So I'm losing encouargement to contiue this story, I don't think many people are actually reading this. So please let me know if you are actually reading and enjoying this story or this will be my last chapter.

Chapter 22:

Olena taught me 5 different dishes. She taught me how to make Kurnik, Golubtsi, Syrniki, Kielbasa y kapusta, and Syrniki . I wasn't going to make everything today, just one of the dishes and Syrniki for dessert. I was looking through the note cards she gave me with extra tips trying to choose which dish to make. I know Dimitri likes Syrniki but I should probably make that for breakfast since it is fried pancakes. I finally choose Kielbasa y kapusta the note card says it only takes an hour, which was all the time I had left since Dimitri was coming home in an hour in a half.

Kielbasa y kapusta is basically sausage, cabbage, and potatoes. I started making the dish and found it easier than I though it would be. Like the card said I was done under and hour. I had 30 minutes left before Dimitri got off of work and the Syrniki only took 18 minutes. Syrniki is basically fried pancakes.

Once I was done frying the Syrniki I put jelly on top, a couple of strawberries, and a bit of powdered sugar. I placed everything at the table hoping that it would look nice. The food smelled so good, if I were anyone else I'd be shocked that I cooked it. Smiling I go to the fridge and pull out red wine. I stop, grunt, and put it back. I can't drink. Ugh.

Well Dimitri can, I turn around and pull it out again placing it near Dimitri's seat. I lights some candles and run to the bathroom. I check to see how I look or if my makeup smudged since this morning. I looked pretty good, just as I was about to walk out of the bathroom I hear the front door open and close.

"Mama?" I hear Dimitri's voice ask.

I round the corner, "Why would Olena be here?" I ask.

He smiles and kisses me," I just assumed it smells like her cooking."

I shake my head," Her recipe my cooking."

To say Dimitri looked shocked was an understatement,"You cooked?" he asks incredulously.

I laugh," If I'm going to be a mom I have to know how to cook, so I tried but you'll have to be the judge if it's good." I say.

Dimitri smiles and pulls me towards him with his hand resting on the small of my back,"You are going to be an amazing mother Roza, Did I ever told you how lucky I am to have you?"

I make a face as if I was pondering the question," Maybe one or twice."

He nuzzled my neck and says,"Well remind me to do it more often."

I laugh and pull back, grabbing his hand I pull him to the dinning room. Passing the living room he discards his necktie and briefcase. Once we make it to the living room Dimitri gasps and says," You made Kielbasa y kapusta?"

"It actually wasn't that hard, I also made Syrniki !" I said

Dimitri smiled and said,"Roza you don't know how proud I am of you." I laugh and go to sit down. Dimitri ended up eating 3 servings of Kielbasa y kapusta!

"Are you starving or did you actually like it?" I ask skeptically.

His eyes widen, "Roza this is amazing! I feel bad but I honestly think this is better than my mothers!"

I roll my eyes,"Please, now your just exaggerating."

He grabs my hand,"I'm telling the truth."

I smile, "Oh ! I forgot the Syrniki!" I get up and run back into the kitchen to get the dessert. I walk out with the Syrniki and Dimitri looked like he was drooling.

I laughed," You want some?"

He just nods.

I put it in between us and we share the dish. It was good but I was already full from the Kielbasa y kapusta, so Dimitri gladly ate my half. When he was done he leaned back in his chair and rubbed his stomach.

I laugh," Good?"

"Amazing." he states smiling.

I pick up the plates and walk back to the kitchen. I feel Dimitri behind me.

"Are you excited for tomorrow?" he asks.

"tomorrow?" I ask him.

"Roza, did you forget?" he says laughing.

"No! We have that thing the um..." I trail off.

"Doctors appointment?" he offers

"Shit! That was tomorrow!?"

"Of course you didn't forget" he says rolling his eyes.

I laugh and elbow him playfully. Tomorrow we were going to see exactly how far along I was and if the baby was a boy or girl. I smile and then yawn.

Dimitri kisses my head and says," Go to bed, I'll clean the dishes and join you soon."

I nod and walk to our room. I peel off my clothes and slipped into some sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt,since it was, and crawled into bed. A couple of minutes later I feel Dimitri slide into the bed and his hands around my waist. I snuggle into him and fall asleep.

The Next Morning

I feel someone kissing my neck, and I groan at the fact that I was woken up.

I hear a chuckle,"Come on Roza, it's time to see how our baby is doing?"

Groaning I sit up and see Dimitri already fully clothed and ready to go.

"Well someone is excited."I say laughing. He looked like a little boy during Christmas ready to get his presents.

"Well I want to see our baby." he replies beaming, wow he was happy.

I get up and stumble to the bathroom. I take a shower and get dressed in skinny jeans, uggs, a v-neck shirt, and my high school sweater.

Dimitri raises an eye at what I'm wearing I just shrug and say," It's 8 AM, I'm pregnant, grumpy, and I want to feel comfortable."

He laughs and we walk out to the car. We reach the medical center under 5 minutes. We walk inside and Dimitri tells the nurse that I'm here for my appointment. I take a seat in the waiting room, and look around while Dimitri fills out some papers.

I see a mom, dad, and a little baby. The baby was giggling and the dad was bouncing him on his lap. They looked so happy. I wonder if that's how we will look.

Dimitri comes and sits next top me. He grabs my hand and I lean my head on his shoulder. I was really tired and when I started to close my eyes someone calls me.

"Rosemarie Mazur?" I glare at the nurse but stand up with Dimitri. She shows us to a small white room and tells me to wait on the bed while the doctor comes. So I sit down and start looking around.

"Damn it's so clean! It's actually a little creepy."

The doctor walks in," Miss. Mazur?" I nod and he shakes my hand.

He turns to Dimitri, "Are you the father." he asks while shaking his hand too

"Yes, I am." Dimitri says proudly.

"Well let's get started, please lift up your shirt." I do as I'm told and he apply some jelly thing on my stomach.

"So you assume your are around 3 months along?" he asks.

"Yes." I say.

He nods and puts some prob on my stomach and starts moving it around.

"Well it seems you are correct, you are about 14 week." I nod.

"Do you want to know the sex?" he asks.

Dimitri was holding my hand and nods smiling," Yes." we both say.

The doctor smiles and says,"You are having a..."

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