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My Surprise
"Adrian, for the thousand time, where are you taking me?!" I said, already pissed that he wouldn't tell me. He promised me that he would give me anything, and, right now, it didn't seem like it.
"And for the thousand time, you'll know when we get there." He smiled a surprised smile. He waved at something behind me. I turned around to find a good looking guy standing there. An Ivashkov, I presumed, judging by his looks. Adrian went up to him and he dragged me along.
"Now where are we going?!" I asked, as I tried to keep up with him. It had almost been three months since I wore high heels. It was really hard to walk. "Adrian, slow down!" I yelled/whispered to him.
He chuckled. "Sorry, babe." Blessedly, he slowed down. He stopped in front of the guy that looked like him. "Uncle, Divis! Such delight to see you!"
The man looked at Adrian and he took one look at me. He spoke in Romanian though. It couldn't understand one bit of it. I smiled ,though, whenever he looked at me. "Uncle, I want you to meet my wife and mother of my four children."
He peered at me. He reminded me of the queen. "So you are the one that stole sonny-boys youth here?"
My cheeks went red. "I'm the one." I said, though I wasn't his first.
He hugged me. He looked like Charles now. He smelled like Adrian used to when he smoked back then. Like clove cigarettes. "Well, well! Nice to meet you! Finally!"
"Nice to meet you too." I said.
"Well, son, she sure is something. I bet your kids are just as unique as her."
Adrian smiled proudly. "Yes, they are."
"My, that is great. I hope to meet them one day. You must to come visit me in Romania."
I smiled this time. "You sure will! And we certainly will go to Romania one day." I had no clue where the hell Romania was; just that it was in Rome.
"Come! You must come!" He said.
"Yes." He said something else to Adrian but in their dialect. I stood there like and idiot. I was trying to learn Romanian but Russian stuck better with me. I needed to spend less time with the Russian god.
Adrian and his uncle bid their goodbyes and went separate ways. I stared at Adrian. "That was my surprise? Honestly, I've had better surprises."
He chuckled. "No."
I groaned, frustrated. "Then what is it?
"You'll see."
"Adrian Ivashkov, you made me ride a plane with you without knowing where we would go. You made me dress in this ridiculous dress! And know you are dragging me along to who knows where! Can't you at least give me a clue?!"
He turned slightly to check me out in my white dress. It was a cotton dress that went along with the hot weather in this town. "Actually, you look hot in that dress, not ridiculous." He eyes traveled the length of my body. "Very hot, indeed."
I smiled. "I already know I am sexy. What I don't know is where you are taking me?!"
He leaned down to kiss my lips. His lips later went to my ear. "You'll see."
He led me to the main doors of the airport. Leaning against the wall was a guy dressed in a black suit. Adrian went up to him. I had no choice but to follow. Adrian and the man embraced. "Eli!"
"Adrian, brother, how are you doing?" They hugged once more and then turned to me. "And you must be lovely Rosemarie that I heard a lot about." He peered at me like I was some kind of abnormal diffusion.
Adrian flung his arm around me, pulling me to his side. "Yes, this is the same person I used talk about everyday. The woman of my life and, as you know, the mother of my kids." Adrian gazed lovingly down at me.
He looked at me and smiled kindly. I smiled back. "I can't believe we haven't met sooner. It is such a delight looking at you!"
Adrian rolled his eyes and looked away. That was what he pretty much did when another guy looked me over, or checked me out. "Eli, she is mine. Now, can we get going?"
On the way to the black Cadillac SUV, Adrian explained to me who the guy was. "Eli has been in the family since forever as an employee. When he was small, he helped his father with garden. Then mother promoted him as my chuffer. He is like three years older than I am."
"That's great." I said. I could have been a little more enthusiastic about it but I was just focusing on where we were going. Eli opened the door for Adrian and I. Adrian let me get in first. Then he scooted over to sit next to me.
Eli looked back at us. "Where to, Adrian?"
"To where I have planned." Adrian said.
I leaned back against the seat and enjoyed the smooth ride to wherever we were going. I closed my eyes briefly. "Is this going to take any longer? I am tired."
