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CHAPTER 16

ROSE'S POV

My vision became blurry and my hearing was fuzzy, I can't believe what Adrian just said to me about the baby. I'd rather he had hit me than say what he just said. I thought we were happy together.

Wait! We are happy, aren't we? What had happened? My mind couldn't comprehend a thing. I knew that he was stressed from all the new changes and I thought we were working together. It seemed

to be going great. My heart was shattering again…How much can I take before there is nothing left? What did I do to make him turn on me like this? No way, I am not doing this to myself. I didn't do

anything wrong. I will not make excuses for his actions. He is on his own with this one. I was not going to stand here with him , arguing, knowing I am not thinking straight. Someone would get hurt if I

stayed in this room any longer and I guarantee it WILL NOT be ME. Pregnant or not, I will drop kick his ass right here, right now. I pushed past him, running to the on place I knew. Lissa. I stood outside

her door, pounding on it waiting for someone to answer. For what seemed like an eternity, Christian finally opened the door.

"What the….Rose? What happened?" His face full of concern, probably due to my shabby appearance.

Damn pregnancy hormones betraying me once again. I stood there in his doorway, sobbing. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders, leading me into their apartment. Lissa sensing my presence,

came running out of their bedroom.

"Rose, What happened to you?" She pleaded for an answer. I can feel the fear rolling off of her.

"Adrian.." I sobbed between the words I spoke. It hurt to say his name. "We had an argument." No one has ever said words to me that hurt that much.

"An argument? Rose, you look as if you've been crying all day." Lissa was visibly shaking from the anger she was feeling towards Adrian. "What the hell did he do to you? God help that boy when I get

my hands on him." She was actually threatening him. If I wasn't so distraught, I would have burst out laughing at her.

I explained everything that had happened between us. I started with how he missed the Dr's appointment and the terrible comment he made to about the baby. (Hence, how christian found out about the baby)

I glanced at Christian pacing the room like he was going to punch something. I was shocked at his outrage over what happened me. I was shocked and touched at the same time.

Lissa reached grasping my hand. "About the Dr's appointment, Adrian called me asking where you were today. He was frantic because he couldn't find you and you wouldn't answer your cell. He said

someone had called his office, pretending to be the Dr's receptionist, saying your appointment was to be rescheduled. He really was a wreck with worry." Lissa had to come to Adrian's defense, it was only fair.

"He said he had to attend a meeting at the Tavern with that drunk, Duke Badica. If you called or came by here, I was to have you call him immediately. But, you didn't do either."

I wiped my eyes trying to focus on Lissa's face. "He did?…..Who would have lied to him? Why?" She shrugged her shoulders, not knowing the answer to my question.

It was then, there was urgent pounding at their apartment door. Christian pointed to the bedroom door urging us to go in the room and stay there until he told us to come out.. I heard Adrian's voice. It sounded

as if he and Christian were exchanging some harsh words. I looked at Lissa feeling the anger move through her into me.

"Liss, I really can't afford to take the anger from you at this point. You're going to have to calm down." I had enough of my own shit deal with at the moment and I really didn't need to add hers too!

She held my hand and squeezed. "You're right, I am sorry. I wasn't thinking."

We listened to the guys going back and forth with their arguments. Neither one of them backing down, both thinking they were right. I didn't want this for either one of them. Their voices were muffled, but I

could still make out the most of their conversation. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. There was so much that everyone was keeping from me. I needed to find out everything before I made any

permanent decisions regarding my future relationship with Adrian. Even If there was still a future left to salvage.

I was so surprised to hear Christian speak about me with such compassion and conviction. I never knew he felt that way and I was glad he was on my side. As I tried to listen more intently on the conversation,

one name really stood out to me. I turned to Lissa and whispered. "Who's Caitlin?" She shook her head signaling the fact that she had no idea.

We heard Adrian approach the bedroom door and there was a slight thud against it. I had no idea what he was intending to do, then he began to speak. I heard the intense guilt and remorse with each word

he spoke to me. With every word, he was begging me to understand what he was feeling. It felt like someone was stabbing my heart with each anguished word his lips delivered. He implored me to open

the door. I knew I had to see him, let him explain. I gave Lissa a sideward glance. "I need to go to him. I owe him a chance to explain."

She shook her head at me. "Rose, You don't owe him anything. But, I do know that you love him and I will support you in any decision you make." Sending me understanding and love through the bond.

"Thanks so much Liss." I pulled her into a tight embrace.

