I do not own VA just the plot.
Chapter one
Two lines…. One word repeated three times over, that's all it takes for my world to come slamming down. It has been almost two months since that day in the caves. I hadn't even realized he wasn't behind me until I was back behind the wards. I didn't realize that my world had ended until the next day when my Russian God still hadn't been found. His body wasn't ever located which left very few options, he could have been killed later saved as a snack this particular thought makes my stomach wrech, he might have gotten away and was lost or injured, or most likely he was turned. I don't know and it is killing me. I haven't been able to talk to Mason since the caves and I don't know why. My body is weak and withering which seems to match the state of my broken heart. My eyes are being swallowed up by dark circles. My hair hangs limp, dull and tangled sitting in a messy bun atop my head. My skin is tight against my bones, my cheeks are hollow and pale. Dimitris' hoodie practically drowns me and my shorts are tied tight barely holding to my waist. I took the hoodie and a few of his things the day he was pronounced missing in action assumed dead. Now here I am a complete wreck with only his memory to help me.
I pull the sticks off the counter and fall onto my bathroom floor pulling my legs to my chest. My heart clenches tight as I read the words over and over. One test from a few days ago shows a little pink plus sign and if that wasn't enough the three from just a few minutes ago read boldly, making sure you have no room to misinterpret the meaning. PREGNANT.
Seventeen alone and pregnant with my mentor's impossible child. My missing mentor. The one who if he were here would hold me close and tell me we would be okay, that we would figure it out together, but he's not here and the thought of doing this without him breaks me. The room around me spirals as the weight of my current reality comes crashing down on me. I don't know how long I lay on the cool tile curled up. Eventually there is a knock on the door but I can't seem to pull myself up to answer. I can hear the echo of familiar voices but I haven't got any life left to make me move, I feel far too empty. Eventually the door opens and two people enter. My eyes wander up to meet a set of fiery emerald eyes as well as soft Jade ones. Both Adrian and Lis look down at me pity seething through their faces. Lissa bends down ready to try and pull me out of it but she sees my fingers curled around the sticks and pry's them from my hand.
Her mouth falls open as she sucks in a deep breath of shock. "Rose, can you hear me?" her voice is nearly trembling with concern.
"Is that what I think it is?" Adrian reaches for the stick Lissa is now holding.
His face flashes with hurt and pity before I feel his arms scooping me up. Lissa turns toward him "Where are you going?"
Her answers without turning "We need to get her to the infirmary. She's not getting enough food for her let alone her and a baby, she's obviously dehydrated, she needs help and the Russian isn't here to give it so it's up to us."
I want to answer, to thank him but I can't seem to pry my cracked lips open. So I let my head fall against his chest as he carries me across campus toward the all too familiar sterile white building.
The whole room feels empty as we walk in to be met by Dr.O she takes one look at me before guiding Adrian and Lissa back toward a room bypassing the waiting area. The room like the rest is covered in white a soft blue blanket covers the bed. I'm grateful for it's warmth as Lissa tucks it around me. I didn't realize how freezing I was.
Adrian hands the sticks to Dr.O. "She was holding these when we found her, I think she might be in shock."
Twisting the stick in her hands I can see her hand rub across her brow "She's been through so much already this was probably the. straw that broke the camel. I don't suppose you know who the father might be?" Her eyes narrow at him.
Adrian throws his hands up in defense "Hey it isn't me though God knows I tried."
Dr.O leaves the room for a moment returning with some random medical things, she comes up to me and motions needle in hand and rolls up my sleeve "Just a pinch Rose okay." her voice feels so kind. I manage to nod as she slips in the needle finding a vein right off. She hangs a bag from a long metal pole. "This is just going to help you feel a little bit better, get some fluids in you. Try and get some rest." I'm so tired and worn my body gives in as she steps out of the room leaving me alone with Lissa and Adrian watching from the chairs in the corner. As my eyelids fall heavy over my eyes I can hear Adrian telling her about Dimitri and me. The last thing I hear before slipping into sleep is the soft gasp as Lissa realizes why I have been so withdrawn.