10 years later

I stood against the gym wall, watching Dimitri train Ivan. We were at Court and it was the summer holidays. Dimitri told Ivan to do something and set him loose, coming over to me.

I pushed myself off the wall and Dimitri wrapped his arms around me, hands resting on my five months pregnant stomach.

"I can't wait until this one is out," he murmured, kissing down my neck.

"Mm, neither can I," I mumbled. I was already tired of the swelled feet and cravings.

I thought back to when Dimitri and I decided to to have another child and the awkward conversation we had with Adrian about it.

We stood outside Adrian's door, nervously waiting for him to open it.

"Little dhampir, Belikov? What can I do for you this fine afternoon?" he asked when saw us.

"Um, can we come in?" I asked in a small voice, not wanting witnesses to this conversation.

Adrian nodded, confused, and let us through.

"So, what brings you to my humble abode?" he asked, sitting in a chair and gesturing for us to sit on the couch across.

"We're..." I trailed off, unsure of how to phrase the question. Dimitri took over.

"Roza and I would like another child," he began, his deep voice rumbling. "And as we are unable to have one together, we were hoping that, ah, you would..." he trailed off, giving Adrian a meaningful look.

Adrian looked confused for a second before the realisation hit him. "You want me to get her pregnant?" he asked in disbelief.

"Well, not quite like that," I shifted uncomfortably. "We were hoping more like, uh, artificial insemination." I cleared my throat awkwardly.

Adrian looked confused.

"Turkey baster method," I clarified.

Adrian nodded in understanding. "Sure. Ah, how would we...?" he trailed off.

"Doctor," Dimitri replied. "We can set up an appointment for tomorrow...?"

Adrian nodded. "Sure."

There was an awkward silence. I stood up, my hands shaking slightly. I'd been so sure he would say no, the relief was a physical euphoria. Dimitri and I had talked extensively about it, and I could see he was excited and eager for another child, as was I. Ivan was now ten years old and in school, leaving the house oddly quiet during school months.

"Thank you, Adrian," I whispered into his ear, hugging him.

Adrian hugged me back. "Nothing to thank me for," he said gruffly. "When I promised you anything, I meant anything."

A week later, I was officially pregnant.

I twined my hands through Dimitri's. He lifted my left hand up, kissing the promise ring that was on it. We weren't married, and decided against it. It wasn't practical and there wasn't enough time. We loved each other and knew there was no one else. What more could a piece of paper do? We'd been together so long, everyone called me Guardian Belikova instead of Hathaway, figuring we were as good as married.

The last ten years had been eventful. Lissa got married and had three children, allowing her to be on the council. Later, we found out that Jill was her sister. Now she was being trained by Queen Tatiana to be the next Queen. Eddie ended up falling for Jill; they were going to be married at the end of summer.

Mason's charge was adventurous and traveling the world, so we saw him briefly, but still we stayed in contact. We became friends once more shortly after moving to Court. He was Ivan's favorite uncle, who told wonderful stories.

We visited the Belikovs at least once every year, and Ivan knew his family on his father's side very well.

My parents became friends and I suspected even more, but they hadn't announced anything yet.

And through the last ten years, Dimitri was still by my side through everything.

Ivan finished his exercise and Dimitri walked back to him with one last kiss on my cheek.

I watched as my two favorite men trained together, drawing slow circles on my stomach.

Life was good.

I was going to wait until tomorrow to post this, but...eh. Thank you everyone for your reviews! You're all amazing! And, though I'm not giving any definites I might mange to maybe write a couple of outtakes. I want to lessen my writing load first, though. Maybe if there's a competition of something of the sort going on, I might. Right now, though, I'll let this sit a bit(: After I finish Unspeakable Love, Until the End, and the two other stories I'm writing but haven't posted yet, then I'll come back to this. Until then...thank you and good bye!

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-Tatiana

Edit: Oops, I put IVF as the turkey baster method ..after some thought, I realised I was wrong and messing it up in my mind. I'm surprised no one caught it! Sorry!