A.N. I'm so sorry about the unforgivably long wait, RL and writers block caught me I'm afraid but here it is, chapter two!

Chapter Two - Gone

Miley and Lilly slept in the next morning. They didn't have to be at Sydney's swimming lesson until noon so as they had the morning to themselves they made good use of it. Lilly woke first and yawned widely as she stretched against Miley as was her usual morning routine. She smiled as she realised that Miley's hand was resting on her stomach in a protective gesture. She lifted her hand to start brushing Miley's hair from her face and it was this sensation that Miley awoke to.

"Mornin'" she smiled but didn't open her eyes.

"Mornin' to you too" Lilly responded and leaned forward to place a soft kiss on her lips. "You ready to get up?" Lilly asked as she pulled away.

"Nooo" Miley groaned as she snuggled closer to her wife, she opened her eyes as she asked the next question, "How long until we have to leave for Syds swimming lesson?"

"Not for another hour" Lilly told her as she looked at her watch. They lay in silence for a few minutes until Miley spoke again.

"You nervous about Wednesday?" she asked softly.

Lilly paused before she answered. "Yeah" she sighed, "I want this so much Miles" she admitted.

"We both do" Miley responded, "I know it will happen"

"How? How can you know that?" Lilly asked, allowing her vulnerability to come through slightly.

"Because it has to" Miley said simply, "We both want this, it will happen"

"The doctor's told us how lucky we were with Syd, I'm worried that our luck has run out" Lilly said as she pulled Miley closer.

"Don't go borrowing trouble Lil" Miley whispered against Lilly's shoulder, "If we're not pregnant this time, we'll keep trying"

Actually getting out of bed proved harder than they originally thought and they ended up in a mad rush trying to get to the pool in time for Syd's lesson, however make it they did, just in time to watch Syd's attempted dive that was more of a belly flop. They both waved to their daughter as she surfaced and then took seats next to Robbie Ray who smirked at them.

"Cutting it close this morning?" he noted. Lilly sent a sidelong glance to Miley, it had been her fault that they had almost been late this morning, she had tried to distract her from her nerves about her doctor's by distracting her completely.

"Yeah, sorry about that Mr S." Lilly said, "We had a ... hectic morning" she hedged. Miley and her dad struck up a conversation about the concert that evening and the new opening act that Hannah had so Lilly took this opportunity to watch Syd as they started swimming the widths of the pool that their instructor was asking them to. Swimming was definitely Syd's thing. She and Miley had taken her swimming since she was a few months old and when she had first started proper swimming lessons three months ago, she had barely worn armbands at all. Within a month, the teacher had stopped insisting she wear armbands and she was now in a class of six year olds, quite easily swimming at their level. Lilly loved to take Syd to the beach on warm afternoons and teach her to surf, it was one of the things that she could do with just her daughter, Miley did sometimes come along but she would just sit and sunbathe or watch them. She smiled as she saw Syd overtake the swimmer in front. That was her daughter.

After the swimming lesson finished, Robbie Ray had to get to a meeting, so it was just Miley and Lilly waiting for Syd outside the locker room. Most of the kids still had their parents go in with them to help them with their wet clothes and stuff but Syd hated it when her mom's hovered so they always waited outside for her. She came rushing out in her usual blur of speed straight into Lilly's open arms.

"Mommy, did you see me? I was leading the group the whole way, Karen said that I'm the best under water swimmer of the class!" she said all at once.

"She did?" Lilly smiled as Miley picked up Syd's swimming bag from where she had dropped it in her hurry and they started towards their car, "You'll have to show me next time we hit the surf boards" She continued.

"Yeah bud, I think you should take your mom to the beach today what do ya think?" Miley asked as they reached the car.

"Yeah! Can we go to Rico's for lunch after the beach too?" Syd asked as she climbed into her booster seat and let Miley put her seat belt on.

"If you're good" Miley winked.

When they got to the beach, Miley found a nice area of the beach where she could sit and sun bathe and Lilly and Syd hit the waves. Miley sat and watched them as Lilly encouraged Syd to try her best at surfing and smiled as she inevitably spent most of the attempts falling into the ocean and Lilly swimming straight to where she fell. After about an hour, Lilly and Syd emerged from the ocean and saw Miley lying, seemingly asleep. Lilly grinned evilly and crouched down to whisper to Syd.

"Ok bud, here's what we're gonna do, momma's asleep so we're gonna go over there quietly and jump on her so she gets all this cold water over here, what d'ya say?" she smirked.

"Let's do it!" Syd smiled back at her mom.

They both creeped over to Miley and then Lilly announced, "NOW!" before they both started to tickle Miley and drip the cold water all over her. She instantly woke up and screamed in surprise.

"Lillian and Sydney!" she exclaimed as she managed to get away from their tickling hands, "What am I gonna do with you two?" she asked a little breathlessly at rushing out of their way.

Lilly and Syd looked at each other and in prefect comedic timing they both pointed to each other and said "It was her idea ... Was not! ... Was too!" Miley just rolled her eyes and grabbed their things.

"Come on, let's go get some food in you before this gets ugly" She smiled at them and their eager faces as they both started to rush off towards Rico's. She shook her head in amusement as she followed them, it sometimes amazed her how similar her daughter was to her best friend and then it would all spin around when Syd started to sing, then she was Miley's daughter through and through. She had already started to learn the guitar and the piano as well. Lunch was fairly quiet, both Syd and Lilly had worn themselves out and when they got back to their house, all three of them had an afternoon nap before getting ready for the concert.

The concert was hectic that night, so hectic that Miley didn't see Lilly all night. It didn't bother her, she figured that Lilly was busy with Syd so she finished her concert and did one encore before rushing to the dressing room to be with her family. She opened the door to find it in complete darkness. She frowned in confusion but reached for the light switch and turned in on. As the light filled the room, the first thing she saw were a pair of legs lying half hidden behind the sofa. From the bright red tights she automatically recognised them as Lilly's.

"Lilly!" she exclaimed and ran over to reveal all of Lilly lay unconscious behind the sofa. "Lilly ... wake up!" she yelled as she knelt down next to her and gentle started to stroke her hair from her face. She quickly scanned the room as she was doing this. Where the hell was Sydney? "Lilly, come on hun ... I need you to wake up and tell me you're ok and where Syd is ... Lilly, Lilly, please Lilly" she rambled. A few seconds later Lilly groaned and opened her eyes to look up at Miley who sighed in relief.

"Miles? ..." she trailed off but she suddenly went stiff before trying to pull herself up, "Sydney! ... Oh My God Miley, where is she?" she asked quickly.

"She's not here, Lilly. What the hell happened?" Miley asked, starting to panic now.

"There were two guys ... Not sure might have been three, they caught me off guard and the last thing I remember is one of them picking her up and gagging her with his hand" tears started to pour from Lilly's eyes as she clutched at Miley's arm. "They have Sydney, we have to find her" she whispered the last part before collapsing into tears as Miley's shock allowed her to keep herself together enough to pull Lilly into her embrace. Their daughter was gone? Her eyes fell onto a piece of paper lay next to Lilly. She reached over and gasped as she read what was on it. Later she would realise how clichéd it was but there was the note from the kidnappers:

"We have your daughter. We will contact you tomorrow with details"

This was really happening.

A.N. I hope this was worth the wait and I'm working on chapter three so that should hopefully be up soon ... ish lol anyways please please please review, I really love hearing what you guys have to say :D thanx Nicki xoxo