A/N: Hey everyone! Just to let y'all know this is going to be the ball chapter :-) This story is really difficult to write so that's why it's taking so long. I'm really honestly trying but I'm just kind of pulling this all randomly out of my head. Thanks!

Rose-

I only had one dress that would be appropriate for this kind of thing. And it looked fantastic! The corset hugged my curves in a way that was almost illegal. The dress was puffier than I had remembered but it looked good that way. There were pieces of fabric that were gathered together in places and it had a lace up back. It was a scarlet red color with elbow gloves and a gold necklace to top it off. I left my hair down in curls streaming down my back. Picking something out for me wasn't all that hard. The hard part would be trying to find something that Anya will wear.

Anya usually wears jeans and a t-shirt. She wont let me put her in a dress or even a skirt. So I'm going to bring backup.

" Adrian! I need your help with something!" I call out to Adrian who was hiding in our closet.

He came out of the closet shyly as if testing the waters.

" You can calm down. Anya isn't in here. She's in her room sulking."

" I wasn't doing that. I'm an Ivashkov. Ivashkov's aren't afraid of little girls."

" Sure."

I glance over at him. He is wearing an off black suit with a bright gold tie. He looks nice…very nice.

": Come on. Time to face the beast." I tell him then head down the upstairs hallway towards Anya's room.

" Anya. It's time to get ready. Now open the door. I brought Adrian!" I call through the door knocking.

The door opens and there is Anya standing in the middle of the doorway in a burgundy dress. The exact one I was going to make her wear.

" You did that yourself?" I ask her.

" Yep. Do you like it mommy?"

" I love it sweetheart." It reached her feet and there was a little off white belt with a rose in the front. She was even wearing matching shoes. Her hair was a dark brown color and curly. The curls framed her face in an angelic sort of way. Her brown eyes were the spitting image of Dimitri's. She was adorable. In fact looking at her now, I see exactly how much she looks like him. Same eyes, same nose, and even the same ears! It almost hurt to think about it.

" Are you ready to go?" I ask her. Adrian had already gone downstairs.

" Yeah. Mommy, are you ok?"

" Of course. Why?"

" Because your eyes are all watery."

" I'm just fine kid. Let's go. We've got a long night ahead of us."

Arriving at the ball

Rose-

We were all to meet Lisa at the ball because she needed to be there early. After about half an hour of driving I knew we were close. My stomach tightened up and started that flipping feeling. I can do this. I can do this. I kept chanting to myself. Eventually we pulled into the spot we were supposed to be. The event was being help in a hotel ballroom. I hadn't ever been here before.

" Excuse me, miss?"

I looked outside my window to find a valet standing beside my door.

" Sorry." I got out of the passenger's side and found Adrian and Anya waiting for me. I took his arm and we all walked inside.

The inside of the hotel was huge. There were chandeliers hanging everywhere and tapestries hanging from the walls. We followed the ushers all the way to a pair of double doors. The entrance. I felt like I was going to hurl and apparently it showed on my face because Adrian said, " Just breath. You will be ok."

I pull Anya closer to me and push the doors open. I can do this. I can do this. The doors apparently led down to an open staircase that overlooked the ballroom. We were now at the top. Which meant everyone could see me. I looked down over the crowd and my eyes instantly connected with Dimitri's. He looks away quickly and I concentrate on the task at hand- walking down two stories worth of stair with a hundred people watching me.

I take it step by step, hoping for the best. And After a few minutes I'm on the ground again and Lisa is coming towards me. Part 1: complete.

Dimitri-

Tasha and I had been in the ballroom for about ten minutes when the doors swung open. I thought everyone was here already but boy was I wrong. She was standing at the top of them with Ivashkov. I can do this. I can do this. Every eye turned to her. But her eyes connected with mine. I looked away quickly before anyone noticed. She was beautiful. No. She was magnificent. Almost like a goddess.

Just as I looked back up at her the lights glinted off her engagement ring. She wasn't lying before. Rose was engaged. MY Rose was engaged. She would never be mine again.

" Who's that?" Tasha asked in awe.

" That's Rose."

" No. Not Rose. The little girl beside her."

I looked that direction and the air got caught in my throat. There WAS a little girl beside Rose. And she looked exactly like her. Same curls, same chin, and the same facial structure. Does this mean what I think it means?

" Rose and Adrian had a baby!" Tasha whispers.

A/N: So more ball stuff is going to happen in the next chapter, I just wanted to get the "Dimitri finds out Rose has a kid" part out of the way to go on the juicy stuff. Most of these chapters have been used to lead up to something. Now that most of that is out of the way I can get to the real story stuff. I'm thinking of having something going on besides just Dimitri finding out. Maybe somebody coming after Anya or Rose getting into some kind of trouble. I don't know. Tell me what you think and review!