Chapter 9: Apology. Explanations. What?

Hey everyone! Okay, the reviews for last the chapter really shocked me. Don't worries, Paige won't get Dimitri. And yes, I made a typo in chapter 3. Instead of blood whore, it came out as, 'bloodworm.' XP. Anyway here's the long awaited reunion.

Rpov

I marched down the hall with steam coming out of my ears. Some people stared at me; while others back away. As soon as I reached the stairwell, I felt wave nausea hit me. I held a hand over my mouth and ran to the bathroom on the other side of the house as soon as possible.

I slammed the door open and vomited straight into the toilet. I puked for what seemed like hours until it stopped coming out. I flushed the disgusting…I don't know down the toilet and stood up. I walked to the sink to wash my hands and looked in the full body mirror on the other side of the wall.

Everything seemed normal. Well, for strigoi me normal. But for some reason, when my eyes reached my abdomen, it looked like something was sticking out. I narrowed my eyes at it. I put a hand over it and it moved. I jerked my hand on to my side. I looked at myself in the mirror with wide eyes. It moved? No way! I thought, I can't, I'm…,. Then it hit me. Who was really sure if Strigoi didn't get pregnant?

But we were taught that strigoi were made not born. So, there is no way that I can be pregnant, no way. Maybe I ate too much. Nope, I haven't eaten anything in over a week! Then maybe, it was possible, that I could be pregnant. But, if I am pregnant, then that means that,…Dimitri is the father.

I staggered back and sat down in a small corner near the bath tub. I pulled my knees up to my face and buried my head there and cried. I can't tell him. I thought. Not after what I just saw with Paige, he never wanted me. He wouldn't want this baby. I cried and cried. I got up and ran back to Lissa and others to confide in them.

Dpov

I walked out of the room and walked to the other side of the house to Lissa and the others room. I knocked on their door. Instead if using a keypad lock on the door, I decided for Rose's and my sake that to use a real door that way our friends won't be treated as meat.

Adrian the former ass answered the door. (A/N: Hey, Dimitri doesn't like Adrian, not my fault for trying to stay in character.) He glared at me, hard. "What do you want Belikov?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"I want to see Lissa." I said calmly. Even if he is a jerk, he can help me with this Paige thing.

He closed the door slightly. I could hear him and Lissa having a small argument deliberating if he should let me in.

"Don't." Lissa protested.

"He needs to know Lis," he said. Then said something in such a low whisper that I couldn't even hear it.

He opened the door and let me through with a grim expression. I nodded my thanks to him. He closed the door behind me and I looked at everyone in the room. They all glared daggers at me.

What the heck did I do? Oh yeah, stupid Paige. I swear, word spreads faster here than it did back in the academy.

"What do you want?" Christian asked. I turned to him. He sat near Lissa who was holding…Rose?

"Rose what's wrong?" I kneeled down in front of her. She looked at me then looked at Lissa who held her glare, then looked back down and cried.

"Like you wouldn't know." Lissa said. "How could you do that Dimitri? She loves you, she would do anything for you and you sleep with a cheap slut behind her back!"

I flinched. I quickly had to compose myself. "I didn't sleep with Paige." I said and looked at Rose who turned to look at me. "I would never do that to you Roza." I snaked my arm around her and slipped her from Lissa.

"Then, why were you half-naked with Paige?" she whimpered.

I kissed her forehead and just held her. "She used compulsion on me." I explained. "She forced me into doing that and when you caught us…" I trailed off. "Rose, I never meant for anything that happened to be like this. I never thought that Paige would try something like that. I know I should've told you about the spies, but I figured you would be mad so…" She cut me off with a kiss. I kissed her back. We pulled away when we heard a certain Ozera clear his throat.

She gave a small smile and snuggled into my chest. Lissa sighed and rolled her eyes. Christian just smirked. Eddie had his mouth wide open. And Adrian, well, he rolled his eyes then asked, "Is there any vodka here?"

I nodded and pointed to the liquor cabinet near the bathroom door.

"Uh…Rose?" Lissa asked. Roza turned to her. "Are you going to…?"

"Yes." She answered. She turned to me and sighed. I gave her a confused expression and she smiled. "Dimitri," she began. "Is it possible for a strigoi to get pregnant with another strigoi?" I looked at her with wide eyes.

"What?" was all I could say.

Rpov

"What?" was all he could say as his eyes continued to bug out of their sockets.

"Uh, yeah." I said. "I'm pregnant." I lifted my shirt up enough for him to see the bump that was bulging on my abdomen. His eyes drifted there and if possible, they became more bugged out.

"But…We…How…" he couldn't choose a question. Then his face turned serious. "Whose the father?" then he turned to Adrian who was draining a bottle of Russian vodka.

"You." We all said in unison.

"But Rose," he said, "A normal strigoi can't get pregnant. And we can't get anyone else pregnant." He frowned.

"But I'm shadow-kissed." I said. "That makes me a non-normal strigoi. Maybe that explains the bind still being in tact too." I muttered.

Lissa nodded and so did Adrian. "It's true." Adrian spoke up. "Because you were supposed to have originally died, when you became a strigoi, you were still technically dead, but you were undead before. So that's why the bond is still there. And why you can see your own reflection."

"You can see your reflection?" Dimitri asked. I nodded. "Then why can I see mine?"

Then Lissa became thoughtful. Then her face lit up. "Psi-energy." She explained. "Dimitri are you the one who taught Rose how to do that?" He nodded. "Do you do it yourself?"

"For her sake, I do." He said. "Blood started to taste funny after the first two feedings."

"That's why you can see your reflection." She chimed. "You're living off of energy, instead of blood where you kill the person, you are rewarded by being able to see it."

He smiled. "And there is something else." I said. Dimitri turned to me. "Dimitri, we're leaving here. Soon." I said.

He cocked an eye brow at me. Then he turned looked away from me. "Dimitri, we have to leave." I urged him to turn to me. "I can't have my baby around the strigoi. I don't want them to hurt him or her."

"Then, I can't come with you." I frowned. "I might hurt you or the baby."

I shook my head and made him turn to me. "Dimitri Belikov," I began. "Don't you dare say you'll hurt our baby. I won't leave you here to face the strigoi alone comrade." I kissed him softly. "I love you." I murmured.

I felt his arms tighten. He looked up to Lissa. "When are we leaving?" he asked.

She shrugged. "We figured in about a week or so. When the others can trust us."

He nodded his head then checked the time on his clock. "It's nearly three in the morning." He said and stood up with me. "We should get going."

We all said good night. Dimitri and I walked hand in hand back to our bedroom and I almost fainted when I heard a baby crying. I flipped on the light switch and walked towards the bed. It was a baby. A dhampir. Maybe only about three weeks old. I picked the baby up and held him to me. I looked back to Dimitri and he came up next to me. He picked up a note that was right next to where the baby was laying.

"What does it say?" I asked he read it.

He handed me the note and I handed him the baby who he cradled.

Dear to whoever is concerned,

Please take care of my baby. I can't take care of him anymore. Tell him the I love him and this was the only thing I could do for him.

It was unsigned. I looked to Dimitri and he gave me the baby. I held him and took in his features. How can this baby look so much like us? He had the color of Dimitri's eyes and the color of my hair.

I looked up to Dimitri, who was smiling. "Let's keep him." I said. He nodded. He reached his hand out under the baby and we both looked down lovingly at him while he cooed.

Okay, I know some of you are probably confused at this point. And yes I know strigoi cant have babies! Its all part of the plot.

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