Vampire academy - blood spell

Chapter 6

As the car pulled into the driveway I knew instantly that it was the rest of my family and as if we both had the same idea, me and Viktoria looked at each other with a smile spreading across our face. I headed to the back room while Vik stayed exactly where she was eating her food. I peered from around the corner listening to the noise everyone brought with them and the muffled voices of conversations. Once I was confident that no one was looking, I stealthily creeped to the other side of the room. As I once again rested my head on the back wall, the muffled voices turned into clear and recognisable words. I listened as they talked about helping mama prepare food in which Vik told them she was out getting things for dinner. I was waiting for my cue to walk in until I heard mama's voice. "I thought you would be with Dimitri?" she asked questioningly probably worried I had left already. Just as I thought this would ruin my chances I heard a reply from Sonja.
"What do you mean?" She almost sounded like she was in tears. 
"She's trying to ruin my surprise, that is what she means" I walked out with a grin on my face and the reaction I got was on the opposite end of what I expected. Everyone stared at me examining me up and down.

I look around at everyone and what I see was the least of what I expected to find. Sonja was pregnant! My mind started turning, trying to work out whether this was planned or not and suddenly every sense in my body was focused on one thing. The only way a dhampir can have children is if it was with a moroi. A lot of moroi men pray on moroi women, using them for their own self pleasure and then when the dhampir becomes pregnant, well, that's the last you see of them. The woman is left a single mother.
Most of the time anyway.
Karolina has two children however they were both planned with a certain moroi guy. I know for a fact that she wasn't taken advantage of or used. Sonja on the other hand, I can't be sure.  I feel my body tense up. 

I am broken out of my trance by a group of hugs, almost crushing me. I look over to Sonja who is standing back with a soft smile on her face and then I look over to Viktoria.  She had a massive grin on her face almost sneaky looking. I suddenly felt like my heart was in my throat, the feeling I have come to know to well over the pass few weeks. That image, same smile, same eyes but attached to another women's face, haunts me over. 

After a couple of more seconds I break from their embrace and walk over to Sonja wrapping my arms around her. I slightly bend my head down so it is just above her ear. It restrain myself from demanding every single question running through my head.
"I believe a congratulations is in order than I suppose, how many months?" 
"About five or 6" she replied. I think she knew where I was heading with this one. "But you've just got home, we haven't seen you in ages so lets not bore everyone with talking about me. I give her look letting her know we're not done and then a look at mama. Her face is tight with concern written all over it.

While sitting with my family and just talking I felt a warm sense of belonging. For weeks I have felt like I've been held down under water struggling to get just one breath but just being with my family, home at last , I feel like I can breathe again. For the past thirty minutes or so I have been hit with question after question all asking me about how I have been, where I have been, what I have been up to. I was barely able to ask any questions of my own.

"So found anyone special yet?" that question came from Karolina. My body went stiff as I was flooded with memory after memory. Everything came crushing back to me and it took every part of me to be able to keep myself together.
"Ooh the guard went up" Viktoria teased. "There's something you don't want us to know!" Everyone stared at me intently and expectantly.
"No"
"Oh don't you lie to us Dimitri Belikov" Karolina said in a serious/joking voice.
"Look, I didn't come here to talk to everyone about something that doesn't concern anyone else!" I stated sternly but quietly. I had snapped. Snapped at my own blood.

 My face quickly softened. "I'm sorry i didn't mean to-"
"no, no maybe we should just mind our own business from now on" Karolina said obviously turned a bit off side from what I said. 
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that I just don't want to talk about me I would much rather know what everyone else has been up to rather than what's been happening with me" I smiled tightly. There was a slight pause. 
"Are you serious? You have been a way in the real world where all the action is and you would rather talk about what has been happening here than there?"
"yep" and just like that we were chatting again like nothing had even happened. 

I look up at the clock and saw my grandmother just around the corner staring and I couldn't shake the feeling that she knew. The sound of chopping echoes in from the kitchen and I get up All at once, everyone stops and stares.
"where you going?" everyone said in union.
"To help" I said simply nodding out to the kitchen. The chat continues in agreeance and I walk out.

"What was that about in there?" Mama asks without taking her eyes of what she was doing. 
"Nothing, I am sorry I think I just got  a bit overwhelmed with everyone's questions" It pained me to lie to her but I just couldn't bring myself to open up. I usually encourage people to talk about things and not to bottle everything in but I have pushed it down for so long, I can't bring myself to open up now. However, I knew she wouldn't believe it for a second. 

By my surprised she dropped the subject and after finishing what feels like a dinner for 100 men, we finally were able to sit down and have our first dinner as a whole family in ages.