Yay, sooner than I have been updating lately.

I'm going to cut the chat and let you get to the chapter. So, I don't own Vampire Academy, Frozen, or Tom and Jerry. I do own the beautiful Anabelle, though.

We went home that night and I showed the letter to Dimitri. He had the same surprised reaction and questions I did. We realized that there was nothing that we could do about it at the moment, so we decided to get some rest so that we would be ready for work tomorrow.

1 Week Later

"Finally, it's our day off," I thought as I lay awake while Dimitri was still sleeping with his arms around me. It was early, but I was so excited.

All week, Dimitri and I were assigned to more and more hours. So, we'd have to have a friend watch Anabelle, seeing as we often worked at the same time and then we'd come home tired with working the extra hours. There's no doubt that Anabelle has missed having fun with us.

We tried to do a few things, but we were way too tired. It was nice to know we were still bonding though.

It was just a couple days ago when . . .

Flashback

I was sitting on the couch watching Anabelle play with her dolls we had gotten her.

I tried to be happy and have fun, but the thought of biological children hit me again.

She must have noticed this because it wasn't too long until she was crawling on my lap and giving me a hug. "Be happy," she told me as she held on tight.

I thought I felt a tingly feeling run through my body, but I ignored it and hugged her back. "Thank you, sweetie," I said, grateful to have her. She was absolutely amazing.

Soon, Dimitri came home to find us laying on the couch and watching Frozen. He laid on the ground and grabbed my hand after kissing us both on the forehead. The movie finished, and after tucking Anabelle in and sweet "good nights", we went to bed.

End of Flashback

I laid a little while more, watching Dimitri sleep, which I almost never got to do in the mornings seeing as he usually got up before I did.

He was tired, I knew he was. He didn't get in until late last night, and he had worked more hours than I had this week.

It was about seven in the morning, or evening for humans, when there was a knock at the door. I got up, slipped on pajamas, and went out into the hall, closing the door behind me. Standing there, as I expected, was Anabelle.

We had asked her to not open our door. Instead, we had asked her to knock and we would call her in or come out. We didn't want her to find us in a compromising situation.

"Good morning, Mommy," she told me sweetly.

"Good morning, Anabelle," I replied, kissing her head. I picked her up and took her to living room. I sat on the couch, setting her on top of me.

"Is Daddy still sleeping?" she asked.

"Yup, he's really tired. He stayed up late last night." She nodded in understanding.

I knew she was hungry, we both were, but she figured out to not ask me to cook her anything yesterday.

Anabelle was so sweet. Even though she was hungry, she sat patiently waiting for Dimitri to wake up. I think she may even have more patience than me, and she was only seven.

It was Sunday, so I turned on some weekend cartoons. Tom and Jerry was on and, besides getting up and making coffee – which I can surprisingly do – we watched that until Dimitri came out, looking tired.

He could read the both of us like an open book, so after kissing both of our heads and saying, "Good morning," he walked into the kitchen. Anabelle and I shared a glance, then trailed after him. He was getting a cup of coffee when we walked in.

"How did you sleep, Daddy?" Anabelle asked.

You can tell that he absolutely melts around her, well the both of us, but she has his heart the way only a daughter could. He looked at her like such a loving father. Even tired, you could see it in his eyes.

"Wonderfully, but I'm happy to be awake and with you two," he answered as he picked her up to spin her around and hold her.

Then, he looked at me and smiled, his eyes showing the love only a lover could give. Switching Anabelle to one arm, he held the other one out so we could hug. We kissed and my phone rang.

We separated and I grabbed my phone off the counter. I answered as I watched Dimitri put Anabelle down and start breakfast.

"Rose Hathaway," I said, having to sound professional, seeing as I didn't bother to look at the contact.

"Hello, your father and I are at court. Are you free for dinner?" my mother asked.

We were all trying to fix our relationships with each other, my parents more than I'd like, so this is something we usually do. Once they accepted mine and Dimitri's relationship, it made the whole fixing our family relationships better.

The thing is, I didn't know if they knew about Anabelle yet. Yeah, everyone at court knew, but that didn't mean that everyone talked about it. Although, this was my parents we were talking about. I should be thinking, "Of course they know."

I realized I was thinking too much, and hadn't answered her. "Yeah, do you want to come over or go out?" I asked.

"How about your place?"

"No problem, see you around six-ish."

"Ok, we'll be there." We hung up and I took a deep breath.

Dimitri met my eyes and we shared a thought, "How are my parents going to react to Anabelle?"

So, next up is having to introduce Anabelle to Abe and Janine. Let's see how that goes. I have no idea as of right now, lol.

I hope you liked the chapter. Any thoughts? Please, review. Have a magnificent day!

"Keeping love buried was a lot like keeping anger pent up, I'd learned. It just ate you up inside until you wanted to scream or kick something." - Rose Hathaway