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Chapter 11
Previously on: Rose's Miracle
Eventually I calmed down and the doorbell rang, who could it be?
I opened the door and saw Adrian, holding hands with…Sydney!
"Sydney! What a surprise!" I yelled
"Rose, it's good to see you." Sydney said with a nervous but genuine smile.
"You too, but what are you doing here?" I asked her curiously
"Well, I've been here on business for the last couple of weeks. I was sad to hear that you were away." Sydney said
I continued to stare at their hands, could a romance have blossomed between them in a space of two weeks? And isn't this forbidden? A relationship between an alchemist and a moroi has never been heard of.
But there is a lot in my world that has never been heard of that has occurred, such as Dimitri being returned to Dhampir state after being turned into a Strigoi.
I also knew Sydney well, she had thoroughly believed in her views of being an alchemist. That vampire such as us are evil creatures of the night and deserved to be hidden from society. The silence grew uncomfortable as I continued to stare at their hands.
"So, little Dhampir are you going to invite us in or just stand there?" Adrian said with his usual cocky grin.
I opened the door wider giving Sydney the 'talk later' look that I used to give her.
They continued to walk into the dining room where Christian was just about to serve the delicious roast that he cooked for us.
They stared in astonishment as they gazed at Adrian and Sydney's hands intertwined. I spotted Sydney getting uncomfortable in front of the all the vampire's gazes, but Adrian found this entertaining.
"Are you all going to stare or are we going to eat?" Adrian said half laughing
"Adrian! We haven't asked if we could join!" Sydney hissed in his ear
His smile faltered as he took in Sydney's dissaproving glare.
"You're right hun, Rose is it okay if we stay for dinner?" Adrian asked politely
I almost keeled over from shock, had Sydney just managed to make Adrian ask to stay? And politely? And did he just call her hun?
I just stood there like an idiot with all of these questions in my head as everyone looked at me expecting an answer.
"Um, ah yes of course there is plenty of room. Please Sydney make yourself comfortable." I said
She nodded at me and took a seat at the opposite end of the table, away from the vampires. So she may have grown accustomed to Adrian, but was still uncomfortable around us. That must make it hard for the both of them, but I still couldn't believe this unlikely match.
I looked at Dimitri who was staring at me with a shocked expression mirroring my own. Everyone had started up conversation again and the tension in the room started to disappear.
Adrian noticed Christians apron and started to laugh, hearing Adrian laugh got me going again. Soon enough I was on the floor clutching my sides only to be joined by Adrian this time.
"Are you sure that apron is meant for you?" he directed towards Christian.
I lost it laughing again after that, damn I only just calmed down.
Everyone was seated and Christian was setting down the food, Dimitri pulled out a seat for me and I sat down.
*Rip
The sounds of tearing fabric made everyone quiet and stare at me. I looked down and saw a huge tear at the hem of my shirt.
MY BUMP WASNT THAT BIG?
And you know who laughs? Dimitri. He chuckles at the apron but when it comes to this he absolutely loses his shit.
"You should have seen your face Roza" Dimitri said after he'd finished
My face was bright red now;
"Don't worry Rose, I promise we'll go shopping tomorrow." Lissa said patting my hand.
"And remember Rose, whenever we went shopping you would always buy a size smaller than what you are to emphasise your curves and your chest." Lissa said whispering to me.
I nodded and felt a little less embarrassed, I excused myself to go and get changed. I walked up the stairs and heard the laughing of my friends; if someone had told me that this was how my life would turn out I would have told them to get fucked.
My best friend being Queen, Dimitri and I together and expecting twins, Adrian with an alchemist and happy, my mother and father getting along. Everything was truly amazing.
While getting changed I got a funny feeling at the pit of my stomach, not a Strigoi feeling but a bad feeling nonetheless. I decided to shrug it off and put it to the back of my mind. Dinner went off without a hitch and by eleven everyone was leaving; I grabbed Sydney before she could get the chance to run out of the door.
"So Sydney, do you mind explaining?" I said trying to do the one eyebrow thing
She continued to stare at me; I saw different emotions flash across her face, lust, love, worry, anxiety.
