Hey, you guys. Not as soon, and not as long as I wanted it to be, at all. But, here you go.

Okay, so we're back to Rose's PoV.

The drive home was uneventful. Dimitri and I didn't say anything to each other. We were happy enough to just hold hands and share a few happy glances.

We arrived home, and our family must have been listening for us. Before we had even turned off the car, they were all outside.

"Are you okay?" "What happened?" "What was wrong?" We heard as they all spoke at the same time.

We were about to ask everyone if we could go inside to tell them the news, when a pair of arms tried to wrap themselves around me as well as they could.

"I knew you would be okay, momma," Anabelle said. I picked her up and hugged her back.

"I'll always be okay, I promise," I whispered in her ear.

"I know," she whispered back.

Dimitri put his arms around the both of us, giving us a quick hug, before asking if everyone wanted to go inside so that we could explain the hospital visit.

Everyone agreed and all of us made our way to the living room. It was nearly completely silent, everyone wanting to hear the news.

"Are you sick, Roza?" Olena asked with worry. I gave her a smile, trying to somewhat calm her nerves. It wasn't working, seeing as my nerves were probably twice as bad as hers.

I really wanted to tell them the news, Dimitri did too, but it was so hard.

"Come out with it already, Dimka," Yeva exclaimed breaking the silence. Obviously, she already knew what we were trying to say. None of the family was surprised that she knew.

No, they weren't surprised that their grandmother could see things. But oh, how surprised they'll be when we can finally get the news out.

I suddenly filled with more worry, not that I wasn't already worried. It was quite frightening, how worried I was. Dimitri sensed this and started rubbing my back.

"She's not in any dangerous condition," Dimitri got out, trying to soothe their worst fears. It worked, for as soon as he said that, they all breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Then what happened, Dimka? Roza?" Olena questioned.

I took a deep breath and everyone looked to me. "I was sick a couple of times before we went to the park, but I just pushed it off as nothing. Then, when we fought the strigoi, he hit me just right. I could barely keep myself up long enough to somewhat defend myself until Dimitri came to my rescue." I looked to Dimitri, and gave him a small smile.

I was going to continue, but he started where I left off. "We got to the hospital and they did a few tests. In the end, much to our surprise, the sickness was expected. What we thought was a bad turned into very wonderful news."

I cut in, "Trust me, I know that it's very hard to believe, but the news is-" I stopped to take a breath, dreading the reaction to what I was going to say next. "The news is that, I'm pregnant."

I closed my eyes and curled into Dimitri, waiting for the reaction I didn't want to face. But it didn't come. After a few seconds, I glanced up.

Karolina and Sonya were the only ones who looked at me in shock. The others had smiles on their faces. Dimitri's older sisters sat there thinking for a couple more seconds, before they too had smiles on their faces.

Olena was the first to move. She came to Dimitri and I pulling us up into a hug. "Congratulations, moi deti (my children)." After that, all of the rest of our family came and gave their congrats.

I was so relieved that they were so trusting and full of belief. Yeva didn't approach us, but gave me a "I told you so' look. I stuck my tongue out like a little kid, and she walked upstairs shaking her head.

Assuming I was hungry, which I was, Olena made some food. Of course, it was delicious. I wanted to stay and talk, but all of the pregnancy signs must be kicking in early because I was exhausted.

Anabelle wanted to join me and I was more than happy to comply because I had missed her.

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Feeling a kiss to my head, my eyes fluttered open. I was awoken to a beautiful sight. Dimitri's brown eyes were gazing into mine as he stroked my hair.

"How are you?" he asked.

"Tired and hungry," I told him truthfully.

"Why would I assume anything else?" he laughed.

I grinned, then looked around. I didn't see Anabelle.

Dimitri noticed, and smiled. "She left after sleeping for a few hours. She's downstairs playing right now."

I was actually pretty happy to hear that news. Don't get me wrong. I loved Anabelle, and I always wanted to be around her, but there were moments, like this, where I needed some time with just my Dimitri.

I was so excited, and I could tell he was too. We were two dhampirs that were very much in love, and just found out that they could conceive a biological child together.

I pulled him in for a kiss, one that he quickly took control of. Our tongues fought for dominance, which he ended up getting. I moaned at the feeling of his tongue in my mouth. Our hands were frantic to get each other's clothes off, which we couldn't do fast enough, in my opinion. The rest of the day was filled with bliss.

I'm so sorry. This is super short, but I wanted to get something up before I went camping. Please don't be mad at me, I will try to update soon. I thought I had Monday and Tuesday off so that I could write the next chapter, but it turns out I have to work. So, I will try to write whenever I can.

I'm sorry for being the worst updater ever, but I am working on being better. Thanks for sticking around. :)

"'I'm an adult. You're a child.' Ouch. I flinched. Easier if he'd just punched me. 'You didn't seem to think I was a child when you were all over me.'" - Dimitri Belikov and Rose Hathaway