Adrian leaned towards me. He put his hand on my knee and it started slipping up. "Don't be tired. How am I going to accomplish all the things I want to do with you if you are asleep?" It was a rhetorical question so I didn't answer. His eyes stared at the road and went back to me again. "Besides, we are almost there." He kissed my lips. "We good?"
I nodded, cursing the time it was taking us to get there.
Twenty minutes, I was happy. We were there. But it was in the middle of nowhere. It was somewhere, though. Eli opened the door for both Adrian and I. Adrian got my Louis Vuitton duffel bag and got his black bag out of the back of the SUV. Eli bid us goodbye and left.
Walking through the thick vegetation in high heels was not easy, let me tell you. I slid them off and padded my way to where Adrian was standing. He grabbed my hand and led me forward. "Are you planning to camp out here?" I asked when we had walked far enough. There was nothing in site.
He ignored me. "Rose, look." He pointed to an enormous house in the middle of the green vegetation. This place was a forest/jungle. The house was awesome; we had to give it that. "The house that I grew up in."
I don't which mom in there sane mind would have allowed that. It was all mostly glass. He walked to nearby wood porch and set the luggage down. He tossed all the stuff he had in his pants on the table. He grabbed my hand again and led me forward.
I kept pace with him. This was the one place I could be free. When nature surrounded me I was free. I laughed joyously as I ran through the green plant community. Adrian laughed behind, trying to keep up. "And that's not the best part yet, my little dhampir love!"
"What is there better than this?"
He ran a little bit faster and caught up to me. He put a hand on my shoulder and turned me to the side, showing me something I had seen before but now. It was beautiful.
The pool was crystal clear. You could see the sand it had for the ground. Not a single rock was stuck in the sand. Except, big boulders. But that was not the best thing of all. Two big waterfalls were streaming down the upper level of the pool. It was so awesome. I turned to Adrian. "Wow, I can see why you grew up here."
He smiled hugely. "Yes, I grew up here. My parents were always on the road and they always left me here with Paul, Jack, and Yaritza. And when they were old enough, they moved away. I stayed here with my second mother Alina. I've been her all my life. The only time that I wasn't here was when I lived at the academy."
I asked a question I always wanted to know. "Why were you at the academy, anyways?"
He looked away for a second and back at me. His eyes devoted pure love as they locked with mine. "For you, Rose. You never believed me but I fell in love with you at first sight. I saw you and then I realized it was you I wanted to be with forever."
"Well, you certainly are getting your forever." I said, smiling. I changed the subject. "So is this your surprise?"
He looked away again. "This is part of it." He intertwined his fingers with mine. "A couple more steps and we'll be there."
He pulled me alongside him. He took me to the water; we went across boulders, through this flower canopy tunnel like thing, until we finally made it to our destination. Two necklaces, with multi colored beads and shells, were on the ground; it was set up almost underneath the waterfall.
I looked up at him. "What's this?" I asked, not moving.
"This is a Lamaea." He pronounced it La-MAY-ah.
I raised an eyebrow at him. I still couldn't believe it could do it! I little help from the Russian god was all it needed. "And am I supposed to know that? What is it?"
His hand caressed my cheek. "It's a Romanian tradition where a married couple renews their vows in the presence of nature rather than the presence of god. I want us to renew our vows Rose."
It all came to me. The white dress. That should have been obvious. "Okay, Adrian."
He went first. I looked up into his eyes wonderingly. As he said them, he slipped on one of the necklaces on me. "My beloved Rose, do you remember the very first day we met? From the very moment I saw you, I knew you were the one for me, the one that I know I have to spend the rest of my life with. Our courtship was one of the best days of my life, for you have become not just my lover and companion, but also my best friend. I want to be your lover, your companion and your best friend for the rest of my life. I promise to love and cherish you, to keep you close and with faithfulness, to be your prop and helpmate in times of need, to make you laugh and to hold you when you cry, to hold you to the highest respect and honor as you so deserve for the rest of my life." There were cheesy yeah, but they were sincere. Tears flowed out of my eyes.
