Hope everyone has had a good weekend. I will update again soon, I just ended a Nutrition class that was taking up a lot of my time so now I have a bit more time to write and update. Keep up with the reviews. If I get enough reviews I promise to update by Tuesday.
Characters are owned by Richelle Mead.
"No what? You can't have it both ways, this world does not revolve around you Dimitri" I hissed at him now I was mad. If I could agree to let him be what he was and not attempt to save him why couldn't he give me this.
"If I remember correctly there once was a time were you would have been very happy to just be with me. I am pretty sure you even said you loved me, we can have that again. No what I should have said was we will have that again. You were so determined to get me when we could not be together at the academy, now the tables are turned. This should be fun" he said walking toward me.
My body was still curled up in a ball on the floor. I attempted to move my body away from his, I whimpered from the pain in my arms where he grabbed me.
"We can't keep doing this, this is not a game. This is my life" I yelled at him pulling myself into the sitting position. "I loved you Dimitri but I am asking you to stop this, if there is any part of you that still loves me just let me be. Let me live my life without you haunting my dreams and my life" I said letting the tears fall.
His movement stopped in front of me. "I can't" he said before the dream faded.
"Rose, sweetheart you fell asleep" Kate said shaking my arm pulling me from the nightmare.
"You fell asleep? Are you ok?" Lissa asked rushing over to me her voice high and worried.
"Yeah I think so" I said shifting my body in the chair to get up. My body felt stiff but I was assuming it was from sleeping in the chair.
"You should have told me I would have come into your dreams since Adrian couldn't" Lissa said a look of concern on her face and flooding the bond.
"I am ok Lissa, no reason to get Adrian involved. I accidentally feel asleep for a few minutes and now it is done" I said standing up completely with my crutches.
"The boy came into your dreams?" Kate asked finally realizing why Lissa was freaking out. Now she was staring at me along with everyone else. Lissa, Kate, and Oksana's face was filled with concern while Mia and Emily looked lost.
"Yes Dimitri came into my dreams. But I don't want to talk about it anymore" I said taking a step forward before stopping the motion and wincing in pain.
"Is it the baby?" Lissa asked stepping closer.
"No, my arm I think it is cramping from how I slept in the chair" I said knowing it was a lie.
"Let me see" Lissa said.
"No" I attempted to say but it was to late.
"Oh my gosh Rose what happened? Adrian didn't do that to you did he?" Mia asked staring at the hand prints bruise on my arm.
"Of course not, but I think someone needs to call Adrian and have him meet me at Dr. Olenzki's office" I said walking toward the door to leave. If the bruises came through the dream then him throwing me against the wall could definitely effect the baby.
"What is going on?" Kate asked following me to the door.
"The dream Dimitri grabbed me, clearly what he did in the dream did not stay in the dream" I said thankful that Eric was holding the door open for me. Kate had flipped her phone open and was thankfully calling Adrian.
"Something else happened you wouldn't be going to see Dr. Olenzki because he grabbed you. I know how much you hate the doctors, Rose please tell me what is going on" Lissa said running in front of me to open the door to the car.
"He is on his way" Kate said climbing into the SUV with us.
"Thank you" I said putting my hands on my stomach.
Everyone except Mia and Emily climbed back into the SUV, they were standing on the sidewalk staring at us still confused.
"You guys don't have to come, go back in Eric can take me and I will call you when I am done" I told Lissa, Kate, and Oksana looking at them with regret. Because I couldn't stay awake for fifteen minutes I just ruined the rest of their afternoon and Adrian's.
"Rose don't be ridiculous even if we stayed we would all be worried and would not enjoy ourselves" Oksana said putting her hand on my forearm.
"What happened" Lissa asked through the bond.
"He threw me against the wall" I whispered to her watching the horrifying look that filled her face.
"I can try and heal you" she said reaching her hand over to lay it next to mine.
"No. we don't know that there is anything to worry about and I don't know if it could hurt the baby" I said placing my hand over hers and giving her the best smile I could work up.
We arrived at the clinic, Eric helped me out while Lissa walked inside and grabbed a wheelchair.
