I REALLY hated writing this chapter/: but at least I made it through! :) Sorry it took soooo long, Labor Day I got DUMPED! and then on the following Thursday, I found out an old friend of mine I haven't seen for like 10 years hung herself on the 1st/: so I was pretty upset over those 2 things. So again, I apologize for the wait and the cliffhanger, I didn't expect those things to happen when I wrote the cliffhanger. Give me your opinion on this chapter please(: Expect the 12th in a week or 2, maybe less, depends on how much homework my retard teachers give me lol.
I about cried. The results in bold capital letters read 'NEGATIVE'
"Maybe it's just because today you weren't supposed to get your period.."
I nodded my head, I didn't trust my voice.
"Do you want to try again or do it tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow." My voice cracked, damnit.
Dimitri wrapped his arms around me tight. "I'm so sorry Rose."
I put my head on the place in between his neck and shoulder and silently cried.
For most of the day, I layed in bed with my face pressed in to the pillow. I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. Dimitri was rubbing my back for a while until he had to go to the store.
"I'm home."
I sniffed, lifting my head up to look at him.
"Feeling any better?"
"No."
"I'm sorry Rose.."
"It's not your fault."
He sat on the bed across from me. "I know, but I'm still sorry about it. It is my child too ya know."
"I know.."
He kissed my forehead. "I'm calling Lissa."
"Why?"
"To talk to you."
"I don't want to talk to her."
"Yes you do."
"No I don't."
"Why?"
"I don't want to talk to anyone."
"Your talking to me."
I layed back and pulled the covers over my head.
"Rose.."
"What?"
"Please talk to Lissa. If you don't, I'll tell her what happened and she'll fly over here and demand to talk to you."
"Sounds just like her."
"I know. Now please, can you talk to her?"
"Fine."
He got up and grabbed my cell phone. He punched in her number and waited for her to answer.
"Hello Lissa, I was wondering if you'd please talk to Rose?"
Pause.
"Okay. Here she is."
He handed me the phone.
"Hi Liss."
"Is everything okay?"
"No."
"What's wrong?"
"The test said negative."
"Oh my god, I'm SO sorry Rose!"
"It's alright..I'm gonna try again tomorrow."
"I'd hug you right now if I could."
"Yeah."
"So what made Dimitri have you talk to me?"
"I've been laying in bed all day crying on and off."
"Oh..."
"Yeah."
"Does anybody know besides you two and me?"
"No."
"Okay. I wouldn't tell anybody else until you're for sure on if you're pregnant or not."
"Yeah."
"I love you, Rose."
"I love you too Liss."
"I'll talk to you later."
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye."
I hung up.
"She help you any?"
"Not really."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay. What time is it?"
"7:30."
"Okay. I'm gonna sleep."
"You haven't eaten all day."
"I know."
"That's not good, if you do end up getting pregnant."
I sighed and got up, sitting at the table.
"What do you want for dinner?"
"I don't care."
"Pick something, please."
I thought for a second. "Chicken?"
"Sounds good."
"Okay."
While he got started in dinner, I flipped through the channels finding something to watch but of course came back empty-handed. I sighed and sat at the table.
"Find nothing?"
"Nope."
"How about putting in a movie?"
"No, I'm tired. I'll probably go to sleep after dinner."
"You've been sleeping all day, Rose."
"I know. I'm still tired."
"How?"
"I just am."
"You need to stay up longer. You can't sleep all the time."
"And why not?"
"It's not healthy."
I gave up on the conversation and looked absently around the movie case. After about 20 minutes Dimitri was setting the table.
"Dinner's almost ready."
"Okay."
I sat at the table and waited for it to be finished. About 10 minutes later, he was setting a plate of chicken in the middle, a bowl of corn to one side and another bowl to the other side filled with mashed potatoes. I smiled.
"Thanks Dimitri."
"Your welcome."
He smiled and we ate until we were full. Once we were finished, I put away the food. He started washing the dishes and I dried them and put them away.
"Dinner was good, thank you."
"Your welcome. Glad you liked it."
Dimitri's phone rang and I answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Rose. How are you?"
Olena.
"I'm good, how are you?"
"Great. My mother would like to know how her herbs worked."
"Haven't kicked in I guess. I'm not pregnant, I took a test today."
"Oh I'm so sorry dear."
"It's alright. We're gonna try again in the next few days."
"Hopefully it works."
"Yeah."
"Well tell my son I said hello. I have to go."
"Alright, love you."
"Love you too. Goodbye Rose."
"Bye."
I set his phone down and went back to the kitchen to dry dishes again.
"Who was that?"
"Your mom."
"Oh. What did she want?"
"Yeva wanted to know if the herbs worked or not."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
After we finished, we layed in bed and watched tv.
