Things are about to pick up I hope you guys are ready. I know I am.
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"Time to get up" Adrian whispered in my ear while kissing my neck.
"A few more minutes" I whined shoving my face back into my pillow.
"If you don't get up now you are not going to have enough time to shower and as much as Christian and Lissa liked your sex hair I am not sure what my mom would think" he said rolling his body off of the bed walking toward the bathroom.
That definitely got my attention, I figured this was my shot to show them I wasn't a complete slob and could actually look nice.
"Fine, start the shower I am freezing" I said scooting my naked body off of the bed. Once I heard the water running, I grabbed one of the crutches and made my way to the bathroom. I just keep telling myself two to three weeks longer and the cast will be gone, because if I didn't tell myself that I was pretty sure I would have cut it off on my own by now.
Adrian had already climbed into the shower, the doors were glass and the water hadn't been on long enough to fog it. I stood there for a minute admiring his body, he turned and saw me staring at him. "See something you like?" he asked smirking at me. I ignored him choosing to walk past him to the toilet to put the towel and bags around my cast. I climbed in and was impressed with the double shower head. Generally when we showered we were constantly fighting each other to stay under the water. I won most of the time, Adrian said he let me win but he knew I could kick his butt.
"They are nice" I said letting the water run over my body letting it warm my body.
"Who?" he asked grabbing the shampoo rubbing it into my hair.
"Your parents, you never talked about them so I always assumed it was because they were like my mom. But they are nice and really love you" I said turning to let the water wash the shampoo our of my hair and put me facing Adrian.
"They are nice and I know they will love you as much as I do if that is possible" he said wrapping his arms around me pulling me closer.
"Oh I am sure because I made such a good impression the first time I meet them. When did they fall in love with me? When they walked in and I was sitting on their son's lap, or the fact that I was practically wearing pajamas. Oh wait I know it was probably when their son told them he had knocked me up" I said turning my body to grab the conditioner.
Adrian didn't let go of my body which made putting conditioner in my hair a bit difficult. "They would love you no matter where you were sitting or what you were wearing, and the fact that I love you and that we are happy about this baby is just another reason why they will love you all the more" he said kissing my shoulder before letting go to grab a washcloth to wash himself.
Showered and clean Adrian wrapped himself in his towel then grabbed mine allowing me to step into it then lifted me.
"You won't be able to do this much longer" I said not fighting it because I knew there was no point.
"You doubt my ability" he said lifting me higher.
"Oh ok muscle, I am sure you will be able to carry my chunky butt around until I have this baby" I said laughing.
After setting me down Adrian grabbed me pair of underwear and a bra from the dresser. Once I had those on I grabbed the crutches to go to the closet to grab clothes. Throwing a pair of black dress slacks and a light blue button up blouse over my shoulder I made my way back to the bed. Adrian had already dressed in a pair of khakis and a baby blue button up dress shirt.
"Adrian we are going to match, I need to get a different shirt or you need to" I said putting my leg through the pants leg that Adrian was holding open.
"We will look cute" he said smiling while I stuck my other foot in.
"Uh no we will not look cute, we are not one of those couples" I yelled at him as he walked back into the closet.
"Oh my gosh" I screamed.
Adrian walked out of the closet to see what was the matter. "What is wrong? Is it the baby again?" He asked quickly walking to my side.
"I can't get my pants buttoned" I said looking down at the gapping space from the button to the other side of the pants.
Adrian started laughing, "this is not funny, I am not even four months pregnant and I already can't fit into my pants" I said pushing the pants down to my knees until it got stuck on the cast.
"Will you pull these off the rest of the way" I said flopping down onto the bed.
"Do you want me to grab you a pair of the pants that Lissa and I picked out" I said pulling my legs free of the pants.
"No I am sure it is just those, will you grab me another pair of my pants" I said putting the blouse on to make sure it fit. It was a little snug but I was not about to tell Adrian that so he could laugh at me again.
"Just grab the pants Adrian and you better stop laughing. I might not be able to kick your butt right now but I am sure not having sex ever again would suck" I said throwing the three pair of pants that I had tried on that didn't fit. When I thought about it the last couple of weeks I had been in a hospital gown for almost a week and then soft pants and shorts after I got out of the hospital so who knows when my clothes actually stopped fitting.
"I am not laughing and that sounds like a punishment to you and me both" he said walking out of the closet handing me the maternity pants.
