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I just finished with putting on a headphone and a microphone to have connection with other guardians on the propriety. My uniform fits perfectly with my body and I look badass in it. I have made myself a bun to show my tattoos.
I remember a day in the gym, when Dimitri was my teacher, he saw my hands all injured and made me sit down so he would take care of them. I mentioned him I don't want to cut my hair, it's dhampir habit so they can show their marks. "Don't cut it," he said gruffly, "wear it up.".
It's time to start with my day. And I turn my way to Lissa's office. On my way there, people were staring at me as I would be some kind if alien walking past them. I just passed the garden and walked in a huge Court hallway. There in the corner Theo was playing his guitar and singing with few moroi children sitting around him. He's such a happy person.
When he looked up and saw me there watching me, he stopped playing and excused himself to kids. Then he came to me.
"Well, well who looks smokin' hot in a Guardian uniform?"
"I sure do!" I blink to him.
"I wanted to talk to you... I'm going to see my family in Ohio and I just wanted to say goodbye." he said.
"For how long are you going?" I asked him.
"I don't know yet... A week or two."
"Well don't be there for too long. Who's going to laugh at my training then?" I tell him. We both laugh.
"Say goodbye to Dimitri for me, okay?"
"I sure will." I say and we hug.
"Have a great time there and send me a postcard." I say when we get apart. We smile at each other again.
I looked over his shoulder and saw a woman standing and watching us.
My mother.
I break apart with Theo.
"Mother. What are you doing here?" I say confused.
"It's nice to see you too, Rosemary. Ariana Szelsky came here to take care for some family things. And I came with her." Great. Now she's going to be here while I guard and I'm probably going to be full of her advices, if I can call that, advices. I saw Theo watching us.
"Mom this is Theo Timberlake. Theo this is my mom, Janine Hathaway." He offered his hand but my mom only nodded. How polite of her...
"I'm afraid I need to go now. It was a pleasure to meet you Guardian Hathaway." He said nodding at her.
"Take care." I say to him and touch his shoulder. And he walks away.
"Would it hurt if you would tell me, you're coming here?" I said crossing my hands.
"It was not planned. How is your life out here?"
"I'm going on my first day as a Guardian and I'm late. Look, would you come later on a dinner at my apartment? We can talk then." She nods and I rush to the office.
When I come in, Lissa is sitting behind her desk talking with a middle-aged woman sitting on a chair opposite of her. Now the man stands up.
"I knew it. How can a child like you rule the Court and all people! All of you Moroi can sit around and live your life but we dhampirs have to risk our lives for you! My son was turned into a strigoi because of you!" She yelled at her. I called back up through the microphone and quickly runned to her and grabbed her shoulder.
"I think you must leave. Or you stop now, or you are under arrest."
"My son is gone. He'll never be back again. He was my everything! The Moroi could protect him with his magic-"
"That's enough." I grab her hand with one hand and handcuffs in my other. She resisted but I was stronger. Back up came and I gave her to them. I closed the door behind me and turned to see Lissa. She was broken. She was about to cry. I came to her and took her hands.
"Hey, calm down. Dhampirs protecting Morois is the way of life. You can't change it." I say softly.
"She's going to be arrested but she's just hurt. She lost her son." She started so shaking. I hug her.
"I needed this so much." she said and hugged me back "I needed your support."
"And my support will be always here. I left you... once, but I'll never do it again, I promise."
When she calmed down a bit we took a walk through the garden.
"Would you come on a dinner with Christian later... My mother's here and I can't do this without you." I said.
She smiled and nodded.
"She's not going to eat you up." she said.
"Let's not say it twice. You should see her look when we saw each other. She looked at me like... like I did something wrong. But I was just saying goodbye to Theo."
"Your mom is always serious." She laughed.
"Oh, and by the way how's Jill doing?" I ask her.
"Oh, Jill... She's still not cool with all of this happening. She wanted to go home. She didn't mind if a bunch of guardians are going to follow her everywhere." She shakes her head. "I just worry about her."
When Christian and Dimitri came, all four of us went to our apartment to a dinner. I didn't know how am I going to find time for cooking, that's why Lissa jumped in. She didn't want to tell me what she's going to do, she said it's a surprise.
When we all came in the dinner was already served.
"Thank you." I said and hold her hand.
Somebody knocked the door. My mother. We let her in and we all take our seats.
Dimitri seats on the head of the table, I sit on his left side, my mother next to me and Christian and Lissa opposite of us.
The table was rich with delicious food. A mushroom soup, fried chicken, delicious mashed potato and cooked vegetables. For dessert there was a chocolate cake.
All of us first took some soup.
"How was your first day at work, Rose?" mom started the conversation. It made me remember on the incident earlier.
"It was fine." I say to her looking on my plate.
"Did you hear anything from your father?" she asked.
"He called me a couple of times." she was only nodding.
"Nice apartment you have. Don't you think it's a little too far away from her majesty?" I knew it. I knew this dinner was a bad did I even say that when I saw in what mood she is...
"I don't think so. And please, call me Lissa." Lissa smiled.
Dimitri and Christian were talking about some stuff they were dealing earlier and my mom was asking Lissa questions about the throne. I wanted to stop my mom because the thing that happened earlier, but I didn't want to argue.
"I'm bringing some wine." I said, stood up, took the plates and walked into the kitchen. I put the plates into washing basin and walk to the fridge and took some red wine.
Then suddenly I felt this huge dizziness. I take a grip on the counter and take a few breaths.
"Where's that wine, Rose!" Christian called, walking back at the table after he was showing off and lighting up the fireplace in living-room.
"I'm coming!" I say back. I quickly take a tray and put on wine and five glasses.
I just came in the dining room when the room starts spinning and my legs give up. Everything turns black.
I wake up in a light room. It's hospital. Court's hospital.
"How did you sleep?" I look around the room and I find doctor standing on my right side.
"What happened?" I ask him.
"You fainted. You have some cuts from the glass that broke, but otherwise you're going to be just fine." he said.
The door of the room opens and Lissa comes in with Dimitri behind her. When she saw me awake, she ran next to my bed and took my hand. Dimitri also rushed down the room.
"Are you ok?" Lissa asked. I felt her hands shaking.
"I'm fine…" I replied.
"What happened?" Dimitri said nervously. He was breathing quickly and I could see he was worried.
Someone knocked the door. Mom and Christian came in.
"I would ask for a little privacy, actually…" the doctor said.
"No. It's fine. They can all stay." I said. I felt a kind of better with my family next to me.
"Did any of this happen to you before?" the doctor asked. I just realized that my decision with them staying here was wrong.
"No. I mean…," After the 'I mean' part everybody in the room stared at me. I was afraid to speak.
"I felt dizzy a couple of times…" I said.
"You felt what? Why didn't you tell me any of this?!" Dimitri furied. He stood up and looked at me with anger…
"I didn't because I thought it's nothing."
"How could this be nothing?" Lissa asked angrily.
I looked down at my hands. Great. I just started with my job and this happens.
"Am I sick, doctor?" I ask, still looking at my hands.
"No. The opposite of that. You are pregnant."
Wait… did I hear that well? What?! I raised my head and looked at doctor. But I didn't say anything. What am I supposed to say? Because all that was in my mind right now was:
How the hell is this possible?!