We walked out of our dorm after I'd gotten showered and dressed and we were heading off to see Lissa and Christian. We reached their dorm room to find a particularly happy Lissa and a slightly irritable Christian.

"Did you not get enough beauty sleep, Sparky?" Christian shot me a glare and Lissa giggled.

"No. I just informed that there is a royal banquet coming up and he has to go. So do you two." She added her smile even more amused as I glared at her.

"Do I have to?" I asked and Lissa didn't even have to think about.

"You're my best friend and I haven't seen you in two months. So yes." she said and Christian grinned.

"Her Majesty has spoken. You have no choice." He said and laughed as Lissa frowned at him.

"So I'm guessing that means…" I knew what she was about to say and I was not looking forward to it.

"We get to go on a shopping spree." she looked between Christian and Dimitri. "And you have to come to." Christian groaned but Dimitri didn't say anything let alone react to it.

"C'mon if we're going to have a movie night, we need to go before everyone gets all of the good movies. What are we watching anyway?" I asked and Lissa shrugged.

"Probably a horror movie considering there are about two people here who appreciate them." I had to agree with Christian. But not out loud.

"You just want to see Lissa get the hell scared out of her." Lissa laughed and Christian simply shrugged.

We got into the car and Lissa jumped into backseat with me and Christian in the passenger seat up front, Dimitri was our driver. After they turned the radio on to a country station loud enough where they couldn't hear Lissa turned to me.

"Have you told him yet?" she asked and I put her hand on my stomach.

"No. I don't know how. Last night after you left was fine but this morning was awful." I told her and she just stared at me in disbelief.

"Rose, you are going to have to tell him. The longer you wait, the more you don't want to tell him." I shrugged.

"Maybe I shouldn't. I'm thinking about packing up and leaving again." She frowned and I immediately regretted saying that. "I just don't know what to do."

"Rose, if you want, I'll be there when you tell him. When do you want to tell him?" she asked and put my hand on my stomach.

"I don't know. I'm almost three months along so about a month and a half. I want to wait and see what we're going to do. I don't want him to agree to be together just because of this baby." I wouldn't do that to him. I'd put him through so much already and making him stay in a relationship was cruel, but not telling him about the baby was worse.

I sighed. I hated not knowing what to do. Lissa put an arm around me and smiled. "Whatever you decide, I'll be with you every step of the way. I promise. How did your parents take it?"

I laughed remembering. "Abe wasn't pleased and my mom was the one who made me take the pregnancy test. She thought I'd gotten with somebody else and got all worried about me. Abe was just pissed until mom pretty much threatened to throw the closest thing at him. I think it was a steak knife." We laughed and Christian turned around.

"You can quit talking bad about me anytime, you know." Lissa leaned up and took his hand in hers.

"We're not. I love you too much to talk bad about you." He smiled as she said this and I rolled my eyes.

"I forgot you guys were here. Not to mention, if I was going to talk bad about you, I'd wouldn't care if you heard, Sparky." I grinned and he smirked at me.

"What are you guys talking about anyway?" he asked and me and Lissa exchanged a look.

"The banquet and what we'd like our dresses to look like." she grinned. "Have you thought about your suit?"

"I am not wearing a suit." I laughed as she glared at him.

"You have to look nice." she informed him. "I'm queen now remember? We're dating and therefore you have to look respectable."

"We're here." I told here and she looked around.

"Come on." She grabbed my arm and basically dragged me out of the car.

We headed straight to the clothes section and looked through all of the dresses. Lissa found at least four that she liked and went to try them on. I looked through some of the dresses making sure they were loose around my stomach. I felt more of the nausea come over me all of a sudden. I ran to the bathroom and got sick. I was thankful when someone came and pulled my hair away from my face.

"I am so glad I'm not you." Lissa said and gently rubbed my back.

"You know people always say pregnancy is a beautiful. I think they mean it for the onlookers, not the women that are carrying the damn kid." I rinsed out my mouth and she handed me a handful of mints from her purse. "Thanks."

"No problem." We walked back to where the guys were and I put a hand on my stomach. Please don't keep me sick all day. I love you very much but we can't let daddy get suspicious. I thought down to the baby and hopefully he or she would listen.

"Have you decided on a dress yet?" I asked her as she held up two. One was a jade green that matched her eyes and was about knee length. It hugged her curves then flowed the rest of the way to her knees. The other was a pale blue that reached all the way past her feet with light ruffles at the end.

"Which do you think?" I looked between them.

"I like the green one." She smiled and put the blue one back on the rack and went to find a pair of shoes.

We walked around for a while before she looked back and noticed that my arms were empty. "You didn't like any of the dresses."

"Liss, I'm still your guardian and I don't think that a dress is going to help if we're attacked by strigoi. Plus, I don't need anything that hugs my waist or draws attention." she frowned but then smiled.

"Fine but I get to pick out your maternity clothes." I groaned and she laughed.

"What's so funny?" Christian's voice came from behind us and we both turned. Lissa couldn't seem to think of anything but I could.

"The fact that you have to look nice for the banquet and I don't." I grinned and he rolled his eyes.

"Are we ready?" Dimitri spoke up for the first time this trip and I looked to him.

"With the dress shopping? Yes. All that's left now is to pick up the movie." I was grateful for that. My feet were killing me and the baby weight didn't help.

We made our way over to the movie store and I caught up to Dimitri but kept Lissa in sight. She and Christian were discussing a movie while that was the furthest thing on my mind.

"I'm sorry about this morning." he said suddenly.

"Don't be. You have every right to be pissed off at me. I was just upset because well..." I couldn't finish.

"Rose, you are it for me. I can't think of being with anyone else. But you left without a second thought and I can't help but keep that in mind. That if you can do it once, you can do it again." I looked down and then back up at him.

"I'm sorry ok? I can't take it back. I wish I could but I can't and you had Lorraine. However short of time and even if she didn't mean to you what I did, you still had her. I have every right to be pissed about that. It bothers me but if we're both going to hold on to the others mistake then this isn't going to work. I'd like this to still work but we have to trust each other." I paused for a second and then took a deep breath. "If we can't trust each other then there is no point in even trying."

He smiled softly and turned to me. "I know. But is this what you want?" he asked his smile falling from his face, his eyes serious.

I didn't answer verbally instead I kissed him. It was brief but it held all the meaning in the world.

"We are definitely getting a slasher film." Christian said and I turned to him. Lissa punched him in the arm and we walked into the movie store.

We wound up getting all of the Saw movies and I slept the whole ride home. 1 problem down. 5.7 million to go.

***R&R please. Thanks for the awesome reviews!