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I do not own Vampire Academy or any characters pertaining to Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead does. :)

A month had passed since I had settled back with Adrian.

This movie was too sad. Why were they making us watch it?

Tears dripped from my eyes and I hoped no one had seen them; I saw Adrian grin at me and then he rubbed my back. From the corner of my, I saw Yaritza wipe her tears as well. Damn these pregnancy hormones. Yaritza was almost eight nine months and she was going to have a baby boy. I was five months and I, also, was going to have a boy.

I yawned hugely. I was so tired, even though I just kept gaining weight and doing nothing; the doctor had said that I gained twenty pounds in my pregnancy. I looked down at my huge belly and sighed. I looked over Adrian who so fixed on the movie that you could have thrown a brick at him and he wouldn't have noticed. I wanted to watch the movie too, but my body had other matters.

I stood up. "Babe, you can stay and watch the movie. I am going to bed."

He stood up too, kissed me on the lips and on my swollen belly. "I'll be there soon."

I sauntered to my bedroom. I walked to the closet to change into my comfy clothes. Which was a pair of spandex shorts and a spandex white shirt. I loved how the cloth would feel again my skin.

I sat down on the rocking chair on the corner of our bedroom. I needed my feet to reduce the swollenness they had. I reached for the bottle of lotion and rubbed them on my feet.

There was a soft knock on the door. "Rose?" Yaritza called out softly.

"I'm here." I lifted my feet and set them and the small ottoman near the chair. I looked back at her; she sat on the other chair. "Is there anything you need?"

"Yes."

"What is that?"

"I want to you to tell me about Dimitri."

"What? What about him?"

"I want you to tell me how he was before I met him. When you two were in love."

"I. . . Yaritza, why?"

"I want to know him better."

"Then why don't you ask him?"

"I did and he told me to ask you."

I sighed and looked down. "Okay. Where do you want me to begin?"

"From the beginning. Tell me everything."

I grimaced and hoped she hadn't seen it. "Why such an interest in my history all of a sudden?"

"I want to know. How your life was back before."

It wasn't making sense but still I told her. I told her everything from a very little detail to major things. "Lissa and I had escaped from the academy for about two years. People were after us but they never caught us until the badass Russian God came to the academy and took part in bringing us back."

"Russian God?"

I smiled. "That's what everybody used to call him. At the academy; he was that good."

"Okay. So he brought you back. . ."

"Yeah, he brought us back."

"And then what?"

"The Headmistress there wanted to send me away. To a blood whore commune, you see. I would have gone if not for Dimitri speaking up for me. Of course, for speaking up for me, he was left to some duties; Dimitri was left to be my mentor and he was in charge to train me."

"My first training with him was not so good but then with time I was getting better and better. Like him. And also with time, we began falling for each other." I looked over to her to see what her expression would be but she only nodded for me to go on. "Dimitri saved me from so many things. He didn't like it when he saw me with other guys. He was very protective of me." My face twisted into one of disgust I saw I remembered when he had caught me with that wannabe Jesse Zelkos. I shuddered as I remembered Jesse touching me. Ew.

"So he was very protective of you, huh?" Yaritza asked.

"I think that's what I said."

"Go on. Tell me about your relationship."

"Our relationship was complicated. I really never knew he loved me until someone put a lust spell on us. Unfortunately, that person was trying to get Lissa and use her unique abilities. He zapped us with that while he tried to get Lissa."

"Who was that he?" Yaritza pondered.

"Victor Dashkov."

"That asshole tried to. . ." She trailed off as she wanted to kill Victor.

I patted her leg. "That asshole is dead, remember?"

"Oh, yeah. Um, so did you guys, you know?" Why was she asking that?

"No, not there. Not yet." I said, smiling gleefully, since I was the first person in Dimitri's sex life.

She gave me a weird look. "So, did you guys find Lissa?"

