RPOV
Walking across campus without being caught gets easier and easier each time I do it ok I've been caught a few times but nobody's perfect. The best way to get to the cabin is straight down to the woods then follow the path down it takes a little longer then going directly there but we can't afford to be seen yet. The sun was just coming up and the air was already starting to warm up. I really will miss the cabin when we leave it holds so many memories. The trees thinned off a little and there it was no light coming from the cabin so I checked my watch,yes I'm 18 and don't have a mobile, 7:10. I'm ten minutes late, I turned the handle and stepped In but before I could flip the lights on I was grabbed and a hand reached over my mouth to stop me from screaming.
"Hi if I was a strigoi you would be dead Roza" haha seriously is every thing a training exercise with him. Time to give the Rose Hathaway charm
"Yes but I knew you weren't because strigoi wouldn't hesitate, second they wouldn't stand in the light because it turns them to ash and also they don't say 'hi' so there's no chance of me being dead. So can we turn some lights on because I don't fancy falling and breaking my arm the day before graduation even if my best friend is a kick ass spirit user who can heal me"
The lights flicked on and I could see what was in front of me "wow it's beautiful" everywhere was clean the bed was made and white Rose petals scattered over. The table had been pulled out and set for two a empty vase sat in the middle there were candles everywhere. I turned round to face Dimitri
" you did all this for me, he nodded, it's beautiful thank you I love" what ever I was going to say was cut off with a kiss.
"You deserve it Roza and by the way you look breathtaking. These are for you" his other hand came from behind his back and he held a bouquet of cherry blossoms and white roses,
"You remembered my favourite flowers" cherry blossom was my favourite but they are hard to find in Montana so I rarely get to see them I told him once in a training session about a time when me and liss were 'on vacation' a found a garden full of of the trees it was so beautiful it was a shame we only stayed in the area for about a week.
"Of course my Roza now would you like to sit because dinner is served" I giggled and sat in the chair putting the flowers in the vase and moving the vase to one side. He disappeared for a moment then returned holding two plates, he placed one in front of me and the other in front of himself.
"Italian I'm impressed comrade it's been years since I had spaghetti Bolognese" he smiled and my heart stopped it was a full smile not a half.
"I'm glad you like it Roza so what have you been up to today, I would have thought you would be causing madness on your last full day here but everything is all normal"
" have a little faith comrade I'm not that bad and I've been writing the speech for tomorrow I wanted it to be different so it took me a little while longer"
"Ohh can I hear it?"
"Yes... Tomorrow only one person got special treatment because i needed them to hear it" he looked confused this was the first time I used my guardian mask in front of him but I didn't want to break down and ruin tonight.
"Lissa?" It came out as a question more then a statement.
"No Mason. I couldn't write it in my room so I went and sat at his grave under the oak tree and also he won't hear it tomorrow because the wards will be up so this was the only way" a tear escaped and I wiped it away but he still noticed.
"Oh Roza I'm so sorry I didn't realise but you know he would be proud if you and he would want you to be happy"
"Yeh I know it just hurts to know he won't be there tomorrow, we always use to joke that out of the three of us me, him and Eddie he would be the one that defiantly graduated because he's the first up with his last name and everything and by the time it got to me I would have been bored so I'd either be asleep or got hungry and went for food" we continued to talk and eat and once we had finished he brought out dessert, chocolate doughnuts, god I love this man. We ate and laughed and forgot the outside world was there once everything was cleared away he stood up and held out his hand.
"My Roza will you give me this dance?" I took his hand and stood up
"Always" the music started and we swayed to the music (an I kind of imagined it to be Ellie Golding 'love me like you do' I think the song just fits them) he spun me round and I finished with my head resting on his shoulder he pulled back to look at me.
"I love you Roza I have from the moment I met you. You are so brave and strong and bold, I remember that day in Portland and you looked like a goddess ready to protect those she cares about. But I want to spend the rest of my life protecting you, you might not be a princess but you are my princess, so Rosemarie Kensalina Amelia Hathaway will you make me the happiest man alive. Will you marry me?" I hadn't realised he had knelt down during that and pulled out a ring. I gasped it was a beautiful silver band with a diamond in the centre and a rose vine engraved all around it.
" Yes I will marry you" he jumped up slide the rind on my finger, it fit perfectly and kissed me. This was the happiest day of my life that I could possibly ruin in one minute.
"I love you Roza so much why are you crying, if it was to soon I can wait" I cut him off
"No it's perfect but I need to tell you something and it could possibly change your mind and make you run for the hills"
"Nothing could make me change my mind I want to be with you forever but you look scared and it's scaring me so please tell me what's wrong my love" I took a breath and began to tell him.
