I'm sorry for the Adrian POV chapter. It wasn't my best. Re-reading it, I realized it has a rushed tone to it. I feel like I kind of rushed it to the sex . I should probably work on my POVs before I post another. Soo I think I won't do another one for this story. But anyways..I'm deleting the poll. Kind of pissed that no one voted. Whatever though. Here's chapter 24!
~6 months pregnant~
Lissa and I are now 6 months pregnant, but I'm a few weeks ahead of her. Last month a few weeks after mine, she went to the doctor for her ultrasound and we'd found out that she was having a little boy. Like my appointment, she'd practically screamed and you could even see the excitement lit on Christian's face. I mean, he isn't all guardian mode like Dimitri, hiding his emotions all of the time, but you still could see how excited he was on his face. All while the words were gushing out of her mouth like vomit, he was speechless. He just had a big goofy grin on his face. Since then, we haven't done much besides hang out at each other's houses and look through baby stuff. Lissa and I were laying on Dimitri and mine's bed, looking through baby magazines. She was dressed from coming over here while I was still in my pjs. She came over at 8 PM after Dimitri left for work.
"OH MY GOD ROSE WE NEED TO HAVE A BABYSHOWER!"
I covered my ears from her screaming. Jeez she liked to scream, especially when it came to baby things.
"A babyshower, really?"
"Yes! We need to have a babyshower. Maybe even a double one!"
"But the people you know, don't know me."
"Oh well! Doesn't mean they can't buy you a gift!"
"Do we really have to?"
"Yes! Extra help getting stuff for the baby doesn't hurt!"
"Will it make you shut up if I say yes?"
She smirked. "Yes. I'd be really happy and I'd be quiet if you said yes."
"Alright, then it's a yes. But, when we talk about the babyshower you have to be calm and quiet about it. No yelling or squeeling."
"I promise I won't yell or squeel when it comes to baby stuff."
"Good. Now, where's the babyshower going to be at?"
"I'm not sure about that yet. We could always have it at my house?"
"That'd work. Or maybe in the ballroom. I'm sure there's a lot of people you want to invite."
"You know me so well..it's crazy."
I smiled. "Well we have known each other since kindergarden and I use to be able to go into your head."
"It's crazy, I forget about the bond so quickly, now that it's gone."
"So do I. It still feels weird to not be able to feel you and know if you're okay."
"I'll be okay, with you as my guardian."
We smiled at each other and held hands.
"There may not be a real bond anymore, but we're still bound together forever Rose. I saved your life, you've been with me for forever."
"And even though you're the Queen now, we're still close. We'll always have a special bond."
"Always. We've kicked ass together over the years."
We laughed together at the thought. "Yeah we have. 2 years away from vampire society. Never being found until Dimitri and them had found us that night."
"Do you think we would've survived, if we'd never been found and dragged back to the academy?"
"I don't know, Liss. I'd like to say yes, but without the academy, I wouldn't be a great guardian and you wouldn't have found out that you're a spirit user."
"True."
"There'd be no Adrian, no Christian and you, no Dimitri and I..our lives would be so different."
"Always on the run, no time for a real relationship."
"You wouldn't be the Queen."
She laughed. "Sometimes I wish I wasn't the Queen.."
"It's such a big commitment. And so stressful. Running the Moroi community pretty much by yourself."
"What about Christian?"
"He helps, but I'm a Dragomir. The Queen. I have more of a saying than he does."
"I thought everyone was getting over his parents willingly turning Strigoi?"
"They are, I guess it just has to do with me being one of the last Dragomirs."
"And your charming personality, thanks to spirit."
We laughed. "Yeah, that too."
"So have you and Christian chosen a baby name yet?"
"No. We've actually been really busy with meetings and stuff."
"You're still doing meetings and all of that Queen stuff?"
"Yeah, just stuff that keeps me in the Court, though. Christian goes to all of the stuff outside of the Court."
"How long do you think it'll be before you'll be at home, not able to do things?"
"Whenever the doctor tells me I should stay away from working or when my feet start to kill me," she laughed.
"Well at least your job isn't so life threatening. Ever since we'd found out I was pregnant, Dimitri won't let me do anything. I'm always stuck at home."
"He's just worried about you. He wants to keep you and Demitra safe."
"I know, it just sucks."
"I bet."
"You know what we should do Liss?"
"What?"
"Yoga for pregnant women."
"Really?"
"Really! It'd be fun. And it'd probably relax us. You're always complaining about back pains."
"Yeah. But where's a place for prenatal yoga?"
"I'm sure that baby place we'd went to has yoga sessions."
"I could call and you could get dressed?"
"Sounds good."
While Lissa went downstairs to use the home phone in the kitchen, I went to the closet and looked through it, finding something decent and stretchy for yoga. I finally decided on a pair of loose sweatpants and one of my maturnity tank tops. Once I had the clothes on and my hair in a messy bun on the top of my head, Lissa was back and waiting for me on the bed.
