Bundle of Joy

Authors Note: Okay, so yes, I know a lot of you probably hate me right now since Richelle Mead said from day one that dhampir's can not be fertile with others of their kind. HOWEVER, I think a mini Rose/Dimitri wrapped into one would be one kick-ass child. I may as well give it a little try, it's mostly fluff and I woudn't want it to happen in the books but that's what fanfiction's for, so let's go! I have my reasons as well! Set after the short story Richelle Mead wrote about Rose and Dimitri post-The Last Sacrifice, but I promise for those of you who haven't read the short story yet, I won't give anything away!

Rose's point of view

I rolled over in bed, Dimitri's arms wrapped so tightly around my waist I could hardly manage the simple movement. I smiled gently as I turned to face him, his eyes closed gently together, his breathing slow and euphoric. He was so calm and at peace. After what we had gone through together, we really didn't deserve anything less than peace. I watched him for a few minutes before stretching gently and taking a deep breath in, inhaling the scent of his aftershave.

That's when it hit me.

The usually good-smelling aftershave smelled... rancid and immediately, I jerked from Dimitri's arms as my stomach did a flip-flop and made me land head-first into the garbage bucket on my side of the bed, waking Dimitri.

"Rose..." He said groggily, rubbing his eyes. "What's wrong?"

My stomach was finally emptied and I took a few unsteady breaths in before I felt Dimitri's hand on my shoulder. "You're sick," he observed, curiously. We didn't get sick often, usually not at all, really. Only a little cough or fever here and there and when we broke something or other, but stomach sick and the flu... That stuff, with our moroi genes never really seemed to bother us much, we were always fairly healthy aside from the phsyically demanding aspect of our job.

"I feel okay now," I said softly, putting the garbage back on the floor and sitting up, steadying my breathing.

Dimitri frowned and rubbed my back as I sat up. "You sure? We should take you to the infirmary. Usually we don't get sick, so we need to make sure it's nothing serious," he said, immediately throwing the covers off and grabbing his jeans off the floor. "Now, Rose."

I took a deep breath in and sighed before pushing the covers off of myself as well. As I stood up I immediately reached for the bucket again, my stomach doing another flip flop and in seconds, my hair was held back at my nape thanks to Dimitri's hands.

"I'm so sorry," I said softly, laying the bucket back down.

He rubbed my shoulder with his free hand in a massaging gesture. "Don't be sorry for being sick, Roza," he murmured, letting my hair go. "How do you feel now?"

I sat back down on the bed and he let my hair go. He was shirtless, standing in front of me with only a pair of jeans on and he knelt down before me, his eyes full of sympathy and worry.

"I feel fine, I just... Don't know what just happened. My stomach just... flipped." I admitted.

He nodded, passing me my sweat pants and a t-shirt from the top drawer of our dresser. "Put these on and I'll go get the nurse," he said softly.

I nodded and he kissed my forehead before exiting the room. I took a deep breath in, rubbing my face before slipping into the clothes and laying back down. What was wrong with me?

Only five minutes later Dimitri came back, and in those five minutes I was able to brush my teeth, make the bed and clean up. "Rose," the woman, Dr. Steven's said softly. "What seems to be the problem?"

Dimitri came in behind her, and frowned. "You shouldn't have been up."

I shrugged, sitting on the bed. "I got sick when I woke up and I have no idea why."

"Did you eat something that didn't agree with you?" Dr. Steven's asked gently, coming over and pacing the thethescope on my back, listening to my breathing.

"Nothing unusal."

She nodded. "Any other problems?"

I thought for a moment before answering, "The smell of Dimitri's cologne this morning just... turned my stomach. I mean, he always wears it and I'm fine, but this morning it was just... sickly. And my back's been hurting a little, but I think that's just from exercising."

She took my words into consideration before pausing. "Rose, I have a personal question to ask you."

I nodded, looking to Dimitri, then back at Dr. Steven's, "Shoot."

"Have you been intimate with anyone besides Dimitri?"

"What? No," I said immediately.

"Not at all?" She pressed.

"I said no," I said firmly.

She hesitated before reaching into her large bag. "I want you to take this regardless, okay?" A pregnancy test flashed in front of my face and it set me off.

"What? Why? It's impossible, this is ridiculous!"

"Just bare with me, okay?" She pleaded. "Just take it, if it comes out negative we'll be able to rule pregnancy out."

Pregnancy. I almost felt like throwing up again, just at the thought. It was impossible, which is why I never slept with Adrian that one night; No condom. I was responsible, there was no way that I could be pregnant. Dimitri and I couldn't have a baby together, we were both dhampirs and our races ended there unless we did happen to pro-create with a moroi which wasn't going to happen.

I took the test, however, intent on proving it wrong as I went into the bathroom. I didn't even look at Dimitri on my way, knowing this was all some stupid test. I opened the box and followed the directions and a couple minutes later, I exited the room again with the cap on the top of the test, waiting for it to register. I was more annoyed than worried for obvious reasons.

