Be prepared for drama... ;D And some Rose & Lissa bonding that has been missing for a while :)

Vampire Academy belongs to Richelle Mead, not me. Obviously, or I wouldn't still be waiting for The Fiery Heart -_-

RPOV

As soon as we got back to our tents I went inside to change my clothes. When I came out 5 minutes later, I was wearing sweatpants and a thick jumper. I was still kinda cold, but aside from that I felt fine. I sat down on Dimitri's lap, and he wrapped his arms around me, chasing away the last of the chill with his body heat. He was only wearing jeans and a tight-fitting black T-shirt, but if he wasn't cold, then I wasn't complaining. He looked really good, but then again, he always did.

Just as the last person sat down by the fire, Christian appeared through the trees, walking slowly with his legs apart, grimacing. We all clapped and cheered as he came closer, and Adrian stood up to heal him. I didn't object- he had suffered enough.

I had been surprised when Lissa hadn't healed him earlier, and intended to ask her why later. I knew that since she was Queen and was stressed enough with that, she was supposed to be cutting down on the Spirit she used, but I thought she would at least heal her own fiancé's minor injuries.

I tuned back into what Adrian and Christian were saying. Adrian had just finished healing him. "Is that better?" Adrian asked.

Christian stretched, grimacing when something clicked. "A little. But my balls still hurt like crazy. Can't you do anything about that?"

Adrian took a step back. "Sorry, dude. I have to touch the affected area to heal completely, and I don't love you enough as a friend, or in any other way, to go near your dick. So suck it up and take it like a man, or get Lissa to heal it for you." He looked around for her, but she appeared to be very deep in conversation with Eddie, and pretended not to hear him. What was going on?

We ate lunch, and after we were finished, I volunteered Lissa and I to go and wash the plates at the communal water-trough thing.

We did all the washing up in silence but on the way back I grabbed her arm and pulled her behind a fence, leading to the empty kids' playground.

"Lissa, what's going on?" I asked.

"What do you mean, Rose? Nothing's going on, I-"

"Bullshit." I interjected. "You've barely spoken to me all day, and then you refused to heal Christian- twice. On top of that, bond or not, I just know you too well for you to hide things from me. You're worried, anxious, and kinda excited. You've got a secret, and you can't keep it from me forever. So, spill."

She sat down on one of the swings that was just to one side, and I sat down on the one beside her. She took a deep breath , before turning to me. "I was going to tell you tonight, Rose, I swear. I'm just..."

"It's okay, Liss. You can tell me." I said gently, moving my swing closer and putting my arm around her.

I waited for her to continue.
"Well, I think I'm pregnant."

Shock ran through me, then worry, then excitement. "Lissa! You're carrying Christian's spawn and you never told me! How long have you known?" I shouted.

She smiled weakly. "Tell the whole world, why don't you? And anyway, I'm not entirely sure yet. I didn't want to find out on my own. But that's why I couldn't heal Christian, because I don't know how using Spirit will affect the baby. I've been hiding my aura from Adrian already today, because if I am pregnant, I don't want him shouting it out to the world."

I thought about my next question for a minute. "Does Christian know?"

She shook her head. "I want to know if I am or not before I tell him."

Fair enough. I hugged her, and stood up. "Come on. There's no use worrying about this yet. Let's go find out if there's a mini Christian inside you." I paused. "On second thoughts, let's call it a mini Lissa. Much less disturbing."

She gave a shaky laugh, and hugged me again. "Thanks Rose. Let's do this."

20 minutes later, we were standing in the ladies toilets. Lissa had the newly-bought and used pregnancy test in her hand and I had my phone on timer, with 1 minute left.

Lissa suddenly put the test face down on the sink. "Rose, I'm scared. I don't know if I'm ready for this, or if Christian is. I'm eighteen, Rose."

I smiled reassuringly. "Lissa, you're also engaged to be married, are Queen of the Moroi, and have been through more than most people do in their whole lives. As for Christian, you two were picking out baby names and talking about 'little Dragomirs' when you'd only been dating a month. I think he's ready, and you'll be a great mom."

She nodded slowly. "But what if he doesn't want this baby?"

I gritted my teeth. "Then the ass kicking he received today will be nothing compared to what he gets if he says that to you."
She didn't look reassured.
"Look, Lissa. All joking aside, if you are pregnant, Christian will be great about it. I'll always be here to help and support you, and so will Dimitri. Any kids of yours will be the most spoiled on the planet, they'll have their Aunt and Uncle right there with them always, and the rest of the freaks that we lovingly call our friends."

This made her smile. "But I'm so unprepared."

I shrugged. "So read a baby book. And seriously, Dimitri is amazing with babies. He helped with Viktoria, and then Paul and Zoya. They love their Uncle Dimka, and I like to think they love their Auntie Roza too. We'll never have kids of our own, so we'll have to make do with borrowing any of yours. You're not alone in this, Liss. Pinkie promise."

She smiled fully as we linked pinkies, remembering the old days. That smile disappeared as the timer went off. She panicked again, and I forced down the knot of unease that had formed sometime through my last speech.

"I can't do it, Rose. You look." She tried to turn away, but I pulled her back.

"No, you have to do this. If it's positive, how are you going to cope with the rest if you can't even check if there are 3 lines on a stick? You have to do this, Liss."

