So very sorry for the wait .-. School has kept me crazy busy then the holidays were hectic! I worked pretty hard on this chapter, trying to finish it so I could update ASAP, so I hope you guys like it! I PROMISE I'll try writing more and updating hell of a lot more than I do. Thank you guys for staying here with me3
"More water for you ladies?"
"Yes, please."
She poured more water in our glasses. "Here's your coffee cake."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome," she said as she walked away.
"So how are you and Christian holding up?"
"He's a nervous wreck. He worries about not having enough stuff for the baby and all of that."
"Did you tell him that you have 9 months to worry about that stuff?"
"Yes, all he said was, 'I don't care we need to be preared.'"
"Sounds just like him. Looks like he and Dimitri need to talk. I was the same way until Dimitri calmed me down."
"Really?"
"Yeah. And my mom wasn't any help with freaking."
"Yeah, I bet. Have you seen her since?"
"Nope. Not a word from her."
"Are you going to say anything to her?"
"If she she doesn't say a word to me, no. I'll only let her know when I'm in labor."
"You really should check up on her, Rose."
"Why? It'll be just like at the Academy. She'll be too busy working to talk to her daughter."
"She's still your mother."
"I have Dimitri's, she's so much more helpful. And Sonya and Karolina. They both have had children."
She sighed, "So stubborn, as usual."
I smiled. "Well she pissed me off. She was no help, she was just in shock and left immediatly."
"You never called to see if she was okay?"
"No."
"Rose!"
"Well she acted like she didn't care about me. I can't help it."
"You know your mom cares about you."
"I know..."
"Give her time. She'll get better. It's her first grandchild, and you're only 19. Give her a little bit."
"Yes ma'am."
She laughed. "Let's go to the meeting a little early, so we can find our way around the building alright."
"Okay."
We put a tip on the table and left.
"That wasn't so bad," I said as we were walking out of the center.
"Yeah. It was actually kind of fun."
"Yeah. Be even funner when Dimitri comes and we get to explain how he got me pregnant."
She laughed, "Oh, that'll be hilarious. I'm definetaly going to that meeting."
I fumed. "Thanks, Liss."
She smiled. "You're welcome!"
"So what're we going to do now? It's only noon, and Christian nor Dimitri will be home in at least 4 hours."
"We could go to the spa or something."
"That sounds nice, but we don't have an appointment."
She grinned. "I'm the Queen, remember?"
I laughed. "Oh, yeah. I forgot!"
We walked to the spa and was greeted by many bows and smiles of respect. A female Moroi at a desk got up to greet us and smile.
"What can I do for you ladies?"
"Just some massages, please. And none that involve us laying on our stomach's, please."
"Alright! Let me check my computer," she said as she ran back to her desk.
We stood in front of her waiting for a reply.
"I have a few appointments, but I can call in someone to work!"
"Alright. Thank you, ma'am."
"You're welcome, Queen!"
We were taken to a room while she went back to her desk to call in a few people.
"So anything else you want to do while we're here, Rose?"
"Nope. Just a massage sounds good with me."
"Okay."
As if their life depended on it, 2 men came in to the room quickly.
"Hello Queen Dragomir and Guardian Hathaway. We're giving you massages today. Please go take off your clothes and wrap towels around your bodies."
We nodded and left, going in to the other room to undress.
"Is it just me, or are they real eager to get the Queen and her number 1 Guardian undressed?"
"Haha I'm thinking the same."
"Oh well, they won't do anything."
"Why do you think that?"
"All the stories of me, and you being Queen."
"Very true."
We got our towels around us and walked back out to where they were.
"What massages would you like?"
"Any that doesn't involve us laying on our stomachs."
"Alright," the taller one said, sounding disappointed to hear that we're pregnant.
I held back a laugh. We sat on the table side by side and they got to work giving us massages.
"With every massage is a free manicure, Queen. Would you both like one?"
Lissa looked at me. "Oh, why not?" I answered.
After 20 minutes of rubbing, we got our clothes back on and walked to the nail area of the spa. We sat at 2 tables, across from the men.
