Alright well here's chapter 28 :) I will update again in the next few days, promise! I'll try to finish up a majority of my homework Friday night/in class so I can write for you guys :) After Last Sacrifice is ending soon :'( Maybe in like 6 or a little more chapters. Depends on how the "big event" turns out ;) But I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Love you all! Hope school's going good for you all!

~ 8 Months Pregnant ~

Well, I'm 8 months pregnant now. It's February 5th, exactly 1 month from the due date the doctor set. Lissa is exactly 2 weeks behind me, so in 2 weeks she'll be 8 months pregnant like me. Nothing much has happened the past 2 months. Just prenatal yoga, hanging out with Lissa and my mom, cleaning with my mom and Dimitri and spending as much time as I can with Dimitri on his days off. Speaking of Lissa, her and Christian STILL couldn't agree on a name. They'd agreed to wait until the birth of their son to pick names. Whatever felt right I guess haha.

"Rose, you're going to be late on your first day. You need to get up."

Did I mention that I have a job now? I'm a sort of secretary at the building Dimitri works at. While he's there to assist Christian and any royals that need a guardian, I'm stuck in an office filing paperwork, answering phone calls and transfering them to where they need to be. Sounds boring, but it's the only off-my-feet job they have available. I'm going to take what I can get.

"I'm up. Give me a minute."

He chuckled. "Are you too tired to work today?"

"No, no. I just need a minute. I'm tired."

"You slept 9 hours."

"No I didn't. My back was hurting me so I was up a lot. Give me a damn minute."

He rubbed my back and got off the bed. "I'm sorry."

"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you. You got me this job and you don't want me late. I should be more nice to you."

He kissed my cheek. "I'll be in the shower."

"Can we take one together? I need help."

"Of course."

"I'll be there in a minute."

"Okay."

He walked into the bathroom, turning on the shower. I stretched, forcing myself to get out of bed. My stomach was pretty big now. I was the size of a basketball, maybe a little bigger. It was hard to get up, but I managed. I walked to the bathroom and with Dimitri's help, got out of my clothes.

"I feel so useless."

"Why?"

"I can hardly do anything. You have to help me with everything."

"I don't mind at all. It's the least I could do after putting you in this postition," he laughed.

I smiled. "True."

"So are you ready to take a shower?"

"Yes."

"Okay," he said as we stepped into the shower together.

~ I Hour Later ~

"Ready to leave yet?" Dimitri yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

"Not yet!" I yelled back.

We still hadn't left for work yet. I wanted to look really nice for my first day, so I took my time getting ready. I even put on makeup.

"If you don't hurry we'll be late!"

"I'm almost done!"

I did a touch up on my makeup then stood in front of the full body mirror on the bathroom door. I was wearing a knee length black skirt, a v neck baby blue blouse and black flats with a bow on the toe of them. I wanted to wear heels, but Dimitri said they'd make my ankles swell more. And I might hurt myself. I grabbed my clutch and walked down the stairs, meeting with Dimitri.

"Took you long enough," he joked.

"Well it's my first day! I wanted to look good."

He smiled. "I know. You should've told me you wanted to get dressed up for work. I would've woke you up earlier."

I laughed. "I probably wouldn't have gotten up. It was hard enough getting me up, the time we'd gotten up."

"True. Well we better get going."

"Yeah we should."

~ Secretary Building, 8:00 AM ~

"And you're Rosemarie Belikov?"

Dimitri walked me into the Secretary Building before leaving to go to the royal family he was guarding for the day. There was 2 main secretaries as soon as you walk in, and I had to fill out some paperwork before I got the keys to my office. The woman was looking over my paperwork, verrifying it.

"Yes ma'am."

"Welcome! Would you like me to show you to your office?"

"Please!"

"Alright, follow me!"

She told the man she'd be right back, and stepped out from behind the desk. We walked over to the elevator and she pressed the button, waiting for the elevator to come down.

"So how far along are you?"

"8 months today."

"Oh my! And you're working?"

"Yes. It's actually really boring, staying at home all day while Dimitri works."

"I can imagine! What do you do all day?"

"Well my best friend's pregnant too, just a few weeks behind me, so we hang out all day while her husband's at work also. We also take a few prenatal yoga sessions."

