Transforming Tradition (AKA What Happens Next)

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

A few days later Lissa, Christian and I had finally escaped the hell hole that is the academy.  All of the novices had been required to go to find out who their charge was going to be and I had been officially assigned as her guardian. Dimitri and I were originally going to move into an apartment where most of the guardians usually lived but Lissa had pulled some strings so we could have an apartment closer to hers. After two days of unpacking, we were totally moved into court and it was time for our checkup. This was the first checkup that Dimitri was going to and saying he was excited was an understatement. He basically ran to the doctor’s office and being pregnant, it was hard to keep up with his large strides. After finally catching up to him, I told him to slow down and after apologizing, he grabbed my hand and we made our way to the office at a slower pace.

We checked into the doctor's office and went to sit in the waiting room. Dimitri's leg was tapped the floor impatiently and I put a hand on his leg to stop him.

"Dimitri, calm down. You don't have to be nervous" I said rubbing his leg.

"I'm not nervous, I'm excited. I wish I had been at those other appointments. I can't wait to see our baby." I looked at me with longing in his eyes and leaned into him. Then the nurse came in to call us to our room.

"Well now you will." I said giving him a peck on the cheek before getting up and following the doctor. We went into the doctor's office and I laid down on the table the nurse squirted some freezing cold jelly onto my stomach to start the ultrasound. She moved the wand over my stomach and started to take routine picture, then furrowed her brows. Uh oh.

"Excuse me. I need to go get the doctor." A wash of fear came over me as I thought of every possible thing that could’ve gone wrong.

"What's wrong?" I nearly screamed at her.

"Nothing I just need him to confirm something. I'll be right back." She gave us a comforting smile and left. The doctor came in a few minutes later. She looked at the ultrasound and nodded at the nurse apparently confirming the nurse's thoughts.

"What's wrong?" Dimitri asked. "Is the baby alright? He started getting frantic.

"Sir, the babies are perfectly fine." The doctor said, trying to calm him down. I took a deep breath. Wait, did he say babies? Dimitri caught that too.

"Did you say babies, plural?" Dimitri said with a half-smile.

"Yep you're having twins!" she exclaimed. Oh my gosh! Twins! That's-that's one more than I was expecting.

I hope Dimitri wasn't freaked out about it. I turned to him and saw him smiling at me. He leaned over, gave me a kiss and whispered "you're going to be a great mother to both of our babies." in my ear. I gave him a big hug and told him he was going to be a great father. We had to go and pack for our trip Russia but I couldn't leave without telling Lissa the good news. I went to her door and knocked like a maniac. I heard a grunt and then the door opened revealing Christian standing there looking like be just rolled out of bed with an annoyed look on his face.