I know you guys are probably like "OH MY GOD THIS IS GETTING A LITTLE BORING BROOKELLE!" Well you just have to bear with these filler chapters for a little longer then I PROMISE something will happen :) I have something planned that'll happen around chapters 28-30. Bear with me for a little longer :) And I kind of lied. I got bored and decided to write, sooo here's chapter 26! Enjoy!

Needless to say, it didn't take me long to give up on vacuuming the living room. I'd probably vacuumed half of the room before turning it off and sitting down on the couch. This whole wife and being responsible job was hard. It didn't help, being 6 months pregnant. My ankles were swelling and my back was hurting. It was pain from hell. I guess I'll have to call my mother and see if she'll help me clean. Lissa probably won't be up to cleaning either. This house is going to be a mess until I've had this baby, I'd thought to myself, laughing. After a few minutes, I got up off the couch and walked over to where my cell phone was. I opened it and dialed my mom's number. It rang 3 times before she answered.

"Hello!"

"Hey mom."

"How're you feeling? It's been a while since we've last spoken!"

"I haven't been too bad. I'm hurting right now from trying to clean."

"What's wrong?"

"I wanted to vacuum the living room and only got through half of it because I'm hurting."

"Do you want me to come over and help?"

"Do you mind?"

"Not at all! I want to help you and Dimitri as much as I can!"

"Thank you so much mom."

"No problem! I need to get dressed then I'll be over there."

"Alright. See you then!"

"Bye!"

We hung up and I went to the kitchen for a drink. I poured myself a glass of water and sat back down on the couch, waiting for my mom. Once I'd drank half of the glass, there was a knock at the door. I quickly got up and answered the door.

"Hey mom!"

"Hey! Ready to do some cleaning?"

I groaned. "God no! All I want to do is sleep!"

She laughed. "So when's Lissa coming over?"

"She should be over here soon. She said she was getting ready then she'd be over here."

"Shouldn't be too long. So how about I finish vacuuming while you rest a little then when she gets here we'll all clean?"

"Sounds good. Thanks mom."

"Don't mention it!" she said as she grabbed the vacuum and turned it back on.

I laid down on the couch and watched her walk all over the room, vacuuming the places I missed and barely went over. Within 5 minutes, the floor was already looking better than it had. Man, Dimitri and I really need to keep up with this cleaning stuff. We look like pigs.

"All done. Why don't you text Lissa and make sure she's okay?"

"Will do!"

I grabbed my phone and punched in Lissa's number.

"Where are you?"

"Sorry, one of the members on the court decided to call"

"It's fine. My mom's over here helping me clean"

"That's nice of her"

"Yeah, when do you think you'll be over here?"

"In about 20 min"

"Ok"

"So what did she say?"

"Someone from the court called her and kept her on the phone forever. She'll be here in 20 minutes."

"Okay, good! Do you want to do anything else or do you want to wait for her?"

"Could you please vacuum the dining room and stairs?"

"Of course! Might as well get all of the vacuuming out of the way!"

"I appreciate this so much mom."

"I know," she smiled.

While she went back to vacuuming, I drank my untouched water, finishing it. I put my glass in the kitchen and grabbed a leftover donut, sitting on a chair and eating it. I heard the vacuum turn off and my mom appeared in the doorway.

"Want a donut?" I said with a mouth full of donut.

She laughed. "No, thank you. I ate before I left."

"Alrighty."

"So how're you and Dimitri?"

"We're good. I can tell he's annoyed with my pregnancy hormones, but we're doing good."

"That's good. Doesn't complain?"

"He does sometimes. Like when I want the bedroom to be freezing cold."

"Ohh. Does he leave the room and sleep in the guest bedroom?"

"I'm not sure. He always wakes up before me so it's hard telling."

"When I was pregnant with you, I moved in with your aunt. She was single at the time and living alone, so she didn't mind me living with her while I was pregnant. I'd want the room freezing cold too and she'd go sleep on the couch because she was so cold."

I laughed. "Really?"

"Really. She'd get annoyed, complain then take her pillows and blanket and go out into the living room to sleep on the couch. I felt bad."

"You couldn't help it though."

"Yeah. She knew that, so she didn't get too annoyed with me. But she didn't like sleeping on the couch."

"How come you never bring up her?"

"We don't really talk anymore. And I don't like to talk about my past much. After having you, I hardly spoke to my family."

"Why?"

"Well I was busy. And I didn't want to have that distraction in my mind all of the time. After a while they almost never crossed my mind."

"When did they?"

"Holidays. Their birthdays. I sent a card on their birthdays, but that's the only time they ever heard from me."

"You never sent me cards."

"I know, I'm sorry. I should have."

"You had a family to protect, it's fine."

"It's not fine. I should have tried talking to you more. You're my daughter."

"Well at least we talk now."

"And I'm going to spend time with my granddaughter. I'm not going to make that mistake twice. I don't want to miss out on her."

"I hope you don't."

"I won't, I promise."

She walked over to where I was and hugged me tightly. We were there for about a minute, hugging each other tightly before the doorbell rang.

"I'll go get it," she said as she left the room.

I heard her open the door and greet Lissa. They walked into the kitchen together and I smiled up at them.

"Hey Liss. Glad you finally came."

"Me too. They were talking my ear off. I'm sorry for not being here sooner."

"Oh, no! It's fine! Don't worry about it. Mom and I were bonding a little."

She smiled. "Good. So what were you guys doing before I came?"

"Oh, she vacuumed all over downstairs while I sat on my ass."