"Does it help?"

The elevator doors opened and we walked in, pressing the button for the 3rd floor.

"Somewhat. I mean it eases some of the pain and keeps me somewhat fit while I'm growing," I laughed.

She laughed too. "It must suck to train to be a guardian all of your life, then get pregnant and be unfit."

"It does. I haven't been a guardian for that long and then I get pregnant."

"Are you going back to being a guardian once you have the baby?"

"Yeah. But I won't be far from the Court until she's older."

"Oh, it's a girl?"

"Yes," I smiled.

"What are you going to name her?"

"Demitra Alexander Christian Belikov."

She smiled. "That's so cute!"

"Thank you!"

The elevator dinged and we were on the 3rd floor. She guided me to a door 5 doors down on the left.

"And here's your office. You can do anything you want to it. But if you're wanting to paint, you have to ask the big boss upstairs."

"What floor is the boss on?"

"8."

"How many floors are there?"

"Only 8," she laughed.

"Oh! Good!"

She laughed. "Well here's your key. All directions are in the top left drawer. Call me if you need anything. Have a nice day!"

"Thanks, you too!"

She handed me my key then headed back to the elevator. I unlocked the door and pushed the door open. I stepped in, looking around at the whole room. There wasn't much in it. Just a desk, computer printer, desk chair, filing cabinets and a couch with matching chairs. Very plain and boring.

"I'm so painting this room and decorating," I said aloud to myself.

I set my clutch down on the desk and sat down on the couch. All of the furniture was black and the walls were white. The curtains were white and see-through. I grabbed my cell phone from my bag and dialed Dimitri.

"Hello, is everything alright?"

"Yes, I just got my office, so I figured I'd call you."

"Oh, do you like it there?"

"Kind of. It plain and boring."

"Want to paint it or something?"

"Yes, but I have to ask my boss before I paint it."

"What color are you wanting to paint it?"

"Well the furniture is black, so maybe peach?"

"That'd be nice. I need to go, and you need to work. I'll see you later. I love you!"

"I love you too. Bye."

We hung up and I sat down at my desk, opening the top left hand drawer. In it was a medium sized book that I'm guessing is a manual for doing this job. While I flipped through it, my phone on my desk rang. I nearly jumped. I picked it up.

"Hello this is the Secretary Building, Rose speaking. How may I help you?"

"Hello! It's Valerie, the secretary that showed you your office! I was just wondering if you were ready for me to set up your office yet?"

"I think I have everything down."

"After the first day, it gets easier! I promise!"

"I hope! You can go ahead and open me up for calls."

"Alright! Like I said, call me if you need anything!"

"Okay!"

We both hung up and I waited for a call to come in. The first 3 floors are secretaries, the next 5 filled with important people. We're supposed to answer, find out who and what they want, put them on hold and direct them to who they want. So basically I spend like 3 minutes talking to someone then hang up. Sounds boring, but it's better than sitting at home all day. I also send paperwork out on my computer, but I mostly answer and direct calls. Soon the phone rang and I answered it quickly.

"Hello! This is the the Secretary Building, Rose speaking. How may I help you?"

"I would like to talk to Mr. Jones up in floor 6 please."

"Please hold on while I direct your call."

"Thanks!"

I punched in his number and a button, directing the caller to Mr. Jones. Once I'd hung the phone up, my phone chimed. I grabbed it and saw it was a text from Lissa.

How's your first day of work going?

Not bad. It's a bit boring though.

I bet. Any calls yet?

1 right before you texted.

Hopefully you get a lot of calls to keep you busy.

I hope.

So could I come up to your office for a while to hang out?

Sure!

And if you want, I could run out after an hour or 2 and get things to decorate your office?

Sounds great! Just take the elevator up to the 3rd floor. I'm the 5th door on the left.

Okay! Text you when I'm there!

I shut my phone and set it down. God was I bored. There was hardly anything to do in my boring little office. I guess I could fill out some paperwork, but I really didn't feel like filling a lot of papers out. Liss needed to get here quick.

~ 30 Minutes Later ~

I'm here!

Okay!

I leaned back in my chair and waited for Liss to come up in my office. I drummed on the desk with my fingers, waiting. Finally I heard the elevator ding from down the hallway and walked over to my door to open it.

