I sleepily opened my eyes when I heard the hated sound of the morning alarm. I grumbled as I tried to shut the annoying sound up. I found my phone and turned of the alarm I had set for some reason. I looked at the blurry screen for a minute before giving up and snuggling back under the covers. The image that popped up was just a tree. What did that even mean? My sleep fogged mind couldn't come up with the answer, so I chose to just ignore it. It probably wasn't that important anyways.

I was almost asleep when I heard my phone go off again. Now irritated I hit the dismiss button without really looking at it. I started grumbling into the warm body next to me about stupid alarms. Said body rumbled with a deep laugh. I look up at him, confused as to why he's laughing.

"I told you that you wouldn't want to wake up at six in the morning." He said with a teasing tone as he fixed with a smile.

"Wake up at six in the morning for what?" I questioned him and yawned.

"For the Christmas presents." He said slightly amused.

I continued to look at him confused. Something about that sentence set a small alarm off in my head. Like I should be doing something right now. I slowly sat up and he followed, watching me with amusement as tried to get my brain working.

"Christmas presents?" Suddenly everything made sense. A wide grin broke across my face. I shot strait out of the large bed in child like excitement. "Right, the presents! Come on Vanya! Lets go see our presents!"

"You know, the only presents we are getting are from each other." He reminded me as he slowly made his way out of the bed, taking his time to stretch.

"I know that! I'm just-" I quickly covered my mouth and ran to his bathroom.

I threw up last nights cooking. I was used to this by now, so I was waiting for it to be over. Ivan, on the other hand, was panicking slightly. He was done on the floor by me, rubbing my back. After a few moments I was done. I gratefully took the paper cup that was handed to me. After a moment when I deamed my self good my excitement came back ten fold.

"Come on. Those presents aren't going to open themselves." I told him as I pulled him off the floor.

"Alfred, you just got done puking. The presents can wai-" I cut him off with a kiss. "Did you just try to shut me up with a kiss?"

"Yes, now lets go." I said pulling him out the room.

"Fredka *kiss* you need *kiss* to rest. What *kiss* if you *kiss* are sick?" He tried saying in between kisses. I kissed him again. "Will you stop that?"

"No!" I said with a slight pout and kissed him again. "Now you sit here and I'll go make the hot chocolate."

I darted into the kitchen and quickly made the cups of hot coco. I added whipped cream, marsh mellows, and a few chocolate sprinkles. A small tradition with me and my brother. A cup of coco every Christmas morning, before opening the presents. I took the delicious drinks onto the living room and sat down next my big teddy bear.

"Here you are love." I handed one to him. He grabbed it and took a small sip.

"It is good."

"Thank you." I smiled.

"Do you want to open my present first or do want to open mine first?" He asked me as he put both boxes on the table.

"I'll open yours first." I told him with a small smile.

'Mine is going to be a lot more interesting.' I thought to myself. I opened the box to see a small card sitting on top of another. I read the carefully hand written note and almost started crying.

To the love of my life so I can always stay close to your beautiful heart even when I can't hold you in my arms. Ya lyublyu tebya, moya podsolnukh.

I opened the smaller box and pulled out a beautiful silver, heart shaped locket. A snowflake was engraved on the front with small sapphires embedded in the center and on the tips of the snowflake arms. I opened it up to see it had enough spots for four pictures. I saw a picture with that had both his sisters, one with my brother, and a third of him. The fourth was empty for who ever I chose to put there.

I started crying and lunged at him. He caught me in his arms and held me tight. The small locket was cluched in my hand, close to my heart. He pressed a kiss to the top of my head as a chuckled escaped from him.

"I thought that you would like it, but I didn't expect you to cry." He said, laughter clear in his voice.

"Yea, sorry about that. I've just been pretty emotional lately." I apologized with a laugh as I wiped the tears from my eyes.

"I have noticed." He said picking up my box.

I quickly pulled out my phone to record his reaction. I put it on the table, using a candle to keep it propped up. I pressed record and turned to see him giving me a confused look.

"What? I want to record your reaction." I told him with a shrug, trying to seem calm when really I was a bundle of nerves on the inside. He rolled his eyes and opened the lid. He pulled out the small card I had in there. "Read it out loud."

"Fine." He said. "'I'm sorry to say, but the rest of your gift won't be here for about another seven months. It's still in the process of being made. I hope this half is enough to suffice for now."

He looked at me confused before reaching into the box. He pulled out a white plastic stick with a blue cap on one end. He stared at the stick for a long moment, trying to figure out what in the world it is. After a long moment his eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. He turnes to me, surprise and shock both on his face.

"Fredka. Is this true?" He asked, voice just above a whisper.