"Yes, luckily, your husband was a genius. He caught on soon that our desire to all of a sudden to want to go for each other was not by us but by the lust spell. I began remembering things and then it all came to me. Thank god we were bonded at the time. Because if not for the bond, I don't know where Lissa would have been right now." I grimaced.

"But our adventure was not over yet. They were keeping Victor prisoner at the academy. I went to go see him, to talk to him. It was all fun and games until his daughter showed up . . . As a Strigoi. He forced her to become a Strigoi so that he could get out. No such luck, Dimitri discovered there was a Strigoi on campus. Natalie, his daughter, was playing with me until Dimitri killed her and saved my life. Again."

"I assume that is not all." Yaritza said.

"No."

"Then start talking, girl. I want to hear it all."

"So a couple of months passed. Lissa and Christian's relationship was the reason behind whispers and rumors around the academy. No biggie, when you are in love. My own love life was so down that I sometimes wondered if it existed. Depressing, but true."

"What happened then?"

"So, I don't know if you heard, but there were a lot of Strigoi attacks and a lot of Moroi being slaughtered. We—

"I don't know of anyone who didn't hear about the slaughtering."

"Yeah, whatever. Okay, were was I?" I gave Yaritza a dark look for interrupting my story. "Alright, so the academy people freak and so then the students freaked. Then, we had to take a mandatory ski trip."

"I had better matters than Strigoi killing people. Tasha Opera. Apparently that old hag had been obsessed with our lovable huggable big Russian teddy bear, by which I mean Dimitri."

"Damn that Tasha. . ."

"I know. I heard from my mother, on Christmas, that she had offered him to be her guardian. And with that included some fringe benefits as I liked to say. She offered him a spot as her guardian and she was offering him to let her get knocked up. I had the best Christmas of my life, hearing that. You wouldn't believe." Sarcasm filled my tone.

"So as you as see, my life was horrible because of that. I was horrible. We had fun at the lodge. By the way, beside the fact that my life was horrible, I had to spend my Christmas with a black eye. Very stressful."

"We were having our fun one day, and then it was time to go to bed, to put all equipment away. I was walking alone to my room when I heard "Hey, Little Dhampir" all of a sudden. I then I met the most, um spectacular guy ever. He was leaning up against the wall, looking like a total super model but I wasn't going to admit that because there was only one guy I wanted at the time."

Yaritza laughed. "He told me about that. When he met you. After you left, Adrian came to my room. Said, he had been love struck. Very love struck."

"What?" I looked at her curiously.

"Adrian loved you from the beginning, Rose. He wasn't kidding about that."

My eyes filled up with tears. "I—wow, I never considered him seriously. You know, I always thought that he just wanted me for sex." I looked down to my stomach. "I guess not."

She laughed. "You changed him so much, Rose. Every time we would go out he would always be flirting with anything female. But then after you came into his life, it was if those females didn't exist. But we aren't talking about Adrian right now, continue your story."

"Alright, where was I? So yeah I met Adrian but I took no interest in him. And the doll bitch, Mia, since we were enemies back then, she started spreading out rumors that I had gotten drunk with him. And so my boyfriend, sort of, his name was Mason, he got mad and you know how boys get butt hurt when we talk to other guys? Yeah, Mason reacted like that. But whatever; he got over it."

"After making out with him a couple of times. It was time to sleep and guess who I dreamed about? That was the first time Adrian intruded my dreams. It was kind of annoying because he was acting all weird and stuff. But then Lissa woke me up. . ."

"Alright, so one day I was talking to Dimitri. Adrian overheard it; he was the first one to find out that I loved Dimitri. Mason, Mia, Eddie, Christian, and I were captured by Strigoi. We were really stuck in that lair and we didn't know when or if we were going to get out. But then my brilliant mind created an awesome plan to use Fire-Flame, Christian. He used his element to set us free. All of us were so close to escaping if not for the damn Strigoi getting in our way. I would have died if not for Mia using her element and saving me. I staked both Vampires; they died. We all got out except. . . Mason. A Strigoi snapped his neck and that was it for Mason. We all go had to go back to the academy; your brother tagged along. He would send me a bouquet of floweres everyday. It was not fun at all, having the attention of an overly spoiled Royal Moroi." I shook my head.