"So what did they say?"
"They do have a yoga session. The next one's in 20 minutes."
"Do you want to run home and change into something more comfortable and stretchy?"
"Yeah, let's go."
I grabbed my cell phone and keys, and we headed out the front door. I drove us over to her house and she went inside by herself, going to change clothes. While I waited for her, I grabbed my phone from the cup holder and texted Dimitri.
"Hey. I just thought I'd let you know that Lissa and I are going to a prenatal yoga class at that baby place."
"Ok. How long is it?"
"I'm not sure. Probably about an hour long."
"Are you there now?"
"No, Lissa's in their house changing. We'll be there in about 10 minutes."
"Ok. I'll be home in 3-5 hours."
"Busy today?"
"Yeah. Christian probably won't be home for a while either."
"Well I'll let you get back to work. I just wanted to let you know. I love you."
"I love you too Roza. Have fun."
I put the phone back in the cup holder and about 2 minutes later, Lissa was getting into the car.
"You actually have yoga clothes?"
"Yeah. I'd thought about doing yoga when I'd first bought maturnity clothes but never looked into it."
"Well now they'll come to use," I smiled.
"Yep!" She smiled back at me.
"Well we better hurry before we're late," I said as I pulled the car out of park and drove to the baby place.
Once we were parked and walked into the yoga room, it was 11:58.
"Just in time," I muttered under my breath at Lissa.
"Hello ladies!" the lady in front of the room said to us.
"Hello!" we said at the same time.
"Is this your first time here?"
"In the yoga class, yes. But my friend Lissa and I been here before for meetings."
"Oh okay! Well you can grab a mat and sit anywhere you'd like!"
"Thank you."
We both grabbed a mat from the corner and sat near the back.
"So do you think this'll hurt Rose?"
"It might a little, since we haven't really done a lot since getting pregnant, but I'm sure we'll feel better."
"I hope."
"Yeah it probably helps with back pains and all of that."
"Alright ladies let's get started!"
~1 hour later~
"God, that was such a workout!"
Lissa and I were saying our goodbyes, leaving the center.
"Oh I know. I haven't felt this worn out since training with Dimitri," I laughed.
"I bet. It has to be especially hard on you, with being so use to being fit and working out."
"Well I have to do what I have to do.."
"I bet it won't take you long to lose your baby bump and get back to being slim."
I laughed. "Probably not. As soon as I have her, Dimitri's staying with her while I go work out and lose all of this."
We both laughed. "I don't see you leaving her, honestly."
"Really?"
"Really. I don't think you'd leave her side," she smiled.
I grinned. "I guess you're right."
"Do you think it'll be because of your mother leaving you at the academy?"
"Maybe. But I never have thought about having kids until I met Dimitri. I always thought I'd be a guardian with no kids or serious relationships."
"Yeah. We always thought you'd be guarding me. Nothing else."
"Well at least with you being the Queen I can be your guardian, a mother and a wife."
We both smiled at the thought. "Well we better get home and relax a little bit."
"Yeah we should."
I started up the car and drove us back to the house. I parked the car in the driveway and we got out. I unlocked the door and we immediately went up to mine and Dimitri's bedroom.
"Do you mind if I shower Rose?"
"Of course not! You can borrow some of my clothes too if you want."
"For once, we're both close to the same size," she laughed.
"Oh, I know!"
We both laughed and I gave her a towel and wash rag.
"Need help with turning the shower on?"
"No, thanks."
"Alright! I'll leave clothes on the sink for you."
"Thanks!"
"You're welcome Liss."
I left the bathroom and went to the closet. I picked out a plain white t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants for Lissa. I walked back to the bathroom and set them on the sink.
"Do you want socks or are you fine?"
"I'm fine, thanks!"
"You're welcome."
I left the bathroom again and sat on the bed, waiting for her. I picked up one of the baby magazines we were looking at this morning and flipped through it. Soon she was finished and came back out in the clothes.
"A little big, but we're close Rose."
I laughed. "Yeah. Probably a size or 2 smaller than me."
"So what do you want to do until the boys get off?"
"We could always eat ice cream and watch a movie or 2?"
She laughed. "Sounds good. What kind of ice cream do you have?"
"We can go check after I change into sweats."
"Okay. I'll go ahead and start looking."
"Alright."
She walked downstairs and I went to the closet and got a red shirt and a pair of sweatpants. I changed into them and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. Lissa was looking in the freezer for the ice cream.
"So what do we have?"
"Some chocolate and cookie dough."
"Which one do you want?"
"Oh, it doesn't matter to me."
"We could share?"
"That works!"
She got them out while I grabbed 2 spoons and we sat on the couch.
"What movie?"
"What do you have?"
"Anything. We have Netflix."
"Oh, so we can order any movie we want?"
"Yes."
"Hmm...how about an Adam Sandler movie?"
"Sounds good!"
I grabbed the remote and ordered Billy Madison. We opened up the tubs of ice cream and started to eat them.
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