Dimitri looked like he, too, felt this unneccessary and I sighed, sitting on the bed beside him, waiting for the test to register positive or negative.

Roughly three minutes later it did and I dropped the small white stick in shock. "Two lines..." Shock. Disbelief. Horror. "Oh my God."

Dr. Steven's frowned and I couldn't look over to see Dimitri's face, I just couldn't. Dr. Steven's picked the test up and kneeled before me. "Rose," she said gently, placing a hand on my knee. "Look at me. You're going to be fine. You're three weeks pregnant, but I need an ultrasound as soon as possible to make sure the baby's healthy and growing up to par where you were shot. It's not an immediate issue, but I do need you to stay calm, okay?"

"What?" I managed, my mind reeling. "Ultrasound? How could this happen?"

Dr. Steven's frowned. "I don't know. If you've only been with Dimitri, I don't know."

Dimitri spoke up. "What about Adrian?" His voice seemed... lifeless.

I looked over at him and saw the lifelessness wasn't just in his voice, it was all over his face. "I never slept with Adrian."

"Rose... if you have... Just tell me. It's the past and..."

"Why won't anyone listen to me!" I cried. "I never slept with anyone else!"

Dimitri wrapped both of his arms around me and pulled me against his chest. "Shh, Rose. I'm sorry, I just... we didn't really talk about you guys so I wasn't sure if anything happened or not. I believe you, I just had to know. This just doesn't make sense." There was life in his voice again and I realized the thought of me and Adrian having a baby together was the reason the life was sucked from him from a long moment. Not the fact that him and I were currently in the process of becoming parents, a baby like a potatoe, in the oven, heating up.

"Oh Fuck, fuck, fuck."

"Shh, Roza," he breathed against my flushed skin.

"How can you be so calm about this?" I cried. "I know your zen lessons are all that and a bag of chips, but how can you be so okay with this?" I looked to him, feeling the hysteria mounting. "I'm fucking pregnant, Dimitri. We're having a baby."

His eyes met mine for a long moment before he answered. "Because there's nothing we can do about it and I don't want to get upset about it because I need to be here for you. Rose, I'm 27 years old. A baby really isn't the worst thing that could happen to me, however I know you're only 18 and it is a huge deal that you're so young, but what's done is done and right now my job is to be there for you and make sure you're okay, not myself."

His words made sense, I had to admit. He was older and I remembered Tasha's offer - before she went crazy, psycho bitch on us all - about children. He seemed genuinely interested in the children aspect, not with her, just in general. I realized having children definitely wasn't a big of a deal as it was to me, like he had said. But this was so surreal. "I can't believe I'm pregnant," I choked the words out.

Dr. Steven's, who was quiet up until this point to let the fact register, spoke. "I know this is obviously a shock for the both of you," she breathed gently; evenly. "There are many options, as I'm sure you both know and I hope you do what's best for you both."

"You mean abortion?" I asked bluntly.

She nodded, "That's one more obvious one, yes, but it's not the only one."

I thought about leaving the academy to raise this child, but that wasn't an option for me. I couldn't have my kid growing up and resenting me like I did my own mother, I just couldn't do it. I also couldn't not be a guardian, however and I was suddenly torn. This could ruin everything. Dimitri was quiet, letting me process things and I bit my bottom lip. "Abortion's not an option," I said immediately, turning to Dimitri. "I couldn't just... eliminate something you made from this world. You're too good and pure and it wouldn't be right."

Dimitri smiled softly and kissed my forehead. "If it's anything like you, we're going to have a lot on our hands," he joked. "But it'll be worth every minute of it."

"We can't not be guardians, though," I told him. "That's not an option either."

He nodded, "I know. We'll figure something out, I promise. We - You - always do."

I gave him a small smile before closing my eyes and leaning my head against his chest.

"You're both going to figure this out," Dr. Steven's said reasurringly, patting our knees. "If you need to talk, just drop by the office. I want to schedule that ultrasound for as soon as possible, too, so when you're feeling up to it, come by so I can make sure everything's progressing okay."

I nodded, "Okay, thank-you."

Dimitri gave her a small smile and walked her out, shutting the door behind her. "Well then, Ms. Hathaway."

I frowned, the reality hitting me even harder. "I can't believe this is happening... Not right now... Not this young."

Dimitri turned the overhead lights off and just left the bedside table one going, the room a orange glow as he came over and wrapped his arms around me, laying down on the bed. "We'll figure it out, Rose, I swear to you."

I felt heat come to my eyes in the formation of liquid. What were we going to do?

Authors Note: So I wanted to stop there to gauge everyone's reactions! I hope you don't hate me for making something impossible possible, but I do have my reasons why which you'll find out as the story continues if you guys want it to continue! While I'm gauging your feedback a new chapter of the talk will be out and I'm also writing another VA short story called Rewind, so stay tuned! And don't forget to review or PM! - Dramaticfield