"Some time passed, and Dimitri told Tasha no to her deal. He said it was because he couldn't love anyone but me." I looked at her stomach and smiled mischievously. "But I guess that was not true." She laughed with me. "So some more time passed and then we were all set in the academy. Dimitri told me he loved me. All was well in the academy. Except your brother, who wouldn't leave me alone."

"Some dudes tortured Lissa. I got pissed. Dimitri had to take care of me. Uh. . . We went to a cabin and that is where I lost it to the Russian god. It was all sweet. But what was not sweet, was that when we walked out of the cabin's door we found out that Strigoi were on campus. We had some sort of mini-battle. We found out that the Strigoi had taken some of our people away. We made a rescue to team. At the cave, where they were keeping them prisoners, was where Dimitri lost a battle with a Strigoi and then they turned him."

"I was heart broken. I asked Adrian if he would give me money so that I could go find Dimitri. He made me promise him that when I returned that I give him a shot. Of course, I agreed. So I left the academy; I killed him and then returned. Right on the day I returned, I received a letter that said: I am not dead, see you soon. But, I completed my promise to Adrian, as you can see." I said, rubbing my stomach.

"Wow, Rose, you should make your story into a movie. The old Avrika would have loved this story."

"Avrika?" Somehow, that name sounded familiar.

"Rika. Me and her used to be the best of friends. Like you and Lissa are."

"You guys don't act like that."

"When I was eighteen, she slept with my man. She got pregnant but she had an abortion. But I don't want to talk about it."

"Who can be so evil as to do that?" Abortion would be that last thing I would do. "Oh, oh I'm sorry; you don't want to talk about it."

I changed the subject and smiled. My tiredness was long gone. I leaned over to her and patted her stomach; her baby started moving in response. "So have you and Dimitri decided what to name him?"

"I was thinking to name him James Paul. He wants to name him Erick Joey. But we'll see when the baby is born. How about you and Adrian?" She asked the question but her face was scrunching up in pain.

"Yaritza, are you okay?" I asked, going to the door and calling out to Adrian or Dimitri. She was leaning against the chair and she had her eyes closed; she was making small whimpers of pain. "ADRIAN!"

He came in bursting in through the door. "Yaritza, talk to me."

She looked at me. "There is a horrible pain in my lower back and the baby is moving too much."

"Yaritza, how far along are you?"

"Like 32 weeks."

"Well, then Yaritza. Gongrats', you are going to have a baby soon."

"How can that be poss—

She was about to say more when a big gush of water came rushing out of her. Then she screamed. She turned really pale and then she fainted. Adrian caught her in time. He scooped her in his arms and then took her out to the living room.

"Dimitri, you nut!" I yelled to him. "Your wife is going to give birth soon! Get your ass up!"

He woke up and like so many times became alert immediately. He took her out of Adrian's arms. On the way out, Yaritza gained consciousness. "Wait," She began but she was rubbing her stomach. "I want Rose to go with me." Oh, hell. Not this again.

"Uh, Yaritza, I can't go in there." I said, panicking.
"Why, not?! I went in there with you!" Another contraction must have hit her because she screamed in pain.

"You got out after five seconds! Fine, I will go in with you." I grabbed my purse and Adrian tagged along.

Since everybody was busy with Yaritza, I was allowed to drive. My crazy driving skills made us arrive to the hospital ahead of time. Dimitri and Adrian were struggling with Yaritza who was now passed out from the pain. Jeez, that girl seriously needed to grow up. I laughed, darkly.

Dimitri carried her into the hospital. They handed the papers to me. I told Yaritza to do Pre-Register but no she never listened. I grabbed the papers, nevertheless. I walked behind Adrian as we made our way to the Maternity floor.