I didn't know what to say but I spoke from the heart. "Many people spend their lives searching for their soul mate, their one true love. Some people are lucky to find the person they can truly call the better half of themselves, while others spend the rest of their lives searching and never finding. I am happy to count myself among the lucky ones, because I certainly found you."
I paused to think of the rest. I had a good heart that was for sure. "I love you, Adrian; I know that you are the only one for me, my one true love. I am happy and I am grateful that you came into my life, that where others have spent their entire lives looking for the one, I have found you. And now that I have found you, I shall never let you go."
I said more words than I expected. "I promise you, Adrian, that I shall hold you and cherish you and give you my heart, that I shall support you and care for you. Faithfully, I shall always stand steadfast at your side with your hand in mine, regardless of what life would bring to us. I take you now as my husband, and I shall remain so for the rest of my life."
He brought me close and kissed me. This was much like our honeymoon. He laid me down on the rock. It was really uncomfortable. He must have noticed that because he took off my dress and pushed me and him into the warm water. I laughed and he kissed my neck and shoulders and lips and everywhere he could reach. I slipped out of his arms and swam to the cave near the waterfall. He followed me.
I came up for air when I was laying on the rock that formed a bench. He stayed away for a while, admiring my nakedness. The extra water that fell from the waterfall created a miniature cascade inside the cave. A hole in the rocks let sunlight peek in so that it wasn't completely dark.
His eyes shined as he looked me over. My gaze was making him come closer. His lips soft lips found mine and they stayed there for about two minutes. He pulled away and looked at me in the eyes. "I love you, Rose."
"Oh, yeah? Prove it." He did.
Our lips attacked each other, passionately. We were already naked so we didn't need clothing removal. My legs opened by their own counsel. His lips ran down my legs and up to my lips again. Goose bumps were left by the soft touch of his lips. This was the part of life that all people should get to live. . .
About two hours later, we finally got out of the water.
I slipped the cotton dress over my wet body. The shine was still shining and we had to go inside because Adrian was probably hurting because of it. I suggested we go to a less sunny area. Like his bedroom inside the house.
The walk to the house was a quiet one.
It was when we were on the wood porch that he spoke. "Rose, you are gift from god. I don't know what good I did to deserve you." As he spoke his eyes ran from my head to the toes of my feet.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and brought him down to kiss his lips. "Well, if I am a gift from god then you are an angel that belongs under the wings of god."
He kissed me once more and he didn't break the kiss until we were lying on his old bed from the old times. He broke the kiss when he realized when we weren't alone. "Don't mind me." Said an old motherly lady that was obviously laughing.
My cheeks turned red. Adrian slipped off my body and went to the lady and embraced her. "Alina, its been forever!"
"Adrian, darling, I am so happy to see you again after five years!" She turned away for a second and called out to someone. "Divana!"
A couple seconds later, a naïve looking girl burst through the door. "Mother you called?"
"Yes, Adrian is here!"
Divana turned to Adrian and she went up to him and hugged him. By the looks she was giving him, I got the impression that she liked him. Sorry, sweetheart, but Rose Hathaway stole Adrian Ivashkov; he's mine and only mine.
I got off the bed and went to go stand beside Adrian. I wasn't trying to be possessive but I just wanted to be introduced to these interesting newcomers. Adrian rested his hand lightly on my waist. "Is this your lovely wife?" Alina asked. I saw Divan do a double take when she heard about the wife part.
"Yes, this is Rose. Rose this is Alina." Alina embraced me in similar way she had hugged Adrian. Adrian turned me to Divana. "Divana this is my wife."
She didn't give me a mean look but she didn't hug me either. She smiled nicely. "Hello, Rose."
"Hey, Divana!" I said, a little too overly cheery.
It awkward with me and her standing there. Alina stepped in and grabbed her daughter away. "Come on, Divana. We got chores to do." She started to walk out of the room but then stopped and turned back to us. "Just tell us when you want dinner ready."
Adrian didn't look at them he just looked at me. "We'll tell you."
"Oh, dear, we better go now. . ." She said and then they left.
I chuckled and put my hands on his lips. "Wait, I am really hungry. You got to feed your girl before you can do anything with her."
He moaned a little. "Rose, but I need you now."