I grabbed them pulling them up my good leg and waited until he got the other pants leg over the cast to stand up and finally button the pants.
"If you tell anyone about this I am pretty sure I can hold out on sex long enough to make you regret it" I said grabbing the crutches and walking out of the room.
I sat down on the couch and stared at our new home. A knock on the door pulled me from my thoughts as I watched Adrian walk to the door to answer it.
"Oh my gosh how lucky are we?" Lissa squealed walking in first followed by Christian and Eddy.
"Hey, I see that you like your new apartment" I said smiling at Lissa as she walked in observing our apartment.
"Oh my gosh I think the living room is the size of our old dorm and everything it brand new. Your apartment looks different from ours though. I want a tour" she said looking at me.
"I will show her so you don't have to be up on your leg" Adrian said walking toward Lissa to direct her toward the hall. Eddy joined them while Christian flopped down on the love seat.
"How are you doing?" I asked knowing how much he hated court and now he was stuck here until we either saved Dimitri or killed him.
"You know that day we talked on the bench and I told you I wasn't sure if she was worth it?" he asked and then continued when I nodded my head telling him I did.
"She is. As much as I loved what I was doing at the academy and not having the queen breathing down our necks it was wonderful, but all of that would be nothing if she wasn't there. And I know she would never leave you to fight such an awful thing on your own and neither would I and I am pretty sure Eddy feels the same way" he said smiling over at me. I wasn't sure why I ever disliked him.
"Is that a tear in your eye Guardian Hathaway, you are not going soft on my are you. Do we need to hug it out?" Christian asked laughing as I quickly brought my hand to my eyes to wipe the tear away. Ok now I remembered why I disliked him.
"Shut up flame, it is the hormones what was your excuse when you proposed to Lissa" I threw back at him. His laughter quickly faded.
"You were there?" he said with annoyance filling his voice.
"You know what happens, she just pulls me in when she gets overly emotional" I said trying to defend my actions.
"Yeah and I am pretty sure you can pull yourself out of those moments" he said still glaring at me.
"I left before it got rated R" I said happy that Adrian and the others walked back in.
"I am not done talking about this" Christian snapped at me.
"What is going on?" Lissa asked after hearing Christian's comment.
"Nothing" Christian and I both said at the same time.
Adrian gave me a look and I mouthed later with a quick nod of his head he walked over to pull me off the couch.
"You guys ready to go?" he asked handing me my crutches.
"Yeah" everyone said walking toward the door. Christian was the first one out pulling Lissa behind him followed closely by Eddy. I crutched my way out and waited for Adrian to lock the door. Alec was standing in the hall, Adrian told me he was the only one that would be on our floor unless there was another threat. Eric was down stairs, and Michelle was currently off. They would rotate there time off so I would always have at least two guardians.
"Are you alright?" he asked watching the others walk toward the elevator.
"Yeah, I slipped up and told him I was in Lissa's head when he proposed. As you can tell he is not happy about it" I said turning to walk toward the elevator where they were waiting for us.
"He will get over it, he is just upset" he said catching up with me.
"I know" I whispered as we walked into the elevator that Alec was holding open for us.
Apparently with the apartment we were provided with a SUV that would fit all of us and both guardians. Alec and Eric climbed in the front seats while Eddy, Christian and Lissa climbed to the back row of chairs and Adrian lifted my into my seat before walking over to get in.
Since we still had all day until our dinner with Glen and Kate we meet up with Mia for breakfast and she showed us around. Even though we had been here plenty of times there was still a lot that we hadn't seen. Adrian on the other hand knew where everything was and eventually took me off on our own.
"You stayed her a lot when you were little?" I asked why he pointed out where he use to play.
"Yeah being my aunt's favorite she had me come and spend every summer with her. That is where I had my first kiss" he said pointing to a tree that was behind his aunt's house. I was hoping she was gone for the day because the last thing I wanted was her seeing us and coming to have one of here talks about how I wasn't good enough and I didn't deserve Adrian.
"Well that looks like a very nice tree to have your first kiss with" I said laughing at his facial expression.
"You got jokes Little Dhampir" he said directing me toward the tree.
"Did you want to go relive the moment because I can give you two a minute alone if you want" I said crutching my way to the tree.
"The only one I will be kissing is you" he said turning me around to face him.
"I believe that is a good choice on your part" I said letting the crutches drop to the ground wrapping my arms around his neck to hold myself up.