" ok but please keep an open mind even more then you did with the ghosts ok " he nodded
"Ok then as you know I'm shadow kissed so my DNA is different but over the last month since the attack Lissa has been reading all about spirit and shadow kissed in one of the books there was cases of different shadow kissed people and they were different there was the things we know like seeing ghosts and sensing strigoi and also them being stronger and faster, and that's the same with me I mean no one can pin me anymore and I am faster then all the novices and most guardians. You can only just pin me and that's because you know my moves. So anyway liss continued to read and found a story of a girl and her mate at first liss thought it meant bond mate but it wasn't it meant soul mate" I paused for him to take it all in
"Roza what's this got to do with why I would run?"
"Don't worry I'm getting to it but you need to understand it all to even consider what I'm about to say after, he nodded so I continued, ok so liss read on and found out that if a shadow kissed person finds their soul mate and that soul mate can look into their eyes and understand them so perfectly that their auras become in sync and connected like ours, well it changes the shadow kissed more specifically their DNA it allows them to have children together even if they are both Dhampires, so what I'm trying to say is I'm pregnant." He sat and stared at me and I have no idea what's going through his head.
"Please say something because it's freaking me out a little with the whole silent thing"
"Are you sure?" It was only a whisper I barely heard it
"Am I sure what , that I'm pregnant or that it is yours because I swear I've only slept with you and that was one month ago"
He replied more confidently this time "are you sure your pregnant?" Few he's not doubting me
"Yes Lissa can see it in my aura there's a white circle around my stomach and no darkness can penetrate it but also I took a test this morning just after I spoke to you but also I've been sick two mornings in a row and I'm late so I'm positive I'm pregnant and it's yours" he lifted my head to look at him
"I'd never ever doubt it's mine of all the weird things that happen in your life it's kind of hard to not believe in miracles and I'm never leaving you or our baby ever" I kissed him
"Thank you and I'm sorry I doubted you I was just scared you wouldn't believe me and weird doesn't begin to cover it. But there's one last thing my body comes with six built in protection systems for the baby that only activated when I became pregnant"
"What are they "
"It's better if I show you" I went and got a cup of water just like before, Dimitri never once questioned me, I held out my hand and closed my eyes and concentrated. When I heard Dimitri gasp I opened my eyes and saw the water in little droplets again. I put my hand down and they all fell I repeated the same process I did with liss.
"You can control the elements"
"Yep 6 built in protection boosts that only happened after I became pregnant which means I have had them for a whole month and didn't know because I only found out today"
"Wait you said 6 but what are the other two you only showed me 4"
"I can also control spirit but I don't know how yet Lissa stopped me when we were practicing because I had to get ready and the sixth is darkness, I can control the darkness I get from Lissa and keep it under control I only need to use it when I'm fighting strigoi or someone threatens the baby and when I use it, it makes me stronger and faster then even a strigoi"
"I love you Roza and our baby " and with that everything was forgotten we spent the time showing each other just how much we loved each other and how much we were looking forward to starting our own family. I fell asleep a little after it all only to be woken up by Dimitri who was fully dressed.
"What's going on?" I'm not sure if he slept while I did but all the cabin was clean again there was no trace that we had had the best night ever in here
"It ok you've been asleep about 1 hour but we need to get you back to your dorm so you can sleep and be ready for later" I looked at my watch it was 1 in the morning. As I got dressed Dimitri made the bed and handed my my flowers, I hadn't taken the ring off since he put it on so I knew I had that. With that we left the cabin hand in hand knowing it could only last a little while but this time it was ok because soon we would never have to be separated again and I would be Rose Belikov.
"What you thinking about Roza"
"Huu ohh just that it will be great to be Rose Belikov instead of Hathaway and also how great of a dad you will be but also I'm not sure if I will be good as a mum because I never really grew up with one" before I knew we had stopped and he had spun so he was standing in front of me and his lips pressed again mine.
"Never think you won't be good enough, you will be the best mother any child can have you know why, because you won't let them grow up how you did. This child will be love so much they will never question it" I kissed him this time, he always knows what to say to make me feel better.
As the academy was in sight we let go of each other's hands and walked in a comfortable silence up to my dorm. He couldn't kiss me good night like a proper date but I didn't care he was mine and I was his.
"Good night Roza sweet dreams"
"Sweet dreams comrade"
And I went in side, Lissa was asleep; hopefully she didn't wait up to late. I didn't have a vase In the room so I had to put the flowers in a glass on the side of my bed, quickly changing into my pjs I climbed Into bed and fell asleep knowing when I wake I will be graduating with hopefully Lissa as my charge.