"Lis that is not necessary" I said.
"Sit down Rose" she said no humor in her voice.
I decided not to fight her plus my arms were killing me. I took a seat while Kate grabbed my crutches and carried them in. The nurse came and took me away. They all offered to come with me, but I declined. I didn't want anyone around if something happened to the baby unless it was Adrian.
She gave me an all to familiar gown and took my vitals. When she left I let out the air I had been holding in.
"I am so sorry baby" I said touching my stomach protectively. "I seem to keep putting you in danger, how will I be able to protect you when you get here when I can't even protect you now" I said wiping the tears from my face.
The door opened I glanced up expecting to see the doctor but was pleasantly surprised to see Adrian.
"Are you ok?" he asked rushing to my side.
"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure the baby was ok" I said pulling his hand in between mine.
"What happened, mom just told me you feel asleep and I needed to meet you here" he said sitting down on the side of the bed.
"Adrian it is my fault. I was so relaxed and I just fell asleep. I know that I shouldn't yet I couldn't help it, I have been so tired lately" I said letting the tears roll down my cheeks.
"Rose you are pregnant you are going to be tired, nobody blames you for falling asleep" he said leaning in to kiss my forehead.
"It was awful Adrian, he was furious because what happened when I put the ring on the last time. He threw me against the wall, then yanked me up by my arms and shoved me back to the ground. Maybe everyone is right he can not be saved" I sobbed pulling his body toward me to shove my face into his chest.
"Shush Little Dhampir it will be ok" he said wrapping his arms around me letting me cry. I wasn't sure how long we stayed like that until Dr. Olendzki walked in.
"Rose I wasn't planning on seeing you for another week and a half" she said walking to the side of my bed. I released my hold on Adrian letting him slide off of the bed and take a seat in the chair next to me.
"I am always full of surprises, I thought you would know that by now" I said giving her a small smile.
"Lissa told me what has been going on, so lets make sure that baby of yours is doing ok" she said using the machine to find the heartbeat. Adrian and I waited in silence holding our breath until we heard the sound that made everything better.
"There it is" Dr. Olendzki said stopping the wand over my belly button. She held it there for a while each beat was causing the smile on my face to grow.
"The baby is strong Rose, they are a lot more resilient than you think" she said patting my forearm lightly.
"Thank you" I said thanking her and God at the same time.
"Now that we know the baby is doing well, is there any other injuries that you are concerned with" she asked.
"Could you take a look at my leg, I think that the cast may be ready to come off" I said hoping that she would agree. Adrian smirked at me knowing how much I hated it.
"Sure, have you been having any pain when you put pressure on it" she asked examining above and below the cast putting pressure on a few spots.
"No there has not been any pain" I said.
"There is no pain when I put pressure here?" she asked pushing into my upper calf.
"No" I said.
"Ok well lets take it off and see what we have" she said walking to the counter to grab the equipment she would need to remove the cast. I wiggled my toes and shifted my foot to make sure there was no pain.
"Well it seems to have healed very nicely and quickly" she said staring down at my leg in amazement. She gave me instructions to still use the crutches if I experienced any pain and then made an appointment to see her in a month for another check up on the baby. When she walked out Adrian stood up and helped me get dressed.
"You should go back and finish your game" I said standing once Adrian had slid the pants onto my legs.
Feeling the cast off of my leg was wonderful.
"The game is not important, you are" he said grabbing my shirt from the chair. He was so quiet a little to quiet.
"What are you thinking about?" I asked taking the shirt from him to pull on over my head.
"If you were serious, is it to late to save him" he said running his fingers over my bruised arms. His emotions were a mix of anger and sadness.
"I don't know, he doesn't want to be saved and I can't keep risking the baby's safety and my own to do something he is against" I pulled the shirt over my head covering the remainder of bruises with the fabric.
"I agree that your safety along with the baby's is what is important, but I don't think that he is in the right state of mind to make a decision about what he wants. We both know what he wanted before he was turned" he said helping me stand from the bed.
"I don't get it, what are you saying?" I stepped in front of him, so I could attempt to read his face.
