Love You More: A Rose and Adrian Love Story

Love and War

*Three Weeks Later*

A pounding on the door signaled that Lissa was here. I got up and opened the door and she rushed in past me.

"What is it? What's wrong? Are you hurt?" She questioned. I had contacted her about five minutes ago and told her I needed her and that it was an emergency.

"Calm down, Lis. I'm okay, really." I said, holding my hands up to pacify her.

"Oh..." She said. Suddenly, she smacked my arm. "Then why'd you say it was an emergency? You're lucky I don't make it an emergency!" She exclaimed.

"Ow! Okay, I'm sorry! Just don't hit me!" I said.

"If it's not an emergency, then what is it?" She asked.

"You're gonna wanna sit down for this." I told her. She immediately grabbed my hand and pulled us towards the couch.

"Okay," I began once we were seated."I'm going to tell you something, but you can NOT tell anyone. Not even Adrian knows." Her eyes narrowed and she glared at me for a minute.

"Oh, my god!" She blurted out, her hands flying to her swollen, pregnant stomach. "You're pregnant!" 

"What? How'd you know?" I exclaimed. 

"Rose, the look on your face practically screams "I'm guilty". The question is why? Shouldn't this be a good thing?" She asked.

"I don't know, Lis..." I said warily.

"And why not?" She questioned.

"Because It's not Adrians. Him and I haven't done anything like that in, like 6 months, and there's no way I'm 6 months pregnant." I said. Suddenly, I felt a very sharp, stabbing pain in my stomach. I gasped, leaped up off the couch, and sprinted to the bathroom. As I leaned over the toilet and vomited my guts out, a thought occurred to me. The only person I had had sex with was also the source of all my grey hairs and relationship issues. I stood up and grabbed my toothbrush, quickly and frantically brushing my teeth. 

"Rose...can you come here, please?" I heard a familiar voice calling from the living room, making my stomach instantly drop to my toes. Steeling myself, I walked out into the living room to meet the eyes of both Adrian and Dimitri standing by the door. 

"Rose...We know." Adrian said slowly, as if not to startle me. My eyes widened before quickly throwing a glare at Lissa who seemed to be cowering on the couch. She gave me a sheepish smile and in that instant I knew for a fact that it was her who had told them in the short time I was in the bathroom. They must have ran here in order to get here in the time it took them. They both looked exhausted and wind-whipped, proving my theory. Dimitri suddenly broke away from his spot next to the door to come kneel next to me, placing his hand on my stomach. I instantly took a step back. 

"I-I can't...you said....ugh..." I stuttered before turning on me heel and dashing to my room, slamming the door behind me.