"It just happened Rose I was only meant to be here for business, my status with the alchemists is already shaky as I helped you and your friends. This assignment to court was meant as a test, I'm sure of it. I've blown it already I have fallen for a god damn vampire. It is forbidden amongst my kind, the biggest act of sin that as alchemists we can commit; to fall in love with your kind. But it's happened and there is nothing that I can do about it, I can't help who I fall in love with." Sydney said out of breath
I watched her outburst and realised how hard this must be for her, all of her beliefs thrown out of the window. Her had heart betrayed her mind with her feelings for a moroi and I can only begin to imagine the kind of punishment she would receive if the alchemists discovered it.
"I understand Sydney; I just hope he is worth it." I said to her
"I hope so too Rose, goodnight. Oh and congratulations by the way, I can't think of a person who deserves this as much as you do." She said
"Thank you" I said to her smiling
Thinking that I must get Adrian's side of the story, no doubt he will visit me in a spirit dream to discuss recent news.
I felt the events of the day beginning to take its toll and I felt very tired. Dimitri had left to escort Lissa and Christian back to court, making sure that I was okay before he left. Lissa and I arranged plans to go shopping the next day, I was silently excited. I didn't plan to shop for myself, but for the babies. Even though I knew Lissa would insist on me buying maternity wear.
I dragged myself upstairs and snuggled into the huge queen sized bed that just screamed luxury. I planned to stay awake until Dimitri got back but I was just so exhausted, not long after I fell asleep I felt him climb into bed and pull me closer to him. We feel into a deep sleep smiling in each other's loving embrace.
The next morning I felt Dimitri stroking the web of hair out of my face, I wasn't ready to wake up but I knew that Lissa would be waiting impatiently to go shopping. I opened my eyes and stared at my gorgeous fiancé, I was so lucky to have him.
"Good morning beautiful" He said smiling
"Good morning handsome" I said back
"It's time to get up?" He said waiting for my usual tantrum of having to get out of bed.
Only it didn't come, I sat up and swung my legs out of bed.
"Okay" I sighed
"I'll run the shower, want to join?" He asked me with a wink
"Oh comrade, of course" I replied giving him my biggest man eater smile.
I felt sorry for him in a way, the next 6 months or so without sex but I knew it was a sacrifice he was willing to give for our twins. But I wasn't happy, I went over this with Dimitri and he explained that there were other ways to be pleased without sex and I giggled at his words.
The rest of the shower definitely wasn't PG and I got out feeling refreshed and ready for what the day was going to throw at me. Christian and Dimitri decided to not come shopping with us and instead decided to set up the baby cribs in the nursery and continue unpacking our belongings.
I didn't mind, this would be a great opportunity for Lissa and I to spend some time with each other before her duties as Queen got a bit too busy.
The law of having more than one family member to vote on the council was still pending to be voted off and it would take a while before it did. In the meantime Lissa still needed to spend time with Jill and get to know her and I felt guilty that I was taking this time away from her. But something told me that she wasn't all that keen to get to know Jill at all, and I knew that I would have to approach her about it later.
We hopped into the car full of guardians and made our way to the mall, the first shop we went into was a baby clothing store. I heard Lissa's squeal from a mile away as she picked up each outfit and threw it onto the pile. I remembered reading in my baby book that babies grow out of their clothes very quickly and I pointed this out to Lissa.
"Exactly! I will be shopping all the time for the little munchkins!" She screamed in delight
I had to roll my eyes at this and let her continue with the shopping; I wondered when Christian would move on with it and propose to Lissa. I would have to talk to him about that later.
Eventually Lissa was done in the shop; I picked out a few things for the babies. Toys and baby blankets, I would have given them my own but the trouble with all of this shopping was that neither of us knew what gender they would be. I secretly hoped it would be one of each, a little comrade and a little ballerina. Then Dimitri and I would both win the bet, and Lissa and I's shopping wouldn't go to waste.
Although it would never be a waste to Lissa, she would keep it for when she had kids with Christian, which I felt would be soon judging by the look on her face when she did baby shopping.
She dragged me into a maternity shop and the sales lady immediately swarmed to me, she put her hand on my stomach and was talking to my stomach.
I reminded myself that I would have to get used to this and just smiled at the woman.