"I know what losing this baby would do to me. I can not imagine what his family goes through everyday knowing what he is. I did not understand until I realized how much I love you and this baby" he said cupping my face and taking a step closer to me.
"But the baby" I said looking into his eyes realizing how much he loved me.
"We will not do anything that will put you or the baby in danger, we have three spirit users we will figure out a way that will keep you both protected. I promise I won't let anything happen to either of you" he said bringing his lips to mine. His kiss was soft and slow the opposite of what it was that morning yet it had the same effect on me. Heat radiated through my body yet sent chills through it at the same time.
I wasn't how to take the sudden change in Adrian. I knew he was right, everything that Dimitri said now meant nothing because he was not the real Dimitri.
We walked out of the exam room after a few minutes. I was surprised and felt even more guilty when we walked into the waiting room to be greeted by everyone. Adrian didn't tell me that all of the guys had come with him and were now staring at me waiting for some sign that everything was ok.
"They are both fine" Adrian said, while I watched everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"We need to work on your ability to pull yourself out of your dreams" Oksana said walking over to give me a hug.
"I know" I said hugging her back.
A week had passed since the incident happened with Dimitri. Oksana and I had been working on my dream control attempting to strengthen my ability to control my dreams and get out of them. Adrian and Lissa played a big role in it. Since I couldn't sleep without Dimitri coming in, Lissa was coming into my dreams and then I attempted to keep Adrian out of them.
"I don't get it" I yelled at Adrian as we stood on the beach.
"It will take time, you are doing much better" he said walking up behind me.
"Don't lie to me, I am not doing any better than I was five days ago. I can't even change the clothes I have on how am I going to push someone out of my dream" I said walking closer to the water until the waves were breaking at me feet.
"Look how long it took Lissa to get the hang of it, you can't get frustrated and throw a tantrum" he said coming to stand next to me.
"I am not throwing a tantrum" I said shoving him with everything I had. His body flew a couple of feet and went down with the wave. I should of felt bad, but at the moment I was to frustrated to feel bad for what I had just done.
Adrian stood up from the water, his face and hair dripping wet along with the rest of him. Looking at him I couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh do you see something funny Little Dhampir?" he asked walking toward me. His movement was like what you would see on the discovery channel when a lion was stalking his prey.
"I do" I said taking a few steps away from him. I could see he was planning something and I was trying to guess his movement.
He lunged forward trying to bring me down into the water. I stepped to the side avoiding him. "Adrian the baby" I said hoping he would not attempt another attack.
"Like the doctor said she is resilient" he said stalking toward me from behind. I felt his hands slip around my waist.
"I think I can think of something a bit more fun to do than you dunking me under the water" I said turning my body to face him.
"Oh really like what?" he asked lust filling his eyes.
"I don't know maybe something like this" I said running my hands down his chest to the top of his swim trunks.
"Those pregnancy hormones are doing wonders" he said running his hand up my bare stomach to caress my slightly larger breast. While his mouth moved to mine, my lips parted allowing his tongue access to explore my mouth. One hand worked its way into his swim trunks while the other moved up and down his bare chest feeling ever muscle that protruded out of his pale skin.
"Is this why you sleep so much?" Lissa asked pulling me out of a very passionate kiss.
"Yup and if you don't want to see anymore I suggest you leave quickly" I said turning my head to look at my best friend. She was wearing a white and yellow sun dress and was standing a few feet away from the waters edge.
"Oh sorry Rose, but if you want me to leave you are going to have to make me" she said smiling at me. I wasn't sure what Adrian was thinking but his lips had moved from my mouth down to my neck. He was placing small kissing up and down my neck while his hand still rested on my breast.
"Adrian" I gasped as he slide his other hand down my wet back pulling my body further into his. I could feel my need for him building and was not how much longer I would be able to stand here without doing something to fulfill that need even if my best friend was here.
"Sorry love but you know I don't start anything I can't finish" he breathed in my ear before nibbling on it.
"Lissa I am telling you now to leave or you will see a lot more of me and Adrian than you want to" I said trying to control my breathing as I felt Adrian's excitement grow.