I smiled wickedly. "Didn't you get enough of me earlier? Hurry, I am hungry!" I walked over to my duffel bag and pulled out another cotton dress. I slipped the old dress off and walked to the door. "And, can you give me a tour of the house?"
He put his arms around me and pulled me close. "Sure. Now come on, let's go get something to eat."
It was a little scary walking down the glass stairs with high heels on. I felt like I would break the glass with the tip of my heel. Adrian just chuckled the whole way. We entered the kitchen and I was glad to see that it wasn't all glass.
Alina and Divana stood in the kitchen.
"Ladies, sorry to disturb you but the wife is hungry." Adrian announced.
Divana smiled. "What is it that you want to eat?" She asked.
I looked at Adrian. "What do you want, babe?"
I turned back to Divana. I had a sudden desire for seafood. "Some shrimp sounds good." I told her. I sat on one of the black stools in the state of the art kitchen. Adrian sat next to me and put his hand over mine.
The phone rang. Alina answered it. "Hello?" She smiled and looked over at me. "Who asks for her?"
She handed me the phone. "Vera is looking for you."
"What's up?" I asked.
"Hey, Rose. Taylor wants to speak with you." The other end of the line revealed a crying child. "
"Baby, what's wrong?" I asked.
"I miss you, mommy." She said, weeping.
"I'll be there soon, sweetheart. Love you ,okay?"
"Okay. Where is daddy?"
"He is right here, butterfly. Want to talk to him?"
"Yes, mommy. Love you, too." I handed the phone to Adrian who had a conversation with his princess for about three minutes.
Alina standing next to me asked, "Was that your daughter?"
"Yeah. My Taylor. She is a wild one."
"Is that your guys' only daughter?"
"Oh, how I wish she were! No, she is the second child out of four."
"So many kids! But they are blessings from our dear god. Are you two planning to have more kids?"
Adrian answered that one. "Well, none of our kids were planned. But if Rose wants another one later on, then yes, we will."
Divana was done cooking my food. I was surprised at how fast she did it. I looked down and my stomach rumbled. It was a plate of fettuccini Alfredo with big huge shrimp. She looked over to Adrian. "Do you want some, too, Adrian?"
He smiled at her. "Please." He said.
She handed the plate to him and looked at me. "Is there anything you want to drink?"
Adrian answered for me. "Divana fix her and me some X-Rated Tiara." She did them in a matter of minutes.
An X-Rated Tiara turned out to be a mixture of X-rated and pineapple juice. I jugged my down immediately. "This is good." I commented.
"My favorite drink of all times." He said, as Divana poured him and me another drink.
We ate dinner and I was surprised to find that it was dark outside. I sighed happily when stomach was full. Adrian patted my stomach. "Look at that, that stomach is waiting for it to be used again. It needs another baby in there."
"In your dreams, honey." I said sweetly.
"Oh, Rose." He stood up and made me get off the stool too. "Well, Rose, I am going to dream some more. Goodnight. Feel free to join me whenever." He kissed my lips and kissed Alina's cheek.
I turned to see him climb up the stairs. He winked when he saw me looking at him. I love you, he mouthed. I smiled back at him.
I turned back to Alina and Divana. "You have a fine boy there, Rose. He is completely amazing." Divana said, wholeheartedly.
I smiled at her. "I know. I couldn't think of a better man that could be as good as a husband and father the way he is. He is the best man ever!"
"That we know, Rose, that we know." Alina said. "He is great."
"How long have you known him?"
"Long enough to embarrass him." I raised an eyebrow at her. "See, Mrs. Ivashkov was a good mother. But she attended to her business more than to her children. Adrian and Yaritza and Jack and Paul were like my children. I love them all. I was in charge just to raise Adrian."
We continued to talk more about Adrian and then I bid them goodnight. The room was dark but Adrian was no where in sight. I didn't care, I just wanted to sleep. I was fumbling with the button on the back of the dress when Adrian helped me unbutton it. "You know, all you have to do is say the word, and I will help you."
He slid the dress of my shoulders and it fell to the ground. His lips went to my shoulders. "You are beautiful, my Rose. Giving you what you want is what tonight is about. I am open to suggestions."