"Hey!" Lissa said as she was near my office.

"Hey!"

We hugged and I let her in. She sat on the couch and I sat at my desk.

"You look so professional over there Rose."

I laughed. "Thanks. I'd look more professional if I wasn't pregnant."

"Hey, you do! It's not like you're a single teenage mother trying to save up money! You're married." (I will tell you right now I have NOTHING against teen moms and I don't mean for Lissa to sound that way! I know a few teen mothers and I DON'T discriminate against them!)

"I know, but still. I'd look more profesional if I wasn't so huge."

"You look fine the way you are. I'm proud of you."

I laughed. "Why?"

"Even though you're massivly pregnant, you're still working and doing things. I hardly do anything anymore."

"That's not true."

"It is. As much as I help with your house, I don't clean my own. I hired a MAID."

"But you still make decisions for the Moroi."

"Yeah but that's just a brief phone call or meeting. Nothing like cleaning or sitting in an office all day."

"Trust me Liss, you're fine."

Before she could answer, my phone started ringing.

"Hold on."

I answered it. "Hello! This is the Secretary Building, Rose speaking. How may I help you?"

Hello Rose! I'm Jenny. Can you please direct me to Mrs. Long on floor 8?"

"Yes. Please hold."

I looked up her number, punched it in and pressed the redirect button. I hung up and smiled at Liss.

"Please continue."

"Look at you! Seeing you at work," she smiled.

"I know! My second call for the day!"

"So exciting! So do you want to start decorating the place?"

"Sure!"

"Can you paint the walls?"

"Kind of. I have to ask my boss first."

"What colors are you wanting to paint it?"

"A peach color. Nothing crazy."

"That'd be nice in here. What about rugs, pictures, stuff like that?"

"Yeah, I'd like some pictures of you, Dimitri and ultrasound pictures."

"Maybe a vase of flowers too. That'd be pretty."

"What kind of flowers are you thinking?"

"Maybe daisies?"

"That'd be pretty. We could get that."

"Do you have any paper and a pen?"

"I think so."

I searched through all of my drawers until I found a pen and a pad of paper.

"Thanks!"

"Yepp!"

She started to write things we've said down. After 5 minutes, we had quite a few things down.

"Some of these things we might need Dimitri's help with."

"Like what?"

"Well you said you wanted pictures. A lot of them are going to need to be hung on the wall. Unless you can hammer a nail in the wall, we'll need Dimitri."

I laughed. "Alright. I'll tell him. We'll have to wait until we paint the walls though."

"True. Well I'm going to go get some of the stuff we listed. Have fun working!"

I rolled my eyes. "I won't."

She laughed. "I'll see you in a little bit. Text me if you're bored!"

"Alright! Love you!"

"Love you too!"

She left and I was alone again. Well I guess I'm not really alone. The whole floor's full of secretaries and the building's full of people. But still. I don't know anyone. I decided to dial Valerie.

"Hello Rose!"

"How'd you know it's me?"

She laughed. "Down here we have caller I.D."

"Why don't I?"

"The boss doesn't want secretaries to have it because the calls are usually private. Their clients that don't want anyone getting their number."

"Oh, that makes sense!"

"Yeah. So is there anything you were needing?"

"Yes, actually I was wondering when my breaks are."

"Well with you being pregnant, the boss agreed to you taking breaks whenever. But as long as you tell me so I can shut your phone off. We don't need unhappy clients," she laughed.

"True. Well whenever the Queen, my friend, comes back, I want to go on break for about 20 minutes please."

"Sounds good! Thanks for letting me know!"

"I'll see you later!"

"Bye!"

We both hung up and I drummed my fingers on my desk again. There's absolutely nothing to do in this office when you're not doing work. My phone rang, making me jump. I put my hand on my chest, shaking a little and picked up the phone.

"Hello! This is the Secretary Building, Rose speaking. How may I help you?"

"Oh yes, I'd like to speak to you, Rose."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. I've been looking for you. You've been out of the news since the charges were dropped and they figured out you didn't kill Queen Tatiana."

"Who is this?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Yes, I would. Who is this?"

"Someone who's been following you since you and the Dragomir ran away from St. Vladimir's."

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