A/N: Okay this took me a long time to update. I've had it written for a while, I just haven't been able to type it up (I write my stories in notebooks and then copy them to the computer). So if you care, here is my reasoning: Color Guard. I'm in my high school's color guard and it takes over your life. We just had Championships last weekend and we were at the beach for four days. And….. WE WON FIRST PLACE! (first ever in my school's history, it's a pretty huge thing.) So my prize? A shit-load of make-up school work.

Thanks for listening to my rant, now I can let you into the door to Dullsville.

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Kisses

Alexander's father lifted his chin, still glaring. "I hear my brother Aden and his family came to visit you."

"Oh? What else did you hear?"

His eyes hardened. "Lies."

"Lies?"

"Yes lies. At least they better be lies if you wish to stay in this family."

Cassandra immediately stood up, shock written across her pale face. "Constantine!"

The adult vampire turned to look at her. "You know just as well as I do what will happen if we let this go on, Cassandra."

Now I finally looked over at Alexander. He was standing there with his hands balled in to fists at his sides. His expression was hard with blood-red eyes. He was shaking.

When I touched his hand he flinched away angrily. I gasped because I hadn't been expecting that. He heard me and his expression softened and his eyes turned back to their natural chocolate color. He then looked at his parents. They were both arguing in some language I didn't understand, Romanian I suppose. Constantine was still extremely angry and Cassandra seemed to be trying to reason with him. About what, I didn't know.

I wondered what he meant when he said "what will happen if we let this go on." Let what go on? My relationship with Alexander? Or keeping the baby?

Out of nowhere Jameson walked slowly in, pushing his creaky metal cart. On the table he set down three "Romanian smoothies" and an ice water for me.

"Master Constantine I have your refreshments." The adult vampires turned their heads to look at the old, creepy man.

"Thank you Jameson."

The butler stood there for a moment looking as though he was expecting more to be said. When he realized there was nothing else he cleared his throat and spoke again. "With all due respect Master Constantine, I believe it would be best if the four of you sat down and discussed this. Especially since I am sure Miss Raven doesn't know what you are so worried about."

Cassandra looked pointedly at her husband. "Thank you Jameson."

Jameson nodded and left the room, pushing his cart. I'll have to thank him soon.

We all sat down at the long table. Alexander and I were on one side and his parents on the other. Silence.

"First things first. Is it really true?" His mother looked at him with pleading eyes, almost begging him to say no. it made me upset that I was the reason she was looking at him like that.

Alexander didn't seem to notice though. "Yes it's true. Raven is carrying my child."

I stiffened in my chair. Did he have to say it like that? Though I did blush a little because he seemed almost happy about it. It made my heart squeeze a bit.

Despite them having already known, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling looked shocked, disappointed, and most of all, upset.

"Oh Alexander, why?" Mrs. Sterling asked. I though she as overreacting, I mean was it that bad? She seemed as if her whole world was ending.

"It was an accident mother. I didn't mean for it to happen. That doesn't matter though because I love Raven and we are going to raise this child together."

Mr. Sterling's eyes turned blood red. "Do you not know the consequences of having a child with a human? Don't you know what will become of you?" If I though he was angry before, then he was absolutely outraged now.

Finally I decided it was my turn to speak up. "We know how hard it is to raise a baby, especially as teenagers, and that we'll have to give up a lot but we're doing this."

Cassandra looked towards Alexander curiously. "She doesn't know does she?"

"Know what?" I looked at my boyfriend expectantly. He wouldn't make eye contact with me.

"Having a half-human child is all but forbidden," Mrs. Sterling began. "It's greatly frowned upon. A lot of vampire families would disown anybody that would reproduce with a mortal. And even then, the family would receive a lot of respect just for being related to the parent. It would be a thousand times worse for the parents and the child. Some have been killed for having hybrids… or being one."

I was shocked by this. Alexander's hand was clenched into a fist and was shaking. I couldn't believe he didn't tell me something so important.

"But why would they do that? Why do they hate them so much?"

"Hybrids are believed to be… unnatural. They aren't supposed to exist. They don't belong to either world- human or vampire. Having one is basically setting up for your child to have a miserable life, knowing that they don't belong anywhere and not being accepted by either world. It's sad really."

The room was so silent after that I nearly jumped when the sound of a heavy chair scraping the floor broke it.

My boyfriend stood up and stormed out. I heard the sound of the door to the backyard slam shut and winced.

Turning back to Cassandra I asked "But what about Claude? He's a half-vampire too isn't he?"

"We've had to keep him hidden. Not many people actually know, but those who do are very good friends of our family. Even then, they still don't accept him completely. And Aden and Lydia are looked down on."

"So couldn't we just do that too? Hide the baby?"

She sighed, but before she could begin again her husband cut her off. "No. We were extremely lucky when it came to Claude, but that was nearly 18 years ago that he was born. It will be much worse on you now."