She laughed. "Sounds like Rose. What were you bonding over?"

"Pregnancy stories. Her being here for my daughter."

"I hope she'll be around for both of our babies."

My mom smiled. "Of course! I'll be here for both of my grandbabies!"

"That reminds me! Have you and Christian decided on baby names yet for him?"

She sighed in frustration and sat down at the table with me. "No! We can't decide!"

"What do you mean?" mom asked as she sat down too.

"Well I want something somewhat popular and well-known while Christian wants a different name. Something you usually never hear."

"Maybe one of you could pick the first name and the other the middle name?" I offered.

She sighed again. "We've thought about that. But it's so hard to decide. We might just wait until birth."

"That's what I did with Rose."

"Really?" I looked over at her, surprised.

"Really! I waited last minute to decide what your name was going to be. I mean, I've always been fond of the name Rosemarie, so I guess your first name wasn't really last minute."

"What about my middle name?"

"Oh, well that was sort of last minute. It was the first name that popped up in my head."

Lissa looked at us confused. "What's Rose's middle name?"

My mom looked at me surprised. "You never told her your middle name?"

"Nope."

"I'm surprised, with you guys being best friends and all. Practically sisters."

"I know, it's just something I don't really tell anyone."

"So what is her middle name?"

"Esma (Pronounced like Edward's mom in Twilight, but with an "A" sound at the end. Instead of Eh-Z-May, it's Eh-Z-Mah.)

"That's pretty."

"Thank you. Since her father's turkish, I figured I should give her a turkish name."

"How come you didn't just give me his last name?"

"Because he wasn't going to ever be around. What would be the point?"

"True."

"So do you and Lissa want to clean some more or give up?"

I looked over at Lissa. "Do you mind cleaning? You don't have to if you don't want to."

"I want to clean, it's fine. What're we going to do?"

"Pretty much everything needs to be cleaned except for vacuuming."

"Maybe we could dust everything off and your mom could mop the kitchen?"

"Sounds good! But where's the mop at?"

"In the closet with the vacuum."

While she went to get the mop, I got out the dusting spray and paper towels for Liss and I. I handed her her stuff.

"Thanks. Do you want to do the living room or the dining room?"

"I don't mind, whatever you want to do."

"I could do the living room and you do the dining room."

"Sounds good."

We smiled at each other and headed off to work.

~ 2 hours later ~

We all met up in the living room and surveyed our work. We all worked hard at cleaning every inch of each room. My mom even cleaned everything else in the kitchen after the floor was dry from moping. She was the first person to speak.

"It looks great!"

"Yeah it does! Totally worth all of the work!"

"Dimitri and I really need to step up with cleaning."

They both laughed, mom wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

"You don't have to worry honey. I could come over 2 or 3 times a week and help you clean if you'd like."

"Really mom?"

"Really! I have nothing to do over at my house, so why not?"

"It'd mean a lot to me mom, thank you!"

"I'd be some company for you and Lissa too. You guys have to be bored out of your minds with Christian and Dimitri at work all the time."

"We are. Rose takes naps daily. Sometimes she'll take 2 to 3 naps a day!"

"I do not!"

"You do! You'll take a nap then a few hours later fall asleep watching tv with me!"

"Rose has to be pretty bored, taking naps all of the time!" My mom laughed.

I scowled. "It's not funny!"

"It is! I can't believe my daughter Rose takes naps! You wouldn't sleep for anything as a baby!"

"Oh my god that reminds me! Lissa I was wanting to go back to prenatal yoga today! Do you want to go?"

"Sure! What time is it now?"

"About 10:30. We could eat something then go."

"Sounds good! Let's go to that little bakery down the street!"

"Do you want to go to yoga class with us mom?"

"Sure! Is there a place where moms and husbands can sit?"

"Yes. But you could also help me or Lissa if you want."

"I'll help you guys if you need it."

"Thanks!"

"Yepp! You guys go get dressed and I'll start the car."

"Okay."

She grabbed the car keys and went out the door as Lissa and I walked up the steps to mine and Dimitri's bedroom. She sat on the bed while I opened the closet and looked for sweatpants and tee shirts for us.

"Are you glad your mom's willing to help?"

"Yes. It's really nice to have another pair of hands helping me when Dimitri's always at work and never gets days off."

"He doesn't get any days off?"

"Hardly. Last time he had a day off was 3 weeks ago."

"You're kidding!"

"Nope! They always need him and being the kind of guy he is, he goes in and helps them."

"I'm glad he's helping the Court, lord knows we need all the help we can get. But he should be here at home with you too."

"Yeah. It kind of sucks. We hardly talk about baby things and what's going to happen after she's born. He's tired when he comes home and usually just watch tv, eat, shower and sleep."

"You don't ask if you guys can talk instead of watching tv?"

"I want to, but I know he's tired. I don't want to stress him out."

"I'm going to go talk to his boss about letting him have a day or 2 off each week."

"You don't have to do that Liss.."

"I want to do it Rose. It's no problem. I'm the Queen, they'll listen to me. You need him here with you."

I smiled. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it."

I handed her a tee shirt and a pair of sweatpants and we both got ready. I slipped on a pair of flip flops and she put her tennis shoes back on.

"Aren't you uncomfortable, wearing flip flops?"

"Nope. It's comfortable for me. Why?"

"I was just wondering. They're uncomfortable for me."

"Hmm. Have you asked your doctor about that?"

"No, but I will next week at my appointment."

"Good!"

I locked the front door behind us and we walked to the car, my mom waiting inside. I really hope this yoga class helps with the pain in my legs.

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