I slowly opened the door. I stood before Adrian, I couldn't believe what my eyes were taking in. I had never him so distressed, not even when he was fighting with Avery's clique. His appearance was

disheveled; brown hair unkempt more than usual, oxford shirt was rumpled, the tie was disarranged, and worst of all, his eyes. The beautiful green eyes that I loved to gaze into were full of torment. I wanted

to rush in his arms and ease his agony. Before I could react, he placed his warm, soft hands on my cheeks, cupping my face. He drew my face to his, resting his forehead against mine and whispered to me.

"Rosemarie, I didn't mean a single word I said. Please forgive me. I am so stupid. You AND the baby are everything to me." The affliction in his actions was evident.

I softly replied. "We need to settle a few things." My voice deceiving me by showing my emotions.

"Anything….Please come home with me. I will tell you anything and everything you want to know." He spoke with the truest of intentions, it was obvious in his voice.

"Okay." It was if I had no control over my actions. I brought my fingers to his cheeks lightly brushing away the tears that had fallen quietly from his eyes.

He sighed. "Oh! Rose. I love you." Kissing my forehead with his soft lips.

I turned to face Lissa and Christian. "Thank you guys, for everything. Adrian and I need time to try and sort some of this out." I was hoping they would understand my decision.

Christian took a step towards me. "Are you sure you want to go back to your apartment? You're safe here." Eyeing Adrian as he spoke.

"Jesus Christian, I am not going to hurt her." He said challenging Christian's stance.

Christian humphed. "Really? Maybe you haven't filled your 'hurt' quota for the day. Besides, you've caused even damage to her for one day." Lissa was reaching for Christian's arm as if she were holding him

back from attacking Adrian.

"Hey Ozera! Know your role, man." He was making Christian fully aware that he was overstepping his boundaries.

I walked to Christian resting my hand on his chest. "I will be fine. I can handle this." Willing him to calm down. I wrapped my arms around his waist, hugging him. I whispered for only him to hear. "Thank

You so much for defending me. No one has ever done that for me. And I love you too!" I stepped away, punching him in the arm…..hard.

He laughed at me. "Go home Hathaway." I knew things had changed between us at that moment….for the better. I hugged Lissa again assuring her that she will see me tomorrow.

Adrian reached for my hand, but I didn't take it. There was no way in hell he was getting off that easy. We reached our apartment, he opened the door for me to enter. I walked into our home and stood in the

center of our living room. "Rose." Adrian started to say and I quickly interrupted him. "Listen Adrian, We are at a crossroads. If you want a chance to salvage what's left of our relationship, you will cut through

the shit and stop the lying. I want the truth…NOT half of it…I want ALL of it. Down to every damn last detail, NOW! If you can't give that to me; I don't care how much I love you, I will walk out that goddamn door

and I will NEVER speak to you again. Are we clear?" He nodded not speaking a word, letting me finish. " I may be a hormonal mess with my emotions going in twenty different directions, DON'T let that

deceive you. I CANNOT and WILL NOT let a man…any man walk all over me. I am stronger than that and I deserve much better. This relationship is now in your hands to try to repair. Let's see what you do

with it. One way or another, me and my baby will be fine; WITH or WITHOUT you. Remember it and you better believe it. I DON'T need a man to make me the woman I am." I suddenly realized I had an epiphany.

I was stronger than I ever really imagined, this was my life and I could live it the way I wanted.

Running shaky fingers through his hair. "Rose, I never intended for any of this to happen."

I snorted. " I am sure you didn't." sarcasm oozing from my statement.

He sighed. "We are never going to get through this, if you can't at least give me some benefit of the doubt." His eyes penetrating mine.

Adrian turns to me and says. "Let me make you some tea. You need to sit down because this conversation is going to take a while." He motion me to the couch as he walked into the kitchen.

I sat on the couch, waiting for his return. He walked in the room and handed me my cup of tea. I took the mug from his hand. "Thank You." Blowing on the cup after I spoke.

He smiled and took a seat beside me.


ADRIAN'S POV

I took a deep breath, starting my long list of my confessions. "Rose." I took her hand in mine. "Let me start by saying I never intended to keep anything from you. All this time I thought I was protecting you from harm.

But, in reality I was damaging what we have together. I would never intentionally hurt you. I love you more than anything and you know I do." I took another deep breath and started to rub small circles with my thumb

over her hand. "It all started on the night you told me about Dimitri wearing the spirit ring." I couldn't bring myself to talk about what had happened between them that night. I knew Rose knew what I was talking about.