"Ready for bed yet Rose?"
"Not yet. Maybe in about an hour. Why?"
"I'm getting a little tired."
I laughed. "But it's only 9:30."
He smiled. "I know, but I ran today."
"Oh. That's where you went."
"Yeah. I would've asked you to come, but I figured you needed your space."
"Thanks."
"Your welcome."
About half an hour later, Dimitri was out. I smiled. I kissed his forehead and turned off the tv and lamp, going to bed myself.
Dimitri was shaking me awake.
"Rose, time to get up."
He pulled the covers off of me and I groaned.
"Let me sleep."
"Nope, it's time to go."
"Go where?"
"You'll see."
I sighed and got up.
"I'm up. Where are we going?"
"Shower and get dressed."
I sighed. "Why?"
"You'll see."
"Fine.."
I walked to the bathroom and undressed, getting in to the shower. After I finished, I came out of the bathroom and went to the closet to get some clothes.
"Wear something nice!"
"Oh, alright."
I picked out a light blue blouse, black dress pants, underwear and a bra and went back in to the bathroom to get dressed. I came out and blow-dried my hair, putting it up in a bun and putting on a little bit of makeup. I put on black flats and came back in to the bedroom.
"Good enough?"
"Yes."
"Okay. Now tell me where we're going."
"No."
I sighed. "Why can't you tell me?"
"Because it's a surprise."
"Tell me at least one thing."
"We're doing a little bit of traveling."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Okay."
We left the hotel and he took me to an airport, closing my eyes when he got our tickets. He kept my eyes shut as we got on to the airplane.
"Be right back."
"Okay."
He went in to the back where the flight attentants were and came back after a few minutes.
"What'd you do?"
"Just asked them a question."
"Oh."
"Sleep, if you want."
"Is it going to be a long trip?"
"Not really."
"Oh, okay."
I leaned the chair back, glad no one was sitting behind us, and dozed off.
I woke up and sat up, confused. I was no longer in the airplane. I got up and looked around the room I was in. It looked just like the room we were in at the Court. I looked around a little more. Wait, it IS the room we were in.
"Dimitri? What's going on?"
I walked to the door and opened it, looking down the hallway. No one was in the hallway.
"Hello? Is anybody here?"
Still nothing. I walked down to the lobby and still no one was anywhere.
"Hello? Dimitri? Liss? Christian? Anybody?"
No sound at all. I walked outside and a little brown haired girl with a fur coat on. I looked away from her and saw it was winter.
"What the..."
"Hello, who are you?"
I looked back in front of me and the little girl was talking to me.
"Rose. Who're you?"
"Melanie. You look familiar, do you have any kids?"
"No."
"Oh. Well you look like my friend Demi, sorry."
I looked more closely at her.
"Tell me all about Demi."
"Are you security? Did she do something?"
"No, no. I just have heard of her and want to know more about her. I know her mother."
"Oh. Well she has brown hair like me, brown eyes, is nice until you make her angry, there's a lot to her. It's hard to explain her."
"How old are the both of you?"
"10. How old are you?"
"18."
She laughed. "You look older than that."
"Oh really? How old do I look then?"
"About 30. Are you sure you don't have children? You look older like you would."
"I don't have any. I'm supposed to be pregnant in a few days though."
"Oh, well you look like you would have at least 1 kid by now."
"Well I don't."
"Okay. Sorry ma'am."
"It's alright."
Another girl with brown hair came up. "Come on, Melanie. Mrs. Ivashkov blew her whistle to come in."
"Okay. Oh, Demi, this is Rose. I just met her."
We looked at each other. "Nice to meet you, Demi."
"Nice to meet you. My mom's name is Rose too."
"That's cool."
"Yeah. Are you a guardian?"
"Yes."
"That's so cool! I want to be a guardian like my parents!"
"Hopefully that works out for you." I smiled. "Well I better get going. Goodbye girls."
"Goodbye!"
They ran back to a set of doors where an older woman was that I guessed was Mrs. Ivashkov.
"Is that Danielle Ivashkov?"
I walked over to the doors and walked in. I looked around until I found her. I knocked on the door.
"Yes?"
"Is your name Danielle?"
"Yes. Who are you?"
"Rosemarie Hathaway."
"Oh my! I haven't seen you in ages! You look so different!"
"Thank you, same to you."
She smiled. "Would you like to stay a while and talk with the class?"
"Yes, when did you become a teacher?"
"A few years ago."
"I'm shocked they've let you. You're Moroi and royal."
She laughed. "Well I do have guardians every once in a while, but the building is secured."
"That's good."
"Yes, it is. But I do find it odd that I'm training dhampirs to become guardians."
I laughed. "That is odd."
"So, would you like to come in for a while?"
"Yes."
"Alright. Class! This is Guardian Belikov! Say hello."