I turned around and faced him. His lips traveled from my shoulders to my lips. He kissed me passionately before he lifted me in his arms. The bed felt comfortable as it hit my back. All thoughts of sleeping vanished as he made love to me that night. . .
I lay back against the pillows as I tried to catch my breath. He propped himself on one elbow. I was completely naked, except for the white sheet that covered my private area. His soft hand smoothed its way all over my body. Up my chest to my lower abdomen and back up to my cheek. He kissed my nose softly. As he stroked my skin, he started speaking. The dialogue wasn't directed at me, he was just stating things. "You know what a man can't really understand?" He asked as his lips neared the tops of my boobs.
"What is that?" I asked, running my hand across his smooth, bulky chest.
"A woman."
"Why do you say that?"
"They are mysteries that you just can't understand. A touch of the hand is all it takes to please her, at times. Other times, you have to take it slow. Hold her all night long. There is so many ways a man can go wrong, heaven should know. When I hear you sigh, I know I am doing something right. I don't know what I did to ear a love like this." He ran his hand from my shoulder, down to my foot, and back up again. His hand left a trail of goose bumps where it went.
It didn't make sense but it did, somehow. "That is exactly right." For me, it applied only. What he had said, that was exactly true. He lips searched all my face until they found mine again. He shifted his wait again. And we made love for the second time that night. .
Oh, baby, I love you. . .
The Big Surprise
The thick nausea woke me up; it disturbed the wonderful dream Adrian and I had been sharing. Sweat started rolling down my face and neck. It wasn't the kind of nausea that announced that Strigoi were nearby. No, this was different, something else. But all too familiar. . .
A second went by and it faded to the point that it was barely sensible. Another second went by. I burst out of bed. I put a hand over my mouth to cover it. I felt the cool feel of the tile under my feet. As I made my way towards the toilet, I got horrible pain in my back. That kind of pain that used to get when I was pregnant with my third baby, Emmett.
The pain made me want to sit down on the cool ground but the sickness didn't go away. There was a knock on the door. Adrian's soft voice spoke from behind the door. "Rose, are you alright, baby?" He knocked once more and didn't wait for an answer; he walked right on in. He went to where I kneeled, throwing up, not caring that he was watching.
I coughed once more and pushed myself up. I brushed my teeth and sat on the ground again. Adrian waited till I was done so that he could speak again. "Babe, you okay?" He sat down next to me.
I took a huge breath. "No." I brought my knees closer to my chest and wrapped my arms around them.
He unwrapped my arms around me and set me on his lap. I leaned my head against his shoulder. He let his head rest on mine. My eyes closed briefly as he ran his hands through my hair. I need to know something and he seemed like the ideal person to get the answer from. "What day is it?"
"The twenty fifth."
"I don't expect you to know, but when was the last time we had unprotected sex?" I asked, trying to count in my head. Yup, ten days late.
"I don't—wait, you trying to imply something? Are we having another baby?" His tone was happy. He looked afraid to hop. Last time he had asked for another kid, I had slapped him so hard that Russia probably heard the impact. I'd told him that no more kids in his future. Oh, shit. Why had I said that? Karma was a real bitch.
I shrugged. "I don't know. That is why I am asking you!" I said, climbing of his lap, going to the cabinets of the bathroom, where I kept my secret stash of tests.
Ten minutes later, I wanted to shove the pregnancy test up his ass.
He hugged me close. "It's going to be okay. You'll breeze through it, just like you breeze through everything." He kissed my nose, my cheeks, my lips and my stomach.
I pushed him away and stalked of to the bedroom. I was really tired. I went next door to bring Valerie here with me. She was now four months.
I laid her down between Adrian and me. I didn't want to see him right now, much less speak with him. Well, I guess I could a handle another pregnancy like he had said. . .
Two months later
Adrian and I were laying on the bed when it happened.
All kids were at nap time so they didn't really disturb Adrian and me. I looked down at my stomach as Adrian started stroking it. "My stomach is huge already."
"No it is not. This stomach is small compared to when you were pregnant with Taylor."
I smiled. "I gave birth to a monster. Taylor was so precious and beautiful. She still is."
