The accident & the snowstorm (A VA fanfic)

Ten

Stan'sPOV
I was no stranger to Dimitri's looks of disapproval regarding anything Rose Hathaway related, but this was extreme. So yes, I was just a little scared of what he would do and say to me. He was only a tiny handful of years younger than me, but he had seven kills where I had three. Even Rose had nearly as many kills as me, and she was still a novice.
If possible, Dimitri's look hardened as we walked back towards the office... or maybe not, he dragged me into the gym and I knew he was going to make me hurt. This was the most out of control I'd seen him. He was shaking with fury and ready to attack. I made the mistake of speaking.

"I was giving her constructive criticism, Belikov. She was otherwise textbook perfect."
He snapped, but instead of hitting me he turned and lunged at what was essentially my dummy replica. "She was perfect," he barked at me, "she..."

I'd never seen him nearly visibly bite off his words before and it scared me all the more. I could handle Strigoi, but the currently out of control Strigoi slayer in front of me scared me. He'd protect Rose at all cost, I knew that now, and it put me in a more vulnerable position because I knew he was emotionally closer to her than he should be.

Still, I spoke again when I shouldn't have. "She what, Belikov?"
He turned to face me again and I knew I'd overstepped a line. "She's pregnant, you blind idiot!"

I had only ever heard him swear once, and it was a constant string of Russian after learning Rose had escaped the lodge. I hadn't heard him call anyone names or tossed insults around, ever. But I'd just seen him reach his breaking point.

"Does Petrov and Kirova know?" I asked reflexively, not wanting to process what I'd heard. This world didn't need to deal with an extra dangerous Hathaway... just yet, if ever.
"Petrov knows, I know, Christian Ozera's figured it out, but she's refusing to tell Kirova until after field experience at the very earliest."
"She should be turne-"
"She's been more of a guardian than a novice since she was 15," he growled, "there's no way she's not graduating, pregnant or otherwise."

Man, I'd never realised how difficult he could be. In a way, he was acting just like Rose, and it was a confronting revelation. I suddenly understood why the students referred to him as a god, a god of death and danger if ever there was one. So I put my hands up in a sign of truce. "Okay, okay. Next time I test her I'll watch my feedback."
"Good. Now get out of here before I hurt you. But be warned, next time you hurt her, intentionally or not, I will punch you, and it will hurt. A lot."
I nodded and left to find Petrov.

"Yes Alto? I'm assuming this is about Miss Hathaway?"
I shook my head. "Well, sorta. But it's Belikov I'm worried about. He's possessive of her, I swear. Rose didn't... respond well to my feedback from her first test, and he came out of nowhere, threatening me about not wording things carefully enough. It's Hathaway, for crying out loud! She doesn't normally give a shit what anyone says. I only pointed out the obvious."
Petrov sighed. "Anything else? About either?"
"He threatened to punch me if she gets offended again. I swear he was two seconds away from doing it just then."
"He's not being possessive, Alto. He's following my orders to protect her interests... though I did say not to hurt anyone in the process."
I was aghast. "She shouldn't even be here given she's pregnant! No one wants a guardian with a baby! The councils won't assign her."
"There's always the Princess, possibly Christian Ozera, maybe even Tasha Ozera, and Court. If they won't assign her personally, then they can assign her to Court or an Academy. The numbers are dwindling too fast to let a determined young female go to waste, especially when she's carrying one of the next generation."
"I still say Belikov's possessive of his student."
Just before I shut the door I swear I heard her utter, "Not surprised given it is his child after all." Now that was an outrageous idea; Belikov fathering his dhampir student's child? That idea was outrageous, impossible, and just plain wrong.

DPOV
This threat was the last I'd expected. Not even the a**hole and know-it-all Dashkov knew about this, but somehow the Queen did, and she'd given my Roza an unacceptable ultimatum. Not even the Queen should be allowed to get away with this outrageous demand.

"I won't let her," I growled as I tugged the blankets over our stealing-snuggles bodies. "No one gets to threaten you, threaten and demand you to kill our baby. No one."
"Dimitri, watch it," Roza warned before crashing her lips to mine. Okay, Maybe it was going to be stealing time to make-out. That changed the second my shirt came off and she pulled her rare pleading face on me. Normally I would have the control and the will power to deny myself the pleasure of us being together...

But right now I wanted her to understand the power of my love for her, the depth of my love for our baby. Right now I didn't want to follow the rules; I wanted to break them and I wanted to enjoy breaking them completely and perfectly. I was going to hell for taking pleasure in heaven before my angel was 18 anyway. Roza was already pregnant with my baby, so what did it matter if we repeated that magic night right now?

Alberta'sPOV
I approached Belikov's guest room... and immediately regretted it. I so did not need to hear that. Just because she was already pregnant, and they were actually cute together, didn't mean I wanted to know in any way, shape, or form that they were indeed together... and sexually active. I get one night, away from the Academy, but not this. How did they expect to get away with this in the middle of the Moroi world's powerhouse? Looks like I'm stuck texting Belikov the plane's three hours delayed. And I don't want to think about how they'll use that time.

RPOV
"Daddy," I murmured, completely unwilling to break this heavenly moment for anything. But alas, they come first, and Lissa was frantically trying to find me. "Aunty Lissa wants us... well, me, she doesn't know about baby Belikov yet."
Dimitri chuckled. "Baby Belikov? Just Belikov?"
I grimaced before literally flipping him off the bed. "This world needs an extra Belikov, not an extra Hathaway." His naked form was too much for me, and if I didn't get out... oh, screw it. For once, Lissa's surprise can wait.
I slid off the bed. Then kissed down his chest and stomach to his manhood. Oh this was fun. Dimitri shivered in anticipation. "Roza," he groaned, "you're a tease."
"I didn't say I wasn't going to." I was completely in control. Or so I thought until he sat up and tugged on my hair. As he massaged my head he altered the rhythm we'd just gotten into. Deeper and deeper into my mouth he went. There was so much of him; I never ceased to be amazed he could fit in me. A couple of tears escaped- unnoticed thank god- just before he came. He moaned my Russian name in bliss as I swallowed his release. Glad I could have such an effect on him.

"You are... there's no words to describe you. Beautiful, amazing, and loving doesn't even begin to describe you anymore, woman," said Dimitri. "But a tease does," he gestured to me dressing in front of him.
"I know," I boasted. "But seriously, Lissa's on the verge of threatening me right now and seconds away from deciding to come knocking on your door and I'm not in the mood to deal with that right now. I love you and all, but we're telling her after we tell Kirova... or, well, I tell Kirova."

DPOV
I watched as Rose rushed out my guest room door, frantic to intercept her friend, my charge. And she was only my charge since Rose had told me she still wanted me and Eddie or Mason guarding her, while she guarded Court or even Christian after grad.

Apparently after dealing with Rose's morning sickness this past fortnight and a bit, he was seriously considering making a fuss to have her assigned to him. Yes, he'd figured out baby Belikov was just that, he or she was also mine, and was keeping it to himself. Rose had actually informed me that he and Lissa weren't fooling around in the attic at the moment- Christian being put off sex because of Roza's pregnancy symptoms.

'For now,' Rose had said with a disgusted look in her eyes that I'd laughed at. I could sympathise with him in a way, but I also agreed that Lissa's body would soon enough prove too desirable to him and his self-control would crumble as quickly as mine just had with Rose. When he finally did get Lissa pregnant, he'd understand how her extra hormones would send his sex drive and emotions haywire. Rose had been doing it to me since the second I'd found out.