"Make me" she said.
Then I realized this was a test to see if I could force Lissa out of my dream. I felt it difficult to concentrate with Adrian bringing me so much pleasure but when I realized that Lissa was stopping me from a very very good dream I put all of my energy into pushing her out.
I closed my eyes and put all of the energy and will power I had in my body pushing her out.
After a couple of minutes passed I opened my eyes to see an empty beach. I could no longer feel Adrian's lips on me. I looked away from the beach into his deep green eyes.
"You did it" he said picking me up swinging me around in his arms.
"Well she was interrupting a very good moment, now where were we?" I asked once he set me down in front of him.
"I think somewhere around here" he said running his hands down my chest sliding his hand into my bathing suit top cupping my breast.
"Oh right" I said wrapping my arms around his body sliding them into his swim trunks to grab his perfect butt and pull him closer. When the dream faded out completely. I woke up highly agitated and highly aroused. Adrian was laying next to me while Lissa stood hovering over our bodies.
"Oh my gosh Rose you did it" Lissa screamed at me attempting to give me a hug which I made difficult by refusing to sit up from bed.
"Who let you in?" I asked rolling over to cuddle closer to a now awake Adrian.
"Oksana" she said flopping down on our bed.
"Good job" Adrian said nuzzling into my neck kissing it while his hand pulled me closer to him.
"Lissa what time it is?" I asked closing my eyes.
"One in the morning" she said leaning back onto our bed laying her head on my legs.
"Lissa what are you doing? It worked now I want to go back to sleep and finish something you interrupted" I said running my hand down Adrian's bare stomach. If she was not laying on our bed I would finish what we started in the dream right now. Adrian let out a soft moan when my hand reached its destination.
"I thought we could try it again and see if you could push Adrian out since he is stronger than me" she said apparently not hearing the noises coming from Adrian.
"Tomorrow we will try again, now go home so we can go back to sleep" I said.
"Man don't you have enough sex when you're awake?" she whined as she sat up.
"No we don't and if you don't leave soon you will witness why we enjoy it so much" Adrian said his eyes were staring into mine getting me even hotter than I already was.
"Fine, I will see you guys in the morning" she said jumping from the bed walking to the bedroom door.
"Good night, I would say be safe but there is no point in that now is there" she said smiling back at me before she got hit by a pillow I had thrown at her.
As soon as the door was shut I was pulling the small tank top off sliding my underwear off while Adrian pushed his boxers down and grabbed me positioning me above him.
"Now where were we?" he asked running his hands up my stomach to my breast.
"Right there seems about right" I said moaning from the pleasure I was feeling radiate through my body.
The next morning Lissa and Christian was sitting in the kitchen at the counter while Oksana and Mark made breakfast.
"Morning" I said running my fingers through my hair pulling it into a ponytail.
"Hey, how did you sleep? Is Adrian still asleep because breakfast will be done in a few minutes" Oksana said flipping the pancakes that were cooking on the stove.
"Slept good, I am sure Lissa told you that I was able to push her out of my dream. And Adrian is"
"Right here" Adrian said walking into the kitchen kissing my shoulder before walking over to pour coffee into a cup, he grabbed a glass and walked to the fridge and poured milk into it before handing it to me.
"Thanks" I said giving him a quick kiss.
"That is awesome Rose, Lissa mentioned it but she said she didn't ask you how you did it. Something about not wanting to witness how you made little Rose or Adrian junior" Mark said laughing along with everyone else in the kitchen expect me. I could feel my face growing red.
"Aww don't be embarrassed Rose we all know how you made what will most likely be the cutest baby ever" Oksana said seeing the discomfort I was feeling.
"Well she interrupted at a very bad moment and I really wanted her to leave, so I closed my eyes and pulled every ounce of my strength and will and pushed it toward her leaving. When I opened my eyes she was gone" I said walking over to open the cabinet to grab plates to set the table.
"Where is Eddy?" I asked wondering if I needed to get him a plate.