"Yes, it is. I'll be two months along on the fifth." I said slowly getting more nervous. Worry that he wouldn't take well to me being pregnant gripped my heart. It only got worse the lobger he was quiet. He had been silent for nearly two minutes now. "Vanya?"

Faster then I can blink he pulled me into hug. He started peppering kisses all over my face. I was too stunned to really do anything other then let him shower me with affection. Never had I expected this reaction. I finally got over my shock and started kissing him back.

"Moya lyubov. This is such wonderful news! I am going to be a Papa." He said gleefully as a few small tears of happiness rolled down his cheeks.

"So, you're not mad?" I asked and he stopped.

"Nyte! Why would I be mad?" He asked me shocked.

"Well, I didn't know if you had wanted a kid or not, and our relationship is still new. I didn't know if you would want something like this. It is a pretty big step." I said nervously, not making eye contact.

"Fredka, look at me." He said gently. "This is amazing news. I have always wanted a family, and you are about to give me one. I know that this is a little soon in our relationship, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I love you, so something like this won't change my mind. If anything it makes me love you more knowing you will be giving me a child."

I gave him a watery smile. "I love you too." I said before bursting out into tears again. "Sorry, sorry. Stupid hormones."

"Do not be sorry." He said placing a kiss on my tear streaked face. "Is this why you have been throwing up lately?"

"Yes. And my weird food cravings, like my hot sauce. And why I didn't drink the wine last night." I told him from where I still sat on his lap. He nodded his head, deep in thought. Suddenly his mood soured. I looked at him worried as his dark arura started showing. "Vanya?"

"England almost hurt you and our child twice." He growled darkly as he clutched me protectivly.

I remembered back too when he cause both the accidents at the ice skate rink and the in my art room. Both of them left me with slight injuries. The one in the art room left me with a big mess I haf to clean up filled with chemicals. Sure, I took steps to avoid inhaling them, but the point still remains. At eaither incident I could have lost the baby.

The though alone made me wrap my arms around my stomach protectivly. I'm going to have to be extra careful not get hurt any more during my pregnancy. The fact that they have survived was a mirrical, and not one to be taken lightly. Nothing is going to hurt my child again. Not if I have something to say about it.

But I still wasn't entirely mad at England. It's not like he knew I was pregnant or anything. It's not like he's even aloud near me anymore anyways. My shouting at him during the last meeting proved that much at least. And now that Ivan knew I am expecting I know he won't let caterbrows, or really anyone, near me again.

I sighed happily as I cuddled into his warm and safe hold. No one who tried to fight me now would last long. Not with Ivan now on guard. Oh, how I pity the first person to try to mess with me now.

I looked at the tree, a happy smile on my face. I suddenly remembered something and got off his lap.

"Come on Ivan. Their is one more thing about me That you need to know." I told him as I started to pull the decorations off the tree.

"Da, what is it?" He asked helping me.

"It's best if I show you." I told him. "Help me remove the decorations, keep garlands on, and take it outside. Trust me, you are going to be amazed."

"Alright." He said a bit unsure.

We took off all the decorations and he dragged it out the front door. I picked a spot in the front yard a bit away from the house. I had him stand it up strait for me in a spot I removed the snow from. When he did that I moved to a position so that he could see me. When I was sure I had his eyes on me I touched the base of the tree. Withing seconds deep roots took hold from the tree, planting it into the ground. In his surprise Ivan let the tree go, but it didn't fall over. I stood back with a small smile and looked at him.

He was quiet for a moment as he stared at the tree before turning back to me. "What was that?"

"Nature based magic. I can control various parts of nature, such as plants, animals, and even weather to an extent. I choose not too because I don't want to take away anything's free will, you know? I only really use my magic when I need too or if it's to save a life. Liek with this tree."

"You have magic, like England?" He asked me amazed.

"Yep."

"Anything else I should know about?"

"Nope." I smiled.

I stood next to Ivan as we both looked at the tree. I felt so much better now that I've told him. I can now share things with him and he can help me out through my pregnancy. Sure, we still have a country's to run, but we can work around it.

Other countries have raised kids just fine and still managed to run their countries. Some even had to do it all alone with many kids to look after. But we'll have each other. For better or for worse I know we'll stay that way. I know this is unexpected, but that doesn't mean it's going be a bad thing. We'll love our child no matter what and we'll stick together.

Even when things get tough. We have boss that suck. Or the other nations are just being assholes again. And you wanna know why? The answer is simple. All that truly matters to us now is our little family.

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And I am done with the third book. Sorry it was so short, but I made it as long as I possibly could. The next one should be a lot longer though. It is called The Joys of Pregnancy.

As for this one I hope you all enjoyed it. I really enjoyed writting it for all of you.

If any one wants to give me a suggestion on some of the trials they'll face together through his pregnancy, I'm all ears.