Title: A Not So Simple Life
Author: Chickiee-Dee
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Alias or its characters.
Summary: Sequel to The Simple Life. AU. No SD-6 or CIA. Sydney and Vaughn are married. S/V. E/A.
Authors Notes: Here it is. The Sequel to The Simple Life. Hope you all enjoy it. Feel free to criticise and be as mean as you like, it won't bother me and it'll make me a better writer in the long run. I just want to quickly thank everyone who reviewed The Simple Life. All u guys r awesome, and this is 4 all u guys who wanted a sequel. So here it is.
Chapter 1:
"Madeline Lindsey Vaughn, get back here now!" Sydney screamed, chasing her eighteen-month-old daughter through the house. Madeline ran into a cupboard and slammed the door in Sydney's face. She groaned "Madeline, open the door."
"No!" the little voice screamed from the other side.
"Fine, stay there then, mummy's gonna go and have some cookies" Sydney said turning towards the kitchen. She sat down at the table and buried her head in her hands. She heard a door slam "Decided to come out did we?" she yelled.
"Come out from where?" a voice answered before Michael appeared in the doorway.
"Madeline shut herself in the cupboard again" Sydney replied getting up to hug her husband. She placed a passionate kiss on his lips. She pulled away and wrapped her arms securely around his waist. "Why did she shut herself in there?"
"I told her about the baby."
"I guess she didn't take it well, huh?"
"Nope, can you try and get her out. She listens to you."
"She listens to you too sweetie."
"I'll believe it when I see it."
"Whatever" he pulled away from Sydney and went up the hall to the cupboard to talk to his daughter. Sydney sat back at the table and picked up a cookie. She was about to start eating it when the phone rang. She went over and picked up the receiver. "Hello?" she questioned.
"Hey Syd" the voice answered.
"Angela, hey. How you been?"
"I'm ok. How are Madeline and Michael?"
"I told Madeline about the new baby."
"How did she take it?"
"Not well, she locked herself in the cupboard again, Michael's talking to her
now. Hows Eric and Sammy?"
"Sammy's ok and Eric's well Eric." The two of them chatted for a little while
longer before Sammy's crying interrupted their conversation. Sydney hung up the
phone and peeked up the hall and saw Michael still talking to the cupboard
door. All of a sudden the door opened and a little brown haired, green-eyed
girl stepped out. Michael picked her up and hugged her. Madeline had tears in
her eyes and she hugged closer to her father. He turned and walked towards Syd.
He approached his wife and tried to pass Madeline over to her but the little
girl screamed. Michael hugged his daughter close. He walked up the hall to
Madeline's room and he put the little girl in her bed. He told her that she was
staying in her room until she was gonna be nice to her mum. He shut the door
behind him and could hear Madeline yelling at the door and then there was a
loud thump as she ran into the door before she began banging on it. He shook
his head, she always banged on the door after they shut her in her room.
Michael walked back to where Sydney was sitting. She stood up and he hugged her tightly. She had tears in her eyes and he wiped them away before kissing her forehead gently. He held her close before muttering in her ear "I talked to her, she doesn't want a little brother or sister."
"Well there isn't much we can do about that now, is there?"
"I guess not and even if Maddy doesn't want a baby brother or sister, I want another baby."
"I do too" Sydney replied, holding him tighter.
"Who was on the phone?"
"Angela, she was seeing how we were."
"Hows Eric and Sammy?"
"Sammy's ok, she said that Eric's just Eric."
"Probably true." He looked into her eyes and leaned down to plant a soft kiss
on her lips. They stood in one another's arms for a while longer and they were
interrupted by loud bangs coming from Madeline's room. They ignored the banging
and went to sit on the couch.
Half an hour later Madeline had stopped banging on her door and settled down. Sydney and Michael were watching TV when there was a knock on the front door. Michael got up to answer it and standing on the other side was Angela, Eric and their nine-month-old son Sammy. Michael let them in and Eric revealed a pizza that he had hidden behind his back. Angela saw Sydney sitting on the couch and went over to talk to her, bringing Sammy with her. "Where's Madeline?" Eric asked.
"In her room, I tried to give her to Syd and she screamed bloody murder" Michael replied. Sydney got up and announced she was gonna go and get her daughter. She walked up the hall and opened Maddy's door. Madeline was lying on her little bed with tears streaming down her face. Sydney closed the door as she entered the room. She went and sat on the bed with her daughter and patted her legs, indicating to Maddy that she wanted her to sit on them. She obliged and climbed onto her mother's legs without too much of a fuss. "Daddy said that you don't want a baby brother or sister" she said softly.
"No" Madeline replied.
"Why not sweetie?"
"You won't like me anymore" the frustrated little girl replied.
"Hey, Mummy and Daddy will love you, no matter what. Having another baby won't change that, I promise." Madeline looked into her mother's eyes,
"You promise?" she asked.
"I promise. I love you, you're my little Maddy." Sydney hugged her daughter close and kissed her hair. "Do you wanna come and play with Sammy?" she asked.
"Yeah" Maddy replied softly. Sydney lifted Maddy off her knee and stood up before picking her daughter up and carrying her out to the lounge.
When she got back out to the lounge Sydney put Maddy down and the little girl ran over to Eric and hugged him. He picked her up and hugged her. She smiled and grabbed his ears and pulled them. He yelped in pain and used his free hand to get her to let go of his ears. She let go and he put her down and she ran over to where Angela was sitting with Sammy. Angela stood up and carried Sammy over to where Maddy's toys were in one corner of the room and she put Sam down on the ground and Madeline toddled over to her toys. Both mothers smiled at their children before turning their attention back to their husbands who were pigging out on the pizza Eric bought with him. Angela and Sydney joined Eric and Michael at the table and began to stuff themselves with pizza as well. Halfway through her second slice Sydney got up and ran to the bathroom. Minutes later they heard the toilet flush, Sydney came out and went to the kitchen for a drink of water. She came back with a glass, Eric grabbed it off the table and sculled it. Sydney rolled her eyes and went to refill it. Sydney sat down at the table again and sipped from her glass. The four of them continued to talk while their children happily played. They talked about the baby that was on the way and it was getting late by the time Eric and Angela left. That night after making sure Madeline was asleep in her bed Michael crawled into bed with Sydney and wrapped his arms securely around her waist, kissing the side of her neck before drifting off to sleep.
A/N: What did you think??? Was it good??? Or bad??? I'll try and update ASAP but it might be a while. Review and let me know what you thought. LOL Alyce.