My heels "clicked" on the tile as I made my way. Hearing all those mothers trying to give birth, made my head hurt and made me semi-nervous. Dimitri laid Yaritza down on the hospital cot. She came to her senses as the hard bed touched her back. Another nurse quickly checked her. "Oh, shoot! There is no time to wait for the doctor! The baby is half way out! I'm going to have to do this all by myself."

"I don't care what you do as long as the baby is fine." Yaritza said, holding her breath. Lucky her, she didn't have to push it out. She opened up her legs and she just had to do one small push so the baby could come out.

Her baby cried. It was like a caress around all who were watching. Babies were true miracles. Well, to me they were. Except when they had stinky, dirty diapers. Yaritza looked down into the eyes of her newborn son. I had to walk closer to her to get a better look. Yaritza looked down one more time before she handed him to his father, who was beaming proudly. As he was in Dimitri's arms, she smiled happily.

The Russian God had tears in his eyes as he admired his baby. I had to wipe tears and snot away frequently. Adrian looked happy for the new pair of parents. Moreover, he was happy for his sister. So was I.

Dimitri's son and Yaritza's, my nephew, looked mostly like Yaritza. He was like the miniature, male, version of Yaritza with brown eyes. He had that delicate nose that she had. That gentle smile of hers. Her eyes and ears took place on his features. The only thing that wasn't like Yaritza's was the baby's gently, Belikov, brown eyes. He was adorable.

"Congratulations, Yaritza, Comrade." I said, admiring the little baby. Dimitri looked into my eyes and something flashed in them but it was replaced when he looked back down at his boy.
And then all of a sudden she screamed again. The nurse turned back to her. She checked Yaritza down there. "Oh, mother god! This could not be happening!"

"What is, Emilia?" The doctor said as he went to Yaritza.

"Doctor Wilson! It appears that there wasn't one baby but two! The head is coming out already!"

The doctor had been drinking his coffee peacefully but when he heard he spat it out. The nurses put Yaritza in the birth giving position again. This time, Yaritza did have to suffer the horrible pain of actually pushing out a child. Ha-ha! No, never mind; I felt bad for her.

I went to stand next to her and gave her words of encouragement. "Come on, Yaritza, you are doing great. Keep on pushing." I let her grip my hand Dimitri was too busy holding his baby to be here and Adrian had walked out long ago when we had heard about the second baby.

Two hours passed and still nothing. Yaritza was getting very week, maybe because she was loosing plenty of blood. "Oh, Rose, help me." She said weekly.

I was thinking of a good insult that would make her mad but I came up empty. So I just encouraged her, encouraged her until we heard a cry. This baby was making a lot more noise then the last one had been doing. They wrapped him inside a hospital baby blanket. He was all covered in blood but the joy was overtly obvious on Yaritza's face.

After ten minutes, they took both of them away. And then it hit me. Yaritza had had twins and I hadn't?! What the hell was up with that! Whatever, I was happy for her. I looked down at her. "How are you feeling?"

"Not so good, but I am glad the my baby was fine. Both of them." She looked behind me. "Dimitri! We had twin boys!"

"I know, Yaritza, we did!" He kissed her so hard that I thought her lips would fall off at any second.

"So what are you guys planning to naming them?" Adrian said, coming inside. He smiled at me and hugged me from behind and rested his hands on my stomach.

"The first time has to be named after my favorite person in the whole world. My father."

"Didn't Vera already take that name?"

"I know, but my dad's middle name. James Rodney." She looked at Dimitri and he smiled. "And as for the other, you can name him."

"And I want to choose my grandpa's name for him. Erick Joey." Dimitri and Yaritza looked at each other platonically. The nurses came back with both her boys and Adrian, Dimitri, Yaritza, and I shared a wonderful moment with. That is until the other Ivashkov family joined us. . .