"I have to admit, from all of our kids, Taylor is the prettiest. I don't know of anyone who doesn't love her."
I put a hand to my stomach as I felt my baby move. Adrian put his hand on there again and that is when it happened.
There was horrible pain pulsating through my stomach. I screamed out in pain. It lasted about three seconds and then it went away. But it didn't fade completely; I still felt it. "Rose?! Are you okay?" Adrian asked, lifting me off the bed. "No, you aren't." He said, as I gasped when small convulses of pain hit. "Come on, we are going to the hospital."
I was starting to get dizzy. The world started spinning. "Adrian?! What's wrong with Rose?!" Vera asked when she saw us rushing down the stairs.
"I don't know!" He said. "I am taking her to the hospital. Take care of the kids!" He yelled and was out the door. He buckled me in the car. I heard his door slam as he started the car. My hands were on my stomach; the pain was worse there. Tears were falling out my eyes in large amounts. He put a hand on my shoulder. "It's going to be alright, my love, I won't let anything happen to you or our baby. I promised you, didn't I?"
Once at the hospital, he carried me as we made our way inside. The nurse helped me into the ultra sound room, where they would see what the baby had first. I started puking inside the room because the nausea was very uncomfortable. Only water like liquid came out of my mouth. Adrian watched me with worried eyes.
The nurse started the machine and turned it towards her so we wouldn't see what was happening. She gasped and stood up. "Let me go get the doctor." She stammered out and left.
I turned to Adrian, who was as crazy worried as I was. We stared at each other until we heard the doctor come in; we peeled our eyes of each other and placed them on her. She smiled but I could see the worried in the back of her eyes. "Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Ivashkov."
Adrian was polite and muttered good morning back at her. "What is wrong doctor?" I asked. I was impatient; I wanted to know what was wrong.
She turned to the screen as she ran the device over my stomach. "Hmm. . .Interesting." She laughed. Her laugh relieved some of my stress. It relieved my stress but it didn't make the pain go away.
I was loosing it, though. "Is there anything wrong?"
She looked at me and turned the monitor to Adrian and I. "Well there is a problem but nothing is wrong with the baby."
I felt like ripping my hair out. Why wouldn't she just tell me?! "What's the problem?"
She ignored the question. She fixed her steady gaze on me, a smile teasing the corners of her lips. "Were you aware that you are expecting twins?"
Adrian nearly choked to death. I, whatsoever, was having a moment of tears and joy. "What?! You're kidding, right?" Adrian asked when his coughing attack stopped. He looked at me with complete joy in his eyes.
"Yes, it is true. Look here." She pointed at the screen. Two fetuses appeared on the screen. It was such a wonderful sight to take in. More tears slithered down my cheeks. Adrian couldn't place his hands on my stomach because it was covered in jelly so he settled with intertwining our fingers. When she was done printing pictures of the babies, she turned off the monitor and turned to me with a chastising look. "Nothing is wrong with the twins, but there is something wrong with you."
Adrian looked at me and back at the doctor. "What is wrong with, Rose?" He said.
The doctor looked at her clipboard. "You have lost five pounds since you were here last week. And if you don't start eating, there will be something wrong with your babies." She started on her doctor lecturing. "You are not getting enough nourishment; therefore, the twins are malnourished. When you are pregnant with twins, you are supposed to be gaining at least one pound a week. At least a pound. And you are loosing them rather than gaining the weight. That could likely result anemia, and could likely result in the loss of one fetus. And once you start eating again, that pain will go away." She looked back to her clipboard and wrote something down on the white pad. "I am prescribing these vitamins for you. They will help with nourishing the twins correctly. The rest will be on you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have other patients to care for. Don't forget, this isn't a normal pregnancy, you need to come in weekly to check on the babies."
Once she was out, Adrian helped me up. "Oh, Adrian! I can't believe it!"
Adrian kissed me several times. "Me neither!" He shook me a little. "You need to start eating Rose! I can't risk loosing you or the babies."
"I'm sorry, Adrian. And I promise that I will eat as much Valerie eats. You know that girl eats a lot."
He chuckled. "That's all I ask for."