"Color, miss Dragomir?"
"Pastel pink, please."
"And for you?"
"Just a clear coat please."
As Lissa spoke to the man sitting across from her, doing her nails, I looked off in to space and go lost in my thoughts. Most of my thoughts were centered around the child inside of me. What if he dies because of what we are? What if he comes out different and everybody gives us hell for even trying to have a child? I must have had a weird look on my face, because when I finally pulled out of my thoughts, Lissa was looking at me worried.
"Are you okay Rose?"
"Yeah, I just got lost in my thoughts, that's all."
"You want to talk about it when we get to your house?"
"No, I'm fine."
"Alright," she said, even though the look she gave me said "we'll talk later".
After about 10 minutes, they were done and we were able to move to the tables with the dryers. We got our purses carefully and sat with our hands under the lights.
"So can we talk about earlier now?"
"Liss..."
"You looked really troubled, I want to talk about it whether you do or not."
Knowing she wouldn't give up, I gave. "Fine. But at the house, not here."
After another 10 minutes, our nails were dried.
"You ladies have a nice day!" said the lady behind the desk as we left.
"You too!"
We started walking towards the direction of the house, when Lissa grabbed onto my arm.
"So can we talk? I know we're not at the house, but we are alone."
"Alright. Earlier I was thinking about the baby," I said, hand fluttering to my stomach as soon as I said baby.
"What about the baby?"
"If he would die or come out different and everyone would scold us for even trying."
"Oh Rose..." she said as she wrapped her arms around me. "That won't happen."
"He could die, though. With Dimitri and I both being Dhampirs."
"And if that does happen, you guys can always try again. You guys should never give up on this. It's your dream."
"I'd be too heartbroken and defeated to try again."
"You'll have so many people behind you, Rose. You can always count on me."
"Really?"
"Really. You were there for my parents' death. But even if they didn't die, I'd be here for you no matter what."
"Thank you, so much Lissa," I said as I hugged her tight. "I love you."
"I love you too. But we should get inside. It's so hot out here," she said, laughing.
"It is hotter than usual for May."
"Maybe it's just us pregnant women."
I laughed. "You're probably right."
I unlocked the front door and we got inside, quickly going to the thermostat to turn the AC on.
"It feels soooo much better," Lissa said, falling back onto the couch.
"It does. Do you want anything to drink?"
"Oh, no I'm fine. I can get it myself."
"I was just asking because I'm going to get myself something."
"Oh," she said laughing, "well then I'd like a glass of water, please."
"Alright," I said as I headed to the kitchen.
I got out 2 glasses and filled them up with water. I grabbed a few napkins and walked back, giving Lissa her glass.
"Thanks, Rose."
"No problem," I said as I sat down beside her and got the remote off of the coffee table. "Pick anything you want to watch."
"There's absolutely nothing to watch during the afternoon, except them stupid Soaps."
I laughed. "We should so start watching one and bug Dimitri and Christian by talking about it to them."
She laughed. "That'd be funny, but it'd be torture for us too."
"Very true. Maybe we could watch a movie?"
"Sure. What movie?"
"I don't know. Want to run down to the movie store?"
"Sounds good!"
Once we'd went to the movie store and back, we popped in The Notebook and sat down on the couch with popcorn and pop. It was almost an hour before the guys would get home, so we thought we wouldn't be able to finish it.
"Why do you think Allie treated Noah like that at first, Rose?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe because she's rich and he's not and that's how she was raised."
"Probably. I wouldn't treat someone like that just because I'm rich, though."
"I know you wouldn't," I said as I smiled at her and patted her knee. "You're kind to everyone."
She smiled back at me. "But even with being Queen I wouldn't look down on anyone."
"I hope not."
"That'd be just plain selfish of me. I won't let the fame get to my head."
"Good. Now be quiet."
She laughed. "Okay, sorry."
Once it was the part when Allie was telling Noah she was a bird on the beach, I had fallen asleep (Thank God the popcorn wasn't in my lap or my cup in my hand).