"Good choice indeed" he said bringing his lips to mine. The kiss started slow quickly picking up pace. He had one arm around my waist holding me up while his other hand moved to my backside pushing me further into him. My body was burning from his touch, I moved my arms down his body. I could feel his excitement and knew that if I didn't stop there was a strong possibility that I was going to be having sex the Queen's back yard.
"Adrian" I said my breathing heavy "we should stop before I can't" I said trying to put space between us.
"I still have a room in the mansion, it is not to far" he said kissing down my neck.
The offer was tempting the way I felt right now, plus it would have been funny to have sex in the Queen Witch's house.
"We can't" I said. My body was saying no but every part of my body was screaming yes.
"You are right, I think Alec may have orders from your dad to kill me if I try to take advantage of you" he said bending down carefully to grab my crutches.
"Adrian I am pregnant I don't know what else could happen" I said walking back toward the SUV.
Lissa, Eddy, Christian, and Eric were waiting by the SUV when we arrived. By now I was starving and could not wait to get to Adrian's parents house.
Glen and Kate were staying in the guest housing instead of staying in the mansion with the queen. Something I think we were all grateful for. The ride over was short and quiet.
"That way" Adrian pointed us toward the outside entrance. We had stayed at guest housing but apparently we were not aware that they had nicer rooms than what we had stayed in. We all walked to the door he was pointing at and Eddy knocked. It took me a little more time to get to the door, the crutches slowing me down.
"Welcome, come in" Kate said opening the door. We all walked in.
"Rose don't you look nice" she said taking a step back to admire my outfit I glared at Adrian when she looked away. He just smiled and walked past me to the living room where everyone else was walking to sit down.
"Dinner will be ready in about thirty minutes" Glen said walking out of the kitchen.
"So Princess Dragomir are you attending school at Court? I know the last time we spoke you had told me those were your plans" Glen asked sitting down next to Kate.
"No I actually stayed at the academy with everyone. I am working with Adrian and another spirit user on how to control and use spirit to be effective. My fiancé is also working with students teaching them how to control fire, so I was happy to stay" she said smiling at Christian and then Glen.
"When are you two getting married?" Kate asked smiling at the happy couple.
"We haven't picked a date yet, it will have to be sometime after Rose has the baby so she can by my maid of honor" she said smiling at me, I returned the smile and thought about what Adrian had said earlier. Would we really get married, it made sense we were going to have a baby together but I didn't want to get married because I was pregnant but because we loved each other and it was what we both wanted.
I felt Adrian's hand in mine, I turned and smiled. "I love you" he said leaning over to kiss my check. "I love you too" I said leaning my face into the kiss to make it last longer.
"So Rose if you don't mind me asking what happened you your leg?" Glen asked.
"Dad not right" Adrian started to say when I interrupted him.
"It is fine" I said looking at Adrian he was always trying to protect me and as much as I loved him it drove me crazy sometimes.
"There was an attack on the school and I was attacked by four Stroigoi when I was heading back to our dorm after a morning practice with Alberta. I was able to kill three but the forth one was able to get me down, he chocked me until I almost loss consciousness when Alberta came out after they sent a warning about the break in the ward and she killed him but not before he stepped on my leg fracturing my tibia and I passed out completely" I said watching the looks of worry cross both of his parent's faces.
"Oh my, well at least you are ok now" Kate said taking her husband's hand into hers for comfort.
"Yeah I was very lucky" I said.
"Well dinner should be ready, would you guys like to make your way into the dinning room while I grab the food" Kate said standing up to show us the way to the dinning room.
"Glen and Adrian why don't you give me a hand" she said walking out of the dinning room as we took our seats.
"Wow who would have thought that Adrian's parents would be so nice and normal, I figured they would have something wrong with them for him to turn out so weird" Christian said smirking at me until Lissa kicked him under the table. I had to laugh from the look on his face.
"Or that his mom would be so hot" Eddy said earning him a kick from me.
"Ouch, what was that for?" he asked bending to hold his shin.
"Seriously, I really need to explain what that was for?" I asked cocking my head to the side.
"No" he mumbled before they walked in with the food.
We spent the next two hours eating and talking.
"The food was great and thanks for inviting us but it has been a long day, so I think we are going to head out" Lissa said raising from her seat followed by Christian.
"I actually have to go by the guardian building before the night is over to get my credentials" Eddy said following Lissa and Christian to the door.
"Well it was our pleasure having you guys come, I am sure we will see you again before we leave" Kate said giving them a hug.
"You guys have a good night" Glen said.
