I am REALLY sorry that I didn't get this out sooner! A lot has been going on and I am just now getting things sorted out a bit. I won't be updating as often as I was, but I am not done with this story and have every intention on continuing. Just hang in there and I will try to get this updated as soon as I can!

After my little revelation, I smiled. I smiled because I have great friends who will be there for me through anything life throws at me. I smiled because now I have a relationship with my father and a better one with my mother. I smiled because I have another family that I belong to…to love me and for me to love them. I smiled as a tear of happiness rolled down my face because I am in love with someone who loves me for me. I smiled because I am able to give him a child…something that for the longest time I thought would tear Dimitri and I apart….because I didn't know I could. And lastly, I smiled and let the tears flow because at this moment, I have never been happier or stronger than I am now.

Chapter 27

RPOV

I woke up what seemed a few hours later, though looking at the clock I had only been asleep for 45 minutes. Noticing Dimitri wasn't with me, I decided to head downstairs. Everyone was downstairs talking, so I decided to sit on the top step and listen. Dimitri was telling them about holding Lissa captive in the warehouse. He told them how he was just using her to get to me and that he really didn't care at the time what happened to her.

Dimitri then went on to explain about Lissa staking him and everything he felt as he returned to his old self. He explained to them how depressed he had become, knowing that he did all those bad things to me and how it was hard for him to even look at me. Though he loved me, he needed time to sort everything out and learn to forgive himself. He told them how I wouldn't back down, so he had to tell me he didn't love me anymore. At that point, I could hear the sadness in his voice and could tell he was starting to cry.

I couldn't take it anymore. Just sitting there listening to him fall apart…..I couldn't do it. I headed downstairs as fast as I could and ran to him, jumping into his lap and throwing my arms around him. "I love you so much. I am so sorry I wouldn't give you the space you needed. You have to know that I was just trying to get back to the way things were." He held me tightly as we both cried.

We continued to talk about everything that had happened. When they heard that I had been arrested for killing Queen Tatiana, they couldn't believe it. It was interesting to hear Dimitri's point of view on what happened, considering at that time, I thought he still didn't love me. It made me tear up when he looked straight at me and told me why he fought against the guardians for me.

"Roza, I never believed for one second that you would have been capable of doing such a thing. Yea, you guys had it out verbally, but after everything we went through together at the Badica house, Spokane, and the attack at the academy, I knew that if it had to come down to it, you would have fought for her life, not taken it. "They come first" is too instilled in that stubborn head of yours." With that, he kissed my cheek and I laid my head on his shoulder.

We told them about how I had found out I was pregnant, which launched us into a whole new conversation. "Well, as you may remember, I am shadow-kissed. Apparently, when Lissa brought me back to life, she altered my genetic state. That alteration allowed me to be able to conceive a child with Dimitri. Of course it shocked me at first, but with talking to the doctor at court and Dr. Olendzki from St. Vladamir's, we have begun to understand more and more. The only thing to worry about is if there is something that could be wrong with her, seeing as how we are both dhampirs."

"Wait, you said her." I smiled and nodded when Olena caught that.

"Yes, mama. We are having a girl." With that, Olena came over and hugged us both with a look of sheer excitement on her face.

"She already has her daddy wrapped around her little fingers." Dimitri cocked his eyebrow at me. My stomach growled, as if to try to prove my point, and Dimitri fed into it. "I'll get you something to eat." I got off his lap and he headed to the kitchen. I looked at Olena and smiled. "Told ya!" She laughed as Dimitri stuck his head out the doorway. "I heard that." Of course, that caused everyone to laugh. It felt good to be here with our family. I missed them a lot and I'm glad that we are here together this time.

TPOV

As soon as I was released for being held, I set out to find where Dimka had gone. I need to talk to him and make him see that we belong together. All those years ago, we were perfect together. Sure, we had decided to just be friends, but that can only hold off for so long. By now, he had to be missing me like I do him. Rose just needs to be taken out of the equation.

I have tried to call Dimitri's cell phone several times, just to have it go straight to voice mail. Not wanting to leave a message, I just hung up and tried again every few hours….always having the same end result. This was all getting frustrating.

Since I had nothing better to do at the moment, I went to see Christian. Lissa wasn't there, so I decided to take advantage of the situation. "Chris, I need to talk to you." We sat down on the couch in their living room. "Sure, what's up?" How to go about this…..aha!

"Christian, I want you to tell me where Dimitri and Rose went and how long they will be gone. I need to talk to him about something very important and his phone is turned off." I recognized the glazed over look of his eyes….the compulsion worked. "They went to Russia to see Dimitri's family. There is no set time for them to be gone, so I don't know when they are coming back." This was too easy. Damn, my nephew needed to up his ability to reject compulsion or else it would really get him in trouble.

"Thank you Christian. I want you to take a nap. When you wake up, you will not remember this conversation or even the fact that I was here." He nodded his head in agreement. Just then, I heard someone clear their throat.

"What the hell do you think you are doing Natasha?" It was Lissa and she looked pissed. "I was just talking to Christian, he is my nephew and last I checked, I was allowed to talk to my family." She apparently wasn't in a good mood today. "Get the fuck out of my house! I don't even want to know why the hell you were using compulsion on him, but I don't want you here any longer." Damn, someone took an extra bitch pill today! "I was just leaving anyways." With that, I got up and headed out the door.

Well, I hope you weren't too disappointed in this chapter. I promise the next will be better! Review and let me know your thoughts! Also, check out my other story, "Tales From The Other Side"! Love ya's!