I walked outside into the cold night air. It was darker than usual because thick clouds coated the sky, blocking the light of the moon and stars. The cold November air whipped my face as I sat down in the gazebo.

Alexander hadn't returned since he left the dining room. If I were to guess, I'd say that he went to the cemetery to see his grandmother's monument. He always went there when he needed time to think. This made me somewat happy because I wasn't sure if I was ready to see him.

Why would he keep something so important from me? Did he ever plan on telling me? I couldn't imagine what that would have achieved, except endangering out child. Despite what he tells me, sometimes I wonder if he even cares. Maybe be loves me but not the baby, and he's just pretending for my sake.

I immediately rid my mind of that thought. Alexander was the sweetest, gentlest, most caring person I have ever met in my seventeen years. There was no way he would feel that way. He loves both of us. He had to have a good reason for keeping all of this from me. I just couldn't imagine what that reason was.

Thinking about what Mr. and Mrs. Sterling told me made me shiver. Or maybe it was the freezing temperatures. Either way, it made me nervous. Images of the baby doll with the knife stuck in its chest, all bloody and distorted in my locker, raced through my head. That means that somebody must already know about my pregnancy. And they're threatening to kill it. Who could possibly know about it? There are no other vampires in Dullsville- that we know of- and the only other vampires that know are Onyx, Scarlet, Dr. Zaharu, and Sebastian, none of which even knew at the time the threat was delivered. Whoever it was, they weren't going to harm my baby.

Alexander still hadn't come back an hour later. It was now about midnight and I was exhausted. My sleep schedule was really messed up because some days I would go to school, and others I couldn't because I didn't feel well. On the days I couldn't I would just sleep all day in Alexander's coffin and stay up all night with my vampire boyfriend.

Since I had been feeling better lately now that I was in the second trimester, Alexander and I agreed that I would continue going to school until I was seven or eight months pregnant. At least that was the plan for now, when you're dating a vampire and carrying his child you never now what will happen next.

Stretching as I did, I got up off of the gazebo's bench and started towards the back doors of the mansion. The walk through the dark, dusty old building was uneventful. Lying down on the bed that was up in by Alexander when I first moved in, I drifted into unconsciousness.

Alexander's POV

Some where killed for having a hybrid… or being one.

Killed for having a hybrid…. Or being one.

Killed.

My mother's words ran through my head over and over again.

Killed. As in dead.

I shook my head as if that would make the thoughts disappear. No. I refuse to let anything happen to Raven or our child.

Thinking of Raven brought a sight to my lips. I had no doubt in my mind that she was angry with me. Which was understandable I did lie to her after all.

I paced back and forth on the cold, wet grass. When I had left the mansion in the middle of our conversation- if you could call it that- with my parents, I had considered just sitting in the gazebo in the backyard, that way I could still be near Raven just in case. But something told me it was time to visit Grandma.

So here I was, pacing in front of her monument wondering how everything turned upside down. I never planned on telling my parents because of this. At least, not until Raven was at least out of high school, if she did at all. I knew they would react this way, especially because of the way they reacted to Claude. I'd asked Aunt Lydia and Uncle Aden not to tell Raven because I didn't want it to stress her too much, and I didn't plan on this ever affecting us. Guess that's all down the drain now.

Heavy boots squishing in the wet, soft ground advanced towards me. I looked up and standing across from me, leaning back on a headstone was none of than my best friend Sebastian.

"Hey."

Sebastian just looked at me and raised his eyebrows. Seeing as if he wasn't going to say anything, I turned my back to him and looked up at my Grandma's monument.

"so what's it like?"

Spinning around to see his curious expression, I became confused.

"What is what like?"

"Knowing you'll have a kid in a few months."

His question had caught me off guard. Before that moment I hadn't really thought about actually being a father.

"It's…scary." More like terrifying.

Sebastian snorted. "Yeah. You know I never imagined you as the type to go and get a girl pregnant. Then again you always got the girls."

Rolling my eyes I replied, "They always went after me, I never paid attention to them. I wouldn't be too surprised if you were in this situation." We both laughed at that and then fell into a thoughtful silence.

"So are you trying to keep it a secret from our kind?"

I sighed. "Trying. The only ones that know are you, Scarlet and Onyx, my parents, and my aunt and uncle and of course Dr. Zaharu. On and Luna Maxwell apparently." I nearly growled the last part.

Sebastian appeared shocked. "Luna Maxwell? How does she know? Isn't she in Romania?"

"Guess not. I assume she heard it from Trevor or one of her classmates somehow. She sent us a little… gift."

"A gift?"

I explained the gruesome doll that Raven found in her locker and how I saw her and some guy when I went to look around Dullsville High one night. Sebastian's facial expression went from shock to disgust as I recounted the event.

"That's so sick."

"Raven cried for hours. I almost murdered Luna when I found out it was her."

"Well she's definitely planning something, that's obvious." He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

We talked for a while after that, mostly about my situation with Raven but also just catching up in general.

Eventually we realized the sun was about to come up in an hour or so we headed back to the mansion.

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