"He said he had plans but wouldn't tell us with who or what they were. I think me might have a girlfriend" Lissa said beaming at me. Maybe I can get her to come over in the morning and watch the baby until I got up since she seemed so happy to be awake so early.
"Who would date Eddy?" Christian asked getting a chuckle from Adrian.
"I am pretty sure a lot of people said the same thing about you two" I said gesturing to Christian and Adrian. That got a laugh from everyone but Adrian and Christian.
"And look at you now flame boy you have the best fiancé you could ever have, and you were drunk ninety nine percent of the time so nobody thought you were going to end up with someone as awesome as me" I said giving Adrian one of my man eating grins.
"Nice nickname" Mark said laughing at the face Christian was making which turned into a glare directed at me.
"I though I told you to stop calling me that" he snarled at me.
"Fine I am sure I can just call you Spark or Diesel whatever you prefer" I said taking another drink of my milk.
"Rose stop" Lissa said staring at Christian. I could tell he was attempting to look upset but was on the verge of laughing.
We all sat down to eat while discussing what we thought Eddy was doing and with who, before moving on to me pushing people out of my dreams, then we ended up talking about the baby the remainder of the time. My stomach had grown a little bit bigger and Adrian had the bright idea to take a picture so we could scrapbook my pregnancy and put a picture of each month in it although we missed the first three months.
I attempted to object but he was relentless and would not give up until I gave in. So now we had a very neutral baby book that held three pictures of my stomach from different angles. Adrian and I had ordered it offline and got it yesterday. We couldn't fill a lot out since we didn't know much yet so instead we put the ultrasound picture in it along with the pictures of my stomach.
"Have you thought of names yet?" Oksana asked pulling me out of the memory.
"A few but we are not telling anyone yet, I think it will be kind of cool to keep it a secret until the baby is born" Adrian said smiling at me. We had started talking about baby names a few days ago there were a lot that I had to object to the number one was Rose.
"Adrian I am not going to name our baby after myself" I said sitting down on the bed after putting on a t-shirt to wear to bed.
"Why guys do it all the time why can't we name our baby after its wonderful mother?" he asked pulling his shirt off throwing it into the hamper.
"Because I don't want the baby to always feel like Rose Hathaway's daughter I want her to feel like she can make her name her own and she can't do that if it is already my name" I said sliding under the covers.
"Fine but at least consider using it as her middle name" he said sliding in next to me.
"Why are you so sure that the baby is a girl" I asked turning my body into his so his arms could engulf my body.
"I don't know I have a feeling, ever since we found out about the baby I haven't been able to think of it being anything else but a girl" he said kissing my forehead.
"Will you be upset if it is a boy" I asked pulling my body away from his a little so I could look at him.
"As long as our baby is happy and healthy then I don't care what it is. I just have a feeling it is a girl" he said smiling down at me bringing his lips down to mine.
I smiled at him thinking about how lucky I had gotten when he feel in love with me and stuck around when I was a mess. He was staring down at his food on his plate when he brought his eyes up to mine. My heart skipped a beat having him stare at me with those deep green eyes.
"Did you want some of my food?" he asked pushing his plate closer to me. I couldn't help but laugh that he thought I was looking at him for his food.
"No, I was just thinking how much I love you" I said sliding his plate back towards him.
"If it is anywhere close to how much I love you then I am a lucky man" he said kissing me lightly on the lips before returning his attention back to his food.
"You are really not going to tell me what the baby name is going to be?" Lissa asked through the bond sending her feeling of sadness and agitation with it.
"Lissa I can't tell you and nobody else that wouldn't be fair" I said happy that people realized what was happening without having to ask.
"But I am your best friend you have to tell me" she protested.
"No can do cousin" Adrian said smirking at Lissa.
"Butt out Adrian I wasn't talking to you" Lissa said glaring at Adrian that just continued to laugh.
"Lissa if I tell you then I would have to tell everybody and that is not what we want to do" I said giving her pleading eyes to just agree to let it go. Everybody else had remained quiet during our exchange, I think everyone was curios but were not pushing it.
The phone ringing saved me from having to continue the conversation with Lissa.