"How far along are you sweety?" She asked me
"I'm about 10 weeks." I said to her
"Oh wow that's a mighty bump for only 2 and bit months" She said to me
"Yes, its twins." I replied
"OH! How lovely! Well how can I help you today? You look like a woman who likes her comfort and you won't get a great deal of comfort in tight clothing." She said
"Yes, I would like some clothing that is a couple of sizes up to what I am now." I said to her
"Well follow me and I'll show you the rack of your size and I'll leave you to try things on!" She said enthusiastically
I looked at the clothes on the racks, I only just realized how fashionable the store was and I spotted several other pregnant women in the store trying clothes on. Some with massive bumps and some with small, I walked over to my size rack and I spent the next hour or so trying on comfortable clothing.
This would be the only time that Lissa would let me get away with clothing like this I realised. Damn I should get pregnant more often, I chuckled to myself.
We left the store with a dozen bags and I felt the rush of retail therapy cleanse my worries.
We were sitting down and eating now, I ordered three big macs from McDonalds and Lissa was picking at a Caesar salad.
'Hey Liss?"
"Yes Rose?"
"Have you ah, spent time with Jill lately?" I asked hesitantly
Just as I suspected her gaze went a bit darker.
"No, I've been busy." She said not looking at me
"Liss…"
"Just drop it Rose." She snapped
I was shocked at her tone; I didn't expect this topic to be so touchy.
"I'm sorry for bringing it up, but I feel as though you should be spending this time with her. She is your half-sister after all…" I said gently
"I know she is, I'm just not ready." She said
I figured that I wouldn't get any further with this topic at the moment so I changed it.
The rest of the shopping trip was relaxing as we got manicures and pedicures, and our trip home was undisturbed.
I managed to carry my 30 bags in total into the house and was greeted by the most amazing smell.
I dumped my bags and walked into the kitchen, the table was decorated with candles and roses. Dimitri stood there and pulled out the chair for me…
"Dimitri, this is lovely!" I said
"I'm glad you think so" He said smiling
"What's on the menu comrade?" I said sniffing the aromas in the air again
"You'll just have to wait and see" He said
After we finished dinner we snuggled on the couch and watched one of Dimitri's western movies, I watched his face as he watched the movie. He was so engrossed in it, I swear I could even see him mouthing the words. How many times had he seen this movie?
During the movie I must have fallen asleep because I felt the familiar tug of a spirit dream coming on. Adrian was visiting me just as I had expected;
We were sitting at a bar, one of those Hawaiian bars on the beach that you see in movies. I looked down and noticed I was wearing a grass bikini, I had coconuts for a bikini bra and my baby bump was very exposed.
"Adrian! Could you dress me in something more appropriate?" I said to him
"Sure thing little Dhampir" Adrian said smiling
I was now wearing a shirt and a flowing skirt; it was an upgrade at least.
"Thank you" I said
Making sure my drink wasn't alcoholic I sniffed it,
"It's orange juice" He said
I looked at him, he seemed different. He had a healthy glow about him, it didn't seem as though he had gotten drunk recently and he didn't smell of cloves like he usually did.
"She has changed you? Hasn't she Adrian?" I asked
"Yes, you could say that she has. I thought I would never love someone like I loved you Rose, but Sydney is the most amazing woman that has ever walked into my life aside from you. I plan to spend the rest of my life with her, even though I have only known her for two weeks. I know it will be hard, but I am willing to fight and so is she." He said
Wow these two love giving me speeches don't they?
"I'm glad you're happy Adrian, I wish you both the best of luck." I said hugging him
I felt myself waking up and I waved goodbye to Adrian. I felt Dimitri carrying me upstairs into that glorious bed.
The next morning I felt Dimitri get up rather early and I realised that he had guardian duty today, Lissa had given him a couple of days off to get comfortable in the house but now duty called. I pouted and kissed him goodbye, falling back to sleep soon after he left.
I woke up to the smell of smoke; I sat up frantic and ran out of the room. Down the hall smoke and fire was coming out of the nursery. I started coughing from the smoke and I could barely see, the fire alarm in the hall was blaring and I tried to get downstairs out of the way of the fire. I couldn't see where I was going though, the smoke was so thick. I collapsed onto the floor from the smoke and everything went black…
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