling and he'd get annoyed at me at some point, but I hadn't expected him to kiss me. Then I actually felt his lips on mine and the shock wore off. I started to kiss him back. It was sweet and beautiful and just so nice. It was bliss, like I was floating. Then I heard someone clear their throat awkwardly and I crashed back down to Earth, we both jumped apart. Dr Olendzki stood there with a clipboard in her hands, looking as if she'd rather not be there. I gulped.

"Rose, the results have come back positive. You're definitely pregnant." Tears instantly filled my eyes. Nothing from the high of kissing Adrian survived. I was having Dimitri's baby. Just thinking his name caused the tears to pool over. Now I saw the reason why I needed the bed; I would have collapsed had I been standing up. I brought my legs up to my chest and hugged my knees. Dr Olendzki now had full view of my nails and I heard her gasp. I couldn't have cared less.

Adrian's arm wrapped around my back and I turned into him, crying into his shirt. I heard the door open again and suddenly Lissa was on the other side of the bed, rubbing my back. Once again in a matter of days I cried my heart out. It was now confirmed that I was going to have a baby to the man I loved; and who was violently torn from my side. What if he found me now? Now there was no way I could fight him off. I'd need to rely on someone other than myself for my own safety. If he hadn't been turned, we could have stayed together, loving each other for the rest of our lives. But no, he had to become the very thing I was trained to kill. He was a strigoi; there was nothing worse than that.

If he'd decided he wanted to go be with Tasha, I could have lived with that. If he'd turned around and said he never loved me and meant it, I could have lived with that. But now he was a strigoi, and he could come to kill me any time he wanted to. And I wouldn't be able to defend myself. I would now have to give up everything -being a guardian, guardian Lissa, graduating at all, living my life, being a normal dhampir- for this. I would have to give it all up for a child that's going to forever be a reminder of my lost love. Of my dhampir soul mate. Of my other half. My . . . my. . .

I must have cried myself to sleep because the next thing I was aware of was fingers softly running through my hair. I opened my eyes and found myself back in my room, my head lying on Adrian's chest. I had a slight headache and my eyes felt sore. I bit my lip as yesterdays events flashed through my mind. I sniffed, my nose slightly blocked, and Adrian's fingers stopped trailing through my hair. He kissed the top of my head. "Morning, little dhampir."

"Morning Adrian," I smiled, I don't think I could have handled it if I'd woken up in the hospital. I lost my train of thought as Adrian brought his hand from my hair and cupped my chin. He pulled my head up and kissed me gently. I melted into the kiss, the ecstasy that was Adrian's lips. His arms wrapped around me in a comforting embrace. Our lips moved together and it was just pure heaven. I had no worries, no problems, no horrors, no sadness. It was just him and me, together.

But it had to end, as all good things in my life do. But the feeling didn't go away though. We sat there in each others arms for a few wondrous minutes. . . And then I jumped off the bed and threw my guts up in the toilet. Adrian held my hair back as morning sickness destroyed any progress I'd made in forgetting this whole mess. Afterwards, Adrian went to go look for Lissa and I had a shower.

I let the hot water run over my face, clearing it of dried tears and worries. The water was calming and it was another twenty minutes before I eventually got out. I put on a camo-hoodie and brown capris, ready to face any dramas this day brought. Thankfully all I had to do so far was get to the cafeteria, I hadn't had dinner last night and I was starving. Thankfully no-one was there and I quickly got a croissant and a few donuts. Breakfast was over quickly and I decided to go find Adrian.

Finding him was easier said than done, though. I searched his room, the outside school grounds, even the near woods; I didn't find him. My spirits sunk as I walked back to my room without him. Maybe I was getting a little too attached and he wanted some space. I could deal with that. I lifted the key to open the door and it opened; I swear I jumped two feet. Calming my breathing, I put my key away and looked up into Adrian's green eyes.

His eyes went from expectant to concerned in a millisecond. He brought his arms around me and I relaxed. He steered me towards my bed and I collapsed, suddenly exhausted. I could barely keep my eyes open.

"Sleep little dhampir. I'll be here when you wake up." I nodded weakly before my eyes closed.

I ran through the halls, trying to find someone who could help me. The halls were plain white and there were doors lining the walls at every available space. I couldn't open the doors; something wouldn't let me stray from the middle of the hall. I kept running, screaming for someone to help me even if I had no idea what I needed help with, I still screamed.

I felt my legs start burning just before they gave out. I fell and landed in front of one of the doors on my left. The door opposite me opened and Mason walked out. His tall frame only made his white skin and sleepless eyes all the more terrifying. He was followed by Lissa who looked exactly the same, and Christian after that. They bent over me, looking more like hungry lions than my friends.

Then the three of them straightened up and lined up to one side. I looked to see what had made them stop. Adrian was walking down from where I'd just come from. I sighed in relief as I saw his natural skin tone and eye colour. When he reached me, he held his hand out for me and helped me up. I collapsed into his arms and he pretty much carried me up the hallway away from my 'friends'.

For some reason, my breath started to become short. My eyelids started to get droopy but my eyes shot wide open when I heard a baby's cry. Dimitri stood in front of us, eyes red and gleaming, as he held a baby wrapped in blankets tenderly in his arms. I screamed when he bit into its neck. I knew somehow that that was my baby and I was trying to get to them, but Adrian held me back.

I turned on him and lashed out, caring of nothing but my baby and the monster biting into their neck. Suddenly I caught sight of Adrian's eyes. They'd changed from beautiful emerald green to a bloodthirsty red. I stopped my attack out of fear; I was absolutely petrified of the hungry look in his eyes.

He smiled maliciously and leaned forward, fangs sinking into my neck as my baby's screams echoed in my ears.

Okay, I know I haven't updated in ages, but I'm not going to start sprouting excuses, so don't expect them.

This will be the last update for about a week because I'm going to my farm with my dad, my sister and her two friends. I'm going to take my laptop so I can keep writing, but the internet doesn't work outside the house, so there won't be any updates.

And I just realised that I'd never really thanked my reviewers, so THANK YOU! Keep reviewing!

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