It's Been a While

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Academy.

Chapter One:

I sighed.

It was just another boring day in the life of Rose Hathaway.

Adrianna and Andre were outside with Rosie, Luke and Mikhail, playing on the play-set Eddie and Christian had made.

Eddie was now a father too, two years ago he and Mia had married, something that was considered scandalous seeing that she was a Moroi and he Dhampir. A year afterwards they had Shane.

Little Christiana-still a baby was in her cradle asleep upstairs while Lissa and Christian talked business,

"Lissa, for the last time I won't tell you were the honey moon's going to be at!"

"I'm the bride! I should know these things!"

"Well I'm not telling."

"Then I hope you don't expect to get any."

I laughed outright, "You two are like an old married couple already."

Christian glared at me but I let it go when I heard the sound of a car door closing outside.

"Dimitri's here!" I said, Adrianna and Andre ran in with the others chasing after them, they all loved Dimitri.

Opening the door I was met with brown eyes and a hug.

"Wow Dimitri back off." I grin playfully at him, "No need to suffocate me."

He just gives me a wicked grin before picking Adrianna up, Andre tugs on his jeans, jealous.

"Hey Andy." He says, kissing her forehead.

She giggles and he picks up Andre, it amazes me how he can have them both in his hands at the same time.

Oh yeah, he's huge.

"Andre, big man. I'm sure you've been taking care of your mommy and sister?"

Andre nods, grinning that someone is talking to him.

He's so much like his father.

"Of course I have Uncle Dimi!"

Dimitri laughs, "Well good job then."

Lissa walks in behind me, holding Christians hand.

They made up fast.

"Dimitri!" he gives her a hug and Christian shakes his hand,

"How's Ivan, Isabella and Iris?" she asked, taking a step back.

Iris is Dimitri's wife; Ivan and Isabella are their two kids.

Now I know what you're thinking.

Dimitri's … married?

Yes.

After he left me with the kids and I was sure that things were over with Dimitri for good, he went back to Siberia to be with his family, he got a guardian job that happened to be for Iris and from there on things progressed till they got married.

I was happy for him,

And jealous.

But not that he was with another woman but that he had a good relationship.

Adrianna and Andre didn't even know Adrian. I had never told him about the kids, I doubt they would ever meet him.

But they had secondary fathers in many ways, we lived right beside Lissa and Christian in the Court's Courtyard, (A Huge piece of land in the middle of court were the queen and her guardians sometimes lived) so Christian was Uncle Chrissy, they also had Uncle Dimi and Uncle Eddie.

But I doubted that was enough.

I wish Adrian was here, I wish that he knew about the kids.

But I hadn't talked to him in four and a half years, I still remember that day.

A knock sounded on my door but when I opened it I found no one, only a letter and a single, dead, black rose on top of it.

The letter had my name on it, but it wasn't that which worried me. It was the dead rose. Who sends those to a person named Rose?

I opened the letter and read its contents, and again, and another time before the tears finally came.

Rose,

I am sorry but I cannot take this anymore. It's hot and cold with you. One minute when Dimitri isn't around it's like you love me. Then when he is you burst into tears.

I cannot be with you when you're still hung over someone else. It is time that I moved on, it causes me much pain cause I love you Rose. But after all the pain that you have put on me it's come to this.

Best of luck with your life and your new boyfriend, or whatever he grows to be for you.

Adrian Ivashkov.

…..

It was two weeks later that I found out I was pregnant. I had no one but a few friends there for me, though my mother was always there, with Abe, and Lissa, Eddie, Mia, Sydney and even, Christian.

Nine months later at 2:00 am I was in my apartment when I went into labor.

I was released from the hospital a few days later with two babies, Adrianna Vasilisa Hathaway and Andre Mason Hathaway.

I stayed well out of the public eye the first year then went back to being a guardian; mom had retired from her job as a guardian which shocked the whole Vampire Community. She and Abe got back together and took to babysitting the kids every day.

They were so beautiful…

Adrianna had Adrian's lighter brown hair color that fell in soft curls to her shoulders, his dimples and smile.

Andre's hair was almost black like mine, but he had Adrian's eyes, which usually meant that whenever I looked into them I got a pain in my chest.

It had token me two days to be exact to realize how much I loved Adrian. So much to where that Dimitri's love had seemed like a puppy love thing,

But it was too late.

Finding myself back I was starring at Lissa and her starring at me, as a result of my being dazed Christian slapped me in the back of the head.

This earned him a sharp jab in his stomach and a bruised shin,

The phone rang in the other room sending Lissa to go and get it, the rest of us settling into the living room while the kids all bugged Dimitri, I had to feel sorry on his behalf, my kids were handfuls.

They take that after me I guess.

When Lissa walked back into the room I could feel that her bonds were up and she was nervous.

"Lissa …?" I asked, curious.

She gulped,

"He's coming."

"Who is?" Please don't be …

"Adrian."

I fainted.

Short. But anyways Review for me please! ;D

Apollo~