"Hello Guardian Belikov."
I smiled and walked in to the front of the class.
"Guardian Belikov is married to the other Guardian Belikov. But, she is also known as Guardian Hathaway, and her mother is the famous Guardian Janine Hathaway."
They all had a look of shock on their faces. I smiled.
"She also has many tattoos already for her killings, she even killed Strigoi before graduating and becoming a guardian."
More shocked faces.
"May they see them?"
"Yes."
I lifted my hair up and showed them the tattoos on the back of my neck. "They might not look like much, but I have 1 that symbolizes that I killed many at the Academy I was at, but they weren't able to keep track of how many I actually killed."
A hand raised quickly.
"Yes?"
"My parents told me about that huge attack at the Academy. What was it like?"
"Well, I was at a cabin with Guardian Belikov and I could sense that there was something wrong. And so when we went outside, we saw a bunch of Strigoi so Guardian Belikov told me to go get help while he tried to fight off them. And we had to keep Moroi in the buildings with assigned guardians while the rest of us fought off Strigoi. That day was the first time a Moroi fought off Strigoi, and that was King Ozera."
A bunch of shocked faces and some said "really?"
"At the end of it, a bunch of Strigoi were killed. But also a lot of Moroi were taken and/or killed. They also had taken Guardian Belikov. It's a very long story, so I won't explain everything that happened because it's hard to explain."
Danielle smiled. "Well, thank you for sharing that Guardian Belikov. Do you guys see how serious being a guardian is?"
Many nodded, some were still in shock.
"Do you have anything else to share?"
"No."
"Okay, well does anyone have any questions for Guardian Belikov?"
A few hands shot up.
"You in the back?"
"Did you really run away from the Academy for 2 years with Queen Dragomir?"
"Yes, I did."
"And didn't you run away to Russia for a while on your 18th birthday before graduating?"
"Yes."
Danielle got up from her seat. "Children, no questions about things like that. Guardian Belikov has done some unresponsible things in her life, but we must not dwell on them. They won't help you with your own future."
I smiled. "Thank you."
"Your welcome. Any other questions?"
No hands.
"Alright. Well do you want to stay or do you have to go?"
"I could stay for a while."
"Okay, you can sit at my desk while I teach. Would you like to grade papers?"
"Yes, please."
"Thank you."
"Your welcome."
5 minutes in to the lesson, all the children screamed on the top of their lungs. I covered my ears with my hands but I could still hear them like I didn't even have them covered.
"STOP!"
They didn't stop, they just screamed louder.
"Rose, are you alright?"
I shot up, realizing I was still sitting in the airplane.
"Are you okay? Why did you yell stop?"
"It was just a...dream."
"Tell me about it."
"I was at our room at the Court, Demi was there, she wasn't my kid though, but she looked like you and me, and Danielle Ivashkov was teaching a class for dhampirs. IT was all confusing."
"Why did you yell stop though?"
"They were all screaming at the end. And they wouldn't stop, and when I yelled stop they just yelled louder."
"That's weird."
"Yeah it is. It scared me."
"I'm sorry." He wrapped his arms around me tight.
"It's alright." I layed my head on his shoulder. "Are we almost there?"
"Yes, we'll be there in about 10 minutes."
"Okay. Where are we going?"
"New Jersey to meet your mother."
"Really?"
"Yes. It kind of slipped out."
"What did?"
"I told her we were trying to get you pregnant and she demanded to see you."
"Really?"
"Yes.."
I sighed.
"I'm sorry.."
"It's fine." I smiled.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. I love you."
He smiled. "I love you too."
After about 10 minutes, we landed and we went out in to the airport and I saw my mom.
"Rose!"
She came up and hugged me, then Dimitri. I smiled.
"How are you? Are you pregnant?"
I smiled again. "Nope. Not yet. Yesterday the test results were negative."
"I'm sorry Rose."
"It's okay. How did you manage to come here? Shouldn't you be guarding your family?"
"I told them what was going on and they let me have the rest of the week off. I've worked with them since you were 1 years old. So, they know a lot about you and are very excited to hear that you're trying to get pregnant."
I smiled. "Hopefully it all works out and all this excitement isn't wasted."
She laughed. "Yeah. Sorry for ruining your honeymoon by showing up."
"Oh, no! It's fine, don't worry. I'm glad to see you."
"Really?"
"Yes."
She hugged me again. "I love you."
"I love you too."
She smiled. "So what do you guys want to do?"
I thought for a moment. "Eat?"
Dimitri and her both laughed. "Alright. Where do you want to eat?"
"Cheddars?"
"Sounds good."
My mom rented a car and we went to Cheddars to eat dinner. It felt nice to have my mom and Dimitri with me, but I wished that Liss was with us too, maybe even Christian.
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