We went home and told Jack and Vera the whole story after Vera made me eat a big plate of steak and rice and mashed potatoes.
"I am so happy for you guys that you can't even understand how happy I am." Vera said.
With one person knowing, the whole world knows. All day long, Adrian and I got calls from everyone we knew. Congratulations was what we heard from all callers. Ervin, Taylor, Emmett, and Valerie gathered around Adrian and me. They were ecstatic when they found out. Well, Ervin and Taylor were since they were the only ones who knew what was happening. I was happy.
Three Months Later
I laughed as Adrian tried to carry me out of the car. "Am I too heavy for you, lover boy?"
He chuckled along with me. "No. Actually, you were much heavier for me when you were expecting our little monster Taylor." Monster was adapted as a nickname for Taylor. She hated it at first but then she got used to it.
Adrian finally got me out of the car since my foot was asleep. When it woke up, I spoke. "Adrian put me down! You look ridiculous holding an elephant in your hands!"
He put me down and wrapped an arm around me. "An elephant?"
"Yeah I am so fat people consider me an elephant."
"You aren't fat, you are well proportioned. Plus, you have two babies in there." I chuckled as he opened the door for me.
The only made us wait ten minutes before letting us in one of the clinic's rooms. The ultra sound for gender checking was today. I couldn't wait to see what I was going to have. Either two boys, two girls, or a boy and a girl. I wanted to a boy and a girl but Adrian wanted two girls.
The doctor walked in the room. "Hello, Rose, Adrian."
"Hey, Dr. Luna." Adrian and I said.
"How have you been feeling Rose? Is the pain gone? Or do you feel any at all?"
"Nope, I don't feel anything. Except the babies' kicks. I think are going to make great guardians." I said.
"See, what you need was a healthy diet." She turned on the monitor and had her assistant apply some of that jelly on my stomach. She asked a random question. "Has anyone else from the family had twins?"
"His sister."
"Were they identical?"
"Yes." Adrian answered.
"Well, then you are probably expecting fraternal twins."
"Um. . .what does that mean?" I asked.
"That you are more likely to have twins of the opposite gender than of the same gender." She placed the device on my stomach again. "Oh, hey! We got the first one. Okay, we have a boy. But where is the other baby?" She searched my whole stomach until she was satisfied. The steady heartbeat of the twins' made me all teary. "I was right. The other is a girl."
I screamed in joy. Adrian was just as happy as I was. The doctor printed out the pictures for us and handed them to the happy father. She wiped the icky stuff of my stomach and left the room.
"I still can't believe are having twins. Much less, that one is a boy and one is a girl." I took a picture out of his hand. I looked over at him. "Let's go show them off to Yaritza who is going to have another boy!"
"Evil, little dhampir!" But he agreed nonetheless.
Vera and Jack were parked outside Yaritza's and Dimitri's house. We would share the great news to them as well.
I got of the car and stumbled to the front door. I was about to knock when Yaritza opened the door. "Jeez, Rose, you don't have to knock. I already knew you were coming."
I smiled and hugged her. We laughed when our bellies bumped each others. "Pretty soon you two aren't going to be able to touch each other." Jack said from behind Yaritza. Emmett was in his hands. Jack hugged me as well.
Vera came out of the kitchen holding Valerie. "So what are you having, Rose?"
I squealed joy. Adrian answered for both of us. "A boy and a girl."
Vera almost dropped Valerie as she jumped in joy. She came to me and hugged me. "Ah, Rose!"
Yaritza looked at me with mean eyes, but I could tell she was happy. "Why do you always get the best things? Two boys and two girls." She came up to me. "Come here, girl! I am happy for you!"
"Thank you, Yaritza!" Bid badass Russian came out of the hallway that led to the rooms and hugged me. "I am also happy for you, Roza." Roza, a nickname he hadn't used in forever.
"Thanks, Comrade."
Sometime passed, and the guys left to go do their own things. Yaritza, Lissa, Vera, Sara, Sydney, Mia, Breeanne, Donia, Maylin, Arianna, my mother, and I sat in Yaritza's big living room.
