Chapter 13

*Rose's POV*

"Dimitri, I have to tell her."

Well, that was a way to ruin the mood. Dimitri and I were snuggling on the couch after another restless week.

"Tell who what?" He asked.

"Tell Lissa about my situation." I said. Silently I cursed myself for not being about to say the P-word. Dimitri said it was my brain trying to think I'm not really preg…. With child. Damn it! Even in my mind I can barely say it.

I looked up at Dimitri, waiting to see what he had to say.

"Okay."

"Okay?"

"Just tell her Rose. She's your best friend. You'll feel better if you tell her." He said with a small smile on his face.

"How am I supposed to tell her though? She's barely spoken to me since I went to the doctors. A freakin' week! When she does talk to me, it's snippy. I have no idea what I did to piss her off." I knew I was ranting, but I was angry! Her being pissy at me made me pissed at her! I haven't done anything wrong.

"All you have to do is say 'Lissa, I'm pregnant.'"

"Aww, congratulations Dimitri. How far along are you?" I was trying to make a joke out of all of this, and Dimitri's pointed look told me I wasn't being funny. "You say it like it's easy. Telling your best friend that you're pregnant and the father is your boyfriend, which is impossible, and to make it better that I'm 9 weeks pregnant." I got off the couch, running my fingers through my hair.

"I think you'll know what to say when the time comes." Dimitri got up too and pulled me to him. I rested my head on his chest as he wrapped his arms around me. "Roza, you are a smart girl. Just go get changed and go find Lissa and tell her." His lips touched my forehead before he pushed me in the direction of the bathroom.

As I changed, I noticed something a bit…odd. "Dimitri, can you come here?"

"Coming." Dimitri knocked on the bathroom door and I opened it, only in pants and a bra. "What's wrong?"

"Do you see a small baby bump? I swear I can see a tiny bump." I looked at myself at many different angles, glancing at Dimitri out of the corner of my eye.

Dimitri eyed my stomach, looking at it with a guardian's eye for detail. "I don't know. I guess so, but very tiny. I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't said something about it."

"I knew it!" I exclaimed, proud of being right. "Okay, that's it. You can go." Shooing him from the bathroom, I shut the door and continued to change into my black guardian outfit. I looked at myself in the mirror and sighed. With the black blouse, the very tiny baby bump was virtually nonexistent. In my mind though, I'll know it's there and it is just going to get bigger. My hair was a mess even after I ran a brush through it so I threw it in a messy bun, emphasis on the messy. I checked the time and noticed I was going to be late. I whispered a quick profanity (hoping the baby wouldn't be able to hear. Babies can't hear yet, can they?), and bolted out the door. "Bye Dimitri! Love you!"

I didn't even hear him respond by the time I rushed out the door.

"Lissa, I have something to tell you." I blurted out as we walked in the garden. Other guardians were hidden in the darkness and shadows, hopefully unable to hear a word I was going to say.

"What's on your mind, Rose?" Lissa asked me, readjusting the umbrella she was holding to shield herself from the sun while still feeling the warmth of its rays.

This was it, the moment I have been dreading since the day I found out the news. The day I've been the most terrified of.

"Lissa, I'm –"

"Pregnant." Lissa completed the sentence for me.

My eyes widened in shock. How did she know?

"Dimitri told me." She replied. I guess I either said my question out loud or she was just that good at reading me. "The night he found out, he came to me and told me. I made him promise not to tell you I knew, wanting to wait until you told me yourself. I can't believe I had to wait this long."

I was shocked, dumbfounded. "I'm going to kill him." I murmured under my breath. "I can't believe he told you and didn't tell me you knew! He let me stress and freak out about telling you!"

"I wanted to wait for you to tell me yourself Rose! Dimitri kept his word and didn't tell you I knew. Adrian did too." Lissa's face didn't change as we continued to walk.

"You're the one who told Adrian?!" My voice rose and my hands turned to fists at my side. "I can't believe you. I thought someone else knew. Or do other people know? Did you tell Christian? The other guardians? My mom and Abe?"

"Of course not, Rose!" Lissa defended herself in a hurt voice. "Stop accusing me and calm down Little Miss Hormonal!"

With a clenched jaw, I turned and started to walk away. I know that no good guardian would do that, but I didn't care at that moment.

"Oh, stop being a brat Rose!" Lissa called after me. With a soft growl from low in my throat, I turned and dashed back to her.

"I'm pissed off Lissa, I have the freaking right to be! I can't believe you didn't tell me you knew."

"I can't believe you didn't tell me the minute you found out you were-" She hushed her voice. "Pregnant. I had to hear it from Dimitri. You have no idea how much that hurt. You're my best friend. No, not even that. You're my sister."

"I was scared!" My voice wavered from the wave of emotions that overtook. Goddamn hormones. "I was scared that you would judge me and think I cheated on Dimitri."

"Rose, I would never accuse you of that. Sure, I was skeptical, but this is something that is huge. Never in history has a dhampir had a child with another dhampir. It's-"

"Impossible, I know." My eyes filled with tears. "I really hate these hormones. Yesterday I cried over dropping my pickle on the ground. And then I ate it."

Lissa laughed in a disgusted way. Her arms went around my neck as she pulled me in for a long hug. "I love you Rose. I just want to see you happy. I know that you and Dimitri are going to be amazing parents to that little one. And he or she will have the most amazing aunts and uncles a kid can ask for."

I hastily whipped away my tears and smiled. "Hell yeah."

"Watch your language! Baby can hear you." She scolded.

"Shit." I groaned. "I mean shoot!"

As we finished our walk, I asked myself why I was so nervous to tell Lissa everything because after she knew, I told her everything. I guess I was just scaring myself for no good reason.

That reminded me that I had a cute Russian boy to kill when I got home. Pity to lose such a beautiful face.

I'm back! I know I haven't updated in a long time, but that is because I participated in Camp NaNoWriMo and completed my goal of 50,000 words in April! I didn't have time to write anything after April because of my school play. But no worries! I am back. I know this chapter isn't the best, but I hope you appreciate it! Next chapter is Adrian and Sydney. Or maybe Rose and Dimitri. I don't know yet. :D

I hope you enjoyed it! Please leave some constructive criticism because it is very much appreciated!

Love,

Kaitlyn xoxo