She shuddered. "Okay. But can we do it together?" She asked quietly.

"Of course."
A middle aged woman had just walked into the bathrooms and was giving us a dirty look, so I shot her my best evils. She backed off and left with a scowl, and Lissa and I both put a hand on the stick.
"1, 2, 3." I said, and we turned it over.

Positive.

Lissa suddenly burst out crying, and I hugged her tight, lowering her carefully to the bench that was on one side of the bathrooms, next to the showers.

I sat with her for another 10 minutes. When she finally pulled herself together, she looked a bit embarrassed. "Sorry about that, Rose."

I smirked. "Hey, blame it on the hormones."

Lissa rolled her eyes. "Alright. The others are going to wonder what happened to us. What are we going to say?"

I thought for a moment. "Leave it to me," I told her with a wicked grin.

She smiled for the first time since finding out the test result. "Yes, O Master of Excuses."

We walked back into camp 5 minutes later, dripping wet and carrying the washing up stuff.
"What took you so long?" Christian asked. "And what happened?"

I grinned. "Well, Liss was washing up, and I was doing the drying. She said I wasn't very good at it, so I suggested we switch places. Then, I added a bit too much washing up liquid, so it was way too bubbly. Lissa got annoyed at me, so I flicked some of the bubbles in her face. We then got into a bubble fight, which evolved into a water fight. Then we saw these two really hot guys looking at us, and we saw our shirts had gone all see-through. So naturally, we flirted with them for a bit, before they got a bit to touchy-feely."

Dimitri and Christian growled. Well, Dimitri did, it sounded more like Christian had something stuck in his throat and was trying unsuccessfully to clear it. I carried on. "Then I beat them up, making it clear that my heart belongs to another." I paused, putting my hand over my heart for effect. "Adrian."

Everyone except from Dimitri laughed, and I walked over to him.

"Aaw babe I'm joking. I love you really." Before he realised what I was doing, I hugged him tight, the water on me making his shirt almost as soaked as my own. He tried to push me away, but I held on tight.

After a few seconds he succeeded, his greater strength forcing me to let go.
"Yeah, good idea. We don't want a repeat of earlier. I'm gonna go change, be out in a minute. Coming, Lissa?"

We left the circle to go into our tent, and once there she texted Christian to meet her there, because she 'couldn't find her blue top'. Her excuses were as not as imaginative, or funny, as mine.

Once he was in the tent, he seemed to realise that this wasn't a fashion emergency.
Lissa was sitting on their bed, and I was waiting by the door, which I zipped up behind him. I didn't feel entirely comfortable being here, but Lissa had insisted that I stay.

"What's going on?" He asked, sitting down beside her. Sensing her fear, he took her hand.

"Christian, I...I..." She choked off as fresh tears slid down her cheeks.

"What, Liss? What's the matter?"

She just shook her head silently. Christian looked to me, worry clear on his face. I kept my Guardian mask in place; this was not my story to tell.
"Lissa, please, sweetheart. I'm getting worried here." He begged, voice wavering. The poor guy looked really scared.

She looked back up at him, and he gently wiped the tears from her cheeks. "Christian, I'm... I'm pregnant." She whispered.

The look of relief that came over his face lasted only a few seconds, before it was replaced with joy.
Christian pulled her to him tightly, whispering words that I couldn't hear, and that I didn't want to. I had done my bit here, and went to change.

I went back outside to find Eddie and Adrian teasing Dimitri about how he let me get away with anything. I walked up behind them and slapped them both upside the head at the same time.
"Just because I can tease him, doesn't mean you two can, bitches." I told them, before sitting on Dimitri's lap. Since there weren't enough seats for us all, mine was apparently going to be Dimitri for the duration of this trip. Not that I was complaining.

"Sorry about that, Comrade. But I had to create a distraction to get the attention off Lissa." I explained in a whisper.

He looked at me questioningly. I shook my head. Later.

Later turned out to be about half an hour later, when Lissa and Christian finally emerged from the tent.
"Everyone, we have something to tell you." Christian said. Because of the authoritative tone in his voice, everyone stopped their previous conversations and turned to him.

Dimitri looked at me, silently asking if this is what I had been talking about. I nodded.
"Lissa is pregnant."

There was a few seconds silence, before everyone began congratulating them. Me being me, I just had to shout, "Who's the father?"

Christian glared at me, but there was a hint of a smile on his lips. He knew I was only joking, and thought it was kinda funny.
"Dimitri." He shot back, earning a laugh from me, but a confused look from the man in question.

"So I guess it's okay to tell them about our little love affair then."

"In your dreams, Rosie." He said with disgust.

"Nightmares, maybe." I retorted.
He turned his attention back to Lissa and the crowd that was gathered around them. Dimitri and I waited until everyone else was done before heading over. I'd already known, anyway.

As Lissa embraced Dimitri, I hugged Christian, and said; "Still on for tonight then, lover boy?"

Lissa and Dimitri turned to look at us, I'd spoken just loud enough for them to hear.

"I'm counting the seconds, Babycakes. I can't wait."

Lissa and Dimitri rolled their eyes, and we went back to our seats.

So that's why Lissa wouldn't heal Christian! We'll let her off for leaving him in pain this time...

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