"Remember when my cell phone rang during that amazing kiss you were giving me?" I smiled at the memory and than continued with the story. "Well, you knew it was Tatiana on the line, but what you didn't know

was that she had threatened you, if I didn't meet with her. We had our meeting and it wasn't a pleasant one, to say the least. She had demanded I end my relationship with you. I refused, of course. I was than informed

of her future plans for me; one of them being her predecessor. I told her I didn't want any parts of it, but she refused to listen to reason."

Rose interrupted my thoughts. "She threatened me? Us? Why didn't you just tell me? We would have handled it together. If we are going to be married, aren't we supposed to work together?" She said making me see

her point.

"This is new to me, Rose. I honestly didn't know. I didn't want you to worry about her crazy, empty threats. You had just found out about the baby and you had enough to contend with. I'm sorry." I was hoping she could

understand where I was coming from. She nodded, encouraging me to move forward with the rest of my explanations.

"Tatiana has demanded things of me; the jobs, and making Caitlin my more or less assistant." My voice full of disgust.

"Adrian?" Her chocolate colored eyes searching mine. "Who's Caitlin?"

Here it comes. Shit, I was hoping to save this part of the conversation for last. " Caitlin Drozdov is an ex-girlfriend."

"Do you still feel anything for her? Is she pretty? Did you love her? How long were you two together? Did you have sex with her?" Her face was flushed was anger. "Answer the question." She demanded.

"Which one?" Trying to compose myself.

"All of them." If looks could kill, I'd be on our floor twitching right now.

"No, I feel nothing for her, never really did. I have not been in love before you, and I guess she would be considered attractive." I cringed as I admitted she was attractive.

Rose raised her eyebrows at me. " No lies, remember?" She gave her head a quick nod, hating my admission.

I was cautious while continuing with the answers. "We were together for maybe 2 months; 1 month and 3 weeks too long. Yes, we had sex." I hated to admit that to her because I knew it would hurt. The answer may have

been obvious, but it still sucks to hear the truth. Staring into her eyes; I was trying desperately to convey the depth of my sincerity. "I am sorry. I know that must hurt to have me admit all of that to you." She kept her head

down. I nudged her chin upward so she would have to look at me. "I will not lie to you again….never. This lesson taught me that there is nothing worth hurting you for."

I went on explaining about going to Abe and our meeting with the Queen. "Abe? What could he possibly do to Tatiana?" She ask with confusion.

I answered as honestly as I could. "Did you know your dad dated her? And left her for your mom? That's why she is so hateful to you. Your dad and I made it perfectly clear that she is to leave you alone."

Rose stared at me astonishingly. "My dad and Tatiana? Noooo! That's just…gross." She started laughing. I missed hearing her laugh, it was the greatest sound I've heard in days.

Not letting the conversation slip away I continued. "You're dad has a lot more power than he is letting on." She interrupted. "What do you mean?" I shook my head. "I don't know, but the older Moroi sure know what's

going on…It's like so big secret or conspiracy. I can tell you this much; when Abe threatened her, she backed down without a fight."

"Now, I know where you get it from. I would be a fool to piss your father off, believe me." The thought of him finding out about tonight left me cold with fear.

"There are so many more details to this story, and I hope we have time to sort it all out. If you will let me. Most importantly, I need to apologize for what I said about the baby. I can never say I'm sorry enough to make up

for what I said." I needed her to understand the whole truth about what I am feeling. "Rose, I have to be completely honest about how I am feeling. I love our baby, I do. I feel ashamed to admit this to you…I am jealous.

I am jealous that Dimitri has created this life with you and I didn't. I want it though, All of it; you, the baby, marriage, future children, house, two cars, and everything else that comes along with family life." I chuckled at the

thought of the lifestyle I never imagined myself living, until now.

She leaned forward caressing my cheek. "I forgive you, BUT you're on probation." She was laughing again. I smiled at her with relief. "I'll take any punishment you see fit to give me." She gently brought her lips to

mine. I put as much love in the kiss that my lips could carry to hers. All was right in my world again……UNTIL Rose yelled out, grabbing her stomach. "What's wrong?" I screamed feeling fear rush through me.

She looked at me with the most astounded expression on her face. "He kicked me." She took my hand and placed it on her stomach. "Oh my god! I felt it. That is the most amazing thing I ever felt. Our son moved."

I was flat-out speechless as we sat there waiting for him to entertain us again.


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