Adrian and I waved as they left. "If you are tired we can go to" Adrian said
"No it will be nice to spend a little time with your parents without everyone else around" I said giving him a quick kiss before his mom and dad returned to the living room.
"So is this the time we break out the naked baby pictures" Glen said walking back into the living room.
"I think so" Kate said holding up two photo albums.
"Mom" Adrian whined while I started to laugh. "Have you always traveled with your photo albums or is this new?" he asked as she came to sit next to me on the couch.
"Well when we heard you actually had a girlfriend we thought it would be a good time to make room in the suitcase to bring them" she said opening the first one. Adrian groaned and pushed himself off of the couch.
"I will be in the kitchen cleaning up" he said walking out of the room.
"Don't be a baby I am sure your butt looks as cute then as it does now" I said immediately regretting it when I realized what I had just said in front of both of his parents. I could feel my face burning and Adrian in the kitchen laughing.
"Rose don't be embarrassed, you are pregnant we are not pretending that we don't know how that happened" Kate said placing her hand on mine. Unfortunately her words did not help, it just made me think about sex with Adrian and my face continued to grow a candy apple red.
"I am going to go see if Adrian needs help" Glen said walking to the kitchen.
"Ok lets look at some pictures" she said.
The pictures were adorable and I could not wait to see what our baby would look like. He was the cutest baby I have even seen and even as a baby he had the brightest green eyes.
"You guys will have a very cute baby, you are a very beautiful girl. After we had Adrian we decided not to have any more kids because he was the perfect baby and we figured we couldn't get that lucky twice. After he started to experience the side effects of spirit and started to drink and act out we worried that spirit was going to ruin his life. Then you came along and did something for him that we never could. Rose I know you say that you had nothing to do with him changing, but you saved him even if you don't believe that" she said patting my hand.
Of course I did the same thing I had been doing the last month I cried.
"He would have figured it out eventually" I said wiping the tears from my face.
"Oh honey I didn't mean to make you cry, I just want you to know no matter what happens with Tatiana that you are a part of this family now and that if you need anything you let me or Glen know and we will do our best to get it for you" she said wrapping her arm around me.
"Thank you" I said giving her a hug wondering why my mother couldn't be like this.
"Kitchen is clean" Adrian said coming to sit back next to me.
"I knew there was a reason I was keeping you around" I said.
"I thought it was for my cute butt" he said giving me a seductive smile only to earn a slap in the arm as my face grew red once again.
I started to yawn quickly covering my mouth. "Sorry it has been a long day" I said fighting another yawn.
"I should get you home, you need your rest and we have been pretty busy today" Adrian said giving me a wink. I though about slapping him again but his mom didn't see it and she would assume the worst which would be correct.
"I can go, Alec can take me back while you spend time with your parents" I said wanting him to be able to spend as much time as possible with his parents before they left.
"Rose you know that is not possible yet" he said standing to hand me my crutches.
"Yeah" I said taking his hand to stand. The look on his parent's face let me know they had no clue about Dimitri.
We went to our new home where I fell asleep as soon as I had stripped out of my awful maternity pants and blouse and slipped on a pair of shorts and a tank top.
The next day we sent hanging out with Adrian's parents since they would be leaving in two days. Adrian and I had explained everything to them from me going off to kill Dimitri, to the dream walking, to his treats to kill me, and our plans to attempt to save him if we could. Kate's face showed concern and worry for our well being while Glen asked what he could do to help and make sure we were protected and safe.
It was a long day and one that I was happy to see end.
"Oksana and Mark will be getting here tomorrow at nine in the morning" I reminded Adrian. Alec was going to take me to pick them up at the air strip since it is on court.
"Ok I will start breakfast while your gone, I am sure they will be hungry once they get here" Adrian said wrapping his arm around my torso to lay his hand on my stomach.
I was so use to sleeping on the left side of the bed while Adrian was on the right but our bed was so huge that if we did that we wouldn't be close enough to touch. So we agreed to sleep in the middle. Although I tried to wiggle us closer to the left side, what can I say when you get use to something it is hard to break a habit.
"I am sure they will be and you know I will be" I said placing my hand over his.
"I am going to need more clothes pretty soon, maybe we can go shopping" I said thinking about the process I had went through earlier in the day trying on every pair of pants I owned with only one pair fitting and they were even tight.
"I am sure I can arrange something" he said kissing the back of my neck.
"See you at the beach" I said closing my eyes.