I woke up, somehow laying on a towel under an umbrella on the beach. I immediatly sat up and looked around. I instantly noticed Dimitri standing in the shallow part of the water...with a little girl? I stood up and started to walk towards them. They were spashing in the water, the girl looking about 8 years old...which would make Dimitri 33 and me 27? Damn we were old.
"You're awake!" Dimitri said as he leaned down to kiss me.
"Yeah, I fell asleep. Sorry."
"It's alright! Demi and I kept ourselves busy in the water."
Demi again? I laughed. "I see that."
"How did you manage to get up?"
"What do you mean?" I looked at him confused.
"You're stomach's so huge. You could have fallen and lost the baby."
Baby? I looked down at my over-swelled stomach and felt a little nudge. "Oh, yeah. I'm sorry."
"It's alright. Just make sure you let me know you want up next time."
"I will."
"Good," he said as he kissed me again. "Did he wake you up?"
"No, woke up by myself."
"Well that's good. He actually let you sleep for once."
"Yeah. Him waking me up all the time got tiring."
"Why don't we let mommy sit down and we can eat lunch Demi? Sound good?"
She nodded her head in agreement and we went back to the spot under the umbrella and Dimitri opened a picnic basket. He handed everyone food and we ate in silence. Once we were finished, Demi walked up to use. "Can I go swimming?"
I looked at Dimitri. He answered, "Yes, just be careful."
"I will! Don't worry!"
She ran to the water and Dimitri and I laid back.
"So how much longer are we staying?"
"Is the sun too much for you and the baby?"
"No, no. I'm just wondering."
"We can leave whenever you want."
"Anytime's fine with me."
"Once Demi has a little swimming time, we'll go."
Dimitri wrapped his arms around me and we fell asleep. But, I wasn't asleep. Me in my dream was asleep, but it was like a spirit me was still able to see everything. I smiled, looking down at us sleeping. But then I looked at Demi and she was nowhere to be found. She must just be seeing how long she can hold her breath, I thought. But after a while I started to panic. She can't possibly hold her breath that long, dream or not. The spirit me was screaming, wanting my dream self or dream Dimitri to wake up, but it was like they were dead, they were so asleep. I saw my dream self wake up, but I didn't go into her, I stayed a spirit. She sat up, looked around and must have thought what I did because she laid back down and fell asleep. I screamed again, I screamed her name, I screamed Dimitri, wanting them to wake up and realize something was wrong, but they didn't. I started crying.
"Rose, Rose. Wake up. What's wrong?" Lissa said, shaking me awake.
I jumped out of sleep, looking up at her.
".Okay?"
"Yeah, it was just a bad dream. Was I talking in my sleep or something?"
"More than talking, you were practically screaming. Why were you screaming your own name?"
"It's a long story..."
"Tell me."
"Well..I had a dream with me, Dimitri and the baby as an 8 year old girl at the beach. And I was pregnant with another child, we ate and while Dimitri and I slept the little girl swam and she was drowning. It was like an out of body experience. I was looking at myself and everyone, and I'd looked over at the water and the little girl was nowhere to be found. At first I thought she was seeing how long she could hold her breath until I looked back a while and figured out that she was drowning."
"That's horrible, Rose."
"I know. I was screaming my name because I was trying to wake myself up. But I didn't wake up. It was probably too late anyways.."
"I'm so sorry," she said as she leaned down and hugged me.
"It's fine," I smiled.
"It still was a horrible dream. I thought all your horror dreams were over?"
"Apparently not..."
"Well what should we do to get your mind off of it?"
"Get Rose's mind off what?" Dimitri said as he came in the door.
"Oh, nothing. Is Christian off work yet?"
"No, he'll be a while."
"Oh, okay."
"Stay with Dimitri and I until he comes over. I don't want you alone."
"Okay."
Dimitri gave us a funny look before he walked up the steps to our room.
"So are you going to tell him?"
"I have to, he'll constantly bother me about it."
"Good luck."