I asked Yaritza something. "So Yaritza, when are you going to give us the news that you are expecting a girl?"
Yaritza shrugged. "They just don't come out, Rose." The whole room laughed.
I laughed. "I was reading in a magazine, that these doctors have some weird theory on baby genders."
"What is that theory?" Lissa asked.
"Okay, they say that while you had sex. If its more hormones involved then it is a girl. And if more testosterone is involved then it is a boy."
"How so?" Maylin asked.
"How am I supposed to know? Do I look like a geneticist?"
She smiled and let it go. Vera finished for her. "So you're saying that when Adrian and you created that, there is an equal amount of hormones and testosterone; therefore, you created a baby girl and a baby boy?"
"Something like that. But like I said, I am not a geneticist."
"Girls, too much information!" Sydney said from the corner of the room. We remained like that the whole evening, talking about girl stuff until the guys came back.
Twins Birth
I was not crazy; I was not going to push out two kids. So I was going to schedule my appointment to get my C-section for two days from now. I was now nine months and I would be popping out the twins at any second.
I argued with the nurse at the hospital. "The doctor told me I needed that day! The twentieth!" I yelled at her.
"I know you do, but there are no more rooms available for that day." She said, frustrated.
"You better have me down for that day or else I will have you fired! Remember, my name is Rose Ivashkov. Put me on that list, sweetheart." I said and walked out of the hospital.
"Damn, these fucking people!" I said as I made my way to the car. I had to wait till next week to have my kids! Damn. . .Why couldn't they just give me a room two days from now?
I couldn't wait till next week and I would have my twins.
Two Days Later
No, this can't be happening! No! I was supposed to wait till next week to get a C-section. But no, these kids were impatient; they wanted to come out now.
Adrian gasped when he saw the water drip out of me and land on the bathroom floor. "It's time?" He asked, stupidly.
"No, Adrian I just spilled some water from my water bottle." I gasped in pain. "If you don't stop that stupid act right now, I will kill you!" I yelled at him.
He scooped me up in his arms. But we couldn't go to the hospital just yet; there was no one to watch the kids. Adrian speed dialed Vera's number. "Vera! I need you here now! Come watch the kids!" He turned to me. "Baby, calm down. Vera will be here in less than ten minutes. Wait till we get to the hospital."
"It is not good to hold a baby in, you idiot!"
"Alright, just breathe."
"That is what I am trying to do!"
Five minutes later, Vera burst through the door with Jack and her kids behind her. "Good luck, Rose!" She called out.
Adrian and I arrived at the hospital in less than three minutes.
The put me in a wheel chair. They wheeled me to the Maternity Floor. They took me to a big spacious room. The nurse that denied me a room the other day was there. I looked over at her. "I thought was no more rooms left for today." I said.
She looked scared at me. Woman that were about to give birth were scary things. Believe it or not, I knew. The doctor was ready already.
They injected me with the epidural and I leaned back as the medicine took over. They made me put my legs on the peddle things and the doctor checked me. "Oh shoot! Rose, I want you to give me one big push. This baby is almost out."
I took a deep breath and leaned forward and pushed.
I heard a cry and they took the baby away for the newborn tests. "Alright, Rose, the boy is out and we need the girl. Push."
I did several more pushes before I heard the wails of my new daughter and leaned back and cried. A nurse cleaned the blood of me and another cleaned the sweat.
The twins came out great and they were put into our arms. They put the boy in Adrian's hands and they put the girl in my reams. The tears ran out of Adrian's eyes and mine; we couldn't care less of who saw them; we were celebrating for our babies.
"What do you want name her?" The nurse asked.
I turned to Adrian. "You choose." He thought about it for a second. "Zoey Adelina Ella-Rose Ivashkov" Whoa! That was a long name but whatever.
"And the boy?"
"Your turn." He said. "Damon Adrian Kyle-Dimitri." I said. We enjoyed our twins for a little longer and then we heard a commotion at the door.
The whole Ivashkov gang came rushing in. The twins were passed from pairs of hands and hands.
Adrian came to me. He put a hand on my cheek. "You are my hero, my love."
I smiled. "And you are my love, my love." I replied and admired the twins again.
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