"I'll need," I groaned.
"It won't be so bad. Besides, he's here for you."
"I know..but I hate telling him about my dreams. They worry him. Like before we got married, all those dreams about him?"
"I don't think he'll worry about this dream as much as those. I mean, those were about him. About him being a Strigoi again. That'd scare the hell out of me."
"True.."
"Just don't worry about what he'll say," She said, smiling. "You're probably worrying for nothing, as usual."
"Hey!" I said, hitting her. "Not true!"
She laughed. "Well you do worry a lot."
"It's a habit, I can't help it!"
As we were laughing, Dimitri came back down the stairs.
"What's so funny?"
"Ohh I was just telling Rose how much she worries and she hit me for it!"
"Well that was mean, Rose."
I smiled. "I know."
He smiled back.
"So are you going to be staying for dinner, Lissa?"
"Oh, probably not. Christian and I still have more to talk about with the baby."
"I understand. Rose and I do too."
"Yeah. I'll just text Christian to come get me from here when he gets off so he doesn't worry, seeing me not there."
"Yeah. Wouldn't want him to freak out and rampage around the whole Court for you."
She laughed. "So what're we going to do until he gets off Rose?"
"Hmm..we could sleep."
"Haha sounds good."
"Alright," I said as I got up.
She got up too and we walked up the stairs to the bedroom. I shut the door behind us and we got under the covers. We layed on our sides, looking at each other.
"Are you nervous, Rose?"
"About what?"
"Having a baby."
A little...are you?"
"Yeah. I'm crazy nervous. It's hard, to be a Queen and figure out what to do to prepare for this baby."
"I bet. I couldn't do that."
"I'm sure you could, Rose. You've always been stronger than me."
"But to balance being pregnant, do all the things reccomended for new parents AND do all those Queen things you have to do. It'd be hard."
"It really is..I can't take it. And it'll only get worse once it's public and it's close to my due date."
"Well Christian, Dimitri and I are here for you. You'll make it through. We'll help each other."
"Thanks Rose, I couldn't thank you enough for being here for me."
"That's what best friends are for," I said as I hugged her.
She hugged back.
"So when does Christian get off?"
"Usually around 4 or 5. Depending on the days events."
"Well hopefully work doesn't keep him too busy to where he doesn't come home until late."
"I know. We need to talk about him cutting his hours as soon as my pregnacy is noticeable."
"You could always stay here with me."
"I know, but I mean as soon as I get a baby stomach, I can't go around doing my Queen things. I'll have to have Jill step up for me and do them."
"Is she ready for that?"
"I hope. We have her in what I guess you could call 'training', but I'm not 100 percent sure she'll be ready."
"We'll have to cross our fingers and hope you don't get too noticeable until you're near your due date."
"Yeah. Have you gone to a baby doctor yet?"
"No, have you?"
"No. We need to find a doctor so we can start our baby check-ups and everything."
"I know. We can start looking for one tomorrow if you want and aren't busy."
"I shouldn't be, but I'll call you later when I know if I am or not."
"Alright."
She laughed. "We said we were going to go to sleep and we're laying here talking."
I laughed too. "I know. So much for sleeping."
"Oh well. I always feel better talking to you."
"So do I. I can always count on you."
"As can I."
We hugged again. As we broke apart, the doorbell rang.
"Must be Christian," she said as she got out of the bed.
I got out with her and we walked down the steps quietly.
"So where are they?"
"Oh, they said that they were going to sleep until you got here. They must have slept through the doorbell."
"Should we wake them up?"
"I'm not sure. I mean we could, they can get sleep during the day. But then again, they are carrying babies thanks to us."
They both laughed.
"Thanks to you guys?" we said at the same time.
"Well I do believe we-"
"Don't say it!"
They laughed again.
"Well it isn't like the 2 of you decided to get us pregnant without our permission."
"I thought yours and Christian's baby wasn't exactly planned?"
"Well we did want a baby sometime soon. But we weren't planning to get pregnant when we did."
"Oh. I see."
"Well we should head home Liss. It's going on 5:30 and we have no idea what we're having for dinner."
"Alright. Bye Rose and Dimitri!" she said as she hugged me then Dimitri.
"Bye Lissa," we said at the same time.
Dimitri followed them to the door, shutting it behind them and turning to face me.
"So what are we having for dinner?"
"Hmm..I'm not sure. What sounds good to you?"
"Anything. You pick."
"How about chicken?"
"What kind?"
"Maybe some baked chicken with peppers on top."
He looked at me surprised. "No fried chicken?"
"Fried chicken sounds great, but then I was reminded today in my meeting that the baby eats what I do, and I want it to be a healthy baby."
"It'll still be healthy, Rose."
"I know. I don't mean me eat all healthy food for 9 months, just not a lot of junk food."
"Yeah. We probably shouldn't take any chances with the fact that Dhampirs can't get each other pregnant."
"So can we have baked chicken?"
"Yeah. What do you want with it?"
"Hmm...maybe green beans and some stuffing?"
"Sounds good. Want to help?"
I pretended to be dizzy. "Oh, but I'm pregnant. Too much work will make me tired."
He laughed. "Yeah, carrying your '4 pound baby'."
I smiled. "Yes I'll help. What do you want me to do?"
"You could start cutting up a pepper and I'll get the chicken ready."
"Okay. We putting anything on them?"
"Yeah, we could put a spice or 2 on them."
"Okay," I said as I got out a pepper, knife and cutting board.
Dimitri disappeared out the door, getting the chicken from the big freezer in the basement. I washed the pepper and started cutting it into thin slices. He came back when I was halfway done with a bag of chicken.
"How many do you want?"
"Just 2."
"Okay. 2 for both of us."
He thawed the chicken quickly and started coating them with spices. I got out a dish for him and set the oven to preheat.
"Thanks hon."
"You're welcome."
He put the chicken in the dish with a little broth then put the pepper slices on top of the chicken.
"Now we wait until it's halfway done then we can start on the other stuff."
"Okay. What're we going to do until then?"
"We could talk."
"Okay," I said as we moved to the dining room table. "What're we going to talk about?"
"We could talk about anything. House stuff, baby stuff, anything."
"We do need to get baby stuff ready."
"Yeah. What do we need to do, since we don't need to worry about clothes and the room until we know what it is?"
"Well we could always buy just plain black and white furniture, so we don't have to worry so much. And it's not like we can't paint the walls and stuff to make it colorful."
"Very true. When do you want to go buy some furniture?"
"When you're off. When are you off?"
"In 2 days."
"Alright. We'll go then."
The chicken was halfway done, so we started on the green beans and stuffing. Once they were done, the chicken was done so we put them in dishes and set them in the middle of the table. I set the table while Dimitri got us a drink. We sat down, eating and talking more about the baby.
We'd quickly cleared the table and put all of the dishes into the dishwasher. We started it and headed up the stairs.
"So which guest room are we turning into a nursery?"
"Hmm..probbaly should do the one nearest to our room."
"Good idea."
We walked into the bedroom and looked around.
"It's big enough for all the things we'll need for the baby, and if we need more room some of it can go into our room or the guest room."
"Sounds good. So when are we clearing it out for the new furniture?"
"Probably should get up early on your day off to clean it out then head out to the store to buy some of the furniture."
"Alright. We can buy like a dresser, crib, playpin, changing station and rocking chair for now until we know what it is. We can even paint the rocking chair if you want."
"We probably shouldn't, just in case we plan on having more children."
"Yeah. Good idea."
"Ready for bed Dimka?" I said, using his Russian nickname.
He laughed. "Yes Roza. Are you?"
"Yes."
He smiled and took my hand. "Well then lets go to bed."
I smiled back, leading him to the bedroom. We shut off all of the lights except the lamps beside our bed. We changed into our pjs and got under the covers. I leaned over and kissed Dimitri.
"Goodnight. I love you."
"I love you too, Rose."
We kissed